Shirley Anne WATKINS

1949 - 1968  (19 years)

• Name	Shirley Anne WATKINS
  Birth	1949  [1]
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	1968  [1]
  	Nurse, Timaru
  Death	05 Jan 1968	Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand   [1, 2]
  	Cause: Car accident near Christchurch
  Burial	09 Jan 1968	Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand   [3]
  Person ID	I11044	NZ Genealogy Project
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Ernest Evan WATKINS [Evan],   b. 13 Mar 1905, Little River, Canterbury, New Zealand d. 04 Jun 1991, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Ivy RUDD,   b. 11 Sep 1914   d. 14 Jul 1987, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	28 Sep 1944	New Zealand   [4, 5]
  Family ID	F3525	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Death - Cause: Car accident near Christchurch - 05 Jan 1968 - Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand Burial - 09 Jan 1968 - Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Headstones

  Headstone - Ernest E, Ivy and Shirley A Watkins In loving memory of Shirley Anne Watkins, died 5th Jan 1968 aged 18 years, result of an accident; Ivy Watkins, 1914 - 1987; loved wife of Ernest Evan, 1905 - 1991. Loved mother and father of Janice, Keith and Shirley. Plot: Block number: AN66, Plot number: 47

  
  

• Notes

  TWO DIE Accident At Chertsey Two Christchurch women were killed, when the car in which they were travelling was struck by the southbound rail-car on the Chertsey level crossing over the Main South Road at 6.45 p.m. yesterday. They were: Mary Josephine Denise Holmes, aged 33 single, a radiologist at the Timaru Hospital, whose parents are Mr and Mrs J. D. Holmes, of 24 Bishop Street, Christchurch; and Shirley Ann Watkins, also of the staff of the Timaru Hospital, whose parents live at 7 Bolton Avenue, Christchurch. The crossing is controlled by lights and bells. The car was described as a complete wreck by a Railways Department official after it had been carried about 40 yards down the track by the double-unit rail-car. Source: The Press,, 6 January 1968, Page 1. [6]

  
  

• Sources

  [S272] Doreen Corrick, A Watkins Family of New Zealand, (Doreen Corrick, 1988). [S789] Death Notice. WATKINS, Shirley Anne - On January 5, 1968, at Chertsey, dearly loved daughter of Evan and Ivy Watkins, 7 Bolton Avenue, Spreydon, and loved sister of Keith and Janice; aged 18 years. (Result of an accident.) The Funeral service will commence in our Chapel, 292 Cashel Street, Tomorrow (Tuesday), at 10.45 a.m., thence to the Walmairi Cemetery. WATKINS, Shirley Anne - Dearly loved sister of Janice, sister-in-law of Kelvin, aunt of Fiona. "This gate of the Lord into which the righteous shall enter." Published in The Press, 8 Jan 1968 [S243] Christchurch City Council Cemeteries Database, (Christchurch City Council). Surname: Watkins; First name(s): Shirley Anne; Date of death: Friday, 5 January 1968; Cemetery: Waimairi Cemetery; Date of burial: Tuesday, 9 January 1968; Block number: AN66; Plot number: 47; Age: 18 years [S172] NZ Marriages 1836-1956, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists, 2006). [S642] NZ BDM - Historical Records - DATES, (Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, New Zealand). [S691] Papers Past - The Press (Christchurch), (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), none.