KNOX buried TAIHAPE
the KNOX buried as at 2 May 2016 at:
Mt View, Taihape & Turakina cemeteries
* Alleyne 'Allan' Fitzherbert Knox
date: 7 Feb 1975
aged: 81
approx birth: 1893
parents: Robert John KNOX & Rowena FITZHERBERT
grandparents: Robert John KNOX & Mary Marie GLASGOW
brother of: Wallace Haffendun Knox below
occupation: farm hand
plot: ashes 78, R.S.A. block 1, row D
cemetery: at Mt View Cemetery
headstone reads:
Rifleman 25/1055 RFM
A. F. KNOX Rifle Brigade
died 7.2.1975
1st N.Z.E.F.
* 3rd Battalion, A Company, NZ Rifle Brigade
NOTES his mother Rowena Fitzherbert was a daughter of Herbert Haffenden Fitzherbert 1815-1860). Her grandfather was the Rev Alleyne Fitzherbert. Her great grandfather was Sir Henry Fitzherbert, 3rd baronet (1783–1858)
* AMY Knox
date: 2 Oct 1922
aged: 53
approx birth: 1869
parents: unknown
plot: area West, plot 10, section lawn, block 1, row 20
cemetery: at Taihape
NOTES headstone reads:
In loving memory of our mother
Amy Knox died 2nd October 1922 aged 53 years
The hopes that were lost in life's journey you shall find in the city of rest
* Amy Jane Knox (nee Heron)
date: 18 April 1976
aged: 87
approx birth: 14 May 1888
parents: David HERON & Letitia 'Lottie' BROWNE
married: William Knox in 1923
plot: area West, plot 18, section lawn, block 1, row A
cemetery: at Turakina with husband William
NOTES headstone reads:
In loving memory of
WILLIAM KNOX died 12 October 1948
and his wife
AMY JANE KNOX died 18 April 1976
* ANITA MARGARET Knox
date: 19 November 2001
aged: 77
birth: 26 April 1924
parents: unknown - Vermeulen?
last known address: Marton
plot: area New, plot 41, section lawn, block 3, row D
cemetery: at Mt View with husband Charles
NOTES headstone reads:
In loving memory
ANITA MARGARET KNOX
beloved wife of Charles
26-4-1924 - 19-11-2001
will be missed by all
* CHARLES EDWARD Knox
date: 15 April 1968
aged: 48
approx birth: 1920
parents: unknown
married: Anita Margaret ?
last known address: Marton
plot: area New, plot 41, section lawn, block 3, row D
cemetery: at Mt View with wife Anita
NOTES headstone reads:
In loving memory
ANITA MARGARET KNOX
beloved wife of Charles
26-4-1924 - 19-11-2001
will be missed by all
* 12314, AB C. E. KNOX, R.N.Z.N. 1939-45 war
* DUNCAN HENRY 'Harry' Knox
date: 16 April 1967
aged: 68
approx birth: 8 November 1898
parents: base born to Isabella Knox
grandparents: Robert John KNOX & Mary Marie GLASGOW
plot: area New, plot 20, section rose, block 1, row A
cemetery: at Mt View with his mother
NOTES headstone reads:
Isobella Knox
died 20 Aug 1959 aged 87 years
Duncan H. (Harry) Knox
died 16 April 1967 aged 67(sic) years
* FLORENCE CAROLINE Knox (nee Guddop)
date: 1 July 1986
aged: 85
approx birth: 1901
parents: still researching
grandparents: Wilhelm GUDDOP & Karoline TESCHNER (possibly)
married: Alleyne Fitzherbert Knox in 1923
last known address: Marton
plot: area New, plot 39, section lawn, block 5, row T
cemetery: at Mt View
NOTES headstone reads:
In Loving Memory of
Florence Caroline Knox
loved wife of Alleyne Fitzherbert
died 1st July 1986 aged 85 years
loved mother of Douglas
* ISOBELLA Knox
date: 20 August 1959
aged: 87
approx birth: 1872
parents: Robert John KNOX & Mary Marie GLASGOW
plot: area New, plot 20, section rose, block 1, row A
cemetery: at Mt View with son Harry
NOTES headstone reads:
Isobella(sic) Knox
died 20 Aug 1959 aged 87 years
Duncan H. (Harry) Knox
died 16 April 1967 aged 67 years
* MARY MARIE Knox (nee Glasgow)
date: 7 March 1920
aged: 83
approx birth: 1839
parents: Robert GLASGOW & Mary LAMB (Scotland to NZ)
married: Robert John Knox 25 May 1859 in Turakina
known children:
1860 - Margaret Russell Knox
1862 - 1942 Robert John Knox
1864 - 1934 Frederick Glasgow Knox
1867 - 1869 Thomas Russell Knox
1869 - 1947 Mary Russell Knox
1877 - 1959 Leonard Knox
plot: area West, section lawn, block 1, row A
cemetery: at Turakina with husband John & son Thomas
NOTES headstone reads:
In loving memory of ROBERT JOHN KNOX
died 21st March 1902 aged 72
also THOMAS KNOX aged 4(sic)
also MARY beloved wife of above died 7th March 1920
* ROBERT JOHN Knox
date: 21 March 1902
aged: 72
approx birth: 1830
parents: Frederick John KNOX & Margaret RUSSELL
married: Mary Marie Glasgow 25 May 1859 in Turakina
plot: area West, section lawn, block 1, row A
cemetery: at Turakina with wife Mary & son Thomas
NOTES headstone reads:
In loving memory of ROBERT JOHN KNOX
died 21st March 1902 aged 72
also THOMAS KNOX aged 4(sic)
also MARY beloved wife of above died 7th March 1920
* THOMAS GEORGE Knox
date: 15 May 1914
aged: 45
birth: 21 January 1869
parents: William KNOX & Ann/Annie GIBSON (1845-1880)
married: Bertha Eveline BARNSLEY in 1900
children: 1900 - 1933 Annie Amelia Knox (married Harry Martin 1922)
* Thomas's wife Bertha remarried to Edward James DEVER (1888-1938) 3 months after his death, 10 Aug 1914
plot: 13, block Old (database has W. G. Knox)
cemetery: at Taihape
NOTES
* Thomas's maternal grandmother Ann Gibson (-1869), was the widow of George Gibson (-1856). George & Ann had arrived into Lyttelton in 1850 on the founding ship the Sir George Seymour. After George's death in 1856, Ann remarried in 1863, to William Harris. William beat her to death 6 years later, in 1869.
* A daughter of George & Ann, Ann Gibson (1845-1880) (Thomas's mother), married in 1863 to William Knox and had 8 sons around Freeman's Bay before she died in 1880 aged 35 at the Provincial Hospital, Auckland.
* William Knox (1844-1922) (Thomas's father) was a son of Fencible Thomas Knox (1806-1880) & of Bridget Mullaly (1813-1898) who married 18 Feb 1833 in Mullinahone, Tipperary and arrived on the Sir Robert Sale, 4 July 1847 into Auckland
* THOMAS RUSSELL Knox
date: 20 January 1869
aged: 26 months
birth: 3 November 1866
parents: Robert John KNOX & Mary Marie GLASGOW
plot: 25, Area West, plot 25, section Lawn, block 1, row A,
cemetery: at Turakina cemetery with parents Robert & Mary
NOTES headstone reads:
In loving memory of ROBERT JOHN KNOX
died 21st March 1902 aged 72
also THOMAS KNOX aged 4(sic)
also MARY beloved wife of above died 7th March 1920
* Wallace Haffenden Knox
date: 7 May 1943
aged: 48
birth: 11 March 1895
parents: Robert John KNOX & Rowena FITZHERBERT
grandparents: Robert John KNOX & Mary Marie GLASGOW
brother of: Alleyne Fitzherbert Knox above
occupation: farm hand
plot: area Old, plot 6, section lawn, block 2, row B
cemetery: at Turakina
HEADSTONE READS: 25/1053 Pte W. H. Knox, Medical Corps, died 7th May 1943. N.Z.E.F.
* 3rd Battalion, A Company, NZ Rifle Brigade
There is no written record of plot number, it was assigned based on the sequence of the surrounding plots
NOTES his mother Rowena Fitzherbert was a daughter of Herbert Haffenden Fitzherbert 1815-1860). His grandfather was the Rev Alleyne Fitzherbert. His great grandfather was Sir Henry Fitzherbert, 3rd baronet (1783–1858)
* WALTER Knox
date: 17 August 1920
aged: 63
approx birth: 1857
parents: unknown
plot: area West, plot 2, section lawn, block 1, row 18
cemetery: at Taihape with his stepson John
NOTES headstone reads:
In Loving Memory of
* JOHN (Smart) beloved husband of MARION SMART (nee Maxwell)
died Aug 4 1928 aged 43
also his stepfather WALTER
beloved husband of ELIZABETH KNOX
died Aug 17 1920 aged 53(sic) years
They Will Be Done
* John was killed in a motor accident which occurred on the main road between Foxton & Levin. A lorry owned by Robertson and Slade, contractors of Taihape was on it's way to Wellington with Thomas Slade driving and 4 of his workers. Near Wairokino bridge the lorry's accelerator jammed and they missed the sharp bend, plunging 12 feet over the bank. John Smart, a bricklayer with the firm, was riding in the back with Charles Harding. John was killed immediately. Charles was seriously injured and taken to Palmerston North hospital. The 3 men in the cab, Thomas Slade, Albert Robertson and Fred Chippendale (all residents of Taihape) were uninjured
* WILLIAM Knox
date: 12 Oct 1948
aged: 73
approx birth: 1875
parents: born Rangitikei to Robert John KNOX & Mary GLASGOW
married: Amy Jane Heron in 1923
plot: area West, plot 18, section lawn, block 1, row A
cemetery: at Turakina with wife Amy
NOTES headstone reads:
In Loving Memory of
WILLIAM KNOX died 12th October 1948
and his wife AMY KNOX died 18th April 1976
PHOTO
headstone of Walter KNOX & his stepson John SMART
plot 2, block 1, row 18 at Taihape Cemetery
on 2016-05-02 05:11:03
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