Common Names in Cemeteries
in the Victorian North East
The following is a list of surnames that are common in certain cemeteries in the north east of Victoria (although some neighbouring cemeteries are included).
It lists those cemeteries that have a greater than average incidence of a particular surname, indicating areas where families have become established. It is from Len's own observations during his research into the area, and as such is a subjective not a quantative appraisal .
This list has been compiled by Len Heyward, and is copyright. It has been posted for private study only. No copies may be made in any format, including electronic or paper-based, for any purpose except private study, without written permission from Len.
| Surname | Cemetery |
| Aldridge | Old Springhurst Tallangatta |
| Allen | Albury - Waugh Rd (lawn) Windsor, NSW - St. Matthews |
| Barber | Albury - Waugh Rd (lawn) |
| Bartell | Batlow, NSW |
| Barton | Albury - Waugh Rd (lawn) Myrtleford (old) |
| Beer | Albury - Waugh Rd (West) |
| Bergin | Barnawartha |
| Betts | Windsor, NSW - St. Matthews |
| Blencower | Werribee |
| Bowen | Beechworth |
| Briggs | Cudgewa Kiewa Tawonga |
| Brown | Albury - Waugh Rd (lawn) Milawa Presb |
| Cardwell | Mitta Mitta |
| Carkeek | Cudgewa |
| Carmody | Milawa |
| Clarke | Walwa |
| Cole | Bethanga |
| Coleman | Albury - Waugh Rd (West) |
| Collins | Albury - Waugh Rd (lawn) Stanley |
| Connell | Tarrawingee |
| Connor | Everton |
| Connors | Eldorado |
| Cooper | Tawonga |
| Coulston | Corryong Cudgewa Kiewa |
| Coysh | Walwa |
| Crawford | Benalla |
| Cronin | Wodonga |
| Cross | Creswick |
| Curtis | Stanley |
| Damm | Wodonga |
| Davies | Beechworth |
| Davis | Albury - Waugh Rd (lawn) |
| Donnelly | Albury - Waugh Rd (lawn) Laurel Hill, NSW |
| Drummond | Walwa |
| Dunstan | Myrtleford (old) Wodonga - Catholic |
| Eames | Albury - Waugh Rd (West) |
| Edwards | Albury - Waugh Rd (lawn) |
| Eisenhauer | Albury - Waugh Rd (lawn) |
| Elliott | Albury - Waugh Rd (lawn) |
| Ellis | Creswick |
| Emms | Rutherglen |
| Faithfull | Eldorado |
| Farrelly | Bright |
| Ferguson | Everton |
| Fitzgerald | Tarrawingee |
| Flood | Albury (Waugh Rd) |
| Flynn | Albury (Waugh Rd) Wodonga |
| Ford | Windsor, NSW - St. Matthews |
| Gadd | Avenel Walwa |
| Gannon | Gunning |
| Gibson | Albury - Waugh Rd (West) |
| Gilbert | Albury - Waugh Rd (lawn) Beechworth Old Sydney - Laperouse |
| Goldsworthy | Creswick |
| Gorman | Avenel |
| Green | Albury (Waugh Rd) |
| Hagerty | Mitta Mitta |
| Hanley | Granya |
| Hayes | Albury - Waugh Rd (lawn) Windsor, NSW - St. Matthews |
| Hegarty | Werribee |
| Hempel | Kiewa |
| Hodder | Broadford |
| Hore | Albury - Union Rd (lawn) - sect 3 |
| Hoysted | Albury (Waugh Rd) Wangaratta Wodonga |
| Hurley | Albury - Union Rd (lawn) - sect 3 |
| Jarvis | Kiewa |
| Jeffrey | Milawa |
| Jenkins | Bright |
| Jones | Bright Creswick Milawa Presb. Windsor, NSW - St. Matthews |
| Kearney | Benalla |
| Keat | Kiewa Yackandandah |
| Kelly | Avenel Benalla Everton Kiewa Stanley Wodonga - Catholic |
| Kemp | Albury - Waugh Rd (lawn) |
| Kenneally | Benalla |
| Kennedy | Albury - Waugh Rd (lawn) Avenel Barnawartha Beechworth Benalla |
| King | Milawa R.C. |
| Kneebone | Everton |
| Larkin | Kiewa Myrtleford (old) |
| Larkins | Seymour |
| Lees | Bethanga |
| Lennane | Gundagai |
| Lewis | Albury - Waugh Rd (lawn) Avenel |
| Lloyd | Milawa C of E |
| Lord | Mitta Mitta |
| Luckie | Eldorado |
| Maddison | Tawonga |
| Maguire | Albury - Waugh Rd (East) |
| Maher | Milawa |
| Mann | Walwa |
| Martin | Albury - Waugh Rd (lawn) Barnawartha |
| Matthews | Albury - Waugh Rd (lawn) |
| McCormick | Wangaratta |
| McDonald | Barnawartha Creswick Myrtleford (old) |
| McFarlane | Albury - Waugh Rd (lawn) |
| McGrath | Albury - Union Rd (lawn) - sect 3 |
| McInerny | Chiltern |
| McGuiness | Albury (Waugh Rd) Beechworth |
| McKay | Wangaratta |
| McMahon | Rutherglen |
| McMeekin | Walwa |
| McVean | Corryong |
| McWaters | Milawa |
| Mildren | Corryong |
| Mongan | Yackandandah |
| Mooney | Milawa |
| Moore | Eldorado Milawa Myrtleford (old) Wangaratta |
| Moran | Avenel |
| Morgan | Avenel |
| Morrison | Everton |
| Morrissy | Everton |
| Mueller | Yackandandah |
| Munro | Albury - Waugh Rd (lawn) |
| Murphy | Avenel Beechworth Kiewa Milawa |
| Murray | Walwa |
| Nankervis | Tallangatta |
| Newbound | Wodonga |
| Northey | Wodonga |
| O'Gorman | Albury (Waugh Rd) |
| O'Keefe | Wangaratta |
| Olcorn | Rutherglen |
| Oliver | Albury - Waugh Rd (East) Albury - Waugh Rd (lawn) |
| Osmotherly | Tallangatta |
| Packer | Bethanga |
| Pape | Myrtleford (old) |
| Pendergast | Windsor, NSW - St. Matthews |
| Peters | Old Sydney - Laperouse |
| Polkinghorne | Albury - Waugh Rd (lawn) |
| Power | Creswick Milawa Myrtleford (old) |
| Quinn | Albury - Waugh Rd (West) Tarrawingee |
| Quirk | Albury - Union Rd (lawn) - sect 3 Bright Kiewa Milawa |
| Quonoey | Kiewa |
| Rae | Everton |
| Ramsey | Eldorado |
| Rapsey | Tallangatta |
| Reid | Kiewa Milawa R.C. |
| Rixon | Albury - Waugh Rd (lawn) |
| Roberts | Barnawartha |
| Robinson | Beechworth |
| Ronan | Yackandandah |
| Ryder | Tawonga |
| Scammell | Wodonga |
| Seymour | Albury - Waugh Rd (lawn) |
| Shanahan | Milawa Werribee |
| Sheehan | Albury - Waugh Rd |
| Sims | Old Springhurst |
| Sinclair | Stanley |
| Sirl | Bethanga |
| Smith | Albury - Union Rd (lawn) - sect 3 Beechworth Bright Gunning Myrtleford (old) Wodonga |
| Spargo | Creswick |
| Spink | Everton Tarrawingee |
| Thomas | Albury - Waugh Rd (East) Barnawartha Kiewa Tallangatta |
| Tobin | Seymour |
| Toohey | Bethanga |
| Veitch | Old Sydney - Laperouse |
| Waite | Albury - Union Rd (lawn) Albury - Waugh Rd (lawn) Albury - Waugh Rd (West) Everton Kiewa |
| Walker | Bright |
| Wall | Werribee |
| Walsh | Milawa Rutherglen |
| Waters | Milawa |
| Webb | Granya |
| Wells | Everton |
| Welsh | Barnawartha |
| Wild | Bethanga |
| Wilson | Albury - Union Rd (lawn) - sect 3 Albury - Waugh Rd (East) Avenel Barnawartha Broadford Creswick Rutherglen Seymour Wodonga |
| Wise | Bethanga |
| Withers | Barnawartha |
| Wood | Windsor, NSW - St. Matthews |
| Wraith | Bright Harrietville |
Last updated on 01 September 2021
