Robert Waters (1839 - 1848)

Died 1848 at about age 9 in Hexham, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Robert Waters was born on 04 Oct 1839 in Aghanloo, Tyrone, Northern Ireland as the third child of Ezekiel Waters and Jane Williamson. He had six siblings, namely: James, Walter, Mary Jane, William, Allan Yanty, and Robert Irvine Coulter. He died on 26 Dec 1848^[1] in Hexham, New South Wales, Australia.

Burial: Find A Grave: (155681763) ACI ID: (4950702) He was buried^[2][3] in Yarramalong, New South Wales, Australia (Yarramalong Cemetery).

30 Dec 1848 Reported in Maitland Mercury: FATAL ACCIDENTS.- On Wednesday an inquestwas held at Hexham, before J. S. Parker, Esq., coroner, on the body of Robert Waters, a boy of eight years old. It appeared that James Waters, a brother of the deceased, and aged thirteen years, went on Tuesday from his father'shouse at Hexham into the bush with a dray and two bullocks to fetch some saplings, Robert Waters accompanying him. After getting thedray loaded the deceased and two other children mounted on it to ride home, bitting on the saplings, James Waters walking by the bullocks. In descending a hill, one of the wheels got suddenly into a water-course, and the jerk threw off Robert Waters, who was sitting nearly over that wheel. He screamed out, and his brother immediately stopped the bullocks, and ran round to lift him up, the jerk having thrown him just in front of the wheel ; the sudden movement, however, frightened the bullocks, and they moved on, the wheel passing over Robert Waters's neck and head. His brother lifted him up, and called out for assistance to a neighbour living close by, who came immediately, but the poor boy died in a few minutes. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death, acquitting James Waters of any blame.

Sources

• NSW Birth, Death and Marriage Registration
• Australian Cemetery Index
• Find a Grave

1. ↑ Death: NSW Birth, Death and Marriage Registration
   • Registration Number: 1007/1848 V18481007 33B
   • Date of Death: 26 Dec 1848
   • Name: WATERS ROBERT
   • Father's Given Name(s): INFANT
   • Mother's Given Name(s):
   • District:
2. ↑ Burial: Australian Cemetery Index for Priscilla Waters nee Woodbury b. 05 Mar 1859 d. 06 Mar 1954
3. ↑ Burial: Find A Grave for Priscilla Waters nee Woodbury b. 05 Mar 1859 d. 06 Mar 1954

• CORONER FINDINGS: http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/706733
• BURIAL: Austcemindex.com