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WHIM CREEK CEMETERY - West Australia
WHIM CREEK In 1887, with the discovery of gold (20 kilometres north of the hotel) and copper in 1887, the town of Whim Creek was born. At its peak, the town sported two hotels, a blacksmith, a shop, stables and a horse track, to name a few of the local businesses.
Originally a post office known as "Whim Well", Whim Creek is on the North West Coastal Highway midway between Karratha and Port Hedland
... thanks to janilye for suggesting I add this bit of info about the Blackrock Stakes:- The Blackrock Stakes is a 122km race from Whim Creek to Port Hedland in which competitors, either in teams or as individuals, push a wheel barrows weighed down with iron ore. Like most good ideas, it was born over a few beers at a bar, in 1971 and what developed has raised more than $1 million for charity and caused grown men, women and children to lump a wheelbarrow full of iron ore from a remote mine site and into Port Hedland. Teams of 10, trios, duos and lone runners now push modified wheelbarrows containing 11 kgs of iron ore over the distance
In the late nineteenth century, this historic hotel was known as Delaney's Public House. During this time, it catered for weary and thirsty Pilbara pioneers, along with its competitor, Dunns Public House (later renamed the Federal Hotel). Since then it has been renamed the Whim Creek Hotel.
On the 23 December 1911 a brawl broke out in the Whim Creek Hotel which resulted in Frenchman Joseph SALENO stabbing 33 year old Thomas Henry DARLINGTON in the neck, thereby killing him.
Thomas was buried in Whim Creek Cemetery
On 20 March 192 some of the witnesses to this murder were shipped off to Perth to give evidence on the ship 'Crown of England'. However, a cyclone whipped up and the ship went down off Balla Balla, Depuch Island. Some of those who were drowned are buried in the
BALLA BALLA CEMETERY
After all this, Joseph Saleno only received a 3 years sentence for the murder
The Whim Creek Cemetery is located on the track to Balla Balla, about 18 kilometres from the town itself. The stories behind the deaths of those buried at the cemetery paint vivid pictures of the harsh conditions endured by pioneer miners in WA. Many of the men died from diseases that are now easily treated, such as mitral disease (heart disease); nephritis (kidney inflammation); gastritis; syncope (fainting); dengue and inflamed bowels.
There are 24 people known to be buried at the cemetery and only two of the graves marked with headstones.
In 2002 town resident Frank Woods set about restoring and beautifying the cemetery.
the burials in the WHIM CREEK CEMETERY are:
Barnadeo, J
- born about 188
- died 8 August 1913 aged 35
- he was a Miner
- he drowned at Negri Well
Darlington, Thomas Henry
- born about 1878
- he was murdered 23 December 1911 aged 33
- he was stabbed in the neck by Joseph Saleno during a drunken brawl
- he has one of the 2 headstones in this cemetey
- The murder of Thomas Darlington rocked WA?s tiny outback community of Whim Creek. Darlington was heavily involved in the infant union movement, and on the night of his death, trouble had been brewing at Dunn?s pub (Federal Hotel), where the miners were celebrating the Christmas season. Unionists were against ?scab? labourers, and fights had broken out, culminating in Frenchman Joseph Saleno stabbing Darlington in the neck in a drunken rage. Darlington died from his injuries and Saleno was arrested and sent to Roebourne Gaol for 3 years. Witnesses were then gathered in early 1912 and sailed on the Concordia and Crown of England to give evidence at the trial in Perth. A severe cyclone hit the ships and swamped them when they were near Depuch Island; all of the witnesses were lost or drowned. The bodies recovered were buried at either Depuch Island or Balla Balla.
Barnardeo, James
- born about 1878 in Lombardy, Italy
- died 8 August 1913 aged 35
Campbell, Daniel James
- born about 1837 in Queensland
- died 23 December 1911 aged 74
- he had the local store - see photo at bottom link
Davy, Charles
- born about 1864
- from Dry Creek, South Australia
- died 21 February 1920 aged 56
- husband of Emma
Donohue, William
- born about 1870
- he died in November 1894 aged 24 from dehydration
- he was a Miner
Eyre, George Henry
- born about 1867 in England
- he died from mitral disease & syncope on 18 February 1914 aged 47
- He was a miner
Fahey, Thomas
- born about 1855
- he died 1 August 1910 aged 45 from pneumonia at the police station at Whim Creek.
- He was a Miner
Farrera, John Edward
- born about 1881 in SOuth America
- he died 13 April 1923 aged 42 at the police station from nephritis and heart failure.
- He was a cook
Grey, Henry Banham
- born about 1874
- he died 12 September 1917 aged 38
- He was a miner.
Gilmore, Hugh
- born about 1854 in Ireland
- he died 15 August 1913 aged 59 of mitral incompetence and syncope
- he was a Cook
Gordon, Norman Harold
- born 16 August 1879 in Armidale, NSW
- he was accidentally killed 27 July 1907 aged 27
- he has one of the 2 headstones in this cemetey
Hartmann, John
- born about 1886
- he drowned on 7 May 1910 aged 24
- he was a mine labourer.
Just, Fritz
- born about 1846 in South Australia
- he died 22 March 1911 aged 45 years when he ell from a horse between Roebourne and Whim Creek
- He was a butcher.
Kimmerman, Harry
- born about 1872
- he did of dengue fever on 14 September 1917 aged 45
- He was a labourer
Leigh, James Alexander
- born about 1876 in New Zealnad
- he died 18 October 1913 aged 35 from shooting himself in the head at Sherlock River
- he was a Miner
McIntyre, John
- born abut 1852
- he died 1 October 1912 aged 60
- He was a station hand who died of heart failure at the residence of G. ADLAMS
Petersen, Peter
- born about 1890
- he died at the town's slaughter yard 26 Jan 1910 aged 20
- He was a carpenter
Piper, Cecil C.
- born in 1888 at Broken Hill, NSW
- youngest son of Richard PIPER & Lavinia DAVIDSON
- he drowned in Balla Balla Pool 1 March 1901 aged 19
- his father, Capt. Richard Piper, was the former underground manager of the Whim Creek Copper Mines Ltd, Whim Creek. He was also the inaugral Mayor of Broken Hill and well known in mining circles.
When his contract expired, Richard left the Creek for Balla Balla to go south.
- Cecil, employed on ore classing tables, decided to accompany his father on the Saturday afternoon. After seeing him off Sunday morning, Cecil and 3 mates decided on a swim. He dived into a very deep part of the pool and did not resurface the second time.
- his Funeral was held Monday with the Whim Creek Mine suspending operations.
Pope, Henry John
- born about 1876 from England
- he died accidentally 9 May 1912 aged 36
- He was a carpenter
Pope, Thomas
- born about 1852 in Ireland
- he died 14 December 1909 aged 57'
- he was a Miner.
Smith, Charles Edwin Silverston
- born about 1878
- he died 7 Jan 1911 age 33 of inflammed bowels at CAMPBELL'S house
Toon, A. H.
- born about 1862
- died 7 June 1912 aged 50
Thompson, Robert McGregor
- died 22 MArch 1912
PHOTOS OF THE DAY
DEPUCH ISLAND - 1912
WHIM WELL COPPER MINE - 1910
WHIM WELL TRAMWAY - delivering goods to Balla Balla 1912
STAFF OF WHIM WELL - 1910
* R. THORLEY, S. PARKES, A. A. HILL, T. J. HILL, C. W. H. SAUNDERS, H. J. ROBERTSON, F. B. KENNY, T. H. HAILE, W. HOVLAND
William HARRIS's STORE - Whim Crek 1910
INSIDE William HARRIS's STORE - Whim Creek 1910
carting wool MALLINA to BALLA BALLA - 1918
WHIM CREEK Hotels ALLEGATIONS of UNSUITABLENESS - 1912
from the WEST AUSTRALIAN, 5 September 1912
WHIM CREEK HOTELS
ALLEGATIONS OF UNSUITABLENESS
- Roebourne, Spet 4
In the Licensing Court on Monday William John HENDERSON and Thomas Wrixon CONWAY, the licensees respectively of the Whim Creek and Federal Hotels, Whim Creek, were called on to show cause why their licences should not be cancelled for not keeping their hotels up to the standard required by the Act.
The evidence of the police went to show that the premises were unsuitable. There was no accommodation and the buildings were dirty. The walls of the rooms were only eight feet high. Women arriving at Whim Creek had to sit up all night on the verandah opposite the police station, while children slept in the building.
Constable GROWDEN was asked what he would suggest to improve the places, and he replied that a fire-stick would be the best thing.
The defence was a general denial of the allegations. The reason that no money was spent in improvements was that the licensees were saving money with which to build new premises.
Mr DAVIES, who appeared for the licensees, stated that it seemed to him that the reason or the prosecution was to clear the way for a State Hotel, a petition for the provision of which had been prepared.
Corporal FOULKES applied for the cancellation of the licenses.
The Court decided to proceed to Whim Creek to inspect the premises and adjourned the furhter hearing sine die.
Mr SLEEMAN, the manager of the West Pilbarra Trading and Finance Company, said that the material for a new hotel was on the way from England
WHITE on PECK of TAITA
a list of the WHITE on the tree as at 15 Oct 2010
* Ada Elizabeth (1886-1973)
born in Middlesex, England
died Waikato Hospital
* Aileen Ruth White (1908-1987)
born Carterton
married William 'Rulon' Hooper Billman 1933 in Greytown
* Alban Vincent White (1892-1964)
born Manawatu (possibly)
married Dora Patricia Devonport (1899-1982) in 1929
died Te Awamutu
* Albert White (1838-)
born Priors Dean, Hampshire
* Albert White (1854-1893)
born Hampshire
married Emily Ellen Williams Hutt Valley 1883
died in work accident 3 June 1893 aged 39
buried Karori
Emily remarried to Reuben King (1829-1929) in 1894 in Taita
* Albert Hector 'Snowie' White (1896-1977)
born in New Zealand
married Lily Mignonette Simons (1901-1984) in 1930
* Alfred Ernest White (1873-1946)
married Julia Lammerton Styles 20 Dec 1897 in Wellington
* Alfred John Stafford White (1863-1946)
married Emily Edward (1860-1952) in 1889
* Alfred William White (1895-)
born in Wellington
* Algernon McLaren White (1879-1918)
married Ida Annie Donald (1882-1956) of the Wairarapa in 1910
died 13 Nov 1918 during the Flu Pandemic
* Allan John White (1889-1895)
died aged 5 in Taita, home of his stepfather, Reuben King
* Alma Ella White (1895-1968)
born in Wellington
married Charles Stent (1895-1976) 27 Oct 1920
* Ann White
married James Elliott Henderson
* Ann White (1846-)
born Rowlands Castle, Hampshire
* Annie White (1872-1946)
born Woodside, Greytown
married Henry James Edmund Meyrick (1868-191821 April 1891
died in Carterton
* Annie Elizabeth White (1856-1942)
born in Auckland
married Charles Llewellyn Boswell (1846-1930) in Auckland 1874
11/12 children
* Bedford Webb White (1855-1937)
* Carol A. White
* Caroline White (b.1829)
* Cecil Courtney White (1893-1971)
married Lydia Selina BRAY in 1916
* Charles Thomas White (1894-1965)
* Charlotte White (b.1834)
* Charlotte Matilda White (1882-1916)
married Robert Stephen AVERY in 1901
* Clarence Osman White (b.1889)
* Denis George White
* Edith White (1885-1958)
* Edna Adaline White (1898-1939)
married Herbert Russell PLAW in 1933
* Eliza Bentinck White (1841-1895)
married Peter Anderson WILKIE 1858
married William GREENWOOD 1886
* Elizabeth White (b.1852)
born Froxfield, Petersfield, Hampshire to Walter John WHITE & Emma Jane TWITCHEN
* Elizabeth White (1835-1904)
married John WILKIE 1857
* Ella Dorothea White (b.1892)
married Rayden Leslie FREEMAN in 1919
* Elsie Myrtle White (b.1898)
* Ernest Alfred White (b.1901)
* Ethel Jane White (1887-1975)
* Florence White
* Fred White (b.1836)
* George White (b.1867)
* George Isaac White (1907 - 1993)
* Harriet White (b.1841)
* Harriot White (1822 - 1882)
* Harry White (b.1855)
* Henry White (1850-1874)
* Hubert Melville White (b.1893)
* Ida Grace White (1901-1944)
married Charles Roy BROUGHAM (1895-1968) in 1927
* Iris Beatrice May White (b.1902)
married Percival Banks WELDON (1896-1969) in 1936
* Iris Myrtle White (1904-1991)
* Ivy May White (b.1900)
* Jay Lynn White
* Jean Baxter White
* Jessie Louise White (1904-2000)
- married James William LIND 1927 in Bulls
- buried Feilding
* Joseph White
* Julia Gladys White (b.1911)
* Lacey White (b.1886)
* Lillie White (b.1885)
* Mabel White (b.1913)
* Margaret Stephanie 'Greta' White
- married Albert Errol SAYWELL 1952 in Greytown
* Martha White
* Mary White (b.1789)
* Mary White (b.1830)
* Mervyn Emerson White (b.1891)
* Nellie White
* Olive Alice White (b.1903)
* Rachel Kate White
* Rufus White (b.1758)
married Elizabeth MILLER in Dorset
* Sylvia Norma White (1926 - 1985)
* Walter White (b.1883)
* Walter John White (b.1832)
* William White
* William White
* William White (b.1811)
* William White (b.1849)
WHITE buried Hawkes Bay
WHITE buried Hawkes Bay
Dates are from Sep 1889 to April 2018
Dates may be of death or burial
Born Still are not included
More info by searching database
* AGNES DONALDSON White
DATE: 9 Jan 2001 aged 92
* AGNES DOROTHY White
NEE: Hawley
MARRIED: Reginald Rolt White in 1927 (2nd wife see below)
DATE: 23 April 1977 aged 80
* AGNES LENNA White
NEE: Miller
MARRIED: Alexander George White in 1935
DATE: 5 Feb 1988 aged 81
* ALAN HERMANN White
DATE: 28 Aug 2013 aged 91
* ALAN KENNETH White
PARENTS: Alan White & Violet Georgina Abbott
DATE: 4 Sep 1917 aged 5
* ALAN PATRICK White
PARENTS: William Kinross White & Sarah Hyde Allen
DATE: 9 July 1974 aged 69
* ALBERT EDMOND White
DATE: 6 Jan 1939 aged 75
* ALEXANDER GEORGE White
PARENTS: Andrew White & Elizabeth Anderson Rarras Johnston
DATE: 15 Nov 1986 aged 81
* ALEXANDER SUTCLIFFE White
PARENTS: Alexander White & Mary Sutcliffe
DATE: 9 June 1952 aged 71
* ALFRED JOSEPH White
DATE: 27 Jan 1947 aged 64
* ALFRED JOSEPH White
DATE: 27 Aug 2007 aged 83
* ALICE ELSIE White
NEE: Bates
MARRIED: John William Ernest White in 1929
DATE: 12 Dec 1997 aged 88
* ALICE MARY White
DATE: 22 Sep 1964 aged 77
* AMELIA LOUISE White
DATE: 27 June 1992 aged 28
* AMY FLORENCE White
DATE: 18 March 1976 aged 89
* ANDREW White
DATE: 16 Dec 2006 aged 82
* ANDREW JOHN White
DATE: 6 Aug 2000 aged 31
* ANNE White
DATE: 15 Sep 2014 aged 90
* ANNIE White
DATE: 14 Oct 1948 aged 62
* ANNIE White
DATE: 19 Aug 1894 aged 1
* ANTHONY White
PARENTS: Robert White & Agnes Adams
DATE: 22 Dec 1941 aged 62
* ARCHIBALD JAMES White
DATE: 21 Feb 1981 aged 84
* ARTHUR ERNEST White
DATE: 30 Jan 1993 aged 72
* ARTHUR JOHN White
BORN: 27 June 1913
PARENTS: Arthur Charles White & Ruby Elizabeth Ellen Carrington
DATE: 8 May 1981 aged 67
* ARTHUR JOHN White
BORN: 27 Aug 1887
DATE: 19 Sep 1989 aged 101
* ARTHUR JOHN OTTON White
PARENTS: Charles William White & Margaret Johanna Hoggarty
DATE: 24 Sep 1996 aged 85
* ARTHUR REGINALD LEWIS White
BORN: 26 Aug 1907
PARENTS: Arthur John White & Annie Gertrude Schaeffer
DATE: 29 Aug 1994 aged 87
* ARTHUR THOMAS White
DATE: 26 Aug 2006 aged 78
* ATHOL CROFTON White
PARENTS: Atlas Richard White & Edith Elizabeth Lowe
DATE: 11 Feb 1987 aged 82
* BARBARA MARY White
DATE: 5 Oct 1991 aged 83
* BEATRICE White
DATE: 15 Nov 1981 aged 70
* BETTY JOSEPHINE White
NEE: Heaps
PARENTS: George Henry Heaps & Lucy Lincoln
MARRIED: Theodore George White in 1937
DATE: 16 Feb 1938 aged 24
* BETTY NGAIRE White
DATE: 25 Aug 1993 aged 66
* BEVERLEY LORRAINE White
DATE: 17 March 1977 aged 42
* BLANCHE White
NEE: Nix
MARRIED: Alexander Sutcliffe White in 1910
DATE: 29 Nov 1962 aged 74
* BRUCE HENRY White (see photo)
PARENTS: born in Christchurch to John Keerfoot White & Lily May Deacon
DATE: 3 April 1933 aged 19
* CAROL ANN White
DATE: 26 July 1995 aged 53
* CATHERINE White
DATE: 20 Sep 1954 aged 78
* CATRIONA SARAH White
DATE: 24 Dec 1965 aged 3
* CECIL HENRY White
DATE: 23 Aug 1966 aged 78
* CECIL AUGUSTUS SYMES White
BORN: 6 June 1885
PARENTS: George & Elizabeth White
MARRIED: Nellie Harvey in 1916
DATE: 1 June 1965 aged 79
* database has Augustus Sykes White
* CHARLES White
DATE: 9 May 1944 aged 77
* CLAUDE MELBOURNE White
DATE: 12 Feb 1987 aged 81
* COLIN DOUGLAS White
PARENTS: John William White & Edith Maud Douglas
DATE: 7 Nov 1975 aged 66
* COLLEEN PHYLLIS White
DATE: 21 March 2018 aged 73
* CRETE MESSERSCHMITT White
NEE: Konia
BORN: 23 Nov 1941
DATE: 26 Feb 2015 aged 73
* CUTHBERT HENRY White
DATE: 26 April 1953 aged 70
* DAISY KATHLEEN White
DATE: 2 Dec 1973 aged 70
* DANIEL White
DATE: 23 July 1907 age not recorded, an adult
* DANIEL THOMAS White
DATE: 29 May 2007 aged 24
* DEREK RUDGE White
DATE: 11 May 1993 aged 44
* DORIS EILEEN White
DATE: 19 Oct 1983 aged 83
* DORIS ELSIE White
DATE: 21 Jan 2007 aged 92
* DORIS PERCY White
NEE: Rees
MARRIED: Alfred John White in 1917
DATE: 25 Feb 1972 aged 75
* DOROTHY JEANETTE White
DATE: 12 Dec 2008 aged 72
* DOROTHY ROSE White
NEE: Brock
MARRIED: James Albert White in 1921
DATE: 23 May 1977 aged 77
* EDGAR HAROLD White
DATE: 20 June 1985 aged 89
* EDITH ELIZABETH White
NEE: Lowe
MARRIED: Atlas Richard White in 1903
DATE: 27 Dec 1946 aged 65
* EDITH MARY White
DATE: 29 Feb 2004 aged 85
* EDITH MAUDE White
DATE: 28 Dec 1950 aged 71
* EDNA JEAN White
DATE: 1 Feb 2005 aged 90
* EDWARD JOHN CUTHBERT White
DATE: 25 Feb 1939 aged 22
* ELAINE VIVIENNE White
DATE: 29 March 2017 aged 81
* ELIZABETH JULIA White
DATE: 6 June 2014 aged 98
* ELIZABETH SINCLAIR White
DATE: 8 April 1963 aged 81
* ELLA MAISIE White
DATE: 14 Sep 1943 aged 41
* ELLEN White
DATE: 12 March 1930 aged 74
* ELLEN White
DATE: 23 June 1954 aged 75
* ELLEN OLSEN White
NEE: Sutton
MARRIED Thomas Gilbert Brown White in 1929
DATE: 11 Aug 1965 aged 56
* ELSIE ELEANOR White
DATE: 4 April 2001 aged 84
* EMILY MAREA White
DATE: 19 Nov 1943 aged 78
* ERIC JEFFREY White
DATE: 9 Aug 2015 aged 89
* ERIC WILLIAM White
DATE: 6 June 1980 aged 66
* ERNEST ALFRED THOMAS White
PARENTS: William & Therese White
DATE: 3 Aug 1978 aged 91
* ERNEST LESLIE White
PARENTS: Arthur John White & Annie Gertrude Schaeffer
DATE: 15 July 1973 aged 62
* EVA JANE White
PARENTS: William Wordsworth White & Thurza Cutting
DATE: 23 Sep 1889 aged 2
* EVA MURIEL RUTHERFURD White
NEE: Ward
BORN: in Carterton to William Nevill Ward & Georgina Mary Rutherfurd
MARRIED: Frederick Foster Clendon White in 1905
DATE: 11 March 1919 aged 37
* EVELYN ESTHER White
NEE: Apperley
MARRIED: Walter Henry White in 1912
DATE: 14 May 1949 aged 63
* FANNY LOUISA White
DATE:19 June 1961 aged 67
* FLORENCE LOUISE White
DATE: 2 Dec 1981 aged 69
* FLORRIE White
NEE: Aveyard
MARRIED: James White in 1920 (not verified)
DATE: 19 Aug 1978 aged 85
* FRANCES White
DATE: 8 Aug 1962 aged 49
* FRANCES ELIZABETH White
DATE: 18 July 1926 aged 72
* FRANCES MARY White
DATE: 5 Oct 1969 aged 81
* FRANK White
DATE: 22 June 1961 aged 65
* FRANKLIN NORMAN White
DATE: 18 Aug 2015 aged 92
* FRED White
DATE: 19 Feb 1934 aged 51
* FREDERICK ALBERT White
DATE: 12 Aug 1980 aged 74
* FREDERICK FOSTER CLENDON 'Frank' White
PARENTS: William Bertram White & Eliza Chitty Clendon
MARRIED Eva Muriel Rutherfurd Ward in Carterton 1905
DATE: 2 July 1946 aged 82
* FREDERICK LOUIS White
DATE: 9 June 1990 aged 62
* FREDERICK LYNAR White
DATE: 17 Dec 1979 aged 76
* GEOFFREY GEORGE White
DATE: 1 Nov 1980 aged 72
* GEORGE White
DATE: 24 July 1898 aged 15
* GEORGE White
DATE: 25 Aug 1928 aged 81
* GEORGE White
DATE: 22 May 2004 aged 52
* GEORGE White
DATE: 16 Nov 2016 aged 88
* GEORGE EDGAR White
DATE: 9 May 1976 aged 81
* GEORGE WILLIAM White
DATE: 24 Dec 1975 aged 79
* GORDON FRANK White
DATE: 31 Jan 2012 aged 89
* GORDON WILLIAM White
DATE: 9 Aug 1988 aged 79
* GRACE MARGARET White
DATE: 28 Oct 1988 aged 93
* GUDRUN ELISABETH White
DATE: 5 April 2015 aged 84
* HARRIETT White
DATE: 19 March 1890 aged 6 months
* HARRY White
DATE: 6 July 1986 aged 59
* HAZEL JUNE White
DATE: 18 July 2011 aged 79
* HILDA White
DATE: 24 Jan 1972 aged 63
* HUGH McGREGOR White
DATE: 17 Nov 1997 aged 73
* IAN RONALD White
DATE: 8 Jan 1988 aged 72
* INEZ LUCY DAVIES White
DATE: 22 Aug 1973 aged 82
* ISABELLA SIMON White
DATE: 24 April 1968 aged 85
* ISOLDA White
DATE: 26 May 2006 aged 89
* IVY MARGARET DORIS White
DATE: 7 July 2016 aged 95
* JOHN St JOHN 'Jack' White
DATE: 16 March 1977 aged 76
* JAMES White
DATE: 1 Dec 1977 aged 90
* JAMES White
DATE: 24 Nov 1943 aged 79
* JAMES ALBERT White
DATE: 29 Oct 1973 aged 76
* JAMES WALTER LLEWELLYN White
DATE: 24 April 1954 aged 68
* JEAN White
DATE: 12 Feb 1966 aged 85
* JEANETTE ELLEN MARY White
DATE: 17 April 2018 aged 89
* JENNIFER White
DATE: 24 March 2012 aged 74
* JEREMY JOHN KINROSS White
DATE: 27 Jan 2008 aged 76
* JOAN McLAREN White
DATE: 13 July 1983 aged 70
* JOANNA White
DATE: 13 July 1987 aged 75
* JOHN KEERFOOT White (see photo)
DATE: 20 Oct 1924 aged 62
* JOHN WILLIAM ERNEST White
DATE: 21 June 1969 aged 59
* JUDITH White
DATE: 8 Oct 1998 aged 68
* JUDITH LYDIA White
DATE: 18 Oct 2002 aged 87
* KATE White
DATE: 6 Nov 1935 aged 76
* KATHERINE MAUD White
DATE: 24 March 1981 aged 84
* KATHLEEN White
DATE: 11 June 1979 aged 45
* KATHLEEN HARRIET White
DATE: 6 Aug 1968 aged 89
* KEITH RODNEY White
DATE: 2 Oct 2017 aged 74
* KENNETH ANTHONY White
DATE: 27 Nov 2001 aged 89
* KENNETH BRUCE White
DATE: 21 Dec 1990 aged 37
* KENNETH CECIL White
DATE: 14 Oct 1946 aged 64
* LAWRENCE NAIRN White
DATE: 5 May 1993 aged 82
* LENA MAVIS White
DATE: 15 Sep 1914 aged 2
* LILIAN JEAN ADA White
DATE: 28 Feb 1981 aged 80
* LILY MAY White (see photo)
NEE: Deacon
MARRIED: John Keerfoot White in Victoria, Australia in 1912
DATE: 4 Aug 1985 aged 100
* LUCY ELLEN MAY White
NEE: Pickering
PARENTS: George William & Susan Jane Pickering
MARRIED: Walter James White in 1900
DATE: 9 Nov 1903 aged 29
* database has 9 Nov 1907
* LUCY VICTORIA White
DATE: 30 May 1959 aged 74
* MARGARET ANNE White
DATE: 7 Feb 2003 aged 69
* MARGARET ELLEN White
DATE: 8 March 1992 aged 66
* MARGARET EMMA White
DATE: 29 Sep 1985 aged 80
* MARGARET LYLIE White
DATE: 15 March 1987 aged 75
* MARIE/MARY SELINA White
DATE: 6 July 1948 aged 83
* MARJORIE CLENDON White
DATE: 3 Nov 1980 aged 73
* MARJORY TUI White
DATE: 27 Dec 2006 aged 93
* MARTIN White
DATE: 23 July 1904 aged 8 months
PARENTS: Walter James White & Lucy Ellen Mary Pickering
* MARY White
DATE: 2 May 1963 aged 62
* MARY ADELIA White
DATE: 20 April 2000 aged 82
* MARY HELEN White
DATE: 19 May 1991 aged 83
* MARY JEANNETTE White
DATE: 15 Nov 2012 aged 46
* MARY MARGARET White
DATE: 8 Sep 2016 aged 86
* MARY MELVILLE White
NEE: Cuthbertson
MARRIED: Edward Henry White in 1915
DATE: 30 Oct 1984 aged 94
* MARY RICHARDSON 'May' White
NEE: Moore
MARRIED: William Douglas Harold White in 1926
DATE: 25 Aug 1996 aged 95
* MARY ZITA White
DATE: 27 Jan 1996 aged 79
* MAURICE FRANKLIN White
DATE: 30 March 1910 aged 6 months
PARENTS: Walter James White & Ellen Enright
* MAVIS CLARA White
DATE: 16 Oct 1988 aged 57
* MAY MAUD White
DATE: 5 May 1979 aged 76
* MICHEAL White
DATE: 2 June 2001 aged 90
* MINNIE SARAH FULLARTON White
NEE: Stewart
MARRIED: Ernest Leslie White in 1934
DATE: 23 Aug 1949 aged 44
* MOLLY White
DATE: 22 Oct 2003 aged 87
* MONA DORIS White
DATE: 22 July 1992 aged 79
* MURIEL MARY White
DATE: 13 Jan 1929 aged 20
PARENTS: Frederick Foster Clendon White & Eva Muriel Rutherfurd Ward
* NANCY JOYCE White
DATE: 12 Sep 2016 aged 92
* NIGEL RONALD White
DATE: 28 May 1978 aged 21
* NOLA ISABELLE White
DATE: 14 May 1994 aged 77
* NORAH WINIFRED White
BORN: 19 Oct 1911
DATE: 9 Dec 2011 aged 100
* PATRICIA YVONNE White
DATE: 3 Dec 1984 aged 63
* PAUL HENRY White
DATE: 6 March 2015 aged 68
* PEARL AGNES White
DATE: 19 July 1990 aged 81
* PENELOPE JANE White
DATE: 28 July 2005 aged 17
* PERCY White
DATE: 26 July 1899 aged 35
* PHILIP GEORGE White
DATE: 18 May 2016 aged 79
* PHILIP KANE White
DATE: 5 Dec 1986 aged 76
* PHYLLIS ETHEL White
DATE: 18 July 1981 aged 72
* PRUDENCE MADELEINE White
DATE: 15 Jan 1994 aged 75
* RAYMOND ARNOLD White
DATE: 13 Sep 2009 aged 91
* RAYMOND GORDON White
DATE: 18 May 1982 aged 62
* REBECCA White
NEE: Burns
MARRIED: William James White in 1897
DATE: 13 May 1942 aged 70
* REBECCA JEANNIE White
NEE: Allen
MARRIED: George Edgar White in 1925
DATE: 29 Sep 1968 aged 70
* REGINALD ROLT White
BORN: at Cust, 1 July 1893 to George Henry White & Marion Painter
SERVED: in WWI as Private 6/177 with the 1st Canterbury Infantry Battalion. He was wounded at Dardanelles and returned from the front in May 1916. His parents were then in Turua, Hauraki Plains. He died at Waipukurau
MARRIED: Dulcibel Hudson (1892-1923) in 1920
MARRIED: Agnes Dorothy Hawley (1897-1977) in 1927
DATE: 10 March 1960 aged 67
* REX White
DATE: 27 May 1987 aged 62
* ROBERT HENRY White
BORN: 25 Sep 1906 to Henry & Rebecca White
DATE: 2 July 1972 aged 65
* ROBERT JAMES White
DATE: 10 July 1914 aged 6 months
PARENTS: Arthur John & Annie White
* ROBERT JOHN FREDERICK White
PARENTS: John William White & Edith Maud Douglas
DATE: 20 May 1981 aged 66
* RONA EMMELINE White
NEE: Elworthy
PARENTS: Herbert Elworthy & Gladys Marion Grace Cleveland
MARRIED: Alan Patrick White in 1930
DATE: 31 Oct 1979 aged 70
* RONALD HUGH White
PARENTS: William & Mary White
DATE: 22 Feb 1967 aged 84
* RONALD JOSEPH MATT White
DATE: 21 April 2018 aged 71
* SARAH HYDE White
NEE: Allen
MARRIED William Kinson/Kinross White in 1901
DATE: 26 March 1949 aged 67
* STANLEY GORDON White
PARENTS: James William White & Margaret Mary Senior
DATE: 24 Dec 1991 aged 80
* SUSAN White
DATE: 10 June 1947 aged 81
* THEODORE GEORGE White
DATE: 29 Oct 1980 aged 70
* THOMAS ALAN White
DATE: 18 May 1963 aged 81
* THOMAS GILBERT BROWN White
PARENTS: Gilbert Greenall White & Mary Ann Tidd
MARRIED: Ellen Olsen Sutton in 1929
DATE: 21 Sep 1988 aged 82
* THOMAS HUGH NAIRN White
PARENTS: Hugh Watkins White & Margaret Naoni
DATE: 15 Oct 1992 aged 80
* THURZA White
NEE: Cutting
MARRIED: William Wordsworth White in Suffolk, England in 1869 and emigrated straight away
DATE: 2 Oct 1923 age unknown
* TUHI PRAIRE White
DATE: 23 Aug 1986 aged 66
* Private 39154 28th Maori Battalion. He was wounded and was a POW. Next of kin was his mother Mrs Hine Tipiorangi, of Horoera, Te Araroa
* VIOLET ROSALIE White
DATE: 16 Aug 1910 aged 11 months
PARENTS: Alan White & Violet Georgina Abbott
* WALTER White
PARENTS: George White & Frances Elizabeth Jones
DATE: 16 Sep 1946 aged 67
* WALTER GEORGE White
DATE: 9 Feb 1972 aged 69
* WALTER HENRY White
DATE: 10 Oct 1962 aged 83
* WALTER JAMES White
DATE: 12 Aug 1950 aged 79
* WILLIAM White
DATE: 10 Aug 1962 aged 89
* WILLIAM BRUNTON White
DATE: 27 Aug 1968 aged 70
* WILLIAM DANIEL HUNTER White
DATE: 28 Aug 1875 aged 75
* WILLIAM DOUGLAS HAROLD White
PARENTS: William James White & Rebecca Burns
DATE: 10 Sep 1984 aged 81
* WILLIAM GEORGE White
DATE: 15 Sep 1959 aged 70
* WILLIAM JAMES White
MARRIED Rebecca Burns in 1907
DATE: 8 Nov 1940 aged 76
* WILLIAM WALTER White
DATE: 15 Oct 1980 aged 52
* WILLIAM WOOD White
DATE: 11 Nov 1981 aged 69
* WILLIAM WORDSWORTH White
BORN: 1847 in Swineshead, England
MARRIED: Thurza Cutting in England 1869
DATE: 19 Oct 1906 aged 59
* WINIFRED DAISY White
NEE: Croft
MARRIED: William White in 1916
DATE: 17 Aug 1969 aged 85
* WINIFRED ROSE/RUTH White
PARENTS: William White & Lucy Constance Day
DATE: 4 Dec 1920 aged 9
PHOTO
John Keerfoot White & his wife Lily May Deacon
with their 19 year old son Bruce
WHITE buried Marlborough, New Zealand
NOTES
* any additions or corrections are welcomed. Please leave a comment below
* there are a number of other White buried in the area but the databse does not have their names
* many of the following do not have death dates at database
* dates may be of death OR burial
the WHITE buried in Blenheim, New Zealand to Dec 2010
White, Albert Henry
- 26 August 1981 aged 86
- buried Tuamarina
White, Alfred
- 17 June 1897 aged 3 months
- buried Tuamarina
White, Arthur Clarence
- 26 Oct 1960 aged 66
- buried Omaka
White, Barbara
- 14 August 1956 aged 86
- buried Omaka
White, Benjamin Frederick
- 19 February 1966 aged 80
- buried Omaka
White, Caroline Ella
- 16 October 1914 aged 21
- buried Tuamarina
White, Caroline Louisa
- 23 May 1894 aged 35
- buried Picton
White, Catherine Common
- 10 February 1958 aged 76
- buried Omaka
White, Charles
- 23 November 1934 aged 82
- buried Tuamarina with Elizabeth Ann White
White, Charles Botham
- 18 May 1907 aged 21
- buried Tuamarina with Caroline Ella White
White, Eleanor Jane
- 14 March 1922 aged 69
- buried Omaka with Watson
White, Elizabeth Ann
- 2 April 1912 age 52
- buried Tuamarina with Charles White
White, Elizabeth Jean
- 8 November 1945 aged 4
- buried Omaka with Brian Vernon Myles & Janice Gwen Wratt
White, Ellen
- buried 17 December 1910 aged
- buried Omaka with Ellen Eva White & Leonard Arthur White
White, Ellen Eva/Ada
- 1 April 1925 aged 43
- buried Omaka with Ellen White & Leonard Arthur White
White, Elsie Mabel
- 26 November 1974 aged 83
- buried Omaka with William White
White, Emmaline Alberta
- 17 April 1959 aged 74
- buried Omaka
White, Frank Oldham
- 12 January 1924 aged 42
- buried Tuamarina
White, Gladys Louise
- 20 May 1978 aged 79
- buried Tuamarina
White, Gordon Fred
- 15 September 1994 aged 72
- buried Fairhall with May Shakespeare White
White, Gregory David
- 25 February 2007 aged 55
- buried Fairhall
White, Henry Horace
- 18 May 1956 aged 75
- buried Omaka
White, Ivy Zilpha
- 12 August 1985 aged 94
- buried Tuamarina
White, James
- 24 February 1931 aged unknown
- buried Omaka
White, James Spencer
- 14 February 1971 aged 79
- bried Tuamarina
White, Jean
- 4 July 1972 aged 68
- buried Omaka
White, John James
- 1 June 1881 aged 6 months
- buried Tuamarina
White, Leonard Arthur
- 12 February 1959 aged 78
- buried Omaka with Ellen White & Ellen Eva White
White, Margaret
- 19 June 1988 aged 91
- buried Picton with Robert Frederick White
White, Margaret Ann
- 8 November 1950 aged 75
- buried Omaka
White, Marjory
- 11 November 1924 aged 75
- buried Omaka
White, Martha
- 21 September 1935 aged 47
- buried Tuamarina
White, May Shakespeare
- 30 April 2004 aged 79
- buried Fairhall with Gordon Fred White
White, Noel
- 24 February 1909 aged unknown
- buried Omaka
White, Noel
- 27 July 1945 aged
- buried Omaka with Montgomery, Robyn Allayne Sadler & Susan Simonsen
White, Robert
- 7 January 1900 aged 1 day
- buried Tuamarina
White, Robert Charles
- 16 January 1947 aged 24
- buried Omaka
White, Robert Frederick
- 29 January 1986 aged 84
- buried Picton with Margaret White
White, Wilfred Stewart
- 21 April 1990 age 76
- buried Fairhall
White, William Jabez
- 30 June 1909 aged 65
- buried Omaka with John Liddington Higgs & Lane
White, William
- 6 December 1935 aged 3
- buried Picton
White, William Botham
- 21 April 1973 aged 83
- buried Omaka with Elsie Mabel White
White, William George Clarry
- 31 January 1979 aged 62
- buried Fairhall
White, William James
- 2 July 1970 aged 71
- buried Omaka
White, William Richard Tempest
- 12 October 1963 aged 84
- buried Omaka
White, Winifred Beatrice May
- 2 July 1976 aged 81
- buried Omaka
WHITE,, EDITH of TAITA NEW ZEALAND
Does anyone know of a Edith White who married Samuel Peck jnr in 1905/6 - maybe in Lower Hutt - but some of the family were in Woodville during this era so that is a possibility
I am trying to find who her parents were thereby tracing her back to Reuben King as it is said he was her grandfather
WHITEACRE in New Zealand from 1915
WILLIAM WHITEACRE (1852-1918)
- of County Wicklow, Ireland
married on 6 November 1884 at Carlow parish, Hacketstown to:
Deborah UBANK/EWBANK (1857-1931)
- of Kilcarney, Hacketstown, County Wicklow
NOTE
the ages of William & Deborah on the 1911 census do not match their ages recorded at death
* if William was 50 in 1911 his birth date should be about 1861
(age at death should then be 56 but is recorded as 66)
* if Deborah was 49 in 1911 her birth date should be about 1862
(age at death should then be 69 but is recorded as 73)
the census says they had 8 children and that 8 children were still living in 1911
The family arrived in New Zealand after the 1911 Census in Dublin, Ireland:-
Residents of a house 5 in Stormanstown (Drumcondra Rural, Part of Dublin)
William Whiteacre, aged 50, Head of Family, Land Steward, born County Wicklow
Deborah Whiteacre, aged 49, his Wife, Dairy Maid, born County Wicklow
Helen D. Whiteacre, aged 19, Daughter, Dairy Maid, born Queens County
Isabella S. Whiteacre, aged 17, Daughter, Scholar, born County Sligo
Carolina F. Whiteacre, aged 15, Daughter, Scholar, born County Sligo
Robert G. Whiteacre, aged 13, Son, Scholar, born County Sligo
Elizabeth M. Whiteacre, aged 8, Daughter, Scholar, born County Longford
Alexandra V. Whiteacre, aged 7, Daughter, Scholar, born County Galway
* missing from that address in 1911 were their sons George (then 26) & Edward (then 24)
NOTE in the 1901 census the family (including 13 year old Edward & Helen, Isabella, Caroline & Robert aged 3) were at house 5 in Templehouse Demesne (Temple, Sligo), also William's mother Isabella Whiteacre aged 84, but no older child than Edward. George was then 16.
the WHITEACRE FAMILY in New Zealand
. . 1 . .
George William Whiteacre (1885-1923)
(born Rathdrum, Ireland, 1st child of William & Debora)
* George was found in Ireland, England, Wales & Scotland. He was in the Military from 1914-1920. He married in Belfast in 1921 and died in Feb 1923.
Have not found him in New Zealand
. . 2 . .
Edward 'Eddie' Whiteacre (1887-1954)
(born in Queen's County, Ireland)
* Edward was a Constable in Wellington from at least 1915. In 1917 when he and other Constables of the area were called to arms the Commissioner of Police, Mr J. O'Donovan, appealed on public grounds that owing to the shortage of police officers it was impossible to release them for military service
Edward married Maude LOCKYER (1900-1971) in 1916
their children
* Edward William 'Teddie' Whiteacre
. .born 23 May 1917 - died 4 Oct 1993
* Eleanor Phoebe Maude 'Ella' Whiteacre (+ Kent)
. .born 15 Sep 1918 - died 20 Sep 1961
* Gloria Shirley Whiteacre (+ McGuinness)
. .born 8 Aug 1922 - died 16 Dec 1998
19 Dec 1922 I, Edward Whiteacre, 150 Tasman street, Wellington, hereby give notice that I have applied to the Magistrate's Court at Wellington for a License under the Land Agents Act 1921-22, to carry on business as a land Agent at 55 Courtney place, Wellington (later, they were at 7 Courtney place next to the Post Office), and that such application will be heard at the above Court after one month from the 19th day of December 1922, being the date of the first publication of this notice.
* they also lived in Lower Hutt for a time
- Maude left on 6 May 1937 on the Rangitane for a visit to England and Ireland. A surprise farewell party was put on for her at her own home, Hawker street, Mt Victoria, Wellington, by her good friend and wife of Edward's business partner, Mrs Vincent Dentice. Maude left on the Oxford to return to NZ on 29 Nov 1937 via Australia
- Maude's nephew, Alfred Churchill Lockyer, Flight Sergeant NZ428130 with the Royal New Zealand Air Force 550 Squadron, RAF, was killed in action 17 March 1945 in the UK
EDWARD died 24 Aug 1954 aged 67 and is buried Plot 112 E, Section CH ENG2 at Karori with parents & sister Nellie
MAUDE died 20 Sep 1971 aged 71 and is buried Plot 114 E, Section CH ENG2 Karori
. . 3 . .
Helen Deborah 'Nellie' Whiteacre (1891-1921)
(born in Queen's County, Ireland, eldest daughter)
Nellie married Albert Edward COUCHMAN (1886-1969) on 29 Nov 1919 at St Paul's, Wellington as his 2nd of 3 wives.
* Albert was born 24 Jan 1886 in Petone, 7th of 10 children of Charles Frederich Couchman (1854-1938) & Eliza Victoria Thornhill (1857-1933) who arrived in Wellington 8 Dec 1879 on the Arethusa. First settled in Bulls then later started the Couchman's Laundry in Petone (later known as the Victoria Laundry). Charles & Eliza are buried at Taita.
* Albert 1st married Isabella 'Bella' McGowan Flanagan (1878-1919) 25 Dec 1905 & had a daughter & 3 sons. Isabella died in Wanganui 19 March 1919 aged 40.
* Albert next married Nellie on 29 Nov 1919.
On Saturday 29th Nov 1919, at St Paul's, Wellington, by the Rev A. M. Johnson, Albert Edward, third eldest son of Mr and Mrs Couchman, Petone, to Helen Deborah, eldest daughter of Mrs and the late Mr Whiteacre, 1 Creswick-road, Northland, Wellington. The bride wore a check costume with loose panels, and white crepe-de-chine hat with osprey. She carried a bouquet of white roses and maidenhair fern. The bridesmaid, Miss Carrie Whiteacre, wore a gabardine costume and pink georgette hat, with feather trimming. She carried a bouquet of pink sweet peas. Mr and Mrs Counchman left for the North the same evening
HELEN died 18 months later, on 25 May 1921 in Wanganui aged 29 and buried Plot 112 E, Section CH ENG2 at Karori with her parents & brother Ed.
* Albert next married Ivy Kathleen Couchman (1896-1987) on 8 June 1922 (their fathers were brothers) & had a daughter & 3 sons. Ivy died 8 April 1987 in Wanganui aged 90.
Evening Post, 25 May 1922
COUCHMAN - In loving memory of our dear sister Helen, who passed away on the 25th May 1921.
Still in our memory you'll remain,
We can't forget the grief and pain
Of one so true and kind we loved,
Is gone from us to Heaven above.
Inserted by her loving brother and sister-in-law, Eddie and Maude Whiteacre, also wee Teddie and Ella.
COUCHMAN - In loving memory of Helen (Nellie), dearly beloved eldest daughter of Mrs Whiteacre and the late William Whiteacre, of Northland, who passed away at Wanganui on the 25th May 1921, aged 29 years.
The Lord hath given, praise unto His name.
And with that praise our task has yet begun;
The Lord hath taken, still our thought the same,
His law, our law, His will, not ours, be done.
Inserted by her loving mother and sisters, Carrie, Lil and Vic.
COUCHMAN - In loving memory of our dear sister, Helen (Nellie), dearly loved eldest daughter of Mrs Whiteacre and the late William Whiteacre, of Northland, who passed away at Wanganui on the 25th May 1921, aged 29 years.
She bade no one her last farewell,
She waved her hand to none;
Her spirit fled before we knew
That she from us had gone.
Inserted by her loving sister, brother-in-law and nephew, Bell, CLiff and Bobbie Mitchell.
. . 4 . .
Isabella Susan 'Bell' Whiteacre (1894-1923)
(born County Sligo, Ireland)
Bell married Clifton Charles 'Cliff' MITCHELL 11 Sep 1917 at St Paul's, Wellington
on the 11th September 1917 at St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral, Wellington, by the Rev A. M. Johnson, Clifton Charles Mitchell, youngest son of the late Mr and Mrs Adam Mitchell, Remuera, Auckland, to Isabella Susan, second eldest daughter of William and Deborah Whiteacre, 4 Karori-road, Wellington, Auckland papers please copy.
their known children
* 1918 - 1983 Robert William Clement 'Bobbie' Mitchell
Isabella died 19 Nov 1923
. . 5 . .
Caroline Frances 'Carrie' Whiteacre (1896-1968)
(born County Sligo, Ireland)
Carolina married Alan Fleetwood GILBERT (1887-1974) on 9 Jan 1929
* Alan was the 5th of 6 children of William Charles GILBERT & his 2nd wife, Emily ROBINSON (1852-1941). Emily was born in Takaka, her father, John Perry Robinson, was a dentist and the Superintendent of Nelson Province. Emily died in Carterton Nov 1941
* Alan enlisted for WWI from Spring Grove, Waimea
CAROLINE died in Wellington 26 Aug 1968 aged 72
ALAN died 11 Nov 1974 aged 87
* they are buried together Plot 186 P, Section CH ENG at Karori
. . 6 . .
Robert Gordon 'Bob' Whiteacre (1898-1950)
(born County Sligo, Ireland)
* Robert was a Railway Fireman of Karori road when called to arms in June 1916
Bob married Caroline 'Carrie' ROTHERHAM on 10 Jan 1920
ROBERT died in Wellington, 25 April 1950 aged 52 and was cremated at Karori
. . 7 . .
Elizabeth May 'Lillian', 'Lil' Whiteacre (1902-1992)
(born 11 June 1902 in County Longford, Ireland)
married Noel Roy Robert George CRICHTON (1899-1991) in May 1923, St John's Church, Wellington
* Noel was born 8 Jan 1899 to Robert George Crichton (1870-1933) & Gertrude May Boon (1874-1944), who are buried at Kelvin Grove.
12 May 1923 A very pretty evening wedding recently took place in St John's Church, Wellington, when Miss Lilian Whiteacre, fourth daughter of Mrs and the late Mr W. Whiteacre, of Northland, Wellington (well-known in Dunedin), was married to Mr Noel R. Chrichton, youngest son of Mr and Mrs Crichton of Palmerston North. The Rev Dr Gibb officiated at the ceremony and Mr William Oliver, of Wellington, was best man. The bride, who was given away by her brother Mr Edward Whiteacre, wore a wedding gown of white simple satin, daintily embroidered in beads. A handsome veil was also worn, arranged with a wreath of orange blossom and she carried a beautiful shower bouquet. Miss Vic Whiteacre, sister of the bride, attended as chief bridesmaid, in a heliotrope satin frock with bell sleeves of all-over lace in the same colour. She wore a big picture hat of the same shade, with silver streamers. The bride's little niece, Miss Ella Whiteacre (daughter of Edward), made a very sweet little flower girl, in a pretty lemon taffeta dress and a wreath round her head. She carried a basket of exquisite roses and autumn leaves. After the ceremony, about fifty guests (relatives and intimate friends, including several from Auckland, Dunedin and Palmerston North) were entertained at the home of Mrs E. Whiteacre, where a most enjoyable evening was spent. The guests were received by the mother of the bride and the newly-married couple entered the house to the strains of the "Wedding March" and were showered with confetti. They left later for the North, the bride wearing a smart grey costume of elephant grey shade and a hat to match with a beautiful ostrich plume
NOEL died in Wellington 5 Feb 1991 aged 90
ELIZABETH died in Wellington 11 Aug 1992 aged 90
* they were both cremated at Karori
. . 8 . .
Alexandra Victoria 'Vic' Whiteacre (1904-1971)
(born 31 July 1903 in County Galway, Ireland)
Alexandra married Albert Edward WATSON (1902-1965) in Wellington on 6 March 1928
* Albert was born in Wellington 9 Sep 1902, to William Archer Watson (1874-1931) & Flora Ann Welsh (1879-1948)
their known children
(born Christchurch)
* 1931 - 1931 Florence Watson
* 1937 - 2009 Robyn Anne Watson (+ Martin)
ALBERT died of a Heart Attack in Christchurch 26 May 1965 aged 62
ALEXANDRA died 24 Aug 1971 in Harewood, Christchurch aged 68
William Whiteacre, father of the above, died on 22 Nov 1918 at his residence, 1 Cheswick road, Northland, Wellington aged 66. His occupation was listed as 'Life Attendant'?
Deborah Whiteacre, William's wife and mother of the above, died 15 April 1931 aged 73.
They are buried Plot 112 E, CH ENG2 at Karori with:
1921 - daughter Helen Deborah 'Nellie' Couchman
1954 - son Edward Whiteacre
Evening Post, 22 Nov 1921
WHITEACRE - In sad and loving memory of our dear father, William Whiteacre, who passed away on the 22nd November 1918.
Inserted by his loving son and daughter-in-law, R. and C. Whiteacre
WHITEACRE - In loving memory of my dear husband and father, who passed away at his residence, 1 Creswick-road, Northland, on the 22nd November 1918.
We shall meet him some bright morning,
Resting by the waters fair;
He is waiting for our coming
In the Upper Garden there.
Inserted by his loving wife and daughter Lil Whiteacre
WHITEACRE - In loving memory of our dear father, who passed away at his residence 1 Creswick-road, Northland, on the 22nd November 1918.
For to thy dearest, there is no death,
Only a gentle murmuring breath;
Wind of God wafts him over life's sea
On the shores of Eternity.
Inserted by his loving daughter, son-in-law and grandson, Bell, Cliff and Bobbie Mitchell
WHITEACRE - In loving memory of William Whiteacred, who passed away at Northland on the 22nd November 1918.
We cannot call a day our own,
Nor yet one single hour;
For death will cut the strongest down,
And blast the fairest flower.
Inserted by his son-in-law, Albert Couchman, Wanganui.
WHITEACRE - In loving memory of our dear father who departed this life on the 22nd November 1918.
Sweet is the memory he left behind,
Of a life always loving, thoughtful and kind;
Peacefully sleeping, resting at last,
Life's troubles over, sufferings past.
Inserted by his loving son Edward and daughter-in-law Maude, also wee Ted and Ella.
PHOTO
the 1911 Census
- Residents of a house 5 in Stormanstown (Drumcondra Rural
who are the children in the photo - Taita, NZ c1890
Are you good at puzzles ??
On PECK of Taita there is a photo of Mrs Samuel Peck and 3 children
It is a very old photo - taken, the National Library of New Zealand says, c.1890s
the parents are:
Samuel PECK (1850-1931) & Frances STENT (1857-1938)
HOWEVER, I cannot work out which of the 13 children they are
If you click on the link you will see their 13 children
the names and birthdates should help with the combination of:
boy - girl - baby OR even girl - boy - baby
I hope the photo is clear enough for you to see that there is a boy and a girl who both look a similar age because of their height, but his stance makes him appear the older and to me he looks maybe 3 years old at the most. The baby in her arms is a very 'new' baby by the looks which gives us something to work on going backwards !!
NOTE
If this photo was taken in the 1890s (as the National Library of New Zealand states) then the boy must be John because all the last 5 children were girls so the children would have to be
? John Peck aged about 3
? Myrtle Peck aged about 1
? baby Ivy
HOWEVER, the girl, to me, looks older than 1
The next combination of boy, girl or even, girl, boy if you look at the childrens names and ages would have to be
? Elizabeth Peck - aged 5
? Henry Peck - aged 3
? baby Leonard
This would make the photo as taken in 1886 as Leonard was born in September
HOWEVER, Elizabeth does not look 5 in this photo!!
Your help would be appreciated
PHOTO
FRANCES PECK & 3 CHILDREN
who murdered HARRY SATHERLEY - Blenheim 1897
HENRY 'Harry' SATHERLEY (1855-1897) was born in Somersetshire, England, the first of 13 known children of George SATHERLEY & Harriet MARTIN. They emigrated to New Zealand in July 1958 on the Queen of the Avon
Harry Satherley married Annie HATHAWAY (1863-1887) on 30 June 1881, probably in Marlborough - they had 4 known children:
* 1881 - 1966 Edith Emily Satherley
... Edith married Alfred John GIFFORD in 1900
* 1883 - 1957 Albert Percy Satherley
... Albert married Cecilia in 1909
* 1885 - 1967 Leonard Henry Satherley
... spouse not found
* 1887 - 1953 Winifred Annie Satherley (see her notes at above link)
... Winifred married Charles Arthur John ELLISTON in 1905
... she married Alexander HOBSON
ANNIE died 25 June 1887 in Blenheim aged 24
Harry next married Mary Christina CALVIN (1863-1958) 15 August 1889 at Spring Creek - they had 4 known children:
* 1890 - 1977 Harriet Alice Satherley
... Harriet married Gustave Edwin PEARSON in 1907
* 1892 - 1892 unnamed son Satherley
... the son was born still
* 1895 - 1965 Harry Gilbert Bernard Satherley
... Harry died in Palmerston North
* 1897 - 1936 Clarence Daniel Satherley
(born 3 months before his father disappeared)
... Clarence married Mary Margaret DOYLE in 1921
......... The SATHERLEY MYSTERY
Harry Satherley was a well known Horse Trainer/Owner in Marlborough.
On Friday, the 9th July 1897 he did the rounds of a few Hotels in town and had a number of gins, at some stage he procured a large sum of money. His wife said he didn't, as far as she knew, have any money in the morning. It was said he sold his half share in the racehorse 'Iota' but his wife said he couldn't as he didn't have the authority to do so. Matthew Beattie 'lost' £87 (July 2013 equivalent of $15,800) and, not remembering much of the night's proceedings (suggesting he was slipped a mickey), asked a number of drinking mates if he had given it to them. They all pointed their figure at Satherley (because he was flashing money around). This was proved incorrect (see 29th Sep). There were a couple of men back in town who had just been released from 6 years in Wellington gaol (Harry had been an important witness against them), one of them fitted the description of a man seen putting a body into a boat that night. After visiting a number of the local hotels that day Harry was unsteady on his feet and could easily have fallen into the river (post mortem revealed he was alive when he entered the water). HOWEVER, his body (recovered a couple of months later) was found upstream, as some locals suggested early on that it would be! --- whatever happened, after he left the Marlborough Hotel at 10p.m. that Friday night, Harry Satherley was never seen alive again ...
many, many articles were written in the newspapers of the day about the mystery of Henry's disappearance. He was missing for weeks and caused a sensation. Theories abounded and everyone became an amateur detective with their own opinion. I have transcribed only the most relevant clippings but have added links to other good reading
Marlborough Express, 12 July 1897 3 days later
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE
Supposed To Have been Drowned
... Some sensation was caused in town on Saturday by the news that Mr Harry Satherley was missing, and that it was supposed he had been drowned. Satherley had been drinking in some of the hotels on Friday might, and, as far as is known, was last seen by Mr Victor OHLSEN, who accompanied him from the Marlborough Hotel to the corner of Messrs Clouston and Co.'s premises a few yards further along the street. Satherley was then in an intoxicated condition, but was not 'incapable' and insisted on walking home by himself. His residence is situated in Manse Road, and he went in that direction at 10 p.m. It is surmised that he crossed the Lock-up Creek bridge, and then, having formed the intention of returning to town, attempted to cross the Omaka railway bridge, and fell off the structure into the river. Another theory is that he went to Fell's wharf (the steamer was not lying there at the time) with a vague kind of an idea of taking a passage to Wellington to attend the races, and fell off the wharf into the water.
... On Saturday, a boy, the son of Mr J. D. Iremonger, found a five pound note lying inside a small paddock situated on the bank of the Opawa river, and abutting on Customhouse Street. Did Satherley drop the money, it is being asked, in getting through the fence, or, was it dropped in flight by a person who decided or helped to decide Satherley's fate? Still another person, we are told, came forward with the statement that he heard the sound of men's voices, raised as though in altercation, proceeding from the vicinity of Clouston's wharf
... It is being whispered that a dire tragedy, in which the motive was robbery, was enacted on Friday night. The locality is overgrown with willows
... Mr Satherley, who was a middle-aged man (42), has a wife and a number of young children, and they will have much sympathy in their distress. He was not known as a heavy drinker, and had the reputation of being an honest and respectable man. He was a successful horse trainer, some of the best racers in the place, including Sing Song, having passed through his hands.
Marlborough Express, 16 August 1897 7 days later
SATHERLEY'S DISAPPEARANCE
OBSCURE MYSTERY
... The Satherley mystery is as obscure as ever. An attempt was made yesterday morning to explore the bottom of the river by means of glass and reflectors; but the contrivance was not a success, and had to be abandoned. It has been suggested that a large public search party should be organised for the thorough exploration of the river and its banks. Considering the peculiar circumstances of the affair, and the strength of the suspicion that Satherley met with foul play, it is certainly to the interests of the public to do all in their power for the eclaircissement of the mystery
Marlborough Express, 19 July 1897 10 days later
MYSTERY DEEPENS
... The Satherley mystery deepens. Alive or dead, where is he? An unremitting search has been kept up in connection with the disappearance of Mr Satherley. The police and residents are exploring the river day and night. No trace has been discovered so far, and the public mind, suspecting foul play, is much excited by the mystery
Marlborough Express, 22 July 1897 13 days later
THE SATHERLEY AFFAIR
... The ?10 note that was picked up yesterday morning by young Purser in the paddock in Custom-house Street where the other bank not was found, was submitted to the Bank officials by the police for examination. They express the opinion that the note has been exposed to the weather, as the ink had started to run slightly, and it has lost that crisp felling that a note has which has not been much used or been wet.
Marlborough Express, 26 July 1897 17 days later
NO DETECTIVE
... As far as we know, the Satherley mystery is not yet receiving the attention of a detective. It is quite possible that the police authorities have made a secret appointment, and that there is an incognito Sherlock Holmes among us, but we do not think so. We have good grounds for supposing that a detective has not yet arrived. It is hard to understand the indifference that the Department seems to have displayed in this matter.
Marlborough Express, 27 July 1897 18 days later
THE DETECTIVE
... Local wise-acres have been badly beaten this time. They have been grumbling and wondering at the apathy of the Police Department in not sending a detective to investigate the Satherley mystery, and all the time a disciple of Sherlock Holmes has been busily investigating and making enquiries into the affair. He has been here now for over a week, and even the police were ignorant of the fact until a day or so ago
... A large number of men are employed in the search, removing earth from an embankment, and searching other localities. Some person are of opinion that the bank-notes found were placed where they were discovered to throw the police off the scent
Marlborough Express, 5 August 1897 27 days later
SATHERLEY'S DISAPPEARANCE
Letter To The Editor
... Sir, There is a general feeling abroad that the time has come for the Government to take some steps to discover the whereabouts of the missing man - Henry Satherley. The Pelorus Guardian, which is usually well informed as to the action of our member of Parliament, says he has asked the Government to advertise a reward. I hope this is correct, and if it be, I would like to know why the Government does not take immediate action in the matter. As to the theory held by some that the missing man has gone away voluntarily, I do not think such a thing very likely; but, even if it were so, no doubt his friends would be willing to guarantee - say - £50 to the Government for his discovery. The Government ought now to offer a reward of £500 and a free pardon to anyone, not being the actual culprit, who will come forward and give Queen's evidence. - I am, &c., JUSTICE
Nelson Evening Mail, 6 August 1897 28 days later
THE BLENHEIM MYSTERY
Suspicion of Foul Play Dismissed - Satherley Seen After His Disappearance
... Detective Cox, who has been investigating the sudden disappearance of Henry Satherley, a horse trainer, from Blenheim, expresses the belief that the man was not drowned, as at first supposed, and he states that a friend of the missing man saw him the day after he was reported to have disappeared. The suspicion of foul play is not entertained by the police
Nelson Evening Mail, 13 August 1897 35 days later (more at this link)
POLICE HAVE DROPPED THE INQUIRY
... For several weeks the town of Blenheim was in a state of excitement in consequence of the mysterious disappearance of a horse trainer named Harry Satherley; and as he and his family are well-known throughout the Nelson province, interest in the case has been taken here too. The circumstances of the disappearance are very strange; but the detective who was sent to investigate the matter has come to the conclusion that no foul play can be suspected, and the police have apparently dropped the inquiry, though no trace of Satherley has been found beyond a statement by some person that he was seen after the 9th ult., the day he vanished. The detective police have ways of their own, and the publication of their resolution to proceed no further with the investigation may be intended as a "blind" ...
Marlborough Express, 18 September 1897 71 days later
MAN'S BODY FOUND IN THE OPAWA RIVER
Believed to be Satherley - No One Allowed To Inspect The Body
... Considerable excitement was caused in town this morning by the news that the body of Harry Satherley, the horse trainer, who has been missing since the 9th of July last, had been found. Two boys, named DAY and LESLIE, who were whitebaiting, discovered a body partly lying in the water in the Opawa above Mr P. MEEHAN's place, and reported it at once to the police.
The body was discovered in a small channel near what is known as Meehan's Island, about ten chains above Mr Meehan's house.
Last Summer a small bridge had been built across the channel, and this had subsided, making a dam over the channel. The body was lying with the feet on the bank of the river and the upper portion caught in the obstruction. Evidently it had been carried there by the current.
On being communicated with, the police immediately took possession of the body and removed it to the Commercial Hotel.
Dr CLAGHORN made a cursory examination of the body, and, assisted by Dr ALEXANDER, will make a post mortem examination this afternoon; meanwhile no one is allowed to see it. Various articles were found on the body when searched by the police, including a stop watch, chain, and curious pendant, so that it is believed there will be no difficulty in identifying the body. The remains have evidently been in the water some time, but are intact and in a fair state of preservation, although the features are unrecognisable, The clothes are at present too much grimed with silt for anyone to identify them as the clothes Satherley was wearing.
It seems to be conclusive from the articles found on the body that it is that of the missing man, Harry Satherley. An inquest on the remains will be held on Monday morning at 10 o'clock.
A strange part of the whole mystery is the locality where the body was discovered. The place is quite a mile and a half above Fell's wharf, and from the fact that it was found above the obstruction it seems very evident that it has come down stream, the theory that it could have drifted up the river being extremely improbable. There is also another conjecture that the body has been conveyed up the river in a boat and buried on the island, and that the recent fresh in the river has washed it out.
Several persons had intimated their belief, while the interest in the disappearance of Satherley was at its height, that the body would be found up the river, and not down, and the discovery now confirms their conjecture.
The immediate vicinity of Meehan's island is all covered with rough growth of flax, toetoe, etc., and there are no houses in the neighbourhood. At the spot where the body was found the stream runs strongly, and it cannot have lain there long as there are footmarks near at hand where boys have been whitebaiting.
At this juncture it will be interesting to recall a few facts concerning the mysterious disappearance of Harry Satherley:- He was last seen alive on the night of Friday, July 9th, when he left the Marlborough Hotel presumably for his home, although a young man name GAMBLE is positive he saw him alive next morning in Manse Road about 9 a.m. When he disappeared Satherley had in his possession a sum of about £87 in National Bank notes. Suspicions of foul play were entertained, and a vigorous search was kept up for a considerable time. The first results of the search were the discovery on the Saturday of a £5 National bank note and a stick of tobacco in a paddock in Custom-house Street, and later on the public interest was further revived by the discovery on the 21st of July of a ?10 bank note in the same paddock. Since that date, although the search was kept up, nothing was elicited until a woman in Christchurch who knew Satherley well, maintained in a letter to a Blenheim friend, that she had passed him in Christchurch on the 24th July.
A detective was sent over from Wellington and spent some time investigating the affair, but as far as was known his enquiries did not tend to clear up the mystery of the unfortunate man's disappearance.
Manawatu Herald, 20 September 1897
POST MORTEM OF SATHERLEY'S BODY
... The post mortem examination on the body of Satherley was concluded yesterday, which revealed a deep wound in the forepart of the head. Thirteen shillings in silver were found, and one pocket was turned inside out. The police searched the river and locality where the body was found, but did not reveal anything further. The community is much excited. The conviction is generally entertained that Satherley met with foul play.
Marlborough Express, 21 September 1897
ARREST WARRANT KEPT QUIET
... Very few people were aware of the existence of a warrant for the arrest of Satherley. The warrant was issued, and despatched to the various town in the Colony, some weeks ago. It was based on a police information that Satherley had stolen a sum of money from Mr M. Beatty, and the fact that it had been issued was kept pretty well secret as far as the general public was concerned. The existence of such a document was not intimated to the public until yesterday, when we mentioned it in our account of Mr PURSERS's interview the the Minister of Justice
Marlborough Express, 21 September 1897
THE INQUEST
TODAY'S EVIDENCE - on resuming at 11 a.m.
NOTE very long enquiry which you can read here.
In brief:
... Christopher REIDY, jockey, sworn, said he remembered the night of July 9th. He was in the Marlborough Hotel all day. He saw Satherley and Sheridan there about 4.30 p.m. Ted Satherley and E. Morgan also came in ...
... He said to Ohlsson "Harry is a fool when he has a drink or two" Ohlsson replied, "I gave him a pound or two this afternoon, I expect he is playing it up" ...
... John CARKEEK said he knew the deceased; he saw him on Friday, July 9th, at about 5 p.m. between Jackson's and the Criterion Hotel. He came out of the Criterion with Sheridan and others, He never saw Satherley again ...
... Beattie's purse was laying on the floor, he picked it up at Beattie's request and gave it to him. Beattie thanked him, he never made a complaint till the next morning when he came into the billiard room and said "Come on, give me that money I gave you yesterday.' Witness said "Aren't you going to back the horses in Wellington to-day?" He said "I don't mean that at all, I mean the ?40 I had in my purse." Witness said "You never gave it to me." Beattie asked if he had seen him in company with anyone that afternoon. He told him Satherley had been speaking to him, Beattie said "I must have given the money to Satherley" ...
Marlborough Express, 21 September 1897
THE SATHERLEY INQUEST
YESTERDAY'S PROCEEDINGS - on resuming at 2.15
... 'Thomas H. GILLETT, horse trainer, said he knew deceased well. Saw him on Friday, 9th July, while standing at the door of the Marlborough Hotel a little after 9 p.m. He was under influence of liquor, and was coming from town. He was by himself, and came towards the hotel. "Scotty" SIMPSON and O'SULLIVAN were standing at the hotel door when Satherley came up. They all went into the hotel to have a drink, Satherley paying for it with a ?1 note. Then Satherley went into a parlour behind the bar, and after five or ten minutes, came back into the bar and wanted them to have another drink. They were just having the drinks when Victor OHLSSON and Chris REIDY came in. As Ohlsson came in to the bar he said:- "I've found you at last. I've fed your horses, and been all round town looking for you to take you home." Satherley said "You'd better have a drink," Victor said "Alright, and I'll shout after." They had the drinks. Then Victor Ohlsson "shouted" and afterwards he and Satherley went out of the hotel. Ohlsson came back in about five minutes. He (witness) did not see Satherley again. As Victor came in he said he had seen Satherley as far as CLOUSTON's corner, and the latter had said he would go home by himself. Then Ohlsson and witness went away from the Marlborough to the Criterion. He did not see Satherley flashing money. Shortly after Satherley and Ohlsson left the hotel together BUSH left. Ohlsson was not quite sober. It would be close on ten o'clock when he left the Marlborough with Ohlsson to go to the Criterion. They went straight to the hotel. They went into the parlor of the Criterion hotel.
... By the Foreman - What time elapsed from the time Satherley and Ohlsson left the hotel to the time Ohlsson returned.
... Witness: About five minutes. Didn't think it was that
... Mrs RAYNER, continuing her evidence, said that after they left the room Victor Ohlsson asked Satherley to come out into the passage, as he wanted to speak to him. He had been out in the passage a minute or so, and then came to the bar. Witness said to Satherley "Now, Harry, you are going home. He then said "Good might, Mrs Rayner. If you want a pound or two I'll let you have it." She said "I don't want any money." He answered "Alright; if you want it you can always have it from me."
Satherley and Victor then went out. Victor was away five or seven minutes. When he returned REIDY ask Ohlsson "Where is Harry?" Victor replied "He's at home." Reidy said "He couldn't get home in this short time." Victor said "He's on his way home." Reidy said "If he's at home you must have put him in a cab." Victor replied that he did not; that Satherley would not let him see him home. Witness told Reidy to look out and see if he could see anything of Satherley. Reidy went outside, and on returning said he did not see him. Willie Bush left about five minutes after Satherley, going out the back way. She had seen Satherley worse for liquor than he was on that night. Satherley was drinking gin. She was not quite sure what Ohlsson was drinking; she thought it was spirits. Satherley was in the habit of coming in at night and having a game of crib before going home. Ohlsson did not frequent the hotel. He had only been in the house four or five times altogether since Mr Rayner had taken over the Marlborough.
... Richard SIMPSON, cab driver, generally known as 'Scottie," said he worked at the Criterion Stables, where Satherley kept his horses. Satherley was in charge of four horses. He kept a boy named REARDON to look after them. He saw Satherley in the Marlborough Hotel on Friday evening. He was standing at the door of the hotel with GILLETT when Satherley came up. Satherley was 'fairly well on'. Witness corroborated the foregoing evidence. When Ohlsson came into the hotel with Reidy he said "Well, you old b--, I've found you at last. I've fed and rugged your horses." It was not true that Ohlsson fed the horses. The boy did so. Ohlsson said he had been looking everywhere for Satherley. While in the room off the bar Satherley took some money out of his right hand trousers pocket and started counting it at the table. The money consisted of notes, but witness was not close enough to tell what kind they were or what was their number. There seemed to be a fair number of them. Satherley put the money back into his pocket and came to sit by the fire. Witness was looking round and saw a piece of paper lying on the floor between the fire and the place where the money was counted. He picked it up, and found that it was a ?10 note. He said to Satherley "Here's a ?10 note you have dropped." Satherley said "Is it mine?" Witness replied "Yes, it must be; I haven't seen anyone else with money; put it away carefully this time and don't drop it again."
Satherley then put his hand into his pocket and offered him 5s. Witness refused the money. He thought that Satherley put the bulk of the money back into the pocket from which he took it. The £10 note he put into his left hand pocket. A man in Satherley's position, amongst racehorses, would sometimes have plenty of money and sometimes very little. They afterwards went out into the bar again. Satherley went away with Ohlsson about 9.30 or 9.45. Ohlsson was away not more than five minutes, Satherley did not turn up at the stables next morning as usual. Ohlsson came to enquire for him. Ohlsson had made such enquiries on previous occasions. Witness left the Marlborough to go home and called in at the Royal Hotel. He did not remember telling anyone there about the ?10 note incident.
On the application of Mr McCallum the Court adjourned till 11 o 'clock this morning
Manawatu Herald, 21 September 1897
MEDICAL EVIDENCE
... The strange circumstances of the death of Henry Satherley - who disappeared from Blenheim about two months ago, and whose body was found in the Opawa River last Saturday morning - were made public at the inquest held at Blenheim at the beginning of this week. To the Marlborough papers we are indebted for the particulars.
... Constable PRICE, in examining the body, found that the right-hand trousers pocket and the right hand coat pocket were turned inside out. There was no mark on the clothes, and some loose change, as well as a watch and chain, was found in the pockets. There was a mark on the head over the right eye.
... Mrs SATHERLEY, wife of the deceased, last saw her husband on the afternoon of the 9th July, and expected him to return between 5 and 6 p.m. for tea. Her husband had no money that day as she was aware.
... William GAMBLE, an expressman, said that he had seen Satherley alive shortly after 9 o'clock on the 10th - the following day. He saw Satherley distinctly 40 yards away. Deceased appeared to be coming from his home.
... Mrs Alfred RAYNER, wife of the licensee of the Marlborough Hotel, said that Satherley left with a man named MORGAN at 6.45 p.m. on the 9th July. He had been drinking before he left. He came back at 9 p.m. with Bert GILLETT and 'Scotty' SIMPSON. Gillett was talking to Simpson outside the door when Satherley came up. Satherley called for drinks for all, and as they were having them Christopher REIDY and Victor OHLSSON came in; O'SULLIVAN was also there. Ohlsson, who was very much excited, went up to Satherley, who was standing in the bar, and put his hand on deceased's arm and said, "Now, you --, I've found you; I've been looking everywhere for you." Satherley said, "What do you want me for?" and Ohlsson said, "To take you home." Deceased said, "I'm quite capable of taking myself home. I don't want you or anyone else to see me home." Ohlsson then said, "Well, let us have drinks, and then we'll go home," or something to that effect. Satherley "shouted" for various persons, and changed two ?1 notes. He went to a table to count his money, and while doing so dropped a ?10 note on the floor, which Simpson picked up and returned to him. Ohlsson offered to see Satherley home, but deceased said, "I don't want any of them to see me home," Satherley and Ohlsson then went out together, and the latter returned in five or seven minutes. When he returned Reidy asked, "Where is Harry?" Ohlsson replied. "He's at home." Reidy said, "He couldn't get home in this short time." Victor said, "He's on his way home," and added that Satherley would not let him see him home. Satherley was in the habit of coming in at night and having a game of crib before going home. Ohlsson did not frequent the hotel.
... Thomas H. GILLETT, a horse-trainer, said that when Ohlsson returned he said he had seen Satherley as far as CLOUSTON's corner, and that Satherley had said he would go home by himself. A cab-driver name Richard 'Scotty' Simpson said that Satherley went away with Ohlsson at about 9.30 or 9.45, but was not away more than five minutes.
... Christopher REIDY, a jockey, gave evidence showing that Ohlsson had sought Satherley at three hotels that night,
... John CARKEEK, said that he took part with Ohlsson and two others in a game of billiards after the latter's return from seeing Satherley home. Ohlsson was ultimately carried off to bed, as he was not able to look after himself.
... Victor OHLSSON, billiard-maker, said that he had been told that Satherley was drunk and 'slinging' money about. Witness had looked for Satherley before and had taken him home. Satherley had previously told witness he expected money from Mr GRIFFITHS, and witness said to him, "You've got the money from Griffiths, don't chuck it away, come away home." Satherley said he wanted a drink and then he would come. After he had the drink witness took him by the arm and drew him out, and helped him down the steps. When they came outside deceased seemed to walk all right, and when they got round Clouston's corner deceased told him to go back as he wanted him to go no further. Witness said good night to Satherley and stopped to see of he was going home, and when he saw him going over Lock-up Creek bridge he returned to the Marlborough. Never saw him again alive. He did not recollect telling anyone that day Satherley had money. When he left deceased he saw no one about.
... William BUSH, compositor, deposed that he left the hotel about 10 minutes after Satherley had gone, and five minutes after Ohlsson's return. Satherley, when he left, was under the influence of liquor, but could have got home all right. Witness expected to overtake him on the way home, He saw a man going down the road leading to the Neptune's wharf. Witness did not take particular notice of him, and did not know him. He had dark clothes on. It was not Satherley. He reached home as the clock struck 10. It would take six minutes for him to walk home, The man on the wharf road was half way towards the wharf, and was steady in his walk.
... The medical evidence (that deceased met his death by a heavy blow on the right side of the head, inflicted with a blunt instrument, and that there were no signs of drowning about the body) and the verdict of murder by some person of persons unknown have already been published.
... A curious fact in connection with the nurder is that there is in existence a warrant for the arrest of Satherley. The warrant was issued, and despatched to the various towns in the colony, some weeks ago. It was based on a police information that Satherley had stolen a sum of money from Mr M. BEATTY.
Marlborough Express, 21 September 1897
THE VERDICT
... The jury returned and the foreman stated that they were satisfied that the body they had viewed at the Wairau Hospital was that of Harry Satherley, and the verdict was that 'the said Harry Satherley was murdered by some person or persons unknown'
There is a fairly good list now of persons murdered in this colony by some persons unknown. It's time it was cleared up.
Marlborough Express, 25 September 1897
THE SATHERLEY SENSATION
A Reward of £500 Offered
... Inspector PENDER left for Blenheim last night to personally direct the investigation into the Satherley mystery, so as to endeavour to follow out the jury's verdict of wilful murder, and bring the crime home to the guilty person. In this work the Inspector has his hands strengthened by the Government's offer of a reward of ?500 for information which shall lead to the apprehension and conviction of the murderer.
... A plan of the locality of Satherley's wanderings on the night he was last seen by his friends - compiled from evidence adduced at the inquest, and taking in the river from its source to outfall - has been prepared with much care, and an examination of it must give ample scope to the police for theory-building. The plan bears prominent marks upon various spots deserving close attention according to evidence. The river takes a winding course, and nearly half-way between the place where some money and a stick of tobacco were found and the distance railway bridge is the spot where the body was found, caught in a snag. Now, was the body thrown into the water from the town paddock (supposing the case murder) and carried by the tide, which rises and falls considerably in Blenheim, along its unusually winding course?
Did the murderer or murderers carry the corpse that distance away and drop it in the water where it was found? or (supposing the case one of suicide) did Satherley wander out of his way, in an opposite direction from his home, and fall into the water whilst crossing the railway bridge? Or, yet again - for mystery ever deepens when theorising - supposing it a case of disappearance, did Satherley, whilst leaving Blenheim, accidently fall into the river from the bridge?
These are some of the knotty points which the police have to unravel during the enquiry now talking place.
Detective Cox, who has spent some time incognito in Blenheim over the case, was present at the inquest in his 'unknown' personality.
... The Nelson Mail of Tuesday last contains a paragraph which still further extends enquiry. Says our contemporary:- In connection with the mysterious disappearance of the man Satherley at Blenheim, and the recent recovery of his body, many rumours are afloat. It is gathered from police enquiries that some 13 days before Satherley's disappearance two prisoners were discharged at Wellington and returned to Blenheim; whence they had had been sentenced. One of these was a 'short thick man,' in this respect answering to the description of one of the two men said to have been seen by a woman at Blenheim putting the body of a man into a boat.
... Sergeant McARDLE called the attention of the Blenheim police to this matter some time ago, and certain enquiries were made, and now that Satherley has been found no doubt the enquiries indicated will be prosecuted with renewed vigour. It was further stated that Satherley was an important witness against the 'short thick man' when he got six years' hard labour for larceny in Blenheim
... When Satherley was reported to have disappeared a public subscription was opened in Blenheim on behalf of his family, but when rumours got about that he had been seen in various places, the fountains of relief ceased to flow. We notice by the local papers that the list has again been opened and further subscriptions are coming in. There is also talk of a popular concert being given to aid the fund
Marlborough Express, 28 September 1897
THE SATHERLEY CONCERT
... The ladies and gentlemen interested in the Benefit Concert to be given on Wednesday week for the widow of the late Harry Satherley, practice to-night in the Wesley Hall at 7.30. A full attendance is requested
Marlborough Express, 29 September 1897
ALLEGED LARCENY
... VICTOR OHLSSON was charged, on remand, at the Police Court this morning, before Mr J. Allen; S.M., that he did, on July 9th last, steal from Matthew Beattie the sum of £87 in National Bank of New Zealand bank-notes. Mr Rogers appeared for accused, and Mr McCallum on behalf of the Crown ...
If you are intrigued so far:
* interesting evidence
* cross-examination
* the verdict
Includes:
* Matthew BEATTIE, manager of the Bluff, Kekerangu
* Victor OHLSSON who was serving at the bar of the Criterion
* Edward Russell McLean DYMOCK, accountant at the national bank
* Mary SATHERLEY, widow of the late Harry Satherley
* Marie RAYNER, wife of the licensee of the Marlborough Hotel
* Charles HILL, stud groom
* George SHERIDAN, farm manager at Nelson
Marlborough Express, 8 November 1897
THE SATHERLEY FUND
... It affords us much pleasure to announce that the Satherley Fund benefits to the extend of about £20 by the popular win of Horton in the Farmers' Plate at the M.R.C.'s recent meeting. Horton was one of the horses being trained by Mr Harry Satherley, and his owners generously decided that his first winnings, not matter how much, should be handed to the widow of the murdered man. We are informed that the collection lists in connection with the Satherley Fund are no closed, and that shortly will be convened a meeting of subscribers, to be duly advertised, which Mr E. Purser will ask to decide as to the best method of dealing with the Fund
West Coast Times, 8 November 1897 122 days later
INVESTIGATION FINISHES
... The last policeman engaged inquiring into the Satherley case has now returned to Wellington. Nothing fresh has been discovered, and it is doubtful whether the real truth will ever be known
NOTES OF INTEREST
* the amount of the cash fund paid to Henry's widow, Mary Satherley, in December 1897 was £145 13s 0d (Sep 2013 equivalent $26,400). The Secretary of the Satherley Relief Fund was later receiving offers for the purchase of a four-roomed cottage about January 1898. A sufficient sum remained to pay the first years insurance premium
* Mary Christina had 3 more children with a partner:
* 1900 - 1992 Gilbert Gordon Satherley
... born in Blenheim
* 1906 - 1983 Nora Janet Satherley
... born in Blenheim
* 1907 - 1992 Ronald Charles Satherley
... born in Wellington
* HARRY SATHERLEY is buried:
Plot 5, Row O, Block 2, Lawn Division at Tuamarina cemetery
PHOTO
The OPAWA RIVER where they found Harry's body
who was Alexander Aaltonen - PETONE
who was Alexander AALTONEN (1891-1968)
in 1920
... he married Lizzie MAIDMENT (1893-1977)
- daughter of Edement MAIDMENT and Martha Elizabeth SWATFORD
21 Feb 1935 - PETONE
... Each of the following were ordered to pay costs on the charge of permitting water to run through a hose without any person being in charge;
? Alexander AALTENON
? William BRYAN
? John Patrick GUTHRIE
? Arthur Frederick PALMER
? John HILL
? Arthur E. JONES
? Vivian H. JUDD
? Charles McDOUGALL
? Huia George A. McILVRIDE
? John McNEILL
? William Henry MELHUISH
? Vivian NICOLSON
? Charles G. NOBLE
? Mrs Gwen E. REID
? Joseph RYAN
? Frederick SENIOR
? Albert SPENCE
? George TEBBUTT
? George Frederick VARRALL
? Bertram WATKINS
? Harold Walter HAYWARD was convicted and discharged
17 April 1943 - IN MEMORIAM
... BATES - In loving memory of our dear sister and sister-in-law, Hilda (Hilda Myrtle Maidment) who died April 18, 1942
Deep in our hearts a memory is kept
of one we loved and never forget
Inserted by J. and A. Aaltonen and family