HOBSONVILLE Cemetery Auckland, Ellice - North
the following names were taken from Gravestone Photographic Resource.
A list of grave monuments in Hobsonville Cemetery, Hobsonville, Auckland.
Phil Braithwaite photographed and indexed this cemetery. There is more info at the above link and details on how to order photos of the grave monuments
The reason for the following list is to enable to add short bios when found
* some birth dates may be approximate, based on recorded age at death
* 1 - 54 ANDERSEN - DUNLOP
* 55 - 107 ELLICE - NORTH
* 108 - 164 OCKLESTON - YATES
55 Child ELLICE (-1890) aged ?
* child of Charles Russell Alexander Churchill ELLICE & Sarah Ann PEARCE
* Charles (1843-1904) & Sarah (1868-1941) are buried Hamilton East
the known children of Charles & Sarah Ellice:
(process of elimination shows an obvious other birth)
* 1878 - 1954 Charles Russell Ellice
* 1880 - 1990 Blanche Esther Ellice (+ John Albert Harris 1897)
* 1882 - 1937 James Alexander Churchill Ellice
* 1885 - 1942 George Churchill Ellice
* 1887 - 1956 Susannah Elizabeth Faith Ellice (+ John Edwin Allwood 1908)
* 1891 - 1978 Ruby Sarah Ellice
* 1895 - 1958 Francis Pearce Ellice
* 1898 - 1899 Harris John Ellice
56 Lynnette Esther Fawkner (nee CANE 1951-2008) aged 57
* buried (plaque with) Thora Beatrice Cane see 12
57 Benjamin FELGATE (1826-1880) aged 54
* born in Ipswich, England to George FELGATE (1796-1881) & Martha SIMPSON (1801-1870). George & Martha & their 7 of their 8 children arrived on the London 1 May 1842 into Wellington.
* brother of Louisa Clark (1828-1907) see 41
* bother their parents died in Akaroa, Canterbury (as did some siblings)
* In April 1852 he was a 'Settler of Wellington'
* married Hannah LEFEVER (1818-1868) in 1860
* opened his home for Primitive-Methodist Services in Auckland in 1861. This led to the building in 1865 of the Sheridan Street Church (later merged into a larger Church in Franklin Road). Benjamin bought a section in Franklin Road and built a new home on it.
* was on the jury in Auckland in July 1865
* was a Bootmaker of Union Street, Freemans Bay, South side in 1866
* wife Hannah died in Union Street 17 Jan 1868 aged 50
* Benjamin remarried on 28 March 1868 to Emma ADAMS (1824-1900) and they had a daughter 1871-1925 Louisa Felgate
* Benjamin died 31 December 1880 aged 54
* his widow Emma remarried in 1886 to Francis Humphries HEIGHWAY (1821-1907). Emma was then 64 & Francis was 65
58 Duncan FERGUSON (1823-1890) aged 68
Auckland Star, 21 November 1890 FERGUSON - On November 16, at Hobsonville, Duncan Ferguson, late of Stirlingshire; aged 68 years. - Home papers please copy.
59 Amy FIELD (1885-1887) aged 2
* daughter of George Alfred FIELD (1856-1937) & Mary Ellen JORDAN (1857-1942)
* George Alfred Field was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, the illegitimate son of Ellen Field. He was brought up by his grandmother. He married Mary Ellen JORDAN in 1877 & had a son, James Henry Field in Wakefield in 1878. George emigrated into Auckland with his half brother on the Western Monarch in 1879 and worked to save money to bring his wife and son who arrived in 1881 on the Roman Empire. He bought their Hobsonville property in Feb 1885 and was a Methodist missioner and lay preacher. They had 7 children and moved from Hobsonville to Kaheke, near Apiti until 1911 and then moved to Feilding and later Palmerston North where both George & Mary are buried...
above was taken from page 21/22 of Archaeological Investigation of the FIELD COTTAGE and Ockleston House, Hobsonville (pdf). Includes photo of George & Mary
60 John GILLESPIE (1863-1938) aged 75
New Zealand Herald, 29 January 1938 GILLESPIE - On January 27, at the Auckland Hospital, John Gillespie, of Hobsonville; aged 75 years. (South Island papers please copy)
61 Louise GILLESPIE (nee/formerly SIEFERT 1871-1937) aged 65
New Zealand Herald, 20 February 1937 GILLESPIE - On February 19, at the Auckland Public Hospital, Louise, the dearly beloved wife of John Gillespie, Hobsonville, in her 66th year
62 Herbert John GOULD (1928-1928) aged 10 hours
62a Victor Roy GOULD (1928-1928) aged aged 6 hours
* twin sons of Sydney Rowland GOULD & Esther Lillian SINTON
* paternal grandparents: Sydney Herbert GOULD & Julia Romana GOMEZ
* great grandparents: Manuel GOMEZ the Portuguese whaler
* maternal grandparents: John SINTON & Lillian Frances BRIDGFORD
* great grandparents: William BRIDGFORD & Sarah Jane WALLACE
63 Robert William GUNN (1843-1898) aged 54
* born in Launceston, Tasmania to Henry GUNN & Elizabeth Sarah SYKES
63a Elizabeth GUNN (nee WALLACE 1852-1930) aged 78
* born 5 Dec 1852 in Yorkshire Count, England
* Robert & Elizabeth married in 1875 in Port Chalmers
their known children:
* 1870 - 1942 Robert William Gunn (+ Margaret Isabel Connor 1895)
* 1873 - 1835 Henry John Gunn (+ Alice May Hughes 1903)
* 1875 - 1944 Elizabeth Frances Gunn (+ James Walter Sinton 1894)
* 1877 - 1953 Ada Annie Gunn (+ George Boyd 1896)
* 1880 - 1962 Isabella Gunn (+ James Wallace Scott 1899) see 121
* 1882 - 1954 Frederick Gunn (+ Edith Mary Goldfinch 1903)
64 Robert William Alexander GUNN (1869-1942) aged 73
* born Dunedin to Robert GUNN & Elizabeth WALLACE
64 Margaret Isabella GUNN (nee CONNER 1874-1965) aged 91
* Robert & Margaret married Kyber Pass 16 April 1895
their known children:
* 1896 - 1974 Robert William Gunn
* 1898 - 1982 Malcolm Harold Gunn (+ Mafeking Baden-Powell Urquhart 1922)
* 1900 - 1981 Arthur Henry Clarence Gunn (+ Dorothy Annie Hazlett & Edna Smith)
* 1905 - 1983 George Albert Gunn
* 1910 - 1989 Stanley Wallace Gunn
65 Sarah Jane HAGAN (nee BRIDGFORD 1888-1967) aged 79
* daughter of William Henry BRIDGFORD & Sarah Jane WALLACE see 27
* married William Henry Hagan in 1909
66 William Henry HAGAN (1883-1962) aged 79
* married Sarah Jane Bridgford in 1909
67 William Hamilton HARRIS (1847-1920) aged 73
(gravesite has William HAMILTON)
* married Mary Ann ANDERSON in 1869 - married Mary CLIFFORD in 1876
67a Joseph Hamilton HARRIS (1896-1952) aged 56
* son of William & Mary
the known children of William Hamilton Harris & Mary Clifford:
* 1877 - Caroline Amelia Harris
* 1878 - Noah Harris
* 1881 - Harriet Harris
* 1882 - Mary Louisa Harris
* 1884 - Christopher Harris
* 1887 - Ellen Harris
* 1889 - 1954 George Cornelius Harris
* 1891 - May Harris
* 1893 - Lily Harris
* 1895 - 1896 Hamilton Harris (aged 5 months)
* 1896 - 1952 Joseph Hamilton Harris
68 Angela Lois HARRE (1959-1959) aged 1 day
* daughter of Lloyd & Lois Harre
69 Warren Lloyd McRae HARRE (1963-2003) aged 40
* son of Lloyd & Lois Harre
* husband of Suzanne Harre
* father of Lydia, Sohie & Elora Harre
* brother of Lynette, Elaine, Roerick, Andrea & Angela Harre
70 Child HARRIS aged ?
* child of John Harris
71 David HENRY (1872-1953) aged 81
* son of Robert & Margaret HENRY
* died 4 Nov 1953
72 Keith William HILLS (1937-1942) aged 5
73 Fanny Marion HOLLAND (1893-1897) aged 3.10
* daughter of Robert HOLLAND & Martha DUMPER
the known children of Robert & Martha:
* 1887 - 1968 Ruby Elizabeth Holland (+ Frederick William Bennett 1908)
* 1889 - 1960 George William Holland
* 1891 - 1927 Robert Arthur Holland
* 1893 - 1897 Fanny Marion Holland (aged 3)
* 1896 - 1897 Nellie Mabel Holland (aged 14 months)
74 Nellie Mable HOLLAND (1896-1897) aged 14 months
* daughter of Robert HOLLAND & Martha DUMPER above
75 Gloria Vi HOLLIDAY (1955-1961) aged 6
* daughter of Lloyd & Hilda Holliday
76 Noble Onslow HUTCHINSON (1891-1891) aged 5 months
* son of Charles Quinn HUTCHINSON & Betsy SINTON (-1920)
* grandson of William SINTON & Janet Napier SYMINGTON see 135
NOTES
New Zealand Herald, 8 February 1877 HUTCHINSON-SINTON - On February 6, at Hobsonville, by the Rev Robt. Sommerville, Charles Quinn, youngest son of Charles Hutchinson, Leeds, to Betsy, eldest daughter of William Sinton, Hobsonville
New Zealand Herald, 6 May 1920 HUTCHINSON - On May 4, at her son's residence, Sydney, Betsy, dearly beloved wife of Charles Quinn Hutchinson, of Papakura, late of Mimosa Downs, Walton (Waikato). (By cable). Interment at Sydney
New Zealand Herald, 29 April 1942 MORRINSVILLE, Tuesday
HUTCHINSON - The death has occurred at Papakura of Mr Charles Quinn Hutchinson, formerly of Momosa Downs, Walton, aged 93. He came to New Zealand on board the Chili in 1872. In 1881 he took up bush country at Fairburn, Kaitaia, and was a member of the Mangonui County Council. He later lived at Hobsonville and in 1895 moved to the Waikato. After farming there for 25 years he retired to Papakura. Mrs Hutchinson died over 20 years ago. Mr Hutchinson was a justice of the peace and a life-member of the Auckland Masonic Institute. He is survived by five sons and four daughters.
77 Agnes JAMIESON (1900-1969) aged 69
* wife of Roderick McDonald Jamieson
* mother of Isobel, Fiona & Wallace Jamieson
78 Wallace JAMIESON (1927-2001) aged 74
* son of Roderick McDonald & Agnes JAMIESON
* grandson of John Arthur JAMIESON & Elizabeth McDONALD
79 Donald Thomas JOHNSON (1934-1984) aged 50
* husband of Anne Johnson
* father of Kenneth, Raymond & Sara Johnson
80 Allison Emma 'Alice' LINDSAY (1874-1875) aged 4 months
* 1st of 9 known children (7 daughters) of:
Ebenezer LINDSAY (1840-1913) & Mary Hannah CARDER (1850-1918)
their known children:
* 1869 - 1929 Hannah Mary Lindsay (+ Archibald Speir 1891)
* 1873 - John Robert Lindsay
* 1874 - 1875 Allison Emma Lindsay (aged 4 months)
* 1876 - 1936 Alfred Joshua Lindsay
* 1878 - 1943 Clara Lucy Carder Lindsay (+ Amiel Schuler 1898)
* 1881 - 1936 Grace Eleanor Lindsay (not married)
* 1883 - 1962 Adeline Vazey Lindsay (+ Thomas Francis Griffiths 1907)
* 1885 - 1891 Allison Lindsay (aged 6)
* 1891 - 1961 Gertrude Amy Lindsay (+ Robert William Speir 1913)
81 Geoffrey Lancaster LUCENA (1908-1996) aged 88
* husband of Lillian Jane, died 13 July 1996
81 Lillian Jane LUCENA (1903-1996) aged 93
* wife of Geoffrey Lancaster Lucena, died 15 July 1996
82 Ethel Louisa LUKE (nee CLARK 1909-2006) aged 97
* daughter of Henry CLARK (1862-) & Sarah Jane DORRICOTT (1872-)
* granddaughter of Rice Owen CLARK (1816-1896) & Louisa FELGATE (1st settlers of Hobsonville) see 40 + 41
82a Alexander James LUKE (1905-1975) aged 70
* Ethel & Alexander married in 1932
* parents of Ross & Ian Luke
83 Florence Emmeline LUSH (1876-1955) aged 79
83a Henry Farndell LUSH (1885-1970) aged 85
84 Mary LUSH (1894-1973) aged 79
* born 5 Jan 1894 - died 13 Feb 1973
85 Edward MASON (1863-1925) aged 62
New Zealand Herald, 31 July 1925 MASON - On July 29 at Whenuapai, Edward Mason, the beloved brother of Mrs Noonan and Mrs Thomas; aged 62 years - Gone but not forgotten. The funeral will leave Whenuapao for Hobsonville Cemetery, to-morrow (Saturday), at 2 p.m. Friends please accept this intimation.
86 Norman McLEOD (1844-1880) aged 36
* died Christmas Eve 1880
87 Alan Martin McNEIL (1956-1957) aged 15 months
* son of Trevor Martin (1927-2006) & Mavis McNeil
88 Trevor Martin McNEIL (1927-2006) aged 79
* father of Paul, Grant, Russell, Martin & Alan McNeil
89 Francis Malcolm McRAE (1875-1920) aged 45
* born in Patea to Francis Farquhar McRAE & Emily Ruth HUMM
* married Catherine Emma NICKLIN (1877-1955) 26 April 1899 Khyber Pass, Auckland
their known children:
* 1900 - 1982 Francis Leslie McRae
* 1902 - 1977 James Nicklin McRae see 24
* 1904 - 1948 Ronald George McRae
* 1906 - 1977 Claude Alexander Guy McRae
* 1907 - Mary Alice McRae
* 1909 - 1961 Catherine Ruth McRae
* 1911 - 1990 Clyde William Roy McRae
* 1913 - 1982 Phyllis Margaret McRae
* 1916 - 1991 Norman Kenneth Mcrae
* 1918 - 1999 Sylvia Jean McRae
90 Ivy Elizabeth McRAE (nee BRIDGFORD 1903-1950) aged 47
* daughter of James Cornelius BRIDGFORD & Alice Mabel HAGAN see 24
* married James Nicklin 'Jim' McRAE in 1927
90a James Nicklin 'Jim' McRAE (1902-1977) aged 74
* son of Francis Malcolm McRAE & Catherine NICKLIN see 89
* husband of Ivy Elizabeth (photo site above has SON of Ivy)
91 Andrew Herbert Edmund MIDGLEY (1921-1945) aged 24
* MEMORIAL ONLY - Killed In Action 16 April 1945 in Italy
* son of Sager Owen MIDGLEY (1891-1969) & Lily Andrea ANDERSEN (1891-1984)
* brother of Sager Percy Niels Midgley see 95
* paternal grandparents, Edmund Sager MIDGLEY & Ellen CLARK see 93
* maternal grandparents, Niels Andrew ANDERSEN & Lily Mary SPRIGGS see 2
* Corporal 81144 embarked for WWII with the 4th Armoured Brigade, 19th Armoured Regiment. His next of kin was his father, Sager Owen Midgley of Kumeu Rd., Auckland. He is buried IV.F.15. Faenza War Cemetery.
Andrew was MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES
92 Bertram George MIDGLEY (1920-1995) aged 75
* husband of Isobel Elizabeth Midgley
93 Edmund Sager MIDGLEY (1849-1922) aged 73
* born in Yorkshire. son of farmer William MIDGLEY & Maria Sager
* married Ellen CLARK in Avondale Jan 1890
* married Ellen CLARK in 1890 (see children next)
* after Ellen's death he married Margaret HEPBURN (nee CANTWELL)
* HEADSTONE READS: In loving memory of Edmund Dager Midgley, who fell asleep 24/5/22 aged 73 years. Peace Perfect peace
94 Ellen Midgley (nee CLARK 1857-1897) aged 40
* Ellen married Edmund Sager Midgley in 1890
their known children:
* 1891 - 1969 Sarger Owen Midgley (+ Lily Andrea Andersen 1915)
* 1892 - 1915 Percy Lionel Midgley Killed in Action at Gallipoli
* 1894 - 1918 Herbert Latimer Midgley Died of his Wounds in France
95 Grace Midgley (nee ANDERTON 1916-1994) aged 78
* married Sager Percy Niels Midgley (1917-2008) 16 July 1938
95a Sager Percy Niels MIDGLEY (1917-2008) aged 91
* son of Sager Owen MIDGLEY & Lily Andrea ANDERSEN
* brother of Andrew Herbert Edmund Midgley see 91
96 Loren Midgley (2000-2000) aged same day
* born & died 10 March 2000
* daughter of Darren & Paula Midgley
* sister of Courtney, Kelsey & Hayley Midgley
97 Margaret MIDGLEY (formerly HEPBURN nee CANTWELL 1858-1940) aged 82
* 2nd wife of Edmund Sager Midgley see 93
98 Percy Lionel MIDGLEY (1892-1915) aged 23
* born at Hobsonville, son of Edmund Sager MIDGLEY & Ellen CLARK
* MEMORIAL ONLY - Killed In Action 8 May 1915 at Gallipoli
98a Herbert Latimer MIDGLEY (1895-1918) aged 23
* born at Hobsonville, son of Edmund Sager MIDGLEY & Ellen CLARK
* MEMORIAL ONLY - Died of his Wounds 7 Nov 1918 at France
99 Sager Owen MIDGLEY (1891-1969) aged 78
* son of Edmund Sager MIDGLEY & Ellen CLARK
* brother of Percy & Herbert Midgley above
* died 21 Sep 1969
99 Lily Andrea MIDGLEY (nee ANDERSEN 1891-1984) aged 93
* died 29 Sep 1984
* Sager & Lily married in 1915 see 91+
100 Ellen Maria Cecile MIKAT (nee JENSEN 1863-1937) aged 74
* travelled to Australia in 1895
* married Frederick Julius Mikat in 1902
* they farmed at Whenuapai, Waitemata, Eden
* died 3 June 1937
101 Frederick Julius MIKAT (1858-1937) aged 79
* born Lankupehen, Gemany
* travelled to Australia on the Procida in 1885
* married Ellen Maria Jensen in 1902
* died 31 July 1937
102 Ellen Miller (1876-1904) aged 28
* married John Miller
2 different dates/ages for Ellen on photo site
22 Jan 1904 aged 28 + 26 Oct 1907 aged 64
Auckland Star, 26 October 1907 MILLER - On October 26th 1907, at her late residence, Sale-street, Ellen, widow of the late John Miller, aged 64 years. The funeral will leave the above for Waikumete Cemetery, to-morrow (Sunday), at 1.30 p.m. THEREFORE, Ellen Miller 1904
103 James More (1886-1958) aged 72
* married Magdalena Morrice BAXTER in 1920
104 Magdalena Morrice MORE (nee BAXTER 1892-1931) aged 39
* married James MORE in 1920
105 Charles Nicklin (1853-1910) aged 57
* son of Charles NICKLIN & Mary CRAIG
* married Mabel Violet WALLACE in 1905
* daughter of George WALLACE & Ann EDMONDS see 154
* his sister Emma Nicklin, married Mabel's brother John Alfred Wallace
the known children of CHARLES & MABEL:
* 1906 - George Charles Nicklin
* 1908 - 1974 Percy Langstaff Nicklin
* 1910 - Violet Mabel Nicklin
* 1913 - Rita Ellen Nicklin
106 Gladys Mildred May NORMAN (1918-1999) aged 81
107 Henry James NORTH (1895-1960) aged 65
* born in West Hampshire to Henry James NORTH (1870-1946) & Florence Amy BATTERSHILL (1867-1942). Sister of Florence Amy Sinton see 131
107a Ada Elizabeth Jane NORTH (nee BOYD 1898-1985) aged 87
* daughter of George BOYD & Ada Annie GUNN (1877-1953) see 19
* granddaughter of Robert GUNN & Elizabeth WALLACE
* Henry & Ada married in 1924
* parents of Jack, Clifford & Laurel North
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