Cemeteries and Headstones in New Zealand
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Major/Greer. Headstone on grave of Ernest Edward, the fourth child of Charles and Harriett Major, and his wife Mary (Ann) Greer. Arundel cemetery, South Canterbury. |
Located | Presbyterian Section, new row 54, plots 76 and 77 | Family: MAJOR Ernest Edward / GREER Mary
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Major/Maud. Margaret standing on the unmarked grave of Charles Major. The three adjacent gravestones are all Grindell. |
Unmarked | Row 201, plot 213 | Family: MAJOR Charles / MAUD Harriett
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Major/Maud. Headstone unveiled 11 Feb 2012, Geraldine. |
Located | Row 201, plot 213 | Family: MAJOR Charles / MAUD Harriett
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Major/Maud. Location of Major grave; looking towards RSA section and Huffey Street. |
Family: MAJOR Charles / MAUD Harriett
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Hay/Baker. Francis and Edith Hay's headstone, Timaru. Also Effie Baker. |
Family: HAY Francis / BAKER Edith
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Baker/Brooker. Joseph Baker and Harriet nee Brooker. |
Located | Block 128, plot 27 | Family: BAKER Joseph / BROOKER Harriet
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Baker/Brooker. Joseph and Harriett Baker's grave. |
Located | Block 128, plot 27 | Family: BAKER Joseph / BROOKER Harriet
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Baker/Rusbatch Albert, son of Joseph and Harriet Baker, and his wife Elizabeth nee Rusbatch |
Located | Block 117, plots 26/27 | Family: BAKER Albert / RUSBATCH Elizabeth
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Hay/Greaves; Hay/Richardson. William Hay Jnr, his first wife Ann nee Greaves, his second wife Catharine nee Richardson, and two of their children Agnes and George -- who died four days apart in 1883. |
Located | Family: HAY William / GREAVES Ann
Family: HAY William / RICHARDSON Catharine |
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Hay/Masterton. Elspeth, d. of Elspeth and Joseph Hay, is buried in an unmarked grave where Margaret is standing. Elspeth died in August 1872 aged less than 8 months. |
Unmarked | Block 16, plot 10 | Family: HAY Joseph / MASTERTON Elspeth Ingram
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Hay/McPhail Henry (son of Wm Hay Jnr) and Jessie nee McPhail (sister of Sarah who married James Hay). |
Located | Block 181, plot 69 | Family: HAY William / RICHARDSON Catharine
Family: HAY Henry / McPHAIL Jessie |
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Hay/McPhail. Sarah McPhail, daughter of Donald and Christina (and sister of Jessie who married Henry Hay), is buried with her parents; she died in May 1960. She was the wife of Revd James Hay, son of William Jnr. |
Located | Block 15, plots 17/18 | Family: HAY James / McPHAIL Sarah
Family: McPHAIL Donald / Christina |
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Hay/Richardson. |
Located | Block 6, plots 1/2 | Family: HAY William / GREAVES Ann
Family: HAY William / RICHARDSON Catharine |
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Hay/Shaw; Hay/Greaves; Hay/Richardson; Hay/Kinnear; Hay/Lewis. The Hay family grave; it contains 12 burials (most notably William Hay and his wife Euphemia nee Shaw and their sons William Jnr and David) and two cremations. |
Located | Block 6, plots 1/2 | Family: HAY William / SHAW Euphy (Euphemia)
Family: HAY William / GREAVES Ann Family: HAY William / RICHARDSON Catharine Family: HAY David / KINNEAR Jane Family: HAY Andrew / LEWIS Maria (May) |
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Hay/Shaw; Hay/Kinnear. |
Located | Block 6, plots 1/2 | Family: HAY William / SHAW Euphy (Euphemia)
Family: HAY David / KINNEAR Jane |
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Young/Shaw. Grave of Duncan Young and his wife Margaret nee Shaw. (Over the path and south from the Hay family grave). |
Located | Family: YOUNG Duncan / SHAW Margaret
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Young/Shaw. |
Located | Family: YOUNG Duncan / SHAW Margaret
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Hamilton/McKissock Looking south, Laurence on George Hamilton's grave seen from the last headstone in Block 6. |
Unmarked | Block 5, plot 16 | Family: HAMILTON William / KISSOCK Janet
HAMILTON George |
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Hamilton/McKissock. Looking north, Laurence standing on probable site of grave of George Samuel Hamilton. |
Unmarked | Block 5, plot 16 | Family: HAMILTON William / KISSOCK Janet
HAMILTON George |
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Cross/Hay. Grave of George Cross and Jane Cross nee Hay. Both died in Dunedin, George, aged 49, on 17 February 1882 and Jane on 17 November 1886, aged 52. |
Located | Block 131, plot 33. | Family: CROSS George / HAY Jane
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Cross/Hay. Nameplate 'CROSS'. There is not, and probably never was, a headstone. |
Located | Block 131, plot 33 | Family: CROSS George / HAY Jane
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Cross/Hay. General view of grave site. |
Located | Block 131, plot 33 | Family: CROSS George / HAY Jane
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Coghill/Hamilton. Reads: 'ILMO Annie Osborne nee Hamilton, beloved wife of the late Robert Coghill, Dunedin. Died 5th July 1958, aged 87 years. At rest'. Annie was the daughter of William Hamilton and his wife Janet nee (Mc)Kissock. |
Located | Block 5, Plot 168-170 | Family: COGHILL Robert Brunton, Jnr / HAMILTON Annie (Osborne)
Family: HAMILTON William / KISSOCK Janet |
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Hamilton/McKissock Hamilton family grave, undefined and unmarked except for a headstone for Annie Osborne Coghill nee Hamilton. Also buried here are her parents, Janet Hamilton nee (Mc)Kissock and William Hamilton, and two unnamed children of John McIntosh and his wife Elizabeth nee Hamilton (another daughter of William and Janet). |
Unmarked | Block 5, Plots 168-170 | Family: MCINTOSH John Bruce / HAMILTON Elizabeth
Family: COGHILL Robert Brunton, Jnr / HAMILTON Annie (Osborne) Family: HAMILTON William / KISSOCK Janet |
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McIntosh/Hamilton John Bruce McIntosh and his wife Elizabeth nee Hamilton, with a memorial to their son, William McIntosh. Elizabeth was the daughter of William Hamilton and his wife Janet nee (Mc)Kissock. |
Block 15, Plots 301 & 302 | Family: MCINTOSH John Bruce / HAMILTON Elizabeth
Family: HAMILTON William / KISSOCK Janet |
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Murphy, James Unmarked grave of James Murphy, (the right-hand half of this grave). Why James was buried in half of a grave that seems to belong to some other family, in what seems to be the RC section of the cemetery is a mystery. He died in 1918, in the influenza epidemic. His name is included on the obelisk that stands on the Murphy family grave. |
Unmarked | Block 13, Plot 11 | Family: MURPHY William (Henry) / SEED Elizabeth Ellen
MURPHY James Seed (d. 15 Dec 1918) |
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Murphy, John John Murphy (d 1874), brother of William (Henry). No headstone; the base for a surname plate is visible but the plate has gone. Also buried here are John Murphy (d 1892) and William Murphy (d 1901), sons of William (Henry) Murphy and Elizabeth nee Seed. Their names are included on the obelisk on the Murphy family grave. |
Located | Block 6, Plots 9 & 10 | Family: MURPHY William (Henry) / SEED Elizabeth Ellen
MURPHY John |
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Murphy/Seed. Obelisk on Murphy family grave. Right-hand face reads: 'Also their children John accidentally killed 2nd Feb 1892 aged 11 years; William died 3rd Dec 1901 aged 17 years; Esther died 2nd Sept 1907 aged 14 years; James died 15 Dec 1918 aged 29 years.' |
Located | Block 14, Plot 11-13 | Family: MURPHY William (Henry) / SEED Elizabeth Ellen
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Murphy/Seed. Murphy family grave, Milton. |
Located | Block 14, Plot 11-13 | Family: MURPHY William (Henry) / SEED Elizabeth Ellen
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Murphy/Seed. Obelisk on Murphy family grave. Main face reads: 'ILMO William Murphy died 6th Oct 1905 [corrected to 1907] aged 73 years; also Elizabeth his beloved wife died 29th April 1924 aged 72 years; also their daughter Jeannie died 11th Sept 1945 aged 71 years.' On plinth: 'Till the day dawn / and the shadows flee away' |
Located | Block 14, Plot 11-13 | Family: MURPHY William (Henry) / SEED Elizabeth Ellen
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Murphy/Seed. Obelisk on Murphy family grave. Left-hand face reads: 'Also Sarah Ann Hamilton died 25th Jan 1952 aged 73 years.' Another daughter of William and Elizabeth Murphy. |
Located | Block 14, Plot 11-13 | Family: HAMILTON William (Kissock) / MURPHY Sarah Ann
Family: MURPHY William (Henry) / SEED Elizabeth Ellen |
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Robinson/Murphy John Robinson and his wife Annie Maria nee Murphy. |
Located | Block 16, Plots 49 & 50 | Family: ROBINSON John / MURPHY Annie Maria
Family: MURPHY William (Henry) / SEED Elizabeth Ellen |
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Seed/Franklin John Seed and his wife Anne Nash nee Franklin are buried here in an unmarked grave. John is a brother of Hugh Seed and uncle of Elizabeth Ellen Murphy nee Seed. |
Not yet located | Family: SEED Hugh / GLENNY Mary
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Hamilton/Murphy. William (Kissock) Hamilton and Mary Seed Hamilton nee Murphy. Also their son Allan Raymond Hamilton. |
Located | Block 35, Plot 32 | Family: HAMILTON William (Kissock) / MURPHY Mary Seed
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Hamilton/Murphy. Military plaque for Allan Raymond Hamilton, buried with his parents. |
Located | Block 35, Plot 32 | HAMILTON Allan Raymond (d. 17 Sep 1978)
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Stevenson/Kennedy. Headstone on Stevenson family grave, Wallacetown, Southland. |
Located | Block 1, Plot 115 (near centre of old g | Family: STEVENSON John / KENNEDY Eliza
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| McChesney/Stevenson. Headstone names Thomas McChesney, his first wife Catherine McChesney, formerly Paterson, nee Ewing, and his second wife Sarah Jane Randle, formerly McChesney, nee Stevenson, also the son of his second marriage Thomas Elliot McChesney. |
Located | Block 3, Plot 19 | Family: MCCHESNEY Thomas Elliot / STEVENSON Sarah Jane
Family: MCCHESNEY Thomas Elliot / PATERSON Catherine |
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Randle/Stevenson. Headstone on William Randle's grave, Invercargill. |
Located | Block 34, Plot 261 | RANDLE William (d. 07 Apr 1952)
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McChesney/Elliot. John and Elizabeth McChesney. Also their children Hugh, Elizabeth and Francis with his wife Annie |
Unmarked | Block 7, Plot 24/26 | Family: MCCHESNEY John / ELLIOT Elizabeth
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McChesney/Elliot. Francis McChesney's 'open book' plaque at base of headstone on John and Elizabeth McChesney's grave. |
Located | Block 7, Plot24/26 | Family: MCCHESNEY John / ELLIOT Elizabeth
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Wallace/Spurdle. Grave of Joseph Wallace and Sarah nee Spurdle and their 18-year-old daughter Agnes, Whanganui. |
Located | Block A, Row 9, 334. | Family: WALLACE Joseph / SPURDLE Sarah
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Wallace/Spurdle. Joseph and Sarah Wallace's grave, Whanganui. |
Located | Family: WALLACE Joseph / SPURDLE Sarah
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Spurdle/Sibley. William and Sarah Spurdle's headstone, Whanganui. The Spurdles arrived in New Plymouth in 1842 with their young son Oliver Cook Spurdle. Oliver married Maria Litherland; their first child Sarah married Joseph Wallace, son of John A. McK. Wallace. The first child of Joseph and Sarah, Sarah Esther (Essie) Wallace, married George Major. |
Located | Row 28, first plot from centre path | Family: SPURDLE William / SIBLEY Sarah
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Spurdle/Sibley. William and Sarah Spurdle's grave, Whanganui, showing position within the cemetery. |
Located | Row 28, plot next to centre path | Family: SPURDLE William / SIBLEY Sarah
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Wallace/Maise. John and Esther Wallace's headstone, Whanganui. |
Located | Row 6, fourth plot in from the centre pa | Family: WALLACE John Alexander McKane / MAISE Esther
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Wallace/Maise. Margaret standing by the grave of John Alexander McKane Wallace and Esther nee Maise. The cemetery is not far from their town residence in Ridgway Street, Whanganui. |
Located | Row 6, four plots in from the centre pat | Family: WALLACE John Alexander McKane / MAISE Esther
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Major/McChesney. Elliott and Greta Major's grave, Karori, Wellington. |
Located | Salvation Army section | Family: MAJOR Elliott McKane / MCCHESNEY Eliza Euphemia (Greta)
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