Woronora Cemetery Transcriptions

Woronora Cemetery is located at Sutherland in Sydney's southern suburbs. It is a functioning cemetery with a crematorium. It contains both old traditional monumental lawns, lawn memorials and many different types of crematorium memorials.

Thursday, March 23, 2006

Emma Doughty 1863-1948


  • Transcription:
    In Loving Memory of
    Our Dear Mother
    Emma Doughty
    Died 8th May 1948
    Aged 65 Years
  • Name: Emma Doughty
  • Born: 1863
  • Died: 8th May 1948 Rockdale NSW (reg 12159/1948)
  • Spouse: Arthur Doughty
  • Parents: William and Sophia
  • Children: Lillian and Joseph

Arthur Doherty 1880-1943


  • Transcription:
    [Mason Symbol]
    In Loving Memory of Arthur Doughty
    Died 14th Dec 1943
    Aged 63 Years
  • Name: Arthur Doherty
  • Birth: 1880 Bosden, Cheshire, England (1881 census)
  • Death: 14 December 1943 Rockdale (reg 30697/1943)
  • Spouse: Emma Doughty
  • Parents: Joseph and Martha Doughty
  • Children: Lillian Doughty, Joseph Doughty b.1909 (WWII Nom Roll) d.1974 (reg 41860/1974)

Catherine Swanson (nee Henry) 1890-1951


  • Transcription:
    In Loving Memory Of
    Catherine Swanson
    Died 6th Jan 1951
    Aged 61 Years
  • Name: Catherine Swanson (nee Henry)
  • Born: 1890
  • Died: 6th January 1951 Sydney (reg 89/1951)
  • Spouse: Charles Fieldhouse Swanson (reg. 3483/1947 Waverley)
  • Parents: Charles (Henry?)

Charles Fieldhouse Swanson 1867-1952


  • Transcription:
    [Mason Symbol]
    In Loving Memory of
    Charles F Swanson
    Died 20th Sep 1952
    Aged 85 Years
  • Name: Charles Fieldhouse Swanson
  • Birth: 1867
  • Death: 20 September 1952 Kogarah NSW Australia (reg 17167/1952)
  • Spouses: Ada Mary Heppell (Mar 1893 South Shield v.10a p.816) and
    Catherine Henry (reg. 3483/1947 Waverley)
  • Parents: Charles Fieldhouse Swanson
  • Children: Charles Fieldhouse Swanson
  • Remarks: Ada died at Port Macquarie in 1942 (reg 21654/1942) - her parents were Frederick and Elizabeth.

Wednesday, March 22, 2006

Charles Fieldhouse Swanson 1906-1981


  • Transcription:
    Loving Memories of a
    Dear Husband Father & Grandad
    Charles F Swanson
    At Rest 17th May 1981
    Aged 74 Years
  • Name: Charles Fieldhouse Swanson
  • Born: 1906 Sculcoates, Yorkshire (Dec 1906 Qtr, Vol 9d Page 185)
  • Parents: Charles Fieldhouse Swanson
  • Spouse: Lillian Doughty (reg 5479/1934 Rockdale)
  • Died: 17th May 1981 Bexley (Ryerson Index)
  • Remarks: Ryerson Index entry:

    SWANSON,Charles Fieldhouse
    Died: 17MAY1981
    Aged: 74
    Notice: Death Notice Sydney Morning Herald
    Location: Late of Bexley
    Publication: 20MAY1981
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Lillian Swanson (nee Doughty) 1912-1992


  • Transcription:
    In Loving Memory of a Dear Wife
    Mother Nanna & Great-Nanna
    Lillian Swanson
    At Rest 6th September 1992 Age 79
    In God's Care
  • Name: Lillian Swanson (nee Doughty)
  • Birth: 1912 Rockdale (reg 48810/1912)
  • Parents: Arthur Doherty and Emma Doherty
  • Husband: Charles Fieldhouse Swanson
  • Married: 1934 Rockdale (reg 5479/1934)
  • Died: 6th September 1992
  • Remarks: The following is the Ryerson Index regarding Lillian's death:
    Name: SWANSON, Lillian
    Location of Event: late of Bexley,
    Date: 06 SEP 1992
    Subtype of Record: death notice
    Age: 79
    Newspaper: Sydney Morning Herald
    Notes: pub. 08 SEP 1992.

Swanson / Doughty Family Rose Garden 31, Old Section


The Swanson / Doughty Family Rose Garden 31, in the Old Section, contains six plaques:

  • Lillian Swanson, died 1992
  • Charles F Swanson, died 1981
  • Charles F Swanson, died 1952
  • Catherine Swanson, died 1951
  • Arthur Doherty, died 1943
  • Emma Doherty, died 1948
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Old Section, Rose Garden, Woronora Crematorium

 

The Old Section, Rose Garden, Woronora Crematorium.

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