Privately owned cemeteries
Waterford West Catholic Cemetery
This cemetery is no longer in existence – some graves have been relocated to Gleneagle.
History
Between 1870 and approximately 1876 the Catholic school/church was located on Portion 40 at 254 Logan Reserve Road. It is possible there are burials at this site, but the land was never formally transferred to the church.
From 1876, or possibly earlier the chapel was located on Portion 20 near Leo’s Morning Star Hotel. (954-956 Kingston Beenleigh Road).
The land for the church was formally donated by the Leo Family in 1892. The rebuilt chapel was dedicated by Archbishop Dunne on 10 December 1892. The Leo family sold up and left the district in 1899. There are no cemetery records, so educated guesses need to be made to purchase the death certificates to prove burials on this site. Richard and Catherine Leo lost their child Richard Junior aged 7 days in 1874 and he is likely buried on this site. His sister Mary died in 1880 aged 2 Years 10 months and is definitely buried here. Family evidence suggests that there are graves belonging to Richard Leo’s nephews, from the O’Donnell family who lived on the eastern bank of the river at Waterford.
When the property was sold by the Catholic Church in 1983 those graves with headstones were exhumed and re-interred at Gleneagle. They included baby Margaret Egan, who died on 26 November 1893, Alice Winter, presumably the wife of the local blacksmith, who died on 24 March 1932. The other illegible headstone appears to be Patrick and Eleanor Leo, most likely the parents of Richard.
Burials
The following lists burials at the former Waterford West Catholic Cemetery. Bold items are confirmed by death certificate or by headstone relocated to Gleneagle.
| Name | Date | Age | Occupation | Cause of death | Father | Mother |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo, Richard | 20/04/1874 | 7 days |
Convulsions |
Richard Leo | Catherine O’Donnell | |
| Leo, Catherine | 31/5/1878 | Patrick Leo | Ellen | |||
| Leo, Mary | b.13/05/1877 d.9/2/1880 |
2 years 10 months | Convulsions | Richard Leo | Catherine O’Donnell | |
| Moloney, James | 5/6/1882 | 69 | Farmer | Old age | John Moloney | Bridget Cassidy |
| Moloney, James | 26/9/1883 | 24 | Clerk | Phthisis (TB) | James Moloney | Bridget Egan |
| Egan, Margaret | 26/11/1893 | Patrick Egan | Mary Anne Hayes | |||
| Patrick Leo (buried with Ellen) | 11/12/1890 | 80 | Richard | Mary | ||
| Leo, Ellen | 4/3/1888 | 75 | Broken blood vessel near heart | John Caine | Katherine Kayley | |
| *O’Donnell, Thomas David | 1/1/1897 | 7 months | Thomas O’Donnell | Ellen O’Keefe | ||
| *O’Donnell, Arthur Vincent | 3/10/1897 | 2 months | Thomas O’Donnell | Ellen O’Keefe | ||
| *O’Donnell, Thomas Arthur | 8/4/1899 | 2 months | Thomas O’Donnell | Ellen O’Keefe | ||
| Winter, Alice | 24/3/1932 | Wife of blacksmith |
* Thomas O’Donnell was the brother of Catherine Leo. Infants buried on this site are according to family information supplied by Olga Leo.