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    • Houghton Family
      • There are two memorials placed against the Underwood mausoleum that originally marked Houghton family graves at Bolton Street Cemetery. The headstone attached to the wall is for John Houghton, born […]

    • Matthew Wilkins
      • Matthew was born in Somerset, England in 1824. He arrived in Wellington on the S.S. Arab in 1841 with his parents and siblings. In 1864 he married the widowed Janet […]

    • Arthur Ballinger
      • one of the best rifle shots New Zealand has ever produced Arthur Samuel Ballinger was born in 1860, in Melbourne, Australia. He was the son of Joseph Ballinger who would […]

    • John & Sophy Rothe
      • Johan Gottlob August Rothe (aka John Rothe) arrived in New Zealand from Germany in the early 1880s. He married Sophia Maria Christina Rose (aka Sophy) in 1882. The groom was […]

    • Helena Upchurch
      • Helena was the eldest daughter of John James Boyd and his wife Ann Elizabeth (nee Barker). John was a successful builder based in Newtown. In 1898 at the age of […]

    • John Chaney
      • John Alfred Chaney married Nicoline (Lena) Petersen in 1887 in Wellington. He was 21 and she was 17. Lena arrived in New Zealand in 1873, aged 3. She came from […]

    • Hannah Otten
      • Hannah was born in 1808 in West Teignmouth, Devon, England. In 1848 she married Johann Otten in Whitechapel, London. This was her second marriage, her first husband was Mr Parkhouse. […]

    • Mastrogeorge
      • Our dear brothers Antonio Mastrogeorge (Antonios Demitrious Mastrogeorgiou), known in NZ as Anotnio George Stelios Mastrogeorge (Stelios Mastrogeorgiou) known in NZ as Stanley George Antonio and Stelios were born in […]

    • Julia Scotson
      • 1870-1922 Looking at this headstone you may wonder what relationship Julia has to the others in this plot, and the answer, possibly, is a friendship. Julia Burrell came to New […]

    • Arthur Bothamley
      • Arthur Bothamley (1846-1938) – Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod Arthur was born in 1846 in Surrey, and then educated at Blackheath Propriety School, a school famous for its influence […]

    • Elizabeth Dark
      • Elizabeth Dark (previously Hastings, born White) Elizabeth was the second wife of William John Dark. William’s first wife Hannah died in 1871 leaving him with a small daughter. William married […]

    • Lord Porritt
      • Olympic Medal Winner Just over 100 years ago at the Paris Olympics, New Zealander Arthur Porritt won a bronze medal in the 100m dash. Arthur Espie Porritt was born in […]

    • Unknown Male
      • ‘the inquest on the death of a man found dead in a gully on the (Rhodes) Wadestown Estate failed to disclose the name of the deceased’. The body was found […]

    • Thomas Henry Randall
      • On 24th March 1909, a magisterial enquiry was held into the cause of death of Thomas Henry Randall whose body was found floating in Wellington Harbour. Constable Walter Young was […]

    • Maria Mielsch
      • ‘Mrs Mielsch who was murderously assaulted by her husband has slightly improved in condition’. Maria Rosina Eleanor Sophia, was born in 1855 and arrived in New Zealand in March 1872 […]

    • John Hamilton
      • In the house of John Hamilton: HOTEL KEEPER AND FIREMAN FIGHT IN A COTTAGE This amusing cartoon was published to illustrate the trial of Francis Gordon Waddell, charged with assaulting […]

    • Wilfred Cheesman
      • This headstone reads ‘sacred to the memory of Wilfred Cheesman Feb 1901 -1921 Cyril Cheesman 1899-1932′ Wilfred alone is buried in this plot. Wilfred and Cyril were two of four […]

    • George Forrest Glen
      • Keeper of the Botanic Gardens. George was born in Haddington, Scotland in 1849 to William (an agricultural labourer) and his wife Isabella Forrest. He commenced his career in the ’70s […]

    • Archbishop Redwood
      • On St Patrick’s in 1921, a sports day was held at Newtown Park to celebrate St Patrick’s Day. The event was organised by the Hibernian Australasian Catholic Benefit Society who […]

    • Gilbert Steel Hill
      • ‘Mr Oriental Bay’ Currently for sale on Oriental Parade is number 246, a three storey block of flats. It was built by Gilbert Steel Hill in 1929. Gilbert grew up […]

    • Amy Barnes
      • ‘Weary of Life, a sad case of suicide’ Amy was born in 1868 in New Zealand, the third of 12 children of William and Elizabeth Astle. In 1892 Amy married […]

    • Thomas Gale
      • Thomas Gale ‘one of the best known of our men of business’ The draped urn on the top of this plot symbolises the veil between life and death. Thomas is […]

    • Amelia Kibblewhite
      • Amelia (known as Milly) was the second daughter of Robert and Rose Adams. Rose’s parents were Edmund and Mary Ann Perrin who arrived in Wellington on the ‘Martha Ridgway’ in […]

    • O’Brien
      • This rather grand plot is for several generations of the O’Brien family. It is constructed with brick piers each surmounted with an iron fleur-de-lis cross. The concrete balusters in the […]

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