TAIHAPE is the Northern gateway town of the Rangitikei District, located near the middle of the North Island, town of the famous 'annual gumboot throwing competitions'

the SOMERVILLE buried Taihape cemetery

? ANN 'Annie' Somerville (nee NORTHE 1851-1907)
- married Robert Somerville in 1872
- their known children:
1872 - Georgina Elizabeth Ann Somerville
1874 - Ruth Eleanor Somerville
1877 - Gertrude Maria Somerville
1878 - George Arthur Somerville
1880 - Frederick William Oliver Somerville
1882 - Ernest Crawford Somerville
- Annie died 29 Oct 1907 aged 56
- buried Plot 16, Block 1, Row 7, Section Lawn, Area West

? BETTY ALICE Somerville (nee STEVENS 1910-1995)
- (aka McGLASHAN)
- died 18 July 1995 aged 85
- buried Plot 19, Block 2, Row 19, Section RSA, Area West
- Betty served in WWII as Private 818001 with the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC). Her next of kin was her mother Charlotte Helen Stevens (nee WATSON 1887-1951) of Hawera (Betty's father was Arthur Ernest Stevens 1887-1959)
headstone reads:
818001, 2ND NZEF NURSE, N.Z.W.A.A.C.

? DENISE ANN 'Jean' Somerville (1912-1990)
- born 29 October 1912
- died 22 October 1990 aged 1 week from 78
- buried Plot 6, Block 1, Row 39, Section Lawn, Area West

? ERNEST CRAWFORD Somerville (1882-1936)
- son of Robert SOMERVILLE & Annie NORTHE
- died 14 Dec 1936 aged 54
- buried Plot 7, Block 2, Row 29, Section RSA, Area West
- Ernest served as Driver 4/576 with the Field Engineers, embarking from Wellington 16 Oct 1914 for Suez, Egypt. He enlisted from the Coffee Palace, Dannevirke. His next of kin was his brother Frederick William Somerville in Taihape
headstone reads::
4/576, SPR E.C. SOMERVILLE, ENGINEERS

? EVALINE SARAH Somerville (nee ECCLESFIELD 1882-1942)
- Evaline married Frederick William Oliver Somerville (1880-1952) in 1906
- died 18 Sep 1942 aged 60
- buried Plot 6, Block 1, Row 39, Section Lawn, Area West
headstone reads::
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
EVALINE SARAH 1882 - 1942 ~~ FREDERICK WILLIAM 1880 - 1952
VERA ELSIE 1906 - 1950 ~~ DENISE ANN (JEAN) 1912 - 1990

? FREDERICK 'Fred' WILLIAM Somerville (1880-1952)
- died 29 Nov 1952 aged 72
- buried Plot 6, Block 1, Row 39, Section Lawn, Area West

? VERA ELSIE (1906-1950)
- died 11 October 1950 aged 44
- buried Plot 6, Block 1, Row 39, Section Lawn, Area West

PHOTO
Plot 16, Block 1, Row 7, Section Lawn, Area West
ANNIE Somerville
headstone reads::
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
ANN SOMERVILLE
died 29th October 1907 Aged 53 years
WIFE OF ROBERT
and LOVED MOTHER of
Ena, Ruth, Gertrude, George, Fred, Ern