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The Greytown Cemetery Database has been 'in construction' for years so these are the (known) burials as at 2019 to help with your family searches. 
* this list is not comprehensive, only what is found to date
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                                    Surnames: 
                                    EARDLEY, EDNEY, ENGLERT, ERASMUSON, FABIAN
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                            GREYTOWN CEMETERY, 2128 Tauherenikau Road, Greytown, Wairarapa is on State Highway 2, 2km south of Greytown, 11km north of Featherston. 
Of interest, Tauherenikau lies between both towns. Mostly 'famous' as Tauherenikau Racecourse since 1874. 
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                                    Surnames: 
                                    ADDIE, ALGIE, ALLOWAY, AMOS, ANSTICE
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                            Alice Kath WILLIAMS was born in 1864/65 in Adelaide South Australia. Although I thought I found her in 1867.
She died 6th or 7th January in 1902 and is buried at the Church of Christ AA Section 0084 Gravesite at Karrakatta.
I have been trying f...
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                
                                    Surnames: 
                                    ERRINGTON, PLATT, WILLIAMS
                                    
                                
                            
                        
                    
                            
                            
                            Information Journal.
Groom: Frederick Robert Phillis TAPSCOTT.
Age: 25 years.
Status: Single.
Father: Samuel TAPSCOTT.
Bride: Mary Ann POLDEN.
Age: 18 years.
Status: Single.
Father: George POLDEN.
Date married: 17 August 1882.
Place: ...
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                
                                    Surnames: 
                                    BROOK, DAVILL, GIBB, HOLLITT, JACOBS
                                    and 9 more
                                
                            
                        
                    
                            
                            
                            Name of Husband John Riordan 
Looking for information on Deborah Mc/Gillicuddy before she married I have a (DMA) done with Family TREE I but no connection is coming up. I await information from some Familytreecircle. 
Thanking you 
Seamus  
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                
                                    Surnames: 
                                    MCGILLICUDDY
                                    
                                
                            
                        
                    
                            
                            
                            All i have is he stated on his first borns bc he was from PEI "ห his age was stated as 31years.   Somehow Samuel travelled to Australia to marry Martha Taylor in a Presbyterian scots church in Melbourne in 1852.   They had 4 children William Alexande...
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                
                                    Surnames: 
                                    CAMERONTAYLOR
                                    
                                
                            
                        
                    
                            
                            
                            Information Journal.
Groom: George HOLLITT.
Age: 25 years.
Status: Single.
Father: George HOLLITT.
Bride: Constance THISELTON.
Age: 18 years.
Status: Single.
Father: George THISELTON.
Date married: 06 April 1881.
Place: Residence of G...
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                
                                    Surnames: 
                                    COAD, HOLLITT, KING, POLDEN, POTTER
                                    and 3 more
                                
                            
                        
                    
                            
                            
                            my dad was james elmer flanagan his mother was rebecca davis from boonville,ms his dads name was bedord forrest flanagan cant find any info on rebecca he had a sister viola  all have passed his mother died from tb around 1927 
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                
                                    Surnames: 
                                    DAVIS, FLANAGAN
                                    
                                
                            
                        
                    
                            
                            
                            Information Journal.
Groom: Edward HOLLITT.
Age: 22 years.
Status: Single.
Father: George HOLLITT.
Bride: Janet Hannah POTTER.
Age: 29 years.
Status: Single.
Father: Jeremiah Radford POTTER.
Date married: 06 September 1905.
Place: Met...
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                
                                    Surnames: 
                                    COLLINS, HOLLITT, JOHENKE, KLEINIG, LINDNER
                                    and 5 more
                                
                            
                        
                    
                            
                            
                            Information Journal.
Groom: David CANAVAN.
Bride: Alice CROSS.
Year married: 1884.
Place: Victoria, Australia.
David died 1936 in Preston, Victoria.
Age: 74 years.
Parents named as Robert CANAVAN and Kate unknown.
Buried: Preston Ceme...
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                
                                    Surnames: 
                                    ALWAY, BALL, CANAVAN, CROSS, DAYBOW
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                            Information Journal
Groom: Thomas HOLLITT.
Age: 28 years.
Status: Single.
Father: George HOLLITT.
Bride: Matilda HOLMES.
Age: 19 years.
Status: Single.
Father: George HOLMES.
Date married: 08 April 1889.
Place: BC Church, Wirraburra, ...
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                
                                    Surnames: 
                                    BALLLANTYNE, BENTLEY, GEORGE, GOMER, HILL
                                    and 6 more
                                
                            
                        
                    
                            
                            
                            I am trying to gather any information about John Smith especially who his father was. Any information at all would be very helpful and very appreciated.
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                
                                    Surnames: 
                                    SMITH
                                    
                                
                            
                        
                    
                            
                            
                            My 4th great grandfather is John Smith. I believe he was born in Green County Pennsylvania about 1766. I have been using ancestry.com and created my family tree there. I am at a dead end finding who John Smith's father was. John Smith died December 2...
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                
                                    Surnames: 
                                    JOHNSMITH
                                    
                                
                            
                        
                    
                            
                            
                            Information Journal.
Groom: Michael SMARK.
Birth place: Given as Ireland.
Bride: Ellen Mary MOORE.
Birth place: Given as Castlemaine.
Year married: 1889.
Place: Victoria, Australia.
Michael died 1910 in Collingwood, Victoria.
Age: 47 ...
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                
                                    Surnames: 
                                    ANGUS, BRACEY, BRUCE, CALLAGHAN, CAVENDISH
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                            I am trying to find out about my dad's family. His Granda was George Watt (b 1865), fisherman, 40 Broadsea, married Margaret Fairburn Dougal on 29/01/1890. His mother was Christian Crawford (1843-1902) who was not married and his father was John Watt...
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                
                                    Surnames: 
                                    CRAWFORD, DOUGAL, NOBLE, WATT
                                    
                                
                            
                        
                    
                            
                            
                            Information Journal.
Groom: William HILL.
Age: 25 years.
Status: Single.
Father: Not recorded.
Bride: Mary LATTER.
Age: 19 years.
Status: Single.
Father: Not recorded.
Date married: 18 September 1852.
Place: St James Church, Blakiston...
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                
                                    Surnames: 
                                    BULLING, BURDON, COOK, HILL, LATTER
                                    and 3 more
                                
                            
                        
                    
                            
                            
                            Information Journal.
Groom: Joseph Horace ARGENT.
Age: 24 years.
Status: Single.
Father: William ARGENT.
Bride: Sarah Gertrude DUNN.
Age: 23 years.
Status: Single.
Father: Philip DUNN.
Date married: 04 May 1898.
Place: Residence of Ge...
                        
                        
                        
                            
                                
                                    Surnames: 
                                    ALLEN, ARGENT, BAUERHAMPEL, BROUGHTON, CRAWFORD
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                            Looking for parents of Margaret Middlemiss 1857 - 1939 
                        
                        
                        
                    
                            
                            
                            Ann's parents were Michael  dob C1833 and Margaret both born in Galway Ireland, migrating to NSW Australia arriving 21/10/1878 on vessel La Hogue as assisted immigrants.  Ann married Johan Andreas Diehm 1853-1932 in 1881.  Johan changed his name to A...
                        
                        
                        
                    