Friends of Karori Cemetery / September 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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Frank Batchelor
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- Francis Raymond Batchelor (Frankie) died 1924 age 2 ½ . He was the only child of Major Francis Roy Batchelor and his wife Helena. Frankie’s father, Frank, was a member […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Ethel Ulrika Adelaide Beu
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- Sometimes this research is just triggered by an interesting name. Ethel was the only surviving daughter of John Charles Frederick Beu and his wife Mathilda Nilson. John was born in […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Violet King
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- Haining Street. We recently shared the story of Yen Yep, a gardener in Haining Street. Today is the story of Violet King who died Haining Street in 1906, aged 32. […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Beaman Buckland Mark Hooper
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- For such a long name, there is only a short amount that can be found out about ‘Mark’. Mark died aged 27 at Wellington Hospital. His funeral left the Hospital […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Harriet Hair
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- An interesting name is always an invitation to research. Harriet wasn’t born Hair, or Uridge, or Clark (her three married names), but Harriet Elizabeth Wond. Her parents were John and […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Margaret Brickley
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- The woman who married two brothers … or did she? Margaret McNeash McKenzie married Thomas Brickley in Glasgow in 1863. They emigrated with their three young children to Lyttelton on […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Woolf Phillips
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- We recently assisted a local interested in finding the grave of Woolf Phillips. This task was made easy with the WCC search website Ever After. WCC have GPS located a […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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