Friday, August 16, 2024

NORWEGIAN HISTORY

NORWEGIAN IMMIGRANTS

LOCAL NORWEGIAN DEATHS TO 1910

22.06.1872
CHARLES THOMPSON, a miner aged 36, died from "ACCID INJURIES CAUSED BY EXP GUNPOWDER". Death occurred after 2 days. (NSW BDM 5264/1872)
Winesses: Frederick Marshal and Robert Brown.
Place of death: Gulgong
Place of burial: Gulgong
Born in NORWAY
Length in Colony: 18 years

23.06.72
JOHN TORVAL SKURDALL, a medical practitioner aged 56, died from "PARALYSIS" of 14 days duration. (NSW BDM 7205266/1872)
Winesses: F Westhoff and J Breekwold
Place of death: Gulgong
Place of burial: Gulgong
Born in NORWAY
Length in Colony: 18 years
Marital status: unknown
* This was the first Mason funeral in Gulgong (reported in the Gulgong Guardian, 26 June 1872)

16.12.1872
HENRY HENDERSON, a miner aged 35 years, died from "DYSENTRY" of 7 days duration. (NSW BDM 5377/1872)
Witnesses: John Crowley and Frances Bell
Place of death: Cudgegong
Place of burial: Gulgong
Born in Norway, the son of a miner.
Length in Colony: unknown


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