Richard married Alice Brooks in 1905 in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.[2]
Richard died after 1948 in Western Australia aged >75. He is buried in Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Kalgoorlie–Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder City, Western Australia, Australia.[3][4]
Reserch Notes
Note: Married late in life to a barmaid. Made a fortune in the WA goldfields but wife wrote to Stan and Jack for money to bury him.
Sources
↑Birth: "Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922" Pioneer Index, Victoria 1836-1888; Registration Number: 13289 Ancestry Record 1778 #1100824 (requires subscription, accessed 15 July 2022) Name: Richard Gapes; Birth Date: Abt 1873; Birth Place: Tower Hill, Victoria; Registration Year: 1873; Registration Place: Victoria, Australia; Father: Richard Gapes; Mother: Sarah Porter.
↑Marriage:
"Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950"
Western Australian Pioneer Index, 1841-1905; Registration Number: 552 Ancestry Record 1780 #5580572 (requires subscription, accessed 15 July 2022)
Name
Richard Gapes
Marriage Date
1905
Marriage Place
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Registration Date
1905
Registration Place
Western Australia, Australia
Spouse
Alice Brooks
↑Death: "Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985" Western Australia Indexes to Vital Records 1906-1980; Registration Number: 174 Ancestry Record 1779 #174824 (requires subscription, accessed 15 July 2022) Name: Richard Gapes; Death Date: Abt 1949; Death Place: East Coolgardie, Western Australia; Registration Date: 1949; Registration Place: East Coolgardie, Australia.
↑Memorial: Find a Grave (no image) Find A Grave: Memorial #152631770 (accessed 15 July 2022) Memorial page for Richard Gapes (unknown-1949), citing Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Kalgoorlie–Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder City, Western Australia, Australia; Maintained by woowoo (contributor 49949980).
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