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• • William Corfield

    • 18 Mar 2023
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    • electrocuted at Miramar William, aged 24, was driving a lorry belonging to his employer John Keir along Evans Bay Road on 3rd November 1906. He was carting timber from Miramar […]
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• • Thomas William Rose Porter

    • 18 Mar 2023
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    • Thomas William Rose Porter (1843 – 1920) and Major, the War Horse. We were lucky to meet a family member of Thomas William Rose Porter who told us some stories […]
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• • Constance Annie de Bathe Vaughan

    • 18 Mar 2023
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    • ‘she gave her life for her child’ Widely known as Miss Connie Brandon prior to her marriage, born in 1869 she was the eldest daughter of Henry Eustace de Bathe […]
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• • Edwin Joseph Ellis

    • 18 Mar 2023
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    • “Missing Link” – have you any goods to sell? I never refuse them We recently shared a story with a photo that had the “Missing Link” second-hand shop in the […]
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• • Rachel Rothenberg

    • 18 Mar 2023
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    • Rachel was born in Kovno in Russian Poland to Lyons Caselberg and his wife Leah Joseph. In 1840 the family moved to Wales. The rapid expansion of coal mining had […]
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• • Eleanor White

    • 18 Mar 2023
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    • ‘they also serve who only stand and wait’ Who organised this sweet headstone for a widow? Eleanor White was the eldest child of William and Harriet Jones and born in […]
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• • James Phillips

    • 18 Mar 2023
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    • The catastrophe at Miramar At about 3:30pm on 6 June 1910, a mass of earth without the slightest warning came down upon two men who were working in the drive […]
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• • Mary Ann Clapshaw

    • 18 Mar 2023
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    • Born in 1849 Mary Ann Tiernan but known as Marion, she was raised in Quebec city, Canada by her Irish born parents. At age 16, she married Evan Davies. They […]
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• • Mary Louisa Hancock

    • 18 Mar 2023
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    • Our heads were turned first by the Hancock plot, and after a little delving realised the connection with a plot three along to the right. This is the story of […]
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• • Louis Peter Christeson

    • 18 Feb 2023
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    • Louis was born about 1861 in Denmark. He married Eveline Stephens (born 1866) in 1883 in New Zealand and became a naturalised citizen the same year. His profession was recorded […]
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• • Alan & Elizabeth Loxton

    • 3 Feb 2023
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    • The couple had only been married a few months before they were accidentally drowned in Wellington Harbour in 1899. Alan Parsons Loxton was born in NSW in 1866. He trained […]
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• • Robert Holliday

    • 3 Feb 2023
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    • Robert (Robie) was born in 1855 in Genoa, Italy, the son of Thomas Holliday and Ann Jeal. Thomas moved the family from England due to his work as an Engineer. […]
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• • George Presswood

    • 3 Feb 2023
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    • G.H.P So mysterious to have only the initials on a plot. By accessing the digitised burial register we realised this is the plot of George Housely Presswood. Knowing how pricey […]
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• • Wreck of the S.S. Penguin

    • 3 Feb 2023
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    • The USS Co’s SS Penguin was a very familiar sight in Wellington harbour as she plied back and forward to Nelson and Picton providing a ferry service much like today.  […]
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• • Sir Francis Bell

    • 3 Feb 2023
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    • Francis Henry Dillon Bell was born in 1851 the eldest son of the former New Zealand Company agent Francis Dillon Bell. He was educated at Auckland Grammar, Otago Boys, and […]
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• • Albert Martin

    • 3 Feb 2023
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    • Albert Martin (1882-1940) Last November Margaret, who is one of our Members, put us in touch with Alan and Yvonne Townsend who she found looking a bit lost in the […]
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• • Dr David Nairn

    • 3 Feb 2023
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    • (information supplied in part by one of his descendants) David was born in 1863 in Dundee, Scotland to William Nairn and his wife Elizabeth Mathewson. William was a merchant linen […]
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• • Reginald Berry

    • 3 Feb 2023
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    • Reginald George James Berry (known as James)designer of the first New Zealand decimal coins Berry was born in London in 1906. He went to Russell Hill boarding school and won […]
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• • Dr John Ewart

    • 7 Jan 2023
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    • “There has probably never been a greater superintendent of the Wellington Hospital than Dr Ewart” (Evening Post, 5 August 1939). This story was inspired by a Genealogy Investigations story on […]
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• • Mary Anne Swaison

    • 7 Jan 2023
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    • This grave is the burial plot of Mary Anne Swainson. She was born in 1833 near Hull in the English Midlands and arrived in New Zealand in 1856. In 1859 […]
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• • Lambro Parris

    • 7 Jan 2023
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    • Lambro was born in 1878 to Andrew and Mary (nee Jackson) Parris.  According to Lambro’s obituary, he commenced work on wharves in 1885. He was a foundation member of the […]
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• • Mary Jackson

    • 7 Jan 2023
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    • “Look Before You Leap” . This was the title of a newspaper article reporting on Mary’s marriage in 1882. Andrew Parris married Mary Jackson at St Mary of the Angels […]
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• • Peter Fraser

    • 7 Jan 2023
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    • Peter Fraser was born in 1884 in the far north Scottish Highlands.  He left school early and worked to help support his family, but unemployment forced him to go to London.  […]
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• • Sir Ernest Marsden

    • 26 Nov 2022
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    • Sir Ernest Marsden was born in Manchester, England in 1889. He excelled at school and joined the Physics Department of Manchester University where he became involved in assisting Ernest Rutherford […]
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• • Christopher Locker

    • 26 Nov 2022
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    • Christopher Lockyer – an incorrigible vagabond Chris first takes our notice for running a brothel in Mulgrave Street in April 1894 and by so doing, his “bad characters” residents rowed […]
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• • William Eades

    • 26 Nov 2022
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    • William Eades, builder & undertaker William was born in Croydon, England and trained in the building trade. He was said to have made the wheels for Queen Victoria’s first train […]
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• • Rev Coffey

    • 26 Nov 2022
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    • The Rev Coffey, the vicar of St Mark’s Church from 1876 to 1907, was a fervent letter writer, and Wellington City Archives have digitised a number of his concerned citizen […]
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• • George Wiltshire

    • 26 Nov 2022
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    • As we are about to embark on Wellington Heritage Week, we thought to fitting to pay tribute to George Wiltshire, designer of the Friends’ H.Q:  The Shelter. If you like […]
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• • James Grainge

    • 26 Nov 2022
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    • ATTEMPTED MURDER A Young Man Shoots at His Stepfather. In the Catholic section lies the Grainge plot. This is the story of James Grainge, an employee of a cooperative grocery […]
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• • Adolphus Le Sueur

    • 11 Oct 2022
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    • This is the plot of Adolphus and Emily Le Sueur. The Le Sueur name is old French for shoemaker. Adolphus Albert Le Sueur was born in 1847 in St Helier, […]
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