Individual Notes
Note for: Bessie Amelia Bott, 15 JAN 1879 - 8 OCT 1961
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Burial: Date: 11 OCT 1961
Place: Karori Cremation, Ashes Scattered
Individual Note: Date of Birth from L Bott
*Birth Details Date: 1879, Folio No: 299, Area: Wellington, March quarter*
School Inspector Return shows Bessie Bott, School: Mount Cook Girls, Education Board: Wellington, Year: 1889, Archive Reference: EB-W8/7, Archives NZ, Wellington
*Marriage Details Date: 1900, Folio No: 3366*
Marriage Certificate shows, 1 July 1900 at residence of Mr and Mrs James Bott, Park St, Adelaide Rd, Wellington, Walter Edward Fraser, Aged: 22, Occ:?? Cant read, Bachelor, Birthplace: Berwick, Dunedin, Residence: Present: Wellington, Usual: Wellington, Father: George Murdock Fraser, Occ: Contractor, Mother: Margaret Jane Fraser nee Fitzsimmons??, Bessie Amelia Bott, Aged: 21, Spinster, Birthplace: Wellington, Residence: Present: Wellington, Usual: Wellington, Father: William James Bott, Occ: Painter, Mother: Mary Ann Bott nee Husk, Witnesses: Chas(Charles) Bott, Tailor, Adelaide Rd, Wellington, Kathleen? McGregor Fraser, Evelyn Place, Wellington, William James Bott, Park St, Adelaide Rd, Wellington, Painter
1931 Hutt Electoral Roll shows Fraser, Bessie Amelia, 24 Eva? (Could not locate an Eva Street most likely Ava Street) St, Petone, widow
Karori Cemetery Record shows Fraser, Bessie Amelia, Date: 10/10/1961, Aged: 82, Address: Lower Hutt, Cremation No: 21067, Date of Death: 8/10/1961, Medical Examiner: W J Hutchison, Medical Cert Date: 9/10/1961, Ashes scattered: 11/10/1961, Applicant: G M Melrose, 7 Tui St, Lower Hutt
The Evening Post 9th October 1961 shows
Fraser - On Oct. 8, 1961, at Upper Hutt, Bessie Amelia, dearly-loved mother of Gwen (Mrs W. A. Melrose), 7 Tui St., Lower Hutt and loved grandmother of Shirley and Don; in her 83rd year. A service will be held at our Chapel, 337 High St., Lower Hutt, Tomorrow (Tuesday), Oct. 10 1961, at 3.15pm, thereafter at the Main Crematorium Chapel, Rosehaugh Ave., Karori. Gee & Hickton, Ltd
Individual Notes
Note for: Gwendolene May Fraser, 22 NOV 1900 - 20 AUG 1981
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Burial: Date: 24 AUG 1981
Place: Karori Cremation, Ashes Scattered
Individual Note: Two spelling of 1st name Gwendolene, Gwendolene from Birth Folio, Gwendoline from General Roll and Cremation Record
*Birth Details Date: 1901, Folio: 576, Area: Wellington, March quarter - Date of Birth 22/11/1900 from Birth Registration*
*Marriage Details Date: 1925, Folio No: 719*
The Evening Post 18 February 1925
The wedding was recently solemnised at the Kent Terrace Presbyterian Church of Gwendoline May Fraser, only daughter of Mrs. B. A. Fraser, of Wellington, to William Arthur Melrose, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Melrose, of Mosgiel. The Rev. J. Baird, B.A., officiated. The bride, who was given away by her uncle Mr. Charles Bott, wore a lovely dress of pale pink satin with cream silk lace and pearl trimmings, caught up at the side with a cluster of orange blossoms. She also wore a hand-embroidered veil and carried a bouquet of pale pink and cream roses and maiden-hair fern. The bridesmaid, Miss Dorothy Kate Bott (cousin of the bride) wore pale green Tosca satin with silver trimming. She also wore a coronet of diamante with a tulle bow to tone with her frock, and carried a bouquet to match. The little flower girl, Gabriel Tasker, looked picturesque in her petal frock of apricot satin, and carried a basket of lavender and apricot sweet pea. Mr. Lindsay Melrose, of Clinton, was best man. After the ceremony a reception was held in the Orange Hall, Daniell street, Newtown, where Mrs. Fraser received her guests in a navy blue and henna jersey silk frock and a silver hat with black ospreys. Mrs. Melrose wore navy blue silk with hat to match. About seventy guest were entertained, and a most enjoyable evening was spent. Among those present were Mesdames W. J. Bott, S. Bott and Stewart (Dannevirke), F. Bott (Napier), Clark (Greymouth), Miss Melrose (Mosgiel), Mr. A. Bott (Raetihi), and Mr. J. A. Tinnock (Auckland). After the reception the bride and bridegroom left for the North, the bride wearing a nigger-brown costume with hat to match.
1961 Gwen was the applicant for her mothers cremation, her address was recorded as G M Melrose, 7 Tui St, Lower Hutt
1949 Petone General Roll shows Melrose, Gwendoline May, Tui St, Lower Hutt, married
Karori Cremation Records show Melrose, Gwendoline May, Date of Death: 20/8/1981, Date of Cremation: 24/8/1981, Aged: 80, Address: Lower Hutt, Cremation No: 50044, Medical Referee: E W Glenn, Medical Cert Date: 24/8/1981, Disposal: 25/8/1981 scattered, Applicant: Melrose D, 102 Tilley Rd, Paekakariki
The Evening Post 22nd August 1981 shows
Melrose, Gwendoline May - At Bloomfield Hospital, Lower Hutt, on August 20, 1981. In her 81st year. Dearly loved wife of the late William Arthur (Bill), much loved wife mother and mother in law of Shirley and Les Taylor (Upper Hutt), Don and Dawn (Paekakariki) and loved grandmother of Rex, Lorraine, Grant, Bruce, and Craig. Messages to 74 Thackeray St, Upper Hutt. Her funeral service will be held in Cornwall Manor, Cnr Knights Rd and Cornwall St, Lower Hutt on Monday August 24, 1981 at 1pm followed by private cremation. It would be appreciated that donations in lieu of floral tributes be sent to the Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind, P O Box 12080, Wellington. Gee & Hickton Ltd FDANZ