Wedding photo of Michael Crennan and Ellen Larkin in Ballarat, Victoria - Photo Ancestry.com
Michael CRENNAN
Age at Death50
Date Of Death20 November 1896 : Reg 434/1896
Place Of BirthCastlecomer, Kilkenny, Ireland
OccupationMiner
Spouse's NameEllen LARKIN
ChildrenJulia Harris Crennan (1875) Bridget Ann Crennan (1876) Elizabeth Crennan (1879) Mary Crennan (1881) Edward Thomas Crennan (1883) Ellen Crennan (1885) Michael James Crennan (1889)
Broad Arrow Standard, Saturday 28 November 1896
Broad Arrow Standard, Wednesday 2 December 1896, page 2
The Broad Arrow Standard, Wed 9 Dec 1896
letter
Broad Arrow Standard Saturday 8 May 1897, page 3
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA
Death Certificate page 1 - from Elaine Hopper
Death Certificate Page 2 - from Elaine Hopper
Grave of Ellen Crennan in the Port Fairy Cemetery, Victoria also commemorates Michael Photo Find a Grave
Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial at the WA Museum in Kalgoorlie WA - Photo Paul Doust
Name Of Mine On Which Last Employed
Try It GM, Paddington, Western Australia
Diagnosis or cause of accident
While Crennan was being lowered down the Try-It shaft, Paddington, there was an unexplained stoppage in the lowering, followed by an unauthorised restarting, and Crennan fell to the bottom from such a height as to be instantly killed.
Place Of Burial
Broad Arrow Cemetery, Western Australia
Submitted by
David McMillan, volunteer researcher, and Elaine Hopper, relative.
MSW
Married
District
Paddington
Cause of Death
Mine Accidents
Father
Edward CRENNAN
Mother
Julia Johanna JACKSON
Place of marriage
St Alipius Catholic Church, Ballarat, Victoria, on 14th February 1874
Other Information
STORY - Michael Crennan – pioneer profile
Inquest - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/226222540?searchTerm=%22Michael%20Crennan%22
