Sydenham Cemetery
Simeon Street, Christchurch NZ

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ADAMS - Arthur Basil d. 4 Feb. 1965 age 81 & photo 4376
ADAMS - Isabella d. 31 March 1974 age 81
ADKINS - Marion d. 5 April 1926 age 49 - photo 0006
ADKINS - George d. 26 July 1948 age 71 see FIELD

ALBRECHT - George Henry d. 17 Nov. 1904 age 59 & photo 4404
ALBRECHT - Mary Ann d. 2 April 1910 age 53

ALLAN - Teresa Margaret d. 7 March 1944 age 58 wife of Leonard - photo 4370

ANDERSON - Agnes Elizabeth d.1 March 1925 age 41 & photo 0137
ANDERSON - Ivy Mildred d. 28 Jan. 1910 age 13mths

ARNETT - Charles H of Mataura d. 18 Nov. 1903 age 37 - photo 4413

ATTWOOD - Julia d. 9 Oct. 1910 age 79 wife of late Thomas - photo 0138

AUSTIN - Lavinia (nee Davey) d. 14 July 1913 age 84 - photo 0075
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BAILEY - Mary Ellen b. 1864 - 14 May 1944 age 80 &photo 4398
BAILEY - Charles b. 1833 - 12 June 1944 age 89
BAKER - Jane b. 27/8/1813 - 20 May 1896 age 83 see EDWARDS - photo 4395

BAKER - Herbert H d. 6 Sept. 1907 age 21 & photo 4401 & photo 4402
BAKER - Sgt. Leonard d. of wounds Cairo 20 Aug. 1915 age 25 &
BAKER - Sgt. A. Stanley killed at Messines 7 June 1917 age 30 &
BAKER - Edith Mary d. 20 Dec. 1920 age 40 &
BAKER - Elizabeth Harold d. 10 July 1924 age 72 &
BAKER - Edward d. 5 Sept. 1935 age 85

BAMBERY - James S d. 15 Oct. 1908 age 43 & photo 0047
BAMBERY - Margaret Louise d. 5 Aug. 1928 age 52

BARTER - Ivy Myrtle d. 1 Nov. 1905 age 11yrs & photo 0089
BARTER - Robert d. 9 May 1913 age 52 &
BARTER - Julie d. 24 Feb. 1931 age 72

BENHAM - James William d. 30 Nov. 1896 age 26 - photo 4392
late Hammersmith, Eng. hus. of Louisa see MARKS

BEST - Ellen d. 1 March 1908 age 48 & photo 0100
BEST - Frederick d. 22 Dec, 1927 age 74

BETTS - George d. 16 April 1908 age 68 & photo 4389
BETTS - Mary d. 5 Feb. 1917 age 79 &
BETTS - James Rice b. 1873 - 1938 &
BETTS - Mary Jane d. 18 Feb. 1953 age 77

BLACKBURN - Judith Helen d. 3 Jan. 1947 age 1yr 8mths - photo 0002
see LANYON & JACOBSEN

BLACKBURN - Richard d. 2 Jan. 1911 age 51 & photo 0107
BLACKBURN - Jessie Isabella d. 14 July 1918 age 59

BEER - Douglas d. 22 Nov. 1977 age 68 hus. of Muriel see HARMAN - photo 0044

BOULTON - Joseph d. 29 April 1907 age 61 & photo 0009
BOULTON - Eliza d. 16 June 1927 age 80 &
BOULTON - Albert J b. 1880 - 1952

BOULTON - John d. 24 July 1915 age 77 - photo 0056
see SMITH & BROWNIE

BOWDEN - Nicholas K & photo 0103
BOWDEN - Elizabeth &
BOWDEN - Bessie Ethel

BRAY - Alice Maud d. 1 Aug. 1953 age 75 wife of late Daniel - photo 0094 & 0095
see TRENBATH & MITCHELL

BRIDGES - Clara b. 1873 - 17 July 1951 & photo 4414
BRIDGES - Charles Henry b. 1872 - 28 Aug. 1941 &
BRIDGES - Leonard d. 19 April 1922 age 10yrs &
BRIDGES - Reginald d. 13 July 1923 age 15yrs

BRITTEN - Catherine Louisa d. 28 Jan. 1943 age 83 see RIGBY - photo 0120

BROAD - William H d. 5 April 1919 age 73 & Molly - photo 0085
BROWN - Frederick A d. 7 June 1946 age 67 & photo 0078
BROWN - Mary A. d. 12 Nov. 1952 age 91 see EVERITT & WATKINSON

BROWNIE - Jennifer Kay d. 24 Jan. 1952 age 17mths - photo 0056

BUSHBY - Bridget d. 9 May 1901 age 75 & photo 0112
BUSHBY - Richard d. 30 May 1967 age 91


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CADMAN - Joseph d. 7 July 1919 age 30 - photo 0023

CALVERT - Rita Maud age 3mths (d. 19 Jan. 1904 age 3mths) - photo 0024
CAYGILL - John Allott d. 18 Feb. 1899 age 42 & photo 0022
CAYGILL - Martha d. 25 Feb. 1902 age 53 & dau.
CAYGILL - Susan Maud d. 24 Feb. 1959 age 72 (cremated) &
CAYGILL - Mabel d. 11 Feb. 1960 age 75 &
CAYGILL - Dora Isabel d. 17 March 1961 age 81

CHALLINOR - Will d. 29 Jan. 1915 age 58 & photo 0042
CHALLINOR - Elizabeth d. 10 Oct. 1915 interred Auckland

CHAMMAN - Adelaide Emma d. 26 Jan. 1907 age 22 - photo 0037
daughter of William & Annie BAILEY

CHAPLIN - Lewis Cyril d. 22 Sept. 1915 age 2yrs 6mths - photo 0105

CHAPMAN - Alice Maud d. 8 Nov. 1902 age 23 wife of James - photo 0017

CHAPMAN - Henry James d. 5 Nov. 1906 age 64 & photo 0036
CHAPMAN - Helen Burleigh d. 23 Sept. 1925 age 89

CHAPMAN - Clother Gold Huia d. 5 Dec. 1908 age 3yrs 6mths - photo 4418

CLARKE - Leonard Stafford acc. killed 4 April 1906 age 24 - photo 0039

CLEMENTS - Charles d. 28 April 1903 age 50 & photo 0050
CLEMENTS - Alice Layman Rachel d. 20 May 1923 age 74

CLOSE - James d. 6 Sept. 1904 age 74 & photo 4430
CLOSE - Mary d. 9 Jan. 1916 age 72 &
CLOSE - Charles Henry d. 15 April 1917 age 49 see HODGE & McALLISTER

COGLE - Laurence - acc. killed 19 Aug. 1912 age 42 - photo 0097

COLE - Charlotte d. 4 Dec. 1898 age 63 & photo 0139
COLE - Arthur d. 7 Oct. 1923 age 88 & dau.
COLE - Jessie Charlotte d. 24 Nov. 1903 age 43

COMBER - Charles d. 16 Dec. 1914 age 68 & photo 0121
COMBER - Kate Ada d. 13 Oct. 1933 age 80
COMBER - Louisa Annie d. 7 Sept.1901 age 16 &
COMBER - Beatrice Ethel d. 4 April 1916 age 29

COPPLESTONE - Ernest d. 3 Aug.1906 age 28 & photo 0110
COPPLESTONE - Elizabeth d. 4 Jan. 1927 age 77

COX - Sarah d. 2 Oct. 1907 age 77 & photo 0061
COX - George d. 4 Aug. 1922 age 86

COX - Rose d 3 Jan. 1901 age 48 & photo 0109
COX - Issac d. Dec. 1883 age 42 interred Southbridge see FISK

CRAWLEY - Grace Louise d. 1 Aug. 1897 age 7yrs & photo 0064
CRAWLEY - Mary d. 3 June 1921 age 58 &
CRAWLEY - William d. 2 April 1935 age 73 &
CRAWLEY - Margaret d. 3 Sept. 1938 age 45


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DAVIES - Lucy Ann d. 30 Sept. 1944 age 71 & photo 0021
DAVIES - Henry Smith d. 4 April 1947 age 79
DAWSON - Thomas d. 7 March 1907 age 20 & photo 0098
DAWSON - Nellie d. 15 May 1907 age 26
DEYELL - George d, 24 May 1901 age 61 & photo 0026
DEYELL - Margaret d. 21 May 1926 age 84 &
DEYELL - William d. 11 July 1866 age 2yrs &
DEYELL - Lucy d. 9 June 1881 age 9mths

DEYELL - Henrietta Kate (nee Griffiths) d. 7 Oct. 1910 age 32 & hus. photo 0027
DEYELL - George jnr d. 22 Aug. 1946 age 67

DEYELL - Joseph d. 26 Dec. 1936 age 69 & photo 0028
DEYELL - Alice Bella d. 15 Oct. 1949 age 76 &
DEYELL - Paul Clifford b. 23 Oct. 1919 - 6 March 2012 - photo 0029

DODDS - Berthe Celestine b. 1899 - 1928 see SCOTT - photo 0020

DUNCAN - Stella Greta b. 23 March 1910 - 23 Dec. 1995 & photo 0122
DUNCAN - Graeme William b. 11 Dec. 1945 - 19 Jan. 2001


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EDWARDS - Mary d. 1 Aug. 1898 age 2 days & photo 4395 & 4396
EDWARDS - Eli d. 7 June 1906 age 61 see BAKER
EDWARDS - Lance Cpl Walter killed in action Messines 7 July 1917 age 20

ELLIS - Arthur E d. 17 March 1913 age 2yrs 3 mths see PICKLES - photo 0123
EVANS - Charles Martin d. 5 July 1903 age 66 - photo 0068
EVANS - Sarah Ann b. 20 Nov. 1851 - 16 Feb. 1915 & photo 0129
EVANS - John d. 27 Dec. 1926 age 71
EVERETT - Moses acc. killed 5 Nov. 1913 age 56 & sons photo 0078
EVERETT - Stanley Edward d. 27 Aug. 1898 age 10mths &
EVERETT - Ernest Albert Edward 6yrs 6mths see WATKINSON & BROWN

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FAIRCLOUGH - Kenneth d. 29 March 1911 age 2yrs 7mths - photo 0078
FIELD - Harriet d. 10 Sept. 1911 age 69 & photo 0006
FIELD - John b. 1850 - 23 July 1932
FIELD - Annie d. 12 May 1913 age 59 photo 0052 & 0053
FIELD - William d. 7 Oct. 1936 age 84
FIELD - Albert d. May 1919 age 38
FIELD - Harry d. June 1964 age 83 & Moira age 3 days
FINLAY - David b. 1823 - 1902 & - photo 4368
FINLAY - Mary b. 1832 - 1904 &
FINLAY - Bridget b. 1855 - 1898 &
FINLAY - Margaret b. 1867 - 1923 &
FINLAY - John b. 1875 - 1912
FISK - Ivy Clema d. 11 June 1903 age 1yr 9mths see COX - photo 0109

FITZGERALD - Marie d. 29 March 1906 age 55 & photo 4370 & 4371
FITZGERALD - Richard d. 27 March 1937 age 85 &
FITZGERALD - Henry d. Tasmania 23 Dec. 1937 see ALLAN

FOWLER - Leonard d. 10 Dec. 1898 age 6mths & photo 0069
FOWLER - Kenneth d. 17 Jan. 1903 age 66

FRASER - John d. 16 April 1905 age 26 hus. of Alice - photo 0032

FRENCH - William Henry d. 8 Oct. 1914 age 68 & photo 0011
FRENCH - Mary d. 25 Oct. 1940 age 79 & son
FRENCH - Stanley age 40

FRENCH - Harriet d. 11 July 1920 age 65 & photo 0018
FRENCH - Richard d. 18 Feb. 1930 age 79 & dau.
FRENCH - Christina d. 10 Dec. 1949


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GAY- Doris Muriel d. 19 June 1903 age 1yr & photo 0062
GAY - Edward John d. 20 March 1911 age 40
GRIFFITHS - Samuel - photo 0025

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HADFIELD - Emma b. 1853 - 1928 & photo 0013
HADFIELD - John d. 19 March 1937 age 79

HALL - Mary d. 20 Oct. 1904 age 68 wife of John see HERBERT - photo 0003

HAMMETT - Esther d. 17 May 1913 age 52 & photo 0004
HAMMETT - John d. 29 Dec. 1936 age 79 see OWERS

HARMAN - Emma Jane b. 1876 - 4 June 1951 & photo 0044
HARMAN - Harry Cornelius b. 1874 - 7 April 1956 &
HARMAN - Harry Percival William d. 18 Jan. 1907age 15mths see BEER

HENRY - Mary Anne d. 19 Sept. 1917 age 65 see SMITH - photo 0035

HERBERT - Irene Lillian d. 26 Oct. 1908 age 3yrs - photo 0003
HERBERT - Lily d. 19 March 1951 age 69 &
HERBERT - William Edward d. 2 April 1967 age 86 see HALL

HUMPHREY - Ivis Alice d. 30 July 1984 age 73 see SMITH - photo 0008

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JACOBSEN - Beatrice A b. 1887 - 1956 see LANYON & BLACKBURN

JEWELL - George Beer of Parkham, Devon d. 28 June 1899 age 48 & photo 0016
JEWELL - Annie Beatrice d. Oamaru 11 Aug. 1911 age 44 wife of Chas.

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KING - William b. 1865 - 13 Dec. 1943 & photo 0007
KING - Arthur d. active service 1918 &
KING - William Gordon d. 24 Dec. 1991 age 86 hus. of Muriel &
KING - Dyddgha Annie b. 1900 - 10 Jan. 1990 see MUZZELL

KITE - Frederick W d; 19 Nov. 1916 age 42 see SMITH - photo 0073

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LANYON - Ruth Geraldine d. 20 Aug. 1897 age 35 & photo 0002
LANYON - David Rowland d. 17 March 1929 age 76
see JACOBSEN & BLACKBURN
LAWRY - Samuel b. Aug. 1884 - July 1933 & photo 0010
LAWRY - Jessie McHardie b. Aug. 1860 - Aug. 1920
LAWRY - Raymond Alexander Reid of Kenya d. Chch 20 Jan 1938 age 46

LEACH - Eliza b 1848 - 14 June 1932 age 84 - photo 4398

LYES - Mary Elizabeth d. 9 Sept. 1913 age 28 wife of Amos see PEARCE - photo 0041


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MARKS - Adelaide d. 1 July 1925 age 72 & photo 4392
MARKS - William Durham d. 4 March 1927 age 71 see BENHAM

McINTYRE - David d. 19 April 1928 age 93 & photo 0045
McINTYRE - Matilda d. 19 Sept. 1941 age 86 &
McINTYRE - William d. 9 Sept. 1903 age 16yrs 9mths

MITCHELL - Martha Ann d. 13 April 1952 wige og G H - photo 0094 & 0095
see BRAY & TRENBATH

MUZZELL - Fanny d. 22 July 1929 age 78 wife of Walter see KING - photo 0007



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OWERS - Doreen May (nee Hammell) b. 1920 - 1995 wife of David - photo 0004


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PEARCE - Catherine d. 7 July 1907 age 63 see LYES - photo 0041

PICKLES - Arthur d. 5 Oct. 1910 age 20 see ELLIS - photo 0123
PRINGLE - Marion Rose d. 31 Jan. 1905 age 22 wife of Andrew - photo 0031


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RIGBY - Annie Mary d. 15 Jan. 1913 age 29 & photo 0120
RIGBY - William Henry d. 8 Jan. 1945 age 83 see BRITTEN -
ROBERTS - John d. 6 Dec. 1905 age 50 - photo 0033
ROBERTS - Eliza d. 23 Aug. 1929 age 73

RUSSELL - William d. 25 Nov. 1897 age 77 & son - photo 0014
RUSSELL - Malcolm McCallum d. 27 May 1903 age 47


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SCOTT - Richard Linton d. 15 Aug. 1927 age 61 & photo 0019
SCHULTZ - Mary Jane d. 28 June 1911 age 29 & photo 0122
SCHULTZ - Francis Alexander d. 3 Aug. 1964 age 78

SCOTT - Berthe Adeline d. 12 March 1938 age 75 & son
SCOTT - Robert Jean d. 2 Aug. 1951 age 60

SCOTT - Lilly Lintern b. 1894 - 1971 & photo 0020
SCOTT - Shirley b. 1920 - 2014 see DODDS

SEDMAN - Vera Laura d. 18 Feb. 1905 age 1mth & photo 0034
SEDMAN - Laura d. 12 Oct. 1929 age 52 &
SEDMAN - Alfred d. 27 April 1947 age 70

SINCLAIR - Annie d. 8 March 1917 age 77 & photo 0005
SINCLAIR - James d. 18 Sept. 1927 age 92

SLEEMAN - Mary Anne Maud d. 18 July 1905 age 16 - photo 0038

SMITH - James Lawrence b. 1905 - 1939 & photo 0008
SMITH - James Enoch d. 6 Nov. 1954 age 75 &
SMITH - Beatrice Emily d. 26 Dec. 1955 age 75 see HUMPHREY

SMITH - Joseph d. 5 Aug. 1903 age 52 see HENRY - photo 0035

SMITH - Walter G b. 1878 - 1939 & photo 0056
SMITH - Ada Jessie Esther b. 1882 - 1963 see BROWNIE & BOULTON

SMITH - Emily L d. 17 Feb. 1972 age 93 see KITE - photo 0073


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TRENBATH - Mary d. 20 Nov. 1907 age 67 & photo 0094 & 0095 & 0096
TRENBATH - Henry d. 24 Nov. 1908 age 62 &
TRENBATH - John Henry d. 27 April 1913 age 31 see BRAY & MITCHELL

TREVENA - John d. 26 May 1898 age 46 & photo 0072
TREVENA - Elizabeth Ann d. 28 June 1934 age 84

THROP - Hannah b. Yorkshire, d. 30 June 1898 age 46 &photo 0015
THROP - Benjamin d. 4 Feb. 1921 age 72


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WATSON - Helena Rose b. 1879 - 1931 & photo 0109
WATSON - Lawrence Raymond d. 1 Feb. 1912 age 15mths &
WATSON - Frank d. 26 Aug. 1956 age 83

WEAR - John Henry d. 1 May 1917 age 60 & photo 0012
WEAR - Amelia d. 2 Jan. 1928 age 64 &
WEAR - Harold Roy b. 1905 - 1993 &
WEAR - Esma J Campbell b. 1908 - 1989

WHITING - Lydia d. 29 July 1906 wife of late Albert Edward - photo 0040

WARD - Mary b. 1845 - 24 July 1904 wife of Frederick - photo 0036

WILKINSON - Douglas Winston d. 26 Feb. 1909 age 14mths - photo 0046