PO Box 21, Majors Creek, NSW 2622 reservetrust@majorscreek.org.au 0429 145 699

Cemetery Records

History of Majors Creek Cemetery, NSW

Majors Creek Cemetery, NSW

Situated south of the village on Berlang Forest Road near Braidwood, Majors Creek Cemetery serves as a historical record of the Southern Tablelands’ pioneer and gold rush eras.

Early Settlement & Gold Rush Origin

  • 1850s Population Influx: Following the discovery of gold at Majors Creek in 1851, thousands of miners and families migrated to the region, creating an urgent need for local burial grounds.
  • Official Dedication: The site was officially dedicated as a public cemetery in 1863, establishing formal interments for the expanding settlement.

Layout & Denominational Sections

  • Religious Divisions: In line with 19th-century municipal practices, the grounds were partitioned into denominational sections, primarily Church of England (C of E) and Roman Catholic (RC) plots.
  • Pioneer Graves: The cemetery contains over 250 documented plots and unmarked graves, marking early local families such as the Baumgardners, Izzards, Cleavers, Stuarts, and Keytes.
  • Unmarked Burials: A significant portion of 19th- and early 20th-century interments lack physical headstones due to timber markers deteriorating over time or families being unable to afford stone monuments during economic downturns.

Modern Era & Preservation

  • Lawn & Memorial Additions: Over time, the cemetery expanded beyond its original monumental plots to include dedicated Lawn Sections and a Memorial Garden for ashes interments.
  • Council Management: The cemetery remains an active community burial ground under the stewardship and maintenance of the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council.
  • Genealogical Indexing: Local historians, including Brian McDonald in 2005, transcribed and mapped the site’s marked and unmarked burial records to preserve its genealogical history for researchers.

Historical summary compiled for local heritage records • Majors Creek, NSW

Majors Creek Cemetery Records

MAJORS CREEK CEMETERY

Compiled by Brian McDonald (2005) | Updated February 2026

Plot # Details / Names & Dates Location / Section
1No headstone Lewis ?
2No headstone “
3No headstone “
4No headstone “
5Emma Routley 13.9.1908, Richard Routley 15.2.1919
6Julia Grant 24.6.1905
7Charles Dunshea 23.9.1956
8Margaret Dunshea 2.1.1942, Henry Dunshea 18.10.1949
9Peter Wilton 26.8.1902
10William Crandell 14.5.1900, Mary Ann Crandell 10.10.1901
11No headstone Child Elvie A Crandell 1908-1910
12No headstone Child
13Glynvell Pearce 17.12.1896
14Nellie Lewis 31.12.1937, Charles Lewis
15Mary Ann Cleaver 10.6.1894
16John Spooner 29.3.1973
17Gordon Spooner 23.7.1927
18Louisa Spooner 11.8.1906
19John Spooner 27.8.1939, Anne Spooner 24.6.1968
20Arthur Bilton 24.12.1997, James Bilton 3.10.1932, Elizabeth Bilton 3.11.1948
21Percy Heazlett 19.5.1959, Molly Heazlett
22Jane Heazlett 6.9.1925, John Heazlett 5.12.1932
23Harold Carter 19.2.1913
24David Heazlett 18.3.1904, Rosina Heazlett 28.6.1893, Mary Heazlett 15.11.1923
25Sarah Huggett 1872, Stephen Huggett 10.11.1929, Rowland Huggett 1894, John Huggett 1899, Sarah J Huggett 19.2.1889
26Sheridan Witt 1.10.1881
27No headstone
28No headstone
29No headstone
30Alice Canning 29.3.1933, James, Martha, Henry Canning, Walter Canning, William Canning 29.6.1936
31No headstone
32No headstone
33David Heazlett 24.1.1872, Charlotte Heazlett 27.4.1884, John, Margaret, Robert Heazlett
34No headstone
35William Nairn 1.8.1870, Agnes Stuart 6.2.1902, Thomas Stuart 2.11.1908
36No headstone
37Mary Hazlewood 18.9.1890, Harriot Hazlewood 4.12.1884, Richard Hazlewood 13.1.1907
38No headstone
39Margaret Toney 11.1.1880
40No headstone
41No headstone
42William Douglas 4.8.1935, Mary Louisa Douglas 24.12.1927 and family members.
43Peter Laurie 14.3.1934, Mary Laurie 13.13.1913, Thomas Laurie 2.3.1935, Rowland Laurie 4.9.1962
44Aubrey McDonald 21.1.1934, Ruby Jermyn 17.2.1994, Audrey Gildea (Thorley) 1934-2007
45Mary A McDonald 22.11.1948, Archibald McDonald 11.4.1941
46Lionel McDonald 30.8.1904-15.9.1971, Winifred McDonald 21.9.1908-14.9.1983
47Ross McDonald 25.3.1941- 4.3.1995
48No headstone
49Martha Gumm 27.1.1953, Francis Gumm 3.1.1968, Arthur Gumm 30.6.1979, Nancy Gumm 6.12.1977
50John Nemec 19.3.1977
51Valerie Nemec-Hopkins 16.10.2004, Yan Nemec 10.3.1976
52Eliza Laurie 21.11.1972, Oscar Laurie 12.10.1941, Betty Summerfield 6.2.2005, Allan Alfred Roy Summerfield 22.9.1925 – 13.3.2017
53Brenda Laurie 1.1.1951
54Margaret Johnson 10.7.1926
55William Snare 24.12.1915
56Josiah Snare 16.6.1937, Selina Snare 12.4.1942
57Lillius Snare 1894
58John Johnson 26.6.1908, Ada Johnson 19.7.1896
59Josiah W Snare 23.7.1890, Mary Snare 9.3.1900
60Henry Snare 8.7.1906, Ellen M Snare 26.1.1891, Charlotte Snare 2.8.1949
61Elizabeth Lewis 28.10.1941, Charles Lewis 13.1.1917
62Charles H Crandell 24.2.1875, William J Crandell 28.4.1865, Rebecca Gill 26.12.1924, Elizabeth Crandell 26.12.1924
63No headstone
64No headstone
65Alfred Gumm 16.7.1873, Harriet Gumm 1.7.1897, George Gumm 19.12.1899, George 21.2.1904
66Arthur Gumm 3.10.1937, Jane Gumm 28.9.1941
67Henry Hinchliffe 10.9.1923, Susan Hinchcliffe 10.3.1922
68No headstone
69No headstone
70No headstone
71No headstone
72No headstone
73Charles Henry Keyte 27.3.1893, Victoria Cox 7.8.1888
74Charles Wiggins 8.10.1932, Martha Wiggins 24.11.1928
75James T Flack 5.9.1942, Edward Flack 12.1.1881, Eliza Flack 3.1.1881, Mary J Flack 5.7.1875, Walter Flack 18.10.1921, Annie Flack 18.12.1937, Bruce Edward Flack 2.4.1944-20.6.2019
76John A Heazlett 1933, Julia B Heazlett 1936
77Jack, Elizabeth Diana 31.7.1918, Mary, Chris and Tom Martin No headstones
78Edward Cleaver 4.6.1914
79Thomas Coles 1.1.1950, Ann L Coles18.8.1957
80Ester E Coles 18.1.1915
81Raymond Coles 22.6.1924
82James E Coles 9.7.1966, Florence E Coles 22.12.1932
83George Coles 26.8.1913, Mary Coles 17.7.1918, Edward Coles 14.12.1958, Ester J Wright 15.6.1957
84Allen Flack 7.8.1938, Fanny Flack 14.10.1923
85Jan (John) Stachow 2000, Irmgard Stachow 24.11.1988
86David Jocelyn 23.4.1948, Sarah Jocelyn 19.1.1945, John D Jocelyn 16.6.1956, David E Jocelyn 12.11.1947
87Walter Jocelyn 24.2.1970, George Jocelyn 15.6.1969
88William Crandell 4.8.1975
89Barry (Baby) Crandell
90Richard Crandell 13.11.1941, Elizabeth C Crandell 3.9.1935
91Joseph W Wiggins 7.1.1941, Elizabeth G Wiggins 27.2.1976
92Albert G Coles 11.1.1950, Delilah Coles 5.5.1970
93Hector J Coles 9.10.2002, Florence E Coles 27.3.1988, John Henry Goddard
94Reginald H (Sam) Cook 19.9.1980
95John B Flack 30.1.1944, Violet M Flack 6.3.1956
96George Gumm 16.2.1965, Eliza Gumm 14.3.1951
97Rod Morey 19.10.1998
98Elizabeth G Park 23.11.1996
99Elsie Jocelyn 10.6.1987
100Lillian E Crandell 13.7.1941
101Harold Crandell 8.3.1952
102Edward Crandell 15.8.1960, Gladys A Crandell 2.1.1965
103George T Whiteman 23.6.1960, Wilhemena Whiteman 17.6.1966
104Lynda S Harrison 19.10.1986
105Ida M Camage 2.11.1952, Ralph H Camage
106Charles Camage 1962
107No headstone
108Martha Belcher 11.6.1942, Robert N Belcher, Lorna Davis 12.6.1953, John Willoughby 20.9.1941, Elizabeth Jeffrey 14.10.1964
109Elizabeth Willoughby 20.12.1927
110No headstone
111James Snare 5.7.1925, Anne J Snare 27.10.1905
112Elizabeth J Keyte 5.9.1881- 4.5.1897, William Keyte 5.2.1880-17.3.1902
113No headstone
114Laurie Izzard 15.8.2000
115Daisy C Izzard 20.6.1981
116Thomas Izzard 8.9.1960
117William Izzard 24.6.1921, Anna M Izzard 23.7.1945
118George Izzard 19.5.1968, Hessie Izzard 18.1.1975
119Albert Izzard 13.2.1894
120Robert Carter 5.4.1912, Charlotte Carter
121George Smith 31.8.1982, Ester F Smith 10.2.1987
122Max Stuart 15.11.1984
123John Alfred Gumm 20.10.1987, Sheila Gumm 27 July 2010
124James Morgan 21.10.1883, David Morgan 23.6.1886
125Mary A Keyte 12.1.1894, Joseph Keyte 23.10.1859 (husband)
126Thomas Keyte 13.7.1920, Minnie Keyte 1999 Daughter (Ashes)
127Ernest Keyte 29.1.1932
128Robyn Stuart 27.11.1939
129Elizabeth Stuart 6.2.1923
130William Stuart, Reginald B Cook 3.2.1997, Joyce Cook
131James A Stuart, Isabella Stuart 15.1.1970
132Thomas J Stuart 1.8.1966, Sarah L Stuart 5.12.1970, Freida Woodward 9.12.1931- 2.6.2008 (Ashes placed 27/9/08)
133Barry Gumm 26.2.1944
134William J Stuart 1995, Gladys J Stuart 5.3.1968
135Kevin E Stuart 9.3.1969, Una M Stuart 31.8.1998, Eric Stuart 8-10-1944 – 23-11-2016 Ashes
136John W Morris 12.3.1897, Elizabeth A Morris 21.6.1890, Catherine Morris
137Oscar Stuart 14.7.1972, Ivy M Stuart 27.3.1994
138Melba D Laurie 22.11.1958, Ray Laurie 29.5.1921-21.9.2005
139James R Keyte 4.9.1966, Mahalia R Keyte 28.1.1974
140Robert Keyte 5.3.1940, Mary J Keyte 30.12.1949
141Frederick William Keyte 6.5.1954
142No headstone
143No headstone
144Rita Callan 28.8.1946, James D Rankin 19.1.1947, Louisa M Rankin 1.6.1983
145Rose Dunshea 9.8.1953
146Bruce R Keyte 27.10.2000
147Albert Keyte 13.7.1964
148Beatrice L Keyte 18.5.1967
149No headstone
150Albert E Flack 13.12.1968, Sarah E Flack 24.1.1956
151Annette Lewis 26.4.1952
152Beryl M Lewis 13.3.1968
153Kenneth E Lewis 1.9.1996
154Reginald J Lewis 5.1.1971, Ellen M Lewis 19.9.1990, Lester William (Bill) Stinson 5-2-1920 – 3-6-2010, Lola June Stinson 1925-2025
155Anton Vugec 28.6.1986
156Stefan Vugec 19.9.1990, Bertha Vugec 27.9.1919 – 9.9.2010
157Jacob T Cawthorne 7.8.1972, Agnes Cawthorne 30.5.1974
158Jed Jacobson (Matthews) 26.10.1985
159John MacRae 6.8.1988
160John Carruthers 10.12.1997
161Albert S Crown 17.6.1980, Rose Crown 3.3.1972
162Marjorie M Gardner 12.2.1972
163Leslie H Gardner 7.2.1989
164Anna Stubbings 29.1.1944
165Caterina Hennessy 14.7.1898, Elizabeth Hennessy 10.3.1896
166Henry I Crandell 7.1.1982, Ada Crandell 4.6.1979
167Phillip Huggett 16.2.1939, Donald Huggett 5.10.2006 (Ashes)
168Zena Gardner 22.5.1962
169Edward Baumgardner 2.8.1981 No headstone
170Marshall Jury 4.2.1918, Annie Jury 12.5.1929
171James Greenwood 27.6.1930, Margaret Greenwood 18.8.1960, Dudley Greenwood 5.5.1981, William Greenwood, Harold Greenwood 12.11.1924 – 18.10.2006 (Ashes), Yvonne Talbot 2009 (Ashes)
172William L Stinson 18.8.1946
173Rose Stinson 18.9.1974
174Edward Williams Died 19.2.1949 Aged 78 Years Kerb but no headstone
175Mary Archer 18.2.1905, Mary Ann Archer 23.10.1881, Thomas Archer 27.7.1885
176Martha Baumgardner 28.9.1938
177Henry Baumgardner 29.6.1934
178Daniel LePatrouel 7.10.1893, Sarah LePatrouel 30.4.1910
179Albert Stuart 12.1.1919, Elizabeth Stuart 1.1.1972
180Adolph Baumgardner 9.6.1927, Isabella Baumgardner 8.6.1946
181Leonard B A Baumgardner (Baby) No Headstone next to Henry and Martha
182Henry Baumgardner 26.8.1971, Margaret M Baumgardner 25.4.1942
183No headstone
184W H Baumgardner 2.11.1960, Karl Baumgardner
185Ludwig Baumgardner 22.12.1939
186Annie S Camage 15.2.1946
187James Green 1.10.1916, Isabella Green 9.9.1921 No HeadstoneRC Section
188John R O’Heir 29.6.1996 D/D reserveLawn section A20
189A C Edwards 11.1.1999, Kathleen Edwards 24-5-1928 – 17-4-2011Lawn A8
190Mary Bonds 26.2.1998Lawn section A6
191Joan R McNaughtan 2.4.2001Lawn section A5
192Laura J Morgan 21.5.1991Lawn section A1
193Victor Cook 8.7.1974Old Section near east fence
194Ivy M Cook 22.7.1995Old Section near east fence
195Ray Stuart 9.9.1933-11.11.2005Lawn section A14
196Sarah Lousie O’Leary 1981-29.12.2005Old Section
197Roy Izzard 22.12.2009Old Section
198John E Carruthers 15.5.2009 and Barbara Carruthers 19/07/2010 D/D
199Barnett familybehind Stuarts. Stone edging
200Res x 3 GwinnOld Section
201John William (Bill) Harrison 9-12-1930 – 14-8-2015, Linda Mary Harrison 15-7-1932- 31-12-2025
202Large Unmarked Family Grave under treepalisading destroyed by fire
203
204Peter Thomas LaurieOld Section
205Christoph AltenburgOld Section
206Arthur Laurie (Laurie) GummLawn section A11
207Jack McCannLawn section A18
208Reserve Kirsty AltenburgOld Section
209Ronald Terrence (Terry) Devlin 19/01/10Lawn section B20
210Reserve Graham Gibson (17/02/2010)Lawn section B19
211Victor Irwin Crandell 29 July 2010Lawn section B14
212Leslie James Mackenzie 06/02/11Lawn section B18
213Judith Anne MackenzieLawn section B17
214Joan D’Arcy- 21/07/11Lawn section A7
215Reserve Shirley WoolnerLawn section B1
216JenniferAnne TozerLawn section B5
217David (Barry) Delaney – 12.4.1932-14.10.11Lawn section A19
218Helen Margaret Dundas (nee Gillespie) – AshesOld Section
219Reserve Natalie Densley –Lawn section B6
220Deborah Riley 12/12/2012Lawn Section B3
221Norma Riley 2017/04Lawn section B4
222Anthony Kenneth RileyLawn section B2
223Wayne O’Leary RESERVENext to Sarah O’Leary
224Katherine O’Leary RESERVENext to Sarah O’Leary
225Judith DonoghueLawn section B12
226Graeme Donoghue RESERVELawn section B13
227Maureen Gillespie RESERVEOld Section
228Peter GillespieOld Section
229Kay KiteLawn section B15
230Gorony KiteLawn section B16
231Brian McDonald RESERVELawn section A9
232Allan McDonaldLawn section A10
233Margaret McDonald RESERVELawn Section A10
234Roy George GummLawn Section A12
235Daphne TetleyLawn Section A16
236Leslie George TetleyLawn Section A17
237Terrance Christopher RileyLawn section A4
238RES 2017/R3- Anthony Kenneth Riley JnrLawn Section A3
239Warren James HarrisonOld Section
240RESERVATION Frances HarrisonOld Section
241Patricia Grant (near Memorial Garden)Other side of big tree
242Betty SheridanLawn Section B7
243Pauline StuartLawn Section A15
244Randall William Lemin RESERVELawn Section B8
245Richard Blakely -KiddLawn Section B9
246Elizabet P Blakeley-Kidd RESERVELawn Section B10
247John CorcoranOld Section
248Clarice Corcoran RESERVEOld Section
249Rosemary Alexander RESERVEBetween Memorial Garden and Tree
250Ross Richard AlexanderBetween Memorial Garden and Tree
251Kim Alfred WoodwardMemorial Garden
252Gail Freida Quigley (Woodward)Memorial Garden
253Overton RESERVELawn Section C20
254Warren George Barr D/DLawn Section C1
255Len Balmer RESERVELawn Section D20
256Liz Balmer RESERVELawn Section D19
257Jason Gumm RESERVELawn Section A13
258Craig Rayner AshesLawn Section C17
259Denise LavrutLawn Section D1
260ReserveLawn Section C6
Unmarked Graves (Particulars as per death certificates, obituaries, and records)
Henry Heanes 1852-1922C of E Section
Agnes Heanes 1858-1933C of E Section
John Jackson 1811-1878RC Section
Mary Jackson 1819-1908RC Section
Heinrick Luderick BaumgartnerRC Section
Lousia BaumgartnerRC Section
Henry William Simpson 1877-1902C of E Section
Susan Marie Simpson 1822-1905C of E Section
William Simpson 3-10-1903C of E Section
George Izzard 1832-1910C of E Section
Amelia Izzard 1836-1910C of E Section
John Thomas White 7-7-1922C of E Section
John Keevil 1828-1884C of E Section
Amelia Keevil (White) 1836-C of E Section
Henry William Snare 10-4-1918 (Near Snares)C of E Section
Margaret Snare 30.6.1879-4.7.1879 (Near Snares)C of E Section
Mary Anne Green 1871-1872RC Section
George Edward Green 6-12-1872-1888 (Accidentally Drowned)RC Section
Charles Joseph Green 1879-1879RC Section
Henry Joseph Green 1880-1880RC Section
Mary Josephine Green 1881-1882RC Section
Edward Camage Green 1887-1888RC Section
David Stuart Died 1929 69 yrs.C of E Section
Kenneth Wiggins 17-1-1919 9weeks (Possibly near Charles and Martha Wiggins)C of E Section
William Stinson 1915 72 yrs.C of E Section
Jane Stinson 13-2-1931 85yrsC of E Section
Daniel Jocelyn 14-1-1829-14.9.1907 (74)C of E Section
Rachel Jocelyn (Chipperfiled) 1832-29.9.1916 (84)C of E Section
Walter Jocelyn 1864-17-8-1881 Son of Daniel and RachelC of E Section
Charles Jocelyn 30-6-1899-2-7-1899 Son of David and SarahC of E Section
Albert Edward Jocelyn 14-10-1902-5-11-1902 Son of David and SarahC of E Section
William Stubbings Buried 24-5-1948 husband of Anne Stubbings onlineC of E Section
John Archer, Emma Archer, Mary Archer, near BiltonsC of E Section
William Keyte 1853-1943 and Hannah Keyte 1852-1947 Left main PathC of E Section
Sarah Ann Keyte daughter of Joseph and Mary 1850-4.2.1866 15 yearsC of E Section
Elizabeth Jane Keyte daughter of William and Hannah 5.9.1881-4.5.1897C of E Section
William Keyte son of William and Hannah 5.2.1880- 17.3.1902 22 yrsC of E Section
Joseph Henry Keyte son of William and Hannah 23 July1878-5 May 1879 Left of PathC of E Section
There are graves with monuments no names. Thought to be the Keytes.
Elizabeth Jane Wilson Died 20-12-1906 Aged 87C of E Section
John Arthur Martin Died 28-6-1899 Buried 29-6-1899 As per death CertC of E Section
Francis David Lewis d 1895 and Ann Lewis d1905. Graves right of entrance gate near Nellie LewisC of E Section
William Kirby Bills 17-6-1883C of E Section
Thomas Barber Cook Accidently Killed 21-11-1888 Behind Laurie’sC of E Section
Thomas W Cook 1866-1867 Son of Thomas B and Ann CookC of E Section
George William McKenzie (Coles) 17-12-1886 buried 18-12-1886C of E Section
Henry James Mulley 18 mths. Near HinchcliffesC of E Section
Edith A McGaw (Snare) 1903-1927 near SnaresC of E Section
John Hall 28-7-1914 buried 29-7-1914 as per death certificateC of E Section
Catherine Hall 19-9-1925 buried 21-9-1925 as per death certificateC of E Section
A M Crandell 1901C of E Section
Josiah Wesley Snare 1813-1890 Left through GateC of E Section
Mary Snare (Wife of Josiah) 1816-1900C of E Section
Letitia Allan (Wife of John Allan) Died 1873C of E Section
Mary A Cleaver 1894C of E Section
Richard Cleaver 1943 Ashes with wifeC of E Section
Baumgartner &/or Bendeich familyRC Section
Samuel Holmes d 27 July 1911 b 28 July 1911 Aged 79 years
Kitty Bond d 29 Jan 1881 b 30 Jan 1881 Aged 57 years
Henry J Hinchcliffe d. 1887 near Henry and Susan aged 10 yrs and 10 mths.
Lester J Hinchcliffe d 1888 rear Henry and Susan at birth
Selina M Hinchcliffe d 1893 near Henry and Susan aged 4 yrs