In 1921, arranged by her daughter Madame Parker, Madame Emilie Marguerite Clemencot (nee Chavelle) and Madame Parker’s sister Mademoiselle Blanche Emilie Clemencot arrived in Hastings from St-Chamond, Loire, France. Madame…

Victor Lo Keong was born in Dunedin on 3rd July 1894 to Matilda Kum (Cum Hong) and Joseph Lo Keong. Matilda is recorded as the first female Chinese immigrant to…

Albert Baker was born in Wellington on 2nd September 1873 to Edmund John Baker (an expressman from Somerset, England), and Frances Ann Styles (from Whanganui). The family lived in Austin…

This tiny plot is tucked at the very end of Row K in Public2. It is for the four week old son of Stanley Oliver OBE and his wife Frances…

This double width ‘hip tomb’ is for Duncan Robertson Menzies and his wife Dorothy. Duncan was a grandson of Isaac Featherston who after Featherston and Featherston Street are named. Dorothy…

Marco Fosella was born in Florence, Italy in 1846, the son of a distinguished engraver. He initially worked in ‘commercial pursuits’ in Paris but at the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian…

After some head scratching, we realised we have a case of an incorrectly placed memorial. The book-like memorial is for Rosina Stirling ‘sister of the above’. M W Dally ‘Mother’…

This headstone was uncovered by Howard, one of our volunteers at our Tuesday Working Bees. The headstone is for Chin Chum Gee who was found dead in bed on 14th…

Vilhelm Jensen was born in Aalborg, Denmark. In 1873 at the age of 12, he travelled by himself on the ship Halcione to New Zealand as part of an immigration…

On 25 September 1933, seven fishing vessels left Island Bay at 4am that morning for their daily fishing. At 6am a southerly gale sprang up and all of the launches…