1906 - 1968 (61 years)
Has 35 ancestors and 42 descendants in this family tree.
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| Name |
Irene BERKAHN |
| Birth |
24 Nov 1906 |
Wakarara, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand  [1, 2, 3] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
11 Jan 1968 |
Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand [1, 4, 5] |
| Burial |
15 Jan 1968 |
Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand [6] |
| Person ID |
I106 |
NZ Genealogy Project | BERKAHN Descendant |
| Last Modified |
28 Feb 2008 |
| Father |
Christian August BERKAHN, b. 26 Feb 1873, Jannerup, Thisted, Denmark d. 14 May 1942, Makotuku, Tararua, New Zealand (Age 69 years) |
| Mother |
Matilda Maria BECK [Tilder], b. 27 Sep 1876, Takapau, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand d. 03 Jul 1952, Dannevirke, Tararua, New Zealand (Age 75 years) |
| Marriage |
28 Feb 1894 |
Waipawa, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand [7, 8] |
| Residence |
From 1911 to 1952 |
Makotuku, Tararua, New Zealand [9] |
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| Family ID |
F80 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
David JONES [Jum], b. 26 Feb 1903, Woodville, Tararua, New Zealand d. 14 Dec 1991, Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand (Age 88 years) |
| Marriage |
21 Oct 1925 |
Makotuku, Tararua, New Zealand [1, 10, 11] |
| Children |
| + | 1. Desmond Stanley JONES [Des], b. 05 Apr 1926, Woodville, Tararua, New Zealand d. 10 Mar 2018, Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand (Age 91 years) |
| + | 2. Clarence David JONES [Clarrie], b. 17 May 1927, Woodville, Tararua, New Zealand d. 13 Mar 1986, Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand (Age 58 years) |
| | 3. Valerie Grace JONES [Val], b. 18 Dec 1929, Woodville, Tararua, New Zealand d. 10 Jun 2016, Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand (Age 86 years) |
| + | 4. Margaret Irene JONES, b. 07 Sep 1931, Woodville, Tararua, New Zealand d. 23 Nov 2021, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand (Age 90 years) |
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| Family ID |
F60 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2024 |
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| Notes |
BIOGRAPHYIrene Berkahn, the fifth daughter of Chris Berkahn and Matilda Beck, was born in 1906 at Wakarara (west of Waipawa). She attended Makotuku School near Norsewood where her parents settled and farmed. Irene worked as a maid and cook in a home near Woodville after leaving school. This was where she met her future husband, David Jones, who delivered mail from the Woodville Post Office. David also played rugby with Irene's older brother Francis and their team, the Woodville Seniors.
Irene married David Jones in 1925 at Makotuku near Norsewood. David obtained work at the Woodville Dairy Factory where he became butter maker. David and Irene had four children while living at Woodville: Desmond, born 1926; Clarence, born 1927; Valerie, born 1929; and Margaret, born 1931. In 1931 the Jones family moved from Woodville to Rangiwahia when David was appointed manager of the Rangiwahia butter factory. The family lived in the factory manager's house beside the factory. Irene was a skilled dressmaker and made clothes for her children. Other Rangiwahia mothers saw the children wearing their new clothes and asked Irene to make clothes for their children. The family had an automobile which allowed visits to grandparents in Woodville and Norsewood. Irene was a member of the Country Women's Institute. The children attended Rangiwahia School and both Desmond and Clarence worked in the dairy factory when they left school. Desmond was butter maker at the factory in 1955.
About 1950 Irene developed rheumatoid arthritis which gave her severe pain and limited her mobility. She undertook a year's treatment at Rotorua Hospital, including injections with ACTH and cortisone, but this did not improve her condition. Irene was restricted to a wheelchair when she returned from Rotorua and the District Nurse visited to assist with bathing.
In 1955 David and Irene moved to Gloucester Street in Palmerston North where David had built a house and shed. The shed was used as a factory for a knitwear business. Both Desmond and Clarance also moved to Palmerston North after having a house built, in Gloucester Street and Liverpool Street respectively. The knitwear business was managed by David, employed family members (Desmond, his wife Phyllis, and Clarence) plus two married women who lived in Gloucester Street and a traveller who sold the factory's clothing to retailers. Margaret, who married Graham Wallace in 1955, visited every day to do the housekeeping for her parents and cook a mid-day meal.
Irene died 11th January 1968 in Palmerston North Hospital and was buried in Kelvin Grove Cemetery, Palmerston North. David retired in 1970, closing the knitwear business. He died in 1991 in Palmerston North and was buried with Irene.
Source: Margaret Wallace, 2019.
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