Friends of Karori Cemetery / October 2022
Our purpose is to advocate for and develop the heritage and ecological values of Karori Cemetery, and to assist with grave/plot restoration.
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Adolphus Le Sueur
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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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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Peter Frank Jacobsen
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- Peter Frank Jacobsen was primarily a highly respected architect but also gained note as an accomplished chess champion. Peter Jacobsen, and his younger brother Theodore, were born in Nelson. Their […]
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Harry Croft
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- 1898 was a sad year for the family of George Turner Croft and his wife Catherine Stokes. Catherine was the daughter of Richard Stokes and his wife Catherine Tigh(e). She […]
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James Boucher Winton
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- James Boucher Winton – erected by his friends and comrades James was born in 1864 in Greenock, Renfrew, Scotland. He was the youngest child of John Winton and his wife […]
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John Thew
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- John was born in 1824 and Mary was born in 1828. They were both from Northumberland. Their first son was born in 1859. In 1871 they were living in Durham […]
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Hester Mary Wise
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- Hester Mary Wise – our dear mother We did a story on Hester last year, mostly because we love the name. But couldn’t find out much about her. And we […]
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Victoria Howe
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- The first name on this headstone is Victoria Howe, who died in 1896 aged 47, after a long and painful illness. Victoria was born (according to family record) on a […]
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John Priest
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- accident prone? John’s arrival in New Zealand was not the most auspicious start. He and his wife Catherine Sinclair, both emigrants from The Shetland Islands were passengers on the immigrant […]
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John & Grace Twist
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- Old residents of Oriental Bay John was born at Prescot, Lancashire in 1840, the son of a labourer. In 1861 he was working as a joiner in Salford. He arrived […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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