Individual Notes
Note for: Christina Sarah Known As Nina Burns, ABT 1877 - 3 OCT 1925
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Burial: Place: Karori Cemetery
Individual Note: Known as Name from Karori Headstone
1st and 2nd Names from Marriage Folio
*Marriage Details Date: 1905, Folio No: 602, Names: James John Ames and Christina Sarah Burns*
Probate Record shows Christina Sarah Ames, Place: Wellington, Occ: Married, Court: Wellington, Archives Reference: AAOM 6029 57114, Probate No: 57114, Date Filed: 30/8/1935, Type: Intestate (Letters of Administration), Archives NZ, Wellington
The Evening Post 5th October 1925 shows
Ames - On the 3rd October, 1925, at Wellington, Nina, the beloved wife of J. J. Ames, of ? Pipitea street. Private Interment
Karori Cemetery Records show
In loving memory of Nina wife of J J Ames who died 3 October 1925
Also James John Ames who died 25 November 1953
In loving memory of Eglantine Grant Burns sister of Nina died 21 November 1952
Individual Notes
Note for: Amy Elizabeth Ames, ABT 1877 - 2 AUG 1917
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Individual Note: Name from Scholefield Papers
*Birth Details Date: 1877, Folio No: 280, Area: Wellington, March quarter, Name: Amy Elizabeth Ames*
*Marriage Details Date: 1912, Folio No: 2601, Names: William Henry George Foster and Amy Elizabeth Ames*
*Death Details Date: 1917, Folio No: 2228, Area: Wanganui, September quarter, Name: Amy Elizabeth Foster*
Individual Notes
Note for: William Henry George Foster, 18 NOV 1877 -
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Individual Note: 1st and Surname from Scholefield Papers
2nd and 3rd Names from Marriage Folio
*Birth Details Date Registered: 1878, Folio No: 220, Area: Wanganui, March quarter, Name: William Henry George Foster*
The Wanganui Chronicle 22nd November 1877 shows
Birth
Foster - On the 18th November, at her residence, St. Hill Street, Mrs William Foster - of a son
*Marriage Details Date: 1912, Folio No: 2601, Names: William Henry George Foster and Amy Elizabeth Ames*
Individual Notes
Note for: Arthur Joseph Ames, ABT 1880 -
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Individual Note: Name from Scholefield Papers
*Birth Details Date: 1880, Folio No: 307, Area: Wellington, March quarter, Name: Arthur Joseph Ames*
*Marriage Details Date: 1903, Folio No: 633, Names: Arthur Joseph Ames and Dorothy Gifford Restell*
EP 11/5/1906
Divorce Court
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Dorothy Gifford Ames v. Arthur Joseph Ames (dissolution)
Individual Notes
Note for: Dorothy Gifford Restell, -
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Individual Note: Name from Marriage Folio
*Marriage Details Date: 1903, Folio No: 633, Names: Arthur Joseph Ames and Dorothy Gifford Restell*
EP 11/5/1906
Divorce Court
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Dorothy Gifford Ames v. Arthur Joseph Ames (dissolution)
Individual Notes
Note for: Joseph Ames, 17 DEC 1844 - 12 DEC 1917
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Burial: Date: 15 DEC 1917
Place: Karori Cemetery
Individual Note: Name, Year of Birth and Year of Death from Scholefield Papers
He is the Secretary for the Thirty-Third Anniversary Of The Colony, Wellington Regatta, to be held on Wednesday 22nd January. From The Evening Post 9th January 1873
The Evening Post 31st May 1873 shows
Union Boating Club
The First Monthly Meeting of the above Club will be held at the Thistle Inn on Monday Evening next, at eight o'clock. Intending members are invited to attend,
Business: Election of officers and to pass rules, &c.
Joseph Ames
The Evening Post 5th June 1873 shows
The first monthly meeting of the Union Boating Club was held on Monday evening at the Thistle Inn, when a large number of members were present; Mr Robert Cook in the chair. The business of the meeting was to elect officers for the ensuring year, and to receive the proposed rules brought up by the sub-committee. Mr Edmund Cook was elected Chairman, Mr Joseph Ames Hon Secretary and Treasurer, and a committee of five gentlemen chosen for the year. The rules after slight amendment were adopted. The secretary informed the meeting that 21 members had joined the club
The Evening Post 22nd February 1876 shows
Mr. Joseph Ames, the proprietor of the newly-erected Provincial Hotel, Upper Hutt, has invited a number of his friends to luncheon on Wednesday next, on the occasion of its opening
The Evening Post 24th February 1876 shows
Mr. Joseph Ames' new Provincial Hotel at the Upper Hutt was opened formally yesterday by a most excellent luncheon, at which a large number of our leading citizens were present. Mr. George Crawford, M.P.C., presided, and Mr. Cruikshanks acted as vice-chairman. The chairman proposed the health of the host, who acknowledged the compliment in appropriate terms. Mr. Dransfield proposed the health of Sir Julius Vogel in a speech of high encomium. When loyal, patriotic, and local toasts had been proposed and duly honored, the company separated, after a very pleasant meeting. An open supper was given in the evening to the Government laborers and working men generally, who evidently appreciated it highly. Mr. Ames deserves praise for having established one of the best hotels in the province, and we hope that it will bring him in not only credit but cash.
The Evening Post 3rd May 1876 shows
It is intended to hold athletic sports at the Upper Hutt on the Queen's Birthday. Mr Joseph Ames, proprietor of the Criterion? Hotel, is exerting himself actively to ensure the success of the affair, and the railway authorities have promised to run excursion trains on the occasion
The Evening Post 5th December 1876 shows
Quarterly Licensing Court
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New Licenses
Lincoln's Inn - Mr. Stafford appeared for the applicant, Joseph Ames. Inspector Atchison opposed, on the grounds that the building was not yet in existence. The application was refused. Mr Stafford applied for an adjournment of the case, but Inspector Atchison contended that the decision must be final, and the bench adhered to the refusal.
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The Evening Post 13th December 1876 shows
Mr. Crawford, R.M., had several cases to dispose of at the Hutt to-day, in some of which counsel were engaged, also and application for the transfer of the Provincial Hotel license from Joseph Ames to Horace Ames
The Evening Post 3rd March 1877 shows
The following applications have been lodged for hearing at the sitting of the Licensing Court on Tuesday:- New licenses - Charles Clarry, Railway Hotel, Pipitea Point; John Duff, Prince Albert Hotel, Cuba-street; Thomas Urwin, Theatre Royal Hotel, Lambton Quay; Joseph Ames, Star Hotel, Lambton Quay. Transfers - Albert Chaney to John Murphy, Cricketers' Arms Hotel, Tory-street; J. R. Brown to Samuel John Birch, National Hotel, Lambton Quay
The Evening Post 6th March 1877 shows
Quarterly Licensing Court
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Lincoln's Inn Hotel
Joseph Ames applied for a license for the Lincoln's Inn Hotel, the new house recently erected on the site of the old Crown and Anchor Hotel. As the building was shown to be fit in every way, the license was granted.
Inspector Atcheson (sic) stated that his only objection to the granting of the license was, that the house was a very large one, and should have more than one staircase.
Mr. Ames promised to erect another staircase
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The Evening Post 15th March 1877 shows
Mr. Joseph Ames, the genial "Boniface" of the newly-erected "Star Hotel," is going to celebrate the opening of that establishment to-morrow by giving a luncheon to his friends
The Evening Post 21st August 1880 shows
The insolvency is announced of Joseph Ames, commission agent, of Wellington. The liabilities are set down at 975 pounds and assets 556 pounds
*Marriage Details Date: 1882, Folio No: 1417, Names: Joseph Ames and Sarah Hurford Roberts - Date of Marriage 13/4/1882 from Marriage Registration*
Probate Record shows Joseph Ames, Place: Wellington, Occ: Settler, Court: Wellington, Archives Reference: AAOM 6029 22498, Probate No: 22498, Date Filed: 18/2/1918, Type: Will, Archives NZ, Wellington
The Evening Post 13th December 1917 shows
Ames - On the 12th December, 1917, at his late residence, "Rockcliffe", 84 Ellice street, Joseph, the dearly beloved husband of S. Hurford Ames. Thy will be done.
(Christchurch papers please copy)
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Death of Mr. Joseph Ames
Mr. Joseph Ames, who died yesterday afternoon at his residence in Ellice street, after a long illness, was a citizen who was well known and highly popular throughout New Zealand. He was born at Kaikoura in 1844, and was the third son of the late Capt. James Ames, who was whaling in Cook Strait and off Kaikoura between 1840 and 1846, when he became third pilot in Wellington, in death occurring in the latter year. Mr. Joseph Ames spent some time on the Otago and Thames goldfields. He entered the civil service in Wellington, and for some years was a clerk in the Valuation Department. Afterwards he transferred to other branches of the service. He took a keen interest in volunteering in the early and troublesome times in New Zealand, and was a member of the Mounted Rifle Rangers, a company formed in connection with the Maori war. On retiring from the Civil Service, he became proprietor of the Star Hotel, Lambton quay, which then stood on the site now occupied by the New Commercial Hotel. He was also a licensed victualler at the Upper Hutt. In his prime he took a great interest in aquatics. He was one of the founders of the Star Boating Club and a member of the "Dolly Varden" crew, which won some notable races. He also engaged in athletics, and altogether he was of a sporting disposition.
Mr. Ames was well known throughout the Dominion in connection with the totalisator. He managed this important department for the Wellington Racing Club at the old Hutt course, and for many clubs in the Wairarapa and Manawatu districts, also Blenheim and Nelson a few years back. Most of the clubs now run their own machines, but up till recently Mr. Ames continued to act for the Otaki, and Carterton Racing Club. One of the first clubs Mr. Ames was associated with was Island Bay. He acted in 1888 - the year Administrator won the Island Bay Gold Cup. During the many years Mr. Ames was connected with the totalisator business he earned a great name for his integrity and honourable dealing with his clients. He bred and raced a few horses. The best animal that carried his colours was Merrivonia (Merriwee-Livonia). She won the Manawatu Cup (two years in succession), Rangitikei Cup, Wanganui Cup, and other important races. He also bred from Livonia, Lady Kilcheran, Hellanois and Elevonia. He was a patron of J. Ayres Trentham stable.
Mr. Ames has left a widow, but no family. Mr James Ames, Wellington City Valuer, and Mr. Horace Ames, of Plimmerton are his brothers and Mrs. Buck, of Paekakariki his sister
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The Evening Post 14th December 1917 shows
Funeral Notice
The Funeral of Joseph Ames will leave his Residence, 84, Ellice street, Tomorrow (Saturday) at 2.30 pm, for the Karori Cemetery.
J. & A. Wilson, Ltd, Funeral Furnishers, 6, Buckle street
The Evening Post 17th December 1917
The remains of the late Mr. Joseph Ames were interred in the Karori Cemetery on Saturday in the presence of a very large and representative gathering of citizens. The chief mourners were deceased's two brothers, Messrs. James and Horace Ames, and their sons, and his brother-in-law (Mr. Clark, of Christchurch). The Rev. C. S. Askew conducted the service at the house and also officiated at the graveside
Karori Headstone Reads
In loving memory of Joseph Ames the dearly beloved husband of Sarah Hurford Ames born 17 December 1844 died 12 December 1917
'To live in the hearts of those we love is not to die'
Sarah Hurford Ames beloved wife of Joseph Ames born 9 July 1847 died 16 January 1929