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Help needed( Karori Cemetery Wellington )
« on: Thursday 13 April 06 02:23 BST (UK) »
Can anyone read this? It could be one of 2 Headstones but which. I will also post it on the photo Board.
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Re: Help needed
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 13 April 06 03:18 BST (UK) »
PrueM has just given me a clue to who the headstone belongs to. Hubby's Grandma Maud Mildred Biddiss. She is Buried in Karori Cemetery Wellington. Her Husband is there somewhere too.
Regards Carol
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Stonehouse(York,Durham,Canada)Laurie(Scotland,York)Biddiss(All)Love(Scotland,Australia) Byers(Durham)Demaine(York)Dennison(York)Raine(Durham)Jefferson(Durham)Muir(Durham)
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Re: Help needed( Karori Cemetery Wellington )
« Reply #2 on: Friday 14 April 06 01:27 BST (UK) »
Is there a Kind rootschater that could photograph 2 Headstones at Karori Cemetery for me.
The references i have are
Area/Block/Row/Plot02/c/15/008
Area/Block/Row/Plot11/D17/060
One is the headstone above.( Maude Mildred Biddiss) and the other belongs to her husband Thomas Biddiss. I do not know which is which.
Many Thanks
Regards Carol
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Stonehouse(York,Durham,Canada)Laurie(Scotland,York)Biddiss(All)Love(Scotland,Australia) Byers(Durham)Demaine(York)Dennison(York)Raine(Durham)Jefferson(Durham)Muir(Durham)
Johnston (Scotland)Hunter(Scotland)Johnson(York)
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Re: Help needed( Karori Cemetery Wellington )
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 15 April 06 03:15 BST (UK) »
Hi carol80,

No worries, will do.

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Re: Help needed( Karori Cemetery Wellington )
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 15 April 06 04:43 BST (UK) »
Thank - you very much
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Re: Help needed( Karori Cemetery Wellington )
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 18 April 06 07:37 BST (UK) »
Hi Carol,

Got them. Can you PM me your email address, please.

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Re: Help needed( Karori Cemetery Wellington )
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 20 April 06 00:23 BST (UK) »
Many Thanks for the photo's Riley. They are much appreciated.
Can you tell me
1  Is there an on line database for Karori?
2  Who maintains the gave sites?
Hubby was a bit upset to see this grandmother's grave site. Are they all like this?
I think he wants to go down to Karori to clean it up. He is a bit worried what state his grandfather's second wife's grave is in. She too is in Karori.
Once again Thank-you for the pictures.
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Stonehouse(York,Durham,Canada)Laurie(Scotland,York)Biddiss(All)Love(Scotland,Australia) Byers(Durham)Demaine(York)Dennison(York)Raine(Durham)Jefferson(Durham)Muir(Durham)
Johnston (Scotland)Hunter(Scotland)Johnson(York)
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Re: Help needed( Karori Cemetery Wellington )
« Reply #7 on: Thursday 20 April 06 07:44 BST (UK) »
Hi Carol,

No, I don't think there is an on-line database, but a phone call to the Sexton's Office (04 476-6109) is usually very useful if you need to find out where someone is buried.

The grounds staff there do a lot of work, but I don't believe they repair or clean headstones, which is considered a bit of a speciality amongst genealogists, and is presumably done by relatives of the deceased. I will scan an article for you from The New Zealand Genealogist giving advice, if you like.

Karori is an old cemetery situated on ridges and gullys, and there are worse graves than that, some with trees growing out of them and with headstones in very bad repair.

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Re: Help needed( Karori Cemetery Wellington )
« Reply #8 on: Thursday 20 April 06 10:03 BST (UK) »
Hi Carol,

The article, "A Guide to Conservation and Restoration of Gravesites" appears in The New Zealand Genealogist July-August 2005 but is too big to scan and much of it may not be relevant to you. So to paraphrase, for lichens, algae, fungi and moulds “preparations based on quarternary ammonium compounds such as benzylkonium chloride” e.g. Kemsol ‘Mosskill’. Mosskill is available from Chemical Solutions ltd PO Box 23071, Hunters Corner, Papatoetoe or from local branches of NZTS (www.NZTS.co.nz)

The article advises to never use steel wool, sanders, abrasives, wire brushes, acids, water-blasting, caustic sosa, or water-proofing products. Confer with the cemetery staff in advance as they will provide advice.

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STURTON - Arnold, Nottinghamshire ENG
SUTTRON - All, NRY & DUR ENG
TAYLOR - London ENG
TYLER - London ENG
TERNAN/TIERNAN - Dublin IRL