* INVERCARGILL is the southernmost (& westernmost) city in New Zealand and the southernmost city in the Commonwealth of Nations. It lies in the wide expanse of the Southland Plains on the Oreti or New River, 18 km north of Bluff
Being only about 4000km (2500 miles) from Antartica, the mean daily temperature ranges from 5.2?C (41.36?F) in July to 14?C (57.2?F) in January. Southland was a scene of early extended contact between Maori and early European sealers, whalers and missionaries
* Lynwood (Te Anau) is 158km NW of Invercargill
* Mataura is 52km NE of Invercargill
* Niagara is 79km east of Invercargill
* Riverton is 38km west of Invercargill
* Waikawa is 83km west of Invercargill
* Wairio is 68km NW of Invercargill
* Winton is 22km north of Invercargill
* Wyndham is 42km east of Invercargill

Waikawa, Southland is a small settlement in Southland, New Zealand, at the southwestern edge of The Catlins

see also Morton buried Southland Cemeteries

the POPE buried in Southland to 2010
? Arthur Edward Pope (1903-1971)
- Arthur was a son of Horace POPE & Jane SCOTT
- he married Marion Moraig MacRAE in 1929
- he was a Shopkeeper
- he had been living in Dunedin
- he died 5 September 1971 aged 67
- buried 7.00 Anglican Section Row H at Riverton Cemetery with wife Marion and parents Horace & Jane

? Douglas James Pope (1948-1948)
- son of Edward Stanley POPE & Mavis Maud KELLAND
- Douglas had been living at Waikawa
- he died 27 Aufust 1948 aged 4 months
- buried 49.00 Block I and 50 at Waikawa Cemetery

? Edward Stanley 'Ted' Pope (1919-1995)
- son of Frank POPE & Helen Margaret FERGUSON
- Ted served in WWII as Driver 604425
- he married Mavis Maud KELLAND & had 9 children
- he had been living at Mataura
- he died 25 August 1995 aged 76
- buried 49.00 Block I and 50 at Waikawa Cemetery

? Elizabeth Pope (nee BLACKMORE 1879-1933)
- Elizabeth married John Taylor Pope in 1905
- their known children:
1906 - 1973 Horace William Edmund Pope (died in Dunedin)
1907 - 2004 Amy Amelia Pope (7 Aug 2004)
1913 - 2004 Mary Ann Knott Pope (5 Dec 2004)
1918 - 1998 John Taylor Stephen Pope
1925 - 1980 Ivan Leslie Pope
- Elizabeth had been living in Wairio
- she died 28 September 1933 aged 54
- buried 14.00 Anglican Section Row F A Riverton Cemetery with John Taylor Pope

? Frank Morgan Pope (1884-1964)
- son of Horace POPE & Jane SCOTT
- Frank married Helen FERGUSON 26 Jan 1907 (see Helen for children)
- he had been living at Niagara
- he died 10 July 1964 aged 79
- buried 9.00 Block IV and 10 at Waikawa Cemetery with Helen

? George Henry 'Harry' Pope (1923-1992)
- son of Frank POPE & Helen Margaret FERGUSON
- Harry had been living at Niagara
- he died 27 September 1992 aged 68
- buried 11.00 Block IV at Waikawa Cemetery

? Hector Pope (1920-1978)
- Hector served as Gunner 298897 with the 2nd NZEF
- he had been living at Centre Bush
- he died 8 March 1978 aged 58
- buried 26.00 East Winton Block XII at Winton Cemetery with Ruth Alma

? Helen Margaret Pope (nee FERGUSON 1885-1967)
- Helen married Frank Morgan Pope in 1907
- their known children:
1907 - 1911 Horace James Pope
1908 - 1930 Olivia Irene Pope
1909 - 1989 Vera Helen Pope (29 Aug 1989, 10 days after brother Jack)
1911 - 1987 Frank Pope
1913 - 1989 Jack Pope (19 Aug 1989, 10 days before sister Vera)
1915 - 1988 Ernest Haldane Pope
1917 - 1960 Annie jane Pope
1919 - 1995 Edward Stanley Pope
1921 - 1930 Mary Lilian Pope
1923 - 1992 George Hebry Pope
1926 - 1945 Janes Arthur Pope
1930 - 1930 Renie Pope
- Helen had been living at Niagara
- she died 8 November 1967 aged 82
- buried 9.00 Block IV and 10 at Waikawa Cemetery with Frank

? Horace Pope (1859-1942)
- born 6 Feb 1859 in London 4th of 8 known children of John Taylor POPE (1830-1899) & Emily Amelia GREEN (1835-1894), London-Queensland-NZ-Queensland
- Horace married Jane SCOTT (1863-1922) 24 Sep 1880 (see Jane for children)
- he next married Jane YOUNG in 1924 in Waikawa
- he died 21 March 1942 aged 82
- buried 7.00 Anglican Section Row H at Riverton Cemetery with wife Jane and son Arthur Edward & daughter-in-law Marion

? Horace Pope (1887-1965)
- a son of Horace POPE & Jane SCOTT
- he served with the 1st NZEF as Private 63411
- he died 24 October 1965 aged 78
- buried 34.00 Soldiers Section at Riverton Cemetery

? Horace James Pope (1907-1911)
- a son of Frank POPE & Helen Margaret FERGUSON
- he had been living at Niagara
- he died 23 September 1911 aged 4
- buried 5.00 Block III at Waikawa Cemetery

? James Arthur Pope (1926-1945)
- son of Frank POPE & Helen Margaret FERGUSON
- James had been living at Niagara
- he died 20 December 1945 aged 19
- buried 46.00 Block I at Waikawa Cemetery

? Jane Pope (nee SCOTT 1863-1922)
- Jane was born in Wexford, Ireland
- she married Horace Pope 24 Sep 1880 in Invercargill
- their known children:
1881 - John Taylor Pope
1884 - Alice Ellen Pope
1887 - Horace Pope
1889 - Mary Ellen Pope
1893 - Florence Jane Pope
1896 - Elizabeth Pope
1900 - Amy Amelia Pope
1903 - 1972 Arthur Edward Pope
- Jane died 10 December 1922 aged 59
- buried 7.00 Anglican Section Row H at Riverton Cemetery with husband Horace and son Arthur Edward & daughter-in-law Marion

? Jane Pope (nee YOUNG 1862-1949)
- Jane married Horace Pope as his 2nd wife in Waikawa in 1924
- she died 23 October 1949 aged 87
- buried 10.00 Block III at Wyndham Cemetery

? John Taylor Pope (1881-1964)
- son of Horace POPE & Jane SCOTT
- John married Elizabeth BLACKMORE 20 April 1905 (see her for children)
- he had been living in Riverton
- he died 11 July 1964 aged 82
- buried 14.00 Anglican Section Row F A Riverton Cemetery with Elizabeth

? John Taylor Stephen Pope (1918-1998)
- son of John Taylor POPE & Elizabeth BLACKMORE
- John was a Farmer
- he married Myra Nell PATTON & had 2 children
- he had been living in Invercargill
- he died 13 June 1998 aged 81
- buried 168.00 Lawn Section Row V at Riverton Cemetery

? Marion Moraig Pope (nee MacRAE 1909-1993)
- Marion married Arthur Edward Pope in 1929
- she had been living in Dunedin
- she died 5 December 1993 aged 84
- buried 7.00 Anglican Section Row H at Riverton Cemetery with Arthur

? Mary Lilian Pope (1922-1930)
- a daughter of Frank POPE & Helen Margaret FERGUSON
- Mary had been living at Niagara
- she died 31 August 1930 aged 8
- buried 6.00 Block III at Waikawa Cemetery

? Myra Nell Pope (nee PATTON 1905-1968)
- Myra married John taylor Stephen Pope
- she had been living at Riverton
- she died 27 January 1968 aged 64
- buried 168.00 Lawn Section Row V at Riverton Cemetery

? Olivia Irene 'Renie' Pope (1908-1930)
- daughter of Frank POPE & Helen Margaret FERGUSON
- she had been living at Niagara
- she died 24 August 1930 aged 22
- buried 4.00 Block III at Waikawa Cemetery

? Nola June Pope (1929-1995)
- Nola had been living in Invercargill
- she died 10 September 1995 aged 66
- buried 11.00 Ashes Beam C at Lynwood Cemetery with Selwyne Grahame

? Ruth Alma Pope (1927-2010)
- Ruth had been living at Winton
- she died 26 October 2010 aged 83
- buried 26.00 East Winton Block XII Winton Cemetery with Hector Pope

? Selwyne Grahame Pope (1930-1998)
- Selwyne was a Bus Driver
- he had been living in Invercargill
- he died 23 April 1998 aged 68
- buried 11.00 Ashes Beam C at Lynwood Cemetery with Nola June


PHOTO
WAIKAWA Cemetery
taken from the site J Fraser & Sons Ltd
where you will find photos of the cemeteries:
? Athol ? Balfour ? Bluff 'Old' ? Calcium ? Centre Hill, Mossburn ? Charlton Park
? Clyde ? Colac Bay, Oraka ? Dipton ? East Winton ? Eastern Bush ? Eastern
? Edendale ? Ettrick ? Forest Hill ? Fortrose ? Garston ? Gore ? Greenpoint ? Kaiwera
? Kingston ? Lumsden ? Mataura ? Orepuki ? Otautau 'Old' ? Otautau ? Pukerau
? Quarry Hills ? Riversdale ? Riverton ? Ryal Bush ? Southland Crematorium
? St John's, Invercargill ? Tararua Acre ? Te Anau ? Tuatapere ? Waikaia ? Waikawa
? Wairio ? Wakapatu ? Wallacetown 'Old' ? Winton 'Old' ? Woodlands ? Wreys Bush
? Wyndham