Document Library
Primary-source documents — coroner's inquests, wills, probate records, and certificates for individuals across all four family lines. Full transcripts are provided where available.
- Michael Gorey Inquest
Re: Michael Gorey
Inquest into the death of Michael Gorey at Nagambie in August 1908.
- Probate after the death of James Evans
Re: James Evans
James Evans, gentleman, left 221 pounds to his surviving children, Sophia Gorey and William Evans, after he died in 1907 at Echuca.
- Abigail Theresa Sweeney inquest
Re: Abigail Theresa Burgdorf
Abigail Theresa Burgdorf (nee Sweeney) took her own life, most likely with post-natal depression after the birth of her first child. Her husband George Burgdorf was blinded in a mining accident.
- Inquest into the death of Margaret Elizabeth Gorey
Re: Margaret Elizabeth Gorey
Margaret Elizabeth Gorey died of burns, aged 2 years and 10 months, on 7 January 1879 after falling into a pot of boiling tea. An inquest was held the following day at Rochester.