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Thomas Gale ‘one of the best known of our men of business’ The draped urn on the top of this plot symbolises the veil between life and death. Thomas is…

Amelia (known as Milly) was the second daughter of Robert and Rose Adams. Rose’s parents were Edmund and Mary Ann Perrin who arrived in Wellington on the ‘Martha Ridgway’ in…

This rather grand plot is for several generations of the O’Brien family. It is constructed with brick piers each surmounted with an iron fleur-de-lis cross. The concrete balusters in the…

He lived the last ten years if his life in Wellington, and died in 1907 aged 83. Henry was born in Kinross, Scotland in 1824. He married Margaret Watterson in…

Nita Blanche Cundy – Accidentally Killed Nita and her friends had gone to Paekakariki by train from Wellington on a Friday in April 1926. When they were unable to find…

Known to his family as Harry, he embarked on the RMS Turakina at London in January 1906 aged 21. He travelled as a saloon passenger and his occupation was a…

The New Zealand Centennial Exhibition celebrated 100 years since the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. It ran from November 1939 until May 1940  on a site at…

Olaf (known as Yank), aged 35 and a taxi proprietor lived in Seatoun Road. In April 1932 he had gradually been excavating a cliff at the rear of his house…

This unusual plot design caught our eye in the upper area of Church of England 2 section. It is clad with marble and has a concave tablet surface and a…

To mark Wellington Anniversary Day, we would like to share this photo we found from 1913. The ‘Early Settlers and Historical Association of Wellington’ issued an open invitation to all…