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Burials at BOLTON Street Cemetery, Wellington[/B]

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V names 1847 - 1943
"¢ VALENTINE, Annie Gertrude 27 Dec 1887 aged 16
"¢ VALENTINE, Barbara (nee Brown, formerly Aubrey) 8 April 1912 aged 59
. born 1852 in Toorak, Melbourne. She was the 2nd wife of Frankland Valentine (married 1870) & had 8 children. Buried with her sister Nellie Brown (1880-1879)
"¢ VALENTINE, Charles 19 Jan 1876 aged 5 months
. son of Frankland & Elizabeth
"¢ VALENTINE, Clara Beatrice 13 Aug 1882 aged 19
. son of Frankland & Barbara
"¢ VALENTINE, Eliza (nee Tolhurst) 14 May 1868 aged 27
. born 2 Nov 1841 in Wellington to Samuel & Ann Tolhurst. Married Frankland Valentine in 1857 when she was 16
"¢ VALENTINE, Emily (nee Hook) 16 June 1875 aged 41
. daughter of Bennett Mather Hook (1809-1865). Bennett arrived as a widow on the Coromandel with her children Rachael aged 12, Emily aged 8 and Friend aged 5. They embarked from St Katherine's Docks, London at 4 o'clock on Monday 9 Dec 1839 and left London on the following day. They arrived in Port Nicholson (now Wellington) on Friday 29 Aug 1840, a journey of nearly 9 months. Also on board was Stephen Pilcher aged 44 who was travelling as a widower with his 3 children. A daughter, Sarah, was born to Bennett and Stephen 2 months after they arrived in NZ (therefore conceived on board). They married 2 years later and had another 6 (known) children. This was a known total of children for Bennett of 10 and 12 for Stephen.
. Emily married Nathaniel Valentine in 1853, possibly in Porirua & had 7 known children.
Evening Post, 18 June 1875 DEATH On the 13th inst., the wife of Nathaniel Valentine, after a long and painful illness, deeply regretted by a numerous circle of friends. Aged 40 years and 7 months. [Canterbury and Melbourne papers please copy].
"¢ VALENTINE, Fanny Maria (formerly Sergeant) 28 June 1920 aged 79
. Widow of Mr Sergeant. Married John Valentine, widower, of the Forester's Arms, Ghuznee-street, in 1875
"¢ VALENTINE, Frankland 21 July 1915 aged 78
. Frankland was born in London, a son of Robert Horwood Valentine & Catherine Leroux 'Kate' Pardew. He was a Policeman, a Commission Agent & a Publican. He 1st married Eliza Tolhurst in 1857 & had 5 children. He next married Barbara (nee Brown, formerly Aubrey) in 1870 & had 7 known children.
"¢ VALENTINE, John 14 Sep 1909 aged 86
. brother of Nathaniel (below). Like his brother, he also served with 65th Regiment and arrived with him on the 'Java'. He 1st married Jane Bolton in 1855. He opened the Foresters' Arms Hotel in Ghuznee Street in 1862. He next married Fanny Maria (formerly Mrs Sergeant) in 1875. He died at Oriental Bay.
"¢ VALENTINE, Kate 5 July 1868 aged 10 weeks
. daughter of Frankland & Eliza
"¢ VALENTINE, Nathaniel, 1 Nov 1892 aged 63
. was born near Chatham, England, a son of James Valentine & Rebecca White. He and came out to New Zealand as a member of the band of the 65th Regiment (read his obit below). He first married Emily Hook (1834-1875) in 1853 & had 10 children. He next married Mrs Sarah Hook.
Evening Post, 26 Feb 1880 MARRIAGE. Valentine-Hood - On the 26th February, at the residence of Mr J. Valentine, Oriental Bay, Nathaniel Valentine (late of the Railway Hotel, Hutt) to Sarah Hood, widow of the late Mr Hood, of Porirua Bay.
Evening Post, 3 July 1882
Marine Retreat Hotel, Petoni. N. Valentine has much pleasure in announcing that he opened the above Hotel on Saturday, 1st July.
The house, which has just been erected, in quite close to the Petoni Railway Station and therefore very easy of access. It affords all the comforts of a home to those who are desirous of spending a few days, or weeks, in the country for the benefit of their health or recreation. A most magnificent is obtained from the balcony, embracing the City of Wellington, Valley of the Hutt, the Wellington Heads and harbour. The charges will be moderate and the Proprietor, under whose personal supervision the business will be carried on, begs to assure all those who may favour him with their patronage that no trouble will be spared to ensure the comfort of his customers.
Evening Post, 2 Nov 1892
DEATH - VALENTINE - On the 1st November, 1892, at the Marine Retreat Hotel, Petone, after a long and painful illness, Nathaniel Valentine, in his 64th year; dearly beloved and deeply regretted.
. The death of another old resident of the Wellington district has to be recorded. We refer to Mr Nathaniel Valentine, who passed away at the Marine Retreat Hotel last evening, after a long and painful illness. Mr Valentine was born near Chatham, England, 64 years ago, and came out to New Zealand as a member of the band of the 65th Regiment, which landed in Auckland from the ship Java on the 26th November 1840, his brother (Mr John Valentine, of Oriental Bay) and Mr Hugh Curry, of Courtenay place, also being members of the band. The deceased left the service a few years after his arrival and came down to Wellington where he began business on his own account as landlord of the old Coach and Horses Hotel.
He built and occupied at different times the Family Hotel and the Railway Hotel at the Hutt and some time afterwards he erected the Marine Retreat Hotel, Petone, remaining in possession for a number of years. Subsequently he took a lease of the Royal Hotel, Thorndon-quay, and later on he was landlord of the Club Hotel, Palmerston North. For some months before his death he was confined to his bed at the Marine Retreat Hotel with a painful malady, and his demise was not unexpected. At one time he was band master of a volunteer corps, and at another period of his life he was a captain of the New Zealand Militia. In 1857 he joined the Antipodean Lodge of Oddfellows, and he became Deputy Grand Master in 1874. He was also a member of the Pacific Lodge of Freemasons.
Mr Valentine was twice married. His first wife was Miss Emily Hook, of Porirua, to whom he was married in 1853 and who died at the Lower Hutt in 1876. By her he had a family of four boys and two girls. One of the sons is a coachbuilder in Victoria, another is in the same line of business in Feilding, the third is a member of the Permanent Artillery and the youngest is a dentist in Palmerston North. One of the daughters is married to Mr R. Mothes, Mayor of Petone and the other is the wife of Mr Shannon, brother of Mr G. V. Shannon. In 1880, Mr Valentine married Mrs Hood, of Porirua, who survives him.
The deceased was an upright, conscientious man, a good citizen, a faithful husband and a kind father, and his death will be deeply deplored by many of our readers.
"¢ VALENTINE, Peter William Laing 16 Jan 1870 aged 6
. son of Nathaniel & Emily
"¢ VALENTINE, Robert 30 Sep 1867 aged 30
"¢ VALENTINE, Robert Hoorwood 8 Oct 1869 aged 7 months
. son of Frankland & Eliza
"¢ VALENTINE, William Robert 19 Nov 1859 aged 2
. son of Nathaniel & Emily

"¢ VALLER, Fanny 11 Sep 1869 aged 4 months
"¢ VALLER, Jane 16 June 1872 aged 11 months
* 2 of 15 known children of Matthew Valler (1835-1915) born Hampshire, died Napier & Anna Futter (1839-1918) born London, died Porirua
their children, most born Tawa Flat
* 1864 - 1922 William Valler. William married Harriet Valler (1864-1942), whose father was Matthew Valler's brother Henry Valler (1830-1910). William died in Masterton
* 1866 - 1936 John Valler. John married Alice Edgecombe (1866-1911) who died in Morrinsville. John died in Auckland
* 1867 - 1949 Anna Valler. Anna married Mark Toole (1865-1913) in 1899. Anna died in Karori
* 1869 - 1869 Fanny Valler as above
* 1870 - 1934 Mary Valler. Mary married John Blackford in 1890. Mary died in Te Aroha
* 1871 - 1872 Jane Valler as above
* 1872 - 1873 Matthew Valler. Matthew died aged 9 months
* 1874 - 1875 Ellen Valler
* 1875 - 1941 Thomas Valler. Thomas is buried in Taita
* 1878 - 1919 George Valler. George is buried in Karori
* 1879 - Charlotte Valler. No other info at this time
* 1880 - 1880 Joseph Valler. Joseph died aged 5 months
* 1882 - 1954 Henry Valler. Born in Wanganui. Henry married Alice Bullin in 1918. Henry is buried in Morrinsville
* 1883 - 1883 Ellen Valler. Ellen died aged 11 weeks
* 1887 - ? Sarah May Valler. Sarah was born 12 July 1887. She was adopted out in 1890 to Minnie Lola Hacker, married woman of Wellington and registered as born to Minnie and father unknown. No trace of either has been found since. However, a Mrs Hacker had unclaimed letters at the Wellington General Post Office in 1897. There was a family of Hacker on the Keaton Estate in Masterton. Mrs Elizabeth Hacker (1818-1888, nee Jeans), widow of John Hacker (1820-1855, drowned in Wellington Harbour aged 35) was the proprietress of Keaton House (accommodation of respectable travellers with good paddocks and stabling). She was also the proprietress of the Greytown Hotel. She was a member of a number of benevolent societies and wrote to the council often re the conditions of the streets.
There is a Jeans St, Elizabeth St & Hacker street in Masterton, all run off each other around Colombo Rd/Church St. Her sister Miss Emma Jeans (1822-1892) lived with her for many years on the Keaton Estate.
By 1904 the Hacker Estate was being broken up into smaller sections and sold. The 10 roomed house, garden etc, with frontage to Church St., 178ft x 71ft, ¼ acre section, was rented out for £350 (2013 equivalent of $59,100), length of tenancy not stated. House is still standing today
Because there were very few people in NZ with that name there is every reason to believe Minnie Lola Hacker was connected, OR, Minnie was a made-up name.
Elizabeth is the only Hacker buried in Archer St., Masterton. With her is Ernest George Hardingham (1874-1953), son of James Hardingham & Jane Ruddick, early settler of the Wairarapa, Jane being the first white child born in Eketahuna. Ernest is the only Hardingham buried in Archer St cemetery. The relationship between Elizabeth Hacker & Ernest Hardingham is not known at this time
* Gareth Winter, historian in Masterton, wrote the story on Elizabeth & Emma Jeans, the two sisters who played an important part in the establishment of Masterton
* Although Elizabeth & Emma had no descendants they both left their estates to their sister Sarah's children. Sister Sarah died in England in 1871 but 2 daughters, Alice and Ellen and a son Alfred Watson emigrated to NZ in 1871
* This info added in the hope someone will recognise the family and have information on Sarah May Valler/Hacker

"¢ VAN, Eliza Mabel 2 Jan 1884 aged 15 months
. daughter of Henry Van & Eliza Bridger

"¢ VAN DE LUIDE, Margaretta 13 Jan 1887 aged ?

"¢ VAN SLYKE, Maud Jessie Constance (nee Gillon) 27 Aug 1925 aged 53
. daughter of Edward Thomas Gillon (1842-1896, editor of the Evening Post) & Isabella Jackson Miller (1846-1881). Married Dr George Washington Van Slyke (1859-1916) in 1898. George was a surgical specialist, specialising in eye, ear, throat and nose diseases. He would make visits to Masterton, staying at the Club Hotel & Carterton, staying at the Marquis of Normanby Hotel, where he took consultations.
Evening Post, 5 June 1916 Dr George Van Slyke, well known in Wellington as a surgical specialist, who recently spent some months at Masterton, died in Hawera on Friday. He came from Canada to New Zealand nearly twenty years ago and practised his profession in Wellington and other centres. For some years past he had been in bad health and about two years ago he met with a serious motor-car accident in Wellington, from the effects of which he suffered until his death. He has left a widow (a daughter of the late Mr E. T. Gillon) and two children.
Evening Post, 27 Aug 1925
There are many people in Wellington and other parts of the Dominion who will hear with very great regret of the death of Mrs Van Slyke, of Karori, who passed away yesterday afternoon after a rather long illness. Mrs Van Slyke was the widow of the late Dr Van Slyke, a specialist who practised in Wellington for a considerable number of years and was the daughter of the late Mr E. T. Gillon, formerly an editor of the 'Evening Post' and one of the early residents of Wellington. Mrs Van Slyke was for some years Welfare Officer in the Post and Telegraph Department and her true kindliness and goodness of heart endeared her to all those with whom she came in contact - it would be difficult to speak highly enough of the work she accomplished, or the influence which her fine and yet gentle personality exercised. Mrs Van Slyke will be deeply missed by those with whom she worked, by a large circle of friends and great sympathy will be felt with her two sons whom she has just lived to see grown up. Mr Van Slyke's only sister predeceased her many year ago and her brothers include Mr Ernest Gillon and Mr J. M. Gillon of Wellington and Mr O. Gillon of Sydney.

"¢ VANE, John Walter 23 June 1874 aged 30

"¢ VANTHOL, William 22 Nov 1884 aged 57

"¢ VASS, Atlee James 25 April 1881 aged 10 months
. son of James Vass & Sarah Wager

"¢ VAUGHAN, Amelia 12 Jan 1878 aged 80
"¢ VAUGHAN, Edgar Graham 29 Oct 1888 aged 5
. son of Frederick Augustus Vaughan (1856-1936), buried Karori & Harriet Taylor (1859-1890)
"¢ VAUGHAN, Harriet (nee Taylor) 28 May 1890 aged 30
. married Frederick Augustus 'Fred' Vaughan in 1879 & had 3 sons & a daughter. Frederick next married Edith Alsop (1867-1942) in 1902 & had 2 daughters. Frederick died 8 Sep 1936 aged 80 and is buried at Karori with Edith.
"¢ VAUGHAN, James 20 July 1866 aged 63
. James married Jane ? and were the parents of Augustus Vaughan (1829-1882) who married Ann Elizabeth 'Nancy' Freeman (1828-1880) from the Netherlands, at St Peter's Wellington 25 Aug 1851. About 1876, James's widow Jane returned to England with their granddaughter Margaret Jane 'Jennie' (Vaughan) & her husband of 3 years, Alfred Bolland
"¢ VAUGHAN, Margaret 5 Dec 1880 aged 85
"¢ VAUGHAN, Violet Mabel 12 Sep 1887 aged 10 months
. daughter of Frederick & Harriet

"¢ VAUSE, Walter Wiltshire 16 May 1882 aged 37
. he married Georgiannie Ratcliffe in Alexandra, Otago when he was the Postmaster there. Walter later moved to Wellington and was a lodger at Mr McGinnity's Mechanics' Restaurant/Boarding House in Willis street. The night after his wife filed for a divorce, Walter discharged the contents of a carbine into his left breast in his upstairs bedroom.

"¢ VAUTIER, Edith Ellen 9 Months 15 Aug 1883 aged 9 months
"¢ VAUTIER, Ernest John 17 Feb 1883 aged 16 months
"¢ VAUTIER, Walter Langford 16 May 1878 aged infant
. children of Philip Vautier (1848-1898) & Catherine Louisa Langford (1844-1927) who are buried at Ashhurst

"¢ VEAL, Henry 28 June 1873 aged 41

"¢ VEARS, Henry 3 Jan 1885 aged 42

"¢ VEITCH, Alexander 8 Feb 1928 aged 74
. husband of Isabel
"¢ VEITCH, Blanche (nee Lawson) 8 Sep 1917 aged 34
. daughter of Alexander Lawson & Isabella Morris
"¢ VEITCH, Isabel Flora Fraser (nee McKenzie) 16 July 1926 aged 72
"¢ VEITCH, Kate Mary 30 June 1880 aged 1
. daughter of Alexander 7 Isabel
"¢ VEITCH, Phoebe 2 Sep 1891 aged 31
. Phoebe was a convicted murderer. She drowned her 4 year old daughter, Phoebe Veitch in the Wanganui river on 26 Feb 1883. She was tried and subsequently convicted of murder. She was sentenced to death. On 25 May 1883 it was reported that Ministers of the Crown had intervened in the case and commuted her sentence to life imprisonment. She died in Wellington's Terrace Gaol

"¢ VENABLES, Mary McGiffert (nee Cleland) 24 May 1943 aged 81
. daughter of Robert McGiffert Cleland (1836-1884) & Mary Mabey (1838-1918). Granddaughter of Charles Mabey & Harriet Croom. She married Thomas Vernon Veneables (1864-1940) who is buried at Karori.

"¢ VENNELL, Charles Edward 17 March 1865 aged 3
. son of George & Elizabeth
"¢ VENNELL, Elizabeth Mary (nee Mills) 10 Feb 1918 aged 79
. daughter of Charles Mills (1803-1862) & Elizabeth Sophia Shorter (1797-1856). She married George Henry Vennell, one of Wellington's oldest settlers, who died at sea 28 June 1895, on board the 'St Leonards' 14 days after leaving Wellington
"¢ VENNELL, Ellen Mary 28 May 1865 aged 7
. daughter of George & Elizabeth

"¢ VERRALL, Charles William Hyder 26 Nov 1889 aged 49
The Lorngette, Melbourne 21 Dec 1889
Charles Verrall, better known as Hyder, a stage carpenter, long resident in New Zealand, died lately in Wellington, when he had laid the stages and constructed the whole of the stage work of the first and second Opera Houses.
The Daily Telegraph, Sydney, 30 Dec 1889
VERRALL - On November 26, at his residence, Wellington, N.Z., W. Hyder Verrall, aged 52. Deeply regretted.

"¢ VICKERS, William 31 Dec 1887 aged 28

"¢ VICKERY, Mary (nee Osborn) 19 June 1867 aged 28

"¢ VILLERS, Mrs William (nee Lutton, 1809-1847) 28 Jan 1847 aged 37 *database has 1 Jan
Wellington Independent, 30 Jan 1847
On the 28th instant, regretted by all who knew her, Mrs Mary Jane Villers, wife of Mr William Villers, of Lutton Place, Wellington, late of Sydney, New South Wales, leaving six young children to lament the loss of a good and affectionate mother
see link for all of William's 17 children

"¢ VINCE, Charles Edward 22 Feb 1887 aged 3 months
"¢ VINCE, Edward Ley 17 Nov 1887 aged 50
Wairarapa Daily Times
VINCE - At Wellington, on the 17th November, of cancer in the stomach, Edward Ley Vince; aged 47
. database has aged 52, BDM has 50 see photo below
"¢ VINCE, Edwin Robert 6 March 1880 aged 4 months . son of Richard & Harriet Vince

"¢ VINCENT, Agnes 6 Aug 1867 aged 16 months
. daughter of Nathaniel Vincent & Amelia Squibb
"¢ VINCENT, Amelia Emma (nee Squibb) 5 May 1890 aged 56
. married Nathaniel Vincent in 1853
"¢ VINCENT, George Henry 24 March 1877 aged 9
. son of Nathaniel Vincent & Amelia Squibb
"¢ VINCENT, Nathaniel 1 April 1881 aged 55

"¢ VINE, Charlotte 17 May 1892 aged 52

"¢ VOGEL, Anne 4 July 1881 aged 67

"¢ VOLUNTRATOR, Charles 19 July 1887 aged ?
. database has Voluntrator, newspaper spells it Charles Valiuntrator, not found on BDM
Evening Post, 20 July 1887
An inquest on the dead body found on the beach at Ngahauranga yesterday was conducted at the Morgue this morning by Dr Johnston, District Coroner. Nicholas Ferandos, fish dealer, identified the body as that of Charles Valiuntrator, a fish hawker, who had lived at Petone for several years. He last saw the deceased alive on Saturday, the 25th of last month. Deceased was in town on that day and at about 5 o'clock witness paid him £4 1s (2013 equivalent of $762). Witness, deceased and another man subsequently visited the National Hotel, where each had a drink. Deceased was quite sober when he came out of the hotel and intended going back to Petone by the 6.5 o'clock train. Before they separated, deceased gave witness an order for two dozen smoked fish, which were sent to Petone on the following Tuesday. Witness was surprised when his driver told him that Valiuntrator, who was better known as "Fat Charlie" had not returned from Wellington. Deceased was a German and witness had known him for five or six years. Edward Brownfitt, cook at York House, Wellington-terrace, deposed that he saw the deceased staggering up Willis-street on the Saturday night in question at about half-past 8 o'clock. Deceased was by himself. Witness did not speak to him. William Grant, butcher, residing at Petone, deposed that he had been living with deceased and identified the body as that of Charles Valiuntrator. Deceased left Petone at 3 o'clock on the 25th ultimo and said that he might not return until the following morning. James May, expressman and Constable Healey, stationed at Petone, also identified the body. The last witness stated that on examining the clothing of the deceased he found a £1 bank note, a gold bar for watch chain and a railway ticket Wellington to Petone, dated 25th June 1887. The jury returned a verdict of Found Drowned
On 22 July 1887 Anne Parker was brought up on remand to answer the charge of plundering a corpse, having stolen a silver watch, valued at £2 10s from the body of the late Charles Valiuntrator on the 18th instant. Two witnesses proved that the watch was on the body when if was washed ashore on the beach near Ngahauranga and one of them identified the watch in the possession of the police. Annie Parker, daughter of the accused deposed that when her mother came home on the day in question she had a fit, which lasted about two hours, after which lasted about two hours, after which she went out. The police came to the house and told witness that the watch must be found and on searching the premises she found it in the back yard, covered with a light layer of ashes. She then took it to the police station. Mr Skerrett took technical objections to the right of the Public Trustee to deal with the matter, unless it were definitely proved that Valiuntrator died intestate. He also suggested that accused was not in such a mental state as to be responsible for her actions
On 23 July 1997 .. "We direct the attention of those interested to a sale of fishing boats, nets, oars, ropes, horse, trap &c., in the estate of the late Charles Valiuntrator, which will take place at Petone on Monday, at 1 o'clock. Mr Haybittle (Messrs George Thomas and Co) will conduct the sale

"¢ Von ALZDORF (Baron), Charles Ernest 23 Jan 1855 aged 45
. born in Germany, Charles (sometimes signed his name Alsdorf) arrived with his wife on the 'Adelaide' in 1840. He was a hotelier. He kept the old Wellington Hotel (The Commercial) on the Beach, Lambton Quay and was a landowner in the Hutt Valley. It was in his hotel that Baron Alzdorf met his death when a chimney fell on him during the great earthquake. He was struck in the body by portions of the brickwork of the fire-place of the room in which he was sitting and died immediately. No plaque nor headstone by the specific request of Baron Charles Von Alzdorf. His will instructed that he be buried in unconsecrated ground near the grave of his friend William Wakefield. His wife, Madame Mary Elizabeth Von Alzdorf died 30 years later in Makara and is buried in the Mount Street Cemetery
NOTE A plaque on Lambton Quay reads: Wellington Regional Committee. Baron Von Alzdorf's Wine Cellar. This marks the location of an archaeological site discovered in 1987. It is all that remains of the second hotel built on this site by the Baron. It was opened September 1852 and destroyed by an earthquake on the 23rd January 1855.

"¢ VOSS Emil Rudolph Theodore 4 June 1883 aged 1 week from 1 year old
. first born of 10 children of Jorgen 'Emil' Rudolph Theodore Voss & Sarah Ann Aston. They had another son, born 14 months later at Hastwell, Wairarapa, on 27 July 1884 and also named him Emil Rudolph Theodore Voss (1884-1976)
* Emil & Sarah Ann Voss are buried, along with some of their children in the Eketahuna - Pahiatua - Woodville cemeteries
NOTE BDM has listed the second Emil, at death, as being born 28 July 1882? They have confused the records with the Emil who died in 1883 .. which is why, when seriously tracing ancestors, it is imperative to use all sites, Governmental or otherwise, as a guide only. Copies of all certificates (although themselves not always 100%) should be obtained

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PHOTO
plot 1410, Bolton Street Cemetery
last resting place of:
.. Edward Ley Vince (1837-1887)

• HEADSTONE n memory of Edward Ley VINCE, of Eketahuna, born at Hingham, Norfolk, died 17 November 1887, aged 52

photographed 1960s by City Sexton, Percival James Edward Shotter, (1912-1989), prior to its being dismantled to make way for the Wellington motorway