General request - Muriel Gale, singer

[kiwihalfpint]

Next time I am near Purewa cemetery I will take a wander and see if there is a headstone for Muriel

Cheers Janette

Wasn't she cremated? Wouldn't it be a plaque?


Cheers
KHP

[Janette]

Wasn't she cremated? Wouldn't it be a plaque?


Cheers
KHP

Yep but Purewa does have upright gravemarkers for some of the ashes plots.

As it happens area X is plaques but V has small upright polished stones

http://purewa.need.co.nz/gardens.asp

Cheers Janette

[kiwihalfpint]

small upright polished stones

Cheers Janette

Hope it is beaming for you when you go.

Cheers
KHP

[Janette]

I will let you know 

Cheers Janette

[bugbear]

I'm guessing here, but I think E. H. Hopkins may have been:

Ernest Hambler Hopkins, died in New Zealand (1995), born 16.4.1899.


Minniehaha.

This eBay sale, ragged though it is, confirms that E H Hopkins of the Rangitana is indeed "Ernest Hambler Hopkins"

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Ernest-H-Hopkins-UK-Empire-Award-RMS-Rangitane-WW2-HAND-Signed-Winston-Churchill-/200906190639?nma=true&si=WUD1LXJ9omON4xe1uNejWBYRXEU%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

   BugBear

[bugbear]

Oops - Muriel was (at least) his second wife:

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS19410102.2.11.4&srpos=2&e=-------10--1----0hopkins+rangitane--

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 1, 2 January 1941, Page 3

OCR text

OFFICERS HOMES.

The home of the thief officer of the Rangitane, Mr. E. B. Hopkins, is in Hamilton Road, Poisonby, Auckland. His wife is a daughter of the late Sir Henry Buckleton. Mr. Williams, the second officer, and his, wife live at Port Chalmers, and Mr. Hallett, first radio engineer, Lie Ms honiijt in Wellington. Brothers were scrvi§g in two of the Xew Zealand Shipping; Company"* ships to which reference W|s made by the Prime Minister in his |ddress. Mr. Taylor, fourth officer of Rangitane, has a brother who occupij| the corresponding post on the Tura%ia. Neither has been mentioned amongihe casualties.

 BugBear

[bugbear]

I hope this is a separate person:

https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Calendar?surname=hopkins&yearOfDeath=1947&page=3#calendar

(probate, 1947 Ernest Hambler Hopkins, died 12 Aug 1945)

Edit; may be OK, FreeBMD gave

Deaths Sep 1945
Hopkins    Ernest H    80    Surrey N.W.    2a   346

Edit; This b1865 person may well be Capt Hopkins' father.

 BugBear

[bugbear]

From https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz

Death of wife:

1976/42084   Hopkins    Jean Yolande    27/3/1902   74Y

(marriage from FreeBMD

Marriages Jun 1939
Buckleton    Jean Y    Hopkins    Marylebone    1a   1601   
Hopkins    Ernest H    Buckleton    Marylebone    1a   1601

)

Given Muriel died in 1978, the Hopkins/Gale marriage lasted at most 2 years. 

   BugBear

[Janette]

She is in the same area as Edith Muriel

Surname     HOPKINS
First Names     Jean Yolande
Age     78 Years
Gender     Female
Date of Death     27 Aug 1976
Religion    
Serial No     31461
Date of Service and/or Interment     03 Sep 1976
Funeral Director     Sibuns Funeral Advisors, 582 Remuera Road, Remuera, AUCKLAND
What Buried?     Ashes
Casket Size    
Casket Depth     Ashes Burial
Cemetery     Purewa Cemetery
Location     Block X Row 12 Plot 17

Cheers Janette