Another interesting image related to the S.S. Penguin tragedy. Elegant funeral transport of the day. “THE FUNERAL OF TWO OF THE PENGUIN’S PASSENGERS, THE LATE MRS. BRITTAIN AND G. TROADEC, […]
It’s Movember and we’re celebrating with some of the famous mustaches resident at Karori Cemetery. Sir Francis Dillon Bell (1822-1898) not only sports some fine facial accoutrements but was also […]
Our next biography in celebration of Movember is about Louis Wager 1888-1965. Biography from Te Papa’s website: “Private Louis Wager, service number 77744Louis Wager was born in Heybridge, Essex in […]
Running with our Movember theme, next up is John Guthrie Wood Aitken. He contributed so much to Wellington, it’s hard to summarise all he did in a few lines here. […]
Mary KEEGAN lived with her husband and children (she had 12) on a coal hulk in Wellington Harbour. During the 1918 influenza epidemic several of the children became sick as […]
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 […]