Honeysuckle (Cottage Creek) Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW, Australia

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(also known as Cottage Creek and West End Cemetery)

Honeysuckle Point Cemetery began as a burial ground for Presbyterians and Roman Catholics in the 1840's and continued until Sandgate Cemetery began operating in 1881, before this Presbyterians and Roman Catholics buried their dead in the Christ Church Cathedral Cemetery which was at that time a general cemetery. During the 1840's the Wesleyan Methodists also began operating their own cemetery at Wickham.

The names listed below were exhumed from the Honeysuckle Cemetery in 1916 and buried in the Presbyterian section of Sandgate, burials also took place in the Catholic section of the cemetery. An estimated 300 burials took place at the cemetery according to the Newcastle Morning Herald 2.10.1916.

Contributions of burial details are of those buried at the original Honeysuckle Cemetery and it is not known if they were transferred to Sandgate Cemetery.

Above - The ornate surrounds of the graves removed from Honeysuckle Cemetery

3/10/2002 Update - A few months ago I photographed all the Presbyterian Headstones from Honeysuckle and when I examined them closely, found errors in the information given on the fiche which I had posted on the original Honeysuckle webpage. The information below, is from the actual headstone, no icon? the headstone is probably there but badly weathered and unreadable.

I also found the old Catholic Honeysuckle graves, there would be about 20 of them, most of the headstones in this section are in a far worse state than the Presbyterian ones, there is no record of the Catholic exhumations on the Sandgate fiche. The transcriptions I was able to read are now listed below.

Surnames with an icon have been photographed and can be found here

CATHOLIC BURIALS AT HONEYSUCKLE
	CAIN	James	b. 1813, d. 17th February, 1879, Sawyer, killed by a falling limb whilst splitting timber at Hillsborough, husband of Ellen Flynn, father of Eliza, William & Robert. (Information supplied by Lesley Moth)
	CORRIGAN	Eleanor McDermott	buried 23rd December, 1870 (Information supplied by Judith Smith)
	CORRIGAN	Winifred	died 1865, aged 11mths (Information supplied by Judith Smith)
	CORRIGAN	Helen	buried 19th September 1873, aged 14yrs, Information supplied by Judith Smith
	CORRIGAN	Agnes Ruth	buried 29th May, 1871, aged 6mths, (Information supplied by Judith Smith)
	CURTIS	Thomas Henry	1853, 74yrs, Master Mariner, born Boston USA, husband of Mary Ann Curtis [information supplied by Stephen Mills]
CATHOLIC BURIALS REMOVED TO SANDGATE
PHOTO	SURNAME	GIVEN NAME	REMOVED	TRANSCRIPTION
	ARMSTRONG/CLOUDY	Elizabeth Kate	1916	In Memory of, Elizabeth Kate, the beloved daughter of, Thomas & Elizabeth Armstrong, died March 18th 1875, aged 3 years 4 months, 11 days, and her Grandmother/father (?) Cloudy
	BROUGHTON	James	1916	Sacred to the Memory of, James, the son of ? and Eliza Broughton, died Dec 19? 1854, aged 13? months
	CALDWELL	George	1916	Gloria in Excelsis Deo, sacred to the memory of, George Caldwell, Corporal of the Mounted Police, who departed this life, 23rd March 1843, aged 45 years, after a painfull illness, of two months
	CALLAGHAN	Standish	1916	In memory of, Standish Callaghan, who died at Newcastle, 8th May, 1860, aged 10 years
	CARROLL	Ann (?)	1916	Headstone badly worn, date of 1857 visible and lower down the name Ann clearly visible, probably 2/3 names on headstone
	CORNER	Sarah Jane, ? Corner, ? Corner, Omer Matchett Corner, William John Corner	1916	Sarah Jane Corner, some lines undecipherable, ? Corner, undecipherable, ? Corner, undecipherable, also Omer Matchett Corner, died ? May 1862, aged ? years 6 months, and William John Corner, who died in Parramatta May 22nd 1849, aged 2 years & 6 months (Another tablet in the ground lists C.W.C. 1854, O.M.C 1862, W.J.C. 1849)
	GRIFFIN	Ann	1916	Here lie the remains of, Ann Griffin, who died October 11 1868, may her soul rest in peace, erected by her sister Mrs Johnson
	LYNCH	Mary Ann	1916	Mary Ann Lynch, ............... their son ....................
	McAREARY	Robert	1916	Sacred, to the memory of, Robert McAreary, died January 7th 1899, aged 42 years. Requiscay in Peace
	NORGARD	Mary Johanna, Maria Ana, Richard, Eleanor & Rose Elizabeth	1916	Mary Johanna died 1877. Maria Ana died 1856, Richard died 1862, Eleanor died 1861, Rose Elizabeth died 1861 (Death Dates are from NSW BD & M's)
	RYAN	Mary	1916	In memory of, Mary, the beloved wife of, Edward Ryan, born at Raymond Terrace, ..........., died at Lambton, November ?, ?
	WALSH	Margaret	1916	wife of Michael Walsh, died 3rd February 1873, aged 33 years. Dau. of Charles & Johanna Mason (information supplied by Phil Young)
	WALSH	Patrick	1916	In your great charity, pray for the repose of the soul, of, Patrick Walsh, who departed this life 16 Oct, 1870, aged 56 years

PRESBYTERIAN BURIALS AT HONEYSUCKLE
ARCHIBALD (nee Browne)	Susannah	d. 12th December 1868 at Bolton Street, Newcastle, b. 25th Dec 1831 Newtown Hamilton, ARM, IRL, wife of John Duncan Archibald, mother of Joseph, Elizabeth, William & John (Information supplied by K.L. Cranney)
McLeod	John	Drowned Newcastle Harbour 12th Nov 1853, per 'Midlothian' December, 1837. (Information supplied by Kerrie Alexander)

REMOVED TO SANDGATE
	ALLSOPP	Albert Henry	2.10.1916	1877
	ANDERSON	Hamilton buried with unknown	16.10.1916	1808/1871
	ANDERSON	William		In Memory of William Anderson, late of C....shire Scotland, died 2nd Sep 1880 aged 60 years
	ASH	Arthur Roger & Walter Frederick	19.10.1916
	BARNESON	William James	19.10.1916	Sacred to the Memory of William James Barneson, who departed this life July 26 July 1868 aged 5 years and ?? months
	BOWREY	Frederick & Elizabeth	2.10.1916	Sacred to the memory of Frederick Bowrey late of Newcastle who departed this Life January 1st 1863 aged 46 years, also Elizabeth wife of the above who died Sept 10 1872 aged 62 years
	BRENT	Ernest Alexander	2.10.1916	died 1880
	BROWN	Elizabeth	19.10.1916	Elizabeth beloved daughter of Robert & Elizabeth Brown who died June 10th 1877 aged 1 year 11 months
	BRYANT	Arthur Thomas Humphrey	2.10.1916	Sacred to the Memory of Arthur Th. Humphrey the eldest son of Richard & Mary Jane BRYANT died August 9th 1876 aged 2 years
	BURGESS	Elizabeth	12.10.1916	Sacred to the memory of Elizabeth the beloved wife of Robert Burgess died 11th July 1879 aged 28 years & 3 months
	BURR	Mary Etta	19.10.1916	In memory of Mary Etta wife of Edward H. Burr died August 29th 1875 aged 21yrs and ... months
	CADELL	Amelia Ellen	12.10.1916	In Memory of Amelia Ellen Cadell died November 17th 1878 aged 9 years
	CAMERON	Janet	16.10.1916	In Memory of Janet the beloved wife of Ewen Cameron died June 17th 1876 aged 79 years ........ Argyleshire
	CAMERON	Catherine & Elizabeth Mary	2.10.1916	Sacred to the memory of Catherine Cameron who died December 9th 1861 aged 1 year and 9 months and Elizabeth Mary Cameron who died March 28 1875 aged 5 years 7 months
	CARRUTHERS	Elizabeth	19.10.1916	Elizabeth second daughter of John & Jane Carruthers who died May 12 1875 aged 3 years and ... months
	CASTLES	Louis Darcy	16.10.1916	In Loving Memory of Louis Darcy the beloved son of Louis Thomas and Isabella Castles died October 10th 1871 aged 14? years and 3 months
	CAY	Capt Thomas	19.10.1916	In the Memory of Capt Thomas Cay who died Feb 9th 1865
	COLEMAN	Richard & Sarah	22.10.1916	Richard Coleman died ? 1859 aged 30 years also (Margaret?) Sarah Coleman died August 24th 1860 aged 9 years
	COOK	Isabella		Isabella wife of James Cook who died May ?? 1873 aged 44 years
	COOK	John & Elizabeth Emly	19.10.1916	John Cook died 1878 - In Memory of his daughter Elizabeth Emly who died 27th Oct 1877 aged 8 months
	COUPER	Alexander & Mary	16.10.1916	In Memory of, Alexander Couper native of Glasgow Scotland died 7th April 1872 also Mary Couper mother of the above died ?? January 1864 aged 82 years
	DOBIE	Alexander?	16.10.1916	died 1876?
	DONALD	Effie H.	2.10.1916	Effie H ... born April 23rd 1874 died February 27th 1875 aged 10 months and 5 days
	DOWNIE	James	16.10.1916	In Memory of James Downie who departed this life 17th July 1878 aged 40 years native of Stirlingshire Scotland
	DRYSDALE	Andrew	19.10.1916	In Memory of Andrew Drysdale, Master Mariner late of ........., died 1882 aged 28 years
	DUNLOP	Margaret & Robert	1.10.1916	Margaret Dunlop died March 16 1867 aged 56 years also Robert Dunlop her beloved husband died April 26 1880 in the 67th year of his age
	FLEMMING	?	19.10.1916	?
	FRASER/SMITH	Jane Fraser & Ann Smith	12.10.1916	Sacred to the Memory of Jane the beloved wife of Alexander Fraser who departed this life May 31st 1863 aged 19 years and 11 months also Ann the beloved wife of Thomas Smith born February 3rd? 1819 died September 5th? 1873 aged 56? years and 8 months
	GARRETT	H?.....es	19.10.1916	......es, .... of Thomas Garrett who departed this life on the 14th February AD 1854 in hope of a better one aged .... years
	GAY	Thomas	19.10.1916	died 9.2.1865
	GILMORE	Ann Jean & Margaret Eliza	2.10.1916	Sacred to the Memory of Ann Jean Gilmore who departed this life on the 4th April 1852 aged 20 years, also Margaret Eliza Gilmore, infant child of the above who departed this ife on the 25th December 1852 aged 12 months
	GOODSIR	William, Elizabeth, Melanie, Lydia Emily	(?)	William died 2.3.1869 aged 61 years, Elizabeth died 23.11.1861 aged 14 months, Melanie died 1868 aged 5 years?, Lydia Emily died 14.6.1881 aged 4 years
	GRANT	John	2.10.1916	In Memory of John Grant of Galomie? Strathspey Scotland who died at Newcastle 12th January 1868 aged 42 years, this stone erected by his affectionate brother
	HAGAN	Matilda	12.10.1916	died 1870
	HAGAN	Gibson	6.10.1916	?
	HARVEY	Eliza	2.10.1916	Sacred to the memory of Eliza Harvey who departed this life in the hope of blessed immortality on the 2nd day of May 1859 aged 56 years, and Margaret her daughter who died December 28th 1855 aged 16 months also Margaret ??th daughter of the above ?? April 1859 aged ?? .....s
	HENDERSON	William	2.10.1916	died 1860
	HESCOTT	Margaret	16.10.1916	died 1876
	HOADLEY	Anne	2.12.1916	In Memory of Anne the beloved wife of Henry James Hoadley who died March 1st 1873 aged 49 years, beloved by all who knew her
	HOGUE	Fitzarthur	6.10.1916	died 9.8.1878
	HOGUE	Elizabeth	6.10.1916	died 26.1.1878
	HOWDEN	(?)	7.11.1916	(?)
	INGALL	Fanny, Redman R. & Fanny S.	6.10.1916	Sacred to the memory of Fanny the daughter of Robert & Fanny Ingall who died August 20th 1867 aged one year and five months also Redman Robert Ingall died 1876 aged ... years also Fanny S. Ingall died 1881
	IRWIN	William, Robert Jnr, Robert, (?) and Helen	12.10.1916	William Irwin, Surgeon, of Newcastle, died June 30th 1869 & Robert Irwin, his son died ??, also Robert Irwin MD, who died ?? 1863, aged 32? (There is another undecipherable name on the bottom of the headstone) On newer headstone, Helen, beloved wife of the above Wm Irwin Surgeon, died 3rd December 1933 aged 92 years
	ISAAC	Thomas	19.10.1916	1850
	JAMES	John	2.10.1916	died 1862
	JOHNSON	George & Hannah	2.10.1916	George died 4.?.187?, Hannah Johnson died 1869? aged 55? years
	JOHNSTON	Sarah	2.10.1916	died 1879? aged 28 years?
	JONES	? and Jacob	2.10.1916	...... of England died ....... 26th 1862, also Jacob Jones son of William and Joan Jones of the parish of Llannellen, Monmouthshire England who died September 13th 1871 aged 48 years
	LISTER	Eliza Sarah, Jane Ann & Matthew	11.10.1916	Sacred to the memory of Eliza Sarah the beloved wife of Matthew Lister of this city who departed this life December 11th 1866 aged 20 years also, Jane Ann who died August 25 1864 aged 5 years, also Matthew Lister died January 10 1880 aged 42 years
	LYNE	Sarah Jane	6.10.1916	In Memory of Sarah Jane the beloved daughter of Emanual & Mary Lyne who departed this life March 1st 1878 aged 22 years
	LYNN	Anna Christine	19.10.1916	In Memory of Anna Christina Lynn, who departed this life, October 25th 1875
	MAIN	Jane	16.10.1916	Sacred to the memory of Jane, the beloved wife of Robert Main, died July 12th 1880, aged 35 years
	MANSON	John McLean & William Donald	16.10.1916	John McLean Manson died June 22nd 1873 aged 11 days, William Donald Manson died October 30th 1873 aged 3 years 11 months
	MATHIESON	James? and William	16.10.1916	In Memory of James? Mathieson died 1869 aged ... years and of, William Mathieson father of the above native of Lanark Scotland who died December 4th 1880 aged 62 years
	McALPINE	Duncan Stuart	19.10.1916	Duncan Stuart McAlpine who died March 11 1867 aged 1 year and 8 months
	McDONALD	Margaret	19.10.1916	Margaret, wife of John, ...... Goulburn River, Native of Ross Shire Scotland aged 50? yrs
	McDONALD	Flora & Catherine	2.10.1916	Sacred to the Memory of Flora daughter of Capt. McDonald who died ....... aged ...... also Catherine daughter of the above ..... aged 1 year and ... months
	McGILVRAY	John	6.10.1916	Sacred to the memory, of, John McGilvray, died December 3rd 1878, aged 41 years
	McISAAC	Catherine and John	16.10.1916	Christiana died 1858, John died 1858
	McMICHAEL	Mary	2.10.1916	Mary, the beloved wife of, Donald McMichael, who departed this life, October 10th 1880, aged 57 years
	McNEIL	Robert	19.10.1916	1850?
	MEARNS	Alexander	2.10.1916	died 1864
	MELVILLE	Margaret	16.10.1916	Margaret, the beloved daughter of, George Hugh and Catherine, Melville, October 12th 1874
	MUIRHEAD	Elizabeth C. & Robert	22.10.1916	Sacred to the Memory of, Elizabeth Cranston, daughter of Robert Muirhead, late of Stobs Mill, Scotland, who departed this life on ?? May 1868 aged 25? years also, Robert Muirhead, born November 13th 1807, died January 19th 1875, aged 67? years
	MURRAY	Ellen, David, John Patrick, Elizabeth & Annie	12.10.1916	Sacred, to the Memory of, ELLEN, the beloved wife of, David Murray of Hamelton, who was accidentally killed by, the fall of a tree at Lake Macquarie, Nov 8th 1877 also the children of the above, David Murray died August 16 1861?, aged 11 months, John Patrick Murray, died May 7th 1869 aged 12 months, Elizabeth S.L. Murray, died January 25th 1876, aged 11 months, Annie Murray, died July 11 1869, aged 13 months
	MURRAY	James	2.10.1916	a native of Banff Scotland, late 2nd Officer of the Barque Dudbrook who met his death by drowning, on the 13th December 1865 aged 25 years. This stone was erected by his brother Alexander Murray of Maryborough Victoria and his shipmates by whom he was much respected as a token of esteem
	PATTERSON	Thomas	19.10.1916	1860?
	PETHERBRIDGE	Lydia	11.10.1916	died 1868
	RAE	Robert & Ralph	11.10.1916	Robert died 1871, Ralph died 1881
	RAE	(?)	6.10.1916	(?)
	REDMONDE	Sophia	6.10.1916	(?)
	ROGERS	(?)	19.10.1916	(?)
	SCOTT	2 Unknowns	19.10.1916	(?)
	SCOTT	Andrew	19.10.1916	Andrew Scott who departed this life July 13th 1871 aged 71 years
	SCOTT	Dorothy	19.10.1916	Sacred to the Memory of Dorothy, the beloved mother of Andrew Scott, who died 2nd July 1879, aged 78? years
	SCOTT	Edward Wood	16.10.1916	Edward Wood Scott, beloved son of Andrew & Agnes Scott, who departed this life ?? 1871, aged 21 years and 11? months
	SILLAR	Matilda	12.10.1916	died 1864
	SMITH/FRASER	Ann Smith & Jane Fraser	19.10.1916	See Fraser/Smith
	SMITH	Frederick	11.10.1916	In Memory of, Frederic Smith, who was born at, Witney Oxfordshire, July 27th 1850, and died September 22nd 1863
	STITT	Alexander	12.10.1916	Sacred, to the memory of Alexander Stitt, who departed this life 27th of the 9th 1849, aged 25 years
	STITT	John	12.10.1916	Sacred, to the memory of, John Stitt, who departed this life, 15th April 1859, aged ??
	SUTTON	James	16.10.1916	...mes Sut..., died July 15th 1879, aged 36 years
	TAYLOR	(?)	6.10.1916
	TENNANT	William	11.10.1916	died 7/1/1878? aged 45 years
	THOMAS	Isaac		Sacred to the memory of, Isaac Thomas, of this City, who departed this life, on the 9th day of November, 1871, aged 58 years
	URQUART	Torquilla	2.10.1916	(?)
	WALLACE	Helen	11.10.1916	1864?
	WATKINS	Elizabeth & Thomas	2.10.1916	Sacred to the Memory of Elizabeth, eldest daughter of John & Sarah Watkins of Burwood, who died on the 29th July, 1869, also Thomas their eldest son, who died on the 4th December 1861 aged 12 years.
	WEBSTER	James	19.10.1916	died 1872
	WILLIAMSON	George, Christian & John	2.10.1916	To the Memory, of, George Williamson, who died July 18th 1861, aged 62 years, also Christian, relic of the above, who died January 29th 1863, aged 65 years John Williamson, their youngest son died, September 7th 1880, aged 40 years
	WITHERSPOON	James/Jane?	16.10.1916	(?)
	WOOD	Sarah	19.10.1916	Sarah Wood died 1871
	WOOD	Edward & John	12.10.1916	Edward Wood died 1859? John Wood died 1869? aged 59 yrs
	WRIGHT	H.	12.10.1916	(?)
	YOUNG	Christina & Andrew		In memory of Christina Young who died July 19 1869, aged 41 years, also, Andrew Young, husband of the above, who died April 23rd 1875, from injuries received in the, Waratah Coal Co Works, Waratah, both of Edinburgh Scotland

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