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ANDERSON buried Hastings & Havelock North
the ANDERSON buried/cremated Hastings & Havelock North to Jan 2014
* dates may be of death OR burial
? ABEL JOSIAH/JOSEPH Anderson
died 6 Oct 1941 aged 68
buried: PUKETAPU
? AGNES DAVIDSON Anderson
died 28 Dec 1944 aged 75
buried: HASTINGS
? AGNES DOROTHY Anderson
died: 29 June 2000 aged 87
buried: HAVELOCK NORTH
? AGNES MAUD 'Nessie' Anderson
died: 17 July 1974 aged 73
buried: HASTINGS
? ALEXANDER Anderson
died: 27 April 1949 aged 72
buried: HASTINGS
? ALFRED Anderson
died: 10 June 1955 aged 74
buried: HASTINGS with Emily
? ALFRED Anderson
died: 13 Aug 1979 aged 82
buried: Park Island
? ALICE Anderson
died: 20 July 1986 aged 57
buried: HASTINGS
? ALICE JANE Anderson
died: 15 July 1950 aged 68
buried: HASTINGS
? ALICE MAUDE Anderson
died: 13 Aug 1940 aged 66
buried: HAVELOCK NORTH
? ALLAN McAULEY Anderson
died: 26 March 2007 aged 84
buried: HASTINGS
? ALLAN ROY Anderson
died: 3 April 1995 aged 63
cremated
? ALLEN Anderson
died: 23 June 1950 aged ?
buried: HAVELOCK NORTH
? ALLEN Anderson
died: 27 Sep 1929 aged 69
buried: HAVELOCK NORTH
? ALWYN THOMAS Anderson
died: 17 April 1967 aged 53
cremated
? ANDRES PETER Anderson
died: 18 Oct 1955 aged 81 (BDM has 86)
buried: HAVELOCK NORTH
? ANDREW 'CRAIG' Anderson
died: 21 June 1985 aged 28
buried: HASTINGS with grandparents
? ANDREW WILLIAM Anderson
died: 29 Nov 1969 aged 51
cremated
? ANN DAVIDSON Anderson
died: 18 Sep 1965 aged 48
cremated
? ANNE Anderson
died: 14 June 1987 aged 54
cremated
? ANNE Anderson
died: 27 Oct 1964 aged 93
buried HASTINGS
? ANNIE AGNES Anderson (nee BAIN)
married: William Frederick Anderson in 1908
died: 28 Dec 1967 aged 90
buried: HASTINGS with William
? ANNIE Anderson
died: 20 July 2013 aged 89
cremated
? ANTHONY ROYSTON Anderson
died: 7 Sep 2002 aged 63
buried: HAVELOCK NORTH
? ARTHUR Anderson
died: 28 Oct 1930 aged 77
buried: HASTINGS with wife Ellen & son Arthur Fitzpatrick
? ARTHUR FITZPATRICK Anderson
died: 9 Oct 1971 aged 92
buried: HASTINGS
? BARBARA ELWIN Anderson
died: 20 July 1977 aged 42
cremated
? BARRY RONALD Anderson
died: 3 July 1988 aged 48
cremated
? BERTRAM Anderson (husband of Edith Lavinia)
died: 15 Aug 1933 aged 63
buried: HASTINGS
? BERTRAM JACK Anderson
died: 9 April 1995 aged 68
cremated
? BETTY WINIFRED Anderson
died: 1 Nov 1983 aged 91
buried: MANGAROA
? CEBA Anderson (nee TIMMINS)
married: Allan Anderson in 1896
Wairarapa Daily Times, 21 September 1896 Mr Allan Anderson, of Ballance, was united in the bonds of holy matrimony the other day. to Miss Ceba Timmins, daughter of mr W. Timmins, of Newman, The Rev Mr Ryan performed the ceremony
died: 24 June 1950 aged 85
buried: HAVELOCK NORTH
? CECELLIA Anderson
died: 29 March 1913 aged 35
buried: HASTINGS
? CECIL LESLIE Anderson
born: 3 Jan 1970 aged 69
buried: HASTINGS
? CHARLES Anderson
died: 23 Aug 1932 aged 45
buried: HASTINGS
? CHARLES DUNCAN Anderson
married: Maud Eudora McKENZIE in 1908
died: 19 Aug 1958 aged 92
buried: HASTINGS with Maud
? CHARLES ORMOND JOSEPH Anderson
(believe this name should be AndersEn)
Charles was the 8th of 11 children of Martin ANDERSEN & Mina CHRISTOPHERSDATTER GRUNERLOKKEN
died: 2 Aug 1954 aged 70
buried: HASTINGS with wife Grace Lloyd (Drewitt)
? CHARLES 'Chas' DANIEL Anderson
died: 19 Feb 1958 aged 70
buried: HAVELOCK NORTH
? CHARLES HENRY PHILLIP Anderson
served as: Rifleman 23/1537
married: Dorothy Woodward TAYLOR in 1920
died: 9 Dec 1934 aged 44
buried: HASTINGS
? CHRISTINE THOMPSON Anderson
died: 11 Nov 1932 aged 63 at Poporangi, Kereru
buried: HAVELOCK NORTH
? CHRISTOPHER ROBIN Anderson
died: 13 Aug 1985 aged 58
buried: HASTINGS
? CLARENCE ALFRED 'Clarry' Anderson
died: 18 July 2000 aged 76
buried: HASTINGS
? CLAUDE FREDERICK Anderson
son of Frederick ANDERSON & Ethel Clara SHERMAN
died: 10 Sep 1992 aged 83
cremated
? CLIFFORD Anderson
son of Allan ANDERSON & Ceba TIMMINS
died: 7 Feb 1942 aged 44
buried: HAVELOCK NORTH
? COLIN JOHN Anderson
died: 19 Jan 1984 aged 47
buried: MANGAROA
? CRAIG WILLIAM Anderson
died: 9 Aug 1971 aged 2.6
buried: HASTINGS
? CYRIL GORDON Anderson
died: 9 Oct 1915 aged 5 months
buried: HASTINGS
? DAVID WILLIAM Anderson
died: 18 Oct 1993 aged 78
cremated
? DAVID WILLIAM Anderson
died: 21 July 2012 aged ?
buried: HASTINGS
? DAWN HELEN DURRANT Anderson
died: 17 July 1961 aged 27
buried: HAVELOCK NORTH
? DIANE Anderson
died 25 July 2001 aged 49
buried: MANGAROA
? DORA Anderson
died: 28 July 2001 aged 85
cremated
? DOREEN MARY Anderson
died: 18 July 2003 aged 80
cremated
? DORIS IRENE Anderson
died: 16 Oct 1994 aged 86
cremated
? DOROTHY Anderson
died: 25 Oct 2006 aged 91
cremated
? DOROTHY Anderson
died: 24 June 1974 aged 90
cremated
? DOROTHY LUCY Anderson
died: 14 March 1985 aged 93
cremated
? DOUGLAS Anderson
died: 6 March 1998 aged 71
buried: HASTINGS
? DUNCAN Anderson
died: 28 Nov 1997 aged 76
cremated
? DUNCAN WILLIAM Anderson
died: 13 Jan 2004 aged 82
buried: HAVELOCK NORTH
? EARL GEORGE CYRIL Anderson
died: 9 July 2003 aged 61
cremated
? EDITH ELEANOR Anderson
died: 17 Dec 1943 aged 60
buried: PUKETAPU
? EDITH LAVINA Anderson (nee BUTLER)
married: Bertram Anderson in 1890
died: 4 Jan 1943 aged 73
buried: HASTINGS
? EDNA AGNES Anderson
died: 10 June 1983 aged 77
buried: HASTINGS
? EDNA MAY Anderson (nee FLAVIN)
died: 16 April 1987 aged 78
buried: HASTINGS with Leonard Douglas
? EILEEN MAY Anderson
died: 19 Oct 1965 aged 59
cremated
? ELIZABETH Anderson
died: 17 March 1960 aged 75
cremated
? ELIZABETH Anderson
died: 21 Oct 1953 aged 85
buried: Plot 50, Block B HAVELOCK NORTH(see photo)
? ELIZABETH AGNES Anderson
died: 7 June 2005 aged 99
cremated
? ELIZABETH SHELDON Anderson
died: 27 Dec 2003 aged 87
cremated
? ELLEN Anderson
died: 2 Jan 1943 aged 86
buried: HASTINGS
? ELSIE VERNA Anderson (nee HUDSON)
married: William Herbert Anderson in 1926
died: 28 June 1933 aged 26
buried: HASTINGS
? ELSPETH MARY ALAWAL Anderson
died: 4 Nov 1972 aged 72
buried: HASTINGS
? EMILY Anderson
died: 20 March 1933 aged 50
buried: HASTINGS with Alfred
? EMILY CONSTANCE Anderson
died: 13 March 1983 aged 90
buried: HASTINGS
? EMILY ELITTIA Anderson
died> 5 Dec 1963 aged 78
buried: HASTINGS
? EMMA Anderson (nee COLLIS)
married: Francis William Anderson in 1899
died: 5 May 1936 aged 58
buried: HASTINGS with Francis
? EMMIE Anderson
died: 22 April 1963 aged 91
buried: HASTINGS
? ERIC ALBERT Anderson
died: 23 April 1990 aged 62
buried: HASTINGS
? ERIC DUDLEY Anderson
died: 23 Jan 1977 aged 75
buried: HASTINGS
? ERIC RICHARD Anderson
died: 18 April 1990 aged 82
cremated
? ERNEST Anderson
died: 23 Dec 1944 aged 62
buried: HAVELOCK NORTH
? ERNEST ELLIOTT Anderson
died: 29 Nov 2001 aged 95
cremated
? ERNEST HOLROID Anderson
died: 30 Oct 1995 aged 97
buried: HASTINGS
? ERNEST PETER Anderson
served as: Rifleman 45780
died: 22 Jan 1965 aged 77
buried: HASTINGS
[? ESMOND CECIL WILLIAM Anderson
served as: Flight Lieutenant 422245 in WWII with R.N.Z.A.F.
died: 12 May 1988 aged 72
buried: HASTINGS
? EULALIE Anderson
died: 1 May 1992 aged 71
cremated
? EVELYN ELIZA THOMPSON Anderson
died: 10 July 1982 aged 75
buried: HASTINGS
? EVELYN MARY 'Eve' Anderson
died: 18 July 1997 aged 66
buried: HAVELOCK NORTH
? EVELYN MAVIS Anderson
died: 7 June 1976 aged 45
buried: HASTINGS (wife of Milton)
? FRANCES KALE Anderson
died: 31 May 1966 aged 18
buried: HAVELOCK NORTH
? FRANCIS WILLIAM Anderson
died: 16 Sep 1954 aged 82
buried: HASTINGS with Emma
? FRANK CHARLES WILLIAM Anderson
died: 17 Nov 1986 aged 77
buried: HASTINGS
? FRANK EDWARD Anderson
died: 9 Jan 1980 aged 75
cremated
? GEORGE Anderson
married Kate TAMEPO in 1929
died: 28 Aug 1941 aged 45
buried: HASTINGS
? GEORGE JAMES Anderson
died: 5 Sep 1945 aged 13
buried: HASTINGS
? GEORGE ROBERTSON Anderson
died: 28 May 1967 aged 81
cremated
? GERALD CRAIG Anderson
died: 7 April 1976 aged 40
cremated
? GLADYS EVELYN Anderson
died: 20 March 1986 aged 62
cremated
? GORDON Anderson
died: 3 Nov 1998 aged 75
cremated
? GRACE LLOYD Anderson
died: 15 May 1957 aged 75
buried: HASTINGS
? GUSTAVE ERNEST Anderson
married: Annie JACKSON in 1898
died: 26 Nov 1949 aged 77
buried: HASTINGS with Annie
? GWYNETH Anderson
died: 1 Feb 2009 aged 89
cremated
? HAROLD VALDEMAR HENR Anderson
died: 3 March 1984 aged 80
cremated
? HARRIET EMMA Anderson
died: 5 May 1941 aged 54
buried: HAVELOCK NORTH
? HECTOR Anderson
served as: Private 70449
died: 8 June 1998 aged 89
buried: HASTINGS with Helen Jean
? HELEN EDWARDS Anderson
died: 5 April 2005 aged 96
cremated
? HELEN JEAN Anderson
died: 1 March 1996 aged 75
buried: HASTINGS with Hector
? HENRY ALFRED JOHN Anderson
died: 28 Dec 1927 aged 62
buried: HASTINGS
? HENRY DOUGLAS HILTON Anderson
died: 6 July 1987 aged 74
cremated
? HENRY JAMES Anderson
died: 8 Nov 1945 aged 64
buried: HASTINGS
? HENRY RAMSAY Anderson
died: 14 Sep 1945 aged 91
buried: HASTINGS with Margaret
? HILLIER ELIZABETH Anderson
died: 14 Sep 2002 aged 88
buried: HASTINGS
? HUGH CLAWSON Anderson
died: 12 Aug 1955 aged 71
cremated
? IDA Anderson
died: 16 Aug 1958 aged 69
cremated
? IRENE MARGARET Anderson
died: 4 Feb 1997 aged 86
cremated
? IVAN ALLEN Anderson
died: 10 Nov 2001 aged 77
buried: HASTINGS
? JAMES Anderson
died: 25 Oct 1962 aged 77
buried: HASTINGS with Nessie
? JAMES Anderson
died: 19 July 1986 aged 74
buried: MANGAROA with Betty Winifred
? JANE SIM DUNCAN Anderson
died: 25 Aug 1945 aged 67
buried: HASTINGS
? JEAN ELLEN Anderson
died: 1 Dec 1997 aged 77
cremated
? JENNIE Anderson
died: 8 March 1943 aged 69
buried: HAVELOCK NORTH
? JENNIFER RUTH Anderson
died: 10 Jan 1941 aged 3
buried: HASTINGS
? JESSIE Anderson
died: 30 Oct 1986 aged 78
cremated
? JESSIE Anderson
died: 26 Feb 1981 aged 70
cremated
? JOAN EILEEN Anderson
died: 26 June 1987 aged 70
buried: HASTINGS
? JOAN WINSOME MARY Anderson
died: 12 Oct 2013 aged 92
cremated
? JOHANNA MARTINE Anderson (nee PERSEN)
married: Alexander Keil Anderson (1881-1961) in 1921
died: 22 Feb 1975 aged 93
buried: HASTINGS with mother Ane Marie Persen (1852-1937)
? JOHN Anderson
died: 19 March 1936 aged 71
buried: HAVELOCK NORTH
? JOHN Anderson
died: 27 Jan 1942 aged 96
buried: HASTINGS
? JOHN Anderson
died: 5 Jan 1973 aged 64
buried: Plot 50, Block B HAVELOCK NORTH (see photo)
? JOHN ALEXANDER Anderson
died: 10 Nov 1967 aged 82
buried: HASTINGS
? JOHN CHARLES Anderson
died: 17 Jan 2014 aged 83
buried: MANGAROA
? JOHN DUNCAN Anderson
died: 26 Aug 2008 aged 89
cremated
? JOHN WALTER GODFREY Anderson
served as: Private 44929
died: 23 April 1989 aged 78
buried: HASTINGS
? JOYCE ELVA Anderson
died: 31 May 1990 aged 69
buried: HASTINGS
? KAREN KRISTINE Anderson
died 10 April 1963 aged 85
buried: HAVELOCK NORTH
? KATE Anderson
died: 6 April 1973 aged 81
buried: HASTINGS
? KENNETH Anderson
served as: Gunner 2/2573
died: 23 Sep 1941 aged 48
buried: HASTINGS
? KENNETH GEORGE Anderson
died: 5 Dec 1985 aged 74
cremated
? KENNETH JOHN Anderson
died: 28 Sep 1972 aged 61
buried: HASTINGS
? LAURENCE Anderson (husband of Emmie)
died: 1 Aug 1942 aged 76
buried: HASTINGS
? LEONARD DOUGLAS Anderson
died: 22 May 1969 aged 62
buried: HASTINGS with wife Edna May
? LEONARD ERNEST Anderson
died: 7 Feb 2001 aged 78
cremated
? LILY MARGARET Anderson
died: 2 Sep 1967 aged 57
cremated
? MAISIE ELIZABETH Anderson
died: 7 Sep 1985 aged 60
buried: HASTINGS with Montague
? MARDEL MARIE Anderson
died: 6 Aug 1984 aged 70
buried: HAVELOCK NORTH
? MARGARET Anderson
died: 25 Jan 1937 aged
buried: HASTINGS
? MARGARET EVELYN Anderson
died: 17 Sep 1968 aged 61
cremated
? MARGARET EVELYN Anderson
died: 17 Sep 1976 aged 67
buried: HASTINGS
? MARGARET ISABEL Anderson
died: 9 July 1992 aged 91
cremated
? MARGARET JANE Anderson
died: 19 May 1920 aged 65
buried: HASTINGS
? MARGARET V Anderson
died: 9 Nov 1974 aged 44
buried: HASTINGS
? MARION Anderson
died: 30 May 1972 aged 91
cremated
? MARION ANNIE Anderson
died: 25 Aug 1984 aged 87
cremated
? MARJORIE EVERITT Anderson
died: 13 June 2000 aged 85
cremated
? MARJORIE LENA Anderson
died: 7 April 1993 aged 80
buried: HASTINGS
? MARY CHRISTINA ELIZA Anderson
died: 18 April 1975 aged 90
cremated
? MARY ELIZA Anderson
died: 24 May 1921 aged 70
buried: HASTINGS
? MARY HALLGARTH Anderson
died: 18 July 1991 aged 81
buried: HASTINGS
? MAUD EUDORA Anderson (nee McKENZIE)
married: Charles Duncan Anderson in 1908
died: 8 Feb 1947 aged 74
buried: HASTINGS with Charles
? MAVIS ELSIE Anderson
died: 20 March 2004 aged 74
cremated
? MICHAEL ALLAN Anderson
died: 20 April 2009 aged 60
cremated
? MILLICENT ADA Anderson
died: 12 July 2000 aged 89
buried: HAVELOCK NORTH
? MILTON JOHN Anderson
died: 11 June 2007 aged 76
buried: HASTINGS
? MOLLIE Anderson
born: 12 June 1925
died: 25 Jan 2006 aged 80
cremated
? MONTAGUE MURDOCH 'Monty' Anderson
died: 22 Nov 2004 aged 96
buried: HAVELOCK NORTH with Mardel
? MYRTLE OPHA Anderson
died: 19 Jan 1978 aged 79
buried: HASTINGS
? NANCY IRENE MAY Anderson
died: 5 June 1993 aged 76
buried: MANGAROA
? NARDA TANIA Anderson
died: 5 Oct 2000 aged 62
cremated
? NGAIRE AMY GERTRUDE Anderson
died: 5 Jan 1999 aged 83
cremated
? NGAIRE VIOLET Anderson
died: 31 Oct 1989 aged 62
buried: HASTINGS
? OLAF Anderson
died: 23 Dec 1926 aged 70
buried: HASTINGS
? OLGA IRENE Anderson
died: 15 July 1993 aged 78
buried: HASTINGS
? OLIVE Anderson
died: 14 April 1976 aged 72
cremated
? OLIVE MARGARET Anderson
died: 12 Feb 1990 aged 53
cremated
? OLIVER Anderson
died: 28 July 1993 aged 78
buried: HASTINGS
? OSCAR JOHN Anderson
died: 25 Feb 1985 aged 86
buried: HASTINGS
? PATRICIA EDNA Anderson
died: 28 Dec 2000 aged 74
cremated
? PATRICIA MAY Anderson
died: June 1986 aged 59
buried: HASTINGS
? PAUL JAMES TUTONU Anderson
died: 21 April 1987 aged 9 months
buried: MANGAROA
? PETER 'Andy' Anderson
died: 8 Oct 1924 aged 37
buried: HASTINGS
? PETER Anderson
died: 3 Dec 2000 aged 83
buried: MANGAROA
? PETER Anderson
died: 4 Sep 1932 aged 80
buried: HAVELOCK NORTH
? PETER JOHN GORDON Anderson
died: 27 Sep 2007 aged 59
buried: HAVELOCK NORTH
? PETER MICHAEL ROBERT Anderson
died: 12 April 1991 aged 49
cremated
? PHYLLIS HELEN Anderson
died: 21 Aug 1990 aged 70
buried: HASTINGS
? PHYLLIS JANE SEDDON Anderson
died: 15 July 1997 aged 91
cremated
? PHYLLIS JEAN Anderson
died: 24 March 1998 aged 84
buried: HASTINGS
? RAYMOND ALLAN Anderson
died: 14 March 1996 aged 46
cremated
? RAYMOND LESLIE Anderson
born: 16 Nov 1915
died: 17 Sep 1977 aged 61
cremated
? REWANGA KAHUI Anderson (nee KAHUI)
died: 6 July 1964 aged 72
buried: HASTINGS
? RITA MAY Anderson
died: 22 Aug 2000 aged 88
buried: HASTINGS
? ROBERT Anderson
died: 21 March 1955 aged ?
buried: HASTINGS
? ROBERT LEWIS Anderson
died: 26 June 1969 aged 68
cremated
? ROBERT THOMPSON Anderson
died: 23 Nov 1926 aged 55
buried: Plot 50, Block B HAVELOCK NORTH (see photo)
? RONA FRANCES Anderson
died: 9 Aug 2013 aged 88
cremated
? ROSS FREDERICK ALEXA Anderson
served as: Lance Corporal 159160
died: 21 Nov 1989 aged 66
buried: HASTINGS
? ROY CHARLES Anderson
died: 14 Aug 1985 aged 83
buried: HASTINGS
? ROY FRANCIS MORTON Anderson
died: 28 Nov 1979 aged 80
cremated
? ROYCE MARTIN Anderson
died: 3 Sep 1992 aged 74
cremated
? ROYSTAN Anderson
died 3 Aug 1999 aged 80
buried: HAVELOCK NORTH
? ROYSTON GEORGE Anderson
died: 1 Aug 2006 aged 77
cremated
? SARAH CARSON Anderson
died: 26 Aug 1998 aged 91
cremated
? SELINA ELIZABETH Anderson
died: 24 Dec 1990 aged 86
cremated
? SHARRON MARIE Anderson
died: 12 Jan 1978 aged 14
buried: HASTINGS
? SHIRLEY MAXWELL Anderson
died: 27 May 1983 aged 71
buried: HASTINGS
? STANLEY ROBSON Anderson
died 11 April 2004 aged 78
cremated
? STELLA GERTRUDE Anderson
died: 5 July 1991 aged 97
cremated
? STEWART MAXWELL Anderson
died: 1 March 1986 aged 71
cremated
? STUART Anderson
died: 22 June 1944 aged 52
buried: HASTINGS
? STUART Anderson
died: 12 March 2009 aged 77
buried: 12 March 2010 HAVELOCK NORTH
? TAINE MARTIN Anderson
died: 15 Dec 1979 aged infant
buried: HAVELOCK NORTH
? TEGWEN TIEFY Anderson
died: 25 July 1989 aged 60
cremated
? TERRENCE Anderson
died: 26 Jan 1955 aged 53
buried: HASTINGS
? THOMAS Anderson
died: 21 May 1927 aged 73
buried: HAVELOCK NORTH
? THOMAS ALEXANDER GREY Anderson
died: 25 Dec 1989 aged 80
cremated
? THOMAS ANDREW Anderson
died: 23 May 1969 aged 85
cremated
? VERA ROSE Anderson
died: 12 Sep 1951 aged 63
buried: HAVELOCK NORTH
? VERNA IRENE Anderson
died: 28 June 1933 aged 3
buried: HASTINGS
? VIOLET ROSINA JANE Anderson
died: 19 Aug 2013 aged 90
cremated
? VIVIEN ELLA Anderson
died: 28 July 1965 aged 81
buried: HASTINGS
? WAYNE SAMUEL Anderson
son of Sam & Ina
died: 26 Nov 1955 aged 2 months
buried: HASTINGS
? WILLIAM Anderson
died: 23 Nov 1949 aged 88
cremated
? WILLIAM Anderson
died: 14 Dec 2010 aged 71
cremated
? WILLIAM Anderson
born: 7 Feb 1895
died: 12 Feb 1976 aged 81
cremated
? WILLIAM FREDERICK Anderson
died: 27 April 1965 aged 82
buried: HASTINGS with wife Annie Agnes
? WILLIAM HERBERT Anderson
served as: Private 6/1448A, Canterbury 3rd
died: 6 Feb 1948 aged 59
buried: HAVELOCK NORTH
? WILLIAM LUXTON Anderson
son of William Frederick ANDERSON & Annie Agnes BAIN
died: 3 July 1984 aged 75
cremated
? WILLIAM MORRIS Anderson
served as: Private 45907
died: 6 Jan 1959 aged 80
buried: HAVELOCK
PHOTO
Plot 50, Block B at HAVELOCK NORTH
WWI soldiers OTIRA, New Zealand
OTIRA is a small township 7km north of Arthur's Pass in the central South Island of New Zealand. It is on the northern approach to the pass, a saddle between the Otira and Bealey Rivers high in the Southern Alps.
The population of Otira and its surrounds was 87 in the 2006 Census
The History of Otira Gold was discovered in Otira c1860. The first hotel was opened in 1864. By 1900 the railway from the Coast had been extended as far as Otira. Up until 1907 the settlement consisted of a railway station ? the terminus of the railway from the West Coast, the Terminus Hotel, Cobb and Co?s busy stables, a school, two stores, a bakery and a handful of cottages near the station. The majority of the workers were housed in tents at the work site...
Stories of life in Otira Mona Tracy in ?West Coast Yesterdays? (published 1960 A. H. & A. W. Reed) writes about the drinking that made life bearable for many amid the hardships experienced by those working on the tunnel. Evidence of the quantity consumed comes from the money made by those who gathered up the empties. Two young men furnished a bach with everything needed, and another man amassed enough money to start a successful merchandising business on the West Coast by sending away more than forty tons of empties...
Today the village of Otira, 18 railway houses, a hall, the hotel and the fire station is up for sale for $1 million, negotiable
The following names were taken from the (4,000) results on Papers Past for the war years of 1914-1918 of those who were working in Otira at the time of the Ballots. Some names may have been missed & many not on Cenotaph. Leave a comment if you know of others and they will be added
• L. H. ARMSTRONG, tunneller
- not found
• John ASPIN, blacksmith and farrier, Otira
- not found
~~~
the surname of the following three brothers is variously written Beyer OR Beyers in the newspaper reports, on BDM & on the Cenotaph records
NOTES
* Peter Anton (Haig or Beyer(s)) (1849-1925) was born in Norway
* He arrives as a seaman into Napier on the Hovding & jumps ship
* family members researching him believe he changed his name to evade authorities
* On researching the Otira soldiers, I discovered that a soldier named Thomas Haig recorded his mother as Sarah Ann Beyer(s)
Long story short:
* A Thomas Haigh (1878-1959) was born to Sarah Ann & Thomas HAIGH
(there is a recorded death (1837-1885) for a Thomas Haigh)
* In 1882 & 1884 2 children were born to Sarah Ann & Peter Anton HAIGH ?
(there is no recorded marriage or death for a Peter Anton or Sarah Ann Haigh)
* On 13 March 1886 Sarah Ann Haig Arnold (1851-1928) married a Peter Anton Beyer(s)
* Peter was naturalised on 24 June 1887
(I throw all that into the mix as it's too much of a coincidence and because of all the confusion of the spelling of their name Beyer(s). Some are recorded as born Beyer, marry as Beyers, die as Beyer, or a mix of. Recorded in war as Beyer but next of kin as Beyers or vice versa and the same in newspaper articles. So why? Expected occasionally in one media but not all the time in all three. You decide. I have written all as Beyers
• Thomas HAIGH, Otira
born: unknown - see above
served as: Rifleman 44106
enlisted from Inangahua Landing. The Otira link is with his mother
unit: Reinforcements G Company, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
embarked: 14 March 1917
next of kin: Mrs S. A. Beyers (mother), Otira
• Adolphus 'Alfred' Otto BEYERS, c/o Post Office Otira
born: (1886-1955) to Peter Anton BEYERS & Sarah Ann Haig ARNOLD
served as: Rifleman 24/366
unit: B Company, 2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
embarked: 9 Oct 1915
next of kin: Mrs P. A. Beyers (mother), Masters Street, Greymouth
• George Henry BEYERS, c/o Post Office Otira
born: (1894-1977) to Peter Anton BEYERS & Sarah Ann Haig ARNOLD (he was a twin with Maud Rose Beyer)
served as: Rifleman 24/367
unit: B Company, 2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
embarked: 9 Oct 1915
next of kin: Mrs P. A. Beyers (mother), Masters Street, Greymouth
• Peter Barnard BEYERS, c/o Post Office Otira
born: (1889-1953) to Peter Anton BEYERS & Sarah Ann Haig ARNOLD
served as: Rifleman 18952
unit: 6th Reinforcements 4th Battalion, H Company, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
embarked: 29 July 1916
next of kin: P. Beyers (father), Post-office, Otira
~~~
• Charles BATES, laborer, Otira
born: (1886-1962) to George BATES (1852-1894) & Margaret O'BRIEN
served as: Rifleman 26/986
unit: 1st Reinforcements, 4th Battalion, NZ Rifle Brigade
embarked: from Wellington 5 Fe 1916
next of kin: Mrs W. Hudson (mother), Awarua Plains, Southland
* his mother Margaret remarried in 1901 to William Hudson
• Rocco BEBAN, miner, Otira (1889-1972)
born: (1889-1972) in Goldsborough, West Coast, 11th of 11 children of Stephen BEBAN (from Croatia) & Catherine MacDONALD (from Scotland) of Westland
served as: not on Cenotaph (enlisted in Feb 1917)
married: Rose Galvin in 1915 (they divorced)
married: Alice Pearl Burnette in 1925
* he was the President of the Otira Workers Union in Otira
* his brother James Beban (1885-1930) had the Terminus Hotel in Otira. The licence of which was transferred to Ernest William Penhalluriack (1883-1921) in 1920
* his brother Arthur Beban (1887-1955) had the Gilner Hotel in Greymouth
died: 23 Jan 1972 in Miramar, Wellington
• George BLAIR
born: (1893-) 8th of 9 children of Adam BLAIR & Norah CROWLEY
served as: Trooper 7/699
unit: Canterbury Mounted Rifles, 2nd Reinforcements
embarked: from Wellington 14 December 1914
next of kin: A. Blair (father), Totara, Otira line, Greymouth
• James BOHAN, jnr., labourer, Otira
born: (1889-1962)
- not on Cenotaph
• Frank 'Nugget' BOLAND
born: (1877-1915) in Camperdown, Victoria, Australia to Thomas & Ellen Boland
served as: Private 6/885
unit: Canterbury Infantry Battalion, NZEF
embarked: from Lyttelton 16 October 1914
next of kin: W. J. Moore, Eastcourt Street, Terang, Victoria, Australia
Press, 27 May 1915
Frank 'Nugget' Boland, Canterbury Battalion, wounded, is a native of Victoria. He came to New Zealand some fourteen years ago and engaged in mining on the West Coast. On the Otira tunnel being started he at once went there and was one of the first to enlist from Otira
FRANK was Killed In Action at Gallipoli 31 July 1915 aged 38
• Charles BROMLEY, laborer, Otira
born: (1884-) possibly to Edwin Bromley (1851-1910) & Mary (1848-1938) BROMLEY (arrived NZ c1873)
served as: Private 6/3260
unit: Canterbury Infantry Battalion, 8th Reinforcements
embarked: from Wellington 13 November 1915
next of kin: Mrs M. Bromley (mother), 276 Tuam Street, Christchurch
• James BROOKES, miner, Otira
served as: (possibly Private 81425)
• Henry Joseph BROWN, Otira
born: (1893-) to Thomas BROWN & Myra Jane ROONEY
Evening Post, 6 Sept 1913 BROWN - On the 31st August, 1913, at Blue Spur, Westland, Myra Jane, beloved wife of Mr Thomas Brown and sister of Mrs Dean Samuel Allen, of this city
enlisted: from Otira
served as: Private 6/2949
unit: Canterbury Infantry Battalion, 7th Reinforcements
embarked: from Wellington 9 Oct 1915
next of kin: Thomas Brown (father), Hoho, Hokitika
married: Winifred Monica Griffin in 1928
• George Wallace CAMERON, labourer, Jackson's, Otira Line
- not found
• Hugh CAMERON, Otira
born: (?-?)
served as: Sergeant 6/3228
unit: Canterbury Infantry Battalion, 8th Reinforcements
embarked: from Wellington 13 November 1915
next of kin: R. G. Cameron (brother), Public Works Department, Otira
• William CARSON, labourer, c/o Post Office, Otira
- not found
• Denis CLARKE, driver, c/o Cassidy and Co., Otira
born: in County Donegal, Ireland
served as: Private 70646
unit: 36th Reinforcements C Company, NZEF
embarked: from Wellington 23 April 1918
next of kin: Miss Kate Clarke (sister), Ballywagowan, Dunkineely, County Donegal
• Richard COMERFORD, Otira
born: 1888 to Edward Comerford (1858-1940) from County Waterford & Norah Murphy (1858-1893) from County Kerry
served as: Sapper 21433 with the 2nd Reinforcements, NZ Engineers, Tunnelling Company
Next of Kin: his sister, Miss Mary Ann Comerford, Nelson St., Greymouth
• Charles Edwin COOPER, miner, Avoca, Otira
- not found
• John COURTNEY, miner, Otira
- not on Cenotaph
• William John CRAWFORD, miner, Otira
only 2 on Cenotaph
- possibility
- possibility
• Gordon Jason DAVIES, motor driver, Otira
born: (1888-1975) to Arthur DAVIES & Jeannie BURRIDGE
- not on Cenotaph
• Edgar Norman DAVIS
born: (1895-1915) to Herbert Bowen DAVIS & (his 2nd wife) Mary BREEZE
served as: Rifleman 23/402
unit: B Company, 1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
embarked: from Wellington 9 October 1915
next of kin: Mrs M. Davis (mother), Otira
EDGAR died of his wounds 28 Dec 1915 aged 20 in Egypt
• Harold Llewellyn DAVIS, blacksmith's stroker, Otira
born: (1887-1943) to Herbert Bowen DAVIS & (his 2nd wife) Mary BREEZE
served as: Private 72934
unit: 37th Reinforcements D Company, NZEF
embarked: from Wellington 16 May 1918
next of kin: Mrs Mary Davis (mother), Otira
NOTE the father of Edgar & Harold
Grey River Argus, 10 September 1919 On Sunday last there passed away at the Hokitika Hospital one of
Canterbury's best-known workers in the industrial field, in the person of Mr. H. B. Davis (aged 69). In early life Mr. Davis, as an ironworker, made his way to the United States from his native place, Birmingham. He returned soon, however, and decided to emigrate to New Zealand, arriving at Lyttelton in 1879, in the ship Glenlora (Captain Scotland). For many years he was a prominent figure in the metal and engineering works in Christchurch, and was conspicuous in local politics and Friendly Society work, being one of the original founders of the Anchor Lodge of Druids at Woolston. His kindly and generous disposition was widely known amongst his neighbours and associates. Some years ago he accepted a position on the West Coast Railway, where he continued till illness
compelled him to relinquish his task, and he passed away at the age of sixty-nine. He had a fairly large family, one son, Edgar, falling the the late war, in the Egyptian Desert. There are two married daughters, one at Balcairn and the other in the North Island. His eldest surviving son is Mr. Herbert Davis, of Wellington, and he is also survived by a widow and other children. (7 known NZ children with Mary)
• Percy Theophilus DODGE, labourer, Otira
- nothing found
• Albert Edward DUNCAN, labourer, c/o boardinghouse, Otira
born: (1898-1964) to William James Angus Archibald DUNCAN & Marion STEWART
served as: Private 23285
unit: 30th Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
embarked: from Wellington 13 October 1917
next of kin: Mrs W. Duncan (mother), South Street, Hokitika
• James Stewart DUNCAN, 69994
born: (1895-1961) to William James Angus Archibald DUNCAN & Marion STEWART
served as: Private 69994
unit: 38th Reinforcements B Company, NZEF
embarked: from Wellington 5 June 1918
next of kin: J. Beban (friend), Otira Gorge Hotel, Otira
• Walter Goldie DUTTON, hairdresser, Otira
born: (1881-1937) to Walter Tom DUTTON & Elena BROWN
served as: not on Cenotaph
• George ELLIS, tunneller, Otira
born: Suffolk, England
served as: Sapper 37539
unit: 3rd Reinforcements, New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company
embarked: from Wellington 15 November 1916
next of kin: John Ellis (father), Westwood Lodge, Blythburgh, Suffolk, England
• Patrick FARRELLY, labourer, Otira
- possibility only -
born: (1890-1982) to James & Susan FARRELLY
served as: Rifleman 26588
unit: 8th Reinforcements 4th Battalion, H Company
embarked: from Wellington 23 September 1916
next of kin: James Farrelly (father), Mill Road, Paeroa
• William Bernhard FARISSEY, Otira
born: (1892-1956) probably in Australia
served as: Private 6/3011
unit: Canterbury Infantry Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
embarked: from Wellington 9 October 1915
next of kin: J. Farissey (father), Eudunda, South Australia
married: Kathlynne Sara Ryan (1901-1987) in 1932
• John Edward FELL, shop assistant, Otira
born: (1897-1977) in Greymouth, 1st of 10 children of Frederick William FELL (1858-1940) born Prahran, Victoria & Charlotte GOODALL (1866-1937) born Nelson.
not on Cenotaph
died in Christchurch & is buried Ruru cemetery
• Thomas John FELL, storeman, Otira, Westland
- nothing found
• Alfred William FERGUSON, miner, Otira
1 on Cenotaph
- possibility
• Michael 'Mick' FITZGERALD, storekeeper, Otira
born: (1882-1955) to John FITZGERALD & Bridget BURGESS
served as: Rifleman 56422
unit: Reinforcements G Company, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
embarked: from Wellington 15 August 1917
next of kin: Mrs Bridget Fitzgerald (mother), Ikamatua, via Greymouth
• Francis Edward FLYNN, Otira
born: (1897-1965) to David & Ellen FLYNN
served as: Private 63325
unit: 32nd Reinforcements F Company, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
embarked: From Wellington 21 November 1917
next of kin: David Flynn (father), Otira
at one time Francis was believed to be a prisoner of war
• Benjamin FOXALL, miner, Otira
born: 29 Jan 1882 in Swan Village, West Bromwich, Staffordshire to Benjamin Fox (1860-1912) & Clara SLIM (1862-1935). He was a Miner in Otira
served: in the First Reserves
married: Gladys May Wall in 1925
died: 10 May 1957 in Wellington & cremated Karori
• John FREEBAIRN, Jacksons, Otira line
born: (1895-1916) in Scotland
served as: Rifleman 24/141
unit: A Company, 2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
embarked: 9 October 1915
next of kin: J. G. Freebairn (father), 36 Walters St, Dennistoun, Glasgow, Scotland
JOHN was killed in action 19 May 1916 Somme, France
• H. W. GARDNER, miner
- not on Cenotaph
• Samuel John GODFREY, miner, Otira
born: (1892-1973) 5th of 9 children of Francis Robert GODFREY & Elizabeth Ann RABONE
married: Amy Rosina Jamieson in 1914
served as: Lance Sergeant 32948
unit: 10th Reinforcements 4th Battalion, H Company
embarked: from Wellington 15 November 1916
next of kin: Mrs Amy R. Godfrey (wife), Koiterangi, Hokitika
• Thomas Henry GOUGH, labourer, Otira
- not on Cenotaph
• William James HAIGH, railway employee, Otira
- not on Cenotaph
• Gordon Edward HARCOURT, miner, Otira
- not found
• James Joseph HINES
born: (1897-) to James John HINES & Sarah McCLURE
served as: Private 64638
unit: 32nd Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
embarked: from Wellington 16 November 1917
next of kin: Mrs Sarah Hines (mother), Ruru, Otira Line, Greymouth
• Edmund HODGE,
born: (possibly) (1885-) to Charles & Alice Pearce HODGE
served as: not on Cenotaph
• William Redmund HONEY, miner
born: (1881-1918)
married: Grace Alexandra SCOTLAND in 1914
served as: Private 49543
unit: 27th Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
embarked: from Wellington 12 June 1917
next of kin: Mrs G. A. Honey (wife), Kokiri, via Greymouth
WILLIAM was killed in action 5 April 1918 aged 37 at Somme, France
• Allan William HOOPER, coach driver, Otira
born: (1890-) to Lilla Hooper
served as: not on Cenotpah
• Henry HYNDMAN, machineman
- not found
• John JACOBSON, fitter, c/o Post Office, Otira
- not found
• Charles JAMES, Civil Servant, c/o Public Works Department, Otira
- not found
• J. D. JAMES, mechanic
- not found
• Thomas Arthur JOHNSON, assistant engineer, Otira
- not found
• Percy John JONES, labourer, Otira
born: (possibly) (1882-) to John & Emily JONES
served as: not on Cenotaph
• William George KIDD, labourer, Otira
born: (possibly) (187-) to Niel & Annie KIDD
served as: not on Cenotaph
• G. KIRK, tunnel-digger
- not found
• William Edmund LAKE, miner, Otira
- not found
• David LARKIN, Rotomaua, Otira Line
born: (1890-) 2 of 7 children of David LARKIN & Ellen ROHAN
served as: Private 10/1555
unit: Wellington Infantry Battalion, 3rd Reinforcements
embarked: from Wellington 14 February 1915
next of kin: D. Larkin (father), Rotomana, Otira Line, Westland
• James Francis LAWLER, labourer, c/o Post-office, Otira
born: in Australia
married Elizabeth Martha Schultz in 1915
served as: Rifleman 59813
unit: 30th Reinforcements H Company
embarked: from Wellington 13 October 1917
next of kin: Mrs L. Lawler (wife), Post-office, Otira
• Horace Victor LEE
born: in Victoria, Australia
served as: Private 6/909
unit: Canterbury Infantry Battalion
embarked: from Lyttelton 16 Oct 1914
next of kin: Mrs Lionel Lee, Hargreaves Street, Bendigo, Victoria
Press, 18 May 1915
Horace Victor Lee, wounded, is 21 years of age and a native of Victoria, where his mother resides, his father being dead. About four years ago he came to New Zealand and secured employment on the Otira tunnel works, where he was employed till he enlisted
• William LEE, tunnel worker, Otira
born: too many
• William LINKLATER, Otira
- not on Cenotaph
• Julian MANGONI, miner, Otira
born: (1880-1961)
- not on Cenotaph
• Claude Oswald MILLER, clerk, Otira
born: (1892-) to James MILLER & Alice Priscilla KEATES
- not on Cenotaph
• R. M. MacDONALD, Public Works everseer
- not found
• Alexander Grant McALPINE, bushman, Inchbonnie, Otira Line
born: (1899-) to George Grant McALPINE & Annie WALLACE
served as: Lance Corporal 18407
unit: 20th Reinforcements (First Section) New Zealand Mounted Rifles
embarked: from Wellington 5 December 1916
next of kin: G. G. McAlpine (father), Blackball, Greymouth
* brother George Alexander McAlpine (Private 6/90) also served
• Charles Andrew McCRACKEN
born: (1893-1918) to George & Margaret Jane (1875-1923) McCRACKEN
served as: Private 64657
enlisted from: Waiuta, Greymouth
unit: 32nd Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
embarked: from Wellington 16 November 1917
next of kin: Mrs M. J. McCracken (mother), 48 Chapel Street, Greymouth
CHARLES died of measles 23 February 1918 aged 24
• William Thomas McEWAN, cabinetmaker, Otira
- not found
• John James McGUIGAN, schoolteacher, Otira
- not on Cenotaph
• Alexander McHARRY, storekeeper, Otira
- not found
• Peter McKENDRY, railway porter, Otira Railway
born: (possibly) (1877-1944) to Denis & Catherine 'Kate McKENDRY
- not on Cenotaph
• William McKENDRY, Otira
born: (possibly) (1890-) to Denis & Catherine 'Kate McKENDRY
- not on Cenotaph
• Duncan McKENZIE, labourer, Otira
born: Scotland
served as: possibly, Private 55523
• Charles McKINTY, tunnel-worker, Otira
- not found
• John MacRAE, Otira
born: (1884-1918) Scotland
served as: Private 40831
unit: 23rd Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
embarked: from Wellington 2 April 1917
next of kin: Mrs K. MacRae (mother), Kayle of Lochalch, Ross-shire, Scotland
JOHN was killed in action 8 Oct 1918 aged 34 at Le Cateau, France
• Roderick MacRAE, labourer, Otira
born: Scotland
served as: Rifleman 41340
unit: H Company, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
embarked: from Wellington 26 April 1917
next of kin: Mrs Farquhar Macrae (mother), Sallachy, Ardelve, Ross-shire, Scotland
• John Raymond McLEAN, Otira
born: (1885-1915) to Murdoch McLEAN & Isabella Welsh RATCLIFFE
enlisted from: Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
served as: Private 354
unit: 14th Battalion, Australian Infantry Regiment, 14 Battalion, AIF
JOHN was killed in action 27 April 195 at Gallipoli aged 29
Poverty Bay Herald, 1 June 1915
John Raymond McLean, killed in action with the Australian forces, was 29 years of age and had lived most of his life on Auckland. He was one of the first pupils at King's College, and received his complete education there, He was therefore one of the oldest members of the King's College Old Boys' Association, and was also a well known member of the College Rifle. For some years he was engaged at the Otira tunnel, and three years ago he proceeded to Australia and engaged in mining. He enlisted in the 13th battalion of the first Australian expeditionary force and his last letter to his parents was dated from Egypt on the 11th April, just prior to the departure of the Australian and New Zealand troops for the Dardanelles. The letter shows that the members of the expedition fully realised the dangerous character of the military operations in which they were to be engaged, but showed that the force was inspired by courage and enthusiasm. Great sympathy will be felt for the parents in the loss which they have sustained.
Another son, Neil, aged 19 years, left Auckland for Trentham on Friday last, and a third son, who holds a commission in the territorial force, is only awaiting appointment to a company before proceeding to the front
NOTES His father, Murdoch McLean was the Mayor of Mount Albert, Auckland
* his brother Neil Clifford Neil Clifford McLean served as Rifleman 23/230
* his brother, Ronald Douglas McLean, Second Lieutenant 12/3759 was killed at the Somme
• William Hugh MEATES, Otira line
born: (1892-1958) to William Anthony MEATES & Rose O'FLAHERTY
served as: Trooper 7/2007
unit: 9th Reinforcements Canterbury Mounted Rifles, C Squadron, NZEF
embarked: from Wellington 8 January 1916
next of kin: W. A. Meates (father), Eldon Street, Greymouth
married: Ellen LARKIN (1894-1952) in 1920
NOTE possible that 2 of William's sons were Otago All Blacks
* William Anthony 'Bill' Meates (see also obituary)
* Kevin Meates
• Luther MOORE, farm hand, c/o Post Office, Otira
born: (possibly 1879-1951)
- not on Cenotaph
• James O'CONNOR, railway guard, Otira
- possibly -
born: (1882-1915) to Edward & Bridget O'Connor
served as: Private 6/1675
unit: Canterbury Infantry Battalion, 3rd Reinforcements
embarked: from Wellington 14 February 1915
next of kin: Edward O'Connor (father), Revell Street, Hokitika
JAMES died of his wounds 24 August 1915 at Gallipoli
• James O'MALLEY, 2/830, labourer, Terminus Hotel, Otira
born: (1880-) to James O'MALLEY & Ellen COOKLEY
served as: Driver 2/830
unit: Field Artillery, main Body
embarked: from Wellington 16 October 1914
next of kin: James O'Malley, Terminus Hotel, Otira
• Ernest Nolan PAHL, mail-coach driver, Otira
born: (1883-1962) in Nelson to George William PAHL & Emma Lavinia HARFORD
married: Rose Eva Nicolson 1909 in Reefton
served as: not on Cenotaph
Grey River Argus , 24 May 1918
The Greymouth Military Service Board sat yesterday when the following appeals were dealt with:-
Archibald Hall, coach proprietor and contractor for Arthur's Pass-Otira mail service, appealed on behalg of Ernest Nolan Pahl, coach driver. This was adjourned for one month for enquiries
* brother Kenneth Stanley Pahl (1889-1964) served as Trooper 58244
* brother Edward John Pahl (1895-1957) served as Sapper 4/1020
• Henry PATTERSON, postmaster, Otira
- not found
• Charles Henry PEARCE, tunneller, Otira
born: (1880-1964) ?
served as: Sapper 4/1536
unit: Headquarters, No. 3 Relief, Tunnelling Company
embarked: from Auckland 18 December 1915
next of kin: Mrs Love (friend), Otira Tunnel
* Papers Past has various reports of Charles as being sick and wounded & listing his next of kin as Mrs Lone, Love, Long or Lane
• A. PRICE, motorman
- Cenotaph has at least 19 A. Price
• Edward James PRIEST, Otira
born: (1893-1918) to John & Catherine PRIEST
served as: Corporal 44152
unit: Reinforcements G Company (part), New Zealand Rifle Brigade
embarked: from Wellington 5 April 1917
next of kin: J. Priest (father), Baxter's, Otira Line, Greymouth
EDWARD died of his wounds 29 March 1918 in France, aged 25 (Cenotaph has aged 22)
• George Patrick RICH, miner, Otira
born: (1879-1939) to George RICH & Mary Ann Josephine CLARKE
served as: not on Cenotaph
• Thomas RITCHIE, laborer, Otira
born: (?-?)
served as: Private 6/3445
unit: Canterbury Infantry Battalion, 8th Reinforcements
embarked: from Wellington 13 November 1915
next of kin: Mrs A. Ritchie (mother), Marton
• Roy William ROONEY, labourer, Otira
born: (1893-1942)
- not on Cenotaph
• Samuel Arthur ROSE, chucker, Upper Otira
born: (1875-1946) 11th of 12 children of Thomas ROSE (1832-1911) & Sarah ELLIOTT (1834-1913) from Yorkshire, England & died in Cobden, Westland. His first 8 siblings born Australia
served as: Rifleman 56470
unit: 30th Reinforcements H Company
embarked: from Wellington 13 October 1917
next of kin: Mrs L. McLeod (sister), Cobden, Greymouth
* his sister Louisa Rose (born Buninyong) married Daniel McLeod
• Neil SELLARS, Kotuku, Otira line
born: (1894-1916) to Neil SELLARS & Jane Ann McCALLUM
served as: Rifleman 24/275
unit: A Company, 2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
embarked: 9 October 1915
next of kin: Neil Sellars (father), Gorge Road, Southland
NEIL died of his wounds 14 June 1916 in France
• Thomas SHANNON, police constable, Otira
- not found
• Charlies Henry SMITH, labourer, Otira
- 9 Charles Henry Smith to choose from
- best possibility
• Edgar King SMITH, miner, Otira
- not found
• John SMITH, laborer, Otira
- about 90 on Cenotaph
• Hugh Campbell STEEL, fitter, Public Works Department, Otira
born: (1897-1960) to James & Amelia STEEL
- not on Cenotaph
• Sidney George STOCKLEY, tunnel
born: (1878-1960) to Joseph & Mary Ann STOCKLEY
- not on Cenotaph
• William TRACEY, labourer, Otira
- not found
• Con TREACY, labourer, Otira
born: (1873-1954)
served as: Rifleman 46900
unit: Reinforcements J Company, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
embarked: from Wellington 26 April 1917
next of kin: Mrs Eliza Treacy (mother), Christchurch Road, Kumara
• Robert THOMSON, miner, Kokiri, Otira Line
- many to choose from
• Leslie James THOMPSON, sawmiller, Ruru, Otira Line
born: in Australia
served as: Rifleman 56485
unit: Reinforcements G Company, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
embarked: from Wellington 15 August 1917
next of kin: A. R. Thompson (brother), Moana
• James TOOHEY, machinist, Otira
- not found
• George TRILL, miner, Otira
- not found
• Edwin WALDIE, tunnel-digger, Patara, Otira Line
born: (1888-1930) in Australia
served as: Rifleman 56490
unit: Reinforcements G Company, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
embarked: from Wellington 15 August 1917
next of kin: Mrs Eliza Ann Waldie (mother), 15 Collins St, South Brunswick, Melbourne
• Hector Ernest WALKER, Otira
born: (1878-1959)
served as: Private 6/3192
unit: Canterbury Infantry Battalion, 7th Reinforcements
embarked: from Wellington 9 October 1915
next of kin: Mrs M. F. Le Marchand (mother), Palliser Rd, Roseneath, Wellington
Hector died: 3 Sep 1959, cremated Waikumete & buried Andersons Bay Dunedin
• John WALSHE, laborer, Otira
- not found
• Piers Acton Eliot WARBURTON
born: (1885-1915) Palmerston North to George Hartop Eliot WARBURTON & Sophia Isabella BUDD
served as Sapper 4/63A
unit: New Zealand Engineers, British Section
embarked: from England
next of kin: not listed
PIERS died of his wounds 30 April 1915 at sea aged 30 on board HMHS Mashobra ex Gallipoli
Hawera & Normanby Star, 10 May 1915
Piers Acton Eliot Warburton, mentioned as having died of wounds at the Dardanelles, was for two years shift engineer at the power house of the Hawera Electric Light Company. He left this employment to take up a position as electrical engineer on the Otira tunnel works some five years ago, but had latterly held a position in Vancouver. At the outbreak of the war he went to England to join the New Zealand Expeditionary Force and was attached to the engineers section
NOTES
* Piers was an Inventor. An original printed Patent Application in 1910, Number 18,307, was for a combined reciprocating engines and turbo-electric generator and motors for driving steamships and machinery
* see also Sophia Isabella Budd
• Henry WATSON, miner, Otira
- not found
• William Frederick WESTON, Otira
born: (1878-1955) to Frederick Weston & Maria Clara SCREECH
served as: Private 6/3504
unit: Canterbury Infantry Battalion, 8th Reinforcements
embarked: from Wellington 13 November 1915
next of kin: Mrs Maria Weston (mother), 3 Bute Street, Wellington
He married: Emily Jane Burt of Rangiora in March 1919
• Charles WHITE, labourer, Otira
- not found
• Edward Neil WHITTEN, porter, Otira tunnel
born: (1894-1971) to John & Elizabeth WHITTEN
- not on Cenotaph
• Richard Percival WILLETTS, surfaceman
born: (1892-1968) to George & Alice Mary WILLETTS
- not on Cenotaph
next of kin: George Willetts (father), Hokitika
His brother George Counsellor Willetts was killed in action at Gallipoli
• Leonard Albin WILLIAMS, sawmill hand, Kotuku, Otira Line
- not found
• William WILLIAMS, bricklayer, Otira
- many on Cenotaph
• William WILMOTT, labourer, Otira
born: (1898-1964)
served as: Lance Corporal 37653
unit: 5th Reinforcements, New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company
embarked: from Wellington 26 April 1917
next of kin: Mrs Esther Kerr (mother), 626 Barbadoes St, Saint Albans, Christchurch
* his mother, Esther Ann Wilmott (nee Butler 1874-1945) was married to Bendix Hallenstein Kerr (1873-1947) on 12 Dec 1916 (both widowed) at St Peter's Woolston, Christchurch by Rev T. McDonald. Bendix was an Engine Driver born in Queenstown to John Black Kerr (1830-1887), a merchant & publican and of Bridget Birmingham. He attended Queenstown Main School. Esther was born in Nottinghamshire, England to Jairus Butler, a miner & Sarah King. She first married William Wilmott (1875-) in Nottinghamshire & had at least 3 children. The witnesses for Bendix and Esther were Ralph Pearson, Master Mariner, of Lyttelton & Mary Ann Whiting of Woolston, Christchurch.
Bendix Kerr moved around as an Engine Driver and was at some times in Few's Creek, Queenstown, Wakatipu, Otago, South Beach, Wesland & Timaru. He died 29 May 1947 in Ashburton.
* I believe Bendix may have been related to, or was named after, Bendix Hallenstein (1835-1905)
* William married Lillian 'Lily' Grammer (1895-1963) in 1922. They are buried together in Plot 182, Block 34 at Ruru lawn cemetery, Christchurch
• Alexander John WILSON, machine-man, Otira
- not found
• Thomas Campbell WILSON, Otira
born: (1887-) to William WILSON & Elizabeth (possibly nee Curran)
served as: Private 69986
unit: 36th Reinforcements D Company, NZEF
embarked: from Wellington 2 May 1918
next of kin: Miss Amelia Kate Wilson (sister), Park Hotel, Greymouth
PHOTO
Sapper 4/63A, Piers Acton Eliot Warburton
died at sea on board the HMHS Mashobra ex Gallipoli
BAXTER grooms New Zealand 1863-1933
the BAXTER GROOMS in New Zealand 1863-1933
the names were taken from BDM, spelling may not be correct
Alan Henry Baxter
+ Elinor Elizabeth BENNETT 1915
Albert Baxter
+ Gertrude CODD 1916
Albert Stuart Baxter
+ Muriel Frances MERLET 1926
Albert Victor Baxter
+ Emma THOMAS 1912
Alexander Baxter
+ Janet KENNEDY 1877
Alexander Baxter
+ Sarah Ann SKURR 1896
Alexander Baxter
+ Marjorie Eileen GARDENER 1924
Alexander Baxter
+ Esther Tennant HYSLOP 1930
Alexander Forbes Baxter
+ Florence Mary NORMAN 1919
Alexander Kirk Baxter
+ Elizabeth Sinclair BEGBIE 1867
Alexander Wallace Baxter
+ Frances Gertrude SMITH 1916
Alfred Ernest Baxter
+ Edith Ivy GULLIVER 1906
Alfred George Yorke Baxter
+ Ellen May HYDE 1927
Alfred Kendall Baxter
+ Alice DAY 1900
Andrew Baxter
+ Susan BROWN 1867
Andrew Baxter
+ Mary HAMILTON 1903
Andrew Baxter
+ Jane Ferguson MURDOCH 1911
Andrew Baxter
+ Ellen MAHONY 1914
Archibald Baxter
+ Sarah McLEAN 1872
Archibald Baxter
+ Agnes Tulloch JOHNSTON 1906
Archibald McColl Learmond Baxter
+ Millicent Amiel MacMillan BROWN 1921
Arthur Baxter
+ Catherine McMILLAN 1884
Arthur Baxter
+ Gladys JONES 1921
Arthur Henry Landall Baxter
+ Henrietta Gertrude Rose WATKINS 1933
Arthur John Baxter
+ Ethel CHEETHAM 1908
Arthur William Ian Baxter
+ Edna Marion LORENTZEN 1933
Benjamin Charles Baxter
+ Lily Maud YOUNG 1914
Cedric Eyre Baxter
+ Sarah Lucy Letitia IRVINE 1920
Charles Baxter
+ Edith Eveline GIBBS 1912
Charles Frederick Baxter
+ Kate Matilda NADEN 1894
Charles Frederick Norbury Baxter
+ Elizabeth INDER 1911
Clifford Baxter
+ Janey Rose LINTON 1925
Clifford Ernest Baxter
+ Frances Amy BOULTON 1930
David Baxter
+ Florence Dorothea MULLINS 1909
David Baxter
+ Agnes Anderson MILLER 1914
David Baxter
+ Wilhelmina LISTER 1914
David Baxter
+ Ida BEANGE 1916
David Arthur Baxter
+ Bertha Mary HAND 1895
David Gilbert Baxter
+ Alice May DICK 1933
Donald Baxter
+ Isabella Adelin DENT 1917
Donald Baxter
+ Eleanor LOGAN 1929
Donald Vincent Baxter
+ Leah Le Grand JACOB 1933
Douglas Baxter
+ Flora Jessie WADDELL 1922
Duncan McLean Baxter
+ Georgina JOHNSTON 1907
Erasmus Baxter
+ Annie Stewart FERNANDEZ 1914
Ernest Baxter
+ Eva HENDERSON 1920
Ernest Bernard Baxter
+ Eileen Grace KELLY 1930
Ernest Swan Baxter
+ Alys Helen WADDELL 1921
Ernest Thayer Baxter
+ Florence Louise martin FELTON 1929
Ernest William Baxter
+ Mary Jane MEE 1905
Evan Sutherland Baxter
+ Rebecca DOHERTY 1923
Francis Andrew Baxter
+ Ngaio Edna FOSTER 1921
Francis Brown Baxter
+ Laura Ann Ellen WATERMAN 1913
Fred Baxter
+ Elizabeth DAVIES 1891
George Baxter
+ Jessie WATSON 1878
George Baxter
+ Sarah Jane RAMSAY 1906
George Baxter
+ May Elizabeth GRANGER 1918
George Baxter
+ Dorothy BANKART 1919
George Alexander Baxter
+ Henrietta Jane PATERSON 1926
George Herbert Baxter
+ Jessie JENSEN 1905
George John Baxter
+ Mary CULLEN 1876
George John Baxter
+ Mary Isabel POPHAM 1913
George Paul Steven Baxter
+ Mary Jane MAYFIELD 1922
Harold Baxter
+ Jessie May MURPHY 1923
Harrold Baxter
+ Grace Ann BRIGHT 1873
Harry Baxter
+ Annie MOGRIGE 1897
Hector James Baxter
+ Margaret BRYDONE 1898
Hector James Baxter
+ Dorothy Louise LEEDHAM 1924
Henry Baxter
+ Sarah Jane FOSTER 1877
Henry John Baxter
+ Caroline Clara LAUDALL 1905
Heny Baxter
+ Gwendoline May HALKETT 1933
Herbert Baxter
+ Ivy Helen ROSOMAN 1911
Herbert Wilson Baxter
+ Laurie isabel CHEYNE 1907
Hester James Baxter
+ Ada Ethel HANAWAY 1911
Horace Baxter
+ Jessie EASTON 1889
Hosborough William Baxter
+ Laura DAIKEE 1912
Isaac William Tyrrell Baxter (1866-1947)
+ Mary Elizabeth TREEBY (1866-1900) 1890
+ Caroline Ellen TREEBY (1868-1902) 1901
+ Florence HARRISON 1903
Jack Reid Baxter
+ Iro Cinderella Miriam Nita SMITH 1921
James Baxter
+ Jane WICKHAM 1863
James Baxter
+ Mary BARR 1866
James Baxter
+ Jane WILKINSON 1880
James Baxter
+ Mary MARTANTELLI 1890
James Baxter
+ Elizabeth Mary COSTER 1893
James Baxter
+ Mary Jane DEACON 1894
James Baxter
+ Emily Burbridge COTTER 1905
James Baxter
+ Annie Ash TWOSE 1906
James Baxter
+ Isabella SHAH 1911
James Baxter
+ Cora Eliza BLACK 1915
James Baxter
+ Lottie BADER 1919
James Baxter
+ May Florence LOGAN 1925
James Baxter
+ Sylva HERD 1926
James Blake Baxter
+ Emily Gladys LAINE 1921
James Lewis Baxter
+ Madeline MacKenzie ROBINSON 1904
James McLaren Baxter
+ Marion McNeil FULTON 1890
James Neil Baxter
+ Iva Maud RANBY 1920
James Nimmo Baxter
+ Elizabeth McKinlay MERCER 1889
James Thomas Baxter
+ Elizabeth Jane BOLTON 1909
Jesse Francis Baxter
+ Margaret Bothwell LECKIE 1883
Jesse Francis Frederick John Baxter
+ Phyllis Myrtle EDWARDS 1912
John Baxter
+ Mary YOUNG 1867
John Baxter
+ Jane RICHARDS 1875
John Baxter
+ Emma HARDING 1875
John Baxter
+ Mary McCOLL 1879
John Baxter
+ Isabella CHAPMAN 1889
John Baxter
+ Mabel Madgeline JOHNS 1892
John Baxter
+ Ada SWAIN 1898
John Baxter
+ Eliza Adelaide PERRY 1904
John Baxter
+ Mary Elizabeth OSBORN 1906
John Cunningham Baxter
+ Edith Adelaide RICHARDSON 1922
John Harold Baxter
+ Margaret STAFFORD 1928
John Henry Baxter
+ Rhoda May RIDDLER 1913
John Joseph Baxter
+ May Suter EVANS 1920
John Kennedy Baxter
+ Mary Florence MORRISON 1904
John Leadson Baxter
+ Frances Evelyn WALTER 1932
John Lindsay Baxter
+ Dorothy Pearl PAYNE 1928
John Logan Baxter
+ Kate McMILLAN 1920
John Matthew Baxter
+ Edith Mabel BURGESS 1899
John Mercer Baxter
+ Mggie Lawson McINTYRE 1925
John Street Baxter
+ Margaret Wardrop BETHUNE 1886
John Swan Baxter
+ Margaret ROUNTREE 1913
John Watson Baxter
+ Clara CANTLON 1895
John Watson Muir Baxter
+ Kathleen Winifred MILLER 1931
John William Baxter
+ Helen Elizabeth THOMSON 1909
John Wilson Baxter
+ Margaret Jane WIGHTMAN 1912
Joseph Baxter
+ Jane HEENAN 1875
Joseph Baxter
+ Rose SMITH 1897
Joseph Baxter
+ Lilpah RICHARDSON 1910
Joseph Baxter
+ Margaret KAHUI 1910
Kenneth Robert Baxter
+ Irene Margaret MILLER 1928
Leigh Easton Baxter
+ Madeline Ivy LEVY 1910
Lionel Whittington Baxter
+ Margaret PRATT 1916
Louis Baxter
+ Mary HAFTKA 1923
Mark Learmont Baxter
+ Margaret McCORKINDALE 1909
Mathew Archibald Baxter
+ Edith McCLAY 1924
Matthew Baxter
+ Catherine ELLIOTT 1883
Matthew Baxter
+ Hannah BYERS 1910
Matthew Alexander Baxter
+ Bridget FITZGERALD 1885
Noble Baxter
+ Alice Bertha Amy CLARK 1920
Norman Lancelot Baxter
+ Ada Ann NIELSEN 1923
Peter Baxter
+ Marion STUART 1891
Ralph Baxter
+ Edna Nicole STEVENSON 1924
alph Waterston Baxter
+ Clara Eleanor CORRY 1924
Raymond Leslie Baxter
+ Agnes McKEE 1923
Reginald Baxter
+ Muriel Isobel McCOLL 1925
Richard John Baxter
+ Alice Thora HARPER 1933
Robert Baxter
+ Elizabeth SWAIN 1863
Robert Baxter
+ Alice Maria HUNTER 1879
Robert Baxter
+ Catherine Elizabeth EVANS 1893
Robert Baxter
+ Mabel EYTON 1915
Robert Baxter
+ Rosina Margeretta HAYWOOD 1924
Robert Baxter
+ Emily Maud Mary AUSTIN 1928
Robert Franklin Baxter
+ Eileen Florence WRIGHT 1926
Robert Gilbert Baxter
+ Miriam HAYES 1885
Robert Hunter Baxter
+ Jessie Evelyn WILSON 1916
Robert Wilson Baxter
+ Edna Sarah MEXTED 1912
Robinson Baxter
+ Dorothy GOODWIN 1933
Robinson Wyllie Baxter
+ Theresa REED 1892
Ronald Baxter
+ Mary Eleanor MORGAN 1929
Samuel Alexander McLean Baxter
+ Mary PORTIS 1905
Samuel Fitzgerald Baxter
+ Elizabeth Jane FORGIE 1907
Samuel McClean Baxter
+ Elizabeth FITZGERALD 1877
Stanley Eyre Baxter
+ Juanita PULLEN-BURRY 1923
Stanley Eyre Baxter
+ Sarah Mary BELL 1933
Stewart David Baxter
+ Pearl Jane WILSON 1921
Stuart Baxter
+ Elizabeth ROUNTREE 1918
Sutcliffe Baxter
+ Martha Emma SARCHET 1874
Thomas Baxter
+ Anna Maria EADES 1875
Thomas Baxter
+ Sarah Amelia CUNNINGHAM 1894
Thomas Baxter
+ Emma Phoebe JONES 1898
Whitton Thomas Baxter
+ Mary Jane THOMPSON 1902
Thomas Baxter
+ Edith Eliza JONES 1913
Thomas Baxter
+ Lillian May PARKES 1919
Thomas Albert Baxter
+ Elizabeth Nina BROWN 1922
Thomas James Baxter
+ Agnes Russell BROWN 1918
Thomas Nedrick Baxter
+ Mary Jane GILMOUR 1902
Thomas Nimmo Baxter
+ Catherine STUART 1893
Thomas Owen Baxter
+ Olga Henrietta GAETH 1920
Walter Baxter
+ Elizabeth Ann ROWSE 1904
Walter Baxter
+ May Jessie STYCHE 1904
William Baxter
+ Anne LUPTON 1869
William Baxter
+ Maria SMITH 1873
William Baxter
+ Anne STINSON 1881
William Baxter
+ Euphemia Oamaru Lynox CHERRIE (1879-1956) 1897
William Baxter
+ Henrietta GARRICK 1904
William Baxter
+ Violet CAMERON 1908
William Baxter
+ Annie Elizabeth FOSTER 1912
William Baxter
+ Ethel Bruce LOCKHART 1918
William Arthur Baxter
+ Eliza Speid THOMSON 1906
William Bird Baxter
+ Mary Agnes HARRIS 1902
William Edmund Baxter
+ Ivy Blanche GAMBLE 1920
William Edward Sawers Baxter
+ Annie Colquhoun JACKSON 1888
William Ennis Baxter
+ Matilda Susanna ANDREWS 1870
William Ernest Baxter
+ Agnes Frances MEYER 1914
William Garland Baxter
+ Violet Esther SNOOK 1921
William Gill Baxter
+ Kathleen MORLEY 1928
William Henry Baxter
+ Marherita LEMON 1918
William James Baxter
+ Queenie Georgina Myrtle HARVEY 1931
William John Baxter
+ Florence Esther BLAKE 1886
William John Baxter
+ Katie May STUART 1928
William John Baxter
+ Hilda Agnes BUTTERS 1928
William Shirley Baxter
+ Rachel DAILEY 1892
William Stuart Baxter
+ Alice HOWELL 1872
William Warner Baxter
+ Jenny Mable JORK 1905
William Whittington Baxter
+ Ellen Rebekah ATTKINS 1915
MORTON buried Christchurch, New Zealand
the MORTON buried Christchurch as at Jan 2014
* unnamed or born still children not listed here
* some birth dates may be approximate based on listed age at death
? ADA ALICE Morton (nee McCLURE)
born: 1902
married: Cecil Mervyn Morton in 1923
died: 12 Nov 1970 aged 68
buried: Plot 1A.4, Block A at Lyttelton Anglican with Cecil
? ADELAIDE ELLEN LOUISE Morton
born: 1878
died: 29 Sep 1963 aged 85
buried: Plot 29, Block 7C at Sydenham
? ALBERT JOSEPH Morton
born: 1872
died: 4 July 1960 aged 88
buried: Plot 146, Block 9 at Ruru Lawn
? ALBERT WILLIAM Morton
born: 1865
died:7 May 1948 aged 83
buried: Plot 63, Block 33 at Ruru Lawn
? ANDREW Morton
born: 1835
died: 12 March 1895 aged 60
buried: Plot 2, Block 23A at Linwood
? ANN ELLEN Morton
born: 1859
died: 3 Aug 1951 aged 92
buried: Plot 584C, Block 0 at Addington
? ARTHUR Morton
born: 1855
died: 17 Sep 1937 aged 82
buried: Plot 81, Block 40 age Bromley
? ARTHUR Morton
born: 1880
died: 23 July 1954 aged 74
buried: Plot 0.56, Block G at Lyttelton Public
? CECIL MERVYN Morton
born: 20 April 1903
died: 16 Oct 1976 aged 73
buried: Plot 1A.4, Block A at Lyttelton Anglican with Ada
? CHARLES Morton
born: 1859
died: 11 May 1920 aged 61
buried: Plot 584A, Block 0 at Addington
? CHARLES ROBERT Morton
born: 1864
died: 12 Jan 1928 aged 64
buried: Plot 135, Block 32 at Bromley
? DAISY ALICE Morton
born: 1894
married: Ebenezer Morton in 1928
died: 7 Dec 1982 aged 88
buried: Plot 300, Block 18 at Ruru Lawn
? DAVID Morton
born: 1861
died: 27 Oct 1947 aged 86
buried: Plot 86, Block A at Belfast cemetery with wife Frances & daughter Evelyn
? EBENEZER Morton
born: 1896
served: in WWI as Private 3/2492 with the 16th Reinforcements New Zealand Medical Corps, NZEF. His next of kin was his brother, W. Morton of Quarry Road, Hastings. He embarked from Wellington 19 Aug 1916
married: Ellen Louisa Charlotte Annie JENNINGS 30 Dec 1919 (divorced)
married: Daisy Alice HOOKER (above) on 21 March 1928
died: 24 July 1961 aged 65
buried: Plot 87, Block 1B at Ruru Lawn
(1st wife Ellen remarried (under her maiden name of Jennings) Harry James William DURRANT (1902-1979) Xmas Eve 1927)
? ELIZABETH Morton
born: 1825
died: 22 May 1918 aged 93
buried: Plot 93, Block 36A at Linwood
? ELIZABETH AGNES Morton (spinster)
born: 1882 (arrived NZ c1888)
died: 28 Sep 1930 aged 48
buried: Plot 259, Block 12 at Bromley
? ELIZABETH ANNIE Morton
born: 1890
died: 29 Aug 1979 aged 89
buried: Plot 81, Block 40 at Bromley
? ELIZABETH MAUD Morton (married)
born: 1919
died: 28 Aug 1939 aged 20
buried: Plot 68, Block 38C at Sydenham
? EVELYN MAY Morton
born: 1911 to David & Francis Evelyn
died: 18 Feb 1921 aged 10
buried: Plot 87, Block A at Belfast cemetery with parents
? FANNY COHEN Morton
born: 1878
died: 8 Nov 1883 aged 5
buried: Plot 12.vi, Block E at Lyttelton Anglican
? FRANCES EVELYN Morton (nee BARR)
born: 1892
married: David Morton in 1910
died: 19 Oct 1935 aged 43
buried: Plot 87, Block A at Belfast cemetery with David & daughter Evelyn
? GEORGE Morton
born: 1926
died: 9 July 1996 aged 70
buried: Plot 70, Block B at Avonhead
? GEORGE Morton
born: 1831
died: 3 Feb 1900 aged 68
buried: Plot 13.1, Block B at Lyttelton Anglican with Harriet Maria
? GERTRUDE ELIZABETH Morton
born: 1888
died: 4 Oct 1956 aged 68
buried: Plot 193, Block 37 at Ruru Lawn
? GORDON JAMES 'John' Morton
born: 1915
died: 19 Sep 1957 aged 42
buried: Plot 88, Block A at Belfast cemetery
? HARRIET MARIA Morton
born: 1874
died: 16 Aug 1951 aged 77
buried: Plot 13.1, Block B at Lyttelton Anglican with George
? HILDA IONE Morton
born: 1921
died: 8 Feb 1998 aged 76
buried: Plot 116, Block 45 at Ruru Lawn
? IAN BOYD Morton
born: 1914
died: 21 Feb 1970 aged 55
buried: Plot 116, Block 45 at Ruru Lawn
? ISABELLA NELLIE Morton
born: 1897
died: 26 Oct 1981 aged 84
buried: Plot 30, Block 7C at Sydenham
? IVY MARY/MYRA Morton
born: Sep 1885
parents: Charles Roland MORTON & Ann Ellen HILL
died: 2 Aug 1888 aged 3.1
buried: Plot 584A, Block 0 at Addington
? IVY PRISCILLA Morton
born: 1920
died: 23 June 2007 aged 87
buried: Plot 8, Block Lawn at Waimairi
? JACINTA PATRICE Morton
born: 1980
died: 4 Oct 1980 aged 7 months
buried: Plot 889, Block Lawn at Waimairi
? JAMES Morton
born: 1871
died: 17 Aug 1943 aged 72
buried: Plot 17, Block 36A at Sydenham
? JAMES Morton
born: 1844
died: 9 June 1928 aged 84
buried: Plot 148, Block A at Belfast cemetery
? JAMES WILLIAMS Morton
born: 1828
died: 4 March 1890 aged 61
buried: Plot 1347C, Block 0 at Addington
? JANE VALLANCE Henderson-Morton
born: 10 April 1851 East Kilbride, Scotland
married: William Henderson (1845-1930) 1870 in Southland
died: 20 Feb 1924 aged 72
buried: 20 Feb 1964 Plot 55, Block pr6 at Waimairi
? JEAN MILLIGAN Morton
born: 1926
died: 4 Dec 2004 aged 78
buried: Plot 290, Block 14 at Ruru Lawn
? JOANNE CATHERINE Morton
born: 1963
died: 14 Feb 1965 aged 15 months
buried: Plot 17NEC, Block 4 at Ruru Lawn
? JOHN Morton
born: 1851
died: 31 May 1901 aged 50
buried: Plot 177, Block 29 at Linwood
? JOHN DAVID Morton
born: 1922
died: 27 April 2000 aged 78
buried: Plot 124, Block 15 at Ruru Lawn
? JOHN EDWARD STEWART Morton
born: 11 June 1915
died: 7 Sep 1974 aged 58
buried: Plot 8, Block Lawn at Waimairi
? JOHN PATRICK Morton
born: 1937
died: 20 Aug 2009 aged 72
buried: Plot 45, Block 1 at Avonhead
? JOHN WILSON Morton
born: 1846 (arrived NZ c1886)
died: 17 Jan 1914 aged 67
buried: Plot 81, Block 34 at Linwood with Wilhelmina
? KEITH WILLIAM Morton
born: 1930
died: 1 Aug 1993 aged 63
buried: Plot 300, Block 18 at Ruru Lawn
? KURT WILLIAM Morton
born: 1977
died: 26 Sep 1978 aged 1
buried: Plot 889, Block Lawn at Waimairi
? LOVESE ADELAIDE Morton
born: 1915
died: 23 Aug 1915 aged 6 weeks
buried: Plot 30, Block 7C at Sydenham
(database has her buried Sydenham AND Linwood)
? MARY Morton
born: 1857
died: 19 Aug 1922 aged 65
buried: Plot 147, Block A at Belfast cemetery
? MARY Morton
born: 1901
died: 7 Sep 1967 aged 66
buried: Plot 304, Block 7 at Ruru Lawn
? MARY Morton
born: 1850 (arrived NZ c1877)
died: 28 April 1937 aged 88
buried: Plot 429, Block 10 at Bromley
? MARY ANN Morton (nee BOYD)
born: 1880
married: Thomas Morton in 1915
died: 8 Aug 1971 aged 91
buried: Plot 145, Block A at Belfast cemetery with Thomas
? MARY SARAH McKINLEY Morton
born: 1880
died: 25 March 1962 aged 82
buried: Plot 31, Block 19A at Sydenham
? MAURICE GEORGE Morton
born: 1865
died: 31 July 1939 aged 74
buried: Plot 30, Block 7C at Sydenham
? MYRTLE MARY MAUD Morton
born: 1904
died: 8 Nov 1967 aged 63
buried: Plot 30, Block 7C at Sydenham
? NOEL CHARLES Morton (publican)
born: 1893
died: 27 march 1972 aged 79
buried: Plot 193, Block 37 at Ruru Lawn
? NOELEEN TERESA Morton
born: 1925
died: 16 Jan 2006 aged 80
buried: Plot 124, Block 15 at Ruru Lawn
? PAULINE Morton
born: Dec 1950
died: 25 Dec 1950 aged 12 hours
buried: Plot 56NWC, Block 37C at Sydenham
? PRISCILLA Morton
born: 1881
died: 7 Sep 1945 aged 64
buried: Plot 0.56, Block G at Lyttelton Public
? RICHARD Morton
born: 1879
died: 18 Jan 1947 aged 67
buried: Plot 11, Block 2H RSA at Bromley
? RONALD FREDERICK ROBERT Morton
born: 1905
died: 26 July 1966 aged 61
buried: Plot 83, Block 38 at Ruru Lawn
? SARAH BALFOUR Morton (married)
born: 1849
died: 13 Aug 1927 aged 78
buried: Plot 81, Block 40 at Bromlwy
? SARAH CAROLINE Morton (widow)
born: 1870 (arrived NZ c1904)
died: 14 March 1936 aged 66
buried: Plot 290, Block 13 at Bromley
? THOMAS Morton
born: 1874
died: 21 Oct 1944 aged 70
buried: Plot 146, Block A at Belfast cemetery with Mary Ann
? THOMAS Morton
born: 1899 (arrived NZ c1926)
died: 8 May 1953 aged 54
buried: Plot 304, Block 7 at Ruru Lawn
? THOMAS MCGLINCHY Morton
born: 1926
died: 3 Aug 1990 aged 64
buried: Plot 290, Block 14 at Ruru Lawn
? WILHELMINA Morton (widow)
born: 1857
died: 10 Dec 1937 aged 80
buried: Plot 81, Block 34 at Linwood with John Wilson Morton
? WILLIAM Morton (solicitor)
born: 1834
died: 26 Sep 1918 aged 84
buried: Plot 50, Block 28C at Sydenham
your ancestor search in NEW ZEALAND
This help page (which you may wish to bookmark) is in two parts ...
⦿ The top is a list of some of the GREAT SITES that will help in your research
⦿ The next is NZ broken down into 16 Regions with lots of helpful links in each region (cemeteries etc)
please note...
* the links are checked as time permits. Some links are 'down' for maintenance but some are closed down. If you find any that are broken for any length of time please let me know
* if you would like helpful links added please leave a comment
* the list may be added to at any time so visit the original page from time to time ...
... NZ ANCESTOR HELP ...
⦿ ARCHWAY New Zealand
- contains descriptions of over 1.5 million records that have been transferred from government agencies to four offices in Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin & Wellington. Increased as additional records are added to the system. Also a wealth of information about the government of New Zealand from 1840
NOTE Archway contains descriptive information only; it does not yet provide online access to the text of the records themselves but details may be ordered
⦿ AUSTRALIAN ANZACS in the GREAT WAR 1914-1918
- a large number of Kiwi soldiers served with the AIF
also search ...
the Australian War Memorial
and Australian Cemeteries Index
⦿ BATTALION ROLL for the 28th Maori Battalion
- The names and other details given in this roll are those recorded on enlistment. Many 28th Battalion soldiers used alternative names or were known by both Māori and English versions of their names; these are recorded where known
⦿ BIRTH - DEATHS - MARRIAGES
- This site allows you to search and order historical records without being issued with an igovt ID
⦿ COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION CWGC
- casualty database listing the names and place of commemoration of the 1.7 million men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died during the two world wars
⦿ DICTIONARY of New Zealand BIOGRAPHY
- a major historical project funded by the New Zealand government through the Department of Internal Affairs
⦿ FIND A GRAVE
- search over 142 million grave records
⦿ HELEN'S PAGE of New Zealand History
⦿ IMMIGRANT SHIPS to New Zealand 1835 - 1910
- over 400 passenger lists unique to this website
⦿ JUSTICE and JURY LISTS
- Wellington and Canterbury 1845 - 1868
⦿ MARITIME MUSEUM New Zealand Index
- search for vessels, organisations, subjects and people, mentioned in a number of publications currently being indexed by the Museum
⦿ NATIONAL LIBRARY of NEW ZEALAND
- self explanatory, very large site
⦿ New Zealand CEMETERY DATABASE and MAP
- Visit Murray Lynn's (1950-2013) fantastic cemetery database. It contains all known cemeteries in New Zealand. Many Cemeteries link to web sites with burial records, plot maps, photos, historic articles etc
* the full list of Murray's cemeteries
⦿ NEW ZEALAND ELECTRONIC TEXT CENTRE (NZETC)
- Here you can search and browse an open digital library of New Zealand and Pacific Island documentary heritage material as well as new born-digital work and research from Victoria University
⦿ New Zealand GENEALOGY search
- opens at New Zealand but is a World Wide Directory of Free Genealogy Databases and Record Transcriptions. Has a lot of Regional links
⦿ New Zealand HISTORY
- An excellent site by Robbie Whitmore with a search engine, many, many links, photos, a history forum, watch or learn the Haka, Maori folk songs, tattooing & art, gold rush days, NZ wars - everything Kiwi from pre European to today's news
⦿ New Zealand MUSEUMS A site for you to explore New Zealand museums, art galleries, cultural organisations and their collections per Region
⦿ New Zealand Society of Genealogists
- FAMILY HISTORY - PRESERVING OUR PAST FOR THE FUTURE
⦿ New Zealand YESTERYEARS
- 2434 Passenger Lists With 942 Ships, 250 ship photographs
⦿ PAPERS PAST
- Papers Past contains more than two million pages of digitised New Zealand newspapers and periodicals. The collection covers the years 1839 to 1948 and includes 130 publications (at Feb 2016) from all regions of New Zealand and they add newspapers often
⦿ PASSENGER LISTS 1839-1973 Archives NZ
⦿ PIONEERS IN NEW ZEALAND
- A collection of thirty-four illustrated and interesting historical articles and stories by Anthony G. Flude. The New Zealand Company-Wanganui & Riverboats-Exploration & Settlement-Ruatara-a Mori chief-Mori & Missionaries-Unemployed & Homeless-Landsharks & Speculators-First Immigrant ships-The Pioneer Women-Circular Saw Line-Akaroa-the French-Journey to New Zealand-Convicts to NZ-Gold Strikes-Whaling in New Zealand-Cobb & Company-The Boyd Massacre-Don Buck's Gumdiggers Camp
⦿ SHIPS LOGS Australia and New Zealand
- Journals, Pictures and Passenger Ship Links
⦿ TROVE read old Australian Newspapers and more
- Find and get over 374,419,217 Australian and online resources:
books, images, historic newspapers, maps, music, archives and more
⦿ WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM Cenotaph
- search for Soldiers who served in the Wars
if you know any other good 'Regional Archives' for NZ please leave a comment
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During my research around New Zealand I have found that all regions are very proud of their settlers and pioneers and have gone to great lengths, some of them, to preserve their history and provide us with as much information, photos etc as possible. I am going to have to admit to a personal favourite. Because of the obvious large amount of ongoing work that goes into the site:
KETE HOROWHENUA
to this date it contains..
Topics (2,090)
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NOTE
I have taken this opportunity to add extra helpful links for New Zealand researching, outside the "Regional Council Archives" usually written by people with an interest in the particular district. The following are mostly online archives, but of course, every town and city has wonderful libraries, museums etc. I have spent a lot of time at the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington and it is an amazing place. Call in if you're in Wellington
NORTH ISLAND
1 ... NORTHLAND
northernmost city in New Zealand
COUNCIL SEAT - Whangarei
* Northland Regional & District Councils
* Northland Regional Council
* FAR NORTH Cemetery Database for Broadwood, Fairburn, Herekino, Houhoro, Kaei, Kaikohe, Kaitaia, Kawakawa, Kerikeri, Kohukohu, Mangonui, Mangungu, Okaihau, Oruaiti, Paihia, Paranui, Peria, Rawene, Russell, Takahue, Totara North, Umawera, Waiharara, Waipapakauri
* Far North District Council
* Kaipara District Council
* Whangarei District Council
* WHANGAREI Cemetery Database for Hukerenui South, Kamo, Kaurihohore (Kauri), Kioreroa, Mangapai, Marua, Mauna, Maungakaramea, Ngunguru, Onerahi, Otonga, Parua, Waikiekie, Waipu, Whareora
* Northland Genealogy Links - Archives & Libraries-Births & Deaths-Cemeteries-General Resources-Mori-Marriages-Message Boards-Military-Obits & Newspapers-Passenger Lists-Societies
2 ... AUCKLAND
largest and most populous urban area with 31% of the country's population
COUNCIL SEAT - Auckland
* Auckland Council
*Auckland Genealogy Links - includes link to Auckland Electoral Rolls, Jury Lists and Directories 1865-1871
* SHIPS to Auckland from 1835
* Auckland Area Passenger Arrivals
* AUCKLAND Cemetery Database for Hillsborough - Onetangi, Waiheke Island - Otahuhu Public - Waikaraka and others
* RODNEY Cemetery Database for Helensville, Hoteo North, Kaipara Flats, Kaukapakapa, Leigh, Matakana, Parkhurst, Port Albert, Puhoi, Stanmore Bay, Te Arai, Te Kapa, Wainui, Wainui Settlers, Warkworth, Wellsford, Whangateau
* PUREWA Cemetery & Crematorium
- This cemetery, a 15 minute drive from Auckland's central business district, is the final resting place for over 45,000 men, women and children, including many of Auckland's notable business and political leaders, clergy and V.C. holders
* WAIKUMETE Cemetery database, largest cemetery in the southern hemisphere
3 ... WAIKATO
COUNCIL SEAT -Hamilton
* Waikato Regional & District Councils
* Waikato Regional Council
* Hamilton City Council
* Hamilton Branch NZ Society of Genealogists
* HAMILTON Cemetery Database for Hamilton East, Hamilton West, Hamilton Park,
* Matamata-Piako District Council
* Thames-Coromandel District Council
* THAMES Cemetery Database for Buffalo, Christ Church (Anglican), Colville, Mercury Bay, Omahu, Shortland, Tairua, Tararu, Totara Memorial Park, Whangamata
* PAEROA Cemetery Database for Hauraki Plains (Ngatea), Miranda (Mangatawhiri), Pukerimu, Waihi
* Taupo District Council
* TAUPO Cemetery Database for Taupo, Turangi, Mangakino
* Hauraki District Council
* Otorohanga District Council
* OTOROHANGA Cemetery Database for Kawhia, Otorohanga
* Rotorua District Council
* ROTORUA Cemetery Database for Kauae, Mamaku, Ngakuru, Reporoa, Rotorua
... NOTE free Silverlight plug-in is required to search this cemetery
* South Waikato District Council
* SOUTH WAIKATO cemetery database for Tokoroa, Putaruru, Tirau
* PIOPIO SOLDIERS
* OLD MORRINSVILLE CEMETERY
- A list of names of those at Thames Street from 1898-2000
*Matamata, Piako, Te Aroha, Maukoro, Morrinsville, Waharoa
NOTE... could still be under development
* Waikato District Council
* Waipa District Council
* Waitomo District Council
*CAMBRIDGE Cemetery Database for Hautapu, Kihikihi, Leamington, Ohaupo, Alexandria (Pirongia), Paterangi, Puahue, Pukeatua, Pukerimu, Te Awamutu
4 ... BAY OF PLENTY
COUNCIL SEAT - Whakatane
Bay of Plenty Regional & District Councils
* Bay of Plenty Regional Council
* Tauranga City Council
* Taupo District Council
* TAUPO Cemetery Database
* Opotiki District Council
* OPOTIKI Cemetery Database for Old Military (Kellt street), Opotiki (Waitangi), Woodlands (Ranginui Urupa)
* Whakatane District Council
* Western Bay of Plenty District Council
* Kawerau District Council
* KAWERAU Cemetery Database for Kawerau
* Rotorua District Council
* SHIPS to Tauranga 1881
* TAURANGA CEMETERY database for Anglican, Catholic, Methodist, Latter Day Saints, Pyes Pa, Presbyterian
... NOTE free Silverlight plug-in is required to search this cemetery
- database does not include information for the Mission Cemetery or Maori Burial Grounds
5 ... GISBORNE
COUNCIL SEAT - Gisborne
* Gisborne District Council
* New Zealand Society of Genealogists GISBORNE Branch
* GISBORNE Cemetery Database for Makaraka, Matahiia, Ormond, Motu, Patutahi, Ruatoria, Rakauroa, Taruheru, Te Araroa, Te Puia, Tolaga Bay, Tokomaru Bay
6 ... HAWKES BAY
COUNCIL SEAT - Napier
* Hawkes Bay Reginal & District Councils
* Hawke's Bay Regional Council
* Napier City Council
* NAPIER Cemetery Database for Taupo, Turangi and Mangakino
* Taupo District Council
* Hastings District Council
* Wairoa District Council
* WAIROA administers cemeteries for Frasertown, Morere, Nuhaka, Ruakaturi, Wairoa.
Central Hawke's Bay District Council
* NAPIER (Ahuriri) SETTlERS 1850S onwards
* HAWKES BAY CENTRAL Cemetery Database for Forest Gate, Kaikoura North, Makaretu, Otane, Pendle Hill (Private), Porangahau, St Peter's Church, Takapau, Tikokino (Hampden), Waipawa, Waipukurau
* OLD NAPIER CEMETERY list
* Rangitikei District Council
* RANGITIKEI Cemetery Database for Bulls (Clifton), Mangaweka, Marton (Mt View), Ratana, Taihape, Turakina
* SHIPS to Napier from 1862
7 ... TARANAKI
COUNCIL SEAT - Stratford
* Taranaki Regional & District Councils
* Taranaki Regional Council
* Stratford District Council
* Stratford Branch NZ Society of Genealogists
* New Plymouth District Council
* New Plymouth Branch NZ Society of Genealogists
* NEW PLYMOUTH Cemetery Database for Awanui, Huirangi, Inglewood, Lepperton, Okato, St Mary's Churchyard, Tarata, Tataraimaka, Te Henui, Tikorangi, Urenui, Waireka, Waitara
* South Taranaki District Council
* SOUTH TARANAKI Cemetery Database for Eltham, Hawera, Kaponga, Manaia, Okaiawa, Opunake, Patea
* SHIPS to New Plymouth from 1858
8 ... MANAWATU-WANGANUI
COUNCIL SEAT - Palmerston North
* Manawatu-Wanganui Regional & District Councils
* Manawatu-Wanganui Regional Council
* Palmerston North City Council
* PALMERSTON NORTH Cemetery Database for Ashhurst, Kelvin Grove, Terrace End
* Stratford District Council
* STRATFORD Cemetery Database for Kopuatama (Main Stratford Cemetery), Midhurst New, Midhurst Old, Pioneer, Tahora, Waipuku, Whangamomona
* Taupo District Council
* Manawatu District Council
* MANAWATU Cemetery Database for Alfredton, Dannevirke, Herbertville, Kaitawa, Kumeroa, Mangahao, Mangaoranga, Mangatainoka, Mangatera, Marchant street, Matamau, Newman, Norsewood, Old Gorge, Ormondville, Pinfold Road, Pongaroa, Woodville, Weber
* all the residents of SETTLERS CEMETERY, Dannevirke
* FEILDING Cemetery Database for Feilding, Halcombe, Kimbolton, Pohangina, Rangiwahia, Rongotea, Sandon, Waituna West
* Horowhenua District Council
* HOROWHENUA Cemetery Database for Foxton, Koputaroa, Levin, Manakau and Shannon
* Rangitikei District Council
* Ruapehu District Council
* Tararua District Council
* NORSEWOOD Cemetery Database
* Waitomo District Council - this surprised me, shouldn't it be in the Waikato region
* Wanganui District Council
* WANGANUI Cemetery Database
9 ... WELLINGTON
New Zealand's Capital City
COUNCIL SEAT - Wellington
* City & District Councils
* Wellington Regional Council
* WELLINGTON Cemetery Database of Bolton St, Karori & Makara
* MOUNT STREET Cemetery Database, all the 1100 known burials so far found in this protected, heritage cemetery (established 6th January 1841)
* Porirua City Council
* PORIRUA Cemetery Database
* TAWA FLAT Cemetery List
* Hutt City Council
* Christ Church TAITA Cemetery Database
* Upper Hutt City Council
* AKATARAWA Cemetery Database
* Wellington City Council
* PETONE Cemetery Database
* South Wairarapa District Council
* the ANZACs at FEATHERSTON cemetery
* Kapiti Coast District Council
* Masterton District Council
* MASTERTON Cemetery Database
* Carterton District Council
* CARTERTON Cemetery Database
* SHIPS to WELLINGTON from 1835
* WAIRARAPA ARCHIVES - a collecting archive that aims to collect records relating to the Wairarapa region. It provides access to these collections through an extensive database
* KETE MASTERTON - has been created to capture and preserve the memories, stories and activities of the people of Masterton. Kete (Maori word for basket) can be used by individuals and community groups to upload documents, photographs, audio or video, and then group them together in 'baskets' (Kete)
* WAIRARAPA PAST - Led by Archivist Gareth Winter, they have a wide selection of resources available, including: an on-line digital photograph collection, on-line catalogue, local history books (many out-of-print), photographs and negatives, architectural plans and maps, records of community organisations, newspapers, family information and histories, film, video and oral recordings, school records
SOUTH ISLAND
10 ... TASMAN
COUNCIL SEAT - Richmond
* Tasman District Council
* TASMAN Cemetery Database for Bainham; Clifton; Collingwood; Collingwood (Old); Dovedale; East Takaka; Flett Road; Foxhill; Hamama (West Takaka); Kotinga; Mararewa Main Rd.; Motueka Public; Murchison; Pioneer Park; Richmond; Riwaka; Rototai; Sandy Bay; Spring Grove; Stanley Brook; Waimea West, Waiwhero
11 ... NELSON
COUNCIL SEAT - Nelson
* Nelson City Council
* NELSON CEMETERIES Database for Fairfield (Trafalgar street), Hallowell (Shelbourne street), Marsden Valley, Seaview Road, Wakapuaka
* SHIPS to Nelson from 1835
* SETTLERS in NELSON 1849
12 ... MARLBOROUGH
COUNCIL SEAT - Blenheim
* Marlborough District Council
* MARLBOROUGH cemetery Database for Blenheim, Fairhall, Havelock, Mahakipawa, Omaka, Picton, Seddon, Tuamarina, Ward
13 ... WEST COAST
COUNCIL SEAT - Greymouth
* West Coast Reginal & District Councils
* West Coast Regional Council
* WESTPORT Cemetery Database for Addison Flat, Boatsman, Charleston, Inangahua Junction, Karamea, Lyell, Mokihinui, Orowaiti, Reefton, Waimangaroa
* Westland District Council
* WESTLAND Cemetery Database for Hokitika, Kumara, Ross and Stafford
* Buller District Council - with a link to Westport Genealogy and History Group
* Grey District Council
* GREY Administered Cemeteries Ahaura, Barrytown, Blackball, Cobden, Gladstone, Greenstone, Karoro, Mori Gully, Ngahere, Notown, Stillwater
14 ... CANTERBURY
COUNCIL SEAT - Christchurch
* Canterbury Regional & District Councils
Canterbury Regional Council
* Christchurch City Council - with a link to their cemetery database
* AKAROA Electoral Roll for 1856-1857
* Mackenzie District Council
* MacKENZIE Cemetery Database for Albury, Burkes Pass, Fairlie, Twizel
* Ashburton District Council
* ASHBURTON Cemetery Database by surname list
* Hurunui District Council
* Selwyn District Council
* CONTACT for information regarding people buried in the cemeteries
Bishops Corner, Brookside, Dunsandel, Ellesmere, Ellesmere Caholic, Greendale, Hororata, Killinchy, Kimberley, Kirwee, Kowai Pass, Lake Colleridge, Lincoln, Prebbleton, Shands Road, South Malvern, Springston, Waddington, Weedons Wesleyan
* Kaikoura District Council
* Waimate District Council
* Waimakariri District Council
* WAIMAKARIRI Cemetery Database for Birch Hill, Cust-Mairaki, Kaiapoi Anglican, Kaiapoi Public, Oxford Public, Rangiora Park Lawn
* Waitaki District Council
* Timaru District Council
* TIMARU Cemetery Database
* SHIPS to Lyttelton from 1835
* SHIPS into Timaru from 1858
15 ... OTAGO
COUNCIL SEAT - Dunedin
* Otago Regional & District Councils
* Otago Regional Council
* Passenger Arrivals at Port Chalmers
* DUNEDIN Cemetery Database for Andersons Bay, Allanton (Greytown), Broad Bay, East Taieri, Green Island, Green Park, Hindon, Macandrew Bay, Northern Cemetery, Otokia, Port Chalmers, Portobello, Purakaunui, Southern Cemetery, Waikouaiti (Hawksbury), Waitati (Blueskin), West Taieri
* CAVERSHAM Electoral Roll Database South Dunedin Electoral Rolls for 1893, 1896, 1899, 1902, 1905, 1911, 1914, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1931, 1935, 1938
* Clutha District Council
* Queenstown-Lakes District Council
* QUEENSTOWN Cemetery Database for Arrowtown, Cardrona, Frankton, Glenorchy, Kingston, Makarora, Queenstown, Skippers Point and Wanaka
* Central Otago District Council
* MANUHERIKIA Roll of Electors 1865 - 1866
* Waitaki District Council
* SHIPS to Port Chalmers from 1835
* DUNEDIN ELECTORAL ROLLS 1893 - 1938
16 ... SOUTHLAND
southernmost city in the Commonwealth of Nations
COUNCIL SEAT - Invercargill
* Southland Regional & District Councils
* Southland Regional Council
* SOUTHLAND Cemetery Database for Athol, Balfour, Braggs Bay, Calcium, Centre Hill, Clifden,Colac Bay, Dipton, Eastern Bush, Edendale, Forest Hill, Forest Hill (Cameron), Fortrsoe (New), Fortrose (Old), Garston, Halfmoon Bay, Hedgehope, Horseshoe Bay, Jamestown, Lumsden, Lynwood, Mokoreta, Nokomai (Southern), Oraka, Orepuki, Otautau (New), Otautau (Old), Quarry Hills, Riversdale, Riverton (New), Ruapuke, Ruapuke (Te Kiri Kiri), Ryal Bush, Stewart Island (Lee Bay), Stewart Island (Lonnekers), Stewart Island (Ringaringa), Stewart Island (Ulva Island), Tararua Acre, The Neck, Tokanui, Tuatapere, Waikaia, Waikaia Old Chinese, Waikawa, Wairio (Nightcaps), Wakapatu, Wallacetown (New), Wallacetown (Old), Winton (East), Winton (Old), Woodlands, Wreys Bush, Wyndham.
* Invercargill City Council
* INVERCARGILL Cemetery Database for Bluff, Eastern Cemetery, Green Point, St James, Southland
* Southland District Council
* Gore District Council
* Gore Branch NZ Society of Genealogists
* GORE Cemetery Database for Charlton, Gore, Mataura, Otaraia, Pukerau, Waikaka
* SHIPS to Bluff from 1863
Gavin BRIGHTON + Elizabeth NICOLL - 17 children
Southland Times, 23 March 1880
TO MERCHANTS, FARMERS and OTHERS Having commenced business as Ham and Bacon Curer, I beg to state that I am a cash buyer of pigs
GAVIN BRIGHTON, Earn Street (Near Rodie's Appleby Hotel), INVERCARGILL
Southland Times, 4 January 1869
I, Daniel Rodie, of Appleby, near Invercargill, in the Province of Southland, Storekeeper, do hereby give notice that it is my intention to apply to the Justices sitting at the Resident magistrate's Court, to be holden at Invercargill, on the 13th day of January, 1869, for a certificate authorising the issue of a Publican's License for a house situate at Appleby, near Invercargill, in my occupation, and containing a bar and two Sitting Rooms, and two bedrooms, exclusive of those required by my family, not at present licensed, to be known by the name of the Appleby Hotel
GAVIN BRIGHTON (1855-1934)
married in New Zealand on 25 October 1878 to:
ELIZABETH NICOLL (1861-1933)
GAVIN & ELIZABETH had 17 children:
... 1
1879 - 1939 Annie Burns Brighton
ANNIE married James Blee (1880-1960) in 1909
the known children of JAMES & ANNIE:
* 1909 - 1968 Hilda Burns Blee
* 1911 - 1986 George Alexander Blee
* 1913 - Albert Blee
ANNIE BURNS Blee died at Lorneville on 11 November 1939 aged 60
- she is buried Plot 83, Block 26 at Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill
JAMES Blee died 3 May 1960 aged 80
- he is buried Plot 430, Block 36 at Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill
... 2
1881 - 1944 Andrew Nicoll Brighton
Andrew married Catherine McLeod SINCLAIR in 1911
In January 1918 Andrew was 'Called to the Colours' in the First Division Southland Recruiting District
BRIGHTON, Andrew Nicoll, head storeman, 9 Fox street, Avenal, Invercargill
... 3
1882 - 1906 Jessie Reid Brighton
JESSIE died 15 June 1906 aged 23
she is buried Grave 35, Block IV at Wairio cemetery with her parents
... 4
1883 - 1883 Margaret Nicoll Brighton
MARGARET died 6 October 1883 aged 6 weeks
she is buried Plot 1X, Block 1 at Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill
... 5
1885 - 1972 Ellen Brighton
born 16 May 1885
ELLEN married William Boden ROSS in 1913
... 6
1887 - 1915 George Brighton
George served in WWI as Lance Corporal 7/748 with the Canterbury Mounted Rifles. George died of his wounds 27 November 1915 at Gallipoli aged 28
Otago Daily Times, 8 December 1915 FOR THE EMPIRE'S CAUSE BRIGHTON - Died of gunshot wound and compund fracture if skull received while fighting for his country, and buried at sea on November 27, George Brighton (No.7/748 Canterbury Mounted, 4th Reinforcements), son of Gavin Brighton, Nightcaps; aged 28 years
... 7
1888 - 1951 John Brighton
born 19 August 1888
John was an Electrician
John married Marie KARST (1879-1956) in 1916
Press, 13 March 1917 RELIGIOUS OBJECTORS TO MILITARY SERVICE
John Brighton, 91 Moorhouse avenue, Christchurch, linesman, etc., said he was a Christadelphian, and had religious objections to serving. The chairman said the only two religious bodies recognised in this respect were the Christadelphians and the Quakers. Appellant refused to sign an undertaking to perform non-combatant service, holding that if he did so he would become a member of a military organisation. The appeal was dismissed
JOHN died 25 September 1951 aged 63
MARIE died 1 September 1956 aged 78
they are buried together Plot 139, Block 13 at Bromley cemetery. Christchurch
... 8
1889 - 1973 William Brighton
William married Mary Camelia PETERSON (1894-1963) in 1914
they lived Main street, Green Island, Dunedin
WILLIAM died 8 July 1973 aged 83
he is buried with Mary in Plot 82, Block 38 age Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill
... 9
1890 - 1890 Gavin Brighton
born 12 September 1890
GAVIN died 13 September 1890 aged 1 day
he is buried Plot 1X, Block 1 at Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill
... 10
1892 - James Brighton
James served in WWI as Private 8/3872 with the NZEF, 10th Reinforcements Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company
In October 1917 James was one of the Southland detail that returned into Wellington
... 11
1894 - 1966 Mary Brighton
At the Dec 1907 Nightcaps School Breakup May was in Standard IV and came 1st
MARY married Charles David LAMOND in 1921
... 12
1894 - 1973 Robert Burns Brighton
born 14 October 1894
- nothing else known
... 13
1897 - 1986 Olive May Brighton
born 10 June 1897
At the Dec 1907 Nightcaps School Breakup Olive was in Standard II and came 1st equal with May Clifford. At the Dec 1910 Nightcaps School Breakup Olive received an Attendance prize as did her sisters Eunice & Isabell. Olive also came 1st of Standard V. In 1911 she was in Standard VI and came 1st in class. She received a good attendance certificate and came 2nd equal in cookery with Grace Hunter
OLIVE married Albert Edward COX in 1926
... 14
1898 - 1960 Ariel Brighton
In the Dec 1912 Nightcaps school break up, Ariel was in Standard 6, came 2nd in class and received a Proficiency Certificate
... 15
1900 - 1987 Isabell Brighton
born 21 June 1900
At the Dec 1913 Nightcaps School Breakup Isabell was in Standard VI and received a prize for Progress & Cookery and received an Attendance Certificate
ISABELL married Leonard William WORTHINGTON (1896-1982) in 1929
Leonard served in WWI as Trooper 13/2507 with the Auckland Mounted Rifles. He enlisted from Maungaturoto, North Auckland
... 16
1902 - 1981 Eunice Brighton
born 23 October 1902
At the Dec 1913 Nightcaps School Breakup Eunice was in Standard III and came 1st equal with Tullock Johnston in Home Exercise and received the Standard III prize for Good Attendance
EUNICE married Francis Alfred WELLS in 1925
... 17
1906 - 1986 Otheus Brighton
born 18 November 1906
At the Dec 1913 Nightcaps School Breakup Otheus was in Standard I and received a prize for Spelling
In 1940s 'surfaceman' Otheus & Mary Mavis (1905-1968) Brighton were living in a Railway House in Otira Village (high in the Southern Alps)
OF INTEREST
In 1923 the Otira Rail Tunnel opened and linked Christchurch with Greymouth
In 2013 the whole Town of Otira (18 railway houses, a hall, 1 hotel & fire station) was up for sale for $1 million
ELIZABETH NICOLL died 11 December 1933 aged 72
GAVIN BRIGHTON died 14 June 1934 aged 79
they are buried together Grave 35, Block IV at Wairio cemetery
- with them is their 23 year old daughter Jessie Reid Brighton
TIMELINE of Gavin Brighton
Southland Times, 4 May 1883 WASTE LANDS BOARD
Thomas Church and Gavin Brighton, having applied for section 62, Wairaki, were invited to tender for it.
The same course was adopted with reference to section 182, Wairio, for which Gavin Brighton, T. Scully, R. Barker and A. York were applicants.
Southland Times, 1 October 1883
It is not often that fire in a wooden house can be put out, but the residence of Mr G. Brighton, Ear, street, Invercargill, has twice passed through the 'ordeal by fire' with the result of an interior scorching. The latest occasion was on the morning of Friday last, when, a little before eight o'clock, Mrs Brighton became aware that the house was full of smoke, and on examination found a sitting room in full blaze. Fortunately several neighbors had not left home for business, and Messrs Crease, Culcott and Lawlor were speedily on the scene. They had great difficulty in remaining in the burning room, but eventually succeeded in checking the flames, not, however, before the room was wrecked and the joisting charred. The damage will be made good by an insurance as it was on the previous occasion. The fire broke out in the same spot both times and is supposed to have originated in a faulty chimney. Why do householders not line their chimneys with 10 or 12-inch glazed pipes? They can be swept as clean as a floor and the fire can then pass out through the, too often, scamped brickwork
Southland Times, 9 October 1891
Annie Lawrence and Gavin Brighton were granted time to pay rent due on the sections at Tisbury and Linton Dell respectively
Otago Witness, 11 July 1895 KNOX CHURCH MEMORIAL SERVICE
TO THE EDITOR - Sir, Kindly allow me through your popular paper to make a few remarks upon the letter signed by Mr Gavin Brighton, criticising the Knox Church memorial service by Rev J. A. Gardiner, and taking exception to the closing sentences of his discourse as published in your issue of 13th ult. I need scarcely say the Rev Mr Gardiner voiced the feelings of all who knew the late lamented Dr Stuart on that day and I fail to see how the expressions referred to can intelligently be construed to support Mr Gavin Brighton's criticism in trying to place the Presbyterian Church and the Bible against the teaching of the Rev Mr Gardiner's statements ... more
Southland Times, 22 March 1901
Mr Gavin Brighton asked that, seeing a new road had been opened through section 6, Wairaki, the road through section 62 be closed - Council have no objection
Otago Daily Times, 19 September 1907
Gavin Brighton offer 2d per acre for lease of section 20, Wairio district - Consideration held over
Northern Advocate, 30 April 1913 GAVIN BRIGHTON, LAND SUIT
APPEAL AGAINST JUDGMENT, INVERCARGILL
Notice of appeal has been filed by W. A. Stout against the judgement of his Honour, Sir Joshua Williams, in the case of Gavin Brighton v the Minister of Lands and the Commissioner of Lands for SOuthland heard at the March sittings of the Supreme Court. The circumstances are briefly:- The appellant purchased the fee simple of his lease in perpetuity to the coal measures besides the surface rights. His Honour found the former remained the property of the Crown
Otago Daily Times, 18 July 1914
Gavin Brighton, referring to a statement in a letter by T. Buxton, that "Agnostics must organise" in connection with the Bible-in-Schools question, says the Agnostics are pretty well organised already "for greater ignorance of the subject matter in the Bible cannot be found in any organised body than is shown in the churches"
Otago Daily Times, 30 November 1916
Gavin Brighton challenges the accuracy of the statement by the Rev J. A. Asher in the Presbyterian General Assembly that the war has never spelt blessing to religion
Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, 30 July 1918
NIGHTCAP NOTES Every now and again farmers around the district are annoyed by roaming dogs, and this week Mr Gavin Brighton had the misfortune to lose about 9 sheep that had been worried by dogs. However, the culprit dogs were traced to the home and destroyed by the owners
Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, 25 February 1919
An announcement pasted up in a prominent position in the township informs the readers of same that a well known resident, Mr Gavin Brighton, is intending to take the law into his own hands in regard to meting out punishment to possible thieves, whom he alleges are pestering him. The announcement proclaims that the thief may expect to be shot like a rat, with a bullet through his body if he persists in his thieving. To some people this seems strange language; one would think the thief was an animal, only that animals would not need public warning
Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, 7 July 1919
Yesterday Mr Gavin Brighton fell off a traction engine, which he recently purchased at Moretown and sustained a broken leg. He was conveyed to the Hospital by motor-car, per medium Mr Peter Grant
Otago Daily Times, 23 August 1920
The Southland News state the Nightcaps people are interested in an unusual position which has arisen between Mr Gavin Brighton, of Nightcaps, and the Ohai Railway Board. It appears that the Ohai Railway runs through Mr Brighton's property, the board having leased the right-of-way for a period of 50 years. One of the clauses of the lease gives Mr Brighton power to re-enter his property should any of the conditions of lease be violated and apparently this position arose last week, the result being that, after warning the board, Mr Brighton took possession of his property again last Saturday. During Sunday he erected a barricade across the line at his boundary and hoisted a warning signal for the trains to stop. On Monday morning, the driver ignored the barricade and signals, and drove straight through the blockade, scattering timbers on either side. At present there is a truce between the parties, by mutual arrangement, but it is understood that Mr Brighton intends to carry the matter further
Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, 10 January 1922
NIGHTCAPS TOWN BOARD Gavin Brighton complained of being refused admission to the supper room by the doorkeeper on the occasion of the opening of the Post Office - Letter received. Members considered the charge unfounded
Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, 24 July 1923
Gavin Brighton, Nightcaps, asked that proceedings be taken against a resident for riding horse on footpath in Morley, Village Sett;ement - Resident to be cautioned
Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, 3 July 1928
Gavin Brighton of Nightcaps, applied for lease of Section 5, Block II, Morley Village, 4 acres, 2 roods, which had been recently surrendered by the Nightcaps Coal co. - Year to year license granted at ?1 per annum on usual conditions
Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, 7 May 1929
An accident that might easily have had more serious consequences befell Mr Gavin Brighton on Friday evening. While engaged felling willow trees he was penned down by a falling tree and was held down for about half an hour before his cries attracted attention from a resident some distance away. Mr Brighton was in a state of collapse when extricated from his unpleasant position, but fortunately sustained no serious injury
Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, 3 July 1928
Mr Gavin Brighton, Nightcaps, who has been laid up for the last week, has sufficiently recovered to enable him to again take up his duties
PHOTO
OTIRA viaduct between Otira and Arthur's Pass
see Otheus Brighton (child 17)
SPROTT marriages New Zealand 1871-1934
known SPROTT MARRIAGES in New Zealand 1871 - 1934
SPROTT GROOMS
Alfred Sprott
married Leah Margaret HEATH in 1923
Cyril Sprott
married Elizabeth Wilkie SOMERVILLE in 1932
Ernest Dobson Sprott
married Elsie Amy FARROW in 1924
Frederick William Sprott
married Caroline STEWART in 1899
the known children of FREDERICK & CAROLINE:
* 1899 - unnamed child Sprott
* 1900 - Caroline Jane Tui Sprott
* 1901 - Samuel Cyril Sprott
* 1903 - Miles Herbert Sprott
* 1904 - Lilian May Sprott
* 1906 - Desma Kura Sprott
* 1907 - Maurice Sprott
* 1910 - Eileen Sprott
* 1911 - Stewart Basil Sprott
Gilbert Cecil Sprott
married Mildred Gertrude Audrey BADELEY in 1934
Henry Sprott (1842-1934)
married Jane McMILLAN (1853-1931) in 1888
Star, 5 June 1888 SPROTT-McMILLAN - May 24, at the residence of the bride's parents, Halfway Bush, Dunedin, by the Rev E. R. Sutherland, Henry Sprott, Chertsey, to Jane, second daughter of Mr Angus McMillan
the known children of HENRY & JANE:
* 1889 - Henry Angus Sprott
* 1891 - Mary Jane SPrott
* 1893 - John Samuel Sprott
* 1895 - James William Sprott
JANE Sprott died 15 April 1931 aged 78
HENRY Sprott died 13 May 1934 aged 82
- they are buried Plot 28, Area 33 at Ashburton cemetery
Henry Angus Sprott
married Ida Elizabeth HARRISON in 1927
Herbert Myles Sprott
married Margaret Evelyn De LURY in 1928
Hugh Wilson Sprott
married Selina Margaret CROFT in 1926
John Samuel Sprott (1893-1958)
* son of Henry SPROTT (1842-1934) & Jane McMILLAN (1853-1931)
married Caroline Jane Tui SPROTT (1900-1967) in 1918
* daughter of Frederick William SPROTT (1873-1960) & Caroline STEWART (1876-1959)
JOHN SAMUEL Sprott died 19 Jan 1958 aged 64
CAROLINE JANE TUI Sprott died 23 August 1967 aged 67
- they are buried Plots 36 & 37, Area 265 at Ashburton cemetery
Joseph Sprott
married Catherine McKENZIE in 1891
Maurice Sprott
married Agnes Lamont HILL in 1930
Robert Sprott
married Margaret Agnew LAWRIE (1857-1932) in 1876
(both from Scotland)
the known children of ROBERT & MARGARET:
* 1877 - 1877 Robert Andrew Sprott (aged 6 months)
* 1878 - 1967 William Lawrie Sprott
* 1880 - 1960 Susan Sprott
* 1881 - 1965 Hugh Wilson Sprott (buried Dunedin)
* 1883 - 1962 Robert Sprott (Private 22394)
* 1884 - 1884 Margaret Sprott (aged 3 weeks, buried Green Island)
* 1885 - 1944 James Sprott (Private 29683)
* 1887 - 1918 George Sprott (Private 23/389)
* 1888 - Jane Sprott
* 1891 - 1975 Sydney Sprott
* 1893 - 1915 Percy George Sprott (Private 8/1642)
* 1895 - 1915 Frederick Charles Sprott (Private 8/1641)
* 1897 - 1980 Gilbert Cecil Sprott (died Christchurch)
* 1899 - 1968 Margaret Lilian Sprott (never married, lived Mosgiel)
* 1902 - 1902 born still Sprott (buried with parents at Green Island)
SEE ALSO Kiwis on Chunuk Bair
ROBERT died 23 June 1920 aged 74
MARGARET AGNEW died 9 Dec 1932 in Momona, Allanton aged 74
they are buried Plot 76, Block 3 at Green Island Cemetery, Dunedin
(with them is 3 week old Margaret (1884) & their born still baby (1902)
Robert Sprott
married Annie McNEILL in 1923
Robert McClelland Sprott
married Nora HOLLIS in 1910
Samuel Sprott
married Annie Elizabeth McKENZIE in 1884
Sydney Sprott
married Amy Carvosso BIRCH in 1924
Walter Sprott
married Margaret Ethel HINES in 1900
William Andrew Sprott (1858-1922)
married Bertha Emma Croad MASON (1864-1964) in 1888
the known children of WILLIAM & BERTHA:
* 1889 - Bertha Mary Sprott
* 1892 - Violet Bell Sprott
* 1896 - Jessie Main Sylvester Sprott
William Laurie Sprott
married Catherine WEIR in 1903
William Lawrie Sprott (1878-1967)
married Maud Johnstone HUSKISSON in 1913
William McClough Sprott
married Beatrice Ivy HYNDS in 1926
SPROTT BRIDES
Annie Kathleen Sprott
married Ernest William George COLENDGE in 1902
Caroline Jane Tui Sprott
married John Samuel SPROTT in 1918
Constance Sprott
married Henry Redvers Buller JACOBI in 1924
Constance Isabel Sprott
married Charles Dorey HARDIE in 1886
the known children of CONSTANCE & CHARLES;
* 1886 - Leonard Francis Dorey hardie
* 1887 - Clarence Stanley hardie
* 1889 - Leslie Rupert Hardie
* 1892 - Amone Guinevere Hardie
* 1894 - Kinloch Sprott Hardie
Decima Koura Sprott
married Darcy Paul TOZER in 1930
Eileen Sprott
married Herbert Ashley GRIMWOOD in 1930
Eileen Grace Sprott
married Herbert Lawrence LEWIS in 1926
Isabella Guiney Sprott
married Alexander Robertson CONNELL in 1933
Jane Sprott
married Stuart LINDSAY in 1927
Jane Samson Sprott
married Robert Lucas McLENAHAN in 1871
Jessie Main Silvester Sprott (1896-1988)
married Albert James RYAN in 1928
Lillian May Sprott
married James Ure DOBSON in 1933
Evening Post, 28 March 1932 The engagement is announced of James Ure, youngest son of Mrs Dobson and the late Mr W. Dobson, of Wellington, to Lillian May, second daughter of Mr and Mrs F. W. Sprott, of Belfast, North Canterbury
May Sprott
married Athol Egbert CARRINGTON in 1922
Susan Sprott
married John Davidson DUNCAN in 1926
WESTERN MONARCH arrived BLUFF Jan 1879
Southland Times, 20 January 1879
ARRIVAL OF THE WESTERN MONARCH
The fine clipper ship Western Monarch, with our old friend Captain Watson on board in command, arrived at the lower anchorage at the Bluff yesterday morning, from London. She has on board 369 immigrants and 9 saloon passengers, besides a crew of 46 men all told.
As soon as she came to an anchor Captain Thomson, Harbor Master, proceeded to the pilot station, accompanied by the representatives of the press, and went on board as health officer, and after receiving the report from the doctor gave the press representatives permission to board.
Captain Watson courteously intimated his willingness to give every information respecting the boyage and ship, and after detailing the passage out, assisted by the doctor, he accompanied the health officer and your own and went over the whole of the immigrants quarters.
The Western Monarch left Plymouth on the 30th October, after having embarked all her passengers on the previous day. Fifteen minutes after leaving port the first death occurred on board - an infant which had been brought on board having wasted away - and although this at the time may have been considered an ill omen, yet in this instance it proved not to be so, as the passage of the Western Monarch throughout has been one of the finest. Here we may state also that during the whole passage there were only three deaths, one being the infant named above, another an infant dry nursed, and another a single man named Arthur O'Keefe, aged 28 years, from consumption, who had come on board almost in the last stage of that disease with a faint hope that the sea voyage might prove beneficial.
Three births also took place and all are doing well.
Whilst examining the 'tween decks, the immigrants, both married and single, expressed their heartfelt satisfaction at the treatment accorded them by Captain Watson and his officers, and especially by Dr James W. P. Hosking, who was unwearying in attending to their medicinal requirements. There was not trace of contagious disease on the passage, and all on board arrived in a fine state of health excepting one poor fellow, John Baldwin, aged 30, of Waterford, who is confined to bed suffering from consumption. (He died in the Hospital on 26 Jan)
The immigrants themselves appear to be a fine class of people, and what renders them a greater acquisition is the fact that several bring the wherewithal to give them a good footing ashore - one having given the doctor charge of ?150 (Jan 2014 equivalent of $23,370), another ?50, and others possessed of sums sufficient to give them a start.
The arrangement for comfort in the 'tween decks were of the best, the only part which would admit of improvement being the divisions between the berths of the married couples, which has been represented several times to the Commissioners, and although the Western Monarch has been better fitted in this respect than the generality of immigrant vessel, yet there is still room for improvement. The state of cleanliness and order throughout the immigrants' quarters not only says great things for the passengers themselves but redounds to the credit of Captain Watson and Dr Hosking, the usual disinfectants which so annoy visitors in emigrant vessel being apparently quite unnecessary on the Western Monarch, and only noticeable by their absence.
The ship herself is particularly well adapted for an emigrant vessel, being over 1300 toms register, with a spacious 'tween decks, which gave the passengers an abundance of room and consequently added to their comfort considerably. She was built in Barrow-in-Furness, by the Barrow Shipbuilding Company, and is almost a new vessel. She registers 1315 tons, and is owned by the Royal Exchange Shipping Company. She is fitted with all the latest improvements in every way, having steam winch, condenser, and steam appliances for working the yards and anchors, also fire apparatus. She is also possessed of a marked improvement on ordinary vessels, in that her lifeboats forward, which are capable of carrying 160 passengers, are always slung aboard in davits, ready to lower at a moments notice, and this in the event of colliding would be an immense advantage, the usual custom being to have all boars, excepting one or two aft, turned bottom up and well secured on the skids, which necessitates considerable loss of valuable time before they can be lowered. She is also furnished with patent anchors with improved detaching gear, which does away with the usual billhooking at the catheads, the anchors being slipped off the forecastle-head, at a moments notice.
After sailing from Plymouth the Western Monarch got moderate winds until sighting the Island of Maderia, on the 6th Nov,m where she was becalmed for four days, all the time in sight of the Island; got away again on the 10th November and had a complete change in the weather, a severe thunderstorm overtaking her, with vivid flashes of lightning. This settled into a steady N.W. gale, which necessitated her running under close-reefed topsails for three days. On the 16th of November, got the N.E. trades in 20 N. They, however, proved very limited and of little use and were lost in 7 N. on the 24th November. Got the S.E. trades in 4 N., which proved far more serviceable, they being well easterly, which enabled her to make two points easting the whole time, and did not run out of them till the 9th December.
Sighted Nightingale and Inaccessible Islands on the 14th December and Gulf Island on the 15th, with fine weather, On the 22nd passed the meridian of the Cape to the north of the Crozets. Run the easting down on meridian 47, with good steady westerly winds, and averaged 270 miles daily until within 200 miles of New Zealand, when she run into a thick fog and dodged along under easy canvass for three days, a strong N.E. to S. breeze blowing until the morning of the 18th inst., when the fog lifted and Solanders Island was sighted and the yards squared for the Straits.
The s.s. Arawata was passed off the Solanders, also a barque beating to the westward. At 6 p.m. on the 18th hove to under Stewarts island and at daylight yesterday morning run across the Straits, but a thick fog hanging over the Bluff hill Captain Watson deemed it prudent to run back to Stewarts Island, but the fog lifting soon afterwards he stood across the Straits and receiving the signal from the Flagstaff to run in to the pilot boar he ran in under Look-out Point, where received the Pilot on board, who brought her up to the lower anchorage.
As soon as the passengers are cleared Captain Watson will land them either in boats at the Pilot Station or by steamer at the wharf and proceed on his voyage to Dunedin, where he will discharge his cargo, none of it being for Southland
West Coast Times, 9 January 1879 - INVERCARGILL
Labor generally is scarce and the arrival of the ship Western Monarch with immigrants, is anxiously looked forward to. She has nearly four hundred souls on board
Southland Times, 9 January 1879 - IMMIGRANT STATISTICS
From the certified list which the immigration officer, Mr Lillicrap, has just received, and to which he has courteously granted us access, we glean some interesting details regarding this shipment of immigrants.
The 369 souls in the ship are apportioned as to age generally ans sex as follows:-
ADULTS:
194 male & 111 female
CHILDREN:
28 male & 24 female
INFANTS:
6 male& 6 female
Of the males there are 172 farm laborers, 7 general laborer, 2 gardeners, 2 shepherds, 1 rough carpenter, 1 carpenter & 1 painter
Of the females there are 38 general servants, 5 housemaids, 4 dairymaids, 3 cooks, 2 nurses & 1 nursemaid
213 are English, 125 are Irish, 13 are Scottish, 15 are Welsh, 2 are Australian & 1 Channel Islander. Nearly half of the English immigrants are from the counties of Gloucestershire, Cornwall and Devon, the remainder representing over a score of counties between Berwick-on-Tweed and Lands End. The Scotch hail from various parts and the Irish chiefly from Kerry, Clare, Limerick and Derry. Of the Welsh counties Merioneth contributes most largely
Southland Times, 21 January 1879 - SOUTHLAND HOSPITAL
Three patients were admitted yesterday to the Hospital. One came from the newly-arrived ship the Western Monarch, and was very far gone in consumption. The second was suffering from a large abscess down the right, extending from the armpit almost to the knee. The third was admitted suffering from pneumonia. The hospital is full to overflowing, beds having to be made up in the committee-room
Southland Times, 22 January 1879 - A DAY AT THE CIRCUS
At Burton's Great Australian Circus, the last day performance takes place this day (Wednesday) 22nd January. The last night of the circus as the Troupe leaves for Hobart Town per 'Ringarooma' on Thursday. The immigrants who have arrived by the Western Monarch are invited by Mr Burton to attend the Day Performance at the Circus FREE OF CHARGE
Star, 24 January 1879 - DELAYS
The immigrants that arrived the other day by the Western Monarch are not going off by any means so rapidly as had been expected. The whole of the married couples are still in the barracks, while a number of the single men and women have not yet succeeded in obtaining engagements
Southland Times, 25 January 1879 - HOUSING PROBLEMS
Two or three of the families of the Western Monarch have, with difficulty, secured house shelter, and left the depot, the immigration officer has also secured for another two or three places on stations, but the bulk remain. Several of the married men have obtained work about the town, while a few have left for the Wallacetown branch railway works, together with a good may of the single men. It seems a pity contractors have not agents in town authorised to engage and send up men to the railway works on arrival of an immigrant vessel. To-day may still decrease the number left in the depot. Of the single women only some four remain, and Mr Lillicrap expects places for these by Monday
Evening Post, 27 January 1879 - DEMANDING HIGHER PAY
The Western Monarch immigrants are giving some trouble by demanding exorbitant wages. Many employers left the barracks in disgust. An offer of temporary employment by the Corporation at 5s a day, wet or dry, was indignantly refused.
Several of the immigrants found engagements on Saturday and more could have been accommodated if they had chosen to accept reasonable wages. The ideas of too many of them are exorbitant in this respect. The Immigration Officer informs us that many of the men (single and married) refused excellent wages in his presence. The immigrants have not displayed the ready spirit fro work that was so apparent amongst the Waitara's immigrants, and farmers and contractors who were seeking labor could make nothing of them. Not wishing to be harsh the Immigration Officer has not yet stopped food supplies, but he says there is reason for such a course. We have no wish to say unkind things to the new-comers, but we would remind them of the great distress and misery they have escaped from in the old country by emigrating to this one, where they will find that their lives have fallen in pleasant places if they will be but industrious and steady and put their shoulder to the wheel with a will, But work they must, and the sooner they recognise the position the better for them
THE PASSENGERS
I have listed same names together for easy reading
this does not necessarily mean they were of the same family
* approximate birth dates in brackets help for later research
* treat all name spelling, dates etc with caution, use as a guide only
NAME ......AGE ......NOTES
...A
Ablem Mary A. 23
Alderson David 21
Alcherley John 37
Arnold George 44 (1834-)
Arnold Anna 43
Arnold Alfred 11
Arnold Mary E. 9
Arnold Emily 3
...B
Bailey Noah 24 (1854-)
Baird David 21 (from Ayr)
Baldwin William J. 40 (1838-)
Baldwin Mary 32
Baldwin Albert William 11 (1867-1946)
Baldwin Catherine 9
Baldwin John 30 (from Waterford, Ireland, died of consumption 27 Jan)
Barlow James 36
Barlow Ellen 38
Barlow Ellen 12
Barlow Margaret 6
Bartlett Henry 17 (from Middlesex)
Beavel Frederick 22 (1854-1901)
NOTE Frederick is the only Beavel mentioned anywhere in NZ. Nothing on Births or Marriages for this name and his is the only recorded death.
His is the only Beavel name mentioned in papers Past
Hawera & Normanby Star, 4 February 1888 A Ride Through Whakamara ,,, half a mile further on and on the opposite side of the road is the bachelor residence of Mr Beavel ...
Hawera & Normanby Star, 23 September 1901 BEAVEL - At Whakamara, on Sunday, September 22nd, 1901, Frederick Beavel aged 47 years
Hawera & Normanby Star, 13 November 1901 We remind those in search of a snug farm that Messrs Nolan, Tonks and Co., instructed by the Public Trustee, will tomorrow offer 102 acres, lately occupied by the late Frederick Beavel, and situated upon the Ingahape road, Whakamara, about two miles from the Mells Co-operative Dairy Factory. Conditions may be seen at Mr C. A. Budge's office
Bennett William 23
Blee Samuel 43 (1835-)
Blee Elizabeth 42 (1836-)
Blee Margaret 'Maggie' 18 (married Frederick Noah Bailey)
Blee Elizabeth 16 (1862-)
Blee Edward 14 (1864-)
Blee Isabella 13 (1865-1927)
Blee Joseph Henry 8 (1870-1943)
Blee Henry 6 (1872-)
see BLEE marriages
It is possible Samuel & Elizabeth lowered their ages. A Samuel Curteous snr (1829-1907) & Elizabeth Ann (1830-1897) BLEE are buried together in Winton cemetery with Samuel Blee jnr (1854-1899). See Blee marriages link
Botterill Ambrose 37 (Mr. 1843-)
Bradley James 22
Brady Thomas 20 (with Philip Donohue)
Brady Mary 21
Brooker Robert 29
Brooker Henrietta 27
Brooker John 7
Brooker Thomas 5
Brooker James 3
Brooker William 2 months
Brown Thomas 25
Brunsdon Charles 23 (1855-1942)
Brunsdon William 22 (married Catherine White Aug 1879)
Burke Mary 21 (with Thomas & Mary Spellman)
Burke Anne 19 (from Galway)
Burke Mary 18 (from Galway)
Butler John 22
Billing Mary 17
Black Sarah J. 19
Boyd Margaret 21 (from Antrim)
Boyle Mary 20
...C
Callaghan John 21
Carroll John 25
Carson Thomas 30
Carson Ellen 32
Carson Mary 7
Carson Jane 5
Carson John 2
Casserly John 21 (1857- from Galway)
Cleave Richard 20 (1858-1919)
Cole Albert 22
Colling Frederick 22
Connor Mary 21
Coombs Thomas 23 (1855-1896)
Coombs Mary 24
Coombs Charles 1
Coombes George 33
Coombes Sarah 42
Coombes William R. 12
Coombes Mary E. 8
Coombes George Thomas 3
Cooney John 24
Cooney Mary 18
Corbett James 19
Craig Archibald 40 (1838-)
Craig Sarah Mary 40 (1838-1914)
Craig John George 18
Craig Mary J. 15
Craig Ann E. 12
Craig William Robert 10
Craig Archibald 7
Craigie James 23
Cross William 24
Curnow William 31
Curnow Jane 29
...D
Daly Michael 20
Daly Bridget 20
Davie Joseph 18
Davis Joshua 37
Davis Mary A. 30
Davis Rosina 9
Davis George 6
Davis Charlotte 2
Diamond Thomas 28
Diamond Elizabeth J. 29
Diamond William J. 4
Diamond Maria 2
Diamond Thomas 1
Dobbs John 13 (1865-1930)
Donohue Philip 18 (with Thomas & Mary Brady)
Dyer Thomas 27
Dyer Mary J. 27
Dyer William 2
Dyer Ernest 6 months
...E
Eddy Sillias 24 (or Eady, from County Cork)
Eddy Susan 20 (with Jennings + Denis McCarthy)
Eslin Bridget 19
Everall George 39 (with Frederick & Walter White)
Everall Elizabeth 50
Everall Charles 19
Everall Thomas 17
Everall Sarah 16
Everall John 13
...F
Fahy Julia 19 (from Galway)
Fahey John 25
Fannery Maria 30
Fenaughty Roger 25
Fenaughty Bridget 23
Fenaughty Bridget 1
Fitzgerald Gauel (?) 21 (farm laborer from Armagh)
Fitzgerald James 23 (from Armagh)
Fitzmaurice Joseph 21
Flynn Mary 19
Ford(e) James 25
Ford(e) Mary 26
Fox Liley 21
...G
Gallagher Michael 20 (with Edward & Margaret McGee)
Gallagher Annie 20
Gedney John 21
Gibson Frederick 26
Gobbe Robert 43 (painter from Bedfordshire)
Gobbe Margaret 42
Gobbe Thomas 18
Gorman Michael 19
Graham Thomas 42
Grey William 19
...H
Hackett Mary 17
Halloran John 22
Halloran Patrick 25
Hammill James 23
Hannaford John 22
Harding William 24
Havard William 27
Havard Elizabeth 23
Havard Elenor A. 2
Havard Sarah E. 9 months
Hawley Philip 21
Hays Catherine 20
Haywood Charles 23
Hennessy Francis 22 (from Cork)
Hennessy Mary 20 (from Cork)
Heslington Benson 21
Hingston Andrew 30
Hingston Annie 20
Hocking Richard 23
Hocking Eliza 21
Hocking Henry A 28
Hocking Phillipa 24
Hogan Peter 25
Hubber Henry 21
Hughes H. 18
Hughes Thomas 24
...J
Jackson Thomas 22
James William 43
James Mary 42
James Eliza 16
James John 14
James Charles 13
James Richard H. 2
James Charles 21
Jenkin James 23
Jenkin Sarah 23
Jennings Edward 21 (with Denis McCarthy + Susan Eddy)
Jennings Margaret 20 (from County Cork)
Jennings Lydia 19
Jones Owen 23
...K
Karlene John 19
Keen John 23
Keenan James 18
Keeny Francis 30
Kennedy Julia 21
Kennedy Ann 19
Kerr John 27
Killean Mary 27
...L
le Bas Alex 35
Lee H. 22 (born c1856)
Lee Helena (?) 21
Lee John 2 months
Lee Elizabeth 20
Lenihan William 21 (from Galway)
Lenihan Honora 19 (from Galway)
Lenihan Mary 17
Lesley Margaret
Lesley Benjamin 30
Letcher William 23
Letcher Catherine 24
Letcher Elizabeth J. 2 months
Lewin Alex 21
Lewin Mary E. 23
Linscott Frederick 18
Lobb John 27
Lynch Thomas 27
...M
Madden Maria 19
Maloney John 22
Maloney Honora 22
Maquire Mary 19
Marshall Thomas 26
Martin Louisa 18
Martin Mary 21
Marvin Annie B. 23
Mathews Edward 24
Mathews Henrietta 25
Mathews William Thomas 2
Mathews Edward H. 8 months
Maugan Michael 21
McCarthy Denis 21 ((from County Cork, with Jennings + Susan Eddy)
McCartney William 22
McClelland Joseph 22
McGee Edward 22 (with Michael & Annie Gallagher)
McGee Margaret 23
McGilvray Archibald 48 (from Argyle)
McGuskion (?) H. 25
McKeown George 18 (with James Wilson)
McLemon William 29
McLemon Jessie 29
McLemon John 1
McMahon Timothy 22
McMahon Honora 28
McNamara Patrick 36 (from County Clare)
McNamara Margaret 35
McNamara Patrick 17
McNamara Honora 15
McNamara Catherine 10
McNamara Margaret 8
McNamara Daniel 5
Meredith Robert 24
Meredith Mary 20
Millard James 16
Millard John 22
Millard Robert 18
Mitchell John 19
Morgan Charles 52
Morgan Matilda 48
Morgan Richard 23
Morgan Charles 19
Morris George 29
Morris Caroline 29
Morris Elizabeth M. 2
Murphy John 20
Murray Michael 22
...N
Neill John 23
Newcombe William H. 26
...O
O'Brian Thomas 20
O'Brian Michael 19
O'Donnell Michael 22
O'Keefe Arthur 24
O'Keefe Mary 23
O'Mara John 25
O'Mara James 26
Owen Caroline 18
Owens Robert 24
...P
Pagson William 38
Paul Richard 20
Pearce Henry 25
Pearce Reginald 20
Perraluna Alex 23
Perraluna Elizabeth 21
Peters Richard George 22
Pomeroy John 17
Potts George 30
...R
Randell Elizabeth 17
Reardon Daniel 18 (with Michael & Ellen Sheehan)
Reid Thomas 37 (laborer from Edinburgh)[/COLOR]
Reid Janet 31
Reid Jane 6
Reid John 4
Reid Margaret 2
Reid Janette 4 months
Richardson H. 27
Roberts William 23
Roberts Jane 21
Robertshaw John 24
Roper Daniel 20 (from Donegal)
...S
Sampson James 22
Scully Mary 18 (from Galway)
Sheehan Michael 20 (with Daniel Reardon)
Sheehan Ellen 20
Sheppard Herbert 21
Sherman Joseph 24 (from Gloucestershire)
Sindon Annie 28
Smith George 22
Smith Emily A. 22
Smith Fanny E. 1
Smith James 27
Smith Edward 22
Smith Jane 26
Spellman Thomas 20 (1858-1933)
Spellman Mary 22 (with Mary Burke)
Stack Johanna 22
Stead Frances 17
Stephenson George 34
Stephenson Alice 34
Stephenson Rachael 11
Sullivan Patrick 30
Sullivan Mary 29
Sullivan Bridget 7
Sullivan Mary 4
Sullivan Kate 1
Sullivan Daniel 21
Sullivan John 27
Sullivan Mary 25
...T
Taugney Thomas 22
Taugney Julia 22
Taugney Eugene 9 months
Taylor Ellen 21
Thorn James 23
Thorn Selena 23
Thorn Samuel 2 (1876-1922)
Thorn Walter Henry 16 months (1877-1884)
Thorn Emily E. 7 months
Thornton Thomas A 32
Thomas William 23
Toblin William 25
Trebilcock John 29
Trebilcock Dorothy 28
Trebilcock Francis 3
Trebilcock Mabel 2 months
Trebilcock Thomas 17
Tree James 30 (1849-1935)
Tree Elizabeth 28 (1851-1923)
Tree George 5 (1873-1950), married Edith Mary Wright 1898
Tree John Bolton 2 (1876-1917)
Tregilgus William 20
Tretheway William 23
Tretheway Emma 26
Tretheway Elizabeth A. 8 months
Tretheway Thomas 21
Troon John aged 21
...V
Vines Charles 35
Vines Elizabeth 26
...W
Waldron Robert 27
Waldron Margaret 32
Warne John 18
Whiddon Frank 20
White Walter 13 (with Everall)
White Frederick 13 (with Everall)
White Frank 18
Whitehead John William 20
Wilcock Joseph 26
Wilcock Bessie 26
Williams Ralph 28
Williams Mary E. 22
Williams William 11 months
Williams Jacob 44
Williams Annie 43
Williams Elizabeth 16
Williams George 21
Willis William 21
Wilson William 33
Wilson Anna M. 29
Wilson Edward J. 9
Wilson Margaret R. 6
Wilson William John 3
Wilson James 25 (with George McKeown)
Wilson Joseph 28
Withington Elizabeth 25
Woodgate John 23
...Y
Young Mary 23 (from Renfrewshire)
Young Eliza 6 (from Renfrewshire)
PHOTO
Clipper Ship the WESTERN MONARCH
from the John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland
DEATH NOTICES - Otago Witness, Oct 1909
DEATH NOTICES from the Otago Witness, 27 October 1909
the original list DEATHS
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BORLAND
On October 20, at Miller's Flat, Andrew D. Borland, second son of Samuel and Fanny Borland; aged 20 years 1 month
* ANDREW DAVID Borland was a son of:
Samuel BORLAND (1859-1912), of Tamney, Clondavaddog, County Donegal
Fanny Mabel MULLAN (1864-1944) of Tullyrone, Dungannon, Armagh
SAMUEL & FANNY married in Townsville, Queensland in 1886, had 5 children then moved to New Zealand about 1900 where they had further children
born in Queensland
* 1887 - 1923 Henry Alexander Borland
* 1889 - 1909 Andrew David Borland
* 1892 - 1970 William John Marshall Borland (+ Mabel Lewis Peters in 1926)
* 1894 - Margaret Jane Borland (+ Donald Crossan in 1919)
* 1899 - 1968 Fanny May Borland (+ John Robert Johnson in 1932)
born in New Zealand
* 1901 - 1967 Samuel Ronald Borland (+ Annie Hamilton in 1924)
* 1903 - 1985 James Leslie Borland (+ Mary Stuart in 1931)
* 1905 - Robert George Borland
* 1907 - Mildred Iline Borland
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BOYD
On October 21 at Balclutha, Christina Beattie, eldest daughter of William and Elizabeth Boyd. Deeply regretted
Otago Daily Times, 22 October 1909 The Friends of ELIZABETH and WILLIAM BOYD are respectfully invited to attend the Funeral of their DAUGHTER, CHRISTINA BEATTIE, which will leave their Residence, Clyde Street, Balclutha, TO-MORROW (SATURDAY), 23rd, at 2.30 p.m., for the Balclutha Cemetery
* CHRISTINA BEATTIE Boyd was a daughter of:
William BOYD & Elizabeth KING who married in 1888
the known children of WILLIAM & ELIZABETH:
* 1889 - 1909 Christina Beattie Boyd
* 1891 - Edward Boyd Boyd, Trooper 9/1406 from Balclutha
* 1892 - 1975 Jane Haggart Boyd (+ Lewis Albert William Dawson in 1922)
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BLACK
On October 26, 1909, Ebenezer Reid Black, of Owaka. Private interment
* EBENEZER REID Black was 54
He married Jessie Ann BURGESS in Chalmers Church, Dunedin on 14 Oct 1902
Ebenezer was 47 (registered as 42) & Jessie was 32 (registered as 29)
Otago Daily Times, 17 November 1902 BLACK-BURGESS -
On the 14th October, at her mother's residence, Belmore terrace, York place, by the Rev J. U. Spence, Jessie, second daughter of the late James Burgess, to Ebenezer Reid Black, Glenmore Farm, Owaka, second son of the late John Black, land steward, Ardamurrican, Scotland. (sic, Ardnamurchan ?)
the known children of EBENEZER & JESSIE:
* 1905 - 1920 John Reid Black
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CARR
On October 20, at his residence, 73 Dowling street, William Carr, whipmaker, beloved husband of Esther Carr; aged 70 years. Deeply regretted.
* WILLIAM Carr was married to Esther ?
Esther was from England. It is possible they married there
the known NZ BORN children of WILLIAM & ESTHER:
* 1868 - 1934 Jane Carr (+Edward Ferguson 1889 +Henry Waugh in 1897)
* 1871 - Caroline Carr
* 1873 - Esther Carr
* 1874 - 1874 Sarah Ann Carr (aged 2 months)
* 1876 - 1943 Rebecca Carr (+ Henry Dunedin Fish in 1897)
* 1879 - Sarah Ann Carr
* 1884 - 1964 Nathaniel Carr
* 1886 - William Carr
WILLIAM Carr is buried:
Plot 4, Block 141A at Northern Cemetery, Dunedin
buried with him is:
* 1923 - Esther Carr aged 78, his wife. Last address 29 Bay View Rd., South Dunedin
* 1934 - Jane Waugh aged 66, his daughter
* 1943 - Rebecca Fish aged 67, his daughter
* 1964 - Nathaniel Carr aged 80, his son
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CALDER
On October 23, at Royal crescent, Kew, Vida Isabella, the beloved daughter of Hugh and Marion Calder
* VIDA ISABELLA Calder was born 1871, a daughter of:
Hugh CALDER (1829-1911) of Poultney Town, Caithness, Scotland & of Marion Young SMITH (1838-1913)
Otago Witness, 19 June 1858 At Lee Street, Dunedin, on the 10th instant, by the Rev Thos. Burns, Mr Hugh Calder, Caversham, to Marion, youngest daughter of the late Mr Alexander Smith, Merchant, Paisley
the known children of HUGH & MARION:
* 1859 - 1943 Jane Moncrieff Calder (+ John Langmuir in 1886)
* 1861 - 1935 David McBeth Calder (+ Jessie Alexandra Moir in )
* 1863 - 1865 James Alexander Calder (aged 16 months)
* 1865 - 1866 Hugh Paterson Calder (aged 10 months)
* 1867 - 1939 James Donald Calder
* 1869 - 1944 Marion Buchanan Calder (didn't marry)
* 1871 - 1909 Vida Isabella Calder
* 1873 - 1939 Marion Calder (+ Walter Pulman in 1899) X
* 1874 - 1938 Hugh Alexander Calder X
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FOSTER
On October 24, at 32 Wilkie road, Kensington, Sarah, the beloved wife of James Foster; aged 66 years. Deeply mourned.
* SARAH Foster is buried:
Plot 105B, Block 12P at Southern cemetery, Dunedin
buried with her is:
* 1894 - Albert Foster, her son aged 16, lived Kensington, Dunedin
* 1916 - James Foster, her husband aged 76, a Second hand dealer in Dunedin
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HALLGREEN
On October 20, at the Dunedin Hospital, Carl Yalman (George) Hallgreen; aged 63 years.
* CARL YALMAN GEORGE Hallgreen was possibly:
Carl Hjalman George HALL GREEN
Carl is the only Hallgreen recorded as died in NZ. There are no recorded births of this name. There was 1 Hallgreen marriage recorded, that of:
Carl Hjalman George Hallgreen to Janet NELSON in 1901
(Carl was 55 & Janet was 45)
Carl was buried in Plot 15, Block 5R at Southern Cemetery, Dunedin as Richard Hallgreen and was buried with Janet Cameron Hallgreen (1856-1904)
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HOCKING
On October 24, at Dunedin, Nicholas Hocking, of Arthurton; aged 20 years.
* NICHOLAS Hocking was a son of:
Richard (1856-1940) & Elizabeth 'Eliza' (1857-1937) HOCKING who emigrated on the clipper ship Western Monarch. The ship left Plymouth 30 Oct 1878 & sailed direct to Bluff landing 19 Jan 1879 with 369 immigrants & 9 saloon passsengers, a crew of 46 men and Captain Watson in command. They arrived in Port Chalmers, Dunedin on 27 January
the known children of RICHARD & ELIZA:
NOTE their first born, James Hocking, Private 45095, died of gunshot wounds to the head in Belgium 1 Oct 1917. It is said he was born in St Just, Cornwall but he is not on the ship passenger list. He was registered in New Zealand as having been born 7 Jan 1879 which means he was born about 12 days out from Bluff, one of the 3 births on board. His parents headstone & war records state he was 38
* 1879 - 1917 James Hocking
* 1880 - 1952 Richard Hocking
* 1880 - 1880 William Hocking (aged 24 days)
* 1882 - 1964 Elizabeth Grose Hocking (+Thomas Sranley Hopkins in 1930)
* 1884 - 1937 Caroline Jane Hocking (+John Sutherland in 1915)
* 1886 - 1922 William Bennetts Hocking
* 1887 - 1942 John Tregear Hocking
* 1889 - 1909 Nicholas Hocking
* 1891 - Eliza Hocking (+Frank Dennison in 1921)
* 1892 - 1976 Annie Hocking (+George Rupert Little in 1923)
* 1893 - 1968 Marjory Hocking (didn't marry, buried Gore)
* 1898 - 1968 Phyllis Bennetts Hocking (+Frederick William Taylor 1925)
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LESLIE
On October 22, 1909 (accidentally by drowning), James Walter Stewart, youngest and dearly beloved son of George and Ellen Leslie; aged 5 years. Deeply regretted.
Otago Daily Times, 25 October 1909 A LITTLE BOY DROWNED
A little boy named Walter James Stuart Leslie, five years of age, was the victim of a sad fatality at the wharf on Friday afternoon.
After school that day Leslie met a companion named William Elliott, who is also of the same age, and with him went down to the Cross wharf. They played about for some time, and then deceased descended the steps, and whilst trying to gather some seaweed fell into the water. Elliott became frightened and ran home, saying nothing about the accident. As Leslie did not return home, his father, Mr Geo. Leslie, who resides in Filleul street, commenced a search, and ultimately came upon the body of the little fellow lying face downwards on the stones under the wharf. It was obvious that he had been washed there by the waves.
George Leslie, father of deceased, said the lad was just five years old. The boy had returned from school at dinner time on Friday, and was last seen by his mother at 2.30. At 6 o'clock his absence caused uneasiness, and a search which was instituted ws kept up unsuccessfully until midnight. At daylight witness resumed his search, and finally, about 5.15 he found the body of his son lying under the Cross wharf, near the Jetty street steps. The body was cold, and partially covered with water. The boy, a robust child, had been in the habit of going to the wharf alone. William Elliott, a companion of deceased, said that after coming away from school on Friday, he and Leslie, at the latter's invitation, went to the wharf "to look at the boats". On making his statement to the police, denied that he went to the wharf with Leslie, but ultimately confessed his part of the story to his mother. This witness's evidence was not very clear. He sobbed continually, and, evidently frightened by the proximity of the policemen, made some somewhat involved statements. Leslie, in trying to catch a piece of seaweed, had fallen into the water and witness ran away. It was after 4 o'clock when he arrived home.
An inquest will be held this morning. The Coroner: I can only come to the conclusion that the poor little chap was accidentally drowned.
* JAMES WALTER STEWART Leslie was a son of:
George LESLIE (1851-1930) born Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
...(parents: Peter Leslie & Eliza Stewart)
Ellen FORD (1859-1937) born County Galway, Ireland
...(parents: Walter Ford & Ellen Casserley)
the known children of JAMES & ELLEN: (born in Dunedin)
* 1882 - 1938 Eliza Jeannie 'Liz' Leslie (+ James Nisbet 1905)
* 1883 - Ellen Leslie
* 1886 - 1971 Robert Birnie Leslie
* 1889 - Sarah Ann 'Dolly' Leslie
* 1891 - 1968 George Leslie
* 1893 - 1964 Alexandrina 'Rena' Leslie (+ John Henry Hackett in 1920)
* 1895 - 1976 Josephine 'Cis' Leslie (+ Duncan William Angus Trainor aka McLarty)
* 1896 - Honorah May 'Nora' Leslie (+ Stanley David Bacon in 1925)
* 1897 - Catherine Marguerite Leslie (+ Allan Julius Potter in 1924)
* 1900 - Jessie Sprightley Leslie
* 1904 - 1909 James Walter Stewart Leslie
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LINDSAY
On October 23, at her residence, Main South road, Green island, Eva Elizabeth, the beloved wife of Archibald Lindsay, jun., and second daughter of Henry and Sarah Berry, of Abbotsford; in her thirty-first year. Deeply mourned.
* EVA ELIZABETH Lindsay was born 1878
her parents, Henry (1854-1921) & Sarah (1853-1941) Berry, arrived into Port Chalmers 6 March 1874 on the Scimitar
NOTE OF INTEREST A crewman on board was John Brennan, alias Cloach, who got a job as a cook in the 'Harp of Erin' Hotel in Dunedin just after arriving. A few months later he attempted to murder a young passenger of this voyage, 15 year old Mary Hall. The Hotel was then run by Francis McGRATH (see below)
the known children of HENRY & SARAH:
* 1876 - Frederick Henry Berry served as Private 61190
* 1877 - 1919 Ellen Mary Berry
* 1878 - Eva Elizabeth Berry (aged 30)
* 1880 - Fanny Ann Berry
* 1882 - 1883 Amelia Jane Berry (aged 9 months)
* 1884 - William Charles Berry
* 1885 - Charlotte Maretta Berry
* 1889 - 1980 Arthur Ernest Berry
* 1893 - 1914 Ethel Sarah Berry (aged 20)
EVA married Archibald Lindsay (1876-1959) in 1901
the known children of EVA & ARCHIBALD:
* 1902 - 1848 Frederick Archibald Lindsay
* 1906 - Eva May Lindsay
* 1907 - Verna Meretta Lindsay
* 1909 - 1909 Alexander Lindsay (born 1 Oct 1909, he lived for 3 hours)
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MACKAY
On Thursday, October 21, 1909, at Dunedin (suddenly), William Gerald Mackay, dearly beloved husband of Mary Mackay, of Clifton, Invercargill; aged 51 years. Deeply regretted.
* WILLIAM GERALD Mackay was the 10th of 10 children of:
Andrew MacKAY (1819-1890) Elspeth MURRAY of Scotland
WILLIAM married Mary Sophia JOHNSTON (1865-1950) in 1886
the known children of WILLIAM & MARY:
* 1888 - 1980 Elsie Elizabeth MacKay (+ George Henderson in 1923)
* 1890 - 1890 William Samuel MacKay (aged 4 months)
* 1891 - 1916 John Robert MacKay (Rifleman 25/661, Killed in Action, Somme)
* 1902 - 1979 Andrew Gerald MacKay (+ Agnes Scott)
* 1904 - 1993 Margaret Mary 'Maggie' MacKay (+ John Sommerville)
* 1907 - 1989 Hugh Alexander MacKay
WILLIAM GERALD & MARY SOPHIA MacKay are buried:
Plot 26, Block 23 at Eastern cemetery, Invercargill
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MACNEE
On October 26, at the Dunedin Hospital, James, the dearly beloved son of John and Jane Macnee, of Waikoikoi; aged 10 years.
* JAMES MacNEE was a son of:
John Robertson MacNEE (1867-1944) & Jane CRAWFORD who married in 1898
the known children of JOHN & JANE:
* 1898 - 1898 John MacNee (aged 9 days)
* 1899 - 1909 James MacNee
* 1901 - Flora Jane MacNee
* 1902 - 1996 Adam John MacNee (+ Ivy Catherine Harriet Dunlop in 1929)
* 1904 - Mary Lavender MacNee (+ Edwin William Aitken in 1927)
* 1909 - 1992 David Crawford MacNee (died 15 Nov 1992 in Milton)
* 1911 - 1992 Robert Charles CRAWFORD (adopted nephew?? - d.25 Feb 1992)
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MAYZE
At his residence, East road, Invercargill, on Thursday, October 21;, 1909, Samuel Douglas, beloved husband of Florence Mayze, and son-in-law of Mr John Williams, Crinan street, Invercargill. Deeply regretted.
Otago Witness, 27 October 1909 The death is announced of Mr Samuel Douglas Mayze, of Invercargill, who for 18 years was employed at Mr Macalister's engineering works. In January last he underwent an operation, and returned to work for a short time, but the progress of the disease had not been stayed, and it gradually spread, ultimately proving fatal. Mr Mayze leaves a wife and two young children
* SAMUEL DOUGLAS Mayze was 39
He was born in Invercargill, 10th of 13 children of Thomas MAYZE (1829-1882) & Isabella ALLISON (1832-1908) from Ireland who married in 1842 in Girvan, Ayr, Scotland
SAMUEL DOUGLAS Mayze married Florence Louisa WILLIAMS (1878-1926) on 11 April 1906
the known children of SAMUEL & FLORENCE:
* 1907 - 1968 Mervyn Douglas Mayze (married twice, died in Queensland)
* 1908 - 1929 John Thomas Mayze (died in Melbourne)
SAMUEL & FLORENCE are buried Plot 132, Block 4 at Eastern cemetery, Invercargill
THEIR HEADSTONE READS
...In loving memory of
SAMUEL DOUGLAS MAYSE
Who died 21st Oct 1909 Aged 39 years
...ALSO His wife
FLORENCE LOUISA
Who died 20th March 1926 Aged 47 years
Peace, perfect peace
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McGRATH
On October 23, at the residence of her son-in-law, Mr J. Trapski, Wyndham, Mary Ann, beloved wife of Francis McGrath, late of Dunedin, aged 68 years. R.I.P.
* MARY ANN McGrath (nee FARRELL) married 19 May 1859 at St Francis Roman Catholic Church, Melbourne to Francis Joseph 'Frank' McGrath (1830-1910). Francis was from King County, Ireland, a son of Dennis & Bridget McGrath. He appears to have arrived in Victoria in Sep 1857 on the 'John Linn' with his brother John McGrath (1836-1922)
Francis & Mary Ann arrived in Port Chalmers, Dunedin 30 March 1862 on the 'Mary E. Ray' with their infant son Francis Joseph McGrath. They were Hotel Keepers. Francis built the 'Harp of Erin' on the corner of St Andrews & King Streets, Dunedin (opposite the Annandale Hotel on the same corners). However, after building it, his application for a license was continuously refused, the reasons given were that its architectural pretensions were not adequate and that there were sufficient hotels in the neighbourhood already. His application for a license, in June 1871, was again refused when the majority of neighbours signed against it. Francis said he would continue to apply every time the Licensing Bench sat until, in fact, a license was granted. On his 14th attempt, in June 1873, his application was granted.
In May 1880 Francis McGrath was the Proprietor of the North-East Valley Hotel (near Dunedin). The above new and commodious Hotel is situate in one of the most charming and healthy suburbs of Dunedin. The tramways start for, and return from, the centre of the city every few minutes. The hotel is handsomely furnished, and all the apartments, especially the bedrooms, have thorough ventilation. Persons desirous of a comfortable home free from the noise and bustle of the city will do well to enquire for the above hotel
In Sep 1880 James Campbell applied to have the license of the Harp of Erin Hotel transferred to Francis Joseph McGrath. It was granted
In June 1882 Francis Joseph McGrath applied to transferr the license of the Harp of Erin Hotel to Francis McGrath - Granted
On 24 Sep 1887 Francis still owned the North-East Valley Hotel. It was being run by his son James when, shortly after midnight, a spark from a fire left going in the downstairs sitting-room bar, caused the hotel to catch fire. All the neighbours did what they could but the absence of a water supply meant it was completely destroyed.
In June 1893 A petition was lodged with the clerk of the City Licensing Bench, signed by 67 people against the granting of a license to John Augustus Goldring for the Harp of Erin Hotel in King street.
NOTE OF INTEREST in 1874 a crewman on board the 'Scimtar', John Brennan, alias Cloach, got a job as a cook in the 'Harp of Erin' and willfully attempted to murder 15 year old Mary Hall in the kitchen there in June 1874. The Hall's had emigrated on the Scimtar as did Henry & Sarah Berry (see Lindsay above)
the known children of MARY ANN & FRANCIS:
* 1861 - 1911? Francis Joseph McGrath (born Melbourne)
* 1866 - 1888 John Thomas McGrath
* 1871 - 1895 Bridget Mary McGrath
* 1872 - 1944 Delia McGrath
* 1874 - 1875 Dennis McGrath (aged 6 months)
* 1877 - 1940 Martin McGrath (also a Publican)
* 1880 - Thomas William McGrath
* Mary Ann died at her son-in-laws home. This was Delia McGrath (1872-1944) who married John Trapski in 1896). Interesting to note that only one child was mentioned as still living at the time of Mary's death
Mataura Ensign, 26 Oct 1909
Mrs Francis McGrath (mother of Mrs John Trapski, of Wyndham), died at Mr Trapski's residence on Saturday morning. The deceased lady was 68 years of age and much sympathy is felt for the widower and his daughter
* Francis died 8 months later. They are buried: Plot 1 & 2, Block 15R at Southern cemetery, Dunedin (see photo)
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McKENZIE
On October 15, at Blue Spur, Lawrence, Margaret Harper, widow of Alexander McKenzie, native of Forres, Morayshire, Scotland; aged 65 years. Home papers please copy.
* MARGARET HARPER McKenzie was buried:
Plot 4 & 5, Presbyterian Section of Lawrence cemetery with husband Alexander MacKenzie (1840-1906), who died 19 Dec 1906 aged 66 at Blue Spur: native of Morayshire, Parish of Dyke Scotland
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MILLAR
On October 23, at Dunedin, James Smith Millar, late of Ranfurly (N.Z. Railways), aged 54 years. At rest.
* JAMES SMITH Millar was born:
15 Jan 1855 in Auchenbowie, Stirlingshire, Scotland
JAMES SMITH Millar married in Dunedin on 1 July 1880 to:
Margaret 'Maggie' Scrymgeour (1858-1942)
Margaret was born 15 Oct 1857 in Edinburgh, Scotland, the 5th of 7 children of John SCRYMGEOUR & Elizabeth Helen HISLOP. Her father died in Otago in 1864 & her mother in Dannevirke in 1899
the known children of JAMES & MAGGIE:
* 1882 - unnamed infant Millar (lived 5 hours)
* 1884 - 1932 John McLeod Millar (+ Rhoda Emma Reid)
* 1885 - 1949 William Peter Millar (+ Annie Harrison)
* 1887 - Elizabeth Maggie Millar
* 1894 - 1949 Sarah Dowling Millar (+ Thomas Watson Fraser in 1920)
* 1896 - 1917 James Scrymgeour Millar (Private 39271, Killed in Action Ypres)
* 1898 - 1974 Gordon Millar (+ Charlotte Watson)
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OSBORNE
On October 20, at Owaka, Amelia Maud, beloved eldest daughter of Oliver Osborne, jun., aged 11 years. Deeply regretted.
* AMELIA MAUD ELIZABETH Osborne was a daughter of:
Oliver Henry OSBORNE (1875-1934) & Hannah Jane ROBINSON (1877-1967)
Oliver joined the Police Force in 1902 and in 1905 was involved in a 'Police Scandal' when he and 3 other constables were charged with breaking and entering and separate charges of stealing & receiving. Some of the goods seized
the known children of OLIVER & HANNAH:
* 1898 - Amelia Maud Elizabeth Osborne
* 1900 - 1939 Oliver Baden-Powell Osborne
* 1902 - Ellen Gladys Osborne
1905-1908 Oliver is sentenced to 3 years gaol with hard labour
* 1909 - 2000 Mavis Josephine Osborne (+ Ewart)
* 1911 - Sybil Constance Osborne
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PLUNKETT
On October 22, Elizabeth (Cissy), second daughter of John Plunkett, Mornington, aged 22 years. R.I.P.
* ELIZABETH BRIDGET 'Cissy' Plunkett was born 1887, a daughter of John PLUNKETT (1848-1919) & Ellen McDONALD (1858-1905) who married in 1884
the known children of JOHN & ELLEN:
* 1885 - first daughter
* 1887 - Elizabeth Bridget 'Cissy' Plunkett
* 1889 - 1969 Bernard Plunkett
* 1890 - Ellen Catherine Plunkett
* 1892 - William John Plunkett
* 1894 - Francis Hugh Plunkett
* 1896 - Edward Lawrence Plunkett
* 1899 - Arthur Dominic Plunkett
* 1900 - Rose Kathleen Plunkett
* 1913 - Mary Margaret Plunkett
CISSY Plunkett is buried with her parents in:
Plot 24, Block 9R, Southern cemetery, Dunedin
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REES
On October 21, 1909, at the Lower Hutt, Charles Gilbert, youngest son of the late William Gilbert Rees, pioneer of Lake Wakatipu; aged 39 years.
* CHARLES GILBERT Rees was born 1870
...Charles's father was:
William Gilbert REES (1827-1898) an explorer, surveyor and early settler in Central Otago, New Zealand. He and fellow explorer Nicholas von Tunzelmann were the first Europeans to settle the Wakatipu basin.
Rees is regarded as the founder of Queenstown
...Charle's mother was:
Rebecca Frances GILBERT (1838-1926) a cousin and childhood sweetheart of William. William first emigrated to New South Wales in 1852, where he became a sheep farmer. He returned to England to marry Rebecca on 20 July 1858. The Rees River in Central Otago is named after Rees, and his statue stands on Rees Street, near the town pier. There is also a hotel called The Rees on Frankton Road in Queenstown which bears his name as well as a bridge on State Highway 6 named in his honour
the known children of WILLIAM & REBECCA:
* 1859 - 1930 Mary Rose Rees (+James Wilfred Marsden 1900)
* 1861 - 1861 Manning Lee Rees
* 1862 - 1948 Cecil Walter Rees (+Annie Margaret Burke 1901 in NSW, Annie died in childbirth 1902, +Agnes Matilda McDowall in Wellington 1907)
* 1865 - 1923 Mabel Rees (+Audley Edward Merewether 1883)
* 1867 - 1894 Sarah Isabel Rees
* 1869 - 1957 *Mildred Gertrude Rees
* 1870 - 1909 Charles Gilbert Rees
* Mildred Gertrude Rees - In 1888, at the age of 18, Mildred Gertrude Rees began her nursing training at Blenheim Hospital under the supervision of her older sister Mary Rose REES who was Matron. In 1890 Mildred moved to Wellington Hospital where she completed her training. She graduated in May 1902 and in the NZ Registration of Nurses is Number 140. For the next 13 years she engaged in private nursing around New Zealand and in 1909 at the age of 40 left for Britain. Here she agency nursed until war broke out in 1914. She immediately applied to New Zealand House in London to see if she could be sent to France but she was too early for any organised group. Instead she went to Belgium with the Dowager Duchess of Sutherland's party. Mildred was one of eight nurses in this party which became known as the Millicent Sutherland Ambulance.
In January 1915 she applied to join the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve (QAIMNSR) and served in France and Belgium until she took her discharge in 1919.
Mildred was MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES and was awarded the ARRC Medal (Associate Royal Red Cross) as well as the 1914 Star (only two other NZers are recorded as having gained this award).
- Mildred is buried in Nelson. taken from NZ Nurses WWI
CHARLES GILBERT Rees married Minnie Clara Drawbridge (1869-1957) in 1898
the known children of CHARLES & MINNIE:
1903 - 1977 Gilbert Severn Rees
1908 - 1970 Maurice Westland Rees
Minnie Clara remarried in 1922 to Charles Alexander Gaitt (1883-1954)
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RYAN
On October 20, 1909, at No. 47 Stuart street, Dunedin, Louisa, the beloved wife of John Ryan, of Winslow, Canterbury; in her forty-fourth years. "Rest in peace."
Ashburton Guardian, 22 October 1909 RYAN - On Wednesday, October 20th, at the residence of her sister (Miss E. Pye, Dunedin), Louisa, beloved wife of John Ryan, Winslow; aged 43 years. R.I.P.
* LOUISA Ryan (nee PYE) was born, a twin, 1866 in Western Australia
her parents were Charles PYE & Catherine BUCKLEY (1832-1888) born Ireland, married 1853 in Toodyay, West Australia & died in Christchurch
Louisa's known siblings were:
* 1858 - William Pye, born in Toodyay
* 1860 - Maryanne Pye, born in Toodyay (+ John Barry)
* 1864 - Honour Pye, born Fortune Mine (Wheal Fortune Copper Mine, Northampton & Geraldton)
* 1866 - John Pye, twin with Louisa
* 1866 - Louisa Pye, twin, of this profile
LOUISA married John Ryan in Ashburton 15 July 1886. John was born 1856 in Cahirdrinna (Glanworth parish), County Cork, Ireland to Thomas RYAN & Ellen BULMAN
the known children of LOUISA & JOHN:
* 1887 - 1972 Catherine Elizabeth Ryan (+ Cornelius Bishop 1910)
* 1888 - Louisa 'Cissy' Ryan
* 1890 - Ellen Josephine 'Nellie' Ryan (+ William Thomas Fraser 1923)
* 1891 - Thomas David Ryan
* 1892 - Mary Ann (Maryanne) Ryan
* 1893 - 1893 William John 'Willie' Ryan (aged 10 weeks)
* 1895 - Margaret Ryan
* 1897 - Honora 'Nora' Ryan (+ David Francis Maggin 1927)
* 1901 - Robert Patrick Ryan (+ Yvonne Howarth)
* 1904 - John Michael Ryan
* 1906 - 1954 Arthur William Ryan
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RIDDELL
On October 22, 1909, at 7 Great King street, Wilhelmina Glendinning, the beloved wife of Walter Riddell; in her seventy-third years. "At rest."
* WILHELMINA BROWN GLENDINNING Riddell (nee GLENDINNING) was born 1837 in Dumfrieshire Scotland, a daughter of James GLENDINNING & Elizabeth BRYON
Wilhelmina married Walter RIDDELL (1837-1922) 27 Dec 1861 at Eskdalemuir Dumfries Scotland and they emigrated to New Zealand soon after
the known children of WILHELMINA & WALTER: (born in Otago)
* 1863 - 1945 Elizabeth Brydon 'Bessie' Ridell (+ James Mathieson in 1883)
* 1865 - 1957 William Glendinning Riddell (+ Annie Mahoney in 1898)
* 1866 - 1932 James Archibald Glendinning Riddell (aged 66 fall from horse)
* 1868 - 1961 Janet Jane Riddell (+ John Graham Henderson in 1895)
* 1869 - 1945 John Ridell (+ Catherine Graham Weir in 1903)
* 1870 - 1952 Wilhelmina Christina 'Minnie' Ridell (+ Alexander Stuart in 1900)
* 1871 - 1962 Andrewina Riddell (+ James Taylor in 1901)
* 1872 - 1873 Walter Riddell (aged 1 month)
* 1874 - 1961 Jessie Mathieson Riddell (+ William Dallas in 1898)
* 1875 - 1905 Walter Alexander Riddell (died aged 29 from Ptomaine poisoning)
* 1878 - 1969 Helen Bell Glendinning 'Nell' Riddell (+Robert Arnott +John Mahoney)
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THOMSON
On October 16, at Newington avenue, Elizabeth Anna, daughter of Geo. M. Thomson; aged 22 years.
* ELIZABETH ANNA Thomson was born 1887, a daughter of:
George Malcolm Thomson (1848-1933) teacher, scientist, educationalist, social worker & politician and of one of his pupils, Emma ALLAN (1853-1894), who married at Hopehill, North Taieri, on 26 Dec 1876
the known children of GEORGE & EMMA:
* 1878 - 1942 William Malcolm Thomson
* 1881 - 1928 James Allan Thomson
* 1883 - 1964 George Stuart Thomson
* 1885 - 1886 Florence Jane Thomson (aged 20 months)
* 1887 - Elizabeth Anna Thomson (died of Tuberculosis)
* 1892 - 1918 John Henry Thomson (Private 3/453, died of disease WWI)
Elizabeth's mother died in 1894 aged 41, Elizabeth was aged 7. Her father remarried 30 May 1910 to Alice Crawford Craig (1873-1911), 25 years his junior, in Melbourne. Alice died in Melbourne 8 months later, 21 Jan 1911
ELIZABETH ANNA is buried Plot 8, Block 138 at Northern Cemetery, Dunedin
buried with her are the bodies or ashes of 14 others of her family:
* 1886 - Florence Jane Thomson aged 20 months, her sister
* 1889 - Margaret Justina Thomson aged 76
* 1890 - Ethel Margaret Thomson aged 16 months
* 1894 - Emma Thomson aged 41, her mother
* 1897 - William Thomson aged 86
* 1906 - Margaret Steven Strang aged 32
* 1918 - Ellen Harriett Thomson aged 37
* 1933 - George Malcolm Thomson aged 84, her father
* 1989 - John Gilbert Thomson aged 78
* 2004 - Maria Emilie Thomson aged 78
* 2007 - Marion Thomson aged 95
* 2009 - Cullen William Thomson aged 82
* 2010 - John Michael Barker aged 61
* 2012 - Frank Malcolm Gould aged 71 (3 weeks from 100 years after Elizabeth)
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PHOTO
Block 15R. Plot 2 at Southern Cemetery, Dunedin
Francis McGrath (1830-1910) & Mary Ann Farrell (1832-1909) with:
6 month old son Dennis (1874-1875)
21 year old son John Thomas (1867-1888)
24 year old daughter Mary (1871-1895)
DUNKLEY marriages New Zealand 1875-1933
the DUNKLEY GROOMS
Albert Dunkley (1887-1974)
ALBERT married Ella Marjorie VILLARS (1890-1977) in 1913
...daughter of Edmund VILLARS & Norah MURPHY
ALBERT died 1 October 1974 aged 87
ELLA died 8 January 1977 aged 86
- they were both cremated at Karori, Wellington
Albert Edward Dunkley (1903-1929)
ALBERT married Rose MURKIN in 1926
Evening Post, 11 June 1929 AUCKLAND, This Day. The body of Albert Edward Dunkley, a stoker of H.M.S. Veronica; was found floating in the harbour near Devonport this morning
Albert William Dunkley (1887-1968)
...son of Arthur DUNKLEY (1854-1924) & Theckla Bridget O'CONLAN (1854-1923)
(who married in 1874 in Victoria, Australia)
Evening Post, 10 April 1924 Mr Arthur Dunkley (Albert's father), Addington, one of the early settlers in the Dominion, died on Tuesday at the Christchurch Hospital. In his early days Mr Dunkley was one of those attracted to the Antipodes by the gold-mining rush in Australia. After a number of years in the Commonwealth Mr Dunkley came to New Zealand. He was particularly well known in sporting circles, and before the present Defence scheme was an enthusiastic volunteer. Four of his sons are intimately connected with the newspaper world:
O. F. Dunkley, journalist in Sydney (Otto Frederick)
A. W. Dunkley on the literary staff of the Christchurch 'Sun' (Albert William)
A. D. Dunkley publisher of the same paper (Arthur David)
E. H. Dunkley of the staff of the Oamaru 'Mail' (Ernest Henry)
ALBERT married Grace Edith May GLOVER (1889-1918) in 1913
...daughter of Richard GLOVER & Annie Eliza LAMMAS
they had a daughter:
* 1915 - 2007 Peggy Ruth Dunkley (+ William Henry Burrows 1937, see photo)
ALBERT next married Catherine CARRIG (1883-) in 1921
...daughter of Martin & Bridget CARRIG
they had at least 1 child:
* 1924 - 1989 James 'Jim' Dunkley (see photo)
Arthur David Dunkley (1877-1946)
...son of Arthur DUNKLEY & Theckla Bridget O'CONLAN
ARTHUR married Gertrude WHITE in 1898
...the known children of ARTHUR & GERTRUDE:
* 1899 - Arthur Morris Dunkley
* 1907 - Gertrude Phyllis Dunkley
Arthur Morris Dunkley (1899-)
...son of Arthur David DUNKLEY & Gertrude WHITE
ARTHUR married Vera Maud WALKER in 1922
Colin Dunkley
COLIN married Margaret KEMP in 1918
Denis/Dennis Dunkley
DENIS married Elizabeth PATERSON in 1875
Ernest Henry Dunkley (1878-1942)
ERNEST married May Wood Long THOMSON (1892-) in 1911
...daughter of Alexander Thomas THOMSON & Mary Jane Wilson McCAULEY
...the known children of ERNEST & MAY:
* 1913 - Gerald Ernest Dunkley
Francis Arthur David Dunkley (1901-1965)
FRANCIS married May BUSBY in 1930
Francis Eugene Ambrose Dunkley (1876-1920)
born in Australia
FRANCIS married Elizabeth Margaret Agatha BOOTH (1875-1944) in 1901
...the known children of FRANCIS & ELIZABETH:
* 1901 - 1965 Francis Arthur David Dunkley
* 1903 - Alberta Elizabeth Dunkley
* 1904 - Alice Doreen Dunkley
* 1908 - Lavinia Florence Dunkley
Francis served in WWI as Corporal 21389 with the New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, 2nd Reinforcements. His wife Elizabeth was his next of kin at Waitete Road, Te Kuiti
Frederick 'Otto' Dunkley (1888-1959)
...son of Arthur DUNKLEY & Theckla Bridget O'CONLAN
OTTO married Annie Maud GRAY (1880-1917) in 1911
Ohinemuri Gazette, 30 November 1917 We regret to chronicle the death of Mrs Otto Dunkley, who passed away at Hamilton on Monday at the early age of 27 years. For some time Mrs Dunkley was resident in Paeroa, her husband having been engaged as lino type operator for this firm. She was of a bright and happy disposition and was very popular amongst those with whom she came in contact. Much sympathy is extended to Mr Dunkley in the great loss he has sustained by the death of his young wife
Otto enlisted in the No 6 Manawatu Recruiting District in Dec 1917. He was a linotype operator, Warwick Villa, Taihape
OTTO married Mary Anne KENNEDY in 1919
he was on the Australian Electoral Rolls from 1930:
1930-1854 Wentworth, Bondi North
1958- Philip, Bondi North
George Dunkley (1836-1906)
GEORGE married Mary Ann PRICE (1839-1911) in 1875
Otago Witness, 11 September 1907 DUNKLEY - In loving memory of George Dunkley, the beloved husband of M. A. Dunkley, who departed this life on the 5th September, 1906; aged 70 years. Deeply regretted.
...So he giveth his beloved sleep,
...And bringeth them to the haven where they would be
George Dunkley (1879-1960)
GEORGE married Elizabeth Alice PILLING (1879-1963) in 1914
George Basil Dunkley
GEORGE married Hilda MILLARD in 1915
John Harington Heathcote Dunkley (1879-1930)
...son of Rev Walter DUNKLEY & Alice Annie THOMAS
JOHN married Alice Nona ANSON (1888-1962) in 1917
Press, 1 September 1917 DUNKLEY-ANSON - On August 13th, at St Mary's, Heathcote, by Rev Canon Wilford, Sergeant John H. H. Dunkley, son of the late Rev W. Dunkley, to Alice Nona, fifth daughter of the late T. H. Anson, Winterfold, Courtenay
...daughter of Thomas Hamilton ANSON & Henrietta Ann GORLE
John served in WWI as Sergeant 49294 with the NZEF, 30th Reinforcements Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company. Alice was his next of kin c/o Mrs Anson, Bridle Path Road, Heathcote Valley, Christchurch
Robert Dunkley (1851-1913)
ROBERT married Emily Rose Amanda LUXTON (1854-1944) in 1877
...the known children of ROBERT & EMILY:
* 1878 - Grace Emmeline Dunkley
* 1880 - Bob Dunkley
* 1890 - Angus Dunkley
* 1890 - Betsy Dunkley
Robert Dunkley (1884-1920)
ROBERT married Winifred NEILSON (1894-1961) in 1916
he enlisted in the seventh ballot in May 1917 as Public Accountant, Cornfoot Street, Castlecliff
Samuel Henry Dunkley (1859-1945)
SAMUEL married Kate BOWDEN (1865-1945) in 1902
Sidney Dunkley
SIDNEY married Florence Clare TALBOT (1865-1947) in 1903
Thomas Charles Dunkley
THOMAS married Constance AUSTIN in 1903
Walter Dunkley, Reverend (1850-1912)
WALTER married Alice Annie THOMAS 3 Jan 1878 in Motueka
...daughter of Charles Thynne THOMAS & Anne TOVEY
Nelson Evening Mail, 8 January 1878 DUNKLEY-THOMAS - January 3, at Motueka, by the Rev S. Poole, M.A., Walter, third son of the Rev John Dunkley, and late of Christ's College, Christchurch, to Alice Annie, youngest daughter of the late Lieut-Colonel C. Thynne Thomas, late of Her Majesty's Bengal Army.
...the known children of WALTER & ALICE:
* 1878 - 1930 John Harington Heathcote Dunkley
* 1880 - 1957 Walter William Dunkley
Ashburton Guardian, 30 December 1912 CANON WALTER DUNKLEY - The Rev. Walter Dunkley, vicar of St. Paul's, Glenmark, for many years Minor Canon of Christchurch Cathedral, died at the Vicarage, Glenmark, yesterday morning. Born at Moore, Shropshire, on February 1st, 1850, he was the son of the Rev. John Dunkley, of Liverpool. In 1872 he accompanied the Primate, Dr. Neville, to New Zealand, and six years later was ordained by the then Primate, the late Bishop Harper. He was assistant-master at Christ's College Grammar School 1876-79; Vicar of Phillipstown in 1878; Lincoln in 1879; the next year he visited England; of Burnham in 1881; of Courtenay in 1884; Assistant Precentor at Christchurch Cathedral from 1885 to 1889; Organising Chaplain to the Primate, the late Bishop Harper, in 1888-89; and private secretary to Bishop Julius from 1891 to 1892, when he took office as Minor Canon of the Cathedral. In July, 1907, he went to Glenmark, taking the charge of St. Paul's in October of the same year on the consecration of the church. Mr Dunkley had not enjoyed good health for some time past.
Walter William Dunkley (1880-1957)
...son of Rev Walter DUNKLEY & Alice Annie THOMAS
WALTER married Catherine Aston MEARES (1881-1964) 11 Sep 1907 in Fendalton, Christchurch
...daughter of Charles Edward Maurice MEARES & Amy
...the known children of WALTER & CATHERINE:
* 1909 - John Stuart Dunbar Dunkley
* 1910 - 1998 Geoffrey Harington Dunkley
the DUNKLEY BRIDES
Ada Dunkley (1883-1968)
ADA married Paul Ernest JANOWSKY (1888-1974) in 1924
Alberta Elizabeth Dunkley (1904-1971)
ALBERTA married Lorrie Alan JAMIESON (1903-1970) in 1933
Alice Amelia Dunkley (1885-1967)
ALICE married Thomas FALKINDER (1877-1954) in 1906
...the known children of ALICE & THOMAS:
* 1906 - Arthur Joel Falkinder
* 1907 - Ena May Falkinder
* 1909 - Muriel Dolcie Falkinder
Annie Mary Teckler Dunkley (1881-1963)
married Albert Edward William FAIRBRASS (1881-1931) in 1903
...the known children of ANNIE & ALBERT:
1904 - Victoria May Fairbrass
1907 - Mona Annie Lena Fairbrass
Doris Margaret Dunkley
DORIS married Percival George HAWES (1908-1975) in 1932
Edith Sarah Harriet Dunkley (1878-1941)
EDITH married Charles Frederick BAKER in 1901
...the known children of EDITH & CHARLES:
* 1902 - Edith Maida Baker
* 1905 - Cecilie Leona baker
* 1912 - Frederick Charles Thomas Baker
Eva May Dunkley (1891-1961)
EVA married Percy George THIAN (1889-1960) in 1924
Florence Mabel Dunkley (1884-1924)
FLORENCE married Francis John CONLAN (1880-1953) in 1922
Frances Lydia Dunkley (1893-1927)
FRANCES married Harry Moye ALLPRESS (1891-1971) in 1917
Harriet Amy Dunkley
HARRIET married Charles James HALE in 1895
Lavinia Florence Dunkley (1908-)
LAVINIA married John Foster COLEMAN (1909-1945) in 1928
Auckland Star, 24 February 1932 After a year of married life, John Foster Coleman, of Te Kuiti, left his wife and returned to live with his people. He was ordered to return to his wife, Lavinia Florence Coleman, within 21 days. Petitioner said she was married in July 1928, and in December 1929 her husband left her without giving a reason. She protested, and wrote, trying to induce him to go back, but he replied, saying: "You know very well that I cannot agree to live with you again. I was not happy"
LAVINIA next married Richard William David MAXWELL in 1933 (under her maiden name Dunkley)
Phyllis May Dunkley (1912-1991)
PHYLLIS married Robert Marshall ALLAN (1901-1999) in 1933
Rita Violet Emmeline Dunkley (1896-1975)
RITA married Herbert INKSTER (1896-1958) in 1928
PHOTO
taken from Evening Post, 21 August 1937,
Mr and Mrs William Henry BURROW leaving St Mary's Church, Karori, this morning after their marriage. The bride was Miss Peggy Ruth DUNKLEY, only daughter of Mr and Mrs A. W. Dunkly, of Karori, and late of Christchurch, and the bridegroom is the elder son of Mr and Mrs W. E. Burrow, also of Karori
Her two small attendants were Ngaire Roberts, niece of the bridegroom, who was attired in a mauve taffeta and velvet Early Victorian frock with posy to tone and Jim Dunkley, brother of the bride, in a Fauntleroy suit. Mr Howard Thompson attended the bridegroom and Messrs Ted Burrow and John Dunkley were ushers
