The C Names Cairns to Curtis IN Old Gorge Cemetery Woodville New Zealand
the 'Residents' of OLD GORGE CEMETERY, Woodville, Manawatu, New Zealand
. visiting Old Gorge cemetery . The cemetery lies 3km from Woodville township. Head west along SH3/Napier Road, towards the (now closed) Manawatu Gorge. Just a short distance past Old Gorge Road (on your left) and over a bridge, look for the Railway Crossing sign on your right. Cemetery access is over the railway line, up the narrow, winding road and there it is, nestled among beautiful old oak trees, at the bottom of the Ruahine Range. There is parking, or you can drive around the cemetery to plots. An ingenious display board lists all names, their plots and a map.
. guided tours . Friends of Old Gorge Cemetery conduct tours on the last Sunday of each month that has 5 Sundays, with fascinating, insightful stories of the life and times of these early pioneers and settlers
. Old Gorge Cemetery searches .
* Find A Grave
* Billion Graves
* Tararua District Council
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W
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CAIRNS
* baby 1908-1908
* Margaret Agnes (nee Colhoun) 1879-1937
. born in Gilky Hill, Upper Cumber, Londonderry, Northern Ireland to Thomas Colhoun & Eliza Anne Whiteside
* May Bertha 1917-1921
* Robert 1875-1964
. born in Mullabuoy, Londonderry, Northern Ireland to William Cairns & Lizzie Quigley. Married Margaret Colhoun and arrived in NZ on the 'Gothic' 31 Dec 1906 with her nephew John Samuel Colhoun (1922-1942)
* William McKenzie 1904-1904
CALDER
* John Henley 1914-1914
CAMERON
* James Joseph 1844-1886
* Margaret 1862-1895
CAMPBELL
* Mary Amelia Maud 1885-1890
CAREY
* Helen 1834-1902
CARLILE
* Julia Jane (Begg) 1856-1891
CARLYON
* Arthur Edmund 1886-1887
* Leonard Percy 1879-1887
CARPENTER
* Amy Gertrude 1876-1900
. 7th of 17 children
CARRICK
* Patrick 1855-1896
CARRINGTON
* Basil Prometheus 1908-1949
* Gordon Peters Longden 1868-1948
* Ira Galileo 1916-1938
* Leah (Eades) 1887-1980
* Vivenne Iolanthe 1918-1921
CARSON
* Benjamin 1869-1952
* Bertha (Martin) 1888-1926
* Elizabeth 1831-1915
* Robert 1896-1896
CARTER
* Rosetta (Williams) 1865-1886
CHALMERS
* Ann Drew (McKean) 1819-1899
* John 1819-1900
* John 1849-1908
CHAMBERLAIN
* Annie Priscilla (Remnant) 1860-1956
CHEYNE
* Ann Margaret 'Cis' 1877-1947
CHRISTIANSEN
* Peder (Peter) 1848-1929
* Phyllis Merla 1914-1918
CLARK
* Albert Bertram 'Bertie' 1891-1983
* Alexander Moir 1921-2014
* Arnold Leslie 1923-1924
* Betty 1925-2008
* Christina 1836-1897
* Douglas 1921-1921
* Elizabeth Victoria (Cheer) 1867-1929
* Jessie 1918-1935
* John Thomas 1862-1938
* Margaret Isabel (Milne) 1889-1956
* Thomas 1839-1889
* William 1823-1887
CLARKE
* Alwina (Rader) 1863-1952
* Elizabeth Jane (Waugh) 1885-1954
* Eva Annie 1892-1921
* George Henry 1889-1972
* Herbert 1863-1908
* Herbert William 'Bert' 1896-1913
* Nellie Bertha 1893-1961
* Percy Frederick 1897-1899
* Robert 1919-1920
* Robert Thomas 1870-1905
CLEAVER
* Arnold Cumberland 1911-1912
CLEMENCE
* Maud 1883-1919
CLIMESHA
* Leopine 1868-1910
CLINGBERG
* William Charles Thomas 1890-1953
COLE
* Faith Hill (Burnett) 1862-1900
* Marie Louise 1899-1903
* Thomas 1842-1921
COLHOUN
* Annie Grace (Payne) 1889-1935
* John Samuel 1922-1942
COLLINS
* Agnes 1865-1912
* Alec Lance 1923-1923
* Charles Arthur 1883-1883
* Edward 1861-1944, brother of Reuben
* Louis Samuel 1884-1884
* Martha (Priest) 1864-1923
* Reuben 1854-1889, brother of Edward above
. born in Morphett Vale, South Australia, 30 Oct 1853 and died of typhoid fever in Bakers Town, Woodville on 29 March 1889. He married Thirza Cook.
- Edward & Reuben had 7 full sisters & three older half siblings, whose mother was Samuel's first wife Hannah Dean (1814-1841), go to link
COLLIS
* William 1854-1893
COMPTON
* Emily Amelia (Nott) 1872-1925
* Jacob William 1875-1938
CONNOP
* Ann Elizabeth 'Annie' (Griffiths) 1843-1917
. from Herefordshire, married Henry Connop in 1861
* Thomas Roderick Griffiths 'Tommy' 1876-1922, her son. Involved in all aspects of horse racing, jockeys, trainers etc. Married Louisa Irene Griffin in 1897
COOK
* Alfred William 1872-1949
* Elizabeth (Brooks) 1837-1916
* Gladys Lilian 1896-1935
* Mary Eliza (Paice) 1873-1941
* William Thomas 1835-1921
COOKE
* Margaret 1885-1933
COOPER
* Eileen May 1915-1915
* Margaret 1892-1892
COSGROVE
* Margaret Josephine (Hunter) 1846-1926
COSSEY
* baby 1917-1917
COTTER
* Florence Elizabeth (Ross) 1880-1976
* Ivy Florence 1905-1971
COURT
*Alice May (Walker) 1884-1959
* Thomas 1882-1955
COWARD
* Charles Edward 1859-1927
* Mary Alice (Webster) 1866-1948
COX
* Ada 1890-1937
* Frances Jane 1845-1940
* Henry 1844-1915
* Robert 1841-1889
CRAWFORD
* Marion Ada 1866-1952
* Mary Anne Charlotte (Andrews) 1838-1922
* William Gibb 1836-1919
CRESS
* Louisa 1834-1905
CRICKET
* unnamed 103 year old aboriginal African 1788-1891
CRONIN
* Mary 1867-1912
CROSS
* Mary 1867-1912
* John Waldram 1851-1942
CROWE
* Emma Jane (Marshall) 1851-1913
CRUICKSHANK
* Alexander 1905-1905
CULLEY
* John 1859-1888
CUNNINGHAM
* James 1838-1889
* James Bruce 1929-1953
* Jonathan Blair 1851-1939
* Mary Anne (Millin) 1872-1959
* Victoria Dorothy May 'Gummy' 1899-1989
CURRIE
* John Keith 1902-1967
CURRY
* Alice Ada (Jones) 1880-1939
* Archibald Bernard 1916-1987
* Archibald Francis 1884-1980
* baby 1918-1918
* Catherine Mary Hilda Ann Agnes 'Kate' (Harnett) 1886-1951
* Elsie Isabel 1900-1905
* Ethel Mary 1901-1901
* Eva May (Collins) 1885-1957
* Gertrude Rose 1893-1900
* Harriet (Williams) 1856-1927
* Harriett 1891-1891
* James 1853-1945
* John 1836-1916
* Mary Ann (Wintersgill) 1882-1962
* Sarah (Murphy) 1835-1928
* Victoria Gertrude 1900-1900
* William 1969-1969
CURTIS
* William 1900-1901
updated 1.9.2023
created 21.10. 2008
PHOTO
Grave 1, Block 6 Julia Jane Carlile (nee Begg 1856-1891)
photo kindly submitted by Ross Chambers 19.2.2023
Robert Cairns - 1875-1964 - was born in Mullabuoy, Londonderry Northern Ireland.His parents were William and Lizzie(Quigley)Cairns.
Margaret Agnes Cairns(Colhoun)1878-1937 was born in Gilky Hill,Upper Cumber,Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Her parents were Thomas and Eliza Anne Colhoun(Whiteside)
Robert and Margaret Cairns arrived in New Zealand on the "Gothic" on 31st December 1906
Children of Robert and Margaret Agnes Cairns Winifred Margaret Cairns (Blatchford) b.10/7/1912.
May Bertha Cairns b.12/12/1916.
Robert Samuel Cairns b.12/6/1918.
John Payne Cairns b.27/3/1920
John Samuel Colhoun (1922-1942) was nephew of Margaret Agnes Cairns (nee Colhoun)1878-1937. His father, Samuel Colhoun, arrived on the 'Gothic' 31 December 1906 with his sister Margaret Cairns and her husband Robert Cairns.
EDWARD COLLINS was born in Patangata on Dec 20th 1861 and died on 6th May 1944 in the Napier hospital. He was the youngest child of Samuel Collins(1813-1877) and his second wife Charlotte nee Harper(1819-1898) and the only one to be born in NZ. His wife was Martha nee Priest(1864-19?) She was the daughter of George and Martha Priest nee Sinclair.
REUBEN COLLINS was born in Morphett Vale, South Australia on Oct 30th 1853, and died of typhoid fever in Bakers Town, Woodville on March 29th 1889. He was Edwards only full brother. REUBEN married Thriza Cook.
EDWARD and REUBENThey had six full sisters: Rebecca Dillon(1844-1919); Sarah Cox(1849-1894); Hannah Lloyd(1851-1938); Eliza McLean(1857-1925); Lucy(circa1855-); Mary Carter(1852-circa 1874); They also had three older half siblings, whose mother was Samuels first wife Hannah Dean((1814-1841). Their names were: William(1834-1896) James(1836-1909); Elizabeth(1839-)
When a month has five Sundays 'Friends of the Old Gorge Cemetery' conduct a cemetery walk on the FIFTH Sunday. The history of many early pioneer families and well known identities is explained at many of the grave sites.
The famous artist Gottfried Lindauer is buried in the Old Gorge Cemetery.
When a month has five Sundays 'Friends of the Old Gorge Cemetery' conduct a cemetery walk on the FIFTH Sunday. The history of many early pioneer families and well known identities is explained at many of the grave sites.
The famous artist Gottfried Lindauer is buried in the Old Gorge Cemetery.
thank you for that barbidoll, what a great idea for the walk
also see Gottfried Lindauer