Gladys POULGRAIN

1891 - 1942  (51 years)

• Name	Gladys POULGRAIN
  Birth	26 Jul 1891	Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	09 Dec 1942	Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand   [1, 2]
  Burial	11 Dec 1942	Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand   [1]
  Person ID	I19113	NZ Genealogy Project
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2020

  
  

  Father	George POULGRAIN,   b. 11 Nov 1852, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia d. 29 Nov 1937, Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Annie Guthriel McCONNELL,   b. 04 Aug 1862, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland d. 17 Nov 1933, Upper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	28 Dec 1887	Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand   [2, 3]
  Family ID	F6492	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Henry Edmond WILLSON,   b. 24 Jul 1887, Manutuke, Gisborne, New Zealand d. 08 Sep 1962, Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	06 Dec 1911	Makaraka, Gisborne, New Zealand   [2, 4, 5, 6]
  Children	+ 1. Gerald Edmond WILLSON,   b. 06 Sep 1912, Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand d. 28 Aug 1974, Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand (Age 61 years)   2. Leone Adetha WILLSON,   b. 25 Apr 1914, Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand d. 24 Mar 2001, Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand (Age 86 years) + 3. Ronald French WILLSON,   b. 14 Jul 1915   d. 26 Mar 1978 (Age 62 years)   4. Sylvie WILLSON,   b. 18 Nov 1916   d. 13 Mar 2004, Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand (Age 87 years)   5. Marjorie WILLSON,   b. 22 Apr 1918, New Zealand d. 13 May 1995, New Zealand (Age 77 years) + 6. Lawrence Thomas Reginald WILLSON,   b. 08 Jun 1919, Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand d. 17 Sep 1990, Havelock North, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand (Age 71 years)   7. Geffrey Henry WILLSON [Jeffrey Henry WILLSON],   b. 20 May 1921, Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand d. 20 Mar 1940, Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand (Age 18 years) + 8. Bernard Noel WILLSON,   b. 19 Oct 1926, Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand d. 03 Dec 1977, Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand (Age 51 years)
  Family ID	F6490	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Sep 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 26 Jul 1891 - Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand Marriage - 06 Dec 1911 - Makaraka, Gisborne, New Zealand Death - 09 Dec 1942 - Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand Burial - 11 Dec 1942 - Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Headstones

  Graves - Henry Edmond WILLSON, wives Gladys and Linda, and son Jeffrey. In loving memory of JEFFREY HENRY, beloved son of Henry & Gladys WILLSON, died 20 March 1940 aged 18 years. At rest. In loving memory of GLADYS, beloved wife of Henry Edmond WILLSON, died 9 December 1942 aged 51 years. At rest. In loving memory of LINDA WILLSON, loved mother of Basil, Peggy, Lionel & June, 1894-1955. At rest. In loving memory of HENRY EDMOND WILLSON, died 8 September 1962 aged 75 years. At rest. Plot: Block: 12, Plot #: 83

  
  

• Notes

  OBITUARY MRS. HENRY WILLSON The death at the Cook Hospital yesterday morning of Mrs. Gladys Willson removed one who had been resident in the district for many years. Mrs. Willson, who was born at Te Arai 51 years ago, was the second daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Poulgrain. She married Mr. Henry Willson 31 years ago, and lived for the greater part of her married life at Waikohu. She is survived by her husband and a family of three daughters and four sons - Mrs. C. Parkinson, Hexton, Mrs. G. Greenstreet, Gisborne, Mrs. H. Haydon, Waikohu, Private R. Willson, overseas, Private L. Willson, armed forces, Mr. G. Willson, Wainui and Mr. B. Willson, Waikohu. There are four grandchildren. A service will be held at Cochrane's chapel at 1.45 p.m. on Friday, after which the funeral will leave for the Taruheru cemetery. Source: Gisborne Herald,10 December 1942, Page 2 [7]

  
  

• Sources

  [S530] Gisborne District Council Cemetery Record Search, (Gisborne District Council, Gisborne). [S1561] P J Hansen (pjhansen2001 ), Ancestry.com - Public Member Tree - Hasen Family Tree, (Ancestry.com). [S629] Papers Past - Auckland Star, (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), none. Marriages. POULGRAIN-McCONNELL - On December 28, at Gisborne, by Pastor Wallace, George, second son of George Poulgrain, Esq., Thames, to Annie Guthrie, eldest, daughter of Samuel McConnell, Auckland. - Published 30 December 1887 [S1560] Janet Willson, Gisborne, NZ, Website Updates to cknzgp.net - Janet Willson, (cknzgp.net, 2020). [S172] NZ Marriages 1836-1956, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists, 2006). [S24] Papers Past - Poverty Bay Herald, (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), none. MARRIAGE. WILLSON - POiULGRAIN. - On December 6th, at the residence of Mr G. Muir, Makaraka, by the Rev. Blair, Henry Edmond, third son of A. J. J. Willson, Te Arai, to Gladys, second daughter of George Poulgrain, Makaraka. - Published 12 December 1911, Page 4 [S1243] Papers Past - Gisborne Herald, (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), none.