Individual Notes
Note for: John Pearce, ABT 1870 - 6 MAY 1946
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Burial: Date: 8 MAY 1946
Place: Sydenham Cemetery, Christchurch
Individual Note: Some details from Donald Pye
1893 Electoral Roll shows John Pearce, Electorate: Rangitata, Residential, Address: Geraldine, Occ: Baker
*Marriage Details Date: 1894, Folio No: 3735, Names: John Pearce and Alice Elizabeth Pye - Date of Marriage 24/12/1894 from Marriage Registration*
Intention to Marry shows Date of Notice: 21/12/1894, John Pearce, Bachelor, Occ: Baker, Aged: 25, Dwelling Place: Geraldine, Length of Residence: 25 years, Alice Elizabeth Pye, Spinster, Occ: Domestic Servant, Aged: 18 years, Dwelling Place: Arundel, Rangitata, Length of Residence: 2 months, Name of Person giving consent: Elizabeth Cook, Mother, Place where Married: Registar's Office, Geraldine, Registar: A Andrews, Registar
1898, Occ: Baker, lived in Arundel and year of Birth from Jack Arundel formerly John Pearce's Birth Certificate
1899 Geraldine Electoral Roll shows John Pearce, Arundel, Residential, Baker
1919 Christchurch South Roll shows John Pearce, 226 Montreal Street, Labourer
Christchurch City Council Records show John Pearce, Date of Death: 6/5/1946 (sic), Date of Burial: 8/5/1946 (sic), Aged: 76, Address: 486 Asaph Street, Occ: Retired, Cemetery: Sydenham Cemetery, Block: 36C, Plot: 70
*Death Details Date: 1946, Registration No: 1946/32987, Aged: 76 years, Name: John Lydiard Pearce - Date of Death 6/6/1946 (sic) from Death Registration*
Could not locate a Death Notice in The Christchurch Press from 6/5/1946 to 10/5/1946
Individual Notes
Note for: Ann Pye, 11 AUG 1879 - 1 SEP 1879
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Burial: Date: 4 SEP 1879
Place: Geraldine Cemetery
Individual Note: Some details from Donald Pye
*Birth Details Date: 1879, Folio No: 2782, Area: Geraldine, September quarter*
*Death Details Date: 1879, Folio No: 1217, Area: Geraldine, September quarter*
Timaru District Council records show Ann Pye, Date of Death: None Listed, Date of Interment: 4/9/1879, Aged: 3 Weeks, Address: No Plot Record, Cemetery: Geraldine, Section: Unknown, Block: X, Plot: 125
The grave is in the old part of Geraldine Cemetery, and the plot location is unknown and it has no headstone
Individual Notes
Note for: Mabel Maria Known As May Pye, 3 JUL 1880 - 10 JUL 1956
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Burial: Date: 12 JUL 1956
Place: Purewa Cemetery, Auckland
Individual Note: Some details from Donald Pye
*Birth Details Date: 1880, Folio No: 2999. Area: Geraldine, September quarter*
Birth Certificate shows When and Where: Orari Gorge Station, 3?/7/1880, Mabel Maria, Present, Father: George Pye, Occ: Labourer, Aged: 38, Birthplace: Bickleigh, Devonshire, England, Mother: Elizabeth Pye nee Davey, Aged: 34, Oakford, Devonshire, England, Parents When and Where Married: 7?/10/1866, Oakford, Devonshire, Informant: Elizabeth Pye, Mother, Orari Gorge
School Admission Record shows Pye Mabel, School: Scotsburn, Reg. No: 106, Admission Date: 31/1/1888, Parent: John Cook, Address: Rangitata Bridge, Date of Birth: 22/7/1881?, Last Day: 29/6/1888, Destination: Arundel
School Admission Record shows Pye Mabel, School: Arundel, Reg. No: 8, Admission Date: 19/1/1891, Parent: John Cook, Address: Arundel, Date of Birth: 22/7/1880, Last School: Scotsburn
*Marriage Details Date: 1905, Folio No: 1198*
Marriage Certificate shows When and Where: 16/2/1905, In the house of Mr J? Cameron, Kowai Bush, James Cameron, Aged: 24, Occ: Blacksmith, Bachelor, Birthplace: Waikouaiti (Otago), Residence: Present: Kowai Bush, Usual: Kowai Bush, Father: James Cameron, Occ: Farmer, Mother: Elizabeth Cameron nee Glen, Mabel Maria Pye, Aged: 24, Occ: Domestic, Birthplace: Geraldine, Residence: Present: Kowai Bush, Usual: Kowai Bush, Father: George Pye, Occ: Farmer, Mother: Elizabeth Pye nee Davey, Witnesses: Isabella Cameron, Otarama(Otago), Donald Fraser, Cheviot(Canterbury)
The New Zealand Herald 16th February 1954 shows
Golden Weddings
On February 16, 1904? by the Rev. Millar Thompson, James second son of Mr & Mrs J. Cameron, Otarama, Kowai Bush to May fifth daughter of late George Pye, Arundel, South Canterbury. Present address: 6 Penryn Road, Mount Eden
The New Zealand Herald 25th February 1954 shows
50 Years Married
Mr and Mrs J. Cameron
The golden wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs J. Cameron, of Penryn Road, Mt Eden, was celebrated recently. They were married by the Rev. Millar Thompson 50 years ago at Kowai Bush. Mr Cameron was born in Dunedin and Mrs Cameron at Arundel, South Canterbury.
Mr Cameron was employed by the Works Department. Some of the major projects he has served on in an official capacity are the Otira tunnel, Tawa Flat tunnel, Moerowa Block, Napier, and latterly the Mangakino and Karapiro hydro works.
Mr and Mrs Cameron have three children. There are seven grandchildren. On their retirement they made there home with their daughter and son in law, Mr and Mr S. Ashby, of Mt Eden.
*Death Details Date: 1956, Folio No: 2617, No are or quarter listed*
Death Certificate shows Where and When: 10/7/1956, Mental Hospital, Auckland from 1 Jellicoe Ave, Mt Roskill, Mabel Maria Cameron, Occ: Married, Aged: 75, Cause of Death: Bronchopneumonia?, weeks, Generalised Arteriosclerosis, years, Senile psychosis, months, D H A Blackey, 9/7/1956, Father: George Pye, Occ: Farmer, Mother: Elizabeth Pye nee Davey, Date of Burial: 12/7/1956, Purewa Cemetery, Person Conducting Service: D W Watt, Presbyterian, Birthplace: Geraldine, Length of time in NZ: 75 years, To Whom and Where Married: James Cameron, Age Married: 24, Kowai Bush, Living Children's Ages: 2 Sons, 49, 41 years, 1 Daughter, 50 years, Informant: L Hardings?, Authorised in writing by funeral director, Auckland
Probate Record shows Cameron Mabel Maria, Place: Auckland, Occ: Married Woman, Court: Auckland, Probate No: BBAE 1570 1445/56, Date Filed: 17/7/1956, Type: Will, Where: Archives NZ, Auckland
Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium records show Mabel Maria Cameron, Date of Death: 10/7/1956, Date of Service: 12/7/1956, Aged: 75, Address: 1 Jellicoe Ave, Mt Roskill, Religion: Protestant, Cemetery: Purewa Cemetery, Location: J-34-063, Plot Type: Grave, Buried with James Cameron(husband)
The New Zealand Herald 11th July 1956 shows
Cameron, May. On July 10, 1956, at Auckland, dearly beloved wife of James Cameron, of 1 Jellicoe Avenue, Mt Roskill (late 6 Pearlys Road, Mt Eden, and loved mother of Elizabeth (Mrs S Ashby), Jim (Papakura), and Ron (Napier); in her 76th year. A service will be held at W. H. Tongue and Son's chapel tomorrow (Thursday), at 10.30 a.m., funeral then leaving for Purewa Lawn Cemetery