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provide support and guidance to those trying to research all aspects of their

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Issue 59 Nov 2012

PROGRAMME FOR 2012 Unless otherwise stated meetings start at 7.30 pm

St Peter’s Church Hall, Hillside Road, Dunedin.

Wednesday 14 November 2012 FREE WEBSITES

Live demonstrations of websites from around the world. If you have a favourite website and would be interested in

demonstrating it live to the group please contact us at [email protected] or telephone 4876558.

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Wednesday 12 December 2012 CHRISTMAS BREAK-UP

This night we will be acknowledging the past two years of celebrations of gold discovery in our region.

We will be playing a film that night relating to gold discovery plus there will be a Christmas supper, Christmas treats and

celebrations. Please come and join us. Everyone welcome.

MY COUSIN ROSE

I can’t resist, I’ve got to look I know it’s time for bed,

But Cousin Rose has disappeared I think she might be dead.

No, here she is – oh good, I’m wrong,

She’s living in a house with fourteen daughters, fifteen sons,

Four mothers and a spouse.

Just one more page before I stop, It’s getting far too late.

At least I’ve found old Uncle Jack Once lived in Forest Gate.

Eureka! Here they are. Oops no!

I don’t think these are mine, Cos Uncle Bill is now Aunt Mill And he’s twenty four, not nine!

Ah, here he is – but Bill’s not Will

And living with <<my mum? That can’t be right, my cousin Dwight

Is showing as their son!

Ok, that’s it, I have to stop It’s driving me insane,

A few hours of sleep are all I need Can’t wait to start again!

Poem by Jane Ward.

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William Cargill’s residence at “Hillside”, Caversham

WILLIAM CARGILL

Did you know?

Group member, Lynette Walsh, while out walking, came across a

wooden plaque on the corner of Phillips and Grosvenor Street in

South Dunedin. This plaque marks the site of Captain William

Cargills homestead, “Hillside”. Lynette is unsure exactly how

long this wooden plaque has been on the site but wonders if other

members know it is even there. Heather Bray visited the site to

take the photograph on the right and found the plaque is on a

slight rise near a car parking area at the bottom of what was

known as the zig-zag and takes you from the South Road near the

Southern Cemetery down to the flat area at the corner of Phillips

and Grosvenor Streets.

Captain William Cargill was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1784, the son of James Cargill and Marrion Jamieson.

He joined the British Army in 1802 and served in India, Spain, and France.

In 1813, he married Mary Ann Yates and together they had seventeen children.

Family circumstances forced him to sell his Army commission in 1820, though he was always still referred to as "Captain Cargill".

After leaving the army, he became a wine merchant in Scotland.

On 24 November 1847, William Cargill, his wife and children sailed for New Zealand on the ship John Wickliffe, arriving at what is now Port Chalmers, Otago on 23 March 1848.

In 1853 Cargill was elected Superintendent of the Otago Province. Cargill also served as a Member of Parliament for Dunedin Country. He was elected unopposed on 11 December 1855 and served the multi-member electorate alongside his son John. He announced his resignation from public office in October 1859. He died of a stroke on 6 August 1860, at his home "Hillside" in Dunedin, and is buried in Dunedin Southern Cemetery with his wife and three children.

Numerous names have connections with Cargill. The city of Invercargill is named for him (Inver coming from the Scots Gaelic word inbhir meaning a river's mouth), as is Mount Cargill, which towers above northern Dunedin. "Cargill's Corner" is a road intersection in South Dunedin, and one of the roads which crosses it is Hillside Road, named for Cargill's house. The long forgotten suburb of Hillside was also named after his first house in Dunedin. A monument to Cargill was built in Dunedin in 1864.

Against popular belief Cargill's Castle, a ruined stately home above St Clair is not named after William Cargill, but for his son, Edward Cargill.

William Cargill William Cargill’s grave

Part of a 1922 map of Dunedin showing the suburbs of Kensington and Hillside. The “X” on the map marks the

site of Cargill first residence “Hillside” which gave its name to a now forgotten suburb.

X

ROXBURGH

The township of Roxburgh is located in the Teviot District of Central Otago, 40 kilometres south east of Alexandra and 92 kilometres north west of Milton. Several hundred years before European settlement, the Roxburgh Valley was used by Maoris as a route between coastal Otago and the West Coast for greenstone collecting expeditions. In 1853 Nathaniel Chalmers set off from Mataura with several Maori guides and headed overland for Lake Wakatipu. On their return journey they travelled by mokihi raft down the Clutha River and passed through the Teviot Valley. This visit is believed to have been the first by a European to the area. Shortly after, in 1857, Walter Miller and John Cargill made claim to the first pastoral leases. The rush which followed gold discoveries at the Dunstan (now known as Clyde) in 1862 brought many prospectors into the Teviot part of the Clutha Valley and after some prospecting in the Teviot River, a strike was made by Frank and James Woodhouse, Andrew Young and George Cordon. Mining camps sprang up, and soon dredges were working the river. In the 1880s hydraulic sluicing and elevating machinery was bRought in and continued to be used to the early 1920s. The first township was on the east bank of the river and was known as Teviot. The spot of this town is marked by a signpost at the current Teviot Bridge. In about 1866 a new town was laid out on the west side of the river and named Roxburgh after an ancient ruined town on the Teviot River in the Boarders Region of south-east Scotland. The town was constituted a borough in 1877. The first Roxburgh bridge was built in 1876 but was washed away in the 1878 floods by the wreck of the Clyde Bridge which was washed downstream acting like a battering ram. A punt was then used until a new bridge was constructed in 1887. Mining was gradually supplanted by fruit-growing and once the large estates were broken up, by more intensive farming in the district. Joseph Tamblyn is believed to be responsible for the orchard industry in Roxburgh by purchasing a few fruit trees from a passing swagger in 1866, including the famous Roxburgh Red Apricot. Roxburgh has New Zealand's oldest operating cinema. Located in Scotland Street, it opened in October 1898 and is still operating. The cinema seats 258 persons and is one of only four cinemas left in Central Otago. About 8 kilometres from Roxburgh heading towards Alexandra is the Roxburgh Hydro Dam which was constructed between 1949 and 1956. The years of prosperity which accompanied the building of the Roxburgh Dam soon passed and today Roxburgh is just a compact service town servicing about 800 residents.

Roxburgh Cemetery The cemetery is reached via the Dunedin to Alexandra Highway (SH8). Turn into Jedburgh Street in Roxburgh and travel straight ahead over the bridge spanning the Clutha River. Turn left and continue on crossing the Teviot River Bridge. About 1.5 km from Roxburgh veer left at Ladysmith Road and the cemetery is on the right hand side of the road. The cemetery is administered by a Trust. Visit the Central Otago District Council for the latest contact details for the trust

http://www.codc.govt.nz/facilities/community_facilities/cemeteries

Bert and Pauline Miller of NZSG Alexandra Branch have put the index to all burials for Central Otago, including Roxburgh Cemetery, on the Dunedin Family History Group website. http://www.dunedinfamilyhistory.co.nz/

dfhg/moodle/

There is also a notice board in the cemetery providing information about the history of the cemetery.

GOLD AND SNOW

In 1862 Andrew Young and James Woodhouse were on their way from Gabriels Gully to the Dunstan gold rush with a couple of friends. Arriving at the Teviot River, Young offered to piggy-back the others across the ford. Safely across, the first two sped on their way, leaving Young and Woodhouse drying out their clothes. While they waited they filled in some time tentatively prospecting on the Teviot River. Their results were so good that they decided to stay put. As they pegged out their claims at the junction of the Teviot and Clutha Rivers they were soon joined by others rushing to the Dunstan. So began gold mining in the Roxburgh area. Both sides of the Clutha River were prospected at the junction, but the east bank proved to be the better and evolved the township of Teviot (now East Roxburgh). Later when the main Queenstown highway was constructed up the west side of the Clutha, the main (and now present) town of Roxburgh shifted over to the west side. In 1863 miners began to return from the Dunstan rush, forced back for lack of available ground or driven off of their claims by the rising river. These men prospected the neighbouring gullies and crossed the Old Man Range to discover and work payable goldfields at Campbells, Potters, Upper Pomahaka, Waikaia and Nokomai. In July 1863 snow began to fall. Blizzards swept inland Otago from Outram on the Taieri Plains to the settlements at Lakes Wakatipu and Wanaka. It snowed almost daily throughout the whole of August 1863. Some miners headed to nearby towns for shelter but many believed their claims might be “jumped” if they left so decided to sit out the winter. Food soon ran out and fearing starvation the miners decided to head for Chamonix which was located in the deep gully of Gorge Creek about 23 kilometres from Roxburgh. This proved to be a fatal decision. By 18 August exhausted men started arriving at Chamonix telling tales about many of their fellow miners who had wandered helplessly in whiteout conditions on the mountains and died of hypothermia. Snow continued throughout spring and into summer, and conditions did not return to normal until Christmas. Mining settlements and camps over an area of more than 800 square miles were isolated or engulfed by the snow. Late in October, when efforts were still being made to reach miners marooned at Campbell's Diggings (across the 6,000 ft Old Man Range), several bodies found on the frozen windswept tops were buried where they lay.

In the Roxburgh Cemetery are interred the bodies of eight miners who were caught by snow storms between 1862 - 1894 as they were retreating from the Pomahaka Goldfields. Inquests were held in the nearby Teviot township courthouse and then the bodies were buried in the Roxburgh Cemetery. Their final resting place is marked by eight simple schist slabs acting as headstones. The eight victims are: Alex Alexander 1863 Patrick Connor aged 34 1864 John Derrick aged 35 1863 William Duggan aged 70 1894 Robert Gellatly aged 40 1864 Robert Hardy aged 40 1863 Alex Henry 1863 Robert Hendry 1863

Those buried in Roxburgh cemetery were however not the only victims of snow storms in the area. Some victims’ bodies were never found while others were buried where they died.

Snow Storm victims found on

Old Man Range.

On 7 December a party of three men set out from Campbells to cross the range. A storm arose and only one of the three survived, two of the men being dead the next morning within easy reach of a hut which they could neither see nor find in the storm. The number of miners' bodies recovered was fewer than 20 but it was impossible to assess the total

number of deaths. The Otago

Witness newspaper, in August and September 1863, counted over 100 fatalities in the floods and snowstorms that followed. At the time, and in view of the constant movement among the mining population, it is certain that the fate of many was never determined. As late as 1873 skeletal remains were still being found on the top of Old Man Range. After these tragedies snow poles were erected by the Provincial Government at the most dangerous spots and later a reasonably good road was formed giving access to this locality from which much gold was obtained. In 1928 a monument was erected to honour the men who lost their lives at this time. This monument stands on the banks of the Chamonix Creek, now called Gorge Creek. On a track about 130 metres above the monument is a schist headstone marking the grave of John Stewart, one of the victims of the Great Snow. Men climbed the range and bought his body down to Gorge Creek for burial.

Roxburgh Health Camp In November 1941 the camp opened its doors to children aged between 5 and 14 years in response to concerns about national health, malnutrition and tuberculosis. Strict routines were enforced, including breathing exercises, bed making and tooth brush drill. Parents were discouraged from having any contact with their children during their stay at the camp, which could last for as long as three months. The camp's isolated position away from major towns or cities meant it was the only camp to function on a year-round basis throughout World War 2. Alexandra and Clyde, other places with a dry inland climate and high sunshine hours, were also considered as possible health camp sites, but Roxburgh was chosen because of its central position between Dunedin and Invercargill. The camps are among New Zealand's oldest social services, dating from 1919 when the Children's Health Camp movement began. In 1919, when tuberculosis and malnutrition were of major concern, Dr Elizabeth Gunn, a school medical officer in Wanganui, piloted a summer "canvas camp" aimed at giving children the benefits of sunshine, rest, fresh air and regular, healthy meals. With help from a Wanganui farmer who offered the use of his land, and from the New Zealand Army, which supplied tents and marquees, the first camp was run in military fashion; there were set times for sleeping, eating and exercise. The diet included fresh meat and vegetables and a pint of milk for each child per day. Follow-up checks post-camp revealed about 90% of the children continued to improve once they had returned home. The success of those early camps prompted widespread interest, and voluntary committees were set up elsewhere to run similar schemes. To help lift the profile of the health camps as well as raise funds, health stamps were introduced in 1929. Although the Roxburgh Health Camp is structured a lot differently than when it opened in the 1940s, it still operates helping the needs of children.

Chinese Graves During the gold rush hundreds of Chinese miners from the Province of Canton camped at the north end of Roxburgh and were particularly successful at gold mining. They were present in fairly large numbers in the Teviot district, as many as three hundred being camped on the present site of Waigth’s Orchard and Packing Shed. There have been numbers of Chinese in the district since that time. The Chinese did not as a rule have any definite claims, preferring rather to work through ground already worked by Europeans or to fossick along the river banks, where with infinite care they would brush the fine gold out of the crevices. It is said that there is little gold to be found in ground worked by the Chinese. They have left numerous relics of their sojourn in the shape of brandy bottles and ginger jars of quaint shapes and carved spoons etc. Relicts of the Chinese settlements are available at the Roxburgh Museum. It is understood many of the Chinese were buried in the cemetery but today only three headstones have survived and are located under the south west corner of the cemetery under the large pine trees.

The monument, at Gorge

Creek, to the miners who

perished in the great snow of

1863.

Just above the monument is a

painted schist headstone

marking John Stewart’s

grave. There are three

unmarked graves in the

vicinity of this grave.

ROXBURGH SCHOOL

Roxburgh School began in 1865. In 1926 it became known as Roxburgh District High School, incorporating both primary and secondary schools. In 1981 it became Roxburgh Area School. There was also a school at the Roxburgh H y d r o D a m . K n o w n a s t h e Roxburgh Hydro School it operated from 1950 until July 1962. The Admission, Progression and Withdrawal (APW) registers are held in the Hocken Library Collections in Dunedin. These registers cover 1879 to 1983. The NZSG Alexandra Branch have transcribed these records and a copy of the transcript is available in the Hocken Library.

The following list is pupils at Roxburgh School from 1877 to 1900. The year shown is the year they were first admitted to the school. Note there are missing entries in this time period. AH HEE Alexander 1885 AH HEE Elizabeth 1889 AH HEE Hannah R 1885 AH HEE Henry J 1885 AH HEE Mary A E 1885 AH KIM Christie 1891 AH KIM Joseph 1891 ALDRIDGE Alfred 1897 ALLAN Annie 1883 ALLAN Eliz 1886 ALLAN Isabella 1884 ALLAN Thomas 1882 ALLEN Elizabeth 1887 ALLEN James 1877 ANDERSON David 1892 ANDERSON Elizabeth 1889 ANDERSON Isabella 1892 ANDERSON James 1892 ANDERSON Janet 1890 ANDERSON Margaret 1879 ANDERSON Walter 1889 ANDREW Agnes 1886 ANDREW Albert Ernest 1898 ANDREW David 1886 ANDREW Jane 1886 ANDREW Joseph 1895 ANDREW Margaret 1892 ANDREW William 1886 ANDREWS John 1878 ATKINSON Annie 1894 ATKINSON Charles 1892 ATKINSON Henry 1893 ATKINSON John 1892 BACKHOLM F. 1900 BAILLIE Agnes 1892 BAILLIE Annie 1886 BAILLIE David Alexander 1894 BAILLIE Frederick 1898 BAILLIE Harry 1885 BAILLIE Margaret 1890 BAIN Catherine 1892 BAIN Daisy 1893 BAIN Georgina 1894 BAIN Henrietta 1892 BAIN Matilda M 1897 BAIN Violet Mary 1896 BAIN William 1893 BARKER Clarence 1899 BARKER Cyril 1898 BARKER Stanley 1898 BEAUFORT Constance 1897 BEAUFORT Lilian Eugena 1898 BEAUFORT Louisa 1892 BEAUFORT Mary Frances 1893 BEAUFORT Nora Ethel 1895 BEAUFORT Ralph 1890 BEAUFORT William 1890 BEGG Laura 1879 BEIGHTON Adelaide (Ada) 1879 BEIGHTON Charlotte 1884 BEIGHTON John Nathaniel 1882 BEIGHTON Maud 1879 BIDGOOD Albert 1878 BIDGOOD Bertha 1889

BIRCH Agnes Jane 1882 BLACKLOW Lucy 1893 BLOXHAM Bertie 1883 BLOXHAM Edward 1878 BLOXHAM Elizabeth 1878 BLOXHAM Ethel Charlotte 1892 BLOXHAM Eva 1883 BLOXHAM Florence 1890 BLOXHAM Hilda Eleanor 1899 BLOXHAM Mercy Grace 1899 BLOXHAM Nathaniel 1891 BLOXHAM Percival 1887 BLOXHAM Stanley 1897 BOOTH Ada 1895 BOOTH Georgina 1895 BOOTH John 1897 BOWDEN Alfred Stonelake 1897 BOWDEN Herbert James 1899 BOWDEN Ivy 1890 BOWDEN Leonard Dudley 1895 BOWDEN Louisa Anne 1892 BOWDEN Lydia 1885 BOWDEN Maud 1890 BOWDEN Theodore 1891 BOWDEN William 1891 BOWES Eliz 1885 BRANSGROVE Blanche 1898 BRANSGROVE Clarice Gladys 1898 BRANSGROVE William 1898 BRAYZER Harriet 1900 BRAYZER Jane 1900 BRENNAN Georgina 1897 BRENNAN Jas 1894 BRENNAN Mary Lea 1893 BROAD John 1891 BUCHANAN Bertie 1896 BUCHANAN Harry 1896 BURGESS Charles 1882 BURGESS James 1883 BURTON Arthur 1884 BURTON John Frederick 1893 BURTON William 1879 BUTLER Bedford P 1900 BUTLER Catherine 1887 BUTLER Euen Clive 1900 BUTLER Rose 1900 CAIRNS Grace 1878 CAIRNS Mary 1878 CAIRNS Robert 1878 CAIRNS Stephen 1878 CAMERON Lochiel 1878 CAMPBELL Alex 1889 CAMPBELL Annie 1889 CAMPBELL Arthur 1889 CAMPBELL Charles 1891 CAMPBELL George 1888 CAMPBELL Gilbert 1900 CAMPBELL Gilbert Ernest 1900 CAMPBELL Herbert Malcolm 1896 CAMPBELL Jane 1893 CAMPBELL Jessie 1891 CAMPBELL John William 1899 CAMPBELL Mabel Alice 1897 CAMPBELL Maggie 1898 CAMPBELL Olive Margaret 1896 CAMPBELL Wilhelmina D 1882 CAMPBELL William 1896 CHARLESWORTH Clara 1888 CHARLESWORTH Emily 1879 CHARLESWORTH Florence 1882 CHARLESWORTH Maud 1886 CHITTY Elsie 1894 CHITTY Harriet 1892 CHITTY Peter 1894 CLARK Ethel 1892 CLARKE James 1892 CLARKE Sarah 1892 CLIFFORD Joseph 1890 COCKBURN Eliz Ella 1900 COCKBURN Esther 1900 COCKBURN Frances M. 1899 COCKBURN George Walter 1899 COCKBURN Georgina 1883 COCKBURN Gertrude Helen 1895 COCKBURN Henrietta Lee 1900 COCKBURN Jas 1899 COCKBURN Jean Constance 1897 COCKBURN Marie Louise 1895 COCKBURN Mary 1897 COCKBURN Margaret Annie 1899 COLLINS Margery 1899 COOP Alice 1879 COOP Annie 1882 COOP Emma 1890 COOP Jessie 1887

COOP Sarah 1878 COOP Thomas 1885 COOP William Harold 1899 CORMACK Annie 1893 CORMACK Arthur 1885 CORMACK David 1887 CORMACK David A 1898 CORMACK Elizabeth 1879 CORMACK Frederick Robert 1895 CORMACK James Herbert 1898 CORMACK Louisa 1890 CORMACK William 1883 CORMACK William Edward 1900 COULTER Arthur 1893 COULTER Elizabeth 1897 COULTER Mary 1892 COULTER Sarah Anne 1898 COULTER William 1889 CRAIG Hugh 1883 CRAIG James 1890 CRAIG Mary 1879 CRAIG William 1879 CROAD George 1889 CROSSAN Agnes 1892 CROSSAN Eliza 1886 CROSSAN Jane 1878 CROSSAN John 1889 CROSSAN Lilian Catherine 1898 CROSSAN Samuel 1889 CROSSAN Thomas 1888 CROSSAN William 1890 CRUICKSHANK Arthur Howard 1893 CRUICKSHANK Thomas 1895 CUTTRESS Henry 1887 DARWARD Kathleen 1898 DARWOOD George Albert 1894 DARWOOD William 1893 DE SILVA Francis 1893 DE SILVA George 1887 DE SILVA Jessie 1891 DE SILVA Maria 1885 DE SILVA William 1883 DENHAM Catherine 1895 DENHAM Charles 1895 DENHAM Frederick 1895 DEUCHRASS Alice Maud 1900 DEUCHRASS William 1898 DEWAR John 1890 DICKIE Rose 1896 DICKSON Ellen 1893 DIXON John Cairns 1899 DIXON Margaret S. 1896 DIXON Mary Rebecca 1894 DONALDSON Andrew 1897 DONALDSON Isabella 1900 DONNELLY Arthur 1897 DONNELLY Thomas 1899 DONNELLY William 1896 DUNLAY David 1900 DUNLAY Ellen Mary 1894 DUNLAY James 1888 DUNLAY John 1892 DUNLAY Timothy 1896 DUNNE Grace 1897 ELDER Elizabeth 1884 ELDER Jessie 1882 ELDER Norman 1887 FARRELL Mary Elizabeth 1900 FEATHERSTONE George 1892 FEATHERSTONE Jane 1897 FEATHERSTONE Jean 1895 FEATHERSTONE John 1885 FEATHERSTONE Thos 1883 FERGUSON Edwin 1894 FERGUSON Janet 1882 FITZGERALD Emily 1898 FITZGERALD Jessie 1899 FITZGERALD John 1896 FITZGERALD Robert 1894 FORREST Frederick 1898 FOUHY Cecilia 1900 FOUHY Margaret 1900 FOUHY William David 1897 GALVIN Bridget 1891 GALVIN Thomas 1891 GEORGE Harriet 1885 GEORGE Johannah 1890 GEORGE John 1889 GEORGE Peter 1886 GEORGE Rebecca 1889 GEORGE William 1882 GEORGE William Henry 1900 GIFFEN Esther 1891 GILCHRIST George 1900 GILCHRIST Miriam 1900

GLENDINNING Ella 1892 GLENDINNING Ellen 1888 GLENDINNING Mary Anne 1895 GLENDINNING Robert 1888 GORDON Annie 1891 GORDON Donald 1894 GORDON George 1888 GORDON Harriet 1896 GORDON Jane 1888 GORDON John 1891 GORDON Richard 1896 GOURLAY Annie Isabell 1900 GOURLAY Elizabeth May 1897 GOURLAY Margaret 1897 GRAHAM Mary A 1884 GRAY Alice Jane 1891 GRAY Elizabeth 1894 GRAY George 1888 GRAY Henry 1897 GRAY James 1897 GRAY Peter 1887 GRAY Thomas 1895 GRAY William 1890 GROVER Charles 1878 GROVER Ernest 1893 GROVER Humphrey 1886 GROVER Jane Clara 1895 GROVER Margaret 1887 GROVER Stanley Lancelot 1897 GROVER Thomas 1889 GUY John 1878 HAINES Lawrence 1897 HALL Henry 1891 HARLIWICH Albert Henry 1900 HARLIWICH Francis 1899 HARLIWICH Fraser 1900 HARLIWICH Matthew Joseph 1899 HARLIWICH Maud Elizabeth 1899 HARLIWICH Nicholas J 1899 HARRIS Albert 1887 HARRIS Charles 1883 HARRIS Dorothy Mabel 1899 HARRIS Lily 1885 HARRIS Mary 1885 HARRIS Mina 1883 HARRIS Robert 1885 HARRIS William Leonard 1897 HAUGHTON Eliza 1878 HAUGHTON George 1878 HAUGHTON James 1895 HAUGHTON Jane 1884 HAUGHTON Joseph 1891 HAUGHTON Maria 1884 HAUGHTON Sarah 1885 HAUGHTON William 1878 HAUGHTON William 1888 HAYES Katherine 1891 HAYMAN Reuben 1895 HENDERSON Daisy 1889 HENDERSON George 1887 HENDERSON Lily 1891 HENDERSON Rose 1888 HEYLON William Grigg 1896 HILL Caroline 1878 HILL Florence 1886 HILL George 1878 HILL Louis 1885 HILL Percy 1888 HISCOCK Arthur 1883 HISCOCK Clara 1885 HISCOCK Francis 1878 HISCOCK Maude 1888 HISCOCK William 1878 HITCHING John 1892 HITCHING Katherine 1890 HITCHING Mabel 1890 HOLMAN Henry 1889 HOUSTON Agnes 1895 HOUSTON David 1897 HOWELL Caroline P 1889 HOWELL John Henry 1890 HOWELL Lena 1896 HUNT Daniel 1898 HUNT Mary 1889 HUNT Norah 1888 HUNT Peter 1888 HURTZMANN Hilda 1890 JONES John Chas 1894 JONES Mary 1894 JONES Maude 1892 JOUGHIN Edna 1900 KEMP William Kay 1898 KINASTON Albert John 1882 KIRKWOOD Jas 1887 KIRKWOOD John 1890

KIRKWOOD Margaret 1882 KIRKWOOD Mary 1882 KIRKWOOD William 1889 KITTO Albert Edward 1898 KITTO Archibald 1886 KITTO Arthur 1898 KITTO Camellia 1894 KITTO Charles Edward 1893 KITTO Francis 1879 KITTO Henry 1878 KITTO James 1890 KITTO Jessie 1890 KITTO Joseph 1887 KITTO Katherine 1883 KITTO Lawrence 1890 KITTO Lily Jane 1883 KITTO Mabel 1898 KITTO Mary 1882 KITTO Minnie 1898 KITTO Richard 1886 KITTO Rose Ann 1883 KITTO Thomas 1883 KITTO William 1878 KITTO William 1897 KURTZMANN Victor 1894 LALOLI Augustine 1890 LALOLI Florence 1898 LALOLI Francis 1883 LALOLI Frederick 1884 LALOLI Louis 1888 LALOLI Rose 1888 LALOLI William Antonio 1898 LARSEN Alfred 1895 LARSEN Arthur 1895 LEDGERWOOD Georgina 1891 LEECE Thomas G 1879 LEECE William 1878 LEWISHAM Elizabeth 1895 LODGE Bertie 1884 LODGE Leonard 1890 LODGE Percy 1888 LOUDEN Anne Jane 1896 LOUDEN John 1893 LOUDEN Rachel Catharine 1897 LUNDY Mary 1879 MacKAY Annabella 1899 MacKAY Francis 1899 MacKAY George 1883 MacKAY Margaret 1899 MALONE Agnes 1883 MALONE Jane 1878 MALONE Margaret 1889 MANUEL David 1881 MANUEL Susan Eliz 1883 MATHERS Charles 1900 McCONNELL Agnes 1887 McDONALD Jean 1897 McDONALD Jessie Elizabeth 1896 McDONALD John 1878 McDONALD Neil 1882 McDONALD William 1900 McEACHEN Ethel 1891 McEWAN Archibald 1889 McEWAN Catherine 1897 McEWAN Walter 1896 McEWAN William 1890 McKENZIE Anne 1886 McKENZIE Colin 1878 McKENZIE Dorothy 1895 McKENZIE Elizabeth 1882 McKENZIE Ellen 1888 McKENZIE Euphemia C. 1897 McKENZIE Georgina 1890 McKENZIE Hector Daniel 1896 McKENZIE Isabella 1892 McKENZIE Jane 1887 McKENZIE Jean 1885 McKENZIE John 1883 McKENZIE Margaret 1893 McKENZIE Mary 1886 McKENZIE Norman 1890 McKENZIE William 1889 McLACHLAN Jessie 1882 McLAREN James 1892 McLENNAN Alister 1890 McLENNAN William Chapman 1893 McLOUGHLIN Alice 1891 McLOUGHLIN Catherina 1888 McLOUGHLIN Helen 1888 McLOUGHLIN Honor 1888 McLOUGHLIN Jane 1888 McLOUGHLIN Jessie 1889 McLOUGHLIN John 1900 McLOUGHLIN Louisa 1888 McMULLAN Henry Jas 1895

McMULLIN Mary Anne 1894 McPHERSON Agnes 1882 McPHERSON Arabella 1889 McPHERSON Archibald 1886 McPHERSON Donald 1884 McPHERSON John 1882 McPHERSON Robert 1889 McRAE Donald 1898 MERCER Sydney George 1893 MICHELLE Ada 1897 MICHELLE Amanda 1885 MICHELLE Barbara 1897 MICHELLE Cecilia 1879 MICHELLE John 1887 MICHELLE Joseph 1885 MICHELLE Laura 1897 MICHELLE Philippa 1885 MICHELLE Richard 1879 MICHELLE Thomas 1885 MITCHELL Ellen 1890 MITCHELL Gordon 1891 MITCHELL Robert 1890 MOORE Amelia Mary 1898 MOORE Emma Gertrude 1900 MOORE John 1893 MOORE Lily 1895 MOORE Robert 1895 MOORE William 1895 MORRIN James 1898 MORRIN Mary Anne 1895 MORRIN William 1898 MULLER Annie 1887 NAYLOR Elizabeth 1892 NOTT Ruby Amy 1896 O'BRIEN J P 1883 O'BRIEN John 1889 O'BRIEN Katherine 1888 O'BRIEN Mary 1882 OLSEN Maria 1899 ORMOND Arthur 1882 ORMOND Eva 1890 ORMOND William 1878 ORR Albert 1888 ORR Harriet 1893 ORR Philip 1886 PARKER Annie 1886 PARKER Eunice 1894 PARKER James 1878 PARKER Mary 1889 PARKER Vincent 1886 PEAKE Charles 1892 PEAKE George 1892 PEAKE Irene 1893 PEDROTTA Adelaide 1885 PEDROTTA August 1883 PERDOTTA Camelia 1882 PERROW Alice Maud 1887 PERROW Frederick 1893 PERROW John 1893 PINN Herman 1892 PITCHERS Jas Alfred 1896 PITCHERS Lucy 1892 PITCHERS Mary 1900 PITCHERS Mary Eliza 1896 POOL William 1887 POPE William 1878 RAE Agnes 1896 RAE George Cockburn 1898 RAE Isabella Olive 1895 RAE Mary Lea 1894 RAINHAM Hannah 1888 RAINHAM John 1898 RAINHAM William 1899 RANKINE F 1894 REDMAN William John 1898 REID Alex 1896 REID Jane 1896 REID Kate 1896 REID Maggie 1896 REILLY Beatrice Carmen 1890 REILLY Bertie Vivian 1883 REILLY George William 1886 REILLY Louis 1885 RHODES Mary Agnes 1900 RHODES Victoria 1900 RICHARDSON J Charles 1894 RICHARDSON Kate Anne 1895 ROBERTSON Olive 1893 ROBERTSON Rebecca 1899 ROBINSON Charles 1888 ROBINSON John 1888 ROONEY Alice 1900 ROONEY Arthur 1892 ROONEY Cora 1892 ROONEY Eva Constance 1892

ROONEY Leslie 1892 ROWAN John 1876 ROY Francis James 1900 ROY Rebecca C. 1898 RYDER James 1878 RYDER William 1878 SANDS Arthur Buchanan 1895 SANDS Reginald John 1895 SHAW Alan Lindsay 1897 SHAW Annie 1897 SHAW Dora Muriel 1897 SHAW Elsie Mary 1897 SHAW Florence Ella 1899 SHAW Jean 1897 SHEPHERD Moncrief 1899 SMITH Agnes Russell 1892 SMITH Annie 1889 SMITH Charles 1883 SMITH Christina 1885 SMITH Florence 1885 SMITH Gideon 1890 SMITH Horace 1886 SMITH Isabella 1884 SMITH Sydney 1888 SPENCER William 1889 SPENSER Grace 1888 SPENSER John 1887 SPOONER Alice 1897 SPOONER Edward James 1897 SPOONER Gerald Edmund 1897 SPOONER Louisa Henrietta 1897 SPOONER Richard Elliott 1897 STEELE James 1887 STEELE Mabel 1890 STEELE William 1890 STONE Bernard 1886 STONE Catherine 1886 STONE Frederick 1886 STONE Percy 1887 STONE Walter 1886 STORER May 1893 STRINGER Agneta 1886 STRINGER Albert Leonard 1893 STRINGER Arthur 1878 STRINGER Henry 1878 STRINGER Lydia Henrietta 1894 STRINGER May 1888 STRINGER William 1883 SWANWICK Ethel 1900 SWANWICK Florence Mary 1898 SWEENEY Elizabeth 1887 TAMBLYN John 1887 TAMBLYN William 1879 TAMBYLN Edward 1883 TAYLOR Alexander 1888 TAYLOR Andrew 1892 TAYLOR Ellen 1888 TAYLOR Mary 1888 TAYLOR Robert 1889 TELFORD Andrew 1895 TELFORD Caroline 1894 TELFORD George Waugh 1893 TELFORD Isabella 1897 TELFORD Jessie 1890 TELFORD John 1892 TELFORD Margaret 1891 TELFORD William 1888 THOMAS Cooney 1890 THOMAS Mabel 1892 THOMAS Minnie 1890 THOMPSON Elizabeth 1886 THOMPSON Ellen 1888 THOMPSON John 1892 THOMPSON Mina 1885 THOMPSON Robert 1889 THOMPSON William 1890 THOMSON Annie 1878 THOMSON Eliza 1884 THOMSON Elizabeth 1882 THOMSON James 1884 THOMSON James 1886 THOMSON Margaret 1884 THOMSON Rubina 1884 TOMS Arthur 1883 TOMS Bessie 1879 TOMS William 1882 TUBMAN Edward 1890 TUBMAN Hannah 1893 TUBMAN Julia 1893 TUCKEY May 1890 TUCKEY Robert 1890 TUCKEY Stella 1891 UREN Maude 1877 VEALE Edith Blanche 1899

VEALE Hilda B 1899 WADDELL Esther 1883 WAIGTH Charles 1891 WAIGTH Henry 1887 WAIGTH Mary 1894 WAIGTH Thomas 1889 WAIN Ellen 1900 WALKER Henrietta 1885 WALTERS Herbert 1892 WALTON William George 1882 WARD Anne 1895 WARD Christopher 1892 WARD James 1890 WARD John 1896 WARD Mary 1889 WATERS Edith 1886 WATERS Maud B 1889 WATSON Jane 1887 WATSON Lily 1882 WATSON Margaret 1885 WATSON Marion 1890 WATSON Mary 1879 WATSON Olive Amelia 1895 WEATHERALL Alice 1896 WEATHERALL Charles 1894 WEATHERALL Eliza 1894 WEATHERALL Frances Alice 1897 WEATHERALL Francis 1890 WEATHERALL George Clements 1895 WEATHERALL Ivy 1897 WEATHERALL John 1890 WEATHERALL Laura Ann 1900 WEATHERALL Rhoda 1890 WEATHERALL Wilhelmina 1889 WEATHERALL William 1898 WEAVER Leslie 1899 WEIR David Samuel A 1900 WESTCOTT Arthur Alf 1885 WESTCOTT Eliza 1885 WESTCOTT Esther 1884 WESTCOTT Henry 1884 WESTCOTT Margaret 1883 WESTCOTT Maud 1884 WESTCOTT Mina 1882 WESTCOTT Robert 1881 WHELAN Florence C. 1896 WHELAN Henry Albert M 1891 WHELAN John 1888 WHELAN Percy 1893 WHELAN Stephen 1889 WHITE Ethel B 1894 WHITE Mabel Rebecca 1895 WHITE Nathaniel 1891 WHITE Stanley 1889 WHITE William 1883 WHITING Avice 1894 WHITING Elizabeth Muriel 1891 WHITING Frances Mary 1891 WHITING Gordon Robinson 1892 WHITING Muriel 1900 WHYTE Albert 1882 WHYTE James 1887 WILLIAMS Florence 1899 WILSON Elizabeth 1889 WILSON Harriet 1884 WILSON Robert 1885 WOODHOUSE Albert Henry 1899 WOODHOUSE Arch 1883 WOODHOUSE Francis 1878 WOODHOUSE George 1878 WOODHOUSE James 1883 WOODHOUSE Margaret 1899 WOODHOUSE Thomas 1886 WOOTTON James 1889 WOOTTON Jessie 1892 WRIGHT Sadie 1899 YOUNG Catherine 1883 YOUNG Elizabeth 1878 YOUNG William 1882

ROXBURGH CHURCHES

St James Anglican Church St James Anglican Church opened on 11 November 1872. It was built of local stone quarried from the hill only a short distance from the site. The stonemason was Peter Campbell who also worked on the piers of the Alexandra Bridge. The lancet window known as the Harrop window was the centre window of the old temporary chancel of St Paul’s Cathedral in Dunedin.

Our Lady of Peace Roman Catholic Church

A wooden church was erected at Roxburgh in 1869-70. The foundation stone of the present concrete church was laid on 8 December 1918 and opened on 14 September 1919.

Teviot Union Church A Union Church was opened at Horseshoe Bend on 10 September 1867 built of wattle and daub, and all denominations attended. In 1869 a section was purchased as a site for a church. However in 1870 the Roxburgh Court House was purchased at auction for £32 and fitted out as a church. It remained in use until 1890.The building was demolished in 1936. On the site purchased in 1869, a stone church was built and opened on 16 May 1880.

Methodist Church Methodist services in the Teviot district probably commenced at Coal Creek in 1869, and in Roxburgh in 1872 in a stone building later known as the Old Stone Sunday School. A new Roxburgh Methodist Church was opened on 19 July 1903. The Union was formed with the Presbyterian in 1920 and a vestry added in 1930.

The Roxburgh School as it looked when the pupils

(shown in the school rolls above) would have

attended the school

The old Roxburgh War Memorial was unveiled on 24 May 1923.

ROXBURGH 1914-1918

BAILLIE, Frederick, Gunner 9/114 Appears on War Memorial as Fred Baillie Son of Henry and Margaret Baillie, Roxburgh NZEF New Zealand Field Artillery Killed in action at Ypres, Belgium on 25 October 1917. Name appears on both old and new Roxburgh War Memorials

BENZIE, Robert, Private 8/2845 Son of Robert and Jane Benzie, Golden Point, Macraes Flat NZEF Otago Infantry Battalion Killed in action at Somme, France on 28 September 1916.

Name appears on both old and new Roxburgh War Memorials

CAMPBELL, William John, Gunner 13/2308 Son of Mr P. and Mrs M. Campbell, Alexandra Husband of Florence Campbell, Thames NZEF New Zealand Field Artillery Killed in action Somme, France on 8 April 1918.

Name appears on both the old and new Roxburgh War Memorials

and also on the Alexandra War Memorial

The new War Memorial at Roxburgh. There are War Memorials at both Roxburgh and Millers Flat but there has also been a newly erected plaque in Roxburgh.

This includes the names of soldiers from Millers Flat, Ettrick, Island Block, Raes Junction and Roxburgh.

Millers Flat and Ettrick area will be covered as part of our July 2013 newsletter.

COLVILLE, Alick John, Private 8/863

Appears on war memorial as J. Colville Son of Jane Pennell, Ashgrove, Roxburgh NZEF Otago Infantry Battalion Killed in action at Gallipoli, Turkey on 2 May 1915.


CONNER, Leonard Smith, Private 8/174

Appears on war memorial as Leonard Conner Son of Charles and Agnes Conner, Dunedin Soldier enlisted at Roxburgh NZEF Otago Infantry Battalion Killed in action at Somme, France on 28 September 1916.


CORMACK, Frederick Robert, Sergeant 54472 Son of David and Catherine Cormack, Auckland Soldier born in Roxburgh NZEF New Zealand Rifle Brigade Killed in action at Le Quesney, France on 4 November 1918.


CORMACK, James Herbert, Sapper 15139

Appears on war memorial as Herbert Cormack Son of James and Mary Cormack, Roxburgh NZEF New Zealand Engineers Killed in action at Le Cateau, France on 31 October 1918.


COULTER, Arthur, Private 9/1029

Appears on war memorial as A. C. Coulter Son of William and Sarah Coulter, Roxburgh NZEF Otago Mounted Rifles Killed in action at Ypres, Belgium on 12 October 1917.


CRAIG, Francis John, Sergeant 8/335 Son of Mr and Mrs Craig, Tuatapere NZEF Otago Infantry Battalion Killed in action in Gallipoli, Turkey on 2 May 1915.


CROSSAN, Gilbert William, Private 8/1036 Son of William and Jean Crossan, Dunedin NZEF Otago Infantry Battalion Died of wounds at Gallipoli, Turkey on 10 June 1915.


DEVON, David, Farrier Sergeant 7/433 Son of Hugh and Margaret Devon Husband of Margaret Devon, Gimmerburn NZEF Canterbury Mounted Rifles Died of wounds in Palestine on 27 November 1917.


DONNELLY, A. H. - Unable to identify this soldier who appears on

both the old and new war memorial.

DONNELLY, Thomas, Private 39191

Appears on old war memorial as Thomas Donnelly and on the new

war memorial as A. J. Donnelly NZEF Otago Infantry Regiment Killed in action in France on 19 July 1918.

DUNLAY, James, Private 54124 Son of John and Ellen Dunlay, Roxburgh NZEF Otago Infantry Regiment Died of wounds in France on 25 May 1918.


EASTON, Walter Patterson, Rifleman 53161

Appears on the old and new war memorials as W. R. Easton Son of James and Agnes Easton, Glamorganshire, Wales NZEF New Zealand Rifle Brigade Killed in action at Ypres, Belgium on 16 November 1917.


FALCONER, James Courtney, Sergeant 36828 Son of James and Catherine Falconer, Ettrick NZEF Otago Infantry Regiment Killed in action at Ypres, Belgium on 2 October 1917.


GALVIN, Thomas, Private 8/3266 Son of Mr and Mrs P. Galvin, Cardrona Soldier enlisted at Roxburgh NZEF Otago Infantry Battalion Killed in action at Somme, France on 9 August 1916.


GARRETT, Ernest, Private 29899

Appears on old and new war memorial as F. Garrett Son of Mrs S. Garrett, Dunedin NZEF Otago Infantry Regiment Killed in action at Ypres, Belgium on 1 October 1917. Name appears on both old and new Roxburgh War Memorials

GORDON, John, Rifleman 65055 Son of Alexander and Mary Jane Gordon, Roxburgh NZEF New Zealand Rifle Brigade Killed in action at Havrincourt, France on 11 September 1918.


HAINES, Lance Nigel, Sergeant 10/368 Son of Lawrence and Stella Haines, Christchurch NZEF Wellington Infantry Battalion Killed in action at Gallipoli, Turkey on 8 August 1915.


HARRIS, Robert James, Private 61280 Son of Elizabeth and late John Harris, Beaumont Soldier born at Roxburgh NZEF Auckland Infantry Regiment Killed in action at Bapaume, France on 26 August 1918.


HAUGH, James, Private 8/2940 Son of Mr and Mrs William Haugh, Crookston NZEF Otago Infantry Battalion Killed in action in Belgium on 7 June 1917. Name appears on both old and new Roxburgh War Memorials

JONES, Alfred Ernest, Private 8/1760 Son of John and Edith Jones, Tokiti, Milton NZEF Otago Infantry Battalion Killed in action at Gallipoli, Turkey on 1 July 1915.

Name appears on Roxburgh old and new War Memorial and also on

the Bruce War Memorial at Milton.

JONES, John Charles, Private 25/987 Son of John and Edith Jones, Tokiti, Milton NZEF New Zealand Rifle Brigade Killed in action at Somme, France on 1 October 1916.


LALOLI, John Henry, Lance Corporal 22630 Son of Francis and Mary Laloli, Roxburgh NZEF New Zealand Rifle Brigade Killed in action at Ypres, Belgium on 12 October 1917.


LOUDEN, John, Sergeant 9/377 Son of Mrs M. Louden, Dunedin NZEF Otago Mounted Rifles Died of disease in France on 28 May 1918. Name appears on both old and new Roxburgh War Memorials

MAWDSLEY, William, Bombardier 11/2152 Son of Hugh and Elizabeth Mawdsley, Edendale NZEF New Zealand Field Artillery Killed in action in France on 4 February 1918.


McARTHUR, Peter, Rifleman 24/533 Son of Mrs McArthur, Perthshire, Scotland NZEF New Zealand Rifle Brigade Killed in action at Somme, France on 15 September 1916.


McDONALD - appears on both the old and new war memorials but

no Christian name or initials to identify the soldier.

McGREGOR, Donald, Private 8/3687 Son of Duncan and Mary Jane McGregor, Dunedin NZEF Otago Infantry Battalion Killed in action at Somme, France on 1 October 1916.


McNEIL, M. - Unable to identify this soldier who appears on both the

old and new war memorial.

MORRIN, James, Private 23584 Son of Mr and Mrs James Morrin, Roxburgh NZEF Otago Infantry Battalion Died of wounds in Belgium on 8 June 1917.


RAINHAM, John Thomas, Trooper 9/747 Son of Mr and Mrs J. E. Rainham, Dunedin Husband of Mary Rainham, Featherston NZEF Otago Mounted Rifles Killed in action at Gallipoli, Turkey on 27 August 1915.


SHEPHERD, Herbert Guthrie, Rifleman 29943

Appears on old memorial as SHEPHERD and on the new memorial

as SHEPERD Son of Robert and Sophia Shepherd, Roxburgh NZEF New Zealand Rifle Brigade Killed in action at Ypres, Belgium on 12 October 1917.

SMITH, Gideon Anderson, Private 15250 Son of Mr and Mrs R. M. Smith, Coal Creek Flat, Roxburgh NZEF Otago Infantry Regiment Killed in action at Messines, Belgium on 24 March 1917. Name appears on both old and new Roxburgh War Memorials

SMITH, Robert Marshall, Lance Sergeant 27115

Appears on old memorial as R. M. SMITH and on new memorial as

R. W. SMITH Son of Mrs L. O. Smith, Coal Creek Flat, Roxburgh NZEF New Zealand Rifle Brigade Killed in Le Cateau, France on 5 October 1918.


TOMS, Arthur, Private 6/372 Son of Henry and Sophia Toms, Coal Creek Flat, Roxburgh NZEF Canterbury Infantry Battalion Died of wounds at Gallipoli, Turkey on 9 May 1915.


TUBMAN, Esther Maude, Staff Nurse 22/517

Appears on war memorial as Miss Essie Tubman Son of Edward and Jane Tubman, Dunedin Soldier born at Roxburgh NZEF Otago Infantry Regiment Killed in action at Ypres, Belgium on 12 October 1917.


TUBMAN, Reynold William, Private 49489 Son of Edward and Jane Tubman, Dunedin Soldier born at Roxburgh NZEF Otago Infantry Regiment Killed in action at Ypres, Belgium on 12 October 1917.


VERNON, Samuel Edward Portman, Sergeant 4/1553 Son of Edward and Laura Vernon, Coal Creek Flat, Roxburgh Husband of Margaret Vernon, Coal Creek Flat, Roxburgh NZEF New Zealand Engineers Died of wounds in France on 21 June 1916.


WHELAN, Percival James, Corporal 9/533

Appears on old memorial as WHELAN and as WHELAND on new

memorial. Whelan is correct. Son of Thomas and Catherine Whelan, Roxburgh NZEF Otago Infantry Regiment Killed in action at Somme, France on 15 September 1916.


WHITE, W. - Unable to identify this soldier who appears on both the

old and new war memorial.

WOODHOUSE, Frank E., Trooper 9/896 Son of Mr and Mrs William Woodhouse, Alexandra NZEF Otago Mounted Rifles Killed in action Gallipoli, Turkey on 27 August 1915.

Name appears on both old and new Roxburgh War Memorials and

also on the Alexandra War Memorial

ROXBURGH 1939-1945

BEIGHTON, John N., Master in British Merchant Navy Killed on 31 August 1940 when his shop was torpedod by a U-boat


DOWLE, Alured Harry, Leading Aircraftsman NZ424252 Son of James and Lucy Dowle, Dunedin Royal New Zealand Air Force Accidently killed at Taieri, Otago on 14 February 1943. Buried Andersons Bay Cemetery, Dunedin.

Name appears on new Roxburgh War Memorial only

GEORGE, William Lloyd, Sergeant 7218 Son of John and Nellie George, Roxburgh 20 Infantry Battalion Killed in Crete on 26 May 1941.


GILCHRIST, Harold, Corporal 7224 Son of George and Ann Gilchrist, Roxburgh 20 Infantry Battalion Killed in Crete on 25 May 1941.


GUTZEWITZ, James Leslie, Flying Officer NZ426171 Son of William and Beatrice Gutzeqitz, Roxburgh Royal New Zealand Air Force 78 Squadron Killed in Europe on 2 February 1945.


HARRAWAY, Norman Charles, Corporal 15539 Son of Charles and Bertha Harraway, Dunedin 26 Infantry Battalion Killed in the Western Desert on 28 July 1942.


HENDERSON, Thomas Henry Fredrick, Warrant Officer 50005 Son of Thomas and Catherine Henderson, Roxburgh Husband of Noelene Henderson, Papanui, Christchurch 26 Infantry Battalion Killed in the Western Desert on 4 September 1942.


JEFFERY, John Beighton, Sergeant 37841 Son of Frederick and Mary Jeffery, Roxburgh New Zealand Medical Corps Died of sickness in New Zealand on 16 march 1943 Buried Roxburgh Cemetery.


KILGOUR, James Gordon, Gunner 25648 Son of James and Lily Kilgour, Roxburgh New Zealand Artillery Died at sea on 5 December 1941.


the Clydevale War Memorial

LAMB, Alexander, Gunner 65743 Son of James and Mary Lamb, Roxburgh New Zealand Artillery Killed in the Western Desert on 22 July 1942.


LYTTLE, Maurice, Signalman 15486

Name appears as LYTTLE on old memorial and incorrectly as

LITTLE on new memorial Son of David and Annie Lyttle, Roxburgh Husband of Ann Lyttle, Hampden New Zealand Corps of Signals Killed in Italy on 19 March 1944.

MacPHAIL, Allan Corson Anderson, Sergeant NZ41194 Husband of Mrs E. B. MacPhail, Papanui, Christchurch Royal New Zealand Air Force 75 Squadron Killed in Germany on 30 May 1943.


McPHERSON, Alfred Montgomery, Sergeant NZ411917 Son of Archibald and Isobel McPherson, Roxburgh Royal New Zealand Air Force 122 Squadron Killed in France on 30 July 1942.


also on the Rotorua Citizens War Memorial

McPHERSON, Donald Stuart, Staff Sergeant 554136 Son of Donald and Henrietta McPherson, Roxburgh Husband of Pollie McPherson, Roxburgh Divisional Cavalry Killed in Italy on 16 April 1945.


SHAND, Joseph Reginald, Lance Corporal 443593 Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Shand, Roxburgh 21 Infantry Battalion Killed in Italy on 9 April 1945.

Name appears on both old and new Roxburgh War Memorials SMITH, Cyril Richard, Sergeant NZ415563 Son of Francis and Alice Smith, Millers Flat Royal New Zealand Air Force 487 Squadron Killed on air operations in the Netherlands on 3 May 1943


STRINGER, William Walter, Gunner 24803 Son of William and Christina Stringer, Roxburgh New Zealand Artillery Killed in the Western Desert on 26 November 1941.


VERNON, James Edward, Flying Officer (Pilot) 36145 Son of George and Margaret Vernon, Glenorchy RAF 150 Squadron Killed on air operations in Europe on 7 June 1940. Name appears on both old and new Roxburgh War Memorials

WAIGTH, Thomas Arthur, Private 430309 Son of Thomas and Agnes Waigth, Roxburgh 25 Infantry Battalion Killed in Italy on 21 December 1944. Name appears on both old and new Roxburgh War Memorials

KILLED IN TRAINING

1939-1945

KINASTON, A. J. - Unable to identify this soldier who appears on

both the old and new war memorial.

ROBB, K. A. S. - Unable to identify this soldier who appears on both

the old and new war memorial.

STRACHAN, William James Reynold, Aircraftsman A539071 Royal New Zealand Air Force Killed in New Zealand on 5 February 1940. Buried Roxburgh Cemetery.


MILLERS FLAT 1914-1918

BENNET, James William, Private 3/208 Son of George and Jane Bennet, Millers Flat NZEF new Zealand Medical Corps Killed in action at Gallipoli, Turkey on 11 June 1915. Name also appears on the Millers Flat War Memorial

EASTON, Walter Patterson, Corporal 53161 Son of Agnes Easton, Glamorganshire, Wales NZEF New Zealand Rifle Brigade Killed in action at Ypres, Belgium on 16 November 1917.

Name also appears on the Millers Flat War Memorial

FERGUSON, Victor Mullen Norman, Private 71325 Son of Mr and Mrs R. H. Ferguson, Millers Flat NZEF Otago Infantry Regiment Killed in action at Le Cateau, France on 8 October 1918.


FERGUSON, William Alexander, Lance Corporal 6/1529 Son of Mr and Mrs R. h. Ferguson, Millers Flat NZEF Canterbury Infantry Battalion Killed in action at Ypres, Belgium on 26 July 1917.


JAMES, Charles Edward, Private 9/444 Son of W. and Christina James, Berwick. Soldier enlisted at Millers Flat. NZEF Machine Gun Corps Killed in action in Belgium on 5 June 1917.


KLOOGH, George Frederick Oscar, Rifleman 25/648

Appears on War Memorial as KLOOCH Son of Nils and Tamar Kloogh, Millers Flat NZEF New Zealand Rifle Brigade Killed in action at Ypres, Belgium on 12 October 1917.

Name also appears on the Millers Flat War Memorial under the

spelling of KLOOGH

MADDEN, John Francis, Sergeant 39262 Son of Philip and Catherine Madden, Horse Shoe Bend, Island Block NZEF New Zealand Rifle Brigade Killed in action at Havrincourt, France on 9 September 1918.


McCLELLAND, John Ernest, Sergeant 8/2671 Son of William and Mary Ann McClelland, Feilding. Soldier born at Millers Flat NZEF Otago Infantry Regiment Killed in action at Somme, France on 18 December 1916.


McLEAN, Simon, Sergeant 8/3981 Son of Mrs McLean, Scotland NZEF Otago Infantry Regiment Died of wounds in Belgium on 22 November 1917. Name also appears on the Millers Flat War Memorial

POWELL, Joseph Frederick, Private 8/266

Appears on war memorial as F. Powell Son of Mrs E. Hudson, Westport Soldier enlisted at Millers Flat NZEF Otago Infantry Battalion Killed in action at Gallipoli, Turkey on 10 August 1915.

Name also appears on the Millers Flat War Memorial as F. Powell

WALLACE, William Robert, Private 27630 Son of Ellen and late John Wallace, Millers Flat NZEF Otago Infantry Regiment Died of disease in Belgium on 23 December 1917.


ETTRICK 1914-1918

HAMILTON, Robert Marshall, Rifleman 53361 Son of James and Mary Hamilton, Ettrick NZEF New Zealand Rifle Brigade Killed in action at Bapaume, France on 26 August 1918.


MARSH, Norman Lawrence, Private 8/1896 Son of Leonard and Ellen Marsh, Ettrick NZEF Otago Infantry Regiment Died of wounds in France on 16 September 1916.


MORROW, William John Taylor, Sergeant 15212 Son of Thomas and Jessie Morrow NZEF Otago Infantry Regiment Killed in action in Le Cateau, France on 9 October 1918.


SIBBALD, David, Lance Sergeant 8/2727 Resident of Ettrick NZEF Otago Infantry Regiment Killed in action in Belgium on 7 June 1917.


WEATHERALL, F. J.

On the Roxburgh New War Memorial there are two entries under

Ettrick. In World War One there is a F. S. Weatherall and for World

War Two there is an F. J. Weatherall. Unable to identify a F. J. or

F. S. Weatherall dying in either wars.

Name also appears on the Millers Flat War Memorial as F. J.

Weatherall but it is not identified whether he is World War One or

Two.

MILLERS FLAT 1939-1945

BATCHELOR, Ferdinand Henry Charles, 2nd Lieutenant 590505

Appears on war memorial as G. Batchelor Son of Ferdinand and Florence Batchelor, Dunedin Husband of Cecil Batchelor, Millers Flat later resided Timaru Armoured Brigade Died of wounds in Italy on 28 February 1944.

Name also appears on the Millers Flat War Memorial as C.

Batchelor

CHIRNSIDE, William Osborne, Private 17141

Name appears on war memorial as P. Chirnside (thank you to

Margaret Chirnside for identifying this soldier) Son of William and Emily Chirnside, Balclutha 20 Infantry Battalion Killed in the Western Desert on 30 November 1941.

Name also appears on the Balclutha and the Millers Flat War

Memorials

EATON, Arthur, Sapper 16749 Son of Walter and Catherine Eaton, Waitahuna Husband of Mirla Eaton, Millers Flat New Zealand Engineers Killed in action in the Western Desert on 18 December 1942.


McRAE, John, Corporal 375169 Son of Malcolm and Mary McRae, Dunedin Enlisted at Millers flat 23 Infantry Battalion Killed in Italy on 30 May, 1944.


MOSLEY, Stuart Edwin, Flight Sergeant NZ426106 Son of William and Agnes Mosley, Ravensbourne, Dunedin Royal New Zealand Air force 75 Squadron Killed in action in Germany on 5 October 1944.


STONE, Arthur, Private 399658 New Zealand Infantry Killed in the Pacific on 26 May 1944.


WALLER, John, Private 030060 Son of Benjamin and Mary Waller, Millers Flat 23 Infantry Battalion Killed in action in Italy on 7 January 1944.

Name also appears on the Miller Flat War Memorial

ISLAND BLOCK 1939-1945

TAMBLYN, Ronald William, Private 445791 Son of John and Bertha Tamblyn, Millers Flat 23 Infantry Battalion Killed in Italy on 22 July 1944.


RAES JUNCTION 1939-1945

BROWN, David, Private 269569 Son of Andrew and Elizabeth Brown, Rae’s Junction 22 Infantry Battalion Killed in action in Italy on 2 October 1944.

Name appears on new Roxburgh War Memorial under the column

for Raes Junction

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http://mariners.records.nsw.gov.au/ - Mariners and ships in Australian waters, indexes unassisted passenger and crew arrivals to NSW 1845-1922, complete 1845-1879, access to original lists.

http://www.prov.vic.gov.au - Indexes unassisted immigration from British, foreign and New Zealand ports to Victoria 1852-1923, British assisted immigrants 1839-1871, outward passengers to interstate, United Kingdom, New Zealand and foreign ports 1852-1901.

http://www.archives.tas.gov.au - Archives Office of Tasmania. Includes Index to Tasmanian Convicts 1804-1853, Index to Departures 1817-1867, Colonial Tasmanian Family Links Database, Index to Tasmanian Wills, Index to Divorces.

http://www.archives.qld.gov.au - Queensland State Archives. Online indexes include Wills 1857-1900 and assisted immigration 1848-1912.

http://www.nationalarchives.ie - National Archives of Ireland’s transportation records database Ireland to Australia.

http://www.naa.gov.au - 376, 000 digitised service records of those who served with the Australian army in World War 1.

http://www.ryersonindex.org - Index to death notices from 168 Australian newspapers.

Tribute pages are placed on this site by the funeral home when the funeral arrangements are made. The purpose is for people to leave tributes about the deceased. Features available include personal history of the person, their service sheet from the funeral, a photograph album and also their photo presentation from the service. Funeral Directors from around the country have joined this site but it is by no means a full list of available funeral directors in New Zealand. The funeral directors for Otago and Southland are:

• Dignity Funeral Services, Dunedin

• Doug Nesbit Funeral Service, Balclutha

• Hope & Sons Ltd, Dunedin

• Macdonald and Weston Funeral Home, Invercargill

The site gives you the name of the person and their death date. It also provides the full death notice from the newspaper which in turn will tell you which cemetery the deceased is being buried in or if there was a cremation. It also provides you with the Service Sheet from the funeral along with a copy of any photograph presentation played at the funeral. This is wonderful if you were unable to attend the funeral. It allows you to leave a tribute for the deceased person’s family which can also be a way of making contact. The name, death date, death notice and photograph stay up permanently but the Service Sheet, photographic presentation and tribute book comments are not retained after 13 months. You can search by the surname of the deceased, the death date or the name of the Funeral Home. Click on “Advanced Search” for these options. There are entries here from the early 1990s although the bulk of the entries relate to the mid to late 2000s. The website is operated by Tributes Online Ltd, PO Box 44-176, Lower Hutt 5040, New Zealand. For any inquiries you can email them at [email protected]. It is important to remember that this site is not designed for family history research and it is there as a service to help people through their grieving process. However used with the respect it warrants it can provide researchers with vital clues to help locate further information about their family history.

Periodically we review interesting websites. This month its

http://www.tributes.co.nz/

Would anyone have any information on the LANGMUIR family who had two market gardens in Caversham, Dunedin in the late 1800s. Information is also sought on William SMYTH who was born in Ireland and came to New Zealand about 1878. He married Agnes LANGMUIR. William was a taxidermist and lived in Caversham. He died in 1913. Also William Henry LEWIS. He was born in Liverpool, England about 1844 and came to New Zealand about 1875. He was an engineer and married Elizabeth GARDNER. They lived in Dunedin. William died in 1911. If you have any information contact Pam Milnes <[email protected]>

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I really need a bit of help. I live in Bendigo, Australia, but originally come from the Orkney Islands in Scotland. I was independently researching a fellow by the name of Alexander Bruce who named a farm “Bendigo” on the Orkney Islands. He ended up in Auckland. Anyway, when I was trying to find out about him on the PapersPast website, I came across James Fraser of the Bendigo Hotel in Waikouaiti. I’ve also started trying to find out about him with the

purpose of trying to write a newspaper article about him. He seems to have had an interesting life. I’m wondering if any of your people might have some information about this man. What I’m wondering if you can provide for me is: 1. A date of arrival for James Fraser. I suspect the James Fraser I have arriving in Port Philip and then setting off to Otago in 1861, may be the wrong man. 2. What happened to him after the fire that destroyed his business in 1880? 3. A date of death for James Fraser and his wife Elizabeth. 4. If any of his family went on to achieve fame in New Zealand? By the way, the focus of the stories I’m trying to write is the name Bendigo which comes from an English bare knuckle prize fighter called William Abednego Thompson. His nickname was Bendigo. Apparently a shepherd on the goldfields here in Victoria liked him and fought in his style and so was nicknamed Bendigo. The creek then became Bendigo’s Creek and eventually Bendigo city. I’m trying to figure out if Bendigo farm has a connection to here or was directly named for the boxer. The same with James Fraser’s Bendigo Hotel which of course became Bendigo Farm in Waikouaiti. If you have any information contact Peter MacIver [[email protected]]

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Don’t be frightened to ask if you have a problem or don’t know where to go next. All researchers had to begin somewhere and most are happy to share ideas and knowledge with you.

Join a local family history group in the area overseas where your family came from. If you have the Internet join a Rootsweb Group.

http://lists.rootsweb.com/ There are lots of groups of this type so there is bound to be one of interest to you.

Don’t let yourself feel intimidated by others researching their family trees. They may seem to be having all the luck and you are just plodding along struggling to get past your grandparents. Remember that genealogy is not about luck. You make your own luck by good methodical researching.

Start with yourself and move back a generation at a time. Don’t try and do all branches at the same time. This will only lead to confusion and frustration especially if there is a lot of similar Christian names. You can always return to a branch and pick up your researching at any time.

Document everything. Put in the source of where you find the information. Be very methodical of all the information you find. Keep certificates and other valuable pieces of paper together in a clear file for easy retrieval. If you start to get too many pieces of paper then try colour coding your research. Give each branch a designated colour and then buy coloured dots to match the colour of your folders. Then you know immediately which branch of the family the documents relate to. This is wonderful if you have a table full of material and it gets knocked onto the floor and mixed up. How much easier will it be to pick up all the documents with red dots, green dots and blue dots than having to re-read everything and work out which branch it belongs to. And finally, remember not everything is plain black and white. There will be lots of puzzles and mysteries - that’s what makes it so much fun. Also, not every family member is perfect, we all have black sheep and family skeletons but put what happened in your family in relation to the time period. Enjoy this hobby and don’t abandon it if it gets too hard. Simply put it aside for a while and work on another branch. Often a break is all that is needed to help clear the mind and encourage you to tackle the problem once again.

LET’S GET BACK TO BASICS So many members have asked recently

“where do I start?”

The following is a very basic guide

Before you do anything, talk to the older members of your family and ask them to relate anything at all that they can remember about the family. Record every detail. You may need several visits to some of the older relations as they tend not to remember details until after you have left and they continue to think and recall. Take along a nice notebook and pen as a gift but tell them they can use it to jot down any memories they may have. Also leave a stamped addressed envelope with them so if they remember something or, even better, find something like a certificate or photograph they can forward it on to you. Give them no excuse not to do it.

Find out if there are any birth, christening or baptismal certificates, or marriage or death certificates anywhere within the family. To make a start on your research you really need your parent’s and your grandparent's birth, death and marriage certificates. If the marriage certificate is not in your family's possession, as long as your parents know the names of their parents and the marriage date, the certificate is easily obtained from the Registrar of Births Deaths & Marriages. A Marriage Certificate is your link to the next generation, as it should give the names of the father (and, depending on the country, the name of the mother) of both the bride and groom.

Check for family Bibles. It was commonplace to record the family births, deaths and marriages inside the cover of the family Bible. Remember if you find dates, confirm their accuracy.

Don't lose sight of the fact that although there may be only ONE of you, you will have had 2 parents, 4 grandparents, 8 great grandparents, 16 gg grandparents, 32 ggg grandparents, 64 gggg grandparents, 128 ggggg grandparents etc, etc. so there are lots of cousins, second cousins, third cousins who all have bits of information which could be of help. It is best to work backwards, from known information about already-identified ancestors. i.e. your parents or grandparents. Trying to work forwards seeking descendants of the famous historical figure that family legend claims as an ancestor of yours in the hope of somehow eventually reaching your own family, is very rarely profitable. But don't try and go too far back too soon. Take small steps and be very, very sure of the facts before taking the next step. Never ASSUME and never rely on just one source for that vital piece of information.

Document everything. Keep a careful record of every search you make even if you find nothing. It will save you from searching the same records again at a later stage. Record all confirmed facts in pen and all unconfirmed details in pencil.

To assist you in the early stages of your research you should make use of the various free charts available on the Internet to record all the details as you find them. Or you can purchase excellent charts and pedigree forms from the NZSG in Auckland. If you don't keep your details in some semblance of order you soon become 'snowed under' with a mountain of paper. In the beginning, before I even used a computer, I used to use an A4 size exercise book. Starting in the middle I moved forward recording my mother’s family and backwards through the book recording my father’s details.

Make copies of family photographs and share these around the family. Not only will it inspire others to perhaps share their photographs with you but it also means you have copies available elsewhere should the worst happen and you lose your collection of photographs through some sort of disaster. You may also want to scan your photographs to keep on file as well as having a paper copy.

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WONDERFUL NEWS FOR THOSE WITH EAST AND WEST OTAGO RESEARCH ……………………

Index of Burials and Headstones East Otago and West Otago

Allan Steel commenced this project, in February 2012, with the aim of photographing the headstones in all the cemeteries in the East Otago area. Fourteen of the fifteen in the area have been completed, with the Puketeraki cemetery not being photographed as consent was not able to be obtained from the Trustees. The main reason for his project was to ensure that there was a photographic record of these headstones stored for future generations in case a natural disaster, such as the 2010/11 earthquakes in the Canterbury region, should occur in the East and West Otago areas at some future time. A secondary reason was to create a database of all the names recorded in the burial records and on the headstones, graves and personal memorials found in the various cemeteries. Many of these names are not recorded in the burial records. Allan also photographed the Beaumont/Dunkeld, Crookston, Tapanui and Waikoikoi cemeteries in West Otago, as he has strong family links to that area, bringing the total number of cemeteries included in the project to 18 and the total number of names in the index to 9600 with 8100 photographs. The main focus for the project was the photographing of the headstones and he primarily relied on burial records provided by the various Councils and local Cemetery Trusts. He has not verified all information other than to ensure that the photos of the headstones are attributed to the correct plots in each cemetery. He has photographed all plots where there is a burial recorded, whether the plot has a formal grave or is bare. Where there is a formal grave Allan has taken a photo of the grave and the headstone otherwise he has just taken one of the headstone or bare plot. He has also relied on the excellent work carried out by members of the local branches of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists in the 1970’s and 80’s when they visited all these cemeteries and transcribed the headstones and burial records which they then published in small booklets that are available in local libraries. Without their excellent work the wording of many of the headstones would have been lost forever. The relevant wording from these booklets has been attached to the headstone photos where the words cannot be read. This index is the integration of the names from all 18 cemeteries and is provided to assist family researchers find various members of their families who are buried/remembered in them. It includes all the names found in the burial records plus those recorded on headstones, graves and personal memorial plaques found in the various cemeteries. It is the role of individual family researchers to verify any of the information supplied in this index. Finding a name listed in the index does not necessarily mean the named person is buried in the plot but indicates they are remembered there. Allan is very confident that the photos provided are attributed to the correct plot in each cemetery. It should be noted that a number of cemetery plans have been lost so not all Block and Plot numbers are available for all burials. Printed and digital copies of the index and digital copies of all the photos will be donated to the Hocken Library, Otago Settlers Museum, Dunedin City Council – McNab Collection and The National Library of New Zealand. Copies of the printed index, digital index and photos will also be donated to various local Libraries, Genealogy Groups, Cemetery Trusts and local Council Service centres. Digital copies of the complete index and individual photos are available to any family researcher by email request only to Allan – [email protected] Details of cemeteries included in the project:

East Otago Brinns Point – (Private Cemetery Trust) – Situated on the coast near Seacliff, the burials are recorded from 1854. (26 names, 8 photos)

Goodwood – Also known as St. Pauls Chapel of Ease Churchyard – Situated on the coast road near Goodwood, the burials are recorded from 1862. (33 names, 37 photos)

Hawksbury / Waikouaiti – (Dunedin City Council) – Situated on the northern boundary of the township, the burials are recorded from 1870. (1171 names, 881 photos)

Hindon – (Dunedin City Council/Private Cemetery Trust) – Situated 4 kilometres from Hindon township, the burials are recorded from 1883. (44 names, 34 photos)

Karitane – (Private Cemetery Trust) – Situated in the centre of the township, the burials are recorded from 1842. (45 names, 49 photos)

Macraes Old – (Waitaki District Council) – Situated in the centre of the township, the burials are recorded from 1866 to 1900. The cemetery is now closed to new burials. (58 names, 25 photos)

Macraes New – (Waitaki District Council) – Situated 2 kilometres out of the township, the burials are recorded from 1897. (143 names, 154 photos)

Merton – (Private Cemetery Trust) – Situated on State Highway One 8 kilometres south of Waikouaiti, burials are recorded from 1879. (221 names, 217 photos)

Middlemarch – (Dunedin City Council) – Situated on the edge of the township, the burials are recorded from 1889. (588 names, 558 photos)

Palmerston – (Waitaki District Council) – Situated on State Highway One at the south end of the township, the burials are recorded from 1862. (2478 names, 2169 photos)

Purakaunui – (Dunedin City Council) – Situated on the hill above the township, the burials are recorded from 1877. (163 names, 158 photos)

St. Barnabas, Warrington – (Anglican Church) – Situated on the edge of the township, the burials are recorded from 1875. (304 names, 285 photos)

St. Johns, Waikouaiti – (Anglican Church) – Situated in Beach Street, Waikouaiti, the burials are recorded from 1858. The oldest church still in use in Otago and Southland. (652 names, 464 photos)

Waitati / Blueskin – (Dunedin City Council) – Situated on the edge of the township, burials are recorded from 1858. A large number of burials from Seacliff Hospital are recorded in this cemetery. (941 names, 695 photos)

West Otago Beaumont / Dunkeld – (Private Cemetery Trust) – Situated on the edge of the township, burials are recorded from 1896. There are also unknown burials before this date. (197 names, 55 photos)

Crookston – (Private Cemetery Trust) – Situated 2 kilometres from the township, burials are recorded from 1897. (468 names, 428 photos)

Tapanui – (Clutha District Council) – Situated on the edge of the township, burials are recorded from 1859. (2136 names, 1586 photos)

Waikoikoi – (Private Cemetery Trust) – Situated 2 kilometres from the township, burials are recorded from 1890. (134 names, 109 photos) For further information about this project and for digital copies of the index contact Allan: Email – [email protected]

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