Could this grave be in NZ-COMPLETED WITH THANKS

[acookey]

Hi

I have just had a reply from the Catholic Church Archives, who can find no record for a death in 1876 for either William Thomas or Thomas Dillon Smith.

They suggest contacting Littles the Undertakers.  Anyone know their address or email address.

Otherwise who would administer this cemetery, someone's gottta know who's in there.

Still no reply from the Library, sent them another email today.  I am unable to use the Ask a Librarian function, I don't think it likes Oz email addresses.

Cheers

Annette

[Lucy2]

See the Funeral Directors Assn of NZ website.

http://www.fdanz.org.nz

>> go to "Members page"  >> click on "A" for Auckland listings.

[Lucy2]

http://www.onehungacatholic.org.nz/

This link is to the church  ... (couldn't see anything  mentioned about the cemetery ) ... but there's an email address you can send an enquiry to.

[acookey]

Thanks Lu,

I sent a email off to Littles, and will send one to the church.  There just has to be a record of who, if anyone is buried in that plot.

Annette

[Charlie Bucket]

The Auckland City Library used to have the Catholic burial records but sent them back to the Catholic Archives a few years ago. They may have indexes however. They have, I think, some card indexes to early burials by Littles.
I assume the Catholic Archives searched a year or two prior to 1876?

Regards, Charlie.

[newbe_nz]

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[Lucy2]

Hi Annette

Check made of NZ Death Index microfiche 1875 - 1876 :

There is NO entry for a "William Thomas SMITH" .

[The entries for the above years, are handwritten, but the images are very clear and easily read. ]

Lu

[Lucy2]

Annette

Who were the SMITH daughters who married in NZ ?
(Husbands'  names   ?)

Did either of these daughters live in the Auckland area ?

(I'm just a bit curious about this "Thomas Dillon"  fella. ) 

Lu

[acookey]

Thank you very much for the lookup Lu.  I have had no reply yet from Littles, the Library or the Church.

The two daughters who went to NZ are:

Margaret Letitia Smith b, Tasmania 1847 m. Timothy Honan 1865 at St.Mary's Chapel, Meanee, Napier, d. 1938, Auckland, b. Waikaraka Cemetery, Onehunga.

Mary Ann Smith b. Tasmania 1849 m. Thomas William Torr 1867, Napier, New Zealand, d. 1940, Wairoa, New Zealand.


There are a couple of interesting "coincidences" with Thomas Dillon Smith.  Althea found him on the electoral rolls for Napier about the time the girls were married there, and the name Dillon as a second given name also surfaced in the the family of the eldest girl, Eliza Jane, in Victoria.

To me, the important next step is to find out who is buried, if anyone, in that plot.  It is quite possible that he used the name Thomas Dillon in NZ, and when Tassie (Theresa Helena) had the memorial erected reverted to the name he was known in Australia.

Thanks again everyone for your interest and suggestions.

Annette