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Incledon
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- We have often admired this headstone for its unusual ‘drop shadow’ leadwork lettering, which seems quite modern for the era. It was a prime candidate to be cleaned. The plot […]
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Kroner – were they spies?
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- This is a postscript to our last story which prompted our reader Liz Moir to message us and ask the question. Were we missing something? Were they spies? To answer […]
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Hildegard Kroner
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- This headstone for 8 year old Hildegard Kroner is the only evidence of three generations of the Kroner family in New Zealand. Her grandfather Heinrich Wilhelm Kroner [sometimes Kroener] came […]
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Walter Phelps Bibbing
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- Who is W.P.B? The Burial Register provides the answer: Walter Phelps Bibbing. His death in the newspaper says ‘Little is known of Bibbing. He came to Wellington by the Waikere […]
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Harry Clifton Gibbons
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- Harry Clifton Gibbons – seed merchant Harry was born in Lincoln, England and came to New Zealand in 1884, aged 23. For many years was in the seed business on […]
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Dulcie Quig
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- The Mystery of George Shaw Dulcie Belle Quig was the first wife of Thomas Ellis Glover, a well-known Wellington cartoonist. Dulcie married Tom in 1916, at the age of 20. […]
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Claude Woodford
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- Claude Albert Curtis Woodford – served in WWI twice Claude was 8 years old when his father died in 1895 (see previous story). He went to Sydney Street school and […]
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Thomas Woodford
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- Sudden Death of Mr T C Woodford Thomas Curtis Woodford was born in 1848 in Paddington, London to a watchmaking father. The family emigrated to Canterbury when he was ‘quite […]
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Walter Mansfield
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- Monumental Mason Makes Mischief (1917) This wasn’t Walter’s first time in court. Back in 1896, he was there for assault charges against the Sexton of Karori Cemetery, Ernest Nash. The […]
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Sarah McKinlay and Charles Ralph
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- Sarah McKinlay and her husband Charles Robert Ralph Charles was born in 1862 in Glasgow and Sarah in 1863. Charles’ parents were Charles Ralph and Ann Duncan. Who Sarah’s parents […]
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Louise Brandon
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- Louise Elizabeth Brandon – Nurse WW1 Louise Elizabeth de Bathe Brandon was born in Wellington in 1877. She was the the fourth child born to Henry Eustace de Bathe Brandon […]
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Louise Brandon
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- Louise Elizabeth Brandon – Nurse WW1 Louise Elizabeth de Bathe Brandon was born in Wellington in 1877. She was the the fourth child born to Henry Eustace de Bathe Brandon […]
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Lily Ponds
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- It is well timed for ANZAC Day 2023 that we are pleased to announce the two lily ponds in the services section have had their restoration completed. These ponds are […]
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Lily Ponds
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- It is well timed for ANZAC Day 2023 that we are pleased to announce the two lily ponds in the services section have had their restoration completed. These ponds are […]
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Margaret Steel Hill
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- ‘a kind and benevolent disposition’ Margaret and Andrew Hill were likely one of many married couples who used emigration rather than an expensive divorce to change course in their lives. […]
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Margaret Steel Hill
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- ‘a kind and benevolent disposition’ Margaret and Andrew Hill were likely one of many married couples who used emigration rather than an expensive divorce to change course in their lives. […]
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Titanic & Karori Cemetery
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- 14th April 2023 marks the 111th anniversary of RMS Titanic striking an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean. There were no known New Zealanders on Titanic but we have found […]
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Titanic & Karori Cemetery
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- 14th April 2023 marks the 111th anniversary of RMS Titanic striking an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean. There were no known New Zealanders on Titanic but we have found […]
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Joseph Parker
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- ‘The Greatest Editor’ Joseph was born in Nelson in 1873, the son of Joseph, a carpenter and his wife Ann Boyes. Ann was widowed in 1875 and moved with her […]
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Joseph Parker
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- ‘The Greatest Editor’ Joseph was born in Nelson in 1873, the son of Joseph, a carpenter and his wife Ann Boyes. Ann was widowed in 1875 and moved with her […]
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Edwin & Sarah Silk
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- Edwin was born in 1837, the son of coachbuilder Robert and his wife Sarah. The family lived in Longacre, London. Edwin arrived in New Zealand in the 1850s and at […]
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Edwin & Sarah Silk
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- Edwin was born in 1837, the son of coachbuilder Robert and his wife Sarah. The family lived in Longacre, London. Edwin arrived in New Zealand in the 1850s and at […]
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Arthur Delaney
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- What is their connection? Can you follow it along? Arthur J. Delaney died 1913 aged 47 years Also William Thomson died 1912 aged 82 years And Margaret A Parsonage died […]
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Arthur Delaney
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- What is their connection? Can you follow it along? Arthur J. Delaney died 1913 aged 47 years Also William Thomson died 1912 aged 82 years And Margaret A Parsonage died […]
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Emily Brouard
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- Emily Elvina Brouard “she dusted but did not read them” Emily was housekeeper to Alexander Turnbull. Born about 1874 in Guernsey, Channel Islands to Nicholas (a sailmaker) and Selina his […]
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Emily Brouard
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- Emily Elvina Brouard “she dusted but did not read them” Emily was housekeeper to Alexander Turnbull. Born about 1874 in Guernsey, Channel Islands to Nicholas (a sailmaker) and Selina his […]
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Henrietta Mason
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- Henrietta Emma Rex was born in a tent at Stawell, Victoria in 1859 to William and Dorothy Rex (see previous story). Henrietta married Harry Brooks Mason who was a printer […]
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Henrietta Mason
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- Henrietta Emma Rex was born in a tent at Stawell, Victoria in 1859 to William and Dorothy Rex (see previous story). Henrietta married Harry Brooks Mason who was a printer […]
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William & Dorothy Rex
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- William Rex – “another link in the chain of early colonists has been severed by the death of Mr William Rex” William’s obituary described him as being of a roving […]
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William & Dorothy Rex
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- William Rex – “another link in the chain of early colonists has been severed by the death of Mr William Rex” William’s obituary described him as being of a roving […]
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