In Loving Memory

Tuesday, 17 June 2025

Wilhelmina Ross, (1850-17/7/1923). "the Taieri Fasting Girl"

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The  Taieri Fasting Girl  has been “interviewed” by the reporter of the Bruce Herald, who describes her as lying motionless as a corpse with...

Margaret Cutler, (1874-6/4/1878). "a very dangerous habit"

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We have received intelligence of a fatal accident that happened at Waitahuna on Friday. It appears that a girl named  Margaret Cutler,  daug...

William Gilbert Crane, (1925-8/5/1950). "as long as we have tractors"

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  MAN KILLED WHEN RUN OVER BY DISCS (P.A.) WAIPUKURAU. May 10. Believed to have been knocked off a bridge seat by a piece of scrub a tractor...

George Frederick Robert Hall, (1920-23/12/1934). "a deeper part"

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BOY DROWNED WHILE BATHING.  DUNEDIN, December 23.  A boy,  George  Frederick Robert  Hall,  was drowned at  Waitahuna  while bathing this mo...
Sunday, 15 June 2025

5979 Trooper Robert Alexander Williamson, (1879-27/2/1906). "half of the crown wheel"

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WELCOME HOME SOCIAL.  A WELCOME HOME SOCIAL will be given to Sergeant-Farrier Crozier and  Trooper Williamson  in the Good Templars' Hal...

William Auld, (1835-13/3/1890). "sudden and tragic in its nature"

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  [By Telegraph.] [UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Dunedin, This Day.  News has been received that  William Auld,  storekeeper, has died from an ...
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Otago Taphophile
A taphophile is a "lover of cemeteries." Of course, there are many other aspects to my life but the stories to be found connected to epitaphs in local (and not so local) cemeteries have interested me for a while, and are now the basis of my business, which can be found at: https://darkestdunedin.co.nz/ The epitaph which inspired me to find the stories lies on the ground of Dunedin's Southern Cemetery and includes in its inscription the words "brutally murdered." I haven't covered this one as I write but it's one hell of a story. UPDATE Having reached 1500 stories, I will try and make this blog a little more searchable. I also note that many photos I've used from the Hocken collection are showing s completely different to the ones I uploaded. I assume this is due somehow to the recent additions to their collection.
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