This grave is the burial plot of Mary Anne Swainson. She was born in 1833 near Hull in the English Midlands and arrived in New Zealand in 1856. In 1859…
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Christopher Locker
Christopher Lockyer – an incorrigible vagabond Chris first takes our notice for running a brothel in Mulgrave Street in April 1894 and by so doing, his “bad characters” residents rowed…
William Eades
William Eades, builder & undertaker William was born in Croydon, England and trained in the building trade. He was said to have made the wheels for Queen Victoria’s first train…
Rev Coffey
The Rev Coffey, the vicar of St Mark’s Church from 1876 to 1907, was a fervent letter writer, and Wellington City Archives have digitised a number of his concerned citizen…
George Wiltshire
As we are about to embark on Wellington Heritage Week, we thought to fitting to pay tribute to George Wiltshire, designer of the Friends’ H.Q: The Shelter. If you like…
Hester Mary Wise
Hester Mary Wise – our dear mother We did a story on Hester last year, mostly because we love the name. But couldn’t find out much about her. And we…
Fatal Railway Accident in Wellington
Frank Wilde was killed in 1914 when the horse drawn express cart he was driving was run into by a locomotive travelling to or from the Te Aro Station, Wakefield…
Mollie Tripe
A recent blog post about James McLauchlan NAIRN encouraged us to take a look at the life of another artist buried at Karori Cemetery – Mary Elizabeth (Mollie) TRIPE (nee…
Three Vaults
A Facebook post on 23 March 2020 showed a detail from the door of one of the “Three Vaults” in Karori Cemetery. There is a wayfinding place on the “main”…