1800 unclaimed urns at WAIKUMETE Cemetery
The following list of names are of those whose ashes were kept in the little old chapel at Waikumete Cemetery for many years (from Dec 1977). When the chapel needed some restoration work, the ashes were moved below ground into 3 concrete vaults and have, at this date, become known as the 1800 unclaimed urns
... In 2016 Terry Fergusson went in search of the missing link in his Ngapuhi Whakapapa, his great grand father Hudson Pomare Fergusson (1855-1943) died over 70 years ago. He was cremated and interred at Waikumete Cemetery in Auckland. Terry soon found out his great grandfather's ashes were not where they were originally laid to rest. He says when Auckland Council officials revealed to him the whereabouts of the ashes he was angry and shocked. "The fact that we have uncovered that he was moved, not once, twice but three times and then put in a mass grave with up to 2000 other people."
Terry and his family have requested the return of the ashes of their tipuna to take them home to Hokianga. However Katherine Moore, Manager of Cemeteries at Auckland Council says, "They are pretty reluctant to start down that road, mainly because we think that there is a real risk to damage or disturb the remains of others that are there".
The Ferguson whanau is now seeking legal advice on what they can do next. Terry Fergusson is urging other families who may have loved ones who were cremated and interred at the original Waikumete Crematorium between 1920 - 1970's to see if your ancestors name is on the list.
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 I could find, which then revealed a number of the names (spelling) or dates, differed slightly from the those on the list - this is pointed out when applicable.
. 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 (pdf) LIST of NAMES
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* ABBOTT, Reginald Montague Vane - 3 Jan 1938, aged 58
. school teacher at various schools in NZ, Australia & England. Served in WWI as Private 11377, 12th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company, NZEF. Awarded the Military Medal for gallantry. Wounded at Passchendaele, invalided to NZ and owing to his disabilities was unable to resume teaching
* ADAMS, Cecil Walter - 16 April 1939, aged 72
. carpenter-builder-building inspector
Auckland Star, 17 April 1939 ADAMS - On April 16, Cecil Walter, dearly-beloved husband of Florence Mary Adams, Dedwood Terrace, Ponsonby
* ADAMS, Florence Mary (nee Jordan) - 18 Aug 1948, aged 73
. born Parramatta, NSW, married Cecil in 1896 & had 5 known children (4 sons). A son, Flight Officer, Donald Arthur Adams (1918-1942), was 1 of 3 men of the No 40 Squadron in Wellington IC, Serial HF 846, who were on 'Operation Tobruk" during WWII, taking off on 25 Sep 1942 at 20:01 hours from Kabrit, Egypt, on an operation to bomb Tobruk. They went down south-west of El Gubbi
* ADAMS, Mary Ann - 13 April 1940, aged 66
* ADAMS, Heywood Archdall - 21 Jan 1947, aged 34
. names list has 21.1.1917 . he married Ngaire Alison Weller in St Michael & All Angels Church, Kelburn, Wellington in 1937
* ADAMS, John - 3 March 1942, aged 82
* ADAMS, Joseph Bernard - 11 Jan 1942, aged 64
. married Edith Mary Wilson in St Mary's Church, Wanganui in 1900. In 1911 they were boardinghouse keepers in Hobsonville, Auckland. In 1925 they were farming in Hurunui, Waikato
* ADAMS, Edith Mary (nee Wilson) - 3 July 1958, aged 81
* ADAMS, Joseph - 29 Aug 1949, aged 79
* ADAMSON, Fanny Lillian - 19 Oct 1954, aged 80
* ADAMSON, John - 20 Oct 1930, aged 85
Waikato TImes, 21 Oct 1930 Captain John Adamson died yesterday at Herne Bay. Captain Adamson, who was 85 years of age, spent 40 years at sea.
* ADAMSON, Marianne Grace - 29 Dec 1935, aged 76
* AGNEW, Clara 23 Dec 1939, aged 71
* AGNEW, Robert - 30 June 1940, aged 61
* AH KEW, Mavis Eileen (nee Reardon) - 16 Sep 1948, aged 45
. married Henry Ah Kew (1900-1966), Lawyer & community leader, son of James Ah Kew & Mellie Guey (aka Mary Fong). Henry’s father, whose Chinese name was Yan Kew, was born in the Chinese province of Guangdong. He moved to Victoria, Australia and in Dec 1871 arrived in Auckland. In 1879 he was naturalised, his occupation being A fancy goods merchant. uNknown when his wife arrived, but in 1888 they were married, making the Ah Kew family one of the longest-resident Chinese families in Auckland. Henry went through the local school system, attending the Auckland Normal School in Wellesley Street East for his secondary education. He then enrolled at Auckland University College, graduating in 1924 with a law degree. It is said he was the first Chinese in NZ to do so. On leaving university he joined the Auckland law firm Oliphant and Oliphant. By 1928 he had set up his own practice, which he continued until shortly before his death. Most of the clients were Chinese.
On 26 June 1940, in Auckland, Henry Ah Kew married Mavis Eileen Reardon. Like many Chinese–European marriages of the time, the match was not approved of by either the Chinese or European communities. The couple lived in Epsom and in 1944 a son was born. In 1948 Mavis suffered a brain haemorrhage and died. Henry threw himself into his work, leaving the raising of his young son mostly in the hands of various Chinese friends.
Henry, now aged 64, next married 23-year-old Elizabeth Mary Brainsby, a shop assistant, on 2 Oct 1964. He retired from his practice shortly afterwards. He died 19 Jan 1966 of a heart attack. He was survived by his wife and the son of his first marriage.
* AHLERS, Dalia Te Iria (nee Williams) - 28 March 1950 aged 43
. married Max Ahlers (1889-1951) in 1920. Max was born in Wanganui, a son of Heinrich Julius Georg Ahlers (1858-1916) & Marie Pauline Preuss (1857-1936) from Germany. He was a farmer in Opitiki. He 1st married Kitty Williams in Opotiki 1 Dec 1917 & had a son, George Bernard Ahlers on 15 Nov 1918. Kitty died during the birth aged 19. Max next married Dalia & they had 3 children (1 son)
* AICKIN, Thomas Reginald - 27 Nov 1948 aged 62
. (sometimes written Aicken) .
Thomas was the 3rd of 9 children (6 sons) of George Gordon Aicken (1855-1920) & Margaret Donaldson (1859-1928) who married in Auckalnd in 1883. His father was Stationmaster at Manukau in 1893 and was retired in 1911, living at 5 Clifton Road, Browns Bay, Auckland West. Thomas served as Sergeant 23/49, Brigade Headquarters Staff, NZ Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion. He enlisted from Auckland on 28 May 1915 where he was with the New Zealand Railways. 5 foot 10 inches, weight: 10 stone (140lb), complexion: medium, Eyes: blue, Hair: brown. His next of kin was his father of 5 Clifton Road, Herne Bay, Auckland. He embarked 9 Oct 1915 from Wellington. He was later made Captain and was struck off on 22 May 1919. He married Rhoda Elizabeth Maud Young (1894-1958) in 1923
* AITKEN, Herbert James - 30 March 1946 aged 68
. in 1911 Herbert was the manager of the Palace Hotel in Willis St., Wellington.
* Aickson, Jonathan - 28 Aug 1949 aged 63
* Aickson, Ethel - 27 June 1951 aged 63
. these two were actually ATKINSON, see below
* AIREY, Alice Maud (nee Haszard) - 6 May 1939 aged 62
Auckland Star, 6 May 1939 AIREY - On May 6, at a private hospital, Alice Maud, dearly beloved wife of H. W. Airey, Aldred Road, Remuera
. Alice married Henry Watson Airey in 1901
* AIREY, Jane - 10 May 1930 aged aged 79
* AIREY, Henry Watson - 7 Sep 1954 aged 85
. Henry 1st married Alice Haszard above. He next married Emily Ida Pittar (1884-1971) in St Aidan's Church, Remuera in 1940
* AKER, Christian John - 6 Feb 1949 aged 74
. 6th of 8 children of Christoph Heinrich Aker (1838-1908) & Katharina Seyb (1839-)
* AKER, Myrtle Gosford (nee Asher) - 17 Aug 1960 aged 79
. born in Dunedin, 7th of 13 children of George Leyon Asher (1845-1936) from NSW, & Matilda Randall (1847-1917). Myrtle married Christian Aker in 1905 & had 2 (known) sons
* ALDRED, William - 14 July 1947 aged 56
* ALDRED, Madeline Dora (nee Titchener) - 9 Aug 1960 aged 70
. she married William Aldred in 1913 & had 2 sons
* ALLAN, Mary Ann - 6 March 1947 aged 47
* ALLAN, Malcolm Stewart - 22 May 1957 aged 81
. married Mary Youngs in 1901 & had 2 sons
* ALLAN, Sarah - 4 Nov 1944 aged 84
* ALLEN, Walter John - 28 May 1943 aged 53
* ALLEN, Florence Beatrice (nee Robertshaw) - 7 Dec 1948 aged 60
. married Frederick Allen in 1911
* ALLEN, William Frederick - 14 Sep 1944 aged 68
* ALLEN, Maud Lena - 23 Aug 1952 aged 68
* ALLEN, William Thruston - 4 March 1947 aged 68
. married Florence Muriel Malcolm Orr (1889-1971) in 1911 at her parents' home in Whataupoko. They were sheep farming in Te Pora, Waipiro Bay in 1911
* ALLPRESS, Frederick Charles - 28 May 1941 aged 68
* AMUNDSEN, Albert Alfred William 'George' - 14 Feb 1949 aged 54
. born in Norsewood, 2nd of 7 children of Lars Wilhelm Amundsen (1869-1924) & Elese Rebekka Hansen (1870-1912). Albert was a Gardener in Auckland. He died Intestate
* AMBROSE, Gustav Edward - 29 June 1940 aged 77
. born in Estonia to Johann Andreas Ambrosen (1824-1893) & Wilhelmine Charlotte Luther (1822-1869)
* AMBROSE, Elizabeth Ruth (nee Pritchard) - 13 Jan 1944 aged 77
. born Maitland, NSW to James Pritchard (1830-1911) & Zillah Snellgrove (1830-1893). They married in 1902 & had 6 children (2 sons)
* ANDERSON, Charles Joseph - 13 Feb 1949 aged 67
* ANDERSON, William Dale - 19 Nov 1939 aged 31
. son of William Anderson & Madeline Elizabeth Dale
NZ Herald, 20 Nov 1939 ANDERSON - On November 19, William Dale, dearly-loved eldest son of Mrs M. E. and the late William Anderson and loved brother of James and Robert and grandson of the late John Anderson, Poporangi Station, Hawke's Bay; aged 31 years. Private cremation.
* ANDERSON, Robert John - 14 May 1948 aged 70
* ANDERSON, Cecil Burlace - 8 Feb 1946 aged 43
. married Sophia Ethel Craill in 1932
* ANGOVE, William John - 10 June 1946 aged 87
. born in Warkworth, Auckland, a son of Richard Joseph 'Matthew' (1823-1897) & Annie (1819-1910) Angove
* ANGOVE, Letitia (nee Palmer) - 13 Dec 1954 aged 82
. born in Belfast, Ireland to Henry Palmer (1834-1897) & Eliza Mawhinney (1841-1914) Letitia married William in Ponsonby, Auckland 18 Nov 1882 & had 1 daughter, Annie Cornelia Angove (1884-1964 +Baverstock)
* ANKERS, George Frederick - 1 Sep 1948 aged 34
* ARLOW, Edward John - 4 Feb 1926 aged 75
. married Evelyn Jean Amess in 1911
* ARMITAGE, Clarice May - 7 Aug 1944 aged 60
* names list has Clarence Armitage
Auckland Star, 8 Aug 1944 ARMITAGE - On August 7 1944, at a private hospital, Clarice May, beloved wife of William Armitage, 15 Walmer Road, Point Chevalier, and loving mother of Linda, Lilah, Bill and Allan, aged 60 years.
* ARMITAGE, William - 21 Nov 1953 aged 70
* ARMSTRONG, Ella Eliza - 8 Aug 1944 aged 60
* names List has 6 May 1950
* ARMSTRONG, William - 21 Nov 1953 age unknown
* ASBURY, John - 11 Aug 1937 aged 65
. John was a Orchardist at Woodland Road, Glen Eden
Auckland Star, 12 Aug 1937 ASBURY - On August 11, at his residence, 20 Cardwell Street, Onehunga, John, dearly-beloved husband of Laura Ashbury; aged 65 years
* ASBURY, Laura - 1 Aug 1945 aged 71
* ASH, Beauchamp Hannah (nee Bellows) - 12 July 1927 aged 58
* ASH, John Willsteed - 27 Jan 1944 aged 78
. John was born in Portsea, Hampshire, England in June 1868, the 1st of 9 children of John Henry Ash (1847-1917), a bank cashier & Mary Ann Willsteed (1850-1930). John studied art in Birmingham. He married Hannah Beauchamp Bellows in Cardiff, Wales in 1898 & had 4 known children (1 son). They arrived in Auckland 1914 and John taught at the Seddon Memorial Technical College. John was an Artist. He painted landscapes in oils & watercolour, exhibiting with Auckland Society of Arts, NZ Academy of Fine Arts & British Empire Exhibition, London in 1924
* ASHMAN, Eva May - 11 Dec 1938 aged 59
. 7th of 7 children (6 daughters) of Frederick Ashman & Margaret Jones
NZ Herald, 12 Dec 1938 ASHMAN - On December 11, at Mairangi Bay, Eva May, youngest daughter of the late Mrs and Mrs F. Ashman. Funeral will leave her late residence 1 p.m. today (Monday), connecting with the 2 p.m. Devonport vehicular ferry for Waikumete Crematorium.
* ASHTON, Mervyn Roy 'Dick' - 1 July 1936 aged 38
. Dick was born in Waipawa, a son of George John Ashton (1859-1932) & Katherine Louisa Rich (1860-1944), who was a daughter of Sir Charles Henry John Rich, 3rd Rich Baronet of Shirley House & Lady Harriet Theodosia Sullivan. Mervyn enlisted for WWI from Morrinsville on 2 Nov 1916, his mother was his next of kin of same address. He served as Private 42010, embarking 2 April 1917 on the Corinthic with the 23rd Reinforcements, E Company, NZEF. He was no longer fit for service on 13 June 1918 and returned to Morrinsville where he was actively associated with many forms of sport and was well-known as a show-ring competitor. He married Kathleen Jessie McLeod (1897-1977) in 1922 & had 3 children (2 sons). They later moved to Te Kawa West where he was farming and was closely identified with several sporting bodies, being a representative cricket player and taking part in tennis and golf competitions. He was a member of the Waipa Cricket Association, the school committee and the Returned Soldiers Association. He died of pneumonia and pleurisy . his obituary
* ASHWIN, Eva Tasmania 'Grannie' (nee Lindberg) - 26 Dec 1943 aged 63
~ born in Fiji, a daughter of Charles John Lindberg (1840-1910) of Sweden & Jane Josephine Emma Enright (1852-1931) of Tasmania. She married D'arcy 'Durham' Ashwin in 1905 (1 of 18 children of Martin Richard and Emma Priscilla Ashwin). They had 3 children before D'arcy died in 1915 aged 35 and was buried at Waikaraka
* ASPLAND, Edward James - 17 Aug 1947 aged 39
. son of Alfred Charles Aspland (1872-1920) from Middlesex & Frederica Malin (1873-1942), Edward married Mary Pauline King (1913-2000) in 1933. Mary was a daughter of William Edward King & Agnes Josephine Whitelaw
* ASTLEY, Lucy Jane (nee Schnackenberg) - 18 Feb 1937 aged 64
. Lucy was born in Raglan, Waikato, the 5th of 5 children of Rev Cort Henry Schnackenbrg (1812-1880) from Prussian & his 2nd wife, Annie Jane Allen (1835-1905). Her father was in charge of the mission stations at Mōkau, Kāwhia and Raglan. He arrived in Kāwhia in 1839, after a shipwreck off the coast. He was saved from the wreck by a young Māori who swum out to bring him ashore. He took over the Raglan Mission Station in 1867. Her mother was a Teacher, Missionary, temperance and suffrage activist and a leader in many civic organisation .. Auckland Jubilee Kindergarten, member of Ladies Committee, then president. Auckland Prohibition and Temperance League. Auckland Provincial Prohibition Council. Auckland Tailoresses' Union. Auckland Women's Franchise League (which morphed into the Auckland Women's Political League). Mt. Albert Total Abstinence Society. NZ Alliance for the Suppression and Prohibition of the Liquor Traffic, Auckland chapter managing committee. NZ Society for the Protection of Women and Children, Auckland chapter. Young Women's Christian Association (WYCA) Auckland, vice-president and acting president for two years (much more & photos at her link)
Lucy married Samuel Tatton Ashley (1875-1956) in 1899 & had 2 children, a son & a daughter. Their son, Malcolm Cort Astley (1900-1981) (Cort to his friends) O.B.E., enlisted as a Lieutenant in the 2nd NZEF. In 1949 he left Dargaville to serve as Magistrate in the Auckland Magistrate’s Court. He received an OBE in 1979 for services as a stipendiary magistrate and to the community.
* ASTON, Margaret - 29 May 1927 aged 26
Sun, 1 June 1927 ASTON - On May 29, at the Auckland Hospital, Margaret, dearly beloved wife of Gordon Aston, of Beach Road, Birkdale; aged 26 years
* ATKIN, Minnie (nee Boucher) - 27 Aug 1931 aged 68
* ATKIN, William Henry - 22 Aug 1929 aged 65
. they married in 1886 & had 5 children (2 sons)
* ATKINS, Katherine Louisa (nee White) - 28 March 1950 aged 64
. married Arthur William Atkins (1883-1957) in 1923. In 1925 they were at 4 Westmoreland St., Grey Lynn. Arthur next married Catherine Maud Farrell (1880-1968) in 1952
* ATKINSON, Ethel - 27 June 1951 aged 63
* ATKINSON, Jonathan - 28 Aug 1949 aged 63
* both on name list as Aickenson
* ATTWOOD, May Belle (nee Hall) - 25 June 1961 aged 76
. names list has Maybelle . BDM has May Belle
* ATTWOOD, William Henry - 3 Dec 1946 aged 63
. they married in 1920
* AYERS, Rose Ann (nee Farrell) - 14 March 1955 aged 86
* AYERS, William - 25 April 1949 aged 82
. they married in 1888 & had 10 known children
* AYMES, Edwin Edward - 21 May 1934 aged 61
NZ Herald, 22 May 1934 AMYES - On May 21 1934, at Hamilton, Edwin Edward, dearly-beloved husband of Sarah Amyes; in his 62nd year
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PHOTO
Sergeant 23/49 Thomas Reginald Aickin
Brigade Headquarters Staff, NZ Rifle Brigade (1915)
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