ngairedith on Family Tree Circles

READ PAGE A for information on what this posting is about.
Auckland Council provided Native Affairs with the names of the 1800 people but, as you will see at the above link, they do not contain any ages or other identifiable info, which is why I have expanded the list here to help you recognise any possible ancestors. Each and every person has been individually researched; using BDM, Papers Past, the cemetery database, family trees or any other means which revealed some of the names (spelling) or dates, differ slightly from the list - this is pointed out on each.
. NOTES .
* lack of time means I have not looked for all maiden names, nor to link all parents or partners, but will come back to edit from time to time.
* same surnames grouped together does not necessarily mean they were related.
* dates could be of death or burial
* my edits & additions will be obvious
* further info may be found Waikumete Cemetery on Find A Grave

This is the original LIST of NAMES
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. . E . .
* EADY, Albert John - 23 Jan 1948 aged 50

* EARL, Elizabeth - 7 July 1948 aged 94

* EATON, Agnes Rose - 17 Dec 1941 aged 59
* EATON, Percy - 15 Oct 1965 aged 85

* ECKLEY, Annie Laman - 16 Aug 1942 aged 83
* ECKLEY, Richard - 25 Dec 1946 aged 87

* EDGER, Margaret Lillian Florence - 21 July 1941 aged 79

* EDLESTON, Annie - 23 June 1955 aged 78
* EDLESTON, George - 22 Nov 1942 aged 65
* names List has Edelson for these two

* EDWARDS, Alice - 5 April 1946 aged 68
* EDWARDS, Fanny - 15 April 1946 aged 78
* EDWARDS, Clement Roy - 11 Jan 1944 aged 44
* EDWARDS, Henry Graham Colville - 26 Aug 1936 aged 38
* EDWARDS, Gerald Balmain - 25 July 1955 aged 67
* EDWARDS, Isabel - 1 April 1950 aged 75
* EDWARDS, Mabel - 13 Oct 1954 aged 84
* EDWARDS, Mary Eva - 30 May 1963 aged 83
* EDWARDS, Isabel - 8 Dec 1947 aged 77
* EDWARDS, Walter Cornelius - 25 Feb 1945 aged 72
* EDWARDS, William John - 18 Dec 1945 aged 60

* EGLINTON, Mary Jane - 23 Aug 1940 aged 68

* ELLIOT, Joseph Ernest - 2 March 1942 aged 69
* ELLIOT, John - 24 Jan 1936 aged ?
* ELLIOT, Florence Rose - 17 Dec 1956 aged 81

* ELLIOTT, Lillian Mary Jane - 5 March 1948 aged 68
* ELLIOTT, John James - 19 June 1925 aged 86

* ELVY, Charles Ashley - 10 Aug 1944 aged 65

* ELY, Arnold Ellis - 2 April 1944 aged 66
. born in London to Joseph Bird (1844-1910) & Annie (1840-) Ely. Joseph Bird Ely walked from Essex to London (about 50km) as a 16 year old in search of prosperity. He opened his store in 1876 at 22-26 Wimbledon Hill Road, Wimbledon, as a small tailor, outfitter and drapery seller. Joseph had persuaded conductors to shout ‘Elys corner!’ before the tram stopped outside his store and it is still known as Ely's Corner . the story of Elys (pdf)
. Arnold married Violet Marion ? (1875-1933) in 1904. He next married Hilda Eleanor Salmon (1893-1972) in 1936

* EMERY, Sidney Ritchard - 12 May 1937 aged 58

* EMTAGE, William Rhodes - 4 April 1948 aged 63
* EMTAGE, Winifred May - 16 Aug 1966 aged 76

* ENGLAND, Jessie - 23 Dec 1936 aged 61

* ENGLISH, Louisa Maria - 19 Dec 1936 aged 76

* ENSOLL, John Edward - 22 March 1948 aged 83

* ENTWHISTLE, William Henry - 22 Nov 1949 aged ?

* EVANS, Alfred - 21 Dec 1937 aged 67
* EVANS, Catherine - 2 March 1950 aged 72
* EVANS, Mary Poyser - 21 Sep 1940 aged 80
* EVANS, Henry Alfred - 17 May 1944 aged 79
* EVANS, Mabel Elizabeth - 8 Nov 1945 aged 63
* EVANS, Kenneth James - 6 July 1948 aged 7 months
* EVANS, Ida - 1 May 1945 aged 55
* EVANS, Mary Anne Caroline - 14 Sep 1933 aged 79
* EVANS, Caroline Susannah - 13 Jan 1936 aged 82
* EVANS, John - 10 March 1936 aged 88
* EVANS, Herbert Vaughan - 8 May 1924 aged 54

* EVITT, Emily - 14 May 1931 aged 52
* EVITT, William Ernest - 24 June 1932 aged 59
* EVITT, David Percy - 15 May 1947 aged 73
* EVITT, Elizabeth - 21 Jan 1937 aged 66

* EWART, Marian - 6 Dec 1939 aged 70
* EWART, William Thomas Burnside - 23 Oct 1939 aged 45

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PHOTO Joseph Ely's Store c1900 now known as Ely's Corner, at the junction of Alexandra road and Wimbledon Hill Road. Founded by Arnold Ely's father (above)

READ PAGE A for information on what this posting is about.
Auckland Council provided Native Affairs with the names of the 1800 people but, as you will see at the above link, they do not contain any ages or other identifiable info, which is why I have expanded the list here to help you recognise any possible ancestors. Each and every person has been individually researched; using BDM, Papers Past, the cemetery database, family trees or any other means which revealed some of the names (spelling) or dates, differ slightly from the list - this is pointed out on each.
. NOTES .
* lack of time means I have not looked for all maiden names, nor to link all parents or partners, but will come back to edit from time to time.
* same surnames grouped together does not necessarily mean they were related.
* dates could be of death or burial
* my edits & additions will be obvious
* further info may be found Waikumete Cemetery on Find A Grave

This is the original LIST of NAMES
A ~ B ~ C ~ D ~ E ~ F ~ G ~ H ~ I-J ~ K-L
M ~ Mc-N ~ O-P-Q ~ R ~ S ~ T-V ~ W-Y-Z

. . F ..
* FARMILOE, Edward Ernest - 20 Feb 1950 aged 68
. married Ivy Florence Paul (1887-1959) in 1916

* FARRANT, John - 19 May 1943 aged 78
* FARRANT, Marion - 30 Dec 1963 aged 95

* FAULKNER, Laura Ida - 6 April 1951 aged 64
* FAULKNER, Walter Edmund - 22 June 1939 aged 56

* FEHSENFELD, Harry - 21 Jan 1944 aged 65
* FEHSENFELD, Elizabeth Nightingale (nee Gregory) - 10 Nov 1955 aged 70
. they married in 1905

* FENTON, George Butler - 2 June 1939 aged 66
* FENTON, Madalene Daisy Prewett (nee Baker) - 2 Dec 1942 aged 65
. they married in 1907

FERGUSSON, Hudson Pomare - 21 Sep 1943 aged 88
* reason for this list * . Hudson was born 7 Oct 1855, in Waiuku, Tāmaki-Makaurau, Auckland, 2nd of 12 children of James Johnstone Fergusson (1819-1906) & Elizabeth Leaf (1835-1912). He married Emma Martin (1863-1917) in 1880, in Hokianga. They had 11 children (5 sons)
Auckland Star, 11 Oct 1935 SOCIAL GATHERING. A pleasing function took place at the Unity Hall recently when Mr Hudson Fergusson, late of Kaeo and Whangaroa, celebrated his eightieth birthday. There are ten children, 31 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren, most of whom were present. The time was pleasantly passed in dancing and musical and elocutionary items. Members of the family present were: Mesdames Hayes, Farndon, Irvine, Lange, Woodcock and Mr George Fergusson. Mr Fergusson was the recipient of hearty congratulations from many friends and relatives
New Zealand Herald, 23 Sep 1943 FERGUSSON - On September 21, at his residence Jellicoe Road, Maurewa, Hudson Fergusson, father of Ada, Holly, Adeline, Elsie, Susan, Myrtle, George, Arnold, Clarence and Henry, aged 88 years. Private cremation from McIvor and Co's Chapel, Otahuhu

* FERNER, Ellen Elizabeth 'Nellie' (nee Aley) - 3 Nov 1930 aged 61
* FERNER, James - 3 Aug 1950 aged 90
. they married in Auckland in 1890 & had 4 children

* FERRIS, Alfred Frederick - 20 Aug 1951 aged 77
* FERRIS, Anita Sarah - 26 Jan 1946 aged 68

* FERRIDAY, John - 14 March 1934 aged 75
* FERRIDAY, Marianne Nightingale - 19 May 1942 aged 79

* FEVER, Samuel - 23 Jan 1941 aged 69

* FIELD, Charles Edward - 1 Oct 1949 aged 46

* FEILDS, Margaret - 23 Nov 1943 aged 83

* FINLAYSON, Norman Jack - 6 May 1950 aged 48

* FISH, Frederick - 12 June 1935 aged 53
* FISH, Lillian (nee Stevenson) - 31 Jan 1951 aged 66
. they married in 1913

* FISCHER, Jacob - 30 May 1945 aged 90

* FISHER, Thomas - 17 Nov 1945 aged 80
* FISHER, Mary Jane - 20 June 1951 aged 87
* FISHER, Sarah - 26 Dec 1944 aged 56

* FITCHETT, Frederick - 5 Oct 1930 aged 79
* FITCHETT, Lina Valerie - 24 June 1941 aged 81

* FLEMING, Margaret Craig - 15 July 1947 aged 56

* FLYNN, Grace Nancy - 9 Feb 1948 aged 60

* FORD, Joseph - 11 July 1930 aged 78
* FORD, Helena Christina - 11 Aug 1943 aged 73

* FORSHAW, Bryan/Brian Thomas -1 Sep 1955 aged 20
* FORSHAW, Peter William - 23 Feb 1943 aged 62

* FORSTER, Clara Amelia - 5 April 1942 aged 62
* FORSTER, Thomas William - 9 March 1944 aged 72

* FORSYTH, William Matthew - 18 May 1946 aged 3

* FOSTER, Albert - 22 Nov 1938 aged 77
* FOSTER, Mary Jane - 27 March 1950 aged 86
* FOSTER, Eliza/Elisa Jane - 5 Sep 1949 aged 89

* FOWLIE, George - 4 July 1944 aged 60

* FOWKE, Alice Melville - 26 Jan 1950 aged 70
* FOWKE, Richard Albert George - 26 Aug 1951 aged 74

* FOWLER, Gladys Muriel - 11 Dec 1947 aged 51

* FOX, Hilda Beatrice - 30 July 1942 aged 68

* FRANCHI, Roy Anthony - 30 July 1948 aged 43

*FRANCE, Edgar Ewart - 23 Jan 1945 aged 65

* FRANCIS, Thomas - 27 Sep 1945 aged 70

* FRANKLIN, Bertha Mary - 7 Oct 1961 aged 81

* FRASER, David Gordon - 30 March 1947 aged 23
. David was a Hairdresser. He served in WWII as Private 456856. He died shortly after his return from war.
Evening Star, 31 March 1947 FATAL COLLISION. As the result of an accident on Saturday, a motor cyclist was admitted to the Auckland hospital suffering from injuries from which he later died. He was David Gordon Fraser, aged 23, single, of Onehunga. Fraser was riding a motor cycle along Mount Albert road when he was involved in a collions with a truck.
* FRASER, Elfreda Mary (nee Austin) - 25 Sep 1954 aged 75
* FRASER, Peter - 22 April 1948 aged 67
. Peter & Elfreda married in 1909 & at least 6 children (3 sons)

* FRECKLINGTON, Liessette Margaret (nee Wilson) - 5 Aug 1950 aged 69
* names list has Freclinton . she married Benjamin Frecklington in 1909

* FREER, Nancy - 25 Sep 1942 aged 31

* FRENEY, Samuel Oswald - 12 Sep 1950 aged 65

* FREMERSDORF, Kate Teresa (nee Coad, formerly Brooke) - 7 June 1940 aged 80
* names List has Fremersdrop
. Kate was born 1859 in New Plymouth. Married Thomas William Brooke (1854-1891) in New Plymouth 1878, married Engelbert Julius Fremersdorf (from Cardiff, Wales) in Wellington 1895, (deserter of the Victorian, Australia, Artillery Corps 1890)
Otago Daily Times, 6 Sep 1915 WELLINGTON BATTALION, 10/1367 - Lance-corporal Ephraim Robert 'Claude' Brooke (next of kin, Mrs K. Fremersdorf, Kelburn, Wellington, mother)

* FRY, Edwin Victor - 13 July 1949 aged 52

* FROGLEY, James Alexander - 27 March 1948 aged 77
* FROGLEY, Jane (nee Thomas) - 20 Jan 1955 aged 77
. James was an ironmonger in Ohinemuri & Hamilton. They also lived in Remuera

* FULLAM, William Joseph - 1 Oct 1945 aged 66

* FURNESS, Norman Frank - 19 Aug 1948 aged 60

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PHOTO Hudson Pomare Ferguson (1855-1943)
photo taken from here

READ PAGE A for information on what this posting is about.
Auckland Council provided Native Affairs with the names of the 1800 people but, as you will see at the above link, they do not contain any ages or other identifiable info, which is why I have expanded the list here to help you recognise any possible ancestors. Each and every person has been individually researched; using BDM, Papers Past, the cemetery database, family trees or any other means which revealed some of the names (spelling) or dates, differ slightly from the list - this is pointed out on each.
. NOTES .
* lack of time means I have not looked for all maiden names, nor to link all parents or partners, but will come back to edit from time to time.
* same surnames grouped together does not necessarily mean they were related.
* dates could be of death or burial
* my edits & additions will be obvious
* further info may be found Waikumete Cemetery on Find A Grave

This is the original LIST of NAMES
A ~ B ~ C ~ D ~ E ~ F ~ G ~ H ~ I-J ~ K-L
M ~ Mc-N ~ O-P-Q ~ R ~ S ~ T-V ~ W-Y-Z

. . G . .
* GADD, James - 10 June 1943 aged 63
* GADD, Sarah Ellen - 3 June 1952 aged 65

* GALLY, Arthur John - 3 Aug 1943 aged 59
* GALLY, Lydia Kate - 7 Feb 1952 aged 71

* GANNON, Margaret Christina - 9 May 1957 aged 75

* GANNON, Raymond Rewa - 25 July 1947 aged 37

* GALLOWAY, James McKennie - 18 Jan 1946 aged 63

* GARDINER, James - 22 Sep 1941 aged 62
* GARDINER, Margaret Dick - 10 Feb 1961 aged 81

* GARLICK, John Houghton - 9 Jan 1956 aged 87
* GARLICK, Mary Ethel - 17 Nov 1945 aged 75

* GARNER, George Meredith - 19 Dec 1939 aged 67

* GARRETT, William Arthur - 18 Oct 1949 aged 59
* names list has Garrat

* GARSIDE, Helen (nee Fear) - 19 April 1948 aged 72
. married Thomas Garside 11 Sep 1912 in Rewa, Manawatu. She died at 42 St Georges Bay Road, Parnell (the Big House)

* GAY, James - 28 June 1945 aged 70
* GAY, Sarah Ann - 13 Aug 1948 aged 69

* GEE, Emily Shaffner nee Skelton) - 21 Jan 1949 aged 84 (
. married William Gee in 1890
* GELLING, Emily - 2 June 1950 aged 67
* GEORGE, Edward - 15 Feb 1937 aged 70
* GEORGE, Eliza Lillian (nee Gibson) - 28 Jan 1934 aged 64
. married Edward James George in 1890

* GERARD, Elspeth - 9 Feb 1948 aged 72
* GERARD, Ernest Henri Adolphe Francois - 27 March 1938 aged 76
* names list has Ernest Gerrard, also has his & Ida's death dates switched. Born Hamburg, Germany to French aristocracy. His grandfather was a high official in the court of Louis XVI at the time of the French Revolution but after the execution of Marie Antoinette the family was forced to flee across the border to Germany. He married the daughter of an English army officer in early 1920s, they travelled to Australia where they lived for several years then later transferred to Auckland. First Manager of the Guardian Trust and Executors Company and later Managing Director of Wilsons NZ Portland Cement Ltd. He moved to Guernsey, Channel Islands after WWI then Somerset, England. He returned to Auckland in 1935 and became a very prominent Freemason. He died in Bayswater, his wife and a daughter were in France ... more at his OBITUARY
* GERARD, Ida - 17 Aug 1951 aged 65

* GIBSON, Susan Crowley - 8 March 1933 aged 47

* GICK, Elizabeth A - ?
* names List has no date, BDM has no other Elizabeth except next (possibly a double up)
* GICK, Elizabeth Nora - 28 Sep 1960 aged 79
* GICK, Nora (nee Reardon) - 4 April 1939 aged 81
* Nora is my addition to this list. She married Lewis Gick (1853-?, from Isle of Man, died in Australia). She was the mother of (and in the same vault as) Robert Lewis & William Edward Gick but she is not on names list and obviously should be. Her other sons Lewis (1886-1957) & Athol Thomas (1894-1972) are buried Waikumete in Soldiers plots.
Evening News (Sydney, NSW) 28 June 1904 Knowledge of the whereabouts of Lewis Gick is sought by his wife, Nora Gick of Vincent street, Auckland, New Zealand
* GICK, Robert Lewis - 4 Sep 1936 aged 53
* GICK, William Edward - 24 May 1950 aged 65

* GIESEN, Charles Frederick - 21 Nov 1941 aged 76
* names List has 1951
* GIESEN, Ellen Caroline (nee McCracken) - 18 March 1947 aged 73
. they married in 1909

* GILBERT, Alfred Edward Francis - 29 Dec 1926 aged 56
* GILBERT, Alice - 29 Aug 1947 aged 89
* GILBERT, Clara - 11 Jan 1946 aged 81
* GILBERT, Mary Charlotte Adams (nee Phillipps) - 23 May 1941 aged 72
. married Alfred Edward Francis Gilbert in 1901
* GILBERT, Stephen - 2 Oct 1938 aged 85
* GILBERT, William - 17 July 1943 aged 78

* GILES, Ivy Florence (nee Wright) - 12 Dec 1940 aged 55
. married George Ernest Thorburn in 1907, married Richard Harold Edwin Giles in 1924
* GILES, Thomas Harle - 2 Nov 1925 aged 73

* GILFILLAN, Edward Birtchnell - 7 May 1942 aged 71
. son of Henry Gilfillan & Catherine Frances Davies, married Winifred MacAlister in 1904
* GILFILLAN, Fanny Kate (nee Gould) - 16 Feb 1947 aged 90
. married Henry Gilfillan in 1880
* GILFILLAN, Henry - 8 July 1951 aged 95
. son of John Anderson Gilfillan & Gertrude Anne Eliza Davies. Both Edward & Henry were accountants
* GILFILLAN, Isabella Charlotte 'Charlie' - 25 Dec 1947 aged 90
. daughter of John Anderson Gilfillan & Gertrude Anne Eliza Davies. Didn't marry

* GILLAM, Mary Ann - 2 Feb 1944 aged 93 (nee Haythornthwaite)
. married Reverend William Eugene Gillam in St Mary's, Karori, Wellington in 1884

* GILLESPIE, Harry Ernest - 13 Nov 1940 aged 52
* GILLESPIE, Henry Gibbons - 14 Dec 1937 aged 65
. married Edith Jury in 1917
* GILLESPIE, Kate Alice - 28 Oct 1940 aged 78
* GILLESPIE, Margaret Wynne - 15 June 1946 aged 23
. daughter of Henry Gibbons Gillespie & Edith Jury

* GILLET, Henri - 28 May 1927 aged 71
* GILLET, Annie - 18 July 1955 aged 87
* names list has Gillett

* GILLIBRAND, Emma - 23 June 1937 aged 91
* GILLIBRAND, Thomas - 5 Sep 1952 aged 79
~ son of Thomas Gillibrand & Emma Freeman
* GILLIBRAND, Margaret Elizabeth - 3 Sep 1934 aged 68
. daughter of Thomas Gillibrand & Emma Freeman

* GILLINGHAM, John Wesley - 8 Oct 1943 aged 56

* GIMBLETT, Amos Shilson - 20 Dec 1936 aged 62
. in Dec 1901 Amos was listed in the London Gazette as a Subordinate Officer, Division I of the Prisons Department, England
* GIMBLETT, Frank Harold - 22 June 1946 aged 46
* GIMBLETT, Rhoda (nee Sloman) - 17 Dec 1944 aged 68
. married Amos in Launceston, Cornwall, England 1896
* GIMBLETT, Winifred - 15 July 1950 aged 50
~ born Launceston, Cornwall to Amos & Rhoda

* GITTINS, Offley Loxdale Pratt - 20 April 1946 aged 65
* names list has Offery Gittin

* GITTOS, Cecilia (nee Jackman) - 2 Sep 1948 aged 73
* GITTOS, Eric Sydney - 1 March 1939 aged 67
. son of William Gittos & Marianne Hobbs, married Cecilia Jackman in 1897

* GLASGOW, Samuel - 10 Sep 1931 aged 69
* names List has 10 Sep 1937

* GLENN, William - 16 Dec 1943 aged 67

* GOERTZ, Frederick Louis Aldous - 6 March 1948 aged 48
. cemetery database has Geortz. Married Edna Aline Speary (1901-1989)

* GOLDSBRO, Ada Sarah Emilie (nee Aickin) - 4 Sep 1954 aged 86
. married Edgar Patteson Goldsbro (1867-1950) in 1889, an Accountant & occupier of Lot 1 & 2, Section 12 in Green Lane in 1898. Edgar was also cremated at Waikumete
* GOLDSBRO, Emily Gwendoline - 3 March 1946 aged 53
. daughter of Ada & Edgar. Names List & database has incorrect name of Goldsboro

* GOLDSMITH, Heland Jane Limer (nee Moore) - 28 Oct 1934 aged 80
. married Harry Robert Goldsmith

* GOODALL, Doris Ellen Mary (nee McCracken) - 17 July 1946 aged 39
. married Leonard William Henry Goodall in 1927

* GOODWILL, Gladys Johanna (nee Bowden) - 6 Sep 1950 aged 56
. married Albert John Goodwill in 1914
* GOODWIN, Arthur James David - 24 April 1944 aged 40
* GOODWIN, Harold Eaton - 9 Oct 1945 aged 46
. married Louisa Marie Gaudin, daughter of Walter Payn James Gaudin & Jenny Lotomua Kronfeld
* GOODWIN, John - 23 Feb 1948 aged 69
* GOODWIN, Susan - 24 Sep 1951 aged 75 (nee Trow)
. married John Goodwin in 1913

* GORDON, Laurine Christina (nee Larsen) - 28 May 1945 aged 60
. married Percival Peter Gordon in 1913

* GORRIE, Lillias Shearer - 29 Nov 1941 aged 55

* GOTTS, Amy Elizabeth - 22 Dec 1957 aged 84

* GOUDIE, Eleanor - 22 May 1943 aged 68
* GOUDIE, William Henry - 16 Sep 1931 aged 35
* GOUDIE, William Robert - 19 Aug 1951 aged 81

* GOUGH, Benjamin - 16 May 1953 aged ?
. no such person for that year on their cemetery database nor on BDM

* GOULDING, Elizabeth Mary (nee Stanley) - 24 June 1934 aged 83
. married Richard Goulding in 1880, 11 known children

* GOULDING, Richard Thomas - 6 Feb 1932 aged 86
* GOULDING, Richard Randall - 7 May 1939 aged 57
. first born of Richard & Elizabeth above. Attended Victoria University of Wellington

* GOW, George - 21 Feb 1935 aged 78
* GOW, William - 20 Jan 1950 aged 71

* GRAHAM, John Murray - 15 July 1947 aged 56
* names list has Johan Murray

* GRANGER, Jane Rebecca - 29 Sep 1945 aged 74

* GRANT, Eliza - 14 Sep 1948 aged 75
* GRANT, Nora Schweigaard (nee Nannestad) - 21 Dec 1938 aged 51
. married George Russ Grant of Napier

* GRAVILL, Charles Duncan - 14 April 1948 aged 65
* names list has surname Grauill

* GRAVEN, Millicent Pearl - 22 June 1931 aged 28

* GRAY, Elizabeth Pearson - 2 Aug 1946 aged 73
* GRAY, Ethel Stewart - 2 Feb 1943 aged 59
* GRAY, Margaret Brown Sorbie? - 24 Dec 1942 aged 51
* GRAY, Robert Charles Russell - 2 July 1941 aged 70

* GREAVES, Thomas Rydal - 30 Oct 1944 aged 60

* GREEN, Agnes Josephine - 4 March 1949 aged 68
* GREEN, Hubert Severne - 2 May 1946 aged 66
* GREEN, Sheila Hartley - 9 Dec 1946 aged 28
* GREEN, William Ernest - 20 Nov 1942 aged 58

* GREENFIELD, David Warwick - 9 Sep 1929 aged 12 days
* GREENOUGH, Annie Rebecca - 29 June 1950 aged 56

* GREENWOOD, Frederick William - 13 May 1948 aged 70
* GREENWOOD, Myra Lindley - 12 Feb 1927 aged 45

* GREER, Annie Elizabeth - 24 June 1948 aged 75
* GREER, Robert Adolphus - 16 Sep 1949 aged 85

* GREWAR, Alberta - 7 Jan 1944 aged 62

* GRIBBIN, George Arthur - 5 June 1944 aged 82
* GRIBBIN, Margaret Anne - 12 Sep 1946 aged 82

* GRICE, Annie Louise (nee Gumby) - 24 Feb 1944 aged 83
. married James Grice (1856-1917), mother of next 2
* GRICE, Evelyn Annie - 12 Jan 1947 aged 60
. born in Whangarei to James Grice & Annie Louise Gumby
* GRICE, Harold Edward - 23 Oct 1951 aged 66
. born in Whangarei to James Grice & Annie Louise Gumby

* GRIFFIN, Cyril James Anthony - 5 July 1942 aged 59
* GRIFFIN, Jessie Elizabeth - 23 June 1937 aged 56

* GRIFFITHS, Arthur - 20 Oct 1930 aged 60
* GRIFFITHS, Mabel - 7 Dec 1934 aged 79

* GROVES, Nellie - 28 Feb 1952 aged 78
* GROVES, Walter - 8 Oct 1938 aged 73

* GUINAN, John - 19 Nov 1934 aged 50

* GUNNING, Ellen Henrietta - 4 July 1952 aged 61
* GUNNING, Joseph Allison - 12 Oct 1937 aged 52
. son of Joseph John & Margaret Faulds Gunning (both buried Symonds St). He was a plumber in Taumarunui in 1916

* GURNEY, Elsie Annie - 21 Jan 1961 aged 73

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PHOTO Rev William Eugene Gillam (1856-1929)
Husband of Mary Ann above

READ PAGE A for information on what this posting is about.
Auckland Council provided Native Affairs with the names of the 1800 people but, as you will see at the above link, they do not contain any ages or other identifiable info, which is why I have expanded the list here to help you recognise any possible ancestors. Each and every person has been individually researched; using BDM, Papers Past, the cemetery database, family trees or any other means. This revealed some of the names (spelling) or dates, differ slightly from the list - this is pointed out on each.
. NOTES .
* lack of time means I have not looked for all maiden names, nor to link all parents or partners, but will come back to edit from time to time.
* same surnames grouped together does not necessarily mean they were related.
* dates could be of death or burial
* my edits & additions will be obvious
* further info may be found Waikumete Cemetery on Find A Grave

This is the original LIST of NAMES
A ~ B ~ C ~ D ~ E ~ F ~ G ~ H ~ I-J ~ K-L
M ~ Mc-N ~ O-P-Q ~ R ~ S ~ T-V ~ W-Y-Z

. . H . .
* HADDON, Elizabeth Jane - 9 May 1950 aged 68

* HAGGIE, Ellen Nora (nee Quinn) - 28 Dec 1943 aged 64
. married George Jersey Haggie

* HAIR, Dorothy - 6 June 1950 aged 105.11
* names list has 16 July 1944
The Argus (Melbourne) 23 July 1949 - Mrs Dorothy Hair, of Birkenhead, Auckland, was 105 years of age today. She enjoys good health and is reasonably active. Mrs Hair came out from England in 1902. She lives with her only daughter and son-in-law, but has no grandchildren
Otago Daily Times, 7 June 1950 DEATH AT 105. Mrs Dorothy Hair of Birkenhead, has died at the age of 1905, within a month of her 106th birthday. Born at Blaydon-on-Tyne, near Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, Mrs Hair came to New Auckland with her family in 1902. Up to her death, she lived with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr and Mrs F. F. Powell.Mrs Hair lived in Auckland after her arrival in New Zealand except for a short visit to England before the First World War, She was able to read the newspapers up to a hsort time before her death.

* HALE, Joseph William - 22 Nov 1949 aged 65
* HALE, Sidney Ralph - 11 Dec 1944 aged 65

* HALFORD, Annie Mollison (nee Smith) - 7 May 1944 aged 69
Otago Witness, 4 March 1903 HALFORD-SMITH, On the 17th February 1903, at the residence of the bride's mother, "Beechwood" Canongate (Dunedin), by the Rev Dr Waddell, Ernest John Halford of Christchurch, to Annie Mollison, younger daughter of the late James Smith, Dunedin
* HALFORD, Ernest John - 2 April 1948 aged 73

* HALL, Ernest William - 30 Oct 1937 aged 60
* HALL, William - 28 Dec 1945 aged 62

* HALLIDAY, Henry Lloyd - 27 Sep 1938 aged 46

* HALLIWELL, Ellen Mary (nee Reid) - 24 Dec 1945 aged 64
. married Fred Halliwell in 1903
* HALLIWELL, Eliza - 6 Dec 1941 aged 63
* HALLIWELL, Fred - 8 Feb 1944 aged 68
* HALLIWELL, Ian - 11 June 1946 aged 2 weeks

* HAM, Harry Frank - 10 Aug 1942 aged 74

* HAMER, John George - 6 Sep 1948 aged 65
* HAMER, Mary/May - 28 Feb 1949 aged 73

* HAMILTON-IRVINE, Richard Clarence - 7 April 1946 aged 70
. married Sophie Elizabeth James (1889-1970) in 1919. A son perhaps. Sophie is buried at St Mathias Anglican, Panmure, with her parents & others

* HAMMOND, Eleanor - 8 Feb 1947 aged 78
* HAMMOND, Theodore Martin - 24 June 1929 aged 59

* HAMPTON, Constance Firth - 4 Nov 1937 aged 75
* HAMPTON, Samuel - 3 July 1947 aged 83
* names list has 3 July 1937
* HAMPTON, Walter Clements - 16 Oct 1930 aged 87

* HANNAH, Hugh - 12 April 1932 aged 70
* names list has Hugh Hannan

* HANSCH, Frieda Eleanor - 16 June 1937 aged 53 (Hansch was her maiden name)
* on names list as Frieda Hansch & on Waikumete cemetery database as Frieda Eleanor McGregor-Smith which has her ashes as interred in Columbarium Niche Wall Old Row C, Plot 20. Frieda was born in England, a daughter of Johan Heinrich 'John Henry' Hansch (1863-1926) & Louisa Haines (1862-1928). She arrived on the 'Victory' in 1884. Her mother Louisa is buried in Christ Church burial ground, Clevedon, Auckland. On her headstone is a list of her children: Freida, Ernest, Laura, Gladys & Carl Hansch. Freida had a daughter in 1904, Gretchen Wilhelmina Hansch. She married John Avondale Arnold (1877-1946) in 1906 & had another 5 children. They lived on a farm in Afriston owned by her father and John worked on the land. In 1918 John was charged with attempting to murder her. He struck her on the head, bound her hands and she lay next to the 4 year old twins in their cot. He set fire to the bedroom with a lighted candle and a tin of kerosine. She managed to release herself. The house was burned to the ground. John got 7 years. Frieda next married Norman McGregor-Smith in 1922. They were divorced in Feb 1936 on the grounds of 3 years separation

* HARDEN, Violet - 16 June 1931 aged 44

* HARDING, Alfred Edward - 12 Dec 1944 aged
* HARDING, Alpha Bennick - 7 Sep 1945 aged 90
. married Christina Agnes Bartholomew in 1883 in Feilding, lived Trafalgar St., Onehunga
* HARDING, Ann Ulva - 10 March 1943 aged

* HARDLEY, Anna (nee Robb) - 9 Jan 1953 aged 86
* my addition to the names list. On the Waikumete cemetery database as buried in the same vault as Daniel but not on the names list
* HARDLEY, Daniel Russell - 20 Jan 1943 aged 82
. born in England to George Skelton Hardley & Mary Fisher Russell. Married Anna Robb in Scotland 22 June 1886 and had 5 known children. Arrived in NZ c1902

* HARDS, Marie - 29 June 1950 aged 62

* HARLAND, Anthony Ernest - 23 Sep 1946 aged 74

* HARNOTT, George William - 16 Dec 1937 aged 76

* HARPER, Annie - 23 Sep 1959 aged 74
* HARPER, Charles - 28 Jan 1936 aged 88
* HARPER, Clara Emma - 3 Sep 1941 aged 66
* HARPER, Joyce Holmes - 16 April 1938 aged 23

* HARRINGTON, Charles Richard - 26 April 1940 aged 52

* HARRIS, Ellen - 19 Dec 1944 aged 65
* HARRIS, George Hastings - 30 Nov 1945 aged 68
* HARRIS, Harry - 1 Oct 1944 aged 78
* HARRIS, Jane - Nov 1950 aged 84
* HARRIS, Michael Bowden - 29 June 1943 aged 86
* HARRIS, Samuel - 11 July 1941 aged 67

* HARRISON, Alfred William Jabez - 25 Nov 1940 aged 59
* HARRISON, Edward - 2 Oct 1949 aged 57
* HARRISON, Gerald Blacker - 12 May 1948 aged 74
* HARRISON, Helen - 28 Jan 1952 aged 84
* HARRISON, John William - 20 Jan 1925 aged 70
* HARRISON, Maurice Horatio - 12 Jan 1937 aged 53
* HARRISON, Rose Matilda - 26 Sep 1950 aged 86
* HARRISON, William - 10 Jan 1940 aged 69

* HARTY, Annie Charlotte - 4 Aug 1938 aged 80
* HARTY, Joseph Kew - 25 May 1934 aged 78

* HARVEY, Elizabeth - 9 July 1948 aged 69
* HARVEY, Harold McIntyre - 8 April 1945 aged 90
* HARVEY, James - 28 Dec 1962 aged 85
* HARVEY, Lily Alexandra - 5 Sep 1939 aged 72

* HASTE, Hedley Vicars - 9 Sep 1936 aged 77

* HATTON, Helen Violet - 12 June 1950 aged 69
* HATTON, William - 19 Jan 1947 aged 77

* HAUGHIE, James Evan - 28 Aug 1946 aged 67

* HAWKINGS, Edgar James - 5 Nov 1950 aged 86
* HAWKINGS, Kate Ann (nee Hawkings) - 4 Dec 1948 aged 77
. they were cousins, read Edgar's link

* HAWORTH, Rita Lucy - 3 Aug 1937 aged 39

* HAWTHORN, Adaline (nee Rowell) - 13 Jan 1955 aged 85
* HAWTHORN, John Thomas - 29 July 1936 aged 72

* HAYCOCK, Archibald Frederick - 16 Oct 1965 aged 66
* HAYCOCK, Mary Ann - 5 May 1932 aged 62
* HAYCOCK, James Frank - 29 Nov 1948 aged 78

* HAYES, Rosina Mary 'Rose' (nee Coombes) - 17 July 1952 aged 78
* name list has Rose Tong. She married Thomas Henry Hayes in 1920
* HAYES, Thomas Henry - 14 Aug 1938 aged 67
* name list has 1942 for Thomas

* HAYLES, Charles - 29 Aug 1942 aged 75
* HAYLES, Joan (nee Henderson) - 20 Feb 1954 aged 86

* HAYR, Mary Grace - 12 April 1943 aged 77
* HAYR, William James - 3 Oct 1943 aged 79

* HEADDEY, Mary Crawford - 21 Jan 1930 aged 72
* HEADDEY, Richard Henry - 21 Jan 1932 aged 73

* HEATH, Frederick Ralph - 16 March 1961 aged 81
* HEATH, Ivy Frances - 23 Nov 1946 aged 64

* HEATHER, Julia Maria Dolores (nee Garland) - 27 Jan 1932 aged 60
. married Arthur Burgoyne Heather (1869-1958) in 1892 (buried Kaponga)

* HELDT, Elsie Cecelia (nee Robertson) - 13 Dec 1965 aged 77
* HELDT, John Augustus - 19 Dec 1948 aged 59

* HEMMINGWAY, Edward - 11 May 1950 aged 71

* HEMUS, Charles - 6 Dec 1925 aged 76
* HEMUS, Gertrude Evangeline (nee Edger) - 16 Sep 1936 aged 84
. married Charles Hemus in 1875

* HENDERSON, Frederick Charles - 1 Feb 1950 aged 41
* HENDERSON, Ruth Lloyd - 31 July 1941 aged 33

* HENDRY, Ellen - 9 Aug 1940 aged 74
* HENDRY, James - 23 May 1942 aged 83
* HENDRY, William - 19 Oct 1948 aged 66

* HENRY, Caroline Sibthorpe (nee Hawley) - 24 June 1948 aged 94
. married George Folkes Henry in 1886
* HENRY, George Folkes - 3 May 1933 aged 76
* HENRY, John Crawford - 16 Oct 1948 aged 65
* HENRY, Mary Elizabeth - 22 May 1946 aged 67

* HENSHAW, Augustus Seymour - 29 March 1948 aged 62

* HERBERT, Emma May - 14 Jan 1947 aged 65
* HERBERT, Sidney - 4 Oct 1953 aged 81

* HERRICK, John George Christoff - 11 Aug 1924 aged 79
* HERRICK, Jane (nee Britton) - 13 Aug 1941 aged
. married in Parnell in 1870. John was a bootmaker

* HESSEY, Violet - 20 Oct 1939 aged 40

* HETHERINGTON, Denbie - 5 Dec 1937 aged 27
. son of Irving Carruthers Hetherington & Miranda Shering Moors. His first name Denbie can be traced back to the House of Carruthers of Denbie in 1669
NZ Herald, 7 Dec 1937 HETHERINGTON - On December 5, at Auckland, after a long illness, Denbie, beloved youngest son of Mr and Mrs Irving Hetherington, 27 Ewington Avenue, Mt Eden' aged 27 years. Private interment. No flowers by request.
* HETHERINGTON, Irving Carruthers - 31 Aug 1941 aged 76
. born 25 Sep 1865 in Queensland to Richard Hetherington (1822-1870) & Mary Jane Blain. He was a grandson of Richard Irving Hetherington (1778-1865), solicitor (who worked with Robert Louis Stevenson) & Louisa Carruthers (1782-1849) of Dumfriesshire, Scotland. Irving travelled to Samoa. In 1895 he was nominated for Municipal Council in Samoa. About 1903 he married Miranda Shering Moors in Samoa. In 1911 he was listed on the Board of H. J. Moors Company (his father-in-law), Moors Samoan Trading and Plantations Ltd. In 1918 he was the acting manager of the company. In 1926 he was the Trustee of Harry Jay Moors Estate in Samoa.
* HETHERINGTON, Mary - 31 March 1948 aged 77
* HETHERINGTON, Miranda Shering (nee Moors) - 24 Nov 1947 aged 63
. born 18 May 1884 in Samoa, the 1st of 6 known children of Harry Jay Moors (1854-1926) & Fa'animonimo 'Nimo' Asi (1862-1932). Her father was born in Detroit, Michigan, her mother in Apia, Samoa. Harry visited Samoa in 1875, returned in 1878 and they married. in 1910 he established the Moors Samoan Trading & Plantations Ltd. Miranda married Irving Carruthers Hetherington in Samoa about 1903 & had 5 children.
about her father . Sydney Morning Herald, 27 March 1926: Mr Moors, then an impressionable young man of 21 years of age, paid a business visit to Apia in 1875 and fell in love, as so many others have done, with the strange exotic beauty of the place. His business compelled him to return lo the United States, but he had left his heart in Samoa. Less than three years later found him back. He married a Samoan lady.
From a modest beginning as a trader Mr Moors enterprises extended till he had stores and plantations all over the group. He was in partnership with Mr Grevsmuhl in the early eighties, at Matafele and, upon the partnership being dissolved, he established himself in Apia and his business grew.
With his great friend, the late Robert Louis Stevenson and Mr R. H. Carruthers, began the cultivation of cacao, in a commercial way. Previous to this the now defunct concern that used to be called the D. H. and P. G., had planted a small area and these early efforts laid the foundation of the planting era.
He merged his interests into a limited liability company, which amalgamated with O. F. Nelson and Company, Ltd., Mr Nelson, who is one of Mr Moors sons-in- law, being the managing director.
his death notice 1926 The late Mr Moors was a merchant and had a large business at Apia, which has been established for many years. He was a frequent visitor to Sydney where he was also very well known. He was a personal friend of the late Robert Louis Stevenson and was author of the book entitled "With Stevenson In Samoa". Mr Moors settled In Samoa In 1879, having come from the United States. He was about 72 years of age.

* HICKSON, Herbert Leslie - 3 Jan 1941 aged 54

* HIGGINS, Cheryl June - 31 Aug 1948 aged 4 months

* HIGSON, Dolly Mary - 30 Aug 1947 aged 67

* HILL, Elizabeth - 4 Oct 1939 aged 84
* HILL, Fanny - 16 July 1946 aged 98
* HILL, John Arthur - 11 June 1948 aged

* HILLCOAT, James Paterson - 8 May 1949 aged

* HILLS-WEBB Madeline Julie - 2 Aug 1950 aged 78

* HILTON, William - 26 June 1944 aged 49

* HINDLE, Asenath - 29 Dec 1948 aged 77

* HINE - Urania Elisa Jane - 8 March 1937 aged 59

* HIRST, Ann - 15 Aug 1948 aged 80
* HIRST, Annie Sophia - 30 March 1949 aged 83

* HIRST-GOOD, Alan Henry - 4 July 1947 aged 39
. Alan was an Accountant. He served in WWII as Second Lieutenant, later Major. He died in Green Lane Hospital
Gisborne Herald, 22 Jan 1946 Major H. A. Hirst-Good, and Mrs Hirst-Good, formerly of London, who with their three children have been the guests of Mr and Mrs R. Johnson, Clifford street, left yesterday on an extended visit to Rotorua and Auckland
Evening Star, 7 July 1947 POLITICAL CANDIDATES. With the nomination of two members of parliament for the vacant seat on the Auckland University College Council, the election, to be held at the end of the month, will have a political aspect. The election, which is to take place on July 31, will be the second to be held for the seat. Nominations originally closed on May 15, when the papers of two candidates - Mr Ford and Dr A. H. Hirst-Good - were received. Dr Hirst-Good died early in June, but the count of votes on June 13 showed that he had been elected. The council then decided to hold another election. Mr Ford is not a candidate in the second election.

* HISLOP, Jennifer Jane Kerr - 10 Dec 1946 aged4

* HOARE, Florence 31 May 1939 aged 68

* HODGES, Joseph Walter 2 April 1950 aged 48

* HOFFMAN, Sophia - 25 Nov 1946 aged 96

* HOLDSWORTH, Maud Annie - 11 Sep 1949 aged 66
* HOLDSWORTH, Rachel (nee Rice) - 10 Aug 1943 aged 58
* HOLDSWORTH, Thomas Alexander - 17 Dec 1955 aged 75
. Thomas & Rachel married in 1908 & had 5 children (3 sons)

* HOLT, Arthur - 31 March 1944 aged 78

* HOOK, Margaret - 29 April 1947 aged 75

* HOOPER, Letty Matilda - 30 Sep 1945 aged 77

* HOOTON, Reginald Charles Hamilton - 11 July 1941 aged 61
. son of John Peter Hooton (1855-1930) & Mary Gurney Potter (1859-1922). He married Flora Gilbert in 1907. His body was found in the harbour

* HOPKINS, Aileen Vera (nee Drummond) - 26 April 1947 aged 51
. born in Riwaka, daughter of Thomas Younger Drummond (1854-1941) & Jemima Anthony (1854-1935)
* HOPKINS, Alice - 4 Aug 1951 aged 73
* HOPKINS, Emily - 23 Aug 1921 aged 78
* HOPKINS, George Thorogood - 18 Oct 1948 aged 68

* HORNE, William Stanley - 29 July 1937 aged 71
. married Lilian Lucy (1868-1951 nee ?). Their son, born in London, Gunner 13189, John Charles Horne (1895-1918) was killed in Belgium

* HORROCKS, baby - 1 Nov 1948 aged 2 days

* HOTCHIN, Hannah Markham (nee Cook) - 25 Feb 1943 aged 79
. she married Henry Kendall in Yorkshire in 1864. She next married George William Hotchen in NZ 1879
* HOTCHIN, Tom George Louis - 18 Feb 1942 aged 63
. born in Auckland to George William Hotchin & Hannah Markham Cook. He married Mary Anne Watson (1884-1967) in 1903 & had 6 children (4 sons)

* HOTCHKISS, Mary Elizabeth - 29 Oct 1959 aged 77
* HOTCHKISS, John Williams - 30 Dec 1943 aged 67

* HOWARTH, Susannah (nee Wildman) - 10 July 1947 aged
. daughter of William Wildman (1843-1897) & Eliza Jane Holder (1860-1959), She married Athol Fielding Howarth (1885-1961) in 1911. Athol was a Solicitor in Te Kuiti. They had 1 son, Peter Francis Wildman Howarth 1913-, died in Australia

* HOWDEN, Charles Ritchie - 29 Aug 1928 aged 90
. married Aline Louise Constance Fraser (1840-) at her father's home, Captain Fraser of Dunedin in 1869 & had 5 children (3 sons). In 1911 they were at 8 High St., Maori Hill, Dunedin. In 1925 in Auckland

* HOWE, John Rowland - 10 Feb 1946 aged 49

* HUBBLE, Mona Isabella - 13 June 1938 aged 36
. Daughter of Thomas Francis Jeffries & his defacto, Alice Isabella Harrison (nee Kermode). Mona married Auckland Lawyer, Vincent Noel Hubble in 1932. Vincent (often went by the name Noel. They had a son, Terry Noel Hubble (1938-2022). Mona died 7 days after his birth.
NZ Herald, 14th June 1938 HUBBLE - On June 13th 1938, Mona, dearly-beloved wife of Noel Hubble and elder daughter of Mr and Mrs T. F. Jeffries of 6 Aratonga Avenue. Private interment from St. George's Church, Ranfurly Road, to-morrow (Wednesday), at 10.30 a.m.
. Noel next married Ruth Anna Grethe Legarth (1915-2007) in 1939. He drowned on Norfolk Island aged 50

* HUCKSTEP, Burnett Claude - 12 Oct 1944 aged 54
. names list has Huchsted . a son of Alfred Carmel Huckstep (1864-11927) & Elizabeth Ann Wilson (1867-1927) and nephew of of the famous Bill Huckstep, the Australasian professional miler. He was, for many years, on the locomotive staff of the NZ Railways at Papakura. He married Esther Rae Richardson (1892-1978) in 1915
HUCKSTEP - On October 12, 1944 (suddenly), at his residence, 3 Harley Road, Takapuna, Burnett Claude, dearly-beloved husband of Esther Rae Huckstep and loving father of Gladys, Noreen and grandfather of Peter; in his 55th year. Funeral will leave the above address after a service at 12.45 p.m. today (Friday), connecting with the 2 p.m. vehicular ferry for the Waikumete Crematorium.
HUCKSTEP - On October 12, at his late residence, Burnestt Claude, dearly loved eldest son of the late Alfred and Elizabeth Huckstep and loving brother of Cis (Mrs Bovaird), Mary (Mrs Avery), Alf, Leo, Kitty, Jim and Jack.

* HUGGINS, Louisa Susannah - 29 March 1939 aged 83

* HUGHES, Henry Rochford 'Harry' - 4 Oct 1941 aged 66
. Harry was a Master Mariner. He married Hattie May Brighan (1877-1917), daughter of James McRae Brighan & Elizabeth Dines Halsted on 23 Dec 1905.
they had a son 1914-1996 Air Marshall, Sir Sidney Weetman Rochford Hughes KCB, CBE, AFC, FRAeS. Hattie died 10 Dec 1917 at Auckland. Harry next married Louie Goudie (1891-1976) in 1919.
they had a daughter 1922-2014 Doreen Rochford Hughes (+North). In 1925 he was a settler at Greenhithe, Kaipara.
Auckland Star, 6 Oct 1941 CAPTAIN H. R. HUGHES - Master Mariner. A retired master mariner, with an unsurpassed record of submarine cable work in the Pacific, Captain Harry Rockford Hughes, died yesterday at his home in St Heliers. Aged 66, Captain Hughes was born in Worcestershire and served his apprenticeship in sail for some years, including the Boer War period, when he was a junior officer in the Union Castle Line, between British ports and South Africa. In 1903 he joined the marine staff of the Pacific Cable Board as fourth officer of the cable ship lris, which had just been built to the board’s order for repair and maintenance work. He with the vessel continuously for nearly 30 years, eventually becoming her commander. He retired in 1932. During his long service, Captain Hughes established a very high reputation as an expert in laying and repairing cables. He carried on this work in Australian, New Zealand, Polynesian, and Canadian waters, often under conditions which tested the skill and endurance of the ship’s company to the utmost and he was called upon frequently to undertake repairs to cable in Cook Strait for the New Zealand Government. Among shipmasters, he was known as an extraordinarily skilful navigator and he accomplished many remarkable feats, quickly locating cable faults at points far distant from land. When the Iris was armed and sent out from Auckland in the last war to search for Count von Luckner, who had escaped from internment on Motuihi Island, Captain Hughes was in command of the shore party at the Kermadec Islands where the Germans were recaptured. Later the Iris was renamed the Recorder, and passed to the ownership of Cable and Wireless Ltd, which no longer operates here from Auckland. After his retirement Captain Hughes did a large amount of coastal pilotage work for overseas shipping companies.
Captain Hughes is survived by his wife, a daughter and a son, Flight-Lieutenant S W. R. Hughes, Royal Air Force
* HUGHES, John 30 Aug 1962 aged 88
* HUGHES, Letitia - 24 Oct 1946 aged 73
* HUGHES, Olga Nellie Ada (nee Maguire) 12 Oct 1949 aged 53
. married John Robert Hughes in 1923

* HUMPHREY, Evangeline Florence - 23 Dec 1947 aged 68

* HUNT, Alfred Henry - 22 Sep 1929 aged 71
* HUNT, Annie Elisa - 1 June 1948 aged 90

* HUNTER, Mary Patricia - 25 March 1946 aged 17
. recorded as an invalid
* HUNTER, Robert Fleming - 12 May 1948 aged 51
. son of Richard Somerville Hunter & Lillian Hodgson. Robert was a Bank manager. He married Doris Dabelle Woodroffe in Holy Trinity Church, Otahuhu, in 1923

* HURST, Frederick Lawrence - 31 May 1945 aged 68
. cheese maker in Hekeia, Southland when he was with the First Reserves, at Hautapu, Waikato in 1925

* HUSTON, Elsie Ruth (nee Hirst) - 17 June 1936 aged 42
. married Claude John Huston (1897-1965) in 1923. In 1925 he was an electrician at 393 New North Road, Morningside, Auckland
Auckland Star, 18 June 1936 HUSTON - On June 17, at Auckland Hospital, Elsie Ruth, dearly beloved wife of Claude John Huston, 15 Highland Road, Mount Albert, aged 42 years.
* Claude next married Alice Shotton (1904-1998) in 1938

* HUTCHINGS, Arthur William - 7 May 1944 aged 75

* HUTCHINSON, Maud Olive (nee Boyd) - 27 Nov 1943 aged 62
. (sometimes written Maude Holly) daughter of Kenneth Matheson Boyd (1859-1920) & Louisa Ansell (1857-1936). She married William Hutchinson in 1907
Auckland Star, 29 Nov 1943 HUTCHINSON - On November 27 1943 (suddenly) at Auckland, Maude Olive, of 101 Point Chevalier Road, dearly loved wife of William and loving mother of Mavis (Mavis Rita 1906-1979), Muriel (Muriel Holly 1907-2002 +McGowan) and Grace. Private cremation to-day (Monday)

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PHOTO Miranda Shering Hetherington nee Moors (1884-1947), born Apia, Samoa

READ PAGE A for information on what this posting is about.
Auckland Council provided Native Affairs with the names of the 1800 people but, as you will see at the above link, they do not contain any ages or other identifiable info, which is why I have expanded the list here to help you recognise any possible ancestors. Each and every person has been individually researched; using BDM, Papers Past, the cemetery database, family trees or any other means which revealed some of the names (spelling) or dates, differ slightly from the list - this is pointed out on each.
. NOTES .
* lack of time means I have not looked for all maiden names, nor to link all parents or partners, but will come back to edit from time to time.
* same surnames grouped together does not necessarily mean they were related.
* dates could be of death or burial
* my edits & additions will be obvious
* further info may be found Waikumete Cemetery on Find A Grave

This is the original LIST of NAMES
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* O'CONNOR, Aileen Florence - 16 Jan 1950 aged 23
* O'CONNOR, Charles - 1 Sep 1931 aged 71
* O'CONNOR, Ellen Nina (nee Wakefield) - 1 Jan 1941 aged 75
. married Charles in 1890 & had 3 children
* O'CONNOR, Lillian - 23 Aug 1951 age not found

* OGDEN, Patrick Stuart - 22 Jan 1945 aged 23
. names list has Patrick Stewart. He was a Corporal in the Royal NZ Air Force

* OGG, Victoria Lillian (nee Cotton) - 27 June 1946 aged 74
* OGG, Percy - 9 April 1949 aged 76
. they married in 1903 & had 3 children

* OLIVER, Ann Elizabeth - 30 Oct 1935 aged 65

* O'MEARA, Edward - 5 April 1950 aged 58
* O'MEARA, Emma - 18 Oct 1946 aged 81
* O'MEARA, Dorothy Ruth - 2 Aug 1951 aged 52
* O'MEARA, William - 11 March 1945 aged 79
. born in Kemureti-Cambridge, Waikato, the 4th of 11 children of William Charles O'Meara (1840-1905) of County Offaly & Mary Amelia Hart (1845-1901) of County Limerick who married in Melbourne

* ORME, Nellie - 14 Oct 1959 aged 79

* OUGHTON, William Edward - 6 April 1948 aged 64

* OUTRAM, Charles - 19 Feb 1943 aged 56

* OWENS, Ann - 6 Feb 1940 aged 86
* OWENS, George - 2 Oct 1942 age not found
* OWENS, Robert - 15 July 1935 aged 86

* OXLEY, Florence Maud - 27 Aug 1945 aged 60

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* PAGE, Emma - 22 May 1940 aged 83
* PAGE, Patricia Balfour - 5 June 1947 aged 25

* PAIN, Ernest Henry - 28 Dec 1945 aged 74
. Ernest was a Methodist minister & Sunday school missionary
* PAIN, Henrietta - 18 April 1941 aged 65
* names list has Payne for both

* PAINTER, Charles John - 1 Jan 1938 aged 82

* PAINTON, George Augustus - 31 Oct 1945 aged 72
. names list has George Augustus Painter
* PAINTON, Elizabeth Agnes - 25 May 1954 aged 73

* PALMER, David - 27 Sep 1947 aged 87
. names list has 1946
* PALMER, Evelyn Fordyce (nee Bain) - 7 Sep 1946 aged 78
. married David Palmer in 1902
* PALMER, Margaret Olivia - 25 Dec 1937 aged 61

* PANTING, Emily Esther - 8 June 1945 aged 90
* PANTING, Frank Hubert - 16 Dec 1965 aged 84

* PHARAOH, Ada Grace - 5 Oct 1936 aged 62

* PARK, John - 18 May 1948 aged 68
* PARK, Louisa - 22 Aug 1946 aged 74

* PARKER, Amy - 28 March 1944 aged 73
* PARKER, Edna May - 19 Sep 1926 aged 27
. daughter of William James Parker (1877-1954) & Sylvia Mary Arnold (1882-1962). She had 1 brother: 1904 - 1965 Raymond Balfour Parker (+Smith)
NZ Herald, 25 Sep 1926 Mr W. Parker of Devonport, has received word of the death of his only daughter, Edna, in Sydney. She was a granddaughter of the late Captain Harry Parker. Mr and Mrs William J. Parker and son (late of Devonport), wish to sincerely thank all kind friends and relations who so deeply sympathised with them in the loss of their only beloved daughter and sister, Edna, who died in Sydney, September 19, 1926; also for letters, cards and telegrams received.

* PARROTT, William - 1 April 1942 aged 65
* PARROTT, Martha Flint (nee Allott) - 1 June 1950 aged 67
. names list has Martha Mary Parrott. They married in 1919

* PARSONS, Arthur Langdon - 23 Aug 1927 aged 62
. in 1892 Arthur was appointed Manager of the Wanganui branch of the New Zealand Insurance Company, head office secretary at Auckland since 1921
* PARSONS, William Brendon - 23 Feb 1936 aged 55

* PATERSON, Ann Brebner Simpson (nee Davidson) - 20 May 1961 aged 77
. born in Glasgow to George Davidson (1842-1901) & Mary Wilson (1848-1889)
* PATERSON, Campbell - 21 July 1931 aged 78
. born Shawlands, Renfrewshire, husband of Ann, had at least 2 children before coming to NZ
* PATERSON, Ethel May - 25 March 1950 aged 78
* PATERSON, Roderick - 9 Oct 1928 aged 72

* PATON, Margaret Jane - 17 June 1932 aged 76
* PATON, William - 6 March 1937 aged 80

* PATRICK, Douglas Smith - 20 Oct 1949 aged 69

* PATERSON, Robert Lamb - 6 Aug 1932 aged 77
. names list has Patterson

* PATTERSON, Ethel Rona - 21 July 1948 aged 40

* PAUL, George - 31 Aug 1945 aged 48

* PAYNE, Janet Somerville - 11 June 1950 aged 40
* PAYNE, Maud Martin (nee Shaw) - 8 Aug 1949 aged 65
. married Ernest Payne in 1922
* PAYNE, Walter Ernest - 7 Nov 1960 aged 79

* PEARCE, Alexander Norman - 22 April 1938 aged 54
* PEARCE, John - 17 June 1943 aged 63

* PEARSE, Susan Martin - 21 May 1948 aged 86

* PEARSON, Emily - 19 Jan 1949 aged 75
* PEARSON, John Everald - 4 Dec 1947 aged 68
* PEARSON, John Charles - 25 May 1943 aged 79
* PEARSON, Thomas Edward - 17 Jan 1930 aged 72
. Thomas was the Superintendent of Parks to the Auckland City Council

* PEDERSEN, Hans Christian - 22 Jan 1940 aged 65
. names list has Pederson

* PEEBLES, Ada - 21 Oct 1947 aged 77

* PELLETT, Alfred Alexander - 3 April 1937 aged 63
* PELLETT, George - 17 April 1937 aged 65
* PELLETT, Isabel Ann (nee Totman) - 5 Sep 1946 aged 36
. eldest daughter of Henry Owen Totman (1876-1939) & Caroline Brook (1879-1941). She married Thomas Aubrey Pellett (1905-1092) in St Mark's Church, Remuera in 1930. Thomas next married Gwenith Melva Greenwood (1909-2005) in 1948

* PENN, Arthur Valentine - 17 Sep 1935 aged 68
* PENN, Mary Agnes (nee Russell)- 25 Oct 1955 aged 83
. they married in 1893 & had 1 son: John Rainsford Penn (1893-1962)

* PERCHARD, Ada - 27 Nov 1948 aged 53

* PERCIVAL, Reginald Ritchie - 22 July 1935 aged 72

* PERKINS, Frank - 29 April 1944 aged 73

* PERCY, Mary Matilda - 26 March 1955 aged 89
* PERCY, Thomas - 6 March 1934 aged 73

* PERRETT, John Douglas - 18 Jan 1937 aged 79

* PERRY, Sarah Jane - 24 Aug 1945 aged 67

* PERT, Frances Muriel - 14 Nov 1940 aged 30

* PETER, Jane Ann - 25 May 1959 aged 60
* PETER, John Ratcliffe - 4 May 1959 aged 90
. John was a miner in Huntly & Kiripaka. He married Louisa Sarah Grogan Young in 1936

* PETTMAN, Lewis - 23 Sep 1947 aged 72

* PHETHEAN, Josiah - 20 June 1945 aged 74
. born 16 Nov 1870 in Bolton, Lancashire to Thomas Phethean (1829-1895) & Lucy Annie Cromack (1845-1890). He left London for Wellington on the Tokomaru on 29 Aug 1900. He was a Builder, Contractor in Gisborne & Auckland. He married Sarah 'Sally' Beardsley (1876-1963) & had 6 known children
* wedding of their son, Josiah Phethean (see photo at end).
Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 Nov 1954 An Auckland man, Mr Josiah Phethean, was married to Miss Fetuna Seira Epi Enari (1908-1975) of Vaila village, West Samoa, in August. The wedding took place in the LMS church at Vaila and a reception was held in the Tivoli Theatre, Apia. The couple plan to visit Auckland prior to settling in West Samoa.

* PHILLIPS, Henry - 2 Nov 1939 aged 85
* PHILLIPS, Horatio James - 29 May 1944 aged 64
* PHILLIPS, Martha - 24 April 1940 aged 82
* PHILLIPS, Sarah Elizabeth - 31 Dec 1951 aged 74
* PHILLIPS, William Augustus - 3 Aug 1946 aged 55
. born in London. Married Ada Ellen Fitton (1890-1985) in 1915

* PHILLIPSON, Herbert Mitchell - 17 Aug 1938 aged 58

* PHIPPS, Euphemia Pitcairn (nee Saxton) - 15 July 1943 aged 66
* PHIPPS, William West - 21 Jan 1943 aged 71
. son of Frederick Eli Phipps (1838-1920) & Hannah West (1935-1893). He married Euphemia in 1901. No children

* PICKARD, Agnes (nee Black) - 13 Feb 1946 aged 58
* PICKARD, James Alexander - 13 May 1948 aged 63
. they married in 1907 & had 2 daughters.

* PIERCE, Edward Ernest - 31 May 1942 aged 69
* PIERCE, Margaret - 24 June 1964 aged 91

* PILKINGTON, Louisa Clare (nee Bailey) - 6 Feb 1947 aged 50
. daughter of William Bailey & Edith Florence Wicks, she married Charles Merritt Pilkington (1896-1983) in St Mary's, Addington, Christchurch in 1920
Press, 7 Feb 1947 PILKINGTON - On February 6, 1947, at Auckland, Louisa Clare, dearly loved wife of Charles Merritt Pilkington, of New Lynn and second daughter of Mrs F. E. Bailey and he late W. Bailey, 5 Howard street, Spreydon
. Charles next married Frances May Thuell in 1948

* PILLINGER, Kathleen Beatrice (nee Wrathall) - 29 June 1938 aged
. married Alfred George Pillinger (1880-1959), a publican, in 1906. They had a son, Benjamin Kenneth Pillinger (1910-) who married Alice May Upson (1919-2014) in 1939. Kathleen died at their 'Sterling Hotel'

* PISARENKO, Vlademir Eugene - 9 July 1930 aged 56

* PITKETHLEY, David Watson - 7 Sep 1946 aged 62
. born in Thames to David Watson Pitkethley (1849-1889) & Isabella Mennie (1846-1942). He married Eva Dewsnap (1896-1952)
* PLAISTER, Reginald - 26 Oct 1944 aged 51
. Leading Aircraftman 405391 Royal NZ Air Force

* POLLOCK, Jennie - 21 July 1941 aged 61

* PORTER, May Victoria (nee Fitt) - 23 July 1947 aged 55
. married John Henry Porter in 1939

* POTTER, Charles Edward George - 10 June 1948 aged 80
. married Annie Sinclair in 1921. Married Mary Smith in 1932

* POWELL, Alice Edith - 24 May 1946 aged 47
* POWELL, Arthur - 25 April 1943 aged 66
* POWELL, Daisy May -25 May 1950 aged 55
* POWELL, Ester - 24 Aug 1959 aged 85
* POWELL, Honora Hughes - 2 May 1948 aged 78
* POWELL, Robert - 17 Jan 1943 aged 65

* POYNTON, Joseph William - 13 Nov 1927 aged 65

* PRATT, Ernest John - 8 Aug 1949 aged 69
* PRATT, Louise Ann (nee Robinson) - 17 Aug 1964 aged 82
. they married in 1910

* PRENTICE, William Newbigging - 30 May 1946 aged 65
* PRENTICE, Kate Saundry (nee Leggoe) - 21 Feb 1982 aged 95
. they married in 1911. Kate's ashes were actually scattered

* PRESTAGE, Henry - 14 Feb 1938 aged 42
. names list has Henry Pustage

* PRICE, Edward Arthur - 5 March 1957 aged 97
* PRICE, Estelle May - 24 May 1945 aged 63
* PRICE, Lucy Elizabeth - 4 March 1947 aged 76

* PRIER, Sadie Jennette/Jeanetta - 28 Oct 1941 aged 45

* PRIME, Frederick - 24 Aug 1939 aged 87
* PRIME, Mary Jane (nee Hoyes) - 7 Jan 1954 aged 99
. they married in St James, Auckland in 1881 & had 7 known children (6 sons)

* PRINGLE, Elizabeth - 11 Aug 1950 aged 68
. names list has 1941

* PROBYN, William Henry - 17 May 1941 aged 80

* PROCTOR, Ida Mary - 18 Dec 1949 aged 72

* PROUD, Albert Berry - 18 Feb 1947 aged 65
* PROUD, Elizabeth Mary - 11 Oct 1938 aged 49

* PUNCH, Alfred Ernest - 5 July 1944 aged 57

* PURSER, Stanley Charles - 19 Sep 1939 aged 66

- Q -
* QUINN, Elizabeth Conway - 29 Sep 1940 aged 73
* QUINN, Hannah Bella - 3 March 1933 aged 59
* QUINN, John - 26 Jan 1952 aged 77

A ~ B ~ C ~ D ~ E ~ F ~ G ~ H ~ I-J ~ K-L
M ~ Mc-N ~ O-P-Q ~ R ~ S ~ T-V ~ W-Y-Z

PHOTO wedding at Samoa Aug 1954. Josiah Phethean, son of Josiah & Sally Phethean above, married Fetuna Seira Epi Enari

unusual names on the Wesport cemetery database 1867-1873

George ABER aged 20 (miner)
buried: 1 December 1868 at Orowaiti cemetery
reason: drowned
* other:
BDM also has George Aber aged 20 (only Aber surname listed on BDM)
Grey River Argus, 5 December 1868 A miner named George Aber has been drowned at the Ohiki River, Buller District. The Westport Times says that his brother, Edward Aber, reached town on Tuesday evening, 1st instant. Both brothers had been working for some time up the Lyell river. The canoe in which the deceased was crossing is described as having been a most miserable apology for a boat, scarcely deserving the name of boat or canoe. The crossing-place, in anything like ordinary weather, is a very safe one, though the boat at no time was capable of holding two persons with any degree of safety. The only paddle in use also was a make-shift, a short-handled shovel, which was used by the boatman, Fred Moore. We understand the boatmen are subsidised by receiving a free license, which is certainly equal to whatever outlay it would be to have a good boat provided for such a crossing. Either there should be some other kind of subsidy or some penalty enforced on obtaining such subsidy; but these are matters too often only remedied by serious accidents of this kind.
NOTES I believe this was George Albert Aber, born in 1841 at Mint Street, Bermondsey, 9th of 12 children to William ABER (formerly A'Bear, see link) & Hannah BAKER, as on this extensive family tree site ABER. They also seem to think this was 'their' George, the only trouble being an incorrect age. Click all links to discover more

John CACICK aged 30
buried: 14 October 1868 at Orowaiti cemetery
reason: drowned
* other: nothing on BDM or newspapers

Margaret A. COUBROUGH aged 7
buried: 25 February 1869 at Orowaiti cemetery
reason: general debility
* other: nothing on BDM or newspapers

James ERWINE accountant aged 30
buried: 21 August 1867 at Orowaiti cemetery
reason: consumption
* other: nothing on BDM or newspapers

William EVERTE aged 33
buried:28 November 1867 at Orowaiti cemetery
reason: land slip
* other:
Colonist, 3 December 1867 Fatal Accident Near Westport A very melancholy accident occurred about one o'clock on the morning of November 26th, at the Caledonian Lead by which two men met with a most sudden death... at the inquest the verdict by the jury:- "That the said Thomas KILBURN and William EVERESTE were by misfortune killed by an accidental fall of earth, attributable solely to natural causes and not to any negligence or carelessness of themselves or others" The funeral of the two unfortunate men to place on Nov 28th. There was between 400 and 500 miners and others present, the mates of the deceased being next to the corpse

Michael HENIG aged 32
buried: 13 November 1869 at Orowaiti cemetery
reason: natural
* other:
BDM has Michael HENIG aged 82 (only Henig recorded death on BDM)

James Batman HILBECK aged 27
buried: 16 Dec 1868 in mass grave at Orowaiti cemetery
reason: accident at Giles Terrace
* other:
JAMES BALMAN HILDECK was killed on December 16 at Giles Terrace, Buller district. The deceased was standing near the wash-boxes at the side of the creek, a stone weighing about three or four hundred-weight, and which took two men to lift, fell from a truck at the mouth of the tunnel, a distance of sixty feet, and struck the deceased on the side. Driver was attempting to hold the stone when it slipped on to the shoot. Driver and Griffiths (deceased's mates) called "Look out," and the deceased jumped a distance of eight feet, but the stone caught him on the right shoulder, broke his arm, almost severing it, and crushing him so severely about the chest that he died on the spot. The Coroner's jury added "great carelessness was attributable to Griffiths and Driver"

John HOFFREN aged 42
buried: 10 January 1871 at Orowaiti cemetery
reason: abscess of brain
* other:
West Coast Times, 16 January 1871 John Hoffren, a native of Belgium, died on the 9th inst., at the District Hospital, Westport. He was admitted about three months ago, with symptoms of disease of the brain, which he attributed to injuries of the head, received some two or three years back, when he was the subject of a violent assault at Hokitika, An examination after death disclosed the existence of extensive disease of the base of the skull and of abscess of the brain. Deceased was well-known as a prospector both in this province and in other parts of New Zealand, and was much respected by all who knew hi,

Alfred JEPHCOTE aged 19 months (born in NZ)
buried: 31 August 1872 at Orowaiti cemetery
reason: catarrh
* other:
BDM also has Alfred Jephcote aged 19 months

Anne KAPLER aged 31 (from Germany)
buried: 22 November 1871 at Orowaiti cemetery
reason: cerebral disease
* other: nothing on BDM or newspapers

Ellen KOPINAM aged 6 days
buried: 4 April 1869 at Orowaiti cemetery
reason: convulsions
* other: nothing on BDM or newspapers

John LEECE aged 33 (baker from Isle of Man)
buried: 5 February 1871 at Orowaiti cemetery
reason: drowned near the old school
* other:
West Coast Times, 7 February 1871 John Leece, baker, was drowned at Westport this morning while bathing

Lucritia MARRIS aged 39 (wife of William)
buried: 7 December 1872 at Charleston cemetery
reason: known given
* other:
BDM has Lauretta Marris aged 89 which is incorrect
she was born Lauretta HORE 1833 in Devon, England & married William Marris in Melbourne in 1853
their children were:
* 1854 - Annie Lauretta Marris (born Melbourne)
* 1855 - James Barmby Marris
* 1856 - John Marris
* 1858 - William Percival Marris
* 1859 - Thomas Marris
* 1860 - Albert Edward Marris
* 1862 - Emma Jane Marris
* 1864 - Elizabeth Marris (born Dunedin, Otago)
* 1866 - Samuel Arthur Marris
* 1868 - Amelia Marris (born Charleston, West Coast)
* 1870 - Lauretta Marris
NOTE Grey River Argus, 18 May 1904 Another old and esteemed resident of the district has passed away (says the Westport Times). Mr William Marris, senior, of the firm of W. and J. Marris, timber merchants, died at 7 o'clock this morning, at his residence, Waimangaroa. The deceased was in his seventy-sixth year and death resulted from general break-up of the system. Mr Marris was a native of Nottingham, England. Deceased was a man of most kindly nature, beloved by all who knew him. He was always a conscientious church worker and was a Past master of the Phoenix Masonic Lodge, Westport. He leaves four daughters and three sons - all grown up. His wife predeceased him at Charleston in 1872.

Mary McGOOLVEN aged 43 (from Ireland)
buried:30 May 1869 at Orowaiti cemetery
reason: apoplexy
* other: nothing on BDM or newspapers

Ellen NOICE aged 27
buried: 13 July 1868 at Orowaiti cemetery
reason: luamp fever ??
* other:
BDM has Ellen NOICE aged 27 (only 3 other recorded deaths of this name)

Charles OSTERLAND aged 51 (miner from Germany)
buried: 5 June 1872 at Orowaiti cemetery
reason: drowned
* other:
BDM has Charles Osterland aged 51
Daily Southern Cross, 8 June 1872 A well-known miner, named Charles osterland, or German Charlie, is missing from Deaman's Creek, Westport. It is feared that he has been drowned

Joseph PUFFLETT aged 27 (born Essex, England)
buried: 19 August 1870 at Orowaiti cemetery
reason: killed by fall of earth, iron fence
* other:
BDM has Joseph PUFFLETT aged 27 (only 1 other recorded death of this spelling)
Colonist, 9 September 1870 On August 29, at the Caledonia Terrace, Joseph Pufflett was killed through the fall of a large mass of earth in his claim. Deceased's brother, Robert Pufflett, was buried up to the throat, and was very much crushed and bruised
The Westport Times informs us that a melancholy and fatal accident occurred near Caledonia Terrace on the 29th ult., resulting in the death of a miner named Joseph Pufflett, and the serious injury of his brother Robert Pufflett. From what we can gather, there were three men in the claim, which is situate on a spur leading to Donovan's Creek, and within a short distance of Caledonia Terrace. The party were working by ground-sluicing, the two brothers being engaged at the face, while a third attended to the boxes some distance away. The deceased, when the accident occurred, had charge of the hose, and the elder with a shovel was easing down the face, when a large mass of earth gave way unexpectedly, completely burying the deceased, and covering the survivor to the throat. The third mate, owing to the position of the boxes, was not in view of the accident, which fortunately witnessed by Peter Gray and another man, who immediately made for the scene, and who succeeded, after half an hour's labor, in extricating the surviving brother. Joseph Pufflett, when discovered, was found to be dead, and, but for the timely assistance, Robert must have met with a similar fate, on man, while the work of extrication proceeded, being fully engaged keeping him free from the debris that continued to fall. The survivor is very much crushed and bruised, and it was deemed expedient by Dr Thorpe, who was quickly in attendance, not to remove him

William David RUSZ aged 26
buried: 8 April 1873 at Charleston cemetery
reason: accidentally drowned, Incumbent of St Marks Church, Charleston
* other:
BDM has nothing recorded on any event for this name
Colonist, 11 April 1873 Another name has just been added to the terrible list of persons who have lost their lives by drowning in that of the Rev W. D. Rusz, who lost his life while bathing in the surf at Charleston, in company with Mr Montague Browne, editor of the Charleston Herald. This gentleman was educated at King's College, London and was associated with the Bishop of Nelson in the very active labors in the east of London, which preceded their arrival here. We can well believe that the sudden loss of one whom he had so carefully trained, and then intimately connected with, almost from childhood, will be a sad blow to his Lordship now absent in England, and now the less so that this is the second of his protegees who has been drowned within the space of a few months, the Rev Mr Guskin having met his death in crossing the Aorere river (the funeral was attended by 400 persons)

Henry TIBBY aged 47 (from England - Publican)
buried: 20 December 1867 at Orowaiti cemetery
reason: liver complaint
* other:
Colonist, 3 January 1868 TIBBY - December 20, at the Westport Hotel, Westport, Nelson Province, Mr Henry Tibby
NOTE Grey River Argus, 25 October 1866
DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP - The Partnership hitherto existing between John Dick and Henry Tibby, Bakers and Publicans, Twelve-Mile and North Beach, has this day been dissolved by mutual consent. The business in future will be carried on by John Dick, to whom all debts must be paid

John WITTLESEA aged 59
buried: 20 March 1868 at Orowaiti cemetery
reason: jaundice
* other:
BDM has John WHITTLESEA aged 59 (only person in NZ recorded with that name)

Anne WORMALL aged 30 (from Ireland)
buried: 4 January 1869 at Orowaiti cemetery
reason: accidentally burnt
* other:
BDM has Annie Wormall aged 30
Colonist, 8 January 1869 a Mrs WARMOLL, who burnt herself severely at Giles Terrace a few weeks ago, has died in the Westport Hospital from the injuries she received

Romana ZALA aged 51 (miner from Italy)
buried: 18 August 1872 at Orowaiti cemetery
reason: drowned, Lyell
* other:
BDM has Romana ZALA aged 17
Grey River Argus, 26 August 1872 On Sunday evening last, a melancholy accident took place below the Lyell Junction, resulting in the death by drowning of Roseno Zala and James Edmondson (database has Edminson), both residents of Lyell. Zala was a cousin of the prospector of the same name who opened the now famous reef in that district. The accident occurred by the canoe being swamped on the rip of a fall and it adds greatly to the distressing character of the affliction that one at least, if not both lives would have been saved had a boar been available. On the intelligence reaching Antonio Zala at the reef on Sunday evening, all the workmen in the Alpine Company volunteered to search for the bodies, but up to Tuesday morning their efforts had been unsuccessful. The deceased Zala leaves a wife and children in Europe. Edmondson is well known on the Coast, having been in the employ of Mr McBeath, draper, Hokitia and Messrs Thomas and McBeach, Charleston. His friends are resident in Lancashire
NOTES a week earlier ... 'Highly favorable news has come to hand from the Lyell district. Affairs in the Little Wonder and Excelsior claims are progressing most satisfactorily. A report is current that in Zala's claim, twenty pounds weight of nearly pure gold has been obtained (a value in NZ$ as I write this of $449,218)
* Charles Zala (1848-1900) is also buried at Orowaiti. Database has him from Switzerland
Press, 26 February 1900 Charles Zala, who sustained a compound fracture of his skull while working on his claim at German Gully on Wednesday, died on Friday night. He never regained consciousness. At the inquest, a verdict of 'Accidental Death' was returned

PHOTO
JOHN MARRIS (1830-1904)

George Davisonwas born about 1842 in Holbeach, Lincolnshire, England and died 29 April 1942 in Palmerston North.
He was around 100 years old and he is buried in Terrace End Cemetery at Palmerston North.

He married Charlotte Peck on 6th September 1866.
She was the 10th child of 14 to Daniel and Elizabeth (nee Gaskin) Peck who emigrated to New Zealand from Marden, Kent in 1841 with 4 of their 5 children that were born in Kent - their first born, Daniel 1833, died in infancy.

I would like to know the parents and siblings of George Davison. Also anything on his wife Charlotte.
George and Charlotte had 11 children, 7 daughters and 4 sons

The only children I have at this time are:
George Davison born about 1868
William Davison born about 1870
Emily Davison born about 1872
Elizabeth Davison born about 1874
- she married Harry Hall
Henry Davison born about 1876
John Davison born about 1878

The were all born in the Wellington district

I have yet to find another 5 daughters - cab you help ??

* the Upokongaro Hotel
* the Upokongaro School
* the Upokongaro Ferry
* the UPOKONGARO Birth, Death, Marriages

this is just a few of the birth, death & marriages in Upokongaro ~ space has dictated the length of the journal ~ more pages may be added at a later date

TIMELINE for UPOKONGARO birth, death, marriages
Wanganui Herald, 11 April 1872
DEATH: ROWLAND - On the 10th inst., at the residence of his father, Victoria Avenue, Percy William, youngest son of Mr Philip Rowland, aged 10 months. The funeral of the above will leave Mr Rowland's house, on Saturday, at 3p.m. W. AIKEN, Undertaker
parents: Philip Rowland & Emma Beaumont
also see his father's death July 1878

Wanganui Herald, 5 May 1874
DEATH: CAINES - On the 5th instant, at his late residence, Upokongaro, Wanganui, Mr Alfred Caines, aged 39 years. Eldest son of Mr William Caines, of Pikopiko, Wanganui and formerly of Yeovil, Somersetshire. Home papers please copy. Lyttelton papers please copy.
Friends are informed that the Funeral of the late Mr Alfred Caines will leave the Masonic Hotel, River Bank, on Thursday, the 7th instant, at 3 o'clock o.m. JOHN ANDERSON, Undertaker, Victoria Avenue
born: 14 March 1845 in Yeovile, Somerset, England
parents: William Caines (1815-1894) & his 2nd wife, Mary Blake (1815-1882). William had 1st married Poite Te Ngarue
also see father at Dec 1894 & son at Sep 1888

Wanganui Herald, 3 Aug 1874
DEATH: BROWN - On the 1st August, by drowning at the Ferry, Upokongaro, John Brown, native of Pittenweem, Fifeshire, Scotland, aged 43 years. The funeral will leave Mr Kennedy's Upokongaro Hotel, to-morrow (Tuesday), at 12 o'clock and the Steam Packet Hotel, Taupo Quay, at 2.30 p.m. JOHN ANDERSON, Undertaker, Victoria Avenue

Wanganui Chronicle, 16 April 1878
BIRTH: FILMER - On April 8, at Upokongaro, the wife of Mr Arthur Filmer, of a son
this was: 1878-1931 Thomas Hunter Filmer
parents: Arthur Filmer & Henrietta Green
Thomas died: in California, USA (as did the rest of the family)

Wanganui Chronicle, 4 June 1878
DEATH: DUCKWORTH - On the 3rd June (killed by a fall of earth at Upokongaro), William Duckworth, aged 21 years
this was: William Henry Duckworth
parents: William Henry 'Long Bill' Duckworth (1828-1871, died Nelson) & Sarah Matilda Barrett (1831-1907 from NSW)
the INQUEST
Administration Bond - filed 24 March 1879
IN THE MATTER OF William Henry DUCKWORTH - late of Upokongaro, near Wanganui, Provinical District of Wellington, labourer - deceased: Frederick DUCKWORTH of Urenui, near New Plymouth, Provincial District of Taranaki and John NORTHCOTT, of Hurangi(sic), Taranaki, seeking grant of Letters of Administration in the estate of William Henry Duckworth.
Statement of Frederick Duckworth, farmer, of Urenui, near New Plymouth:- That I am the only brother of the said William Henry Duckworth. That said deceased died on the 3rd day of June 1878 at Upokongaro, near Wanganui, intestate and unmarried. The father and mother of the said deceased did marry years ago. That I am the next-of-kin of William Henry Duckworth and to the best of my knowledge, the estate effects and credits are under the value of L100-0-0 (One hundred pounds).
of note William's brother, Frederick Duckworth (1852-1936) married Zenobia Northcott (1861-1945) in 1877. His sister Caroline Duckworth (1856-1877) married George Swann in 1876. George next married Christina Tisch (1860-1881) in 1879 & he next married her twin sister Elizabeth Tisch (1860-1946) in 1884

Wanganui Chronicle, 4 July 1878
DEATH: ROWLAND - A sad and fatal accident occurred at Upokongaro near Wanganui on Monday last. A shoemaker named Philip Rowland, while crossing the yard at the back of Kennedy's Hotel, passed a horse, left standing and tied to the fence; and in passing, patted the horse's flank. The animal in kicking out struck him in the lower abdomen, inflicting terrible injuries and such suffering as could only have been relieved by instant death, The agonised groans of the unfortunate man brought assistance and the poor fellow was placed upon a couch. A messenger dispatched with all speed to town soon returned with Dr Earle, who strove ineffectually to afford even a temporary relief. Nothing could be done to save the injured man, who, in the most terrible pain, lingered for some hours and expired in paroxysms of agony.
The funeral of Philip Rowland will leave his late residence, Upokongaro, THIS DAY at 12 o'clock; and will leave the Market Square at 2 o'clock. Friends will please accept this invitation. THOS. BUSH, Undertaker, Maria Place
this was: Philip Rowland the Boot & Shoe Maker
born: 7 May 1824, St Mary's, Marylebone, London
married: Emma Beaumont (1829-1917 from Essex) in 1857 at St Leonards, Shoreditch, London and they arrived into Wellington on the Berar from London 10 May 1865

Wanganui Herald, 17 March 1879
MARRIAGE: BROOKS-THORBURN - On the 10th instant, at Christ Church, Wanganui, by the Rev T. L. Tudor, William Brooks of Upokongaro, to Frances, eldest daughter of G. Thorburn, Esqr., of Waimea Hope, Nelson (Nelson papers please copy)
this was
* William Wiremu Pere Brooks (1856-1914), son of William Brooks (1818-1865) & Ruhi Ngatara (1835-1867)
* Frances Burns Thorburn (1851-1926), daughter of George Morley Thorburn & Catherine Ann Price
also see Thorburn, 24 Dec 1896

Wanganui Herald, 31 Aug 1880
DEATH: PELLEW - On the 30th August, at Upokongaro, Arthur John, infant son of John Henry and Bella Pellew, aged 13 months
this was: Arthur John Pellew, the 2nd child of 10 (8 sons)
parents: John Henry Pellew (1848-1926) & Isabella 'Bella' Brooke (1859-1946) both died New Plymouth

Evening Post, 2 Nov 1880
FELL FROM THE FERRY
A little girl, nine years of age, daughter of Mr G. S. Robertson, was drowned at Wanganui, by falling from a punt, on Sunday afternoon. The family were crossing the river on their return from church at the time. Mr Smith jumped from the bank and pluckily swam to the rescue, but his efforts were unavailing and when the body was recovered life was extinct
this was Jane Campbell 'Jenny' Robertson aged 9
parents were George Sinclair Robertson (1841-1914), died Aramoho & Frances Matilda Twiname (1846-1922), died Papaiti. George was a Councillor for Brunswick, a JP and for 20 years a member of the Waitotara County Council. He was Director of the Wanganui Meat Freezing Company and the first associated with the frozen meat industry in the district. In 1904 he was Captain Robertson of Castlecliffe when sitting his exam of Military Instruction. His brother, Douglas H. Robertson was a leading merchant in Calcutta and later at the BNZ in Adelaide. George died in Oct 1914 from a long illness and his estate was valued at £14,628 (equivalent in Oct 2015 of $2,155,515)
George & Frances married in Wales 1868 & had 7 children, the last 2 in Wanganui
* 1870 - 1870 Ducan McGregor Robertson, Liscard England
* 1870 - 1958 Gilbert McDonald Robertson
* 1871 - 1880 Jane Campbell 'Jeannie' Robertson
* 1873 - 1959 Patrick Hamilton Sinclair Robertson
* 1875 - 1928 Eleanor Grieson Robertson
* 1876 - they arrived in NZ and bought the Waireke farm property on the Wanganui river, opposite Upokongaro
* 1878 - 1963 Noel Douglas Robertson, born Wanganui
* 1881 - 1970 Archibald Campbell Robertson
see the THE INQUEST for the story

Wanganui Herald, 26 Aug 1881
DEATH: GREENWAY - On the 25th inst., at Upokongaro, George Thomas, only son of Robert and Elizabeth Greenway, aged 13 years. Friends are informed that the funeral will leave Upokongaro to-morrow (Saturday) at 1.30p.m., crossing the Avenue at 3p.m. - JAS. T. ANDERSON, Undertaker, Taupo Quay
parents: Robert Greenway (1840-1918) & Elizabeth Pellew (1846-1921). There were 2 more siblings born after George's death

Wanganui Herald, 30 March 1886
MARRIAGE: KENNEDY-EWING - We have to congratulate one of our oldest and most respected settlers on the auspicious occasion of his marriage. We allude to Mr John Kennedy, the kindly and genial proprietor of the Upokongaro Hotel and store, who was married this morning to Miss Ewing. The happy couple left by this afternoon's train for Palmerston North on their honeymoon trip. We wish them every happiness and a long life of connubial felicity.
John married Evie Ewing (1862-1943) who, with her mother, formerly kept the Criterion and City Hotels in Wanganui
also see his death July 1898

Wanganui Herald, 2 Feb 1888
DEATH: BROOKS - On February 1st at Upokongaro, Harold Leslie Brooks, eldest and beloved son of William and Frances Brooks; aged 7 years and 6 months
this was: Harold Thorburn Leslie Brooks
parents: son of William Wiremu Pere Brooks (1856-1914) & Frances Burns Thorburn (1851-1926)
also see his parents marriage March 1879

Star, 7 March 1888
DEATH: COLLINS A young woman named Julia Collins employed at the Upokongaro Hotel, was drowned this afternoon while bathing in the river
Taranaki Herald, 8 March 1888
Between 3 and 4 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon a young woman named Julia Collins, aged 19 from Turakina, cook at Rowe's Hotel, in company with her sister (Mrs Middlemas (sic, Middlemiss)) and Miss Nettie Rowlands, went to bathe in the Upokongaro creek, near the mouth of the Mangawhere Stream. It is only lately that she learnt to swim, but evidently feeling confidence in her own powers, Miss Collins swam into the Wanganui River. The current is pretty strong about there and appearing to find herself out of her depth, when a short distance out, she suddenly threw up her arms and sank. Henry McKay, barman of the hotel, who was at the time at the back, heard a woman's cry and went out, but then could see nothing. By Mr Rowe's direction, be at once rode off and gave information to the police. When he left, a number of men were doing all they could by diving to recover the body and it was eventually found about an hour and a half afterwards. Miss Collins had bathed in the same place several times before. The deceased acted as cook at Kennedy's Hotel, where her sister, Mrs Middlemas, was also housekeeper. An inquest is to be held at Upokongaro this afternoon.
* At the inquest a witness testified that the depth of the water was nearly 26 feet and he state that he dived with the intention of recovering the body but found that the water was so disturbed and discoloured that he had to desist. The verdict was accidental drowning
* BDM has her as 21
Julia's sister was Catherine Collins who married John Middlemiss in 1878. John (1855-) was born in Victoria, Australia, the 3rd of 10 children, the rest born in Nelson. He was a Chemist. They had a daughter in Turakina (1880-1965) Sister Liguori Lily Middlemiss

Hawera & Normanby Star, 17 March 1888
DEATH BOTLON - The body of a man named Bolton was found near Upokongaro Hotel this morning. He had been about the hotel yesterday but left about tea time to get his clothes from the washerwoman. It is supposed that in returning he was struck by lightning
this was: Albert Richard Bolton aged 42
of note: an Albert Bolton was up in front of a Judge in Wanganui courts on a regular basis for drunkenness & inebriation

Wanganui Chronicle, 29 Sep 1888
DEATH: CAINES - At Upokongaro, on Friday, 28th September, George Albert Caines, eldest son of Mrs D. Allcott. Friends are informed that the Funeral will pass over the Wanganui Bridge on Sunday, at 2.30p.m. - J. TOWNSEND, Undertaker
FATAL ACCIDENT AT UPOKONGARO A young man named George Albert Caines met with an accident at Upokongaro last night, from the effects of which he died to-day after lingering some eleven hours. It appears that the unfortunate man was going home with a companion named Reid, with whose father he was employed, from a lime light exhibition, which was given at Kennedy's last night, when he met with the accident. Proceeding to strike a match to light his pipe, the flare, or the noise caused by igniting the the match, caused the animal he was riding to bolt. Reid followed him as quickly as possible and after going about 300 yards found Caines lying on the road in an unconscious condition. All efforts towards bringing him round proved of no avail, the unfortunate man dying this morning from concussion of the brain
George was 21
parents: Albert Caines (1839-1874) & Alice Atkinson (1849-). His mother remarried in Wanganui on 24 Feb 1877 to David Allcott

Wanganui Herald, 3 Dec 1890
BIRTH: FITZMAURICE - On December 2nd, at "The Poplars" Upokongaro, the wife of Llewellyn Fitzmaurice, of a son
this was: Frederick Maurice Fitzmaurice (1890-1902)
parents:
* his father was Llewellyn Abraham Fitzmaurice (1867-1953 an officer of the Australian Imperial Forces, the son of Commander Hon. Frederick O'Bryen FitzMaurice & grandson of Thomas John Hamilton FitzMaurice, 5th Earl of Orkney & Hon. Charlotte Isabella Irby, daughter of George Irby, 3rd Baron Boston & Rachel Ives Drake & back to Sir Francis Drake)
* his mother was Alice Ada Gay (-1947) from Northumberland
Frederick died: aged 11
Hawke's Bay Herald, 7 Feb 1902 A drowning accident occurred this afternoon, a lad named Maurcie Fitzmaurice, aged 11, being the victim. He went for a bathe with some other lads and got out of depth. The body was recovered. His father is in England and the deceased, with his mother and brother, were to have left in a few days to join him. At the inquest a rider was added, commending a lad named Herbert Purnell for his endeavours to rescue the deceased.
Frederick's brother: Llewellyn O'Bryen Fitzmaurice (1892-1972) served in WWI as Lance Corporal 11/586 (gained the rank of Captain) with the Wellington Mounted Rifles, later with the 43rd Reinforcements, Specialist Company, NZEF. At that time he was a shepherd for Robert Earle of Aramoho and his father's address was then c/o Lordlands, Newton Abbott, Devon, England

Wanganui Herald, 21 Feb 1891
BIRTH: ROWE - At Upokongaro, Feb 14th, the wife of Mr Thomas Rowe, of a son
this was: Thomas Northcott Rowe (1891-1957)
parents: Thomas Rowe & Celia Barr
Thomas married: Winifred Ellen Cunningham Wilson in 1936

Wanganui Herald, 29 June 1892
BIRTH: ROWE - Upokongaro, on June the 23rd, the wife of Thomas Rowe, of a daughter
this was: 1892-1957 Mary Somerville Rowe
parents: Thomas Rowe & Celia Barr
Mary married: William Charles Curtis 1921

Wanganui Chronicle, 23 July 1892
MARRIAGE: COWIE-COWPER - On the 21st instant, at St Mary's, Upokongaro, by the Rev T. L. Tudor, Talbot Henry Cowie, of Huikumu, Pipiriki, to Annie, Eldest daughter of Charles William Cowper, of Kukuta, Upokongaro
From NZETC 1897 ~ Cowie, Henry Talbot, Farmer, “Huikunui,” Pipiriki. Of Mr Cowie's estate of 1200 acres, situated fifty-six miles from Wanganui, about 900 are cleared; 1600 sheep, 140 head of cattle, and twenty horses, amongst them some good hacks, are supported on the property. A two-storied, seven-roomed house, with all necessary out-buildings, has been erected on the farm. Mr. Cowie was born in 1856 at Highgate, London and was educated at Chomley College, Highgate and the College, Torquay. After some experience with Messrs. Stewart and McDonald, of Glasgow, he came to New Zealand in 1880 by the ship “Bibbington,” landing at Wellington. Locating in Wanganui, he was employed by Messrs. Peel and Yates for twelve mouths, afterwards engaging in droving and cattle-dealing. Subequently he became manager of a station near Mt. Tongariro. He takes an interest in sporting and is a steward of the Karioi Racing Club. In 1891 Mr. Cowie was married to a daughter of Mr. Charles William Cowper, of Wanganui and has a son and a daughter.
this was:
* Annie Cowper (1859-1920), born Adelaide, SA to Charles William Cowper & Annie Eliza Kelly, died in Nelson
* Talbot Henry 'Harry' Cowie (1855-1923)

Wanganui Chronicle, 17 April 1893
MARRIAGE: GEORGETTI-SMITH - On the 13th instant, at St Mary's Upokongaro, by the Rev. R. Hermon, Antonio Marco, eldest son of Augustine Georgetti, of Papaiti, Upokongaro, to Elizabeth Ann, daughter of Joseph Smith, of Opiu, Upokongaro
From NZETC 1897 ~ Councillor Antoni Marco Georgetti, who is a member of the Wanganui County Council to which position he was elected in 1896, has been a member of the Mangawhero Road Board for about seven years, for two of which he was chairman. He was born in 1866 near Wanganui and learned sheepfarming in the district. The station at Upokongaro, known as “Whataroa,” contains 2000 acres of improved land and carries 3000 sheep. Besides this Mr. Georgetti leases 2358 acres at Waipakura, where he has 2000 sheep. He is interested generally in the recreations of the people and is a member of the local polo club. In 1893 he married a daughter of Mr. Joseph Smith, of Waitotara, who was for several years chairman of the Wanganui County Council and has one son

Wanganui Chronicle, 9 May 1893
MARRIAGE: MONTGOMERIE-MASON - On April 27th, at Clifton, Upokongaro, the residence of the bride's parents, by the Rev H. Hermon, Roger Arnulph, second son of the late Captain A. Montgomerie, of Eaglesham, Makirikiri, to Annie, second daughter of A. Mason, Esq.
this was
* Roger Arnulph Montgomerie (1866-1936), son of Captain Alexander Montgomerie (1824-1890, from Ayreshire, Scotland, 10th Regiment of Foot) & Elizabeth Wright (1837-1921). Some of Alexander & Elizabeth Montgomerie's children married into the Anderson & Pellew families
* Annie/Ann Mason (1867-1958), daughter of Archilbald Mason & Anne Burnside

Wanganui Chronicle, 10 Aug 1893
DEATH: SMITH - On the 8th inst., at "Te Korito" Upokongaro, Wanganui, Ada, the beloved wife of William Edgar Smith, aged 30 years
this was: Ada nee Churton
parents: Edward Churton & Emily Ealton Cochrane
Ada married William Edgar Smith in 1885 & had 2 sons

Wanganui Herald, 6 Nov 1893
BIRTH: ROWE - At Upokongaro, on the 27th October, Mrs Thomas Rowe, of a son
this was: John Blair Rowe
parents: Thomas Rowe & Celia Barr

Wanganui Chronicle, 30 July 1894
DEATH: DICKSON - On the 27th instant, at Upokongaro, Peter Hannay Dickson, aged 33 years, late of Saughton Mains Corstorphine, Edinburgh. Friends are informed that the funeral will leave his late residence, Upokongaro, to-day (Monday), 30th instant, at 11.30a.m., and arrive at the Bridge, Wanganui, at 2.30p.m. - S. GARNER, Victoria Avenue
born 28 September 1861 at Corstorphine
his parents were John Dickson (1809-1872, Esquire of Corstorphine, died Torquay) & his 2nd wife, Mary Hannay (1819-1913). John & Mary married at Twynham 15 March 1859. This Dickson family were the last owners of Corstorphine Estate. They are buried at Corstorphine Old Parish Church. Their headstone is against the church wall
Peter married Jane 'Jeanie' Campbell (1860-), born in Wellington, 1st of 12 children of Capt James Campbell (1825-1903), Master Mariner & Margaret MacDonnell (1836-1899), on 11 June 1884 at her father's home in Wellington. The Administratrix of Peter's Estate was his widow Jane Dickson of Upokongaro. On the motion of Mr Fitzherbert at the Supreme court in Wanganui, 13 Aug 1894, re Peter Hannay Dickson, deceased, the letters of administration were granted to her

Wanganui Herald, 5 Dec 1894
DEATH: CAINES - On the 4th December, at his residence, Upokongaro, William Caines, aged 80 years. The funeral of the above will leave his late residence for interment in the family's private cemetery, Upokongaro, at 2.30p.m. on Thursday, the 6th December - JOHN JAMES, Undertaker
born: 1815 in Yeovil, Somerset, England to Samuel Caines & Sarah Ann Dixon
William married: Poite Te Ngarue of Wanganui
also see son at May 1874 & grandson at Sep 1888

Wanganui Herald, 15 May 1895
BIRTH: ROWE - At Upokongaro, on May 6th, 1895, the wife of T. Rowe, of a daughter
this was: Elizabeth Grace Rowe
parents: Thomas Rowe & Celia Barr

Wanganui Chronicle, 19 Sep 1895
DEATH: WALLACE - On the 19th instant, at Wanganui, Edith, beloved wife of John Wallace, of Upokongaro, aged 23 years
this was: Edith Ida Burns
parents: John Burns of Durham, England & Mary Ann Spry from South Australia
Edith married: William 'John' Wallace 27 Jan 1892
OBIT of husband, William 'John' Wallace ~ born 28 Sep 1858, third son of John Wallace & Esther Maise. He lived at Firgrove and went to Matarawa School. He went farming at Upokongaro where he met (and in 1892 married) Edith Ida Burns. Edith and John had 2 daughters. Emily Evelyn Wallace (1892-) and Ethel Wallace (1894-1897) but Edith died in 1895 aged 23 and the daughter died in 1897. Edith and her daughter are buried in Wanganui.
William was recorded in the Electoral Rolls as a Station Manager at Turakina from 1896-1914. In December 1898 John married again, to Rosina Martha Peachey aged 17. They had 10 children, their last son was born in Wanganui in 1920. John died in 1930 and Rosina in 1945.

Wanganui Chronicle, 24 Dec 1896
DEATH: THORBURN - At Upokongaro, on the 23rd instant, George Thorburn, late of Nelson, aged 65 years. Friends are informed that the funeral will leave the residence of his son-in-law at 11a.m. to-day (Thursday), arriving at the Bridge at 1p.m. - JOHN JAMES, Undertaker
this was: George Morley Thorburn
parents: Jeffrey John Thorburn (1795-) & Frances Morley (1800-) of Dumfries, Scotland
George married: Catherine Ann Price (1834-1879 from Isle of Wight. Catherine died after a long and painful illness at Waimea Hope, Nelson on 5 June 1879 aged 45

Wanganui Chronicle, 9 April 1897
MARRIAGE: OWEN-McKELVIE - On March 31st, at St Mary's Church, Upokongaro, by Rev. H. Hermon, Charles Owen, only son of Hayward Arthur Owen of Upokongaro, to Caroline Mabel McKelvie, fifth daughter of the late John McKelvie, of Rangitikei
ORANGE BLOSSOMS An interesting and pretty wedding was celebrated at the Upokongaro Church yesterday, when Miss Mabel McKelvie, fifth daughter of the late Mr John McKelvie, of Parawanui, was married by the Rev Mr Herman to Mr Charles Owen, of Upokongaro. Long before the time appointed for the ceremony the building was crowded with interested spectators and friends of the bridegroom. The church had been tastefully decorated,and a pretty floral arch had been erected over the church gates by the residents as a gift to the bride. The bride was conducted to the altar by her brother, Mr Lynn McKelvie, and was attended by her sister Miss M. McKelvie as bridesmaid. The bride, who was given away by her mother, Mrs D'Anvers, was handsomely dressed in a charming costume of white lustre, trimmed with lace with the orthodox veil and orange blossoms. She carried a lovely shower bouquet, and wore a diamond pin, gifts of the bridegroom, who also presented an amethyst brooch to the bridesmaid. The latter was attired in a becoming costume of white serge, trimmed with white ribbons and white straw hat to match. The bride's mother was stylishly dressed in grey Irish poplin, with jet trimmings and jet bonnet to match. Mr Gilbert Robertson acted as best man, and was the recipient of a silver matchbox from the bride.
As the newly-wedded pair walked down the aisle, the air was thick with fragrant rose leaves and the joyful strains of Mendelssohn's Wedding March pealed from the organ, which was presided over by Miss Gribben. At the conclusion of the ceremony the wedding party and guests were entertained at Calworth and en route were greeted with three hearty cheers from the workmen assembled on top of Mr Owen's new residence. The usual toast of the health and future happiness of the bride and bridegroom was proposed by the clergyman who officiated at the marriage ceremony. Mr and Mrs Owen left by the mail train after receiving the best wishes of the guests assembled. The numerous and costly presents received by the bride attracted generally admiration.
* Caroline 'Mabel' McKenlvie (1876-1949) was the 6th of 9 children of John McKelvie (1813-1892) & Selina Elizabeth Amon (1845-1905). Selina remarried in 1893 to Roland D'Anvers (1844-1928)
* adding Caroline's siblings here:
(because many names they married into were also in Upokongaro)
* 1863-1919 Edith McKelvie + John Hammond (1857-1886)
- children married Stevens (2) & Calman
* 1866-1943 Esther McKelvie + James Bull (1866-1946)
- children married Kellick, Green & *Elizabeth Grace Rowe
* 1869-1896 Grace Elizabeth McKelvie + Harry Arthur Ewen
* 1871-1935 James Flockhart McKelvie + Jessie Florence Scott
- children married Russell, Gibbons, Cameron & *Donald Rowe (son of Thomas Rowe & Celia Barr)
* 1873-1964 Jeannie Priscilla McKelvie + Thomas Andrew Duncan (1874-1960)
- their children married Hatrick, Amon, Ramson, Leuch
* 1876-1949 Caroline 'Mabel McKelvie + Charles Owen (1868-1933)
- children married Kirrage, Rann
* 1880-1945 Lynn Rutherford McKelvie + Olive Rebecca Burns (1882-1937)
* 1882-1882 Harold McKelvie
* 1884-1960 Margarite May 'Rita' McKelvie + Dudley Innes (1873-1969)
- children married Coyle, Crombie, Hammond, Brown

Wanganui Chronicle, 8 March 1898
BIRTH: OWEN - At Ruapatikeu, Upokongaro, on March 6th, the wife of Charles Owen of a son
this was: 1898 - 1979 William Thomas Owen
parents: Charles Owen & Caroline Mabel McKelvie, also read April 1897
William married: Edith Catherine Kirrage 5 Nov 1932 in St Peter's Church of England, Eastern Hill, Melbourne & had 1 child. Charles & Caroline Owen were then living in Normanby Rd., Kew, Melbourne

Wanganui Herald, 7 May 1898
DEATH: CALDWELL - On the 6th instant, at the Wanganui Hospital, James Caldwell, of Lanaroa, Upokongaro, aged 43 years. A settler names James Caldwell, of Makirikiri, near Wanganui, was run over by a dray yesterday. He was taken to the Hospital and died last night. He was 43 years old and leaves a wife and family
born: Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland
married: Janet Clement Gemmell (1860-1927) in 1880 & had 8 children (5 sons)

Wanganui Chronicle, 11 June 1898
MARRIAGE: ANDERSON-HURSTHOUSE A wedding which created much interest in social circles in New Plymouth was solemnised at St. Mary's Church on Wednesday afternoon last, the contracting parties being Mr Anderson, of Wanganui, and Miss Helen Hursthouse, of New Plymouth. The Rev. F. G. Evans performed the ceremony. The bride, who was handsomely attired in a pretty cream brocaded mervelcuse dress, and white felt hat trimmed with ostrich feathers, was given away by her mother, who was dressed in black bengaline. The Misses Hursthouse (2), sisters of the bride, acted as bridesmaids. They were dressed in white crepe trimmed with white satin, and black hats with variegated roses. Each carried a pretty bouquet of yellow flowers, and wore a handsome sapphire brooch, the gifts of the bridegroom. Mr W. Gordon Glassford acted as best man. At the conclusion of the ceremony the party proceeded to the residence of Mrs Hursthouse, where a number of friends sat down to breakfast, and the health and happiness of the happy couple were warmly toasted. Included in the large number of costly presents was a pretty cut glass and silver butter dish, presented to Miss Hursthouse by the boys of St. Mary's choir.
this was:
* Alexander Geekie Anderson (1867-1927) from Blairgowrie, Perth, Scotland
* Helen Maria Hursthouse (1872-1932) a daughter of Charles Wilson Hursthouse & Ellen Humphries.
* Alexander & Helen had 5 children around Upokongaro

Wanganui Chronicle, 21 July 1898
DEATH: KENNEDY - On 18th July, at Picton, Marlborough, John Kennedy, late of Wanganui, beloved husband of Evie Kennedy; aged 73 years. Interment private
FUNERAL: THE LATE Mr J. KENNEDY, formerly of Upokongaro, was buried in the Karori Cemetery this afternoon. Several old Wanganui residents followed in the funeral procession
OBITUARY: John Kennedy took over the Upokongaro Hotel from William Caines in 1866. It was known as Kennedy's Hotel or Kennedy's Upokongaro Hotel. The town of Upokongaro was originally known as Kennedy
also see his marriage March 1886

Wanganui Chronicle, 4 March 1899
BIRTH: OWEN - On March 2nd at Ruahatekai, Upokongaro, the wife of Charles Owen of a daughter
this was: 1899-1983 Kate 'Elizabeth' Owen
parents: Charles Owen (born 1868 NZ, died 1933 Melbourne) & Caroline Mabel McKelvie (1876-1949). The Owen family left NZ for England in 1907 then emigrated to Australia in 1927, obviously some returned. Kate's parents married in the Upokongaro Church 1897. Roland was the 5th son of Frederick Samuel D'Anvers, who was connected with the East India company. Roland was born in 1844 in Middlesex, England and was educated at Canterbury before coming to NZ in 1864. Initially he farmed in the Hawkes Bay area before settling in Rangitikei, where he met Selina. She died in "Culworth" Makirikiri

Wanganui Chronicle, 12 April 1899
BIRTH ANDERSON - At Knollmere, Upokongaro, on Monday 10th, the wife of A. G. Anderson of a son
this was: 1899-1986 Laurence Chapman Anderson
parents: Alexander Geekie Anderson (born 1867 Blairgowrie, Perth, Scotland - died 1927 Wanganui) & Helen Maria Hursthouse (born 1872 New Plymouth - died 1932 Wanganui)
Laurence married: Ella Campbell Hughes in 1929, farmed at Parihauhau

Wanganui Herald, 28 March 1900
BIRTH: ROWE - On March 26th, at Upokongaro, the wife of Mr Thomas Rowe, of a son
this was: Donald Rowe (1900-1982)
parents: Thomas Rowe & Celia Barr

Wanganui Herald, 23 May 1901
DEATH: The many friends of Mr Thomas Rowe, of Upokongaro, will learn with regret of his rather sudden demise at an early hour this morning from hear disease. The deceased, who had not been in good health for some time past, was taken suddenly ill at 11 o'clock last night and never rallied, passing away at 1 o'clock this morning. For many years the late Mr Rowe represented Sargood and Co. on this coast and was widely known and respected by a large circle of friends. On retiring from the road he purchased the Upokongaro Hotel and store from the late Mr John Kennedy and has resided there ever since, making many friends by his sterling qualities and genial dispositions. Some years since Mr Rowe married a daughter of the late Mr john Barr, one of Wanganui's oldest and most respected residents, who is left with her young family to mourn the loss of her husband. In business Mr Rowe was a man of probity and energy and greatly respected by everyone having business transactions with him. He will be much missed at Upokongaro and by his many friends in Wanganui. To his mourning widow and relatives the deepest sympathy will be felt in their sad bereavement, in which we sincerely join. Friends are informed that the funeral will leave St Mary's, Upokongaro, on Saturday, at 11.30a.m., for the Wanganui Cemetery, to reach the Bridge at 2.00 o'clock - William Calman, Undertaker
Thomas married: Celia Barr (1856-1936) 10 Sep 1889 & had 7 children (4 sons)

Wanganui Chronicle, 15 July 1904
DEATH: WATTS - On the 14th inst., at her sister's residence, Ingestre Street, Frances (Fannie) Henrietta Watts, fourth daughter of the late Francis Henry Watts, of Upokongaro
this was: Frances Henrietta Watts aged 38
parents: Jessie Reid Small (1834-1891) & Francis Henry Watts (1830-1867). Francis arrived into New Plymouth on the `William Hyde' in March 1852 as a 22 year old Cabin & Paying Steerage passenger. He kept a diary of the passage which is held by the National Library of NZ.

Star, 2 May 1905
MARRIAGE IZARD-MONTGOMERIE - April 25, at Upokongaro, near Wanganui, William Arthur Izard, eldest son of William Izard, of Christchurch, Barrister at law, to Sybil Susannah Montgomerie, youngest daughter of the late Captain Montgomerie, of Eaglesham, near Wanganui.

Wanganui Herald, 16 Oct 1905
BIRTH: ANDERSON - At Knollmere, Upokongaro, on 13th inst., the wife of A. G. Anderson of a son
this was: Wilson Hursthouse Anderson (1905-1940)
parents: Alexander Geekie Anderson & Helen Maria Hursthouse (more info on them elsewhere in this journal)

Waihi Daily Telegraph, 16 Dec 1908
DEATH: FORD - While patrolling the Upokongaro side of the Wanganui river, on the occasion of the sculling race on Tuesday, Constable Fitzpatrick was informed that a man had been found lying on the side of the road about one mile above the Upokongaro Hotel. On making investigation the Constable found that the man was dead and as the result of inquiry, ascertained that deceased, whose name was James Ford, had been employed as a labourer by Mr H. M. Speed, farmer, of Makirikiri. It appears that deceased went up the river to view the boat race from the starting point on horseback, accompanied by Mr Thomas Kennedy, farmer of Waverley. After the start of the race, Mr Kennedy missed him and at the conclusion of the race deceased was found on the side of the road near the winning post by Messrs G. Shepherd and E. Ferry. He was still living and the riderless horse was found further down the road. The ground where deceased was found is very rough, large lumps of rushes growing there and apparently the horse stumbled and deceased was thrown. Mr Kennedy state that Ford was perfectly sober at the time of his death and his employer, Mr Speed, state that deceased was a total abstainer. Deceased is said to have a brother residing in Auckland and another up the Main Trunk line, but their addresses are not known
this was: Thomas Ford aged 40
parents: possibly John Ford & Eliza Dowen

Hawera & Normanby Star, 4 March 1910
SUICIDE: LAURENT - The body of George Laurent, a Mexican half-caste, who is alleged to have attempted to blow up the Upokongaro Hotel with dynamite, was found in the river on Saturday
read March 1910 on Upokongaro Hotel

Wanganui Chronicle, 13 Aug 1910
BIRTH FARLEY - At Upokongaro, on 7th inst., to Mr and Mrs James Farley, a son. Both doing well
this was: 1910-1979 James Edmund Farley
parents: James Francis Farley (1875-1945 from Australia?) & Kathleen Gertrude Morgan (1886-1962 of New Plymouth)
James married: Myrtle Good & had 7 children

Hawera & Normanby Star, 16 Feb 1914
DEATH: The body of a man named BERT JONES, drowned in the river at Kaiwhaike on Tuesday, was found at Upokongaro this morning
this was: Bert Jones aged 27
Wanganui Chronicle, 17 Feb 1914
TRAGEDY AT KAIWHAIKI SENSATIONAL EVIDENCE
MAN CAUSED HIS OWN DEATH
An inquest touching the circumstances surrounding the death of a roadman named Bert Jones, who was drowned in the river at Kaiwaiki Pah on Tuesday, Feb 10th, was held before the District Coroner, Mr W. Kerr, yesterday afternoon.
Evidence was tendered by Timothy Hogan to the effect that deceased was employed by Mr McCullam, road contractor. At 9 a.m. of the 10th inst., witness and the deceased walked to the Upokongaro Hotel. There they stayed till noon and had four or five long beers. When they left they took three bottles of beer and a bottle of whisky. They had some of this on the way to their camp. They reached a point opposite to their camp at about 4.45 p.m. and deceased called across the river to a boy named Stanley McCullam and asked him to bring a canoe to convey witness and deceased across. When the boy and the canoe arrived, witness said he would not fo across in it for he thought it was unsafe. When deceased got in he commenced rocking the canoe and the boy told him to stop. Witness then went away to get some Maori to pull him across.
The boy referred to, Stanley McCullum, gave evidence corroborating that of the previous witness up to the point when Hogan said he went away. Then, the boy said, Jones commenced to rock the canoe and it sank. The canoe came up upside down and Jones held on to it. Witness swam ashore and ran for help. When he came back in a Maori canoe with some natives, the deceased had sunk.
The camp cook, Joseph Smith, said he was standing on the camp side of the river and witnessed the whole incident. In addition to the previous given, he said that deceased hung on to the canoe till it had floated for two chains down the river.
Constable Barry gave evidence as to finding the body about a mile above the Aramoho bridge on Sunday. He said he had made inquiries at the Upokongaro Hotel and he was quite satisfied that the men left there sober. A half-filled bottle of whisky was found on the body when it was picked up. The Coroner returned the following verdict "Accidentally drowned, through his own recklessness while under the influence of drink"

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St Mary's Anglican Church, Upokongaro 1870s
Looking over the Wanganui River towards the settlement
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UPOKONGARO (more correctly, Ūpokongaro) is a settlement 12km upriver from Wanganui (now Whanganui) in the Makirikiri Valley. Settled by Europeans in the 1860s, it was an important ferry crossing and riverboat stop. A spectacular discovery of moa bones was made in the area in the 1930s.

The village's name in Māori, ūpoko (head) ngaro (hidden), refers to a story of how chief's daughter Ira-nga-rangi arranged to have her head removed upon her death and hidden by relatives, who feared it might be desecrated by enemies. Supposedly the preserved head was hidden in a cave on the banks of the Ūpokongaro Stream north of the settlement, from which the village takes its name.
At the time of European contact, both Ūpokongaro and adjacent settlements Waipakura and Kukuta were home to the Ngāti Patutokotoko hapū of the iwi Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi. Ngāti Iringirangi and Nga Paerangi are also noted as being present.
The fortified hilltop pā at Ūpokongaro was called Opiu; during the tense times of the 1840s, Opiu was pulled down and abandoned.

Waipakura, south of Ūpokongaro, was one of a number of native reserves set aside in the 1848 Deed of Sale; some of it was leased to settlers in the 1860s.
Ūpokongaro was described as a "small pā" in 1865 and Māori settlement persisted until at least the 1880s.
The pā site at Opiu was used as a refuge for settlers' wives and children in 1862, when there were fears of Hau Hau war parties, and was later turned into a redoubt.

In 1866, settler John Kennedy built a hotel and a store (later the post office); during the 1870s and '80s, the local name for Ūpokongaro was "Kennedy's". A school was built in 1870, known from 1873–1879 as the North Makirikiri or "River Bank" school.
The schoolroom functioned for Anglican services in the mid 1870s, but in 1877 St Mary's Anglican Church was built. Designed by local architect Edward Morgan and built by John Randal, St Mary's is distinctive in having a spire with a triangular cross-section, on a four-sided steeple. Its stained glass window was installed in 1879, in memory of Archibald Montgomery, a young Upokongaro man lost in the sinking of the clipper Avalanche in the English Channel just before the church was completed.
St Mary's is the oldest church in the Whanganui District on its original site.

In the 1930s, thousands of moa bones were recovered from mud springs in the Upokongaro Valley at Makirikiri by a Wanganui Museum expedition. Life-sized concrete moa sculptures commemorating this can be seen on the main road outside the Upokongaro Cafe.

Evening Post, 6 July 1878
FATAL ACCIDENT
A sad and fatal accident occurred at Upokongaro near Wanganui on Monday last, of which the following account is given by the Herald:- A shoemaker named Philip Rowland (born 1824, Marylebone, m Emma Beaumont), while crossing the yard at the back of Kennedy's Hotel, passed a horse, left standing and tied to the fence; and in passing, patted the horse's flank. The animal in kicking out struck him in the lower abdomen, inflicting terrible injuries and such suffering as could only have been relieved by instant death, The agonised groans of the unfortunate man brought assistance and the poor fellow was placed upon a couch. A messenger dispatched with all speed to town soon returned with Dr Earle, who strove ineffectually to afford even a temporary relief. Nothing could be done to save the injured man, who, in the most terrible pain, lingered for some hours and expired in paroxysms of agony.

Wanganui Chronicle, 30 Sep 1880
RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT
ROAD OBSTRUCTION
A second charge was preferred against A. Georgetti, of obstructing H. J. Reid, foreman of Works to the Wangaehu Highway Board, in opening up a portion of the Upokongaro Road running through Georgetti's property. After some evidence had been taken, the case was adjourned for three week, to permit of further evidence being produced as to the road being a legal one

Wanganui Chronicle, 23 April 1881
WANGANUI COUNTY
NOTICE is hereby given that the Electoral Rolls of the above county may be seen at the office of the County Council, Rutland Chambers, Ridgway-street, Wanganui and copies of these of each riding at the following places until the 15th May 1881:-
Riding Waitotara, at Mr John Brown's, Maxwelltown
Riding Westmere, at Mr T. Root's. Springvale
Riding Warrengate, at Harvey's Store, Campbelltown
Riding Waipakuru, at Mr Kennedy's Store, Upokongaro
Riding Makirikiri, at Residence of Mr W. Strachan, No.3 Line
Mangawhere, at Residence of Mr C. Parker, Makirikiri
Brunswick, at Mr J. Walker's River Bank.
EDWARD N. LIFFITON, Clerk, Wanganui County (Edward Nolloth Liffiton 1843-1923)

Timaru Herald, 24 August 1881
WANGANUI
Judge Fenton proceeded to Upokongaro to-day. The natives are much disgusted that he did not permit them to take him up the river, 100 men in two large canoes having been sent by Kemp to bring him up to the Court. Twenty had been intended to dance a war-dance in his honor, but the natives considered themselves shabbily treated and the preparations fell through

Wanganui Herald, 31 Oct 1881
SUPREME COURT (Before His Honor the Chief Justice)
The hearing of the case of Georgetti v The Wangaehi Highway Board was resumed at 10 o'clock this morning, the following additional witnesses for the defendants being called:
Arthur Filmer (1856-1920, Land Agent, m Henrietta Green (1859-1906). They had 10 children, 7 born in Wanganui, the others in USA. They died in California), a resident in the Upokongaro valley from 1877 to the present time, gave evidence as to the existence of a gate across "Barton's line" place there by Mr Georgetti. On each side of the Matatara branch line there were some poplar posts recently put in, but whether as trees or as a protection for the fence witness could not say. The paddock adjoining this branch line was never used as a garden and the pure-bred bull alluded to by previous witnesses was now grazing in it. The nearest Maori settlement was an old pah, about a mile and a half up the Valley, but this was the other side of the creek from the road.
By Mr Fitzherbert - Mr Georgetti's place had been rather overstocked of late and he could manage his cattle just as well after as before the road was laid off. The damage done to the Matatara branch line in April last, so far as the gaps are concerned, would be covered by 20s. The gap in the thorn fence was made before April.
Re-examined by Mr Hutchison - Witness was not particularly interested in Mr Barton's line, but merely wanted a road up the valley.
Roland Garrett, engineer and surveyor, formerly acting for the Board, deposed that he had at different times found some of the pegs of Barton's line. The gaps made in Mr Georgetti's fences were on the Matatara branch line. Mr Georgetti was well aware of the direction this line was to take. The land along Barton's line and its branches had never been occupied by native buildings or cultivations.
J. I. Gerse (Sheep Inspector) (John Ivo Gerse 1822-1899, native of Belgium) stated that in April last, the day after the alleged breaking down of fences, Mr Georgetti mustered his sheep without difficulty and returned the numbers at 1,800. On the 31st May he made a formal return of 1,700.
William Patrick Campbell, manager for three years past of Dr Grace's property in the Upokongaro Valley, stated that in April last he went with Mr Reid and Mr Cullinane to open up Barton 's line. They broke through two fences only, one on the main road and the other on the Matarata branch. There was an imperfect thorn fence diagonally across the branch line, but there was no occasion to break it down, as there were gaps in it. No other damage, beyond cutting down the two fences, was done to Mr Georgetti or his son, that the pure-bred bull (alleged to have escaped through the opening up of the line) had been in the habit of breaking out of the paddock. When witness was on the property in April last it had a board over its eyes to prevent its breaking out. Witness had since seen the bull in the same paddock it occupied in April last.
Cross-examined by Mr Fitzherbert - The stoppage of the culverts through cutting down fences might have caused Georgetti's land to be flooded and the gaps in the fence might have enabled cattle to escape on to the general run/ Witness's employer (Dr Grace) ws anxious that the Mangaone branch should be opened up, but as to Barton's line as a whole, he did not care which direction the road went. provided that one was made.
John Cullinane, a settler in the Matatara Valley (and the defendant in the second action brought by Mr Georgetti) corroborated the last witness as to the thorn fence being full of gaps when Mr Read and the others (including witness) went up in April last to open Barton's line. Mr Georgetti had since mended the fence, all but one gap.
Cross-examined by Mr Fitzherbert; Witness had done some work on the cutting across the creek since the alleged trespass and expected the Board to pay for it.
The mid-day adjournment then took place. The case will last until a late hour to-day, if not to-morrow.

Otago Daily Times, 11 Jan 1883
NATIVE AFFAIRS
WELLINGTON. The Hon, Mr Bryce (Hon. john Bryce) received a few days ago, a communication from Tapatahi, a chief in the King country, in which he stated that he had seen Mr Bryce's letter to Wahanui. Tapatahi says that it was Tawhiao who with held his consent to the proposals embodied in the letter. In his opinion the arrangements with regard to roads and railways and other matters were in a satisfactory position. Tapatahi further asks that fair and liberal compensation should be given to Natives. He though that people who had committed crimes in that district should be allowed to go at large and an amnesty granted them. Tawhiao should be taken in charge and treated as one would a loving child. In conclusion, the chief mentions that the Natives are favourable to a Lands Court at Mokau and to the survey of land between Paraninihi and Mokau.
In replying to the chief, Mr Bryce says that his last words to Tawhio had gone to Wahanui and they had been rejected. The construction of roads and railways through the Maori county would be of immense benefit alike to Natives and Europeans. As regarded the reference to an amnesty being granted, it was a question as to whether those who had committed crimes were now acting properly and if they are or are not likely to commit crimes in future. The proposal for the survey was a good one and it was hoped that before any lengthened period the roads and railways would be gone on with. It is understood that Mr Bryce will leave for Kawhia forwards the end of the month, for the purpose of arranging for the opening of that port.
WANGANUI - Tawhiao, with nearly 200 King Natives and accompanied by Topia, the great Taupo chief, reached Upokongaro, seven miles from here, this morning. The whole party is expected in Wanganui to-morrow. The Natives of this district have made great preparations and are very enthusiastic. No preparations for reception have been arranged by Europeans

Hawke's Bay Herald, 2 May 1884
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE
Am extensive fire occurred last night at Upokongaro, about seven miles from Wanganui, the residence of Mr Spencer Peel (Spencer William 1858-1913) being burnt to the ground. Nothing was saved except a valuable diamond in a gold bracelet, which was afterwards recovered from the debris and a gun which cost 60 guineas at Home. The origin of the fire is not known as Mr and Mrs Peel (Adelaide Cowper 1862-1955) were absent for the evening, having taken every precaution against fire before leaving. The insurance is £700 in the Colonial office, £200 being on the house, £200 on the furniture and £200 on the other contents. The house was an old one and the insurance about covers its value but the loss on the contents is estimated to be much above the insurances, as Mr Peel had a large amount of jewellery and other valuable property in the place

Wanganui Herald, 24 Aug 1889
CHURCH SERVICES
11th SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY - PAROCHIAL DISTRICT
Aramoho - 11am Rev T. L. Tudor (Thomas Lloyd Tudor 1821-1900 first vicar of Motueka)
- his son, Edmund Lichmore Tudor, starved to death in 1905
Brunswick - 11 am Rev P. L. Cameron
Wangaehu - 11am Mr Baker
Maxwelltown - 2.30pm Mr Menzies
Waitotara - 3pm Mr Cox
Opokongaro - 3pm Rev T. L. Tudor
Churton College - 7pm Rev J. W. Chapman

Poverty Bay Herald, 18 April 1890
SPORTING
On Wednesday the Ministerial party returned by the Wanganui river from a trip along the Main Trunk line. The Hons. Fergus and Captain Russell landed at Upokongaro and took horse to catch the midday train at Aramoho for Wellington. All speak highly of the magnificent country and Mr Christie Murray declares the Wanganui river to be the most beautiful of any he has yet seen in the world.

Wanganui Chronicle, 10 Nov 1891
SICK
We regret to hear that Mr Charles Smith of Upokongaro is in a low and dangerous state of health after a severe attack of the prevailing complaint. Mr J. Bain too, who had rallied considerably, has we regret to hear, had another bad turn of his complaint.

Wanganui Herald, 30 Dec 1891
TO BUILDERS
TENDERS are invited until 2pm on Wednesday, 6th January 1892, for additions to St Mary's Church, Upokongaro. Plans, &c, to be seen at my office. A. ATKINS, F.R.I.B.A., Architect

Wanganui Herald, 5 Sep 1893
LAND TO LEASE
TENDERS will be received by the undersigned to 30th September, 1892, on behalf of Mrs Willis, for the lease for a term of 5 or 10 years of 85½ acres of land at Upokongaro, as a whole or in eight sections as at present occupied. The land is situated close to the Upokongaro Township and has a frontage to the River Bank and Mangawhero Roads. A plan showing the different lots and condition of lease, can be seen at my office. H. E. DYMOCK, Agent, Ridgway Street, Wanganui

Wanganui Herald, 4 Nov 1893
BREEDING
To travel this season in the following districts, the Clydesdal Stallion KING OF THE CLANS.
Mondays - Upokongaro
Tuesdays - Brunswick to Kai Iwi
Wednesdays - Kai Iwi to Nukumaru
Thursdays - Nukumaru to Waitotara
RENDELL, WATSON & CO., Proprietors

Wanganui Chronicle, 5 Sep 1894
PUBLIC NOTICES
WANTED Known - The party who took or removed the perforated zinc from Mrs Dickson's at Upokongaro, after Mr Barn's sale, between Saturday and Monday, will oblige by leaving their names either with Mr Barns or returning the same to Mrs Dickson. Otherwise, if not returned immediately, a prosecution will follow

Wanganui Herald, 15 Jan 1897
MAGICAL MEDICINE Ad
UPOKONGARO, April 1894, Mr Nosworthy Herbalist, Wanganui - Dear Sir, I have great pleasure in bearing testimony to the wonderful efficacy of you "Triumph Cough Mixture" as the four bottles I purchased from you cured me of a very troublesome cough that I had suffered from for over twenty years - yours truly, William Caines

Wanganui Chronicle, 23 Sep 1904
WANTED KNOWN
A Drag will leave Jefferson's at 7pm for Upokongaro Dance on the 23rd

Original list taken from Papers Past

From the EVENING POST dated 18th December 1897

UPPER HUTT SCHOOL

The Upper Hutt School broke up for the Christmas Holidays on Thursday afternoon.
In the absence of Mr McCulloch, Chairman of the School Committee, the Secretary (Mr Greig) presented the prizes as follows

UPPER STANDARD VII
Eunice Browne, 1
Ellen Brown, 2

STANDARD VII
John Martin, 1
Margaret Woodmass, 2
Claire Haybittle, 3

STANDARD VI
William Greig, 1
Melbourne Connell, 2
Charles Garner, 3

STANDARD V
Kate Fitzpatrick, 1
Eva McCulloch, 2
William Martin, 3

STANDARD IV
Donald McCurdy, 1
John Scrimshaw, 2
Esther Paul and Kate Wilkins (equal), 3

STANDARD III
Baynton Condon, 1
Maurice Browne, 2
Norman Butler, 3

STANDARD II
John Leddy, 1
Kathleen Connell, 2
Mary Leddy, 3

STANDARD I
Thomas Golder, 1
Allan Wilkie and Harry Garner (equal), 3
Ethel Wilkins 3

The Standard prizes were given in accordance with work done at the Inspector`s annual examination. Special prizes for attendance and extra subjects were won by:

* W. Golder
* Ellen Wilkins
* John Paul
* Elsie Boyd
* Clark Allan
* Eva Gardner
* Jessie Grange
* Alfred Boyd
* Ivy Greenwood
* Maida Mabey
* Anna Mulligan
* Ada Pearson
* Alice Keys
* Peter Wilkie
* Charles Cooper
* Charles Cudby
* Walter Keys
* Ada Dalton