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Subject: Settlers Cemetery Dannevirke
To: ngairedith
From: barbidoll
Date: 2013-11-05 02:22:20
Hello Ngaire. You may be interested to know that there is to be a historic walk at the Dannevirke Settlers Cemetery on the corner of Dagmar and George Streets on Sunday November 10 at 2pm to be followed by a 'cup of tea'.
Stories will be told of
* Alice Maud ALLEN, wife of Samuel
* also of the YOUNG parents and the BANKART parents who between them lost seven children under the age of four over a short period of time.
* Williams HANSEN's mill accident
* Thomas PRESTON?s shooting
* John COVENEY's drowning
* and Henry SHANNON's demise
* and an extensive report of an accident that was of Joyce RANSOM, daughter of Ethelbert Alfred Ransom, MP for Pahiatua. The Allardice Street crossing claimed the life of this young woman aged 19 years

see also:
A CONDUCTED WALK THROUGH THE CEMETERY
Headstones reveal grim stories of early settlers
Ethelbert Alfred RANSOM + Antonette Katinka SONDERGAARD
Family of Alice Maud CHEGWIDDEN & Samuel ALLEN, Mangatera

SETTLERS CEMETERY database