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Title: death of a Swinnerton child
Post by: swinno on Monday 13 May 19 17:42 BST (UK)
Hi
I am looking for any information of a death of a Colleen Swinnerton she was only a child at time of death. I suspect it was in Bendigo Victoria.
thanks,
bswinno.
Title: Re: death of a Swinnerton child
Post by: rosie17 on Monday 13 May 19 18:25 BST (UK)
Colleen Doris Swinnerton
Birth year 1954
Age 4 years died 1958
Death place Victoria Australia
Mother Beverley Marg Jordon

Registration number 26711

You will also find her burial on www.findagrave.com

Rosie
Title: Re: death of a Swinnerton child
Post by: swinno on Monday 13 May 19 18:52 BST (UK)
Yes Rosie thanks for the information.
It is the correct child she had died under
suspicious circumstances.
bswinno
Title: Re: death of a Swinnerton child
Post by: rosie17 on Monday 13 May 19 20:17 BST (UK)
Maybe some one will be able to find you more information maybe a mention in newspapers

Rosie
Title: Re: death of a Swinnerton child
Post by: cupoflife on Monday 13 May 19 22:11 BST (UK)
The Age 9 Sept 1958 - Page 3 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TCUQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6pQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4172%2C1190249
“Mother 24, on Charge of Murder....

Adding: The Age 25 Sept 1958 - Page 13 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WiUQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6pQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6000%2C3839873
“Child Murder Case Remand...

The Age 16 Oct 1958 - Page 12 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3QFQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=M5UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7133%2C2539560
“Woman Sent for Trial of Manslaughter of 4 1/2-year-old Daughter...

SMH 16 Oct 1958 - Page 9 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9X9WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4eQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7079%2C3829260
“Hang Me” Plea Alleged by Mother...
Title: Re: death of a Swinnerton child
Post by: rosie17 on Tuesday 14 May 19 07:00 BST (UK)
Oh my goodness how sad ..poor wee girl  :'(

Rosie
Title: Re: death of a Swinnerton child
Post by: swinno on Tuesday 14 May 19 08:54 BST (UK)
So sad indeed. I am led to believe that the mother went to trial and was acquitted.
Would the trial also be reported in the local papers?
 
Title: Re: death of a Swinnerton child
Post by: majm on Tuesday 14 May 19 09:02 BST (UK)
https://news.google.com/newspapers 

The Age, Melbourne is in there, under "A"  I am not experienced at the search engine for that link, sorry.

JM
Title: Re: death of a Swinnerton child
Post by: swinno on Wednesday 15 May 19 07:50 BST (UK)
Thanks for those of you who answered my request for information.
bswinno
Title: Re: death of a Swinnerton child
Post by: Lanceman on Sunday 26 May 19 00:37 BST (UK)
Slight tangent folks. Was Colleen's father William related to the Bendigo or Ballarat Swinnerton's? I can't find William Colin Swinnerton's death listed in the Victorian BDM.

Cheers,

Lance
Title: Re: death of a Swinnerton child
Post by: majm on Sunday 26 May 19 01:32 BST (UK)
Welcome Lance,

Can you  please confirm that you already know he is no longer living?  Vic bdm does not display registrations for events that are still within their restricted access time frames.  :)

JM
Title: Re: death of a Swinnerton child
Post by: cupoflife on Sunday 26 May 19 02:14 BST (UK)
https://billiongraves.com/grave/William-Colin-Swinnerton/6313937
Dunolly Cemetery
William Colin Swinnerton
Died: 17 Apr 2006
aged 84 years
Title: Re: death of a Swinnerton child
Post by: Lanceman on Sunday 26 May 19 02:21 BST (UK)
Excellent point Majm,

I do know he has passed but forgot the 30 yr embargo on Vic BDM. Explains why I could not see it.

Cheers,

Lance
Title: Re: death of a Swinnerton child
Post by: cupoflife on Sunday 26 May 19 02:26 BST (UK)
http://ryersonindex.org/search.php
SWINNERTON, William Colin (Bill), death 18APR2006; Herald Sun (Melbourne)24APR2006

naa.gov.au
SWINNERTON WILLIAM COLIN : Service Number - VX111314 : Date of birth - 10 Mar 1922 : Place of birth - DUNNOLLY VIC : Place of enlistment - GHERANG VIC : Next of Kin - SWINNERTON JESS
Title: Re: death of a Swinnerton child
Post by: cupoflife on Sunday 26 May 19 02:43 BST (UK)
https://www.tribalpages.com/tribe/familytree?uid=hibbens&surname=Swinnerton
Swinnerton, William Colin Mcquade, Born 1922 in Dunolly, Victoria, Australia, Died Apr 17 2006 in Victoria. Australia

http://www.swinnerton.org/Saga/Volume14/No_6_Jun2010.pdf
Page 139 (pg13 of 15 in this digital link) William Colin Swinnerton b. c 1922, m. Beverley Margaret Jordan.
William died 17 Apr 2006, buried: Dunolly Memorial Wall, C15. VX 111314 Corporal Swinnerton
Colleen Doris Swinnerton b. Jan 1954, d. 7 Sep 1958, Dunolly, buried Dunolly H.
Title: Re: death of a Swinnerton child
Post by: Lanceman on Sunday 26 May 19 03:05 BST (UK)
Thanks CupOfLife, hadn't realised the Swinnertons have been covered. I'll have to contact the author for a few additions to the Swinnerton history in Ballarat.

The take home message is the Ballarat and Bendigo Swinnerton's are related only in the old home country.
Title: Re: death of a Swinnerton child
Post by: swinno on Sunday 26 May 19 10:22 BST (UK)
Hi guys,

Thanks for the further information.
The Swinnerton's families in both Ballarat and Bendigo
are related through a William Swinnerton and Eliza McQuade.

bswinno