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…

We share stories about the people known to be buried at Karori Cemetery. The burial register also contains 18 entries for ‘Male Unknown’. These men have died in Wellington and…

Lucy Cornford married Albert Stace at St Mark’s Church on 4th June 1887. She was the youngest daughter of William and Fanny Cornford of Makara, and he the fourth son…

When Eliza died in 1907 aged 67, she was described as one of the oldest residents of Wellington. She arrived on the ship Lord William Bentwick in 1841 aged 6…