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Friends of Karori Cemetery

Our purpose is to advocate for and develop the heritage and ecological values of Karori Cemetery, and to assist with grave/plot restoration.

Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)

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- Arthur Bothamley
  - 11 Sep 2024
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  - 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 […]
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- Walter Frederick Mildenhall
  - 11 Sep 2024
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  - Little Walter At one of our recent working bees, a young volunteer noticed the headstone for Little Walter. The Karori Cemetery burial register shows that Little Walter’s full name was […]
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- Thomas Henry Randall
  - 11 Sep 2024
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  - 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 […]
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- Unknown Male
  - 11 Sep 2024
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  - ‘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 […]
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- Lord Porritt
  - 11 Sep 2024
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  - 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 […]
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- Christiana Burrell Wingfield
  - 11 Sep 2024
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  - 1882-1901 Christiana had only been married to Alfred James Wingfield for less than a year when she died in Wellington, a distance from both their families in Hina Hina in […]
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- Elizabeth Dark
  - 11 Sep 2024
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  - 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 […]
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- Julia Scotson
  - 11 Sep 2024
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  - 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 […]
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- Mastrogeorge
  - 11 Sep 2024
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  - 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 […]
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- Captain Fraser & his wife Mary Prince
  - 11 Sep 2024
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  - James William Grant Fraser was born in Inverness, Scotland in 1832 and aged 16 he was apprenticed to the sea in the East India Company. This meant he was a […]
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- Maria Mielsch
  - 11 Sep 2024
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  - ‘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 […]
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- William Seward Hutchinson
  - 11 Sep 2024
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  - of Manaia, Tarakani William was admitted to the Mt View Asylum on 19th November 1895, from New Plymouth. He was suffering from melancholia and his body condition was very weak. […]
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- Patrick & Hannah Kearney
  - 11 Sep 2024
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  - Patrick died in 1890, and according to the Karori Cemetery Burial Register was buried in this plot in December 1909 … Patrick was born in Kerry, Ireland in 1841. He […]
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- John Hamilton
  - 4 Aug 2024
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  - 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 […]
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- Wilfred Cheesman
  - 4 Aug 2024
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  - 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 […]
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- George Forrest Glen
  - 15 Jul 2024
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  - 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 […]
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- Henry Blyth Stanhouse
  - 9 Jul 2024
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  - He lived the last ten years if his life in Wellington, and died in 1907 aged 83. Henry was born in Kinross, Scotland in 1824. He married Margaret Watterson in […]
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- Thomas Gale
  - 9 Jul 2024
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  - 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 […]
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- Nita Cundy
  - 9 Jul 2024
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  - Nita Blanche Cundy – Accidentally Killed Nita and her friends had gone to Paekakariki by train from Wellington on a Friday in April 1926. When they were unable to find […]
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- Gilbert Steel Hill
  - 9 Jul 2024
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  - ‘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 […]
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- Amy Barnes
  - 9 Jul 2024
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  - ‘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 […]
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- O’Brien
  - 9 Jul 2024
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  - 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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- Harold George Bailey
  - 9 Jul 2024
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  - Known to his family as Harry, he embarked on the RMS Turakina at London in January 1906 aged 21. He travelled as a saloon passenger and his occupation was a […]
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- Archbishop Redwood
  - 9 Jul 2024
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  - 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 […]
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- Amelia Kibblewhite
  - 9 Jul 2024
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  - 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 […]
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- Thomas Campbell Edwards
  - 29 May 2024
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  - One of our readers Jayce wrote in to ask if we knew what this object is on Thomas Edwards’ grave. Having examined it and done a few Google images searches, […]
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- New Zealand Centennial Exhibition | Edmund Anscombe
  - 29 May 2024
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  - The New Zealand Centennial Exhibition celebrated 100 years since the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. It ran from November 1939 until May 1940 on a site at […]
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- Tangiwai Funeral Service
  - 29 May 2024
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  - Tangiwai Funeral Service – 31 December 1953 Seventy years ago, a funeral service was held at Karori Cemetery for the twenty-one unidentified victims of the Tangiwai disaster that occurred on […]
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- Mary Wood
  - 29 May 2024
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  - Mary (May) Wood Mary was the daughter of John and Elizabeth Samson. She married firstly to John Douglas McNeil in 1904 in Dunedin. They had two children: John Samson and […]
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- Olaf Hansen
  - 29 May 2024
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  - Olaf (known as Yank), aged 35 and a taxi proprietor lived in Seatoun Road. In April 1932 he had gradually been excavating a cliff at the rear of his house […]
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