known HOLZ / HOLTZ deaths New Zealand1883 - 2019: birth dates may be approx, based on recorded age at death
* some names are Holtz on BDM but Holz in the newspapers (eg Frederick Louise). I spell them as found.

• ALBERT PHILIP 'WILLIAM' Holz
born 17 Oct 1886 in Wellington
occupation a cabinetmaker in Island Bay 1925
married Rutha Clougher (see her notes)
died 1 Nov 1959 aged 73 in Nelson
buried Wakapuaka
* son of Julius & Bertha, brother of Ernest & Allan. Bombed at the same time his brothers were killed. He was severely wounded and sent back to NZ. See photo

• ALFRED Holtz
born 1869
died in Auckland 25 March 1892 aged 24
buried Waikumete Hebrew section

• ALLAN PAUL Holz
born 1891 in Wellington
killed WWI in Belgium 13 June 1917 aged 26
buried Motor Car Corner Cemetery
* son of Julius & Bertha, killed same time as brother Ernest. See photo at end

• ALLAN WILLIAM HENRY Holz
born in Linden Hospital, Mornington, 20 June 1920
died in Nelson 2012 aged 92
* son of William & Rutha

• ALMA GRACE Holtz
born 14 Sep 1908
died 1987 aged 79

• ANNA (nee Jackson) Holtz
born in Otago 1864
* daughter of William & Mary Jackson
died 18 Feb 1917 aged 53
buried Kopuatama
19 Feb 1917 At Stratford Hospital on 18th Feb 1917, Anna, the beloved wife of W. Holtz; aged 53 years. The many friends in Stratford, of Mrs Holtz will regret to learn that she passed away at the Stratford Hospital yesterday morning. She was in excellent health until a little over a week ago, being taken ill on February 9th. She was brought to Stratford by Mr Holtz and taken to the District Hospital, where she was found to be suffering from a severe attack of pneumonia and in spite of every attention succumbed as above stated. Mrs Holtz was a second daughter of Mr W. Jackson, of Hillsden, Otago and twenty-eight years ago was married to Mr Holtz. After residing in Hillgrove, Otago, Mrs Holtz came to Taranaki with her husband in 1890 and cam claim to be one of the earliest settlers of the Strathmore district. Her two sons, Driver Walter and Private James Holtz, both fell at Gallipoli and two younger sons, Thomas and William, survive her. Great sympathy is felt for Mr Holtz and family in their bereavement.

• AXEL Holtz
born in Sweden 1863
occupation Masseur & Medical Electrician
8 Jan 1912 The important part no played by electricity as a therapeutic agent is made abundantly clear by a visit to the rooms of Mr Axel Holtz, 123 Willis-street. The rooms themselves are tastefully furnished, but what impresses the casual observer most is the electrical equipment. There is, for instance, a sort of arm chair in which the patient sits with his arms (bare to the elbows) and his legs (bare to the knees) in four porcelain cells, corresponding to the limbs, plunged in electricity, without any unpleasant sensations, to take the current through the whole body along a determined part. There are other 'machines' at the rooms, by all of which electricity in some way or other is made to do curative work. One of these - part of the High Frequency treatment - resembles a huge bird-cage of steel wire, in which the patients sits fully clothed, surrounded and and permeated by electric fluid. Vibration is also utilised as a curative agent and also the Swedish medical movements. The plant installed is the very latest procurable. Mr Holtz treats patients both under medical direction and independently and he is assisted in the electrical treatment of patients by Miss Eveson, who is also a fully qualified masseuse. Mr Holtz was formerly masseur at the Rotorua Sanatorium, working under Dr Wohlmann, Government Baleontologist and also at Hanmer Springs.
died 1914 aged 51
1 June 1914 - The sudden death is announced of Mr Axel Holtz, of Willis street, Wellington. Born in Stockholm, Sweden, the late Mr Holtz graduated as a masseur at the Gothenburg Massage and Medical Gymnastic Institute, under the directorship of Professor Linckosog. For a considerable time he was a masseur under Dr Gartner, Gothenburg, and was afterwards in practice in England. For five years he was chief masseur under engagement to the New Zealand Government at Rotorua and Hanmer and he afterwards resigned to take up practice in Wellington
buried Karori

• BERTHA (nee Hanneke) Holz
born 1856
died 10 Dec 1939 aged 83
buried Karori, Wellington
* wife of Julius, mother of boys in photo

• BRIAN DAVID Holz
born 1953
died in Invercargill 1974 aged 21
buried Eastern cemetery Invercargill

• BRIDGET (nee Moran) Holz
born 4 March 1857 in County Clare, Ireland
married Patrick Welsh (1855-1892) in 1881
. Patrick died in Invercargill when crushed by a tree while engaged on the Seaward Bush railway extension, leaving 7 children. Of note, a son, Thomas Welsh (1884-1919), died in a railway accident on the main Trunk line at Taihape, aged 34
Bridget next married Nicholas Henry Holz in Invercargill 1894 & had another 2 sons
died in Auckland 5 March 1943 aged 86
buried Waikumete

• COLLEEN 'Jean' (nee Byrne) Holz
born 2 April 1920
married Allan William Henry Holz in 1940
died in Nelson 1980 aged 60
buried Marsden Valley

• DAPHNE EDITH (nee Alcock) Holtz
born 6 July 1921
married Loveton Torrie Shepherd 1940
married Murphy Holtz in 1950
died 1980 aged 59

• DANIEL ERNEST Holz
born 8 March 1898
married Winnie Kitson in 1923
* Winnie next married Charles William Lay in 1936
occupation musician in Wellington 1925
died 1988 aged 90
buried Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill
* son of Nicholas & Bridget
9 Sep 1924 Invercargill Concert Company. The following report by the musical critic of the 'Wyndham Farmer' indicates what an exceptionally fine programme will be presented by Mr Holz and Party in the Town Hall on Friday week. The concert party, got together by Mr Daniel E. Holz, L.T.C.L., from the ranks of Invercargill talent, presented a very praiseworthy offering of vocal and instrumental music, with an agreeable addition of humorous items by an artistic exponent and a couple of items in fancy dancing on Wednesday evening in the Town Hall.

• DANIEL ERNEST Holz
born 21 Aug 1923
married Ola Margaret Ramsay in 1948
died 2016 aged 93

• DOROTHY JOAN Holz
born 6 Oct 1918
died 2009 aged 90

• EARLE FREDRICK Holtz
born ?
died in Auckland 21 April 2018
buried Manukau Memorial Gardens

• ELI FRANCIS Holtz
born 6 Aug 1999
died in Auckland 27 Jan 2018 aged 18

• ERNA PAULINE Holz
born 10 Aug 1912
married Gerhard Rudi Holz
died in Auckland 6 Feb 2008 aged 96
buried Waikumete

• ERNEST JOHN JULIUS Holz
born 12 Feb 1879 in Wellington
killed WWI in Belgium 13 June 1917 aged 38
buried Motor Car Corner Cemetery
* son of Julius & Bertha, killed same time as brother Allan. See photo at end

• ETHEL REBECCA (nee Parker) Holz
born 1903
married Francis Henry Holz in Wanganui 1932
died in Auckland 1957 AGED 54
buried Pukekohe Catholic cemetery

• FRANCIS 'GRAHAM' Holz
born 28 Oct 1926
died in Pukekohe xmas day 2011 aged 85
NZ Herald, 27 Dec 2011 HOLZ, Francis (Graham). After a short illness, on the 25 December 2011, at Pukekohe Aged Care, aged 85 years. Dearly loved husband of Mary, and much respected step-father of Paul and Kevin McKiernan. Loving brother of Elaine (Australia) and the late Peggy. In lieu of flowers donations to the Pukekohe Aged Care Nurses Fund, Tuakau Road, Pukekohe, would be greatly appreciated and may be left at the service. A requiem mass will be held at the St Andrews Catholic Church, 186 George Street, Tuakau, on Thursday 29 December 2011 at 1.30pm. Thereafter interment at the Tuakau Cemetery.

• FRANCIS HENRY Holz
born 28 Jan 1903
married Saidie Elizabeth Young in 1923
married Ethel Rebecca Parker in Wanganui 1932
died in Auckland 1986 aged 83
buried Pukekohe Catholic cemetery

• FRANK Holz
born
died 1987 aged ?
* possible Francis Henry above

• FREDERICK WILLIAM Holtz
born 13 April 1931
died in Auckland 6 April 1983 aged 52
buried Waikaraka

• FREDERICKE LOUISE Holz
born 22 March 1884 in Wellington
died 25 Oct 1886 aged 2
Evening Post, 26 Oct 1886 HOLZ - On 25th October, 1886, at her father's residence, Tinakori Road, Fredericke Louise, beloved daughter of Julius and Bertha Holz, aged 2 years; deeply regretted.
buried Bolton Street
* son of Julius & Bertha

• GEORGE Holtz
born 1821
married Margaret Noble (1847-1908) 21 Dec 1864
died 5 March 1884 aged 63
buried Bolton Street
Margaret was born in Sydney, the 3rd of 5 children of Joseph Noble (1820-1864) & Elizabeth Smith (1819-1842), who married in Sydney 15 May 1842. Her mother died when she was 4. She arrived in Wellington in 1856 on the 'Shamrock' aged 9 with her father & his 2nd wife, Mary Corbett.
* Margaret had a son, James Henry Noble (1864-1940) in Wellington, 14 Feb 1864. She named the father as James Miller but possible it was James Scott. James was born Noble, father named Miller, his name became James Holtz, he died as James Henry Scott. Margaret married George Holtze in Dec that year. George died March 1884. She had a daughter in Blenheim in May 1885, named Lena Alice Scott (1885-1976). Margaret next partnered Joseph Scott (1826-1889) a Baker in Blenheim, He died when Lena was 4 but she married as Scott in 1913 (to Lindsay Graham McDonald).
29 Aug 1877 ASSAULT (exerts only, more at link) - Philip Lawrence was charged on the information of Joseph Scott, with assaulting one Margaret Holtze on Tuesday August 14th and pleaded Not Guilty. The witnesses were ordered out of Court.
James Holtze, son of complainant, was duly sworn and deposed that he saw Mr Lawrence kick his mother on Collie's Bridge opposite his own door, he also shoved her; do not know whether he wanted to shove her off the bridge; she picked up the lid of a jar and threw it at him; it did not hit him but struck the door; Lawrence picked up an axe and swung it at her trying to hit her; she caught hold of the axe handle and wrenched it out of his hand; he threatened to kick her inside out; my mother then went back into our shop.
Cross-examined by the defendant:- Recollect Mr Healey speaking to you that morning; you were both laughing at our window being broken; said to my mother that yo had been laughing; recollect Mr Scott coming over from the bakehouse and you said to him that it was a lie that you had been laughing at the window; he said it was not done by a bottle at any rate; positive he did not make use of any oaths; my mother was not under the verandah when you kicked her; the axe was standing by your door and you swung it backwards and forwards.
Margaret Holtze deposed that she was standing at the door talking to Mr Scott; Scott and Lawrence had some words in front of the shop; Scott went over the bridge and I followed with the boy, when Lawrence came out and pushed me, also kicked me on the leg. I called to Scott and took the lid of a stone jar and threw it at Lawrence; he said "I'll make you pay for what you have broke"; I went to see if anything was broken and he kicked me a second time in the stomach; he had one hand on the door and another on an axe and he said if I came near he would kick my inside out; he threatened to strike me with the axe if I came near him; a lot of people had collected and he still called me names; then went away; he uses bad language every time I cross the bridge and I have to wait until somebody is passing to get over.
Cross-examined by the defendant:- do not recollect Mr Heally being there; Scott said to you that the window was not broken by a bottle; you were on your doorstep when you were swinging the axe; never made use of any bad language.
Joseph Scott was sworn and deposed: Am a baker in Blenheim; about nine in the morning of the day in question Mrs Holtze spoke to me of Lawrence making fun of the window, when he came out and said it was a lie and I told him never to mind, it was not done by a bottle as his was; he commenced to upbraid me and when I made towards him he ran under his verandah; he then took up an axe and threatened to split me down with it; then went back under my own verandah and as I was going across the bridge to the bakehouse Mrs Holtze sang out "Joe"; she was then abreast of Lawrence's door and he shoved her with his right hand and kicked her at the same time; she stooped and picked up a jar lid and threw it at him, but it missed; as she stooped to pick it up again he kicker her in the stomach; he said "I'll make you pay for those things you broke;" at the same time he picked up the axe again and threatened her; picked up the jar lid, which was whole and laid it on a chair.
Cross-examined by the defendant: Did not challenge you to come out to fight.
Philip Lawrence was sworn and deposed: an an auctioneer and merchant in Blenheim; Scott and I had a quarrel and Mrs Holtze came to my door and wanted to knock me down with an axe; she made a dart at least; pushed her out of the door; she threw the lid of a milkpan at me; she sat down on a chair, used awful language and challenged me out to fight; Scott said "if she can't take it out of you, I will," the only time I touched her was at the door when I pushed her in self defence; Mrs Holtze broke the jar produced.
His Worship in delivering judgment said that the assault was not in itself an aggravated one, but the unpleasant feeling between the parties was the worst feature in the case, being quite a nuisance to the town. All the witnesses deposed to the bad language used on both sides. which Lawrence appeared to have commenced. The assault was very trivial, but he would like to put a stop to these proceedings and if the parties came before him again he would take good care to do so. The party assaulted had been very excited and it was proved by evidence and the admission of the defendant that an assault had been committed. Had it not been for the surrounding circumstances, he would have dismissed the case as trivial. The defendant would be fined 5s with £3 15s costs. This concluded the business and the Court rose.
3 July 1908 Mrs J. Scott sen., passed away at the residence of her son in Arthur Street early this morning. Deceased, who was 61 years of age, was a native of Sydney, but had lived for about 56 years in New Zealand. She had been a resident of Blenheim for about 38 years and had always carried on business in the Square. Mrs Scott was very highly respected among those who knew her and her death will be deeply regretted.

• GEORGE HERBERT ARTHUR Holtz
born 14 Jan 1926
served WWII in the RAAF
married Grace Shirley Vincent (nee Miller) in 1956
* Grace first married John St Clair Vincent in 1948
died 1987 aged 61 in Dunedin
buried Andersons Bay

• GEORGINA HORIANA (nee Rika) Holtz
born 3 Sep 1924
married Peter Holtz in 1950
died 1997 aged 73

• GERHARD RUDI Holz
born 17 Oct 1904
died in Auckland 22 June 1996 aged 91
buried Waikumete Hebrew section

• GRACE SHIRLEY Holtz
born 3 April 1930
died in Dunedin 10 Jan 1996 aged 66
buried Andersons Bay

• HANNAH Holz
born 1821
died 28 Nov 1894 aged 73

• HERMAN WILHELM HANS Holtz
born 8 Jan 1883
married Mary Ngapeka in 1925
died 8 Jan 1975 aged 92
buried Kaikohe
Northern Advocate, 13 Oct 1937 Maori Lady With Eight Children Wins £500. The winner of the £500 prize (2011 equivalent of $48,000) in the Art Union drawn on Monday was Mrs H. Holtz of St Jacob's Ladder, Mangakahia Road. Her nom-de-plume was 'Holtv.' Mrs Holtz lives with her husband in a small tin hut and she has eight children. Her husband is a surfaceman employed on the road. Mrs Holtz said that she had no plans for the moment and intended to go on living where she was at present. She could, however, find plenty on which to spend it.
25 June 1940 William Capill, labourer of Kaikohe, was sentenced to two months hard labour for assaulting Hermann Holtz and having caused wilful damage to property to the value of 14/-. Constable D. Robertson stated that Capill had attacked Holtz in his hut at Tautoro and caused damage to the interior of the hut by throwing stones through the window. Capill was stated to have given considerable trouble in the past and when under the influence of liquor had threatened Holtz.
7 May 1942 A surfaceman from Tautoro, near Kaikohe, Hermann Holtz, aged 54 years. was put on trial before Mr Justice Callan and a jury in the Supreme Court on a charge that on January 31 he wilfully set fire to a Maori whare, thereby committing the crime of arson. Mr Cleal stated that the whare in question was the home of a Maori family, about a mile and a half distant from his own place. Holtz had a grievance concerning some furniture in the house which he claimed and the Maori family members were afraid of him. About 5p.m. on January 31 accused, who had been in Kaikohe and apparently had some drink, went to the whare. The wife and family saw him coming and ran away. From a distance they saw Holtz collect some sticks and a flax kit bag, place them against a wall of the whare and set fire to them. He then went away and lay down in some fern and a Maori boy ran to the house and threw water on the kit bag, putting out the blaze but the weatherboards were all charred. Seen afterwards by the police, Holtz said he was drunk at the time and did not remember what happened.
31 Jan 1944 When Hermann Wilhelm Holtz, roadman, of Kaikohe, left his lunch, some bottles of tea and £2 cash in a cream stand byt the roadside at 7.30 Wednesday morning, he did not know that Mauri Witehira 22 of Kaikohe was hungry. At 9.30, when Holtz returned for a drink of tea he discovered that the lunch had been eaten, the bottles broken and the money stolen. Isaac Kawa Erueti, aged 18, also appeared. Witehira was sentenced to three months at Auckland

• IRMGARD HENRIETTE Holz
born 21 Feb 1920
died 2004 aged 84

• ISABELLA WARREN Holz
born 1906
died in Invercargill 1977 aged 71
buried Eastern cemetery Invercargill

• ISOBELL FRANCES Holz
born 17 Aug 1932
died 1986 aged 53
cremated Invercargill

• JOHN IVAN Holz
born 29 April 1925
died 1999 aged 74

• JULIUS AUGUST JORGIN Holz
born 1842 in Germany
died 14 May 1915 in Wellington
buried Karori
* husband of Bertha, father of boys in photo (he died before they served)
15 May 1915 HOLZ - On the 14th May, at his residence, McKenzie-avenue, Karori, suddenly, Julius Holz, beloved husband of Bertha Holz; aged 73 years. Nol flowers.

• KANE ZEB Holz
born 1985
died in Invercargill 1987 aged 2
buried Eastern Cemetery

• KATHLEEN ELVA Holz
born 6 Feb 1905
died in Auckland 17 Feb 1992 aged 87
buried North Shore Memorial Park

• LENORE WILHELMINE BERTHA Holz
born 1 Dec 1881 in Wellington
died 21 Feb 1883 aged 1.2
buried Bolton street
* daughter of Julius & Bertha

• LESLIE JAMES Holz
born 1919
died in Nelson 11 May 1967 aged 48
12 May 1967 The man who died after being struck by a car in Salisbury road, Richmond, last night was Leslie James Holz, aged 48, single, of d'Arcy street, Richmond. The car was driven by Kevin Ian Seyb, aged 19, of Talbot street, Richmond.

• MARGARET Holz
born 27 May 1917
died 2004 aged 87

• MARJORIE SAIDIE Holz
born 25 Nov 1928
died 2007 aged 79

• MARJORIE SHIELL Holz
born 18 May 1932
died 1994 aged 62

• MARY PATRICIA (nee Ryan) Holz
born 17 Feb 1931
died 27 Dec 2018 aged 87
NZ Herald, 29 Dec 2018 HOLZ, Mary Patricia (nee Ryan). (Previously McKiernan) Passed away peacefully at home with family on Thursday 27th of December 2018, aged 87. Loved mum of Kevin and Paul McKiernan. Beloved wife of the late Graham Holz (Francis 'Graham' Holz 1926-2011) and John McKiernan (John Patrick McKiernan 1917-1967). A mass will be held at St Andrews Catholic Church Tuakau at 12 midday, Wednesday 2nd of January 2019, followed by a private family burial at Tuakau cemetery.

• MARYANNE MAEHE Holtz
born 24 July 1934
died in Auckland 2 Oct 2019 aged 85
buried Waikaraka

• MARSHAL Holtz
born 26 Dec 1952
died 27 Dec 1952 aged 1 day

• MINNIE GERTRUDE Holz
born 23 Dec 1887 in Wellington
died 21 Nov 1918 aged 30
buried Karori
* daughter of Julius & Bertha

• MURPHY Holtz
born 1921
died 1955 aged 34
buried Mt Wesley, Dargaville

• MURPHY FREDERICK Holtz
born 1960
died in Auckland 1960 aged 3 months
buried Mangere

• NICHOLAS HENRY Holz
born in Germany 8 Dec 1856
died in Palmerston North 9 Feb 1942 aged 85
buried Terrace End

• OLA MARGARET Holz
born 7 Feb 1927
died in Invercargill 1973 aged 46
buried Eastern cemetery Invercargill

• OTTO JOSEPH Holz
born 1895
married Elsie Adelina Myers in 1925
died in Palmerston North 1942 aged 47
buried Terrace End
* son of Nicholas & Bridget
10 March 1928 A collision occurred in Tinakori road shortly after 11 o'clock this morning between a motor-cyclist, Otto Holz, aged 33 and a motor-car. Holz was taken by the City Ambulance to the Hospital, where he was admitted at 11.30 a.m., suffering from shock and severe injuries to his right leg. He is employed as a mechanic in the Petone Railway Workshops and lives at 16 Governor road, Northland, Wellington.

• PATRICIA JOAN Holtz
born 1953
died in Dunedin 29 July 1997 aged 44
buried Green Park cemetery

• PETER Holtz
born 17 Nov 1920
died 2009 aged 89

• ROBERT GRANWELL Holz
born 1937
died in Wellington 1938 aged 1
buried Karori

• RUSSELL Holz
born 15 June 1931
died 21 Feb 1998 aged 66
buried Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill

• RUTHA (nee Clougher) Holz
born 1891
married William Philip Holz
6 June 1919 HOLZ-CLOUGHER - On the 21st May 1919, at St Thomas's Church, Newtown, by the Rev Mr Fancourt, William Philip, third son of the late Mrs and Mrs Holz, Adelaide road, Wellington, to Ruth, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Clougher, Armagh, Ireland.
died in Wellington 1924 aged 33
buried Karori

• SAIDIE ELIZABETH (nee Young) Holz
born 1905
married Francis Henry Holz in 1923
died in Wellington 1931 aged 26
buried Karori

• SHIRLEY Holtz
born 1931
died in Dunedin 1996 aged 65
buried Andersons Bay

• WALTER 'Wally' Holtz
born 17 June 1929 in Kaikohe
died in Auckland 6 April 1977 aged 48
buried Mangere Lawn cemetery

• YVONNE DULCIE (nee Warnock) Holz
born 15 Aug 1934
married Russell Holz in 1955
died 30 May 1985 aged 50
buried Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill


some HOLTZ MARRIAGES

PHOTO The Holz brothers
William, Ernest and Allan. Ernest John Julius Holz, #39535, 3rd Wellington Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade and Allan Holz, #39534, 3rd Wellington Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade, killed in action 13 June 1917.
The brothers were among the eight surviving children of Bertha & Julius Holz. They were posted to the 3rd Wellington Battalion and remained together for the duration of their service. They were sent to France May 1917. Two weeks later the three brothers were preparing to join the fighting in Belgium, where the Allies had captured Messines Ridge from German forces the previous week. In the early hours of 13 June 1917 a German shell landed at Pont-de-Nieppe, hitting a room in which the brothers were asleep in their billet. The explosion killed Ernest and Allan, while William suffered severe wounds to his abdomen, wrist, hip and foot and was evacuated to England, but the severity of his wounds meant his war service was over and he was sent back to New Zealand in July 1917. His brothers were buried side by side in Motor Car Corner Cemetery in Belgium. Back in New Zealand, Defence Minister Sir James Allen broke the news to their mother on a personal visit to her Wellington home.