Dungog Cemetery Burial Records 1929

[Wayne Cook]

Can I firstly go ARRGGHH lol

It is so frustrating.

I can't find (if they still exist) the burial records for BOOTES Funeral Directors.

There is a BOOTS at Raymond Terrace but they don't appear to be related and/or have records back that far.

The information on my Great Grandmother's (Elizabeth Ann Cook (Nee: Bruyn) Death Certificate has Minister Thomas Gloster (Catholic Church Records say John Kelly) and buried by John S Boots

Her son Benjamin Justin Cook who died 4 days later in his advert has him as Justin Cook and the Catholic Church has him recorded as Austin Cook. His burial notice says undertaker J. T. BOOTES and Church Records say Minister Fr J. P. Kelly

Catholic Church has no plan of the Cemetery back then.

I have contacted the Dungog Council to see if they have a plan of the Cemetery from when they took over from the Church, if they have Benjamin Justin Cook listed and by what name.

Both of the above are in unmarked graves, yet her husband and his dad, is in a lovely marked grave.

[Wayne Cook]

I have discovered that John Stephen Boots buried in Dungog Cemetery (died in 1950) wife Esther (also buried in Dungog Cemetery and pre-deceased him) was a carpenter and undertaker. He lived in Dungog for 70 years and was born in Raymond Terrace.

[Tony Moore]

Wayne,

You might like to consider contacting the senior journalist of the "Dungog Chronicle":
https://www.dungogchronicle.com.au/contact/ since your man most likely would have been a very public figure.

The newspaper claims to have been around Dungog town for 124 years since 1888, on:

https://www.dungogchronicle.com.au/about-us/

Here is its contact page with e-mail address.
https://www.dungogchronicle.com.au/contact/

A second source is often the local government council, in this case Dungog Shire Council, operating a library in Dungog.
https://www.dungog.nsw.gov.au/play/dungog-library

It is easiest for e-mail contact via the shire council's office e-mail shown on
https://www.dungog.nsw.gov.au/council/contact-council
rather than via fax.

Don't forget the Dugog History Society at:
https://www.dungogmuseum.com.au/about/
https://www.dungogmuseum.com.au/contact/


Hope these might be good starting points,

Tony Moore
(Castle Hill, NSW)