Both of Charles’ parents (Edgar and Sophia) were teachers in Kingston, Jamaica and were married there in 1840. His father shortly afterwards became a clergyman. The Rev Deacon was  promoted…

Mary Rowlands (Bell)By Glenn Rowlands, great, great grandson Mary is Buried in plot *Ch Eng/x/137 and was buried on the 27th April 1906. Mary Bell was born on the 17th…

While gardening in this plot in July, we found one of its missing railing posts and what appears to be the gate post to the plot. Unless there are better…

Thomas Green We first pick up Thomas Green’s story in 1877, when he was working as a draper’s assistant at Messrs Sutter and Co. in Timaru. He then worked for…

Sarah Poor, known as Sophie, was born in 1852 in Portsea, Hampshire, England. Her parents were Samuel Henry and Sophia Poor (born Hibberd). The family lived with Samuel’s mother, Sarah…

On Saturday in July, Melinda, who is one of our committee members captured these wonderful photos of Kākā enjoying themselves in the Cemetery

William Odden Southee was born in Kent in 1857.  Two of his two siblings died young and when he was 8 years old, he became an orphan. William and his…

The first interment in this plot was that of Mary Ellen Corich, a one-year-old girl who died at her home in Leeds Street on 14th February 1895. The second interment…

Killed by a fire engine On 18th December 1906, Amy Kensington (aged 55), the wife of Charles Kensington, was heading home to Thorndon with her two daughters Louisa (aged 32)…

On 26th June 1931, Phillis Symons was murdered by George Coats and her body placed by him in the fill from the construction of the Mt Victoria tunnel. Phillis was…