Individual Notes
Note for: David Earl Wilmor Known As Earl McKenzie, 1873 - 9 APR 1960
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Individual Note: Name and Year of Birth and Place from S McKenzie
Known as Name and Lived in Eastbourne in 1942 from Leonard McKenzie's Obituary
*Marriage Details Date: 1909, Folio No: 2784, Names: Earl Wilmor McKenzie and Alice Mary Wise*
*Death Details Date: 1960, Registration No: 1960/25178, Aged: 89 years, Name: David Earl Wilmor McKenzie, so born circa 1871 - Date of Death 9/4/1960 from Death Registration*
Individual Notes
Note for: Alice Mary Wise, ABT 1873 -
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Individual Note: Name and Year of Birth and Place from S McKenzie
*Marriage Details Date: 1909, Folio No: 2784, Names: Earl Wilmor McKenzie and Alice Mary Wise*
Individual Notes
Note for: Lilian Ethel Wilmor McKenzie, 1875 - 16 JUN 1936
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Burial: Place: Karori Cemetery
Individual Note: Name and Year of Birth and Place from S McKenzie
*Marriage Details Date: 1912, Folio No: 7411, Names: Alfred William Wilton Curtis and Lilian Ethel Wilmor McKenzie*
Probate shows Lilian Ethel Wilmor Curtis, Place: Wellington, Occ: Married Woman, Court: Wellington, Archives Reference: AAOM 6029 58939, Probate No: 58939, Date Filed: 28/7/1936, Type: Will, Archives NZ, Wellington
The Evening Post 17th June 1936 shows
Curtis - On June 16, 1936, at Wellington, Lilian Ethel Wilmar (sic), dearly beloved wife of A. W. W. Curtis, No. 8 Buller Street. (Private interment. No flowers by request. Service at St. Peter's Church, Thursday, 10 a.m.)
Karori Headstone shows
In loving memory of Lilian Ethel Wilmor dearly loved wife of A. W. W. Curtis died 16 June 1936
Sefton Wilmor eldest son of above died 25 September 1939
Individual Notes
Note for: Alfred William Wilton Curtis, ABT 1870 - 3 JUL 1956
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Burial: Date: 5 JUL 1956
Place: Karori Cemetery
Individual Note: Name and Year of Birth of 1873 and Place from S McKenzie
*Marriage Details Date: 1912, Folio No: 7411, Names: Alfred William Wilton Curtis and Lilian Ethel Wilmor McKenzie*
Karori Cemetery Records show Alfred William W Curtis, Date of Burial: 5/7/1956, Aged: 86, Address: 1 Clive Road, Occ: Retired Clerk, Minister: Rev. Morris, Funeral Director: Clark
Probate shows Alfred William Wilton Curtis, Place: Wellington, Occ: Cashier, Court: Wellington, Archives Reference: AAOM 6031 763/56, Probate No: 763/56, Date Filed: 17/8/1956, Type: Will, Archives NZ, Wellington
The Evening Post 4th July 1956 shows
Curtis - On July 3, 1956, at Wellington, Alfred William Wilton Curtis, beloved husband of the late Lillian Curtis and loved father of Jean (Mrs. J. Anderson) and Randell, 1 Clive Rd., Khandallah; in his 87th year. Service at St. Peter's Anglican Church, Willis St., 3 pm Tomorrow (Thursday), July 5, 1956, thereafter to Karori Cemetery. I. Clark and Son
Individual Notes
Note for: Leonard Stuart Wilmor McKenzie, 1876 - 18 NOV 1942
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Burial: Date: 20 NOV 1942
Place: Karori Cemetery
Individual Note: Name and Year of Birth and Place from S McKenzie
*Marriage Details Date: 1910, Folio No: 2784, Names: Leonard Stuart Wilmor McKenzie and Annie Spratt Maguire*
The Evening Post 23rd December 1905 shows
CHRISTMAS DISPLAY
MR. LEN MACKENZIE, of the Opera House Pharmacy, 56, Manners-street, is offering a splendid selection of Silverware and Perfumes from all the best makers in the world. Goods marked in plain figures. See window display, next door to Opera House.
The Evening Post 29th April 1913 shows
Who Who?
In the Election of the City Council
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Brief Biographical Sketches
Altogether thirty-seven candidates have been nominated for seats on the City Council, and fifteen are required to be elected.
Following are brief biographical notes respecting the candidates :—
Arthur Richmond Atkinson is a member of the firm of Atkinson and Dale, solicitors. He is an ex-member of Parliament, and has occupied a seat on the City Council since 1909.
William Henry Peter Barber was in business for many years as proprietor of Barbers' Dye Works, Cuba-street. He is an ex-member of Parliament, and from 1891 to 1905 occupied a seat on the City Council, and again in 1910 up to the present time. In the latter year he unsuccessfully contested the Mayoralty of Wellington. Mr. Barber is chairman of directors of the Wellington Woollen Company, a director of the Wellington Opera House Company, and a member of other joint stock companies.
Walter Scott Bedford, master tailor, took an active part in municipal affairs in Dunedin, and largely assisted to bring about the Greater Dunedin scheme. Mr. Bedford is father of Mr. H. D. Bedford, who represented Dunedin City for three years, in Parliament. The candidate was a member of the Caversham Borough Council and also occupied a seat on the Dunedin City Council for some time.
E. J. Carey is a native of Gympie, Queensland. He has been a resident of Wellington for about twelve years, and in 1910 occupied the position of president of the Wellington Trades and Labour Council. Mr. Carey, who is secretary of the Cooks and Waiters' Union and the Grocer's Union, is contesting the election as one of the Labour ticket.
John Castle, chemist, has occupied the position of president of the Central Pharmaceutical Association, is a director of the Newtown Bowling Club, hon. treasurer of treasurer of the Wellington Zoological Society, and a member of the Newtown School Committee.
Falk Cohen, draper, has been a member of the City Council for the past nine years. He has resided in Wellington for 49 years, and has been in business on his own account for 29 years. Mr. Cohen occupied a seat on the Hospital Board for five years, has been a member of the Wellington Fire Police since that body first came into existence, joined the old volunteer fire brigade in 1865, and remained a member until the brigade came under the control of the corporation, and has occupied a seat on all the more important committees of the City Council.
John E. Fitzgerald, principal of the firm of Fitzgerald and Co., was first elected to the council in 1909. He is also a member of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. Mr. Fitzgerald is also standing for election to the Harbour Board.
Robert Fletcher, head of the firm of R. Fletcher and Co., Customs agents and carriers, has been a member of the City Council since 1907. From being an employee of the Wellington Harbour Board he worked himself up until to-day he is chairman of that body. Mr. Fletcher is also standing for re-election to the Harbour Board.
George Frost, a retired builder, was Mayor of Melrose at the time that the amalgamation with the city was effected. He first entered the City Council in 1903, sat till 1907, then retired, but was again elected in 1909. He has occupied a seat on the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board and many other public bodies. John Fuller, jun., is a member of the well-known firm of John Fuller and Sons. Mr. Fuller is manager of the firm's Wellington business. He was educated at Auckland, and for eighteen years has resided in New Zealand. For the past two years he has occupied a seat on the City Council.
James Godber has been in business in Wellington for many years as a confectioner and caterer. He occupied a seat on the council from 1901 to 1909, and has served on many local public bodies here. He was again elected to the council in 1911.
Alfred H. Hindmarsh, solicitor, has occupied a seat on the council since 1905. His sympathy with Labour has secured him a place on the Labour Party's ticket. Mr. Hindmarsh was a member of the executive of the Municipal Association of New Zealand and a member of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board.
Andrew R. Hornblow, master printer, first entered the printing trade in the Wairarapa. He is now in business in Newtown.
Leonard McKenzie, chemist, son of one of the founders of Wellington, had been , president of the New Zealand Chemists' Association, secretary and treasurer of the Wellington Pharmaceutical Association, and a member of the New Zealand Pharmacy Board, and a member of the Te Aro School Committee. He was first elected a member of the City Council in 1911.
Michael John Reardon is secretary of the General Labourers' Union and the Slaughtermen's Union, and a delegate and trustee of the Trades Council. He has contested a seat on the council on previous occasions in the Labour interest. William John Thompson is a native of Victoria and head of the firm of Thompson Bros. He has previously occupied a seat on the City Council.
Charles Thorpe, a wharf labourer, is contesting the election as an Independent Labour candidate.
James Trevor, builder, sat on the council from 1905 to 1907, and again from 1909 to the present time. He has been in business in Wellington for very many years, and has always taken a keen interest in public affairs, the administration of Hospital and Charitable Aid affairs occupying a considerable portion of his time. Martin Maxwell Fleming Luckie is a son of the late Mr. D. M. Luckie, late Commissioner of the Government Life Insurance Department. He has been a member of the firm of Messrs. Field, Luckie, and Toogood, solicitors (now Field and Luckie) for many years. Mr. Luckie has been actively identified with most forms of athletic sports for nearly a score of years. He is an old Wellington College boy, and has presided over the deliberations of the Wellington Cricket Association for several years.
Harry Buddle, a member of the legal firm of Messrs. Buller, Anderson, and Buddle, is better known to the Wellington public perhaps on account of his prowess on the Rugby field. He also attained senior honours on the cricket field. Mr. Buddle was educated at Wellington College and Victoria College.
Thomas Charles Atkinson Hislop is a son of the Hon. T. W. Hislop,. ex Mayor of Wellington and ex-member of the Atkinson Ministry. Mr. Hislop received his education at Wellington College and Cambridge University, England, where he took his degrees and graduated for the legal profession. Quite recently he returned to New Zealand, and has since been in practice with his father in Wellington.
William Perry, a member of the legal firm of Messrs. Fitzgibbon and Perry, a native of the West Coast. He finished his education at Wellington College, and then joined Messrs. Bell, Gully, Bell, and Myers. Mr. Perry has been identified with the Wellington Rugby Union management for several years, and has seen "active service" on the cricket field. Latterly he has been treasurer of the Rugby Union.
Robert Bradford Williams was a member of the original Jubilee Singers, and was so enamored of this country that he left the organisation and graduated for the New Zealand Bar. Mr. Williams is not a novice in local government matters, having occupied the Mayoral chair for the borough of Onslow for some years.
Solomon Gordon is a picture-framer, doing business in Cuba-street. He has been identified with the New Zealand Labour movement for many years, and is one of that organisation's most supporters.
Thomas Neave, senior partner in the legal firm of Messrs. Brown and Dean, is a native of Gore. He joined the Law Department after practicing in Wellington for a brief period. After acting as Crown Prosecutor for some little while, Mr. Neave joined the firm he is at present associated with.
John Henry Pollock has been a resident of Wellington for thirty-five years, and has been prominently identified with most forms of sport for many years. He was a member of the Wanganui Borough Council for three years. During the late seventies and early eighties Mr. Pollock was a member of the firm of Pollock and Young, wholesale butchers, Wellington. He is now more generally known as handicapped for a number of racking clubs, and is one of the keenest supporters of amateur athletics in the province.
Cyril William Tanner, barrister and solicitor, was a member of the Wellington City Council some seventeen years ago. In the past Mr. Tanner has been an aspirant for political honours, he being a close student of politics. He has closely associated himself with many movements in the city during his lengthy residence here.
Edward Kennedy was born in Westport in 1879. Some years ago he followed the occupation of a miner, but for the last ten years has been a resident of Wellington. He is president of the Trades and Labour Council, and secretary of the Wellington Building Labourers' Union and the Petone Woollen Mills Employees' Union.
C. H. Chapman was born in London, and came to New Zealand in 1905. In 1893 he fought with the Labour Party in England, and was secretary of the London Federation of the I.L.P.; a body which has since elected him a life member. He contested the Wellington South seat at the General election in 1908, and in 1909 stood for the City Council.
G. W. Dalrymple comes from Glasgow. He arrived in New Zealand in 1863. He is a public accountant in Wellington, a fellow of the Federal Institute of Accountants, and a Fellow of the New Zealand Association of Accountants. He has acted as organiser of the liquor trade in the local option battle.
F. W. Mackenzie is a son of the late Captain F. W. Mackenzie, of Otago. He studied for the medical profession at the Otago University, and afterwards at London, Edinburgh, and Brussels. For several years now he has been a resident of Wellington.
W. Dobson, a plumber by trade, who is now secretary of the Wellington Plumbers' Union, was born in Galashiels?, Scotland. In 1863 he arrived in Queensland, and for many years lived at Warwich, where he was superintendent of the local Fire Brigade. For the past nine years Mr. Dobson has been a resident. He is a prominent Highlander, and recently strenuously opposed the abolition of the kilt when the Territorial scheme was inaugurated,
W. H. Hampton was born in Ashburton, and has resided in Wellington for eighteen years. He has been chairman of the Mitchelltown School Committee, president of the Trades Council for two terms, and chairman of the United Labour Party. By occupation he is at journeyman carpenter.
R. A. Wright has been resident in the city for thirty years, and is a partner in the printing firm of Wright and Carman. He first came before the public in 1903, when he was elected to the Licensing Bench. In 1908 he was elected to Parliament for South Wellington, but was defeated at the last poll. Mr. Wright is chairman of Nos. 2 and 3 Co-operative, Building Societies.
D. Moriarty is a native of Canterbury, and was educated at the Ashburton High School. He has resided in Wellington for six years, and is secretary of the Wellington Furniture Workers' Union and the Federated Furniture Trade Workers' Association. He is standing as an independent Labour candidate
W. C. Noot, a native of Swansea, Wales has resided in Wellington since 1894 and has been prominently identified with the Labour Party since that time. He is at present secretary of the Wellington Tramway Employers' Union, and has occupied the position of president of the Trades and Labour council.
Edward Tregear, who is again standing in the Labour interest, is the ex-Secretary of the Department of Labour. He is a native of Southampton, England, and arrived in New Zealand in 1863. He served in the New Zealand war and for a long period of years held important positions in the public service. Since he retired he has been chairman of two Royal Commissions. Mr. Tregear has been a voluminous writer and has published several books.
William T. Young, secretary of the Seamen's Union, Wellington Branch, was born at Karori, and for several years followed the calling of a seaman. In later years he has been a prominent figure in labour circles, being an expresident of the Trades and Labour Council.
The Evening Post 19th November 1942 shows
Obituary
Mr. L. S. W. McKenzie
The death occurred yesterday at his home in Dufferin Street, of one of Wellington's best known citizens, Mr. L. S. W. McKenzie. Some months ago he suffered a severe illness, but had been in much better health until quite recently, when he had again to give up his many activities. And they were many indeed, directed always to the advantage of the City of Wellington, from which the name of the McKenzie family has been inseparable from the first days of pioneer township. He was in his 66th year.
Len McKenzie - all elder and middle aged Wellington at least thought of him always by his christian name - was a son of Mr. T. W. McKenzie, who came here before there was any Wellington and took a great part in building the township that became the Capital City. Mr. T. W. McKenzie started Wellington's first newspaper, the "independent," later merged with the "Mail" and the "New Zealand Times," all gone now. No doubt that family association led the son to his attitude, over many years of candidature for the public office, of independence in ticket, thought, and action. He was not actively interested in general politics, but his record in local body and educational work is a long and full one.
He was born in the old family home, now the Harris Hospital, in Ghuznee Street, and went to Te Aro School and as one of the "old brigade" under Headmaster Firth, to Wellington Boys' College; boys at the college and old boys have lost a good friend by the death of Len McKenzie, for he was generous to them in thought, interest and in practical fashion. He was apprenticed to Mr. W. E. Woods, and on passing his examinations set up business in the old Opera House Pharmacy, moving later to Courtenay Place before retiring from business. On the professional side he was at various times president of the New Zealand Chemists' Association, secretary and treasurer of the Wellington Pharmaceutical Association, and member of the New Zealand Pharmacy Board.
His service at the City Council table went back to 1911, though there was a break of six or seven years when he travelled aboard, returning to Wellington towards the end of 1931. At the following municipal elections he again took office, and had since served on the main committees; he was particularly interested in the city milk supply, of which committee he was chair.
Among his other offices were the chairmanship for many years of the Wellington Colleges Board of Governors, president of the Old Boys' Association and their sports associations and at different periods membership of the Hospital Board, the Technical College Board of Governors, and Victoria College Council. He was much interested in building the records of old Wellington, as well as in the building of the new and Greater Wellington.
Mrs. McKenzie (nee Maguire) predeceased him some years ago. He leaves a son, Mr. Allan McKenzie, who is farming in Hawke's Bay, and a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Blake, Ngaio. His brothers are Mr. Earl McKenzie, Eastbourne, and Mr. J. W. McKenzie, Havelock North, and his sisters Mrs. H. A. Morris, Petone, Mrs. C. Harper, Wanganui, and Mrs. S. J. Gibbons, Hamilton.
The funeral service will be held at St. Mark's Church tomorrow at 2 p.m.
Note Article has a photo included
The Evening Post 19th November 1942 shows
McKenzie - On November 18, 1942, at his residence, 7a Dufferin St., Wellington, Leonard Stuart Wilmor McKenzie, beloved husband of the late Anne (sic) Spratt McKenzie; in his 66th year
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Funeral Notice
McKenzie - The Friends of the late Leonard Stuart Wilmer (sic) McKenzie, of 7a Dufferin St., are invited to attend his Funeral, which will leave St. Mark's Church, Dufferin St., Tomorrow (Friday), November 20, 1942, at the conclusion of a service which will commence at 2 p.m., for the Cemetery, Karori. E. Morris, Jun., Ltd., Funeral Directors, 25 Kent Tce
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N.Z. Pacific Lodge No. 2
McKenzie - The Brethan are invited to attend the Funeral of our late Bro. L. McKenzie, which will leave St. Mark's Church, after the service at 2 p.m., Friday, November 20, 1942. By Command of the W.M.
Karori Headstone Reads
In loving memory of Leonard Stuart Wilmor McKenzie died 18 November 1942 aged 66 years
Annie Spratt McKenzie beloved wife of Leonard S. W. McKenzie and mother of Allen and Margaret died 28 February 1933 aged 50 years