Individual Notes
Note for: Ellen Mary Pye, 1867 - 8 SEP 1941
Index
Christening: Date: 6 JAN 1867
Place: Stokeintenhead, Devon
Burial: Date: 9 SEP 1941
Place: Sydenham Cemetery, Christchurch
Individual Note: From ships "Atrato" passenger lists
Second name from Donald Pye
Date of Death from LDS Family Group Record
*Free Births, Marriages, Deaths Records show Date Registered: March 1867, District: Newton A, Volume: 5b, Page: 155, Name: Ellen Pye*
*Marriage Details Date: 1888, Folio No: 2479, Names: Michael Joseph Wildermoth and Ellen Mary Pye*
The Timaru Herald 15th September 1888 shows
Wildermoth - Pye On the 11th September at the Scared Heart Church, Timaru by the Reverend Father Foley, Michael Joseph Wildermoth to Ellen Mary Pye
1893 Electoral Roll shows Wildermoth Ellen Mary, Number: 4557, Electorate: Grey, Residence: Greymouth, Occ: Domestic
Name shown as Wildemoth and lived in Christchurch in 1935, details from John Pye's Obituary
Probate Record shows Wildermoth Ellen Mary, Place: Leeston, Occ: Widow, Court: Wellington, Probate No: 8337, Date Filed: 22/12/1942, Type: Intestate (Letters of Administration), Where: Archives NZ, Wellington
Christchurch City Council Cemetery Records show Ellen Mary Wildermoth, Date of Death: 8/9/1941, Date of Burial: 9/9/1941, Aged: 76, Address: Christchurch Hospital, Occ: Widow, Cemetery: Sydenham Cemetery, Block: 23B, Plot: 21, Place of Birth: Devonshire, UK, Years in NZ: 70
*Death Details Date: 1941, Folio No: 3264, Area: Christchurch, September quarter*
Cemetery Fiche for Sydenham Cemetery, Christchurch shows records 3622 & 3623
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3622 Ellen Mary Wildermoth
3623 Michael J Wildermoth Also Pat
The Press 9th September 1941 shows
Wildermoth - On September 8, at Christchurch, Ellen Mary, widow of the late M. J. Wildermoth, late of 9 Cotterill Street, Addington. R.I.P
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Funeral Notice
Wildermoth - The funeral of the late Ellen Mary Wildermoth will leave Lamb and Haywood's Chapel, 292 Cashel Street, this day (Tuesday) at 8.40 a.m. for the Sacred Heart Church, Spencer street, Addington. Requiem Mass 9 a.m. and then to Sydenham Cemetery.
Lamb and Hayward Ltd
Individual Notes
Note for: William Willcocks Pye, 14 APR 1868 - 15 MAR 1945
Index
Christening: Date: 22 AUG 1868
Place: Stokeintenhead, Devon
Burial: Date: 17 MAR 1945
Place: Geraldine Cemetery
Individual Note: From ships "Atrato" passenger lists
Second name from Death Folio No
Donald had Birth Year as 1869
Birth Date from B Carrick nee Hobday's Notes
Christening Details from Diana Pye
*Birth Details, St Catherine's House Index shows Date Registered: July - Sept 1869?, Volume: 5b, Page: 147, District: Newton Abbot, Devonshire, England*
*Marriage Details Date: 1890, Folio No: 3518*
Marriage Certificate shows When and Where: 1/10/1890, House of Mr W Patrick, Gapes Valley, William Wilcox Pye, Aged: 21, Occ: Gardener, Bachelor, Birthplace: Stoke, Devonshire, England, Residence: Usual: Geraldine, Present: Geraldine, Father: John Pye, Gardener, Mother: Mary Ann Pye nee Wilcox, Elizabeth Harvey Patrick, Aged: 22, Spinster, Occ: None Listed, Birthplace: Hilton, Residence: Usual: Gapes Valley, Present: Gapes Valley, Father: William Patrick, Farmer, Mary Brown Patrick nee Miller, Minister: A. Bruce? Todd, Witnesses: Charles Pye, Geraldine, Gardener, Mary Miller Patrick, Gapes Valley
1896 Geraldine Electoral Roll shows William Pye, Geraldine, Groom, Residential
The Geraldine Guardian 15th January 1896 shows
Fire at Geraldine
Up till Thursday morning last the history of Geraldine has only one fire of any importance on record, namely, one which occured some years ago, when the residence of the Rev. George Barclay was burned to the ground, so since the formation of the local fire brigade its members have trained a sideuously, as it were, all to no purpose. They could never, as the saying went, "raise a fire;" except at an occasional gorse fire in the river-bed, or at a stable or an empty shed fire, the brigade never had any real experience, and this fact has been frequently commented on by public speakers at gatherings in the town. On Thursday morning, however the efficiency of the brigade was put to a thorough test, when the extensive premises occupied by Messrs Dunlop & Co, a general merchants, were completely destroyed. Between 6.30. and 7 a.m. a man named Tatam - an employee, whose duty it is to attend to the horses etc. - happened to notice smoke issuing from the store, somewhere near the boot department and the butter house, which was one of the oldest parts of the building. The man immediately gave the alarm of fire, and with the assistance of Mr Dunlop's family, attempted to save as much of the goods as possible. Mr W. Pye, on horseback, was riding past the store about this time, and noticing the smoke coming from the building and the members of Mr Dunlop's family removing goods, he concluded there was a fire, and galloped hard to the brigade station, where the alarm of fire was given to his brother, Mr J. W. Pye, who immediately rang the bell.
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The Geraldine Guardian 6th February 1896 shows
Geraldine Town Board
Geraldine Fire
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Mr W. Pye wrote applying for payment for giving fire alarm at recent fire. - Amount to be paid.
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The Geraldine Guardian 8th February 1896 shows
The Fire at Geraldine
In our report of the Geraldine fire recently we had occasion to mention the fact that a swagger who was passing through the district rendered excellent service to the local brigade, being himself an ex-member of the Napier Fire Brigade. Since then he has called on us to tender thanks for the favourable comments we made on his good work, but the only thing he regretted was that we had omitted to mention his name, seeing that he had friends in different parts of the country who would have been pleased to have heard of him. "My name," he said, "is J. Oswald Fleming, the New Zealand poet and the ex-Napier fireman." We thereupon enquired into the relationship he had with the muses, with the result he recited us several rather nicely tuned verses on "Fairlie Creek" which, he said, had been recited or sung on the stage in that district, and where of his own composing. Yesterday Mr Fleming again called on us, bringing with him this time a poem he had constructed, called "The Geraldine Fire." It runs as follows :-
Twas on a Thursday morning,
The weather was calm and clear;
I come out of Mr Connolly's -
No smoke or flames was near -
I walked along the footpath,
My step did not retire
Until I heard young Billy Pye
Sing out, "Fire boys; there's fire!"
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A lady she did hold his horse
While he the bell did ring;
We went into the station,
The engine out did bring,
The hose we did hook on behind,
And firemen in did drop -
"These premises we'll try to save
For our kind friend, N. Dunlop."
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We battled with the burning flame,
And it progress we did stop,
But not before it burned down
The place of N. Dunlop.
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All praise there's due to him
Who wrought with courage hard,
And property did save that day
And place in his back yard;
And when the window it was broke
Exhausted he did drop,
All thought that was the final act
of Mr N. Dunlop
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But, thanks to Him that rules us all,
Alive he is today,
And a better shop I hope he'll have
Upon some future day;
And all his friends, both far and near
Into his place will drop,
For none has been in Geraldine
Like Mr N. Dunlop
Lived in Geraldine in 1935, details from John Pye's Obituary
*Death Details Date: 1945, Folio No: 787, Area: Ashburton, March quarter*
Timaru Council Record shows Pye, William, Address: Husband of Elizabeth Harvey, Date of Death: 17/3/1945, Date of Interment: 17/3/1945, Cemetery: Geraldine Cemetery, Denomination: Presbyterian, Section: Presbyterian, Block: P, Plot: 355, Buried next to Elizabeth Harvey Pye(wife)
Donald Pye has Date of Death as 15/3/1945
The Ashburton Guardian 16th March 1945 shows
Sudden death. Man collapses in street.
While walking along Wills Street yesterday, Mr William Wilcox Pye, a retired farmer aged 75 collapsed near the old Majestic Theatre and died shortly afterwards. Mr Pye lived with his daughter Mrs W. M. Turner of Victoria Street. No inquest will be necessary.