WCC, Karori Cemetery, Burial Registers (Town Hall set)

Descriptive Data

Archives Identifier00220Date Range1892-1987DescriptionThere appear to have been two sets of burial registers for Karori Cemetery - one held at the Cemetery and the other at the Town Hall for reference. This is the Town Hall set. The registers cover the period 1892-1942 and 1964-1987, with a gap of 22 years. (The Karori Cemetery set is continuous.) The information they contain is in alphabetical order by first letter of surname, then by date of burial. It includes burial warrant number,date buried, name, age, last residence, rank or occupation, minister officiating and comments. Some entries include notes relating to burial fees and purchase of burial plots in burial number and date order up until 1902. From 1903 onwards registers are arranged in alphabetical order of first letter of surname and then in date order. This set appears partly to have attempted a kind of indexing as entries are not in strict register order, whereas the set of registers held at the Karori Cemetery are.Quantity (Linear Metres)2MediumVolumeCollection TypeWellington City Council

Register of Soldiers buried at Karori Cemetery, Circa 1900-Circa 1945

Burial Register for Karori Cemetery, 1964-1987

Burial Register for Karori Cemetery, 1934-1942

Burial Register for Karori Cemetery, 1926-1934

Burial Register for Karori Cemetery, 1918-1925

Burial Register for Karori Cemetery, 1909-1918

Burial Register for Karori Cemetery, 1903-1909

Burial Register for Karori Cemetery, 1892-1902

Series

WCC, Karori Cemetery, Burial Registers (Sexton's set)

WCC, Karori Cemetery, Burial Deeds

Document

Material collected by Mr Horman of the Karori Cemetery while compiling the Register of Soldiers Burials in Karori Cemetery

Access Information

Restriction StatusOpen

Related Agencies

Controlling/Creating AgencyWellington City CorporationRelationship Date Range1870-

Administrative Data

Described ByTrove 2019Date of Description30/5/2019Registration StandardDraftAdditional NotesAcquisition notes: The Sexton's office at Karori Cemetery holds a complete set of registers for Karori cemetery as well as a database of all known burials in cemeteries looked after by the WCC since 1849. Registers held by WCC Archives are believed to have originally been held at the Town Hall although they were transferred from the Sexton at Karori Cemetery. Useful information about the Karori Cemetery may also be found in cemetery correspondence series 00241, 00253, 00254 and 00255.

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WCC, Karori Cemetery, Burial Registers (Town Hall set)