Tower Hill Cemetery

The cemetery is located on the Princess Hwy at the base of Tower Hill. Some of the families travelled little after arrival in the area and several generations can be followed.

Grave of Thomas Shanley, Ellen Malone & relatives

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
OUR DEAR SON
MICHAEL SHANLEY
DIED AUGUST 21ST 1899
AGED 37 YEARS
ALSO
CATHERINE
DIED MARCH 21ST 1888
AGED 23 YEARS
BRIDGET
DIED JULY 25TH 1874
AGED 17 YEARS
ANNIE
DIED JUNE 15TH 1861
AGED 2 YEARS
REST IN PEACE
AND OF THEIR MOTHER
ELLEN SHANLEY
WHO DIED JUNE 19TH 1916
AGED 86 YEARS
ERECTED BY THEIR LOVING PARENTS

Although remembered in the engraving, Catherine was actually buried at the Melbourne General Cemetery according to her death certificate. Not listed on the gravestone but also buried at this site according to Tower Hill Cemetery Burial records are:

	Thomas Shanley (About 1833 - 1917) and his grand-daughter
	Mary (1911 - 1919 - daughter of Stephen Shanley and Bridget Farley).

Other Graves in the Tower Hill Cemetery

Name	Inscription	Link to Image
Shanley, Thomas & Gertie	Sacred to the memory of Thomas, beloved husband of Mary Shanley, died 20th July 1919, aged 56 years. Also their beloved daughter Gertie. RIP.
Malone family
Shanley, Thomas	IN MEMORY OF THOMAS SHANLEY, DIED 28 OCT 1955 AGED 58 YEARS