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Marco Fosella
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- Marco Fosella was born in Florence, Italy in 1846, the son of a distinguished engraver. He initially worked in ‘commercial pursuits’ in Paris but at the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Dally and Stirling
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- After some head scratching, we realised we have a case of an incorrectly placed memorial. The book-like memorial is for Rosina Stirling ‘sister of the above’. M W Dally ‘Mother’ […]
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Loss of the ‘Santina’
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- On 25 September 1933, seven fishing vessels left Island Bay at 4am that morning for their daily fishing. At 6am a southerly gale sprang up and all of the launches […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Sanders Diamond Wedding
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- Diamond Wedding – Christmas Day 1934 A tea and social were held on Christmas Day 1934 to mark the diamond wedding anniversary of Mr & Mrs W H Sanders. The […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Menzies
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- This double width ‘hip tomb’ is for Duncan Robertson Menzies and his wife Dorothy. Duncan was a grandson of Isaac Featherston who after Featherston and Featherston Street are named. Dorothy […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Vilhelm Jensen and Hettie Bennett
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- Vilhelm Jensen was born in Aalborg, Denmark. In 1873 at the age of 12, he travelled by himself on the ship Halcione to New Zealand as part of an immigration […]
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Liez Family
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- Channel Islands > France > England > USA > England > New Zealand Thomas Liez (or Leiz) was born in St Peter Port, Guernsey in 1829. The family had been […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Josephine Antoinette MacDonald
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- ‘Having helped many to live, she passed to her rest on the 18th August, 1928 in her 98th year’. She was the daughter of cousins Wilbraham and Caroline Liardet, whose […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Chim Chum Gee
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- This headstone was uncovered by Howard, one of our volunteers at our Tuesday Working Bees. The headstone is for Chin Chum Gee who was found dead in bed on 14th […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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George Hutton Poynter
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- ‘he was of a lovable disposition and widely respected’. Recently one of George’s descendants, Carol Bennett, contacted us seeking information on his grave. She has kindly shared this photo of […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Killed by a Tram
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- On the evening of 28th May 1917, a tramcar motorman was driving his tram towards Lambton Station when a man stepped off the footpath in front of him. He sounded the gong and the man seemed to stop and stagger. He then applied the emergency brake but the man was struck by the advertisement side of the car and knocked down. The injured man was carried to the Central Hotel with the assistance of a solider. He never regained consciousness on being admitted to hospital and died at 8am the following morning.
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Toomath’s Buildings
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- Toomath’s Buildings We are very sorry to see that the Toomath’s Buildings at 43-47 Ghuznee Street will now be demolished after the recent fire there. The classical Edwardian building was […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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John Andrew Chapman
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- ‘he was a young New Zealander – tall, handsome, kindly, chivalrous, with some of the old world culture as an added grace – a man of whom all men spoke […]
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William Fielding
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- “one of those steady but undramatic designers who never sought, nor was subject to, the limelight.” William was born in Lancashire and undertook his architectural training in Manchester. He came […]
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Military Graves
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- To remember Armistice Day, we are sharing this photo of the Girls’ Club of the Women’s National Reserve, who as the caption describes, have not allowed a week to pass […]
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Memorial Benches
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- Two marble seats add to the symmetrical layout of the original part of the Soldiers Cemetery. They were presented by the Women’s National Reserve (W.N.R) in 1920. The seats were […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Mathew & Elsie Holmes
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- A sundial is placed on the upper slope of the right-hand side of the original Soldiers’ section. It was a gift of Mrs Holmes (Elsie), in memory of her husband […]
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Memorial Kauri
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- On the right hand side of the original Soliders’ area is a magnificent Kauri with a bronze plaque underneath which reads: “Memorial Kauri Planted By Sir James Allen G.C.M.G, Armistice […]
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Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Mary MacArthur
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- Midnight Tragedy In Wellington Harbour The harbour collision of the steamer ‘Cobar’ and the launch ‘Mavis’ on 8th February 1924 resulted in the deaths of Mary Burden MacArthur and Daphne […]
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Aplin Family
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- Tony who is one of our fabulous volunteers uncovered this dear wee headstone during our working bee in September. Such a large plot for Alfred Oscar Aplin who died in […]
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John Blundell
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- The death is announced of Mr John Blundell of the “Evening Post” proprietary John was born in Dublin where his father Henry was manager of the “Evening Mail”. The family […]
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de Rose Family
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- It’s hard to not notice the de Rose plot as sadly the headstone has tumbled from its perch and lies in the path. Frederick Richard de Rose was born in […]
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Richmond Family
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- This plot caught our eye as the headstone was placed to the side rather than head of the plot, which seemed unusual, especially in a double width plot. We presumed […]
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Elfie Williams
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- Elfie Clare Williams – ‘Dresden China’ Elfie was one of thirteen children born to Thomas Coldham Williams and his wife Annie Palmer Beetham. Thomas was the oldest born New Zealander […]
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Kroner – were they spies?
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- This is a postscript to our last story which prompted our reader Liz Moir to message us and ask the question. Were we missing something? Were they spies? To answer […]
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Walter Phelps Bibbing
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- Who is W.P.B? The Burial Register provides the answer: Walter Phelps Bibbing. His death in the newspaper says ‘Little is known of Bibbing. He came to Wellington by the Waikere […]
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Hildegard Kroner
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- This headstone for 8 year old Hildegard Kroner is the only evidence of three generations of the Kroner family in New Zealand. Her grandfather Heinrich Wilhelm Kroner [sometimes Kroener] came […]
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Incledon
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- We have often admired this headstone for its unusual ‘drop shadow’ leadwork lettering, which seems quite modern for the era. It was a prime candidate to be cleaned. The plot […]
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Claude Woodford
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- Claude Albert Curtis Woodford – served in WWI twice Claude was 8 years old when his father died in 1895 (see previous story). He went to Sydney Street school and […]
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Sarah McKinlay and Charles Ralph
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- Sarah McKinlay and her husband Charles Robert Ralph Charles was born in 1862 in Glasgow and Sarah in 1863. Charles’ parents were Charles Ralph and Ann Duncan. Who Sarah’s parents […]
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