Thomas Reid Inch was born in New Plymouth on 6 August 1868 to Thomas and Mary Inch. He was the fourth of eleven children and the family’s first son. Around…
Harry Rollinson
The Evening Post of Monday, February 10th 1936 reported that the body of a man had been located in Wellington Harbour at 6:30 am in the vicinity of Clyde Quay…
Robert James Aiken
Robert (Bertie) James Aiken was born on 11 May 1890 in Aberdeen. A slight figure with a fair complexion and blue eyes, he was the eighth of 12 children born…
Samuel & Susannah Morrell
Samuel Morrell (1850 – 23 May 1919) married Susannah Tankard (1849 – 26 April 1935) in Leeds, England in 1878. Their first child, Walter, was born on 6 June 1879,…
Mary Bridget Aiken
Mary Bridget Aiken (also known as Moya or Minnie) was born in Napier in 1893, the first of six children born to James Francis O’Donnell and Margaret Josephine (McNamara), who…
Christopher George Challis (1873-1934)
Christopher George Challis was born in London, England, on August 18, 1873, to William Challis (1833 -1885) and Jane Ann Jeffrey (1841-1924). He was the youngest of four boys. His…
George Athea
Accidentally Killed Deep in Public2 section is this fine headstone to 28 year old George Henry Athea who “met with a fatal accident whilst in the execution of his duty”….
Joseph Kitching and William Brodrick
Joseph John Kitching died February 18th 1912 aged 52 also William Henry Brodrick died 8th July 1913 aged 54 This lovely headstone enjoying the sunshine and Ian Galloway cricketing, belongs…
John Hearfield
The slightly unusual shape of this headstone caught our eye. The shape is known as Ogee (a double curve) and was used in Gothic and Gothic Revival architecture (so popular…
Mary Smylie
Mary Jane was born in 1861, Dublin, to James and Charlotte Campbell. Mary married (Dr) Archibald Smylie in Dublin in 1883. Archibald was born in 1842 in Antrim. Their first…