Friends of Karori Cemetery - September 2024

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Friends of Karori Cemetery / September 2024

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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- 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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Friends of Karori Cemetery / September 2024

Arthur Bothamley

Walter Frederick Mildenhall

Thomas Henry Randall

Unknown Male

Lord Porritt

Christiana Burrell Wingfield

Elizabeth Dark

Julia Scotson

Mastrogeorge

Captain Fraser & his wife Mary Prince

Maria Mielsch

William Seward Hutchinson

Patrick & Hannah Kearney

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