Kingscote Cemetery
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Kingscote Cemetery

Kingscote, Kangaroo Island Council, South Australia, Australia

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    Kingscote, Kangaroo Island Council, South Australia Australia
    Coordinates: -35.64659, 137.62803
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The land the new Kingscote Cemetery was donated by the Chapman family. The Kingscote Cemetery opened in 1882 with the burial of Mrs. Isabella Johnson Thomson nee Reeves, in around 1886 her son and daughter were placed on either side of her burial (they were transferred from the Kingscote Pioneer Cemetery). At this time her daughter-in-law Ann Thomson nee Snelling, Maud Calnan and Sylvia Jane Chapman were also transferred. The first recorded burial was Mrs. Margaret Stokes in 1894 and the first lease was Alfred Turner in 1923. The original Kingscote records from 1894 were kept in 3 locations - a notebook, and the burial and lease records. Stillborns were not recorded as burials but were listed on a separate map and noted in the notebook. There are small gaps in the records when the man who was InCharge of the records was ill or died. These few people in these gaps did not have lease or burial records but were listed on the main map of the Kingscote Cemetery. The cemetery has expanded over the years. 1882-1894 burials are located together. In 1894 the cemetery extended north towards the coast. Then the cemetery extended to the east and west of these burials. In the 1970's the new lawn section was created. A new section was opened in 2000 to the West and another section is due to open in around 2025 on the far east of the existing cemetery.
The land the new Kingscote Cemetery was donated by the Chapman family. The Kingscote Cemetery opened in 1882 with the burial of Mrs. Isabella Johnson Thomson nee Reeves, in around 1886 her son and daughter were placed on either side of her burial (they were transferred from the Kingscote Pioneer Cemetery). At this time her daughter-in-law Ann Thomson nee Snelling, Maud Calnan and Sylvia Jane Chapman were also transferred. The first recorded burial was Mrs. Margaret Stokes in 1894 and the first lease was Alfred Turner in 1923. The original Kingscote records from 1894 were kept in 3 locations - a notebook, and the burial and lease records. Stillborns were not recorded as burials but were listed on a separate map and noted in the notebook. There are small gaps in the records when the man who was InCharge of the records was ill or died. These few people in these gaps did not have lease or burial records but were listed on the main map of the Kingscote Cemetery. The cemetery has expanded over the years. 1882-1894 burials are located together. In 1894 the cemetery extended north towards the coast. Then the cemetery extended to the east and west of these burials. In the 1970's the new lawn section was created. A new section was opened in 2000 to the West and another section is due to open in around 2025 on the far east of the existing cemetery.

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