Karori / February 2023
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Newsletter Week Ending 26th February
- Karori Anglican Churches
- SUNDAY COLLECTION – HAWKES BAY This Sunday the collection in both services is for those who are suffering in Hawkes Bay. The diocese is collecting and distributing via Anglican Missions. […]
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Louis Peter Christeson
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- Louis was born about 1861 in Denmark. He married Eveline Stephens (born 1866) in 1883 in New Zealand and became a naturalised citizen the same year. His profession was recorded […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Newsletter Week Ending 19th February
- Karori Anglican Churches
- ASH WEDNESDAY AND MAUNDY THURSDAY – NEXT WEEK Lent is starting next week and we will hold Ash Wednesday and Maundy Thursday services. Ash Wednesday Service – 22nd of February, […]
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Newsletter Week Ending 12th February
- Karori Anglican Churches
- GODZONE IS BACK! Our Sunday kids ministry is back! We are excited to start the year and see the kids again this Sunday as our programmes resume at […]
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Alan & Elizabeth Loxton
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- The couple had only been married a few months before they were accidentally drowned in Wellington Harbour in 1899. Alan Parsons Loxton was born in NSW in 1866. He trained […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Robert Holliday
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- Robert (Robie) was born in 1855 in Genoa, Italy, the son of Thomas Holliday and Ann Jeal. Thomas moved the family from England due to his work as an Engineer. […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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George Presswood
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- G.H.P So mysterious to have only the initials on a plot. By accessing the digitised burial register we realised this is the plot of George Housely Presswood. Knowing how pricey […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Wreck of the S.S. Penguin
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- The USS Co’s SS Penguin was a very familiar sight in Wellington harbour as she plied back and forward to Nelson and Picton providing a ferry service much like today. […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Sir Francis Bell
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- Francis Henry Dillon Bell was born in 1851 the eldest son of the former New Zealand Company agent Francis Dillon Bell. He was educated at Auckland Grammar, Otago Boys, and […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Albert Martin
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- Albert Martin (1882-1940) Last November Margaret, who is one of our Members, put us in touch with Alan and Yvonne Townsend who she found looking a bit lost in the […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Dr David Nairn
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- (information supplied in part by one of his descendants) David was born in 1863 in Dundee, Scotland to William Nairn and his wife Elizabeth Mathewson. William was a merchant linen […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Reginald Berry
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- Reginald George James Berry (known as James)designer of the first New Zealand decimal coins Berry was born in London in 1906. He went to Russell Hill boarding school and won […]
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Newsletter Week Ending 5th February
- Karori Anglican Churches
- STAY FOR LUNCH – SUNDAY 12 FEBRUARY – 12 PM Join us after the service for a lunch in the PlayGarden after the 10.30am service to celebrate the start of […]
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Pirates Success at SW Awards
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- Well done to our huge crew who raced at the Relay Champs. It was fantastic to see so many Pirates racing hard and having fun. Swim Wellington presented their awards for 2022 and we were the winners of. 2022 Club of the Year 2022 Trygve Cup Champions Steve Francis won Age Group Coach of the […] The post Pirates Success at SW Awards appeared first on Pirates.
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Pirates Success at SW Champs
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- Over the Long Weekend our 13 and over’s raced at SW Long Course Champs. With over half the teams coming from outside our Region, Pirates had a close tussle with Christchurch’s Wharenui Club, to come out on top of the 32 competing Clubs. A huge moment for the club and a follow up to our […] The post Pirates Success at SW Champs appeared first on Pirates.
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