1882-1971 Ivy was born 10 October 1882, in Dunedin, parents Elizabeth Henry and William Poppelwell (V). She was the only girl among four brothers George, Henry, Colin and Cecil. Her…
Edwin Royden Wells
1887-1950 Edwin was born in Wilson’s Street, Lyttelton on May 20th 1887. He was the first son and third child of Alban and Agnes Wells. Edwin chose a career in…
Catherine Elsie Lynette Wells (nee Mackenzie)
1891-1970 Catherine (known to us as Nan) was born on September 4th 1891 to James and Annie Elizabeth Mackenzie of Wellington. Her full name was Catherine Elsie Lynette but she…
Rosina Alice (Rose) Unwin
Rose was born in 1901 in Notting Hill, London, one of six children of ostler Edwin Smith and his wife Martha. Her father died in 1908 and Rose and her…
Alfred William Charles (Alf) Unwin
Alf Unwin was born in 1901 in Kilburn, London, the son of Alfred James Unwin, publican of The George in Glyn Road, Hackney, and barmaid Florence Mary Ann Spooner. He…
Sarah Jane Moran
Sarah Harris was the daughter of Luke Harris and Charlotte Newman (see Charlotte Harris profile in this cemetery). Born around 1838 in East Chinnock, Somerset, Sarah and the family obtained…
Charlotte Harris
Charlotte Harris (nee Newman) Charlotte was born and married Luke Harris in East Chinnock, Somerset. In the 1841 census they are listed as living there with Luke’s parents, Luke and…
Sylvia Tesoriero
My Zia Sylvia, she was my mum’s elder sister. She was 4 years old when she passed in 1944, and my Mum was born the year after. My Nonno ran…
William Higgins
William “Bill” Higgins was born Jan 2 1894 in Mangatainoka, the town in which his mother Bertha’s family eventually settled after fleeing persecution in Prussia (now Poland) in 1875. Bertha…
Sophia Ashley
Sophia Ashley was born Sophia Roberts in 1824 in Ideford, Devon, England to William Roberts, Shoemaker and his wife Elizabeth Bottrell. She was baptised on 2 September 1824 in the…