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• • Arthur Ballinger

    • 9 Dec 2024
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    • 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 […]
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• • Hannah Otten

    • 9 Dec 2024
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    • 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. […]
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• • Helena Upchurch

    • 9 Dec 2024
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    • 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 […]
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• • John & Sophy Rothe

    • 9 Dec 2024
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    • 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 […]
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• • John Chaney

    • 9 Dec 2024
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    • 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 […]
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• • Sarah Yeo (Tot) & Elizabeth Clifford

    • 9 Dec 2024
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    • Sarah was the first interment in this plot. She was the daughter of George Clifford and his wife Elizabeth (nee Clarke). She was born in 1875 in Waitara. In 1896 […]
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• • Houghton Family

    • 9 Dec 2024
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    • 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 […]
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• • Matthew Wilkins

    • 9 Dec 2024
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    • 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 […]
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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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• • 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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• • 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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• • 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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• • 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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• • 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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• • 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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• • 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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• • 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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• • 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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• • 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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• • 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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• • 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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• • 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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