Individual Notes
Note for: Arthur James Smith, 1919 - 31 JAN 1997
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Burial: Date: 3 FEB 1997
Place: Marsden Valley Cemetery, Nelson
Individual Note: Full Name from Marriage Folio and Electoral Rolls
*Marriage Details Date: 1947, Folio No: 13774, Names: Arthur James Smith and Mary Jemima Nisbet?*
1969 Nelson Main Roll shows Smith Arthur James, 14 Orsman Crescent, Coppersideman
Nelson City Council record shows Smith Arthur James, Date of Death: 31/1/1997, Date of Interment: 3/2/1997, Aged: 78, Cemetery: Marsden Valley, Denomination: Roman Catholic, Area: Roman Catholic, Type: Burial, Block: 4C, Plot: 30, Funeral Director: P. Day & Son, Clergy: Father Patrick McCullough
The Nelson Mail 1st February 1997 shows
Smith Arthur James, No. 56408 WW2, on January 31, 1997 suddenly at his home. In his 79th year. Dearly loved husband of the late Mary, loved father and father in law of Susan and Robert Garvey (Hawera), Athol and Elizabeth (Richmond), Denis and Lyn (Brightwater), Pam and Warren Whitfield (Nelson), loved granddad of Michael and Julie, Paul and Debbie and Grant; Kylie and Carl; Teresa and Deanna. "May he rest in Peace"
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Funeral Service
Smith Arthur James. The friends of Arthur James Smith are respectfully informed that his Funeral will leave St Francis Catholic Church, Stoke, Nelson for the Marsden Valley Cemetery following a Requiem Mass which will be celebrated on Monday 3rd February 1997 at 10.30am. A rosary will be prayed in the Church on Sunday evening 2nd February at 5.30pm.
Marsden House, Funeral Directors, F.D.A.N.Z
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Returned Services Association
The members of the Nelson R.S.A are invited to attend the Funeral for their late comrade Arthur James Smith No. 56408 which will leave St Francis Catholic Church, Stoke, Nelson for the Marsden Valley Cemetery following a Requiem mass which will be celebrated on Monday 3rd February 1997 at 10.30am
Individual Notes
Note for: Margaret Clarke, - AFT 1912
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Burial: Place: Belfast, Ireland
Individual Note: Lived in Broughshane, then went to live in James Street, Belfast. James Street is on the outskirts of Belfast
*Civil Marriage Details from Emerald Ancestors Date of Marriage: 2/3/1887, James Winning and Maggie Clarke, Church: Ballymena Second Presbyterian Church, Parish: Kirkinriola, County: Antrim*
Extracted Entry from the Register of Marriages shows Registrar's District of Ballymena, 1887 Solemnised at Ballymena in the Parish of Kirkinriola in the County of Antrim, No: 143, When Married: 2/3/1887, James Winning, Aged: Full Age, Condition: Bachelor, Occ: Clerk, Residence at time of Marriage: Belfast, Father Name and Surname: James Winning, Occ of Father: Merchant, Maggie Clarke, Aged: Full Age, Condition: Spinster, Occ: None Listed, Residence at time of Marriage: Broughshane, Father Name and Surname: James Clarke, Occ of Father: Labourer, Married in the High Kirk Church, according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Presbyterian Church, by licence, by me Rev William Gilmore, Witnesses: James Clarke and Maggie J Montgomery
Located in the Ulster Covenant, signed the 28/9/1912, the following record Winning Margaret, Address: 65 James Street, Parliamentary Division: Belfast: West, District: Woodvale, Place of Signing: Boundary Street, Mission Hall, Agent: Thompson Mrs
Individual Notes
Note for: John Layton Wildermoth, 28 NOV 1888 - 2 MAY 1915
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Christening: Date: 16 DEC 1888
Place: Timaru Parish, Timaru
Burial: Place: Killed In Action, While On Active Service
Individual Note: Name from School Admission Records
Date and Place of Baptism from Catholic Diocese of Christchurch Baptism Index
*Birth Details Date: 1888, Folio No: 4137, Area: Timaru, December quarter*
School Admission Record shows Wildermoth Jack L, School: Reefton, Register No: 1297, Admission Date: 13/7/1896, Parent: M J Wildermoth, Address: Reefton, Date of Birth: 28/11/1888, Last School: Convent School Grey, Last Day: 15/7/1896, Destination: Catholic School
Mentioned in a booklet called "BNZ Rakaia, A century of service 1877 to 1977", ... Methven was being run as an Agency of Rakaia. The staff, ... Ledgerkeeper - Jack Wildermoth
Military Records held at Archive NZ, Wellington shows John Layton Wildermoth, WW I, 8/505 Army, Agency: AABK, Series: 18805, Accession: W5557, Box: 78, Item: 0122220
Probate Record shows Wildermoth John Layton, Place: Invercargill, Occ: Bank Clerk, Date of Death: 2/5/1915, Court: Wellington, Archives Reference: AAOM 6029 17768, Probate No: 17768, Date Filed: 7/9/1915, Type: Will, Where: Archives NZ, Wellington
Auckland Museum Database shows John Layton Wildermoth, Rank Last Held: Private, Serial No: 8/505, WW I 1914 - 1918, Date of Death: 2/5/1915, Place of Death: Gallipoli, Name shown on memorials: Lone Pine Memorial Panel 75, Memorial Plaque, BNZ Arcade, Wellington Text: 'In Memoriam: The names inscribed upon this tablet are those of officers of the Bank of New Zealand who laid down their lives in the Great War AD 1914-1919 waged against the nations of central Europe - Germany, Austria, Turkey and Bulgaria - who sought by force of arms to obtain world-wide dominion. In honour of their patriotism and valour. In admiration of their sacrifice. And in grateful perpetuation of their glorious and ennobling memory this monument is reverently dedicated. Their Name Liveth for Evermore.',
Unit Last: Otago Infantry Regiment
New Zealanders on Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
Wildermoth, Private, John Layton, 8/505. Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F.. Killed in action 2nd May 1915. Son of Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Wildermoth, of 9, Braddon St., Sydenham, Christchurch