Headstone of Ella Vera Hammer (née Carnie) and Frederick Harold Hammer, Pemberton Cemetery WA

Headstone of Ella Vera Hammer (née Carnie) and Frederick Harold Hammer, Pemberton Cemetery WA · Pemberton, Western Australia, Australia

For Frederick Harold Hammer & Ella Vera Carnie

IN LOVING MEMORY OF / OUR BELOVED PARENTS / ELLA VERA HAMMER / DIED 7TH DEC. 1943 / AGED 50 YEARS / AND / FREDERICK HAROLD [surname worn, illegible] / DIED 1ST APRIL 1965 / AGED 75 YEARS. / EVER REMEMBERED.

Headstone, Pemberton Cemetery WA (Methodist section, plot Meth 038), Australian Cemeteries Index inscription 16546868. Names both spouses jointly as 'our beloved parents' -- direct evidence of the union. No marriage date or place is given.

Headstone of Ella Vera Hammer (née Carnie) and Frederick Harold Hammer, Pemberton Cemetery WA · Pemberton, Western Australia, Australia

For Ella Vera Carnie (1893–1943)

IN LOVING MEMORY OF / OUR BELOVED PARENTS / ELLA VERA HAMMER / DIED 7TH DEC. 1943 / AGED 50 YEARS / AND / FREDERICK HAROLD [surname worn, illegible] / DIED 1ST APRIL 1965 / AGED 75 YEARS. / EVER REMEMBERED.

Her own headstone, giving a precise death date (7 Dec 1943) consistent with the WA BDM death-index year already cited on her (citation #50494).

Headstone of Ella Vera Hammer (née Carnie) and Frederick Harold Hammer, Pemberton Cemetery WA · Pemberton, Western Australia, Australia

For Frederick Harold Hammer (1890–1965)

IN LOVING MEMORY OF / OUR BELOVED PARENTS / ELLA VERA HAMMER / DIED 7TH DEC. 1943 / AGED 50 YEARS / AND / FREDERICK HAROLD [surname worn, illegible] / DIED 1ST APRIL 1965 / AGED 75 YEARS. / EVER REMEMBERED.

His own headstone (Pemberton Cemetery WA), giving a precise death date (1 Apr 1965, age 75) where only the WA BDM death-index year (1965, age 73) was previously known. Two-year age discrepancy between a family-supplied headstone age and a registrar-supplied index age is unremarkable.