ID: I00518
Name: Ernest Bundarra SUTTON
Sex: M
Birth: 23 JUL 1880 in Bundarra, NSW
Burial: 18 MAY 1955 C of E Cemetery,Kilkivan Qld
Occupation: Baker Jockey
Death: 15 MAY 1955 in Kilkivan, Qld
Note: Obituary reads:- The death occurred in the Gympie District Hospital on May 15 (1955) of Mr Ernest Bundarra Sutton, aged 74 years. His wife had predeceased him only 14 days before. Mr Sutton, who had been ill for a long time, had spent the last seven months in hospital. Born at Bundarra Hospital, he came to Deepwater at the age of 14 and remained in the district for nearly 60 years. With his brother Harold, he had a bakery in North Tenterfield Street. Later he had some success as a jockey, following all-heights meetings throughout the district. For 21 years he was a horse trainer, and in this capacity he was best known. A sister Bella (Mrs J Chandler) lives in Texas, and his brother, Harold lives in Tamworth. Brothers Charles, George and Edward, and sisters Florence, Emma, Mabel and Mary, predeceased him. Mesdames A Barnett, W Lockwoods and M Romer (Deepwater) and W Sullivan ( Stanthorpe) are daughters, and Arthur (Kilkivan) is a son. The funeral took place in the Church of England Cemetery in Kilkivan on Tuesday.
Father: Charles Henry SUTTON b: 03 JUN 1837 in Scone, NSW
Mother: Ann Cudmore AGNEW b: 22 APR 1844 in Gundy, Scone, NSW
Marriage 1
Isabella Prisilla Gertrude LONG b: 19 DEC 1879 in Taylor St, Glen Innes, NSW
- Married:
26 JUN 1907
in St John's C of E, Deepwater, NSW
Children
Alma Mabel SUTTON b: 01 NOV 1907 in NSW George William SUTTON b: 17 APR 1910 in NSW Arthur Ernest William SUTTON b: 07 JUN 1912 in Tenterfield, NSW Emma (GOLDIE) Agnew SUTTON b: 11 JAN 1915 in Deepwater, NSW Isabel SUTTON b: 28 JUL 1917 in Tenterfield, NSW | |