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May Buckingham

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May Buckingham
BUCKINGHAM Lawrence Tasman May North.JPG
Headstone Information
Date of Birth 10 June 1890
Age at Death 76 years
Additional Names Lawrence Tasman Buckingham
Transcription In Loving Memory of our beloved husband & father Lawrence T [Tasman] Buckingham. Died 27 March 1950 aged 60 years. And his beloved wife May. Died 2nd April 1967. Aged 76 years. "Our beloved parents reunited".

Early Life

May Buckingham (nee Stinton) was born 10 June 1890 in Queensland. Her father was Harry Howard Stinton and her mother was Annie Maria Stinton (nee Webb).

Marriage

May married Lawrence Tasman Buckingham in 1924 at Canning, Western Australia. May and Lawrence had two children: Hilda May (born 1925) and Edna (born 1931).

Electoral Rolls

According to the electoral roll in 1931 and 1937 May lived at Karragullen. The reserve called "Stinton Cascades Nature Reserve" is named for her family. In 1954 and 1963 May lived at River Avenue, Maddington.

Death

May died at the age of 76 years on 2 April 1967.