Friends of Karori Cemetery / June 2025
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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Edith Huntley M.D.
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- Edith was born at Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, England in 1852. Her father was the joint owner of a Brewery. At a young age, Edith was set on becoming a doctor....
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Parsons Family
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- This plot is the resting place of five members of the Parsons family and a memorial for a sixth. William Frederick Parsons was born in Greenwich, England in 1834. He...
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John Alexander Allan
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- We came across this record in the WCC Archives which is an application to erect a headstone at Karori Cemetery. The document is dated 28th February 1895. The applicant was...
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Thomas and Alice Donovan
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- As no New Zealand records can be found, it is presumed that Thomas and Alice married and had their children prior to emigrating. The couple lived at 45 Clyde Quay...
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Asserlind Family
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- Johan Axel Asserlind (sometimes recorded as Assarlind) was born in 1839 in Goteborg, Sweden. His parents were Anders Gustaf and Carolina Wilhelmina (nee Gustafsson). He married Charlotte Andersdotter in 1870...
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Richard Mostyn-Hoops
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- It was reported on 26th July 1894 that Richard Mostyn Hoops had been arrested in Melbourne on a charge of wife desertion. Prior to his arrest, Richard had been working...
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Henry & Bridget Loughlin
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- This plot has always been a curious one, as I don’t believe we have another at Karori Cemetery that has a headstone at both ends. If you’ve seen one on...
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Amy Kensington
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- Killed by a fire engine On 18th December 1906, Amy Kensington (aged 55), the wife of Charles Kensington, was heading home to Thorndon with her two daughters Louisa (aged 32)...
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Lily May Simmonds
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- Her headstone records that it was erected by her mother and brothers with the inscription: ‘If he asked us well we know We would cry oh spare this blow Yes...
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Phillis Symons
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- On 26th June 1931, Phillis Symons was murdered by George Coats and her body placed by him in the fill from the construction of the Mt Victoria tunnel. Phillis was...
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Arthur Lagden Haylock
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- Arthur Lagden Haylock was born in Akaroa in March 1860. His parents Charles Lagden and Sarah Haylock had arrived in Akaroa almost exactly 10 years earlier in the Monarch –...
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Male Unknown
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- We share stories about the people known to be buried at Karori Cemetery. The burial register also contains 18 entries for ‘Male Unknown’. These men have died in Wellington and...
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Lewis and Eliza Hook
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- When Eliza died in 1907 aged 67, she was described as one of the oldest residents of Wellington. She arrived on the ship Lord William Bentwick in 1841 aged 6...
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Stace Plot
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- Lucy Cornford married Albert Stace at St Mark’s Church on 4th June 1887. She was the youngest daughter of William and Fanny Cornford of Makara, and he the fourth son...
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Charles Hulke
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- A Schoolmaster Found Dead Charles Hulke, Headmaster of Newtown School, was found dead in his bed on 1st November 1898. The appearance of the body pointed to his having had...
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Claude Augustus Mieville
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- Nineteen-year-old Claude arrived in Wellington from London in on the Shaw, Savill and Albion Co’s S.S. Doric on 1st May 1893. Claude was the tenth of twelve siblings. He was...
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Thomas & Maria Bird
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- Thomas and Maria bird arrived in New Zealand about 1875. Thomas was born in 1823 in Yalding, Kent, England. He married Maria Humphrey at Plaxtol, Kent in 1846. Thomas worked...
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