Jessie Maria WHITE, 18641874 (aged 9 years)

Birth June 23, 1864 37 27
Birth of a sisterEdith Blanche WHITE
October 3, 1865 (aged 1 year)
Birth of a sisterJane Harvey WHITE
October 31, 1867 (aged 3 years)
Address: Hawthorn
Baptism of a sisterJane Harvey WHITE
December 29, 1867 (aged 3 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Arnot WHITE
December 5, 1869 (aged 5 years)
Address: Yarra Bank, Hawthorn
Baptism of a brotherWilliam Arnot WHITE
February 9, 1870 (aged 5 years)
Birth of a brotherHarvey Alexander WHITE
February 4, 1872 (aged 7 years)
Baptism of a brotherHarvey Alexander WHITE
March 14, 1872 (aged 7 years)
Admission to lunatic asylum
Admitted to Yarra Bend Lunatic Asylum. She had brain damage with consequent physical and mental effects. Admission records show she had had epilepsy for 3 years, was not previously disordered, was unable to feed or care for herself and was classified as idiotic.
December 17, 1872 (aged 8 years)

Death May 18, 187412:00 (aged 9 years) Age: 9
Cause of death: "disease of the brain of old standing" She also had TB in both lungs.
Note: Inquest was mandatory. It also recorded that she did not know family during their occasional visits.
Burial May 20, 1874 (2 days after death)
Address: Location: MGC-COE-Comp-L-No-641
Source: findagrave
Note: It is possible that Jessie's grave within Melbourne General Cemetery was intended to become a family…

It is possible that Jessie's grave within Melbourne General Cemetery was intended to become a family plot. However, William moved his family to Brighton a few years after Jessie's death. Brighton Cemetery became the resting place for himself and family where they were nestled within an area also containing his wife's sister's family and also that of his daughter, Edith.

Family with parents
father
William White
18271885
Birth: 1827 42 41Chaddesden, Derbyshire, England
Death: May 4, 1885"Rosyth", Hampton St, North Brighton, Melbourne, Victoria
mother
White Family Gravestone
18371928
Birth: April 28, 1837 42 38Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland
Death: February 4, 1928"private hospital" Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Religious marriage Religious marriageJune 19, 1862North Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2 years
herself
18641874
Birth: June 23, 1864 37 27West Bank, Lower Plenty, Victoria, Australia
Death: May 18, 1874Yarra Bend Lunatic Asylum, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
16 months
younger sister
Edith White, perhaps in mourning clothing. Her father died when she was 20 years old.
18651943
Birth: October 3, 1865 38 28Simpson St, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Death: August 26, 194316 Merrion Pl, Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2 years
younger sister
18671930
Birth: October 31, 1867 40 30Hawthorn, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Death: January 30, 1930Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2 years
younger brother
White Family Grave
18691892
Birth: December 5, 1869 42 32Yarra Bank, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
Death: November 16, 1892Rosyth, Hampton St, North Brighton, Victoria, Australia
2 years
younger brother
18721937
Birth: February 4, 1872 45 34Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Death: February 13, 1937Belgrave, Victoria, Australia
3 years
younger sister
C1937 Florence White
18741960
Birth: July 24, 1874 47 37Brighton, Melbourne, Victoria
Death: October 15, 1960Alexandra Private Hospital, Caufield, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Burial@findagrave@
Death

Inquest was mandatory. It also recorded that she did not know family during their occasional visits.

Burial

It is possible that Jessie's grave within Melbourne General Cemetery was intended to become a family plot. However, William moved his family to Brighton a few years after Jessie's death. Brighton Cemetery became the resting place for himself and family where they were nestled within an area also containing his wife's sister's family and also that of his daughter, Edith.