Individual Notes
Note for: Walter Owen Onslow Known As Wally Smith, 24 OCT 1892 - 20 JUL 1970
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Burial: Date: 22 JUL 1970
Place: Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Christchurch
Individual Note: Some details from Donald Pye
Some details from S. Shadbolt 1995
1912 Occ: Railway Porter
*Birth Details Date: 1892, Folio 3923, Area: Ashburton, December quarter*
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*Birth Details Date: 1892, Registration No: 1892/14076, Name: Walter Owen Onslow Smith, Father: George Henry, Mother: Mary Jane - Date of Birth 24/10/1892 from Birth Registration*
*Marriage Details Date: 1912, Folio No: 7393*
Christchurch City Council Cemeteries Database shows Walter Owen Smith, Date of Death: 20/7/1970, Date of Burial: 22/7/1970, Aged: 77 years, Occ: Retired NZR Guard, Place of Birth: Ashburton, New Zealand, Cemetery: Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Block: 39, Plot: 253
*2nd Marriage Details Date: 1960, Folio No: 7931, Names: Walter Owen Onslow Smith and Grace Eileen Clausen or Frampton*
The Press 21st July 1970 shows
Smith Walter (Wally), of 56 Hopkins Street - On July 20, 1970, at Christchurch, loved husband of Grace Smith, and loved father of Edith, Jim, Mavis, Audrey, Gladys, Sylvia, George, Noni, Norma, Hector, Owen, Joan, June, Lorraine, Tony, and the late Leslie; in his 78th year. The Funeral will leave our Chapel, 19 London Street, Christchurch, Tomorrow (Wednesday), after a service commencing at 2.30 p.m., for the Ruru Lawn Cemetery. John Rhind, Ltd
Ruru Cemetery, Christchurch Records show Area: 39, Row: 8, Plot: 253
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Headstone shows
Smith W.O.O died 29 July 1970
Individual Notes
Note for: Ernest Albert Edward Smith, 20 JUL 1894 - 1 JAN 1981
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Burial: Date: 5 JAN 1981
Place: Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Christchurch
Individual Note: Some details from S. Shadbolt 1995
*Birth Details Date: 1894, Registration No: 1894/14085, Name: Ernest Albert Edward Smith, Father: George Henry, Mother: Mary Jane - Date of Birth 20/7/1894 from Birth Registration*
*Marriage Details Date: 1924, Folio No: 7432*
1946 Sydenham General Roll shows Smith Ernest Albert Edward, 50 Coleridge Street, Soap Manufacturer
Christchurch City Council Cemeteries Database shows Ernest Albert Smith, Date of Death: 1/1/1981, Date of Burial: 5/1/1981, Aged: 86, Occ: Storeman, Place of Birth: Rakaia, Cemetery: Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Block: 23, Plot: 269
The Press 3rd January 1981 shows
Smith Ernest Albert Edward - On January 1, 1981, at Christchurch Hospital, dearly loved husband of the late Ruth, loved father and father in law of Noeline and Maurice Davidson, and Ron and Pauline, loved grandfather of Peter and Rosemary and Karen, Bruce and Michelle and great grandfather of Lee. Messages to 6 Mavin Road, Christchurch 2. The Funeral service will commence in our chapel, corner Durham and St Asaph Streets, on Monday, January 5, at 11 a.m., thence to the Ruru Lawn Cemetery. G. Barrell and Sons, Ltd
Ruru Cemetery, Christchurch Records show Area: 23, Row: 9, Plot: 269
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Headstone shows
Smith Ruth died 27 May 1965. Mother of Noeline and Ronald. Also her husband Ernest Albert Edward Smith died 1 January 1981
Individual Notes
Note for: Myrtle Esther May Smith, 2 JUN 1898 - 4 MAY 1964
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Burial: Place: Karori Cemetery
Individual Note: Some details from Donald Pye
Birth year from Mary Jane Smith's (mother) Death Certificate
*Birth Details Date: 1898, Folio No: 876, Area: Rakaia, March quarter, Name: Myrtle Esther May Smith*
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*Birth Details Date: 1898, Registration No: 1898/9521, Name: Myrtle Smith, Father: George, Mother: Mary - Date of Birth 2/6/1898 from Birth Registration*
*Marriage Details Date: 1921, Folio No: 10518, Names: Arthur McKeever and Myrtle Esther May Smith*
*Marriage Details Date: 1945, Folio No: 1884, Names: Abel Hulme and Myrtle Esther May McKeever nee Smith*
Karori Cemetery
Last Name: HULME
First Name: MYRTLEM (sic) ESTHER MAY
Age: 66
Occupation: Widow
Service Date: 06-05-1964
Service Provided: Burial
Funeral Director: WILSON
Cemetery: Karori
Section: LAWN
Plot Number: 86 M
Record Number: 53715
*Death Details Date: 1964, Folio No: 2 3334, Aged: 66, Area: Wellington, Name: Myrtle Esther May Hulme*
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*Death Details Date: 1964, Registration No: 1964/31662, Aged: 66 years, Name: Myrtle Esther May Hulme, so born circa 1898 - Date of Death 4/5/1964 from Death Registration*
Individual Notes
Note for: George Pye, 17 MAR 1870 - 26 OCT 1911
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Burial: Date: 28 OCT 1911
Place: Terrace End Cemetery, Palmerston North
Individual Note: Some details from Donald Pye
*Free BMD Record shows George Pye, Birth Registered: June 1870, District: Tiverton, Volume: 5b, Page: 449*
School Admission Record shows Pye George, School: Woodbury, Reg. No: 37, Former Reg. No: 65, Admission Date: 3/11/1879, Parent: George Pye, Address: Orari Gorge Station, Date of Birth: 17/3/1870, Last School: Geraldine, Last Day: 1/6/1881
School Admission Record shows Pye George, School: Scotsburn, Reg. No: 33, Admission Date: 2/2/1885, Parent: Pye -, Address: Rangitata Bridge, Date of Birth: 1870, Destination: Home
*Death Details Date: 1911, Folio No: 2729*
Death Certificate shows When and Where: 26/10/1911, Palmerston North Hospital, George Pye, Occ: Labourer, Aged: 40, Cause of Death: Septicaemia, In hospital 24 hours probably ill 3 months, Medical Attendant: A. A. Martin, When last saw deceased: 26/10/1911, Father: George Pye, Occ: Labourer, Mother: Elizabeth Pye nee Davey, When and Where Buried: 28/10/1911, Palmerston North, Minister: Rev Alex Davee?, Religion: Presbyterian, Born: Devonshire, England, How long in New Zealand: About 28 years, No Wife Details Listed, Informant: Fletcher Hall, Undertaker, Palmerston North, Registrar: C. E. Shortt, Registrar, 17/11/1911
Probate Record shows Pye George, Place: Feilding, Occ: Labourer, Date of Death: 26/10/1911, Court: Wellington, Archives Reference: AAOM 6029 15037, Probate No: 15037, Date Filed: 14/11/1912, Type: Will, Where: Archives NZ, Wellington
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Will Document states he left everything to Emma Florence Francis Earnshaw and the executor of his Will was Martha Earnshaw. Will Document signed 26/10/1911, he died 26/10/1911 at Palmerston North
Palmerston North Cemetery records show George Pye, Date of Death: None Listed, Date of Interment: 28/10/1911, Aged: 40, Address: Feilding, Occ: Labourer, Cemetery: Terrace End, Area: TE, Block, P20, Plot: 023, Plot Type: Grave, Funeral Director: Hall
The Fielding Star 27th October 1911 shows
Pye - At Palmerston North Hospital on October 26, George, of Feilding, son of George Pye, of Geraldine; aged 41 years
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Mr George Pye, a resident of Feilding for the past 15 years, and well known as a coachman, died in the Palmerston Hospital yesterday. He had been suffering from complications following on a bad fracture of the arm, and had been removed to the hospital on Wednesday. The funeral will take place in Palmerston tomorrow