If you have been following our blogs, you'll know we have been on a deep dive into the history of the Free Ground burials at Timaru Cemetery. I thought I might try and learn about some of them.. here is the progress.. maybe you would like to join this history hunt?
These are 222 people are listed in order of burial date. I haven't included the names of the still born babies.
Miller, George 30 Years 27 Feb 1863 , all I could find was his name listed in the newspaper for unclaimed letters.
Peters, William 37 Years 18 Apr 1863
Connor, Cornelius 30 Years 14 Jul 1863 Murdered on a Winters night at Mason’s Accommodation House
Day, Joseph Ashe 49 Years 21 Jul 1863
Hammond, John 47 Years 19 Sep 1863 Listed in death notices as a carpenter ~ an article about a beating, could this be him? ~ un-claimed letters
Steer, William 22 Years 10 Jan 1864 (Mt Hay's Station, Mackenzie Country. says he was 28?)
Crowhurst, Charles 28 Years 14 May 1864 died May 7 at Timaru Hospital aged 28
Drake, Robert Edward 50 Years 18 Oct 1864 Died by suicide
Sherratt, Clara 1 Jan 1869 ?
Cameron, Duncan 39 Years 24 May 1869 The-courage-of-duncan-cameron
Newton, Unknown 21 Nov 1869
Blackmore, John 16 Jul 1870 perhaps owned an inn at Otaio
Chandler, Nathaniel 38 Years 22 Oct 1870 at 22 Barnard Street, Aged 38 Years, shop burned down, and he was in trouble financially
McLennan, Murdoch 55 Years 9 Apr 1873 (Criterion Hotel has a McLennan as a propietor, but it is Donald, not Murdoch) https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18730514.2.18.1
Hoare, William 38 Years 20 Apr 1873
Bottomley, Thomas 41 Years 25 Apr 1873 thomas-bottomley-41-yrd-died-25-apr-1873-timaru-s-bellman
Jackson, Annie 11 Jun 1873
Gould, Edward 8 Years 23 Jul 1873 - Killed by a fall from a horse, Edward, son of Edward James Gould, Waterfalls, Opuhi.
Thompson, William 39 Years 18 Nov 1873
Campbell, John 58 Years 25 Nov 1873
Burgess, Frederick 10 Years 29 Nov 1873
Carey, Edward 15 Sep 1874
Chapman, Emily 1 Sep 1874
Coles, Mary 10 Aug 1874
Ellis, Christina 38 Years 19 Jun 1874
Goodman, Infant 22 Sep 1874
Lincoln, Harriet 25 Aug 1874
Moffat, Thomas 38 Years 13 Sep 1874
Potter, Matthew 6 Jul 1874
Shipley, Eliza 30 Years 9 Jul 1874
Brehon, John 40 Years 9 May 1874
Breach, Henry 21 Years 9 Dec 1874
Cooper, Charles 11 Dec 1874
Corbette, James 5 Nov 1874
Menn, Leonard 63 Years 2 Dec 1874
Bent, Susan 30 Years 19 Oct 1874
Anderson, Elizabeth 28 Years 22 Jan 1875
Boyce, William James 11 Jan 1875
Caswell, Elizabeth 30 Jan 1875
Jackson, Thomas 49 Years 20 Apr 1875
Wilkinson, Richard John 48 Years 15 Mar 1875
Best, Henry 16 Years 30 Mar 1875
Hoare, Henry 40 Years 13 Mar 1875
Russell, Alice 3 Years 1 Jun 1875
Vining, John 65 Years 29 May 1875
Baker, Alice 27 Jan 1879
Barber, Marrion 39 Years 24 Dec 1875
Black, Robert 24 Years 29 Nov 1875
Drake, Reuben 2 Years 17 Nov 1875
Tacon, Alice Elizabeth 20 Dec 1875
Day, Stillborn 0 Years 26 Jun 1876
Weedon, William 30 Years 26 Feb 1876
Beal, Annie B 2 Years 4 Feb 1876
Scott, Infant 8 Feb 1876
Bash, Louis 12 May 1876
Beckingsale, George 27 Years 27 May 1876
Brown, William 27 Years 21 Jun 1876
Cox, Ann 20 Jun 1876
Grace, Sophia 26 Years 24 Jun 1876
Hall, Joseph 36 Years 30 May 1876
Harsly, Emily 21 Years 8 Jan 1876
Husband, James Percy 16 Jun 1876
Miller, John 38 Years 30 Jun 1876
Dinnell, William 11 Dec 1876
Jones, Arthur Peter Lloyd 2 Years 15 Nov 1876
Speedy, John William 33 Years 7 Feb 1876
Bennett, David 35 Years 15 Mar 1877
Chisholm, Cuthbert 9 Feb 1877
Coleman, James 5 Years 12 Nov 1877
Collins, Michael 5 Years 18 Sep 1877
Denell, Alex 20 May 1877
Finlayson, Mary Ann 3 Years 28 Jan 1877
Hallow, Edward J 26 Mar 1877
Horne, Edwin George 11 Feb 1877
Jenkins, Henry John 16 Nov 1877 was in business with nathaniel chandler who died-1870. He died in-1877-were in business together when their stored burned down.
Kennedy, John 48 Years 3 Apr 1877
Lamb, John 19 Oct 1877
Loudin, F G 8 Aug 1877
Matthews, John Samuel 24 Jul 1877
Patrick, Joseph 0 Years 17 Mar 1877
Pountley, Charles James 15 Years 25 Apr 1877
Smith, Thomas 25 Years 21 Apr 1877
Bussell, Edward 8 Years 20 Mar 1877
Brent, George 49 Years 12 Sep 1877
Butler, Francis 14 Sep 1877
Newell, William 17 May 1877
Smith, Walter 4 Sep 1877
Jones, Llewellyn 34 Years 10 Sep 1877
Calman, Emily 36 Years 3 May 1878
Connelly, Arthur 23 Years 4 Sep 1878
Devolin, Walter 12 Sep 1878
Fynmore, Bridgett 41 Years 30 Jul 1878
Hart, George 27 Years 16 Sep 1878
Hawkins, Frederick 2 Sep 1878
Hollow, Mabel Jane 14 Jun 1878
Lammer, Eliza 27 Feb 1878
Matthews, Mary 5 Oct 1878
Meades, Maria 38 Years 12 Jul 1878
Mann, Joseph 3 Years 19 Aug 1878
Plummer, William 29 Apr 1878
Powell, Owen 4 Feb 1878
Richardson, Charles 10 Aug 1878
Rodgers, Thomas 11 May 1878
Scott, Robert 6 Mar 1878
Shean, John 55 Years 28 Mar 1878
Skeats, George 45 Years 3 Jun 1878
Webb, Annie 31 May 1878
Brooks, Thomas 54 Years 2 Sep 1878
Langdon, Elizabeth Ada Parnell 19 Dec 1878
Morgan, William 30 Years 10 Dec 1878
Ramsbottom, Ellen 29 Years 30 Nov 1878
Thomas, Eliza Annie 36 Years 12 Nov 1878
Bashford, Minnie 18 Oct 1878
Bennett, Joseph 75 Years 8 Oct 1889
Massey, Lily Lisette 3 Mar 1889
Bradley, Frederick Marmaduke 9 Jul 1893
Lukey, Sarah 74 Years 9 Sep 1892
Edwards, Annie Bath 18 Years 17 Mar 1891
Finlay, James 33 Years 18 Jun 1891
Thompson, John 60 Years 1 Jul 1890
Underhill, Lucy Isabella 10 Dec 1899
Terrace, Douglas 9 Jul 1900
Philip, Mary Jane 37 Years 12 Oct 1905
Naismith, Una 36 Years 4 Sep 1907
Pogson, William 61 Years 10 Apr 1907
Philip, Caroline 29 May 1908
Hayward, Infant 9 Jul 1908
Smith, Thomas John 36 Years 11 Aug 1909
Stevens, Iris 14 Sep 1910
Kidd, James 23 Sep 1912
Kidd, Mary 9 Sep 1912
Morry, Stillborn 3 Jul 1912
Cunningham, Stillborn 0 Years 13 Dec 1911
Leeming, Stillborn 7 Jul 1915
Tovey, Harry 65 Years 20 Jul 1915
Williams, Nellie 39 Years 25 May 1915
Eaton, Arthur 70 Years 24 Jun 1915
Forster, M 65 Years 26 Mar 1915
Shuker, Samuel 17 Oct 1914
Halkett, Jessie 25 Apr 1913
Wilken, Edith 38 Years 7 Apr 1913
O'Keefe, Stillborn 0 Years 29 Jul 1913
Geddes, McCallum 71 Years 4 Jan 1916
Sinclair, John 84 Years 8 Sep 1916
Palmer, William House 75 Years 15 Dec 1916
Chalmers, James 62 Years 11 Aug 1916
Houlihan, Thomas 50 Years 10 Mar 1916
Burns, Infant 1 Jun 1916
Taylor, George Henry 38 Years 3 Jun 1916
Neil, John 74 Years 12 Jan 1918
Fleming, James 58 Years 22 Jun 1918
Cummin, R 64 Years 20 Jul 1918
Pringle, Matilda 7 May 1917
Saunders, Alfred 80 Years 17 Jan 1917
Appelly, John 87 Years 10 Mar 1917
Hewitt, Joseph 54 Years 3 Sep 1917
Atherton, Richard 79 Years 3 Apr 1919
Nicholas, L B 84 Years 4 Apr 1919
Blake, William 55 Years 17 May 1919
Milne, Robert 84 Years 20 May 1919
Nutsford, Priscilla Jane 49 Years 19 Mar 1920
Bennett, Frederick 74 Years 1 Oct 1920
McKenzie, Alexander 69 Years 1 Oct 1920
Massey, Arthur 30 Years 11 Jan 1921
Ritchie, William 17 Jan 1921
Lyne, Stillborn 0 Years 28 Jun 1921
McGregor, Hugh 62 Years 28 Jul 1921
Osborn, William Thomas 77 Years 24 Aug 1921
Jennings, Stillborn 0 Years 18 Oct 1921
Smith, James 70 Years 30 Nov 1921
Loden, Kenny 75 Years 17 Dec 1921
Tanner, Louisa 48 Years 7 Jan 1922
Facey, Arthur James 42 Years 3 Jul 1922
Ritchie, Mary 6 May 1922
Parry, Henry John 66 Years 18 Aug 1922
Rains, Samuel 72 Years 12 Aug 1922
Stewart, Harriet 69 Years 20 Oct 1922
Vincent, Ebenezer 24 Years 4 Oct 1922
Wise, Matthew 70 Years 3 Oct 1923
Rusledge, Thomas 60 Years 23 Oct 1923
Unknown, Infant 23 Feb 1925
Hanna, William 74 Years 22 Jan 1925
White, Philip 45 Years 2 Feb 1925
Sayle, William 72 Years 1 Apr 1925
Ryder, Infant 18 Jul 1925
Murray, George 83 Years 24 Jun 1925
Day, Robert 96 Years 3 Jul 1925
Franerson, Peter 74 Years 9 Sep 1925
Johns, William 74 Years 29 Sep 1925
Waugh, William 57 Years 6 Oct 1924
Taylor, John 43 Years 21 Oct 1924
Morfey, Leslie William 1 Years 21 Oct 1924
Young, Lou 4 Jun 1924
Parker, Colin Gordon 3 Years 16 Aug 1924
Earneo, Alfred 73 Years 21 Jul 1926
McRobbie, John 108 Years 15 Jun 1926
McCutcheon, Arthur 72 Years 30 Jun 1926
Houston, John 67 Years 20 Sep 1926
Peddie, M 67 Years 11 Sep 1926
Lane, William 84 Years 11 Aug 1926
Hocking, Isaac 70 Years 20 Oct 1926
Unknown, Infant 0 Years 11 Aug 1925
Henderson, Stillborn 0 Years 11 Aug 1925
O'Halloran, Thomas 71 Years 23 Feb 1927
Newman, Frederick William 90 Years 13 Sep 1927
Loach, Mary 28 May 1927
Weingott, Infant 0 Years 11 Jul 1927
Johnson, John 75 Years 8 Jul 1927
Armstrong, Stillborn 0 Years 30 Jul 1927
Doran, Patrick 63 Years 9 Sep 1929
Weatherly, Richard Adam 62 Years 29 Aug 1928
DeValley, Joseph 72 Years 2 Jul 1928
Richardson, Infant 0 Years 5 Jul 1928
Swain, Stillborn 0 Years 3 Sep 1928
Rowlands, William 0 Years 21 Nov 1928
Main, James 84 Years 6 Jul 1929
Mill, Harry 11 Jul 1929
Menzies, John 68 Years 16 Aug 1929
Boardley, Douglas 18 Jun 1929
Waitin, Alfred 76 Years 4 Jun 1929
McWhirk, William Stavely 81 Years 25 Mar 1929
McPherson, P 14 Mar 1929
Doran, Patrick 63 Years 9 Sep 1929