Thank you to Rose King and Barbara Wilson, who conducted a special tour of Kilmore Cemetery to celebrate International Women’s Day, focusing on the lives of the women of Kilmore. This special event attracted 46 people, including 25 members. The women covered included Jane Copeland, who had been part of the original Sullivan’s Bay colony of 1803, and Margaret Still, who left a graphic account of the 1851 bushfires.
I am Jane Copeland’s very proud great great greatgrandaughter. I was wondering how I would get more information on where her resting place is, so I can visit her and my gggrandfather Peter. My name is Debbie Stolp need Frank and live in St Leonards Victoria.
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Hi Debbie – Thank you for your enquiry. I am one of our research officers. There are two cemeteries in Kilmore, the Catholic Cemetery (from 1872) and the Public Cemetery (from 1850) both on the Kilmore Lancefield Road west of Kilmore. The burial register for the Catholic Cemetery has no Copeland entries. For the Public cemetery there are no burial records in the early years – pre 1920s. This means that the only record for these early burials are headstones, there are no headstones for Copeland. This probably means it is not possible to locate where in the Cemetery they are buried. To confirm the Cemetery where they are buried I suggest you obtain their death certificates, if available, see this website. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history
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Hi thank you for your info. Because my GGG grandmother was mentioned on the cemetery tour on 20th March 2020 (see article) I was thinking she was buried there as she was mentioned?
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HI Debbie – She is probably buried there but we dont know where as there is not a Copeland headstone. I assume she is the Jane Copeland buried in Kilmore in 1851. She was mentioned as her burial was a very early burial in the newly created cemetery.
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Yes that’s her. Well I’m glad her memory is still remembered. I have lots of info on her and will visit the cemetery one day
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HI Debbie
Just following up on my previous responses. I checked with Barbara who conducted the cemetery tour. She spoke of Jane Copeland as she was the 8th burial in the cemetery. Barb also agreed with me that we dont know where she is buried in the cemetery. Her burial entry is included in a CD titled Early Church Records in Victoria, which we have. We also hold a research file on Copeland. Cheers Grahame
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Jane is also my great great great grandmother . I am a descendant of Jane and her second husband John hangan . I had been really keen to visit her gravesite and was talking about it with my sister today. I find her history to be amazing . I wonder what other info there is on her . Info I know is all focussed on hangan part of her life. Disappointing no precise grave site . I like that I have relatives out there also feeling connected to our ggggrandmother 😊
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Hi Rosemarie. Jane is my Great Great GreatGrandmother too. I am descended from Jane and her third husband Peter Copeland. I was told that her grave is unmarked as is Peter’s (he died 1859). Jane certainly was a wonderful, resilient woman. I found her existence through the wonderful Hangan written History. I live in Victoria and grew up holidaying in Sorrento where are Jane and your John were at the Convict Settlement
Best wishes to you.
Deb Stolp
Blondee1100@gmail.com.
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