There are at least 51 burials of unnamed, unknown or stillborn infants interred in Old Gorge Cemetery. I decided to make a list of these 'angels' - plus all the all other infants found around the age 2 or 3, whether in a known plot or not. Adding known info on their parents etc, to help your searches. There may be more info on each child by going to links.

ALDERMAN
* Frederick . 2 Sep 1891 aged 11 months
. 5th of 10 known children (8 sons) of William Alderman (1848-1912) & Sarah Jane West (1862-1929) who married in Taradale, Hawke's Bay on 26 June 1884

ALLOTT
* Colin . 11 Aug 1947 aged 35 hours
. son of James Cook Allott (1903-1948) & Agnes Jane Coventry Dowdle (1904-1965)

ANCELL
* William Henry . 21 Aug 1890 aged 4 months
. 3rd of 13 children of Charles John Ancell (1846-1905) & Mary Ann/Ellen Gleeson (1863-1934). Their mother next married Charles James Malcolm Furlong in 1912

ARMITAGE
* Harold . 14 Feb 1886 aged 9 months
* Henry . 6 July 1883 aged 2
* Lily May . 7 Feb 1886 aged 8 months
. Siblings. Harold & Lily were twins, 3 of 6 children of William Armitage (1843-1907) & Margaret Jane White (1843-1909) who married in Lyttelton c1878

BAILLIE
* Sydney David . 30 April 1887 aged 3 months
. 3rd of 8 known children of David Baillie (1861-1943) & Lydia Ralph (1862-1934)

BAK
* Ivan Norman Percival . 25 Dec 1925 aged 11 months
. son of Jacob Andersen Bak (1896-1979) & Gladys Edith Myrtle Peck (1905-1978). His paternal grandparents were Andersen 'Andrew' Bak (1864-1946) & Thora Elede Guldbrandsen (1874-1939), whose families were settlers from Denmark & Norway. His maternal grandparents were Daniel Peck (1879-1965) & Elizabeth nee Peck (1881-1921), whose families were settlers of Taita & Woodville

BAKER
* baby . 11 Aug 1923 born still
. this baby was a twin with Leslie Baker (1823-1987)
* Fred . 15 Oct 1922 aged 2.8
. the 4th & 3rd child of 5 sons of William Baker (1881-1962) & Harriet Jane Jackson (1882-1964). His twin was brother Leslie Baker (1923-1987)

BANFIELD
* Margaret Thomasine Isabella . 27 Nov 1891 aged 2 months
. a daughter of Christopher Harvey Banfield (1845-1924), born Scilly Islands, Cornwall & Margaret Rankin (1847-1926)

BARKWITH
* James Nelson . 4 Oct 1892 aged 17 months
. 7th of 8 children of James Gabriel Barkwith (1847-1911) & Mary Dallenger (1850-1939), including their adopted son, Walter Parminter Pearse Barkwith (go to link)

BELLSHAW
* Clara . 1 Feb 1893 aged 1.11
. 8th of 10 known children of John Bellshaw (1852-1907), gardener at Woodville, Rakaunui & districts and of Elizabeth Mathews (1854-1908). Clara died of diphtheria, (the disease was very prevalent in Victoria Block that year)

BENSEMAN
* Athol Bruce . 29 March 1933 aged 10 months
. Athol was born in 1932 and his mother registered him as father unknown. He was 1 of 13 (total) children of Jessie Dorothea Constable (1895-1984) who had married Kenneth Gilbert Benseman (1895-1974) 1 Jan 1915 and divorced in Palmerston North 1941/1942

BERKAHN
* Hector E . 20 May 1927 aged 12 hours
. son of Albert Leslie Ernest Berkhan (1899-1972) & his 1st wife Dorothy Irene Robinson (1900-1927) who died 3 months after him and buried Mangatera. His father remarried in 1930 to Sylvia Lilian Graham and they moved to Sydney

BISHELL
* Cecil . 28 Dec 1903 aged 1 month
. His mother was Ivy Eleanor Bishell (1881-1921), father was not recorded

BLAKE
* Cora . 15 Nov 1895 aged 14 days
* Mark . 6 Nov 1889 aged 3
. 3rd & 10th of 12 children of Samuel Blake (1863-1936) & Margaret Ann Brown

BOOCOCK
* John . 3 July 1941 aged 14½ hours
. son of Donald owen Francis Boocock (1915-1993) & Jean Rebecca Durney (1917-1970)

BRADLEY
* Henry James . 28 Feb 1913 aged 4 months
. 9th of 10 children (6 sons) of Joseph Bradley (1858-1926) & Edith Ellen Millin (1874-1944)

BRIGHTWELL
* Elsie Mabel . 30 March 1889 aged 18 months
. Elsie was killed in an accident.
* Sydney Garfield . 11 Oct 1890 aged 5 months
. the 6th & 8th of 14 children of Thomas Brightwell (1850-1927) & his 2nd wife, Annie Bennett Pearce (1860-1910). Their father had first married Maata Karaka, aka Martha Clark (1852-1879), in Foxton in 1874 & had 5 children.

BROTHERSTONE
* Barbara Jean . 17 Oct 1957 aged 10 weeks
. daughter of Donald 'Peter' Brotherstone (1925-1989) & Jean Adelene Watts (1922-1990). Barbara died 7 months after, and buried with, her 4 year old brother William Peter 'Billy' Brotherstone and their grandparents

BRYSON
* baby . 16 Sep 1922 born still
. 6th of at least 10 children of James Bryson (1893-1949) & Gladys Muriel Wigzell

BURLACE
* Leslie . 15 Aug 1908 aged 17 months
. son of Francis 'Frank' Burlace (1881-1969) & Minnie Ebbett (1884-1972). Buried with her sisters, 8 year old Emma & 10 year old Daisy

BUTLER
* baby . 28 April 1928 aged 16 hours
. child of Eric Ernest Butler (1902-1964), engine driver & Lila Retter (1908-) who married Sep 1927, lived in Woodville and later in Palmerston North. They separated in 1929 and divorced in 1932. His father remarried, his mother remarried twice ..

CAIRNS
* baby . 8 June 1908 aged 12 hours
* William MacKenzie . 3 July 1904 aged 8 weeks
. 7th & 5th of 7 children of Walter Cairns (1869-1945) and Isabella Clift (1868-1943)

CALDER
* John Henley . 24 Oct 1914 aged 6 weeks
. son of John Mitchell Calder (1885-1963) & May Henley (1885-1937) who married in 1913 in Papakura Presbyterian Church. His father was an Accountant and died in Napier

CARLYON
* Arthur Edmund . 25 Nov 1887 aged 16 months
. the 5th of 8 children of Percy Frederick Carlyon (1846-1920), a Police Sergeant & Margaret 'Maggie' Fitzsimmons (1853-1924), both from Cornwall. He died 4 days after his 8 year old brother Leonard. They are buried together

CARSON
* Robert . 3 March 1896 aged 12 hours
. 2nd of at least 7 children (4 sons) of John Carson (1866-1908) & Adelaide Grace Tregea (1867-1912) who married in St Paul's, Napier in 1894

CLARK
* Arnold Leslie . 23 April 1924 aged 14 months
* Douglas . 20 Oct 1921 born still
* Vera May . 20 Oct 1921 born still
. 3 of 7 known children of Douglas Charles Clark (1894-) & Myrtle Mosely Morgan (1899-1975) who married in Woodville on 16 March 1921

CLEAVER
* Arnold Cumberland . 10 June 1912 aged 6 months
. 3rd of 5 known children (3 sons) of William Edward Cleaver (1880-1954) & Emily Elizabeth Smith (1882-1941)

COLLINS
* Alec Lance . 15 April 1923 aged 20 days
. 8th of 8 known children of Albert Edward Collins (1881-1965) & Eliza Jane Rickard (1883-1970). A 4 day old sibling born & died in Rangitikei (1904)
* Charles Arthur . 23 July 1883 aged 5 months
* Louis Samuel . 13 Aug 1884 aged 10 days
. sons of Reuben Collins (1853-1889) & Thirza Cook (1859-1952). Their half sibling, Charles Colin McNeil (1899) below

COOPER
* Margaret . 22 Aug 1892 aged 7 weeks
. base born daughter of Elizabeth Cooper. She died aged 7 weeks (despite marker having 2 days)

COSSEY
* baby . 9 June 1917 born still
. 1 of 2 children of Frederick James Cossey (1880-1966) & Edith Haslett McCormick (1883-1954)

CRUICKSHANK
* Alexander . 23 April 1905 aged 12 hours
. parents not found to date

CURRY
* baby . 23 Sep 1918 born still
. child of Archibald Francis Curry (1884-1980) & his 1st wife, Catherine Mary Ann Hilda Harnett (1886-1951). Archibald next married the widow, Eva May Topless nee Collins (1885-1957) in 1952. Eva was a daughter of Thirza Cook, mother of 2 children on this list
* Ethel Mary . 9 July 1901 aged 4 days
. daughter of William Curry (1869-1969) & his 1st wife, Alice Ada Jones (1879-1939). She had a sister, Elsie Isabel Curry who died aged 5 in Woodville. Her father next married Mary Ann Wintersgille (1882-1962) in 1944. He died in Woodville aged 100.4
* Harriet . 17 Feb 1891 aged 14 days
. the 10th of 13 children (6 sons) of James Curry (1853-1945) from County Antrim, & Harriet Williams (1856-1927). The born still child above was her brother Archibald's baby
* Victoria Gertrude . 27 July 1900 aged 2 months
. 10th of 15 known children of James Curry (1859-1936) & Maria Londergan (1866-1942) from County Tipperary. They are buried in Archer St., Masterton with one of her sisters, Monica Beatrice Curry who died aged 3 months in 1909.

CURTIS
* William Frederick Thomas . 8 Aug 1901 aged 22 months
. son of Thomas Curtis & Mary Jane Hooker, who married in Foxton on 11 June 1899. William drowned in a creek at Papatawa

DANIEL
* Careline 'Lilian' . 31 Jan 1887 aged 6 weeks
. 11th of 11 known children (1 son) of Richard William Daniel (1838-1899) & Louisa Jane Paulin (1845-1929) who married in Riverton, Southland on 19 Feb 1863

DAVIES
* Lindsay Duff . 20 May 1944 aged 2 days
. 9th of 9 known children of Sydney Alexander Davies (1903-1962) & Ofa Kathleen Isabella Murray (1910-1969)

DAVIS
* Henry . 18 Dec 1888 aged 3½
. son of Henry Davis & Amy Ephgrave

DEADMAN
* Arnold Henry . 9 June 1904 aged 10 months
. 7th of 9 known children (3 sons) of Henry James Deadman (1864-1950) & Eulalia Mary Blade (1871-1952)

DOBBYN
* Eileen May . 1 May 1901 aged 13 months
. 11th of 11 known children (2 sons) of Margaret Mary Frost (1860-1947) & her 2nd husband, Laurence Joseph Boddyn (1853-1926) who married in Napier on 11 Aug 1885. Margaret had 1st married Thomas Enright (1855-1884), from County Clare, in NZ in 1880 & had 3 children

DOOREY
* baby boy . 17 Nov 1946 born still
. son of John 'Jack' Doorey (1913-1984) & Marjorie Georgina Welsford (1918-1995)

DRINKWATER
* Walter Joseph . 18 Dec 1902 aged 21 months
. son of Joseph Parry Drinkwater (1838-1912) & his 2nd wife Ellen Bates (1867-1942). He is buried with Joseph's 1st wife Rose Ann (nee Barnard 1845-1884). Ellen next married David Thompson in 1913

X DUISTON X
* Arthur James . 18 Oct 1880 aged 8 months
. His name is Duiston on the database and on the plaque, but, whoever this child was, his name was not Duiston, no such name exists in the births or deaths or marriages of New Zealand. There are many Durston, Duston, or Dustin, but even then no months old child of those names are recorded as died in that time frame. He was previously interred in the original Pinfold Road Cemetery and reburied in 1892.

EADES
* Gregory James . 30 Sep 1974 . aged 5 months
. "Beloved son of Colleen and Noel"

EDWARDS
* William Launder . 15 Aug 1881 aged 7 months
. son of James Edwards (1847-1900) & Emma Maria Millin (1863-1924), reinterred in 1892 from Pinfold Road Cemetery

ELWOOD
* Clara Edith . 12 March 1892 aged 13 months
. Clara's twin, Alfred Terah Elwood (1891-1915) died at Gallipoli WWI. Her brother, Frederick George Elwood (1904-1941) was killed in Libya in WWII
* Frederick William . 7 Nov 1895 aged 9
* Chancey . 14 Nov 1895 aged 7 months
. 3rd, 1st & 6th child of 10 children (5 sons) of Frederick Elwood (1855-1932) & Sarah Nelson Chainey (1856-1948). Frederick, Clare and Gervase are buried together (Frederick & Gervase died the same week)

ESCOTT
* Mary . 4 Nov 1904 aged 2 days
. 3rd of 8 known children (3 sons) of Arthur Hampden Escott (1873-1940) & Margaret Stewart Read (1878-1951)

FALCONER
* baby . 24 May 1921 born still
. child of William Falconer (1886-1965) & Emily May Melvina Hull (1886-1958)

FARLEY
* Christopher . 14 Jan 1908 aged 4 days
. 1st of 5 known children of John Adolphus 'Jack' Farley (1883-1977) & Rosa Margaret Dustow (1884-1950)

FLETCHER
* Adelaide Edith . 15 Oct 1910 aged 2.3
. the 10th of 10 known children of Joshua Fletcher (1859-1940) & Edith Acton (1865-1933)

FLUTEY
* Jessie Holmes . 18 March 1898 aged 2 months
. 10th of 11 known children of George Flutey (1856-1932) & Evangeline Ellen Condon (1858-1921)

FORREST
* Edward Milton . 3 April 1911 aged 4 hours
. son of Cutherbert Symn Forrest (1882-1948) & Jean Spence (1874-1956). His parents had twin sons the following year and called one Edward Milton Forrest (1912-1982)

FRANCIS
* Edith Gertrude . 27 Feb 1886 aged 9 months
. daughter of George William (1849-1927) & Emily (1852-1912) Francis

FRASER
* Lillias Moncrieff . 26 Feb 1910 aged 10 months
. 2nd of 3 daughters of John Smith Fraser (1874-1953) & Mary Charlotte Agnes Cheyne (1880-1958)

FULLER
* Ethel Gertrude Ada . 23 May 1904 aged 2
. 1st of 9 children of Arthur Henry Fuller (1880-1939) & Maud Ethel Avery (1881-1928). Paternal grandmother was Emma Hambling (1862-1947)

FULTON
* William Alfred . 17 Nov 1907 aged 9 months
. 3rd of 6 known children of Henry Robert Fulton (1881-1947) & Emily Curry (1879-1948)

GALBRAITH
* Hubert . 14 Oct 1782 aged 18 days
. the 5th of 11 children of William Kennedy Galbraith (1857-1933) & Lucy Ann Drager (1868-1946)

GIBSON
* baby 24 July 1921 born still
. child of Bertram Clarence Gibson (1891-1964) & his second wife Christina Gosling who married in 1919. Bertram had first married Mary Margaret Ogden (1895-1918) in 1917

GILBERT
* Francis Gordon . 22 Feb 1891 aged 6 months
. 1 of 6 children of Thomas 'Old Tom' Gilbert (1835-1916) and his 2nd wife Sarah Ann Brand (1858-1934). Thomas had 1st married the widow, Mary Ann Lea (nee Stringer 1828-1879) in 1856 & had a further 9 children
* John Vernon . 5 Aug 1881 aged 3
* Louis George . 17 Dec 1886 aged 3
. the 5th & 9th of 11 children of George Gilbert (1849-1931) & Elizabeth Cash (1850-1942) who married 19 March 1871 at St Peter & Pauls, Aston, Warwickshire

GILES
* baby . 15 June 1921 born still
. child of Horace Alfred Giles (1881-1956) & Jessie Matheson (1891-1961).
* Charles . 25 May 1915 born still
. son of Charles William Giles (1877-1936) & Etta Frances Emily Larkins (1876-1955). Both these babies were grandchildren of Henry Rose Giles & Mary Ann Grainger, also buried Old Gorge

GILL
* Myrtle Lownsbrough . 9 Sep 1895 aged 9 months
. the 4th of 5 children of Nathan Davidson Gill (1857-1928) & Dorothea Lee (1862-1955) who married in Halcombe in 1886

GILLESPIE
* Henrietta . 3 Sep 1921 born still
. baseborn daughter of Henrietta Gillespie, possibly a granddaughter of William Gillespie (1835-1910) & Mary Hutchins (1844-1940) of Masterton

GOFF
* Dolly Dorothy . 26 May 1898 aged 1 month
. 9th of 9 known children of Harry Frederick Goff (1857-1912) & Hannah Cotterell (1858-1943)

GOSLING
* Olive . 28 Nov 1925 born still
. daughter of Frank Ordish Gosling (1901-1987) & his 1st wife, Mabel Irene Deadman (1901-1970)

GOTHARD
* Edmee Alice . 18 March 1893 aged 2
. 4th of 7 children of Edwin James Gothard (1864-1916) & Elizabeth Alice Bardsley (1864-1951). Her father was a Solicitor and the 5th Mayor (of 19) of Woodville 1895-1898

GOWER
* Alfred Eversleigh Aorangi . 31 Dec 1886 aged 3
. 1 of 3 known sons of Alfred Gower (1853-) & Nanette 'Annie Stevens' (1859-1949). Alfred was a Baker in Woodville in partnership, until 1886, with William May, under the name Gower & May. Alfred then became a butcher in Pahiatua.

GREEN
* James . 9 Oct 1926 aged 4 hours
. the 3rd of 5 children of Walter Brougham Green (1899-1928) & Mabel Rubie Edwards (1901-1979). His father died when he was 28, 5 years after marriage and 4 weeks before the birth of his last son. His mother next married Lewis Victor Homes in 1954

GRIFFITHS
* George Wills . 11 Dec 1897 aged 13 months
. nothing found for birth or death of this 13 month old child under that name. Not on BDM or papers

GRINLINTON
* Lewis Lingard 7 Dec 1893 aged 7 months
. the 1st of 6 known children of William Lingard Grinlinton (1868-1942) & Elizabeth Eileen Riley (1862-1929)
* May . 8 Oct 1884 aged 1 day
* Ruth . 2 Oct 1885
. the 1st & 2nd of 10 children of Robert Eldon Grinlinton (1860-1909) & Margaret West Sedcole (1867-1918)

GRUBNER
* Bernard Allan 26 March 1932 aged 18 months
* Bernice Ida . 8 Oct 1925 aged 4 months
. 4th of 7 known children of William Grubner (1887-1969) & Nellie Ethel Dagmar Christiansen (1895-1973)

GUILLUM-SCOTT
* baby . 10 March 1925 born still
. 1 of 3 children of Charles 'Carl' Guillum-Scott (1886-1965) & Dorothy Cross (1900-1950)
* Mabel Ruth 'Ruthie . 23 Oct 1921 aged 2 months
. 2nd of 6 known children of William Mortimer Guillum-Scott (1894-1964) & Grace Annie (1900-1987). Interred with her grandfather Charles Guillum-Scott (1856-1925), an Indian Army Officer, who was a son of General John Guillum-Scott (1820-1894) of the Sepoy Regiment in the Indian Army

HAINES
* Magdalene . 7 Jan 1897 aged 3 days
. daughter of William Henry (1858-1937) & Sarah Haines. Buried with her maternal grandfather? Samuel Hayward (1838-1896)

HALPIN
* Margaret Eileen . 23 Aug 1918 aged 15 months
. died from bronchitis, 4th of 6 known children of John Halpin (1869-1939) & Rebecca 'Becky' Matheson (1880-1967)

HAMBLING
* Clarice Elsie . 25 Nov 1891 aged 3
* Eli Raymond . 13 May 1893 aged 5
* Elsie May . 19 Sep 1894 aged 7 months
* George . 15 May 1891 aged 2 months
* Lewis Percival . 27 Oct 1886 aged 10 months
* Ruby Ivy . 18 Feb 1894 aged 11 months
* Clarice, Lewis & Ruby were the 2nd, 4th & 5th of 7 children (2 sons) of Levi Hambling (1860-1935) & Sarah Rebecca Hawken (1864-1942). Their sister, Beatrice Clarissa Hambling died 2 June 1905 aged 7
** Eli, George & Elsie were the 3rd, 5th & 8th of 8 children of Charles Hambling (1836-1904) & his 2nd wife, Sarah Prattley (1850-1917) and they were half siblings of the above Levi Hambling (1860-1935), who was a son of his 1st wife, Sarah's half-sister, Ann Prattley .. (need to go to links for that one!)

HARDING
* Bertie Ryan .. 12 May 1889 aged 5
. the 10th of 10 children (9 sons) of Edward Harding (1839-1889) & Sarah Anne Wyatt (1838-1897). He died 3 months after his father and is buried with them and one of their granddaughters, 7 hour old, Sarah (1891)
* Derek . 5 July 1931 aged 3 days
. son of Walter Percival Harding (1902-1984) & Cecilie Leona Baker (1906-1984)
* Ruby . 23 Sep 1919 aged 22 months
. a twin with Mary Harding (1917-2006) the 6th & 7th of 7 children (1 son) of Leolin Harding (1880-1960), born Woodville & Louisa Ebbett (1882-1938), born Opunake
* Sara Priscilla . 19 Aug 1891 aged 7 hours
. 1st of 6 children (1 son) of John Harding (1865-1933) & Charlotte Elizabeth Richards (1865-1937). Buried with her grandparents Edward Harding (1839-1889) & Sarah Anne Wyatt (1838-1897) and their 4 year old son, Bertie (1889, above)

HARRIS
* Elsie . 6 Sep 1892 aged 10 weeks
* Frank Henry . 29 Nov 1900 aged 20 months
. 2nd of 4 sons of Joseph Henry Harris & Mabel Eldridge Lewis (1872-1953)
* Joseph Henry . 5 Oct 1891 aged 6 months
. Elsie & Joseph were the 10th & 9th child of 11 children (5 sons) of John Harris (1857-1927) & his 1st wife, Mary Jane McDonald (1853-1893). Their father next married Emily Mist (1868-1954) in 1908
* Mary Julia 'Minnie' . 6 Feb 1892 aged 14 months
. 4th of 7 known children of Edmund Harris (1856-1946) from Somerset, England & Annie Curran (1856-1915) from County Waterford, Ireland, who married in NZ in 1883

HARTSTONE
* Edith Katherine 'Kate' . 30 Jan 1892 aged 3
. 10th of 10 known children (6 sons) of William Pethern Thomas Henry Hartstone (1840-1924) & Ann Barnett (1847-1933)
* Rachel Zoe . 14 Oct 1918 aged 2.11
. 4th of 8 children (4 sons) of John Lewis Barnett Hartstone (1881-1955) & Lydia Margaret Curry (1885-1975), Rachel was killed in a farm accident

HAYES
* Michael Charles Leslie . 4 May 1941 aged 16 months
. 1 of at least 4 children of Charles Henry Hayes (1911-1991) & Norah Mavis Wilton (1913-1982). Michael swallowed disinfectant

HILL
* Alexander . 29 June 1914 aged 10 hours
. 1 of 5 children (3 sons) of Alexander 'Alex' Hill (1886-1958) from Glasgow & Martha Hilda Kennedy (1884-1973) of Thames, Waikato who married 22 Dec 1909

HOBBS
* baby 30 Jan 1911 aged 2 days
* baby . 12 Dec 1911 aged 2 hours
. parents not found for either baby
* Charles . 26 July 1903 aged 11 days
. Charles & the 2 day old baby were children of Charles Frederick Brogden Hobbs (1874-1937) & Lucille 'Lucy' Gestro (1873-1914)

HODDER
* baby . 26 Feb 1923 aged 12 hours
. child of Esther Caroline Hodder (1897-1972), father not registered. Esther was born in Featherston, the 12th of 12 children of Joseph Henry Hodder & Mary Ann Worsley. She married Richard Thomas Saunders in 1927

HOGG
* baby . 8 Nov 1921 born still
* baby . 18 June 1926 born still
. 2 children of Richard Seddon Hogg (1896-1953) & Ivy Cnristina Adsett (1895-1970)
* Nellie Eileen . 12 June 1905 aged 5 months
* Mildred Gladys . 21 Aug 1911 aged 4 months
. Nellie & Mildred were two daughters of David Hamilton Hogg (1878-1945) & Lucy Mildred Vigers (1883-1971)

HOLDAWAY
* baby . 15 march 1936 born still
. child of Reginald John Holdaway (1906-1996) & Myrtle Victoria Harris (1903-1988)

HOLDER
* Ethel Beatrice . 24 June 1888 aged 2 months
. a daughter of Horace Frederick Holder (1863-1947) & Alice Regina Hawken (1868-1958)

HOWARD
* baby . 5 May 1923 born still
. child of George Howard & Florence May Trevor (1880-1956) who married 17 March 1920. Florence had 1st married John Abraham Emeny (1878-1956) on 23 May 1903 & had 11 children. The divorce case of John Abraham Emeny v Florence May Emeny & George Howard was in the Wellington Court in 1914. John next married Emma Jane Babbington in 1914

HUGHES
* Robert Frederick . 15 Aug 1928 aged 5 months
. 5th of 5 children (3 sons) of William Hughes (1882-1948) & Marion Christie Travers (1884-1947)

HULL
* Ethel Jessie . 19 Aug 1884 aged 3 months
. the 5th of 11 known children of William Hull (1851-1943) & Elizabeth Putman (1855-1938).

HUNT
* Herbert George . 17 June 1924 aged 5 weeks
. twin son of Harry Edwin Hunt (born Haines, 1880-1938) & his 2nd wife, Gweneth Edina Gothard (1896-1954)

HUNTER
* Edward Marshall . 17 Dec 1893 aged 7 months
. 3rd of 4 children (2 sons) of John Brocklebank Hunter (1850-1924) & Betsy Beck (1856-1929)

HUTCHINS
* Henry Garnet . 2 Aug 1883 aged 6 months
* Jessie Grace . 14 Feb 1888 aged 4 months
. the 9th & 11th of 12 children of George Hutchins (1848-1939) & his first wife, Ruth Spearman (1848-1900) who married in Moreton, Essex on 9 July 1871
* John Henry . 19 April 1881 aged 6 days
. the 5th of 12 children (6 sons) of James Hutchins (1851-1922) & Ellen Maria Culley (1855-1900)

HUTCHINSON
* baby . 6 Aug 1939 born still
* Thelma Alice . 11 Feb 1932 aged 20 hours
. 2 children of James Matthew Hutchinson (1904-1988) & Flora Thelma Maud Dick (1906-1976)
* Joan . 26 March 1940 aged 3 hours
* Rex . 11 Aug 1943 aged 22 hours
. 2 children of Eric Douglas Hutchinson (1912-1995) & Ivy Lilian Henry (1909-1999). Their 19 year old brother, Keith Raymond Hutchinson was killed when he fell off the back of a truck in 1951

IBBETSON
* baby . 18 April 1886 born still
. parents not yet found but his details were provided by Thomas Ibbetson

JACKSON
* baby . 22 June 1916 born still
. 5th of 8 known children of Leonard Jackson (1874-1958) & Ethel Maud Mary Benge (1882-1959)
* Cecil Leopold . 13 April 1883 aged 15 months
. First Burial in Old Gorge Cemetery. The 12th of 12 children (5 sons) of Alfred Benjamin Jackson (1846-1923) & Susan Simson (1844-1888) who married in 1866 in Nelson.

JAMIESON
* Noel Glasgow . 8 Dec 1945 aged 13 months
* Paul Thomas . 22 Feb 1949 aged 17 months
. sons of Thomas William Jamieson (1902-1969) & Pauline Sophia Ranby Corlett (1904-1986)

JONES
* baby . 19 June 1943 born still
. child of Allan Morgan Jones (1923-1994) & Coral Aileen Morgan (1923-2000)
* Lloyd Campbell . 7 Sep 1925 aged 7 months
. son of Simon Lloyd Jones (1887-1928) & Euphemia Sarah 'Effro' Campbell (1901-1985). Buried beside 8 year old Eileen Mary Jones, daughter of Charles Jones & Margaret Mary Hanrahan, who died the following month aged 8
* Peter . 23 Nov 1960 aged 3 hours
. "Loved Infant Son Of Kathleen & Noel Jones

LAMING
* Myrtle Elsie . 8 May 1908 aged 16 months
. 3rd of 5 children (2 sons) of James Edward Laming (1878-1977) & Annie Gertrude Tracey (1882-1965)

LAWRENCE
* Ida Clara . 18 Jan 1901 aged 20 months
. daughter of Albert Edward Lawrence & his 2nd wife Ruth Radford (1864-1959). She is buried with her father's first wife, Mary Ann Mildon (1867-1887)

LEITH
* Charles David . 6 Sep 1892 aged 2 days
. 1st of 10 known children (6 sons) of Alexander Leith (1864-1951) & Isabella Swanson (1969-1951) from Scotland & died 4 weeks apart in Wanganui

LIDDICOAT
* Dorothy Rae . 22 Feb 1958 aged 4 minutes
. daughter of Ronald Jack Zealand 'Snow' Liddicoat (1911-1989) & his 2nd wife, Dorothy Ivy Pilcher (1925-2015) who married in Woodville in 1949. He had 1st married Norma Emmeline Phelan (1917-2006) in 1945. Norma next married John Edward Hodgson in 1950 (her 4th husband)

LITCHFIELD
* Gwendoline . 21 Jan 1903 aged 4 hours
. daughter of Arthur Stanley Litchfield (1872-1949) & Clara Dale (1876-1949) who died within 6 months of each other

LLOYD
* Llewellyn Meredith . 3 Feb 1893 aged 6 days
* Mary Jane . 10 Sep 1888 aged 14 months
. the 8th & 7th child of 8 known children (3 sons) of John Lloyd (1838-1927), died Canada & Hannah Collins (1852-1938), died Woodville

LOUDEN
* baby . 17 Jan 1910 born still
. parents not found to date

LOVEDAY
* Elizabeth May . 14 Jan 1887 aged 2.3
. the 14th of 15 known children of James Loveday (1841-1913) & Lydia Kemp (1842-1920). She is buried with 12 year old brother, John Loveday (1877-1890)

LUNAM
* David . 4 Feb 1891 aged 4
. 2nd of 4 children of William Lunam (1851-1905) & Anna Jackson (1864-1917) who married in 1884 in Hampden, North Otago

LYNCH
* Charles Reginald 'Reggie' . 6 Feb 1913 aged 1.9
. the 1st of 3 children of Charles Avis Lynch (1883-1954) & Eva Jones (1887-1979)

MABEY
* Esther . 16 Dec 1927 aged 1 Day
* Gladys Rae . 18 April 1928 aged 2.5
* Mary . 16 Dec 1927 aged 2 Days
. children of John James Mabey (1899-1980) & Antoinette Berntsen (1902-1965)

MAI
* Robert Stanley . 16 May 1952 born still
. son of Brian Eustace Mai (1926-1975) & Rose Louisa Suisted (1925-1996) who married in Woodville 20 May 1951

MAIN
* premature baby of W. Main, 26 July 1927

MALCON
* baby . 28 Nov 1908 born still
. parents not found at this time

MARTIN
* Margaret Josephine . 28 Nov 1897 aged 4 months
* Thomas Francis . 2 Feb 1900 aged 1
. 9th & 8th child of 9 children of Thomas Martin (1861-1944) & Annie 'Nannie' Maher (1858-1929) from County Tipperary

MASON
* Frederick Arthur . 17 Sep 1888 aged 1
* John 17 Sep 1888 aged 1
. twin sons of George Mason (1855-1920) from Wales & Elizabeth Anna Maria Loader (1863-1958) from Shoreditch, London, died of Scarlet Fever and are buried together. Their details were provided by their uncle, William Henry Loader (1866-1949). Their parents moved to Perth & buried Karrakatta

MATHESON
* baby . 15 May 1888 born still
. 1st of 3 children of John Drysdale Matheson (1851-1892) & Mary Gilmour from Scotland who married in Woodville in 1887

MAYO
* Adelaide Emily . 24 Jan 1891 aged 6 weeks
. 2nd of 8 children (6 sons) of William Mayo (1866-1907) & Mary Ann Stevens (1867-1958)

McCAULEY
* baby . 23 Feb 1890 born still
. child of Annie McAuley (1870-1948), father not recorded.
Annie married Frederick John Robbins in Porangahau in 1894 where Fred was a Gardener. They were also gardeners/fruiterers in Hastings & Pakowhai, Napier and, in 1911 a fruiterer of Dixon St., Masterton. They are buried in Hamilton

McCARTIE
* Cecil Reginald . 6 Sep 1892 aged 6 months
. 5th of 7 children (5 sons) of Robert Benjamin McCartie (1846-1926) from Ireland & his 2nd wife, Annellette Rebecca Long (formerly Brewer) (1852-1919).

McCOOL
* baby . 29 March 1930 aged 1 Minute
. parents not yet found

McGOVERN
* Michael John . 6 March 1945 aged 6 months
. son of Christopher Orlando McGovern (1900-1974) & his 1st wife, Eaulie Doris McBratney (1908-1965)

McINTOSH
* Bruce . 12 Sep 1920 aged 2 days
. the 4th of 5 known children of Clement George Henry 'Stewart' McIntosh (1890-1957) & his 1st wife Jane Helen Gohns (1891-1935)

McKAY
* Alexander Albert James . 17 Jan 1919 aged 11 months
. son of Alexander McKay (1852-1941) & Sarah Jane Curry (1876-1960)

McNEIL
* Charles Colin . 5 Feb 1899 aged 2
. son of Thirza Cook (1859-1953) & her 2nd husband Neil McNeil (1854-1938). Two of his 'Collins' half siblings above

McQUEEN
* Charles Victor Upton . 7 Jan 1887 aged 2 months
* Hugh William Upton . 7 Feb 1887 aged 3 months
. twins, the 4th & 5th of at least 11 children of Hugh McQueen (1843-1927) & Martha Upton Waller (1856-1935), They died a month apart

MERRIE
* Ruby May Rose . 5 Feb 1887 aged 1
. Ruby died 4 days after her 1st birthday. She was the 2nd of 4 children of Percival Alexander 'Alex' Merrie (1861-1942) & Mahala Lucy Daniel (1865-1941)

MEYER
* Dorothy . 27 Feb 1896 aged 7 days
. 3rd of 5 known children (1 son) of Anthony William Meyer (1867-1944) & Laura Alma Furze (1873-1939). NOTE: Her father's name differs on BDM from William August, William Anthony, William Henry & death notice of Anthony William. Also some birth & deaths as MeyerS

MILLER
* Patrick Ossian . 11 Sep 1959 aged 1
. son of George Ossian Paul Miller (1922-2015) & Margaret Therese O'Rourke (1934-1988)

MILLS
* Jessie Burnie . 16 July 1909 aged 2.8
. 1st of 4 known children of Ernest Jesse Mills (1883-1931) & Margaret 'Daisy' Best (1886-1970)

MONTEITH
* George Fenwick . 16 July 1892 aged 2
. the 2nd of 8 known children (5 sons) of John Hodge Monteith (1848-1923) of South Australia & Ellen Hall (1867-1958) of North Yorkshire, who married in Woodville in 1888

MOODY
* David George . 12 May 1958 aged 12 hours
. 1 of 5 children of Maurice George Moody (1928-2002) & Alma May Harrison (1929-2000)

MOORE
* Eva . 11 June 1906 aged 1 day
. parents no yet identified. interred with Capt. Thomas Moore (1849-1888) & his sister in law, Georgina Feltus

MORELL
* Louisa Adelaide . 28 Aug 1895 aged 1
. 1 of 16 known children of Othello Joseph Morell (1853-1930) & Jane Clendinning (1852-1923) who married in 1873 in County Meath, Ireland

MORIARTY
* baby . 16 Oct 1947 born still
. 2nd of 5 known children of John Joseph Moriarty (1916-1998) & Sheila Bridget Tohill (1923-2000)

MOSS
* ]Edith . 14 Jan 1890 aged 1.6
* Rose . 6 May 1887 aged 5 months
. Daughters of Joseph & Elizabeth Moss

MOTLEY
* Henry Wainwright 'Harry' . 4 March 1891 aged 4
. 7th of 8 children of Joseph Motley (1854-1940) & his 1st wife, Ellen Wainwright (1852-1889). His father was Councillor Joseph Motley, J.P., the 6th (of 19) Mayor of Woodville (1898-1901), a well-known aerated water and cordial manufacturer and an old resident of the district.

MUIR
* Mavis Annie . 8 Oct 1906 aged 4
. 1st of 7 children (3 sons) of Charles Henry Muir (1880-1928) & Annie Elizabeth Northway (1884-1966). Her mother next married James Stephen Allcock in 1941

MURPHY
* Hugh . 18 Oct 1890 aged 10 months
. Son of William John Murphy & Sarah Agnes Keenan (1856-1943)

MURRAY
* Kathleen . 26 Aug 1898 aged 9 months
. daughter of Martin Murray (1870-1919) & Susan O'Brien (1878-1962)

MURRELL
* baby . 2 Nov 1957 born still
. child of Peter Ivan Murrell (1933-1988), born Petone, died Melbourne & Joy Margaret Rees (1938-2011), born Wellington. A daughter, Margaret Louisa Murrell (1956-2003) born in Featherston, died in Victoria. Peter & Joy divorced

MUSCUTT
* Edith Anna . 6 Jan 1896 aged 10 months
. daughter of Henry William Muscutt (1864-1942) & his 2nd of 3 wives, Mary Lavinia Sutcliffe (1862-1915)

NEWSON
* William Beagley . 22 Jan 1889 aged 2
. 1 of 2 sons of John Newson (1854-1891) & Elizabeth Sarah Beagley (1852-1890) who died within 4 months of each other the following year. Elizabeth's sister, Annie Beagley, (1867-1956) spinster of Woodville, was appointed guardian

NICHOLSON
* baby . 4 Oct 1917 born still
. 4th of 8 children (6 sons) of Frederick Thornhill Nicholson (1887-1951) & Mary Ellen Lee (1891-1971)

NILSSON
* Richard Henry Arnold 'Richie . 26 Aug 1911 aged 9 months
. son of Henry Sander Nilsson (1880-1967) & Iris 'May' nee Hannah (1882-1951)

O'MARA
* Dennis . 3 March 1890 aged 1
. 6th of 6 known children (4 sons) of Andrew O'Mara (1851-1912) & Johannah Coffey (1953-1891)

O'NEIL
* Brenda Louise . 5 Aug 1960 born still
* David John . 10 July 1956 aged 7 weeks
. children of John Benjamin O'Neil (1927-2010) & Patricia Evelyn Cowley (1933-2019)

OLDRIDGE
* Raymond Clifford . 19 Sep 1910 aged 7 weeks
. the 4th of 8 known children (4 sons) of William Henry Oldridge (1876-1959) & Mary Elizabeth May Haddrell (1883-1974) who were farmers in Woodville & Dannevirke

O'CONNOR
* baby . 20 April 1936 born still
. 3rd of 6 known children of Patrick O'Connor (1893-1985) & Sarah Mary McPeak (1900-1983)

PALLESON
* Margaret . 25 April 1883 aged 8 days
. a daughter of Ferdinand Pallesen & unknown mother. Her father had first come to NZ on the sailing ship 'Adamant' in 1879. In 1884 he returned to Denmark with his brother Jorgen Pallesen (1858-1944) and they married sisters. Ferdinand married Else Maria Thomassen and Jorgen married Karen Marie Thomassen (1864-1952), in Ulbjerg, Viborg, Danmark. Very soon afterwards they all came to NZ on the clipper-type steamship 'Arawa' which was on it's maiden voyage

PARMINTER
* Caroline Izetta Rose . 19 July 1885 aged 29 days
. 3rd of 3 children of James Pearse Parminter (1849-1886) & Caroline Maria Drinkwater (1863-1885). Her mother died aged 21, a week after her birth, her father was killed 15 months later in an accident. Caroline's 2 older brothers, then aged 4 & 3 were adopted, read at link

PATRICK
* Margaret . 9 Jan 1903 aged 24 hours
. daughter of Andrew Ernest Patrick (1881-1965) & Margaret McNeil McEachern (1880-1924). In 1911 her father was a Baker of High St., Carterton. He next married Clara Amelia Herrick in 1924. In 1925 he was a Baker of High St., Marton

PATTERSON
* James Ferris. 31 July 1894 aged 3 weeks
. son of John Patterson (1862-1946) & Matilda Smith (1861-1946)

PEDERSEN
* baby . 24 April 1915 aged 1 day
. baby born premature
* Betty Ella . 1 Dec 1919 aged 7 months. database has PedersOn. Betty was the only child of Wilfred Oliver Pedersen (1894-1929) & Ella Anderson (1899-1921). Wilfred was a Sawmiller.
* premature baby . 26 April 1915 aged 29 hours
* Marjory Jean . 14 Sep 1916 aged 18 days
* Reg Bernard . 6 April 1919 aged 7 days
. the 5th & 6th of 8 children of Harry Bernard (Hagebart Bernart) Pedersen (1884-1953), born Norsewood & Harriett Hopkinson (1884-1966), born Inglewood
* Oskar Emmanuel . 9 Aug 1892 aged 6 months
. 1 of at least 9 children of Jens & Amelia Pedersen

PENNEY
* Alfred James Marmaduke . 19 May 1892 aged 11 months
. 7th of 7 children (4 sons) of Rev Charles Penny (1851-1917) & his 1st wife Elizabeth Kerby (1851-1896). The Rev next married Jessie Franklin in 1898. His 16 year old brother, Arthur Charles Penney, drowned in the Manawatu River in 1892 when he was 16

PERFECT *
* Doris Emmeline Gertrude . 6 Aug 1898 aged 6 months
. daughter of Joseph Perfect (1863-1931) & his 2nd of 3 wives, Mary Jane Greening (1878-1964). Her mother next married Daniel Scholes in 1935
* Gladdis Emeline . 16 Dec 1896 aged 3 months
. 10th of 10 known children of George John Perfect (1833-1909) & his 2nd wife, Jane McLaren (1853-1917). Buried with her 5 year old brother John McLaren Perfect (1884-1889) & their father's 1st wife, Margaret. George had first married Margaret Rourke (1836-1883) in Gillingham, Kent on 28 July 1856 & had at least 6 children in England, a son born at sea in 1875 & a daughter in Woodville (Joseph Perfect above 1863-1931, was a brother)

POMANA
* Leniel Allen . 27 Aug 1957 aged 2
. son of Roy Arnold Allen (1895-1989) & Huatahia 'Huia' Pomana (1935-2014). Huia next married Castleton. She next married McCallum.

POND
* Alfred Elvery . 2 Dec 1915 aged 6 hours
. 2nd of 7 known children of Alfred Elvery Pond (1888-1960) & Rebecca May Whiting (1890-1967). Their last child born 1928 was also stillborn, burial unknown

POULTON
* baby . 30 Aug 1920 born still
. 1st born child of Phillip Wilfred Poulton (1879-1962) & Gretchen Florence Hunter (1894-1977) who married in Masterton in 1919. In 1925 they were farming in Kumeroa

PULL
* Frederick Arthur . 19 April 1887 aged 16 months
. 3rd of 4 children (2 sons) of Walter James Pull (1857-1925) & Jane Ann Wall (1859-1951) who married in Wanganui in 1880

PULLAN
* Eda Grace . 17 Sep 1913 aged 2.9
. daughter of Claude Duval & Florence Louisa Pullan (1882-1919). Buried with her mother

PURCHEL
* Matilda . 3 June 1890 aged 3 days
. no such name - possibly Purcell? - nothing on BDM

RAPLEY
* Lewis Owen . 11 Oct 1897 aged 6 months
. the 6th of 9 children of Thomas Harold Rapley (1862-1929) & Mary Ellen Scaife (1864-1935)

READ
* baby . 5 June 1912 born still
* baby . 16 May 1913 born still
.2 children of George William Read (1883-1961) & Mary Jane Kenny (1883-1965), who married in 1908. No other children found for them

REIDY
* Daniel . 11 March 1887 aged 12 hours
* Mary . 8 Dec 1892 aged 32 months
* Thomas . 29 March 1887 aged 18 months
. all these children are incorrectly recorded on the database AND the grave marker as ReAdy. They were 3 of at least 12 children of James ReIdy (1857-1926) from County Kerry & Bridget Welsh (1852-1918) from County Clare. They also had twin daughters who died in Napier in 1882 aged 27 days. James was a son of James Reidy snr (1838-1908) & Elizabeth Walsh (1828-1891) who were also in Victoria Village Settlement, Woodville, at the same time. His (James) mother is also buried here in Old Gorge.

RICHARDS
* Arthur Samuel aged 1.9
* baby . 19 Aug 1881 aged 1 day
* May . 1 Sep 1888 aged 7 days
. 3 children of John Richards (1841-1925) & his 2nd wife Jane Frowen (1844-1924)
* Keith Edward . 12 Sep 1937 aged 3½ months
. a son of Edward Ralph Richards (1908-1987) & Amy Coupland Parker (1915-2003)

SHEPHERD-CLINE
* baby boy . 12 May 1909 aged few minutes
. son of Alice Maud Shepherd (1882-) aged 27, a domestic servant at Mangatoro (near Dannevirke) & John 'Jack' Cline aged 26 (1883-), a roadman working on the Weber road. They were eventually arrested for murder in June 1909

SINCLAIR
* John . 25 June 1904 aged 3 days
. son of William Sinclair (1878-1940) & Amy Sykes (1877-1925)

SKINNER
*baby . 30 Aug 1916 born still
*Dorothy . 23 June 1922 aged 2 weeks
* Ian William . 15 Oct 1981 aged 1 day
. parents unknown, buried next to Samuel James
*John Maxwell 10 Feb 1918 aged 9 days
* Samuel James . 13 Dec 1975 born still
. parents unknown, buried next to Ian William
** born still baby, Dorothy & John Maxwell Skinner were children of Samuel Perryman Skinner (1884-1964) & Grace Jenness (1885-1968)

SUTTON
* baby . 15 May 1924 born still
. First born child of John Philip Chamberlain Sutton (1895-1973), who was the school teacher at Kumeroa at the time, and of Kathleen Helene Lenehan (1896-1977)

TYERMAN
* baby . 26 Nov 1917 born still
. child of Norman Rich Tyerman (1883-1942) & Mary Carr (1882-1962). His brother, Pilot Officer 412008 RNZAF, Wallis Berkley Tyerman (1920-1943) was killed in WWII, when, on 10 Nov 43, the Aircraft Typhoon Ib JP914, Unit 486 Squadron Hawker Typhoon, on a night intruder mission to the airfields at Coxyde-Furness (Koksijde) in Belgium, was shot down near Dunkirk, France

WALKER
* premature baby boy . 8 March 1922
. child of Roland Hughstall Walker (1888-1965) & Mahala Mary 'Minnie' Mann (1890-1969)
* William . 13 Jan 1939 aged 1 day
. son of Albert Thomas Walker (1910-1980) & Greylees Ameila 'Lorraine' Fuller (1917-1991)

WARNOCK
* baby . 3 Aug 1926 born still
* baby . 8 Dec 1928 aged 3 hours
. 2 of 9 children of Alfred John Warnock (1887-1963) & Margaret Frances Eden (1887-1963). Alfred lost 3 children at birth and 2 KIA in war. His brother, Herbert David Warnock (1892-1917), was also KIA, in Belgium just 6 weeks after his (Alfred's) first baby died in 1917. Alfred & Margaret died within 3 months of each other

WOLFSBAUER
* baby . 19 Aug 1939 born still
. child of Edwin Claude Wolfsbauer (1913-1943) & Gonda Violet Milner (1913-1996)

WORBOYS
* premature baby . 17 July 1977 born still
. parents not known at this stage

WRIGHT
* premature baby . 3 Sep 1924


The Plaque
IN MEMORY OF The Stillborn And Un-Named Infants
Buried In This Cemetery In Locations Described As
The Trees - The Plantation - And The Tree Reserve
Erected by the Rotary Club of Woodville June 1999
There are at least 51 known burials in these areas

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