Looking for John Culross Thom

By judith8faye February 21, 2015 1049 views 13 comments

Where buried in Western Australia ?

Comments (13)

tonkin

BURIAL.

Name: John Grant Culross THOM.
Died: 25 June 1976.
Place: Wembley, Western Australia.
Age: 65 years.
Buried: Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia.
Area: Presbyterian.
Section: DC.
Gravesite: 0284.
Grantee: Muriel THOM.

judith8faye

Thanks but John Grant Culross Thom is my father and John Culross Thom my Grand father which is who I cannot find.
I know he died at Wooroloo 9/10/1936 but can"t find where buried

Morgan2409

THOM, JOHN CULROSS, at Wooroloo, on Octber 9.
Western Mail 22nd October 1936

judith8faye

Thank you, he died there but cannot find burial site listing at Wooroloo or anywhere in WA.
I have a death index number DI :183 but cannot seem to locate info about it in WA

Morgan2409

THOM (nee Culross). — On August 8, at 21
Wright-street, Perth, Margaret Edward, relict of
James Thom, (late Wagin and York), loving
mother of John C., late Aggie, Jane and Robert
B. W.; grandmother of Dorothy and Jack.
A faithful follower gone home.
The West Australian 10th August 1928

judith8faye

Thank you
I have that info.

Morgan2409

Any extra information helps.
Do you know where his wife is buried?
Have you checked the physical records for Karrakatta Cemetery or just online?
Many online records are not complete or accurate.
A James William Thom died in 1924, buried at Karrakatta Cemetery. He is not on the online database.

judith8faye

His wife Margaret Edwards Thom is buried at Karrakatta baptist section.
Do I have to go to cemetery to check physical records?
I only started searching yesterday so I am very new at this.
I also cannot find their migration to Australia records.
Any suggestions?
Thanks

judith8faye

Sorry just realised I gave you the name of his mother not wife.Wife is Minnie Brenda Grant
was Thom but remarried surname Grenfell.
Buried karrakatta also,
Cheers

Morgan2409

Give me an hour or so and I will have a look. The Thom family did come from Scotland in the 1880's.
I am not familiar with Western Australian Records, but I am sure if you contact the Karrakatta cemetery they will have a look. In Victoria the local council hold most records or even micro-fiche at the local library. There should also be a Cemetery Trust in Perth that managers Karrakatta.
It is a shame that I can't find a funeral notice for him

judith8faye

Yes it is the funeral notice that I cannot find.
I found death notice under trove website died October 9th 1936 I think at Wooroloo Sanitorium for TB just near Northam. It was not published till October 22nd 1936.
I have checked Cemeteries WA board with no result.
Yes they did come from Scotland (Forfarshire).

janilye

He was interred in the Baptist portion of the Wooroloo Cemetery on the Wooroloo Cemetery on 12 October 1936.
The West Australian, Monday 12 October 1936
THOM.—The Friends of the late John Culross
Thom, beloved husband of Mrs. J. Thom
of 31 Kingston-avenue, West Perth. fond father
of Mr. and Mrs J. C. C. Thom. and father of
Dorothy (Mrs. Lyneham), are respectfully in
formed that his remains will be interred in
the Baptist portion of the Wooroloo Cemetery
THIS (Monday) AFTERNOON at 8.30 o'clock.
L. BULLEN and SON, Undertakers, Wooroloo.
Tel 4
There are 2 death notices in the same paper.

judith8faye

Thank You so much
I still have a lot to learn