tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439899549982535994.post7420449726338079992..comments2023-10-20T19:08:55.797+11:00Comments on Eucalypt Habitat: Whroo CemeteryVickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02678687120165473412noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439899549982535994.post-43972464524258069312016-06-21T11:29:19.694+10:002016-06-21T11:29:19.694+10:00Hi Peter - It's great that the Whroo Cemetery ...Hi Peter - It's great that the Whroo Cemetery was able to provide some of the missing links in your family. I hope your search uncovers more of the answers you are looking for.Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02678687120165473412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439899549982535994.post-50357867815834371362016-06-21T07:00:37.795+10:002016-06-21T07:00:37.795+10:00I am very grateful to all those who have helped to...I am very grateful to all those who have helped to preserve the burial records of the cemetery at Whroo. Discovering the headstone to Ellen Sammon who died at the tender age of 23 has led me to identify a Sammon diaspora to Otago New Zealand and also to her parents William and Anne Sammon, who lived in Middleline North townland in what in the 19th century was County Galway Ireland but since 1898 has been incorporated into the neighbouring County Clare. It has opened up a whole new chapter in the story of the Sammon family, which I have been tracing. But I wonder still what made her choose to go to Victoria aged 18 (rather than join her older brother Michael in NZ) and why did she end her days in Whroo. Chunkie Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15169354754840615460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439899549982535994.post-39126733936326233482013-08-29T06:25:40.314+10:002013-08-29T06:25:40.314+10:00Many thanks for taking the time to post this infor...Many thanks for taking the time to post this information, Nicola.Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02678687120165473412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439899549982535994.post-20125186872912671032013-08-28T20:00:01.348+10:002013-08-28T20:00:01.348+10:00I have been studying this cemetery for over 20 yea...I have been studying this cemetery for over 20 years so that it does not be lost.<br />www.whroocemeteryinterments.weebly.comfreesiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02555807751824664177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439899549982535994.post-11721244573411422322013-08-28T19:55:37.306+10:002013-08-28T19:55:37.306+10:00pronounced roo ...... from the aboriginal name for...pronounced roo ...... from the aboriginal name for waterhole, which is located to the east of the cemetery up a hill<br />freesiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02555807751824664177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439899549982535994.post-37578949058244299292010-02-17T08:18:25.468+11:002010-02-17T08:18:25.468+11:00Jim, to be honest, I'm not sure how it's p...Jim, to be honest, I'm not sure how it's pronounced. I just assumed the 'Wh' was sounded, but maybe it is silent.<br /><br />Joan Elizabeth and Julie, like you, old cemeteries fascinate me. In another hundred years, what will have become of them? With cremations you lose that history.Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02678687120165473412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439899549982535994.post-46727744284595610252010-02-15T14:41:00.259+11:002010-02-15T14:41:00.259+11:00Yeah,I adore this sort of thing. It can start me o...Yeah,I adore this sort of thing. It can start me off on one of my beloved research goose-chases. I am such a cemetery tragic. All started from a trip along the Great Ocean Road in 1972 where I was confronted by all the cemeteries to the shipwrecks. Such a wealth of history, and all about the hoi- poloi.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09513648613788716017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439899549982535994.post-63226635222148495682010-02-15T14:12:02.789+11:002010-02-15T14:12:02.789+11:00Old cemeteries are always touching ... so many inf...Old cemeteries are always touching ... so many infants lost, so many young men and women to early deaths ... and a surprising number of long lived people as well.Joan Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16358008925558240778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7439899549982535994.post-83351720510800000202010-02-15T13:22:37.112+11:002010-02-15T13:22:37.112+11:00That's interesting. How do you pronounce the t...That's interesting. How do you pronounce the town's name though? Is it 'roo'?<br /><a href="http://sydney-city.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Sydney - City and Suburbs</a>Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16361781616939928650noreply@blogger.com