Eastern cemetery, invercargill, invercargill city, southland. The may edition of te reo is now online and can be download via. This database is for those who want to find information on anyone buried at a waikato district council managed cemetery. You can search for an individual cemetery and specific names, years and ages. Masterton district council manages and operates cemeteries at riverside and archer street and two rural cemeteries at hastwell and tinui. For all cemetery enquiries, including enquiries about cemetery records, please contact one of the staff below. Our online cemetery search now has a map showing the plot location.
Invercargill which became a city on the 1st march, 1930 is the chief town in southland. But genealogists also need to see the original records from a single source. Methodist, baptist, church of england anglican, catholic and presbyterian. This historic cemetery, with graves dating back to settlement in the wairau basin, has predominantly burial memorials ie. Exservice personnel who have had war service, or service that is defined as equivalent to war service, and their spousespartners may be buried in a services cemetery. The council maintains database for invercargill cemeteries from early. This plan is in the clinton cemetery kiosk on site. The parks division maintains the eastern cemetery, the saint johns cemetery in invercargill, the bluff cemetery, the green point cemetery, and the southland crematorium. Omaka, blenheim, marlborough, new zealand billiongraves. The list of schools so indexed can be viewed by downloading a file in pdf. James mcneil was a founding citizen in 1852, while his son john became the first mayor of balclutha in 1870. This is the main cemetery in invercargill covering over 30 hectares. Burials at eastern cemetery, invercargill wikipedia. Search burials at timaru district council administered cemeteries.
The cemetery was first developed in 1877, with the first burial taking place the following year. Cemeteries in central otago are either administered by council or by a trust. With thanks to jamie shaw who designed the plan and clutha district council for their permission to use. He was born and lived at longbush and he is buried at cite bonjean cemetery, armentieres. Southland crematorium in invercargill, southland find a. Council covid19 information find out about council services affected by the covid19 event including closures, how to contact us, public transport, and refuse and recycling. The most complete database of places of interest to new zealand genealogists including cemeteries, churches, memorials, shipwrecks and many other places. The waimakariri district council has services cemeteries at the kaiapoi public cemetery and the rangiora lawn cemetery. Early minutes of the greendale cemetery board are missing, but it appears that the following areas were originally allocated.
The crematorium is located at wairarapa funeral services. If you cannot find the person you are looking for in our cemeteries, it may be because. For mapping and plot information please visit top of the south maps. The information available is sourced from historic council records and while we have made every effort to ensure its accuracy, we are aware that there may be errors and omissions. There are many unmarked graves in our cemeteries, so there are a lot of gaps and with the records dating back such a long way, its easy to get things wrong. Charlton park now receives the most burials in the gore district. While the database was a work in progress, mr bailey would be happy to hear from anyone who could add to the records. Nov 12, 2010 while the database was a work in progress, mr bailey would be happy to hear from anyone who could add to the records. If there is any information that you think is incorrect please send us the correct information with supporting verification. You can also access cemeteries search here if you have trouble below or wish to print the plot records. Council staff and contractors work to ensure cemeteries are maintained to a high standard that shows respect for those interred. Invercargill cenotaph nzhistory, new zealand history online.
Park island and napier hill cemeteries will follow. There are 22 commonwealth burials of the 19141918 war and 31 of the 19391945 war here. Each transcription we publish comes from a singlesource, be it the cemetery office, government office, church office, archived document, a tombstone transcriber. The woodbury cemetery is administered by the woodbury cemetery committee, a group of people elected from the small farming district of woodbury. By the way, you can download ira evanss service record here archway. We apologise for the inconvenience of the online cemetery search being unavailable while we take some time to update the database. Albert town 17 arrowtown 13 cardrona 73 frankton 566 glenorchy 1 hawea 280 kingston 30 lower shotover 8 makarora 43 queenstown 1849 skippers 88 wanaka 948 5166 people found in all qldc cemeteries. The council aims to support family and friends of deceased people with a respectful environment and professional assistance. You have access to more than 56,600 records for the four invercargill and bluff cemeteries and the southland crematorium. The cemetery search tool contains burial information for the aramoho cemetery. Search and browse invercargill cemetery records and tombstone inscriptions for new zealand genealogy research. The council aims to support family and friends of deceased people with a. He was born and lived at longbush and he is buried at cite bonjean cemetery.
For more burial details, please click on the burial plot. Read more about the cemetery, including a list of those those buried, here cwgc. The rural township of clinton is situated on state highway 1 about halfway between dunedin and invercargill and the junction with sh93 clinton to. The napier city council makes every endeavour to ensure the information in the cemetery database is correct, but accuracy or completeness is not guaranteed.
Cemeteries and crematorium masterton district council. Cemetery records search marlborough district council. Our aim is to have correct information on the database. The cemeteries and crematorium are operated by the parks division. Many new zealand cemeteries have their burial and cremation records online. Please dont fill in this field it is intended to help stop spam. Invercargill eastern cemetery new zealand war graves project. This online database contains the records for the alexandra, clyde, omakau blacks and nevis cemeteries only. There are 2 commonwealth burials of the 19141918 war and 1 of the 19391945 war here.
The cemetery search provides access to more than 56600 records for the four invercargill and bluff cemeteries and the southland crematorium. Thank you to bert and pauline miller for assistance with records and research for the site. Other central otago cemetery information will be progressively added over time. To access information about your relatives in other whanganui district councilcontrolled cemeteries or for more details of cremation records contact. Invercargill cenotaph and panels showing names, 2008.
Cemeteries of the wairoa district provide land and facilities for the burial or interment of ashes of the dead and their remembrance and provide records and an enquiry service for all council owned cemeteries. Easton was the first sexton for the cemetery and mr john nicholas e. Cemetery record search central otago district council. Search cemetery records waimakariri district council. If your search doesnt return results remove specifics or widen the search criteria. It was developed as the old gore cemetery, in crewe street, was reaching the end of its useful life. The invercargill councils parks division maintains the eastern cemetery and the saint johns cemetery in invercargill, the bluff cemetery and the green point cemetery, and the southland crematorium. Puruatanga road cemetery serves the martinborough community and provides a basic range of options for the community it serves.
There are a total of 22 cemeteries including one burial ground in the district. Please note all records need to be verified before changes can be made. While these records are still to be audited and loaded onto the database, the public can still access the information held by the council. Inquiries should be directed to the councils eastern cemetery office. You can also download a form, particularly if you plan to use folio numbers. Local authorities administer most of the cemeteries in the southland. Rifleman james charles cunningham and sergeant leonard carswell hanan. While every effort is made to ensure records are accurate. Eastern cemetery invercargill, new zealand cemetery. Work is currently underway on taradale cemetery for which there are about 4000 records.
Invercargill cemetery records, southland, new zealand genealogy. Invercargill city council owns the three cemeteries, and have battled with the resident rabbits for several years. The councils cemetery database contains more than 50,000 entries for the four invercargill and bluff cemeteries and the southland crematorium. Johns cemetery contains the official war graves of 2 men who served in the new zealand forces during the first world war. Eastern cemetery in invercargill, southland find a grave. Grave fate awaits invercargill cemetery bunnies rnz news. Charlton park cemetery was commissioned by the gore borough council in 1974. You can search on names by contains, is exactly, starts with and sounds like.
Other websites already do an excellent job of crowdsourcing a single cemetery together. Records for the invercargill and bluff cemeteries and the southland crematorium are freely available on this website. About new zealand, cemetery records, 18002007 these transcriptions of headstones from cemeteries in new zealand typically include details such as name. Eastern cemetery, created by dave robbie, invercargill, invercargill city, southland, new zealand take billiongraves with you wherever you go. We try to ensure the accuracy of these records, but mistakes may have occurred in the gathering of the information or in the conversion of the data into this format. Cemetery records online otago daily times online news. The southland crematorium is located adjacent to the eastern cemetery off rockdale road. The cemetery is in durham street, off north road, invercargill. Pages in category burials at eastern cemetery, invercargill the following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. The balclutha cemetery is the final resting place of two of the most important figures in balcluthas history.