Gladys Elinor WATKINS

1884 - 1939  (55 years)

• Name	Gladys Elinor WATKINS
  Birth	20 Oct 1884	Akaroa, Canterbury, New Zealand   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	Music teacher, pianist, carillonist  [2]
  Death	30 Oct 1939	Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand   [2, 3]
  Burial	03 Nov 1939	Karori, Wellington, New Zealand   [4, 5]
  Person ID	I5433	NZ Genealogy Project
  Last Modified	9 Aug 2008

  
  

  Father	Stephen WATKINS,   b. 25 Jul 1830, London, Middlesex, England d. 14 Apr 1894, Opawa, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Ellen PAVITT,   b. 1842, Essex, England d. 03 Nov 1925, Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	29 Apr 1862	Akaroa, Canterbury, New Zealand   [6, 7, 8, 9]
  Family ID	F1876	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ernest Edward MUIR,   b. 20 Dec 1883, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand d. 20 Mar 1963, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	18 Oct 1937	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia   [2, 10]
  Family ID	F1880	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 20 Oct 1884 - Akaroa, Canterbury, New Zealand Marriage - 18 Oct 1937 - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death - 30 Oct 1939 - Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Burial - 03 Nov 1939 - Karori, Wellington, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Headstones		Headstone - Kathleen and Gladys E Muir In loving memory of Kathleen, wife of Ernest Edward MUIR who fell asleep 8 Aug 1935. Also of his wife Gladys Eliner (nee WATKINS), first Carrillionist of Wellington, who passed away 30 October 1939. "God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain, for the former things are passed away." Rev XX1-4. Plot: Section CH ENG2, Plot number 202 M
  		Grave - Ernest Edward MUIR and his wives Kathleen TAYLOR and Gladys Elinor WATKINS, and MINNIE ISABEL TAYLOR d 1944. In loving memory of Kathleen, wife of Ernest Edward Muir, who fell asleep 8 Aug 1935. Also his wife Gladys Eliner (nee WATKINS) first Carrillionist of Wellington who passed away 30 October 1939. "God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain, for the former things are passed away." Rev XXI-4. At the foot of the grave - In loving memory of Minnie Isobel Taylor, beloved sister of Kathleen and Daisy, died 17 October 1944. Plot: Church of England 2/M/202

  
  

• Sources

  [S148] Dictonary of New Zealand Biography, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage, Wellington, New Zealand. 2000.), none. Watkins, Gladys Elinor 1884 - 1939, Music teacher, pianist, carillonist. Gladys Elinor Watkins was born in Akaroa on 20 October 1884, the 11th child of English-born parents Elizabeth Ellen Pavitt and her husband, Stephen Watkins, a gardener. She was educated at Miss Freeman's ladies' school (later Chilton House School), Wellington and at 17 began what was to become a highly successful music-teaching practice in that city. She was also a skilled accompanist and over the years gave freely of her services in assisting many causes. During the First World War she belonged to a musical group that presented regular popular concerts at Trentham Military Camp. As a singer she was a member of the Royal Wellington Choral Union and of the choir at St Mark's Church, where her brother Laurence was organist. [S148] Dictonary of New Zealand Biography, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage, Wellington, New Zealand. 2000.), none. [S17] David Bryant, NZSG Index, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc., 2005). Karori Cemetery Record - Wellington [S17] David Bryant, NZSG Index, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc., 2005). Karori Cemetery Records [S436] Wellington City Council, Wellington City Council Cemeteries Database, (Wellington City Council, 101 Wakefield Street, Wellington, New Zealand). Last Name: MUIR; First Name: GLADYS ELINOR; Service Date: 03-11-1939; Service Provided: Burial; Cemetery: Karori; Section: CH ENG2; Plot Number: 202 M; Record Number: 26442 [S31] Family Search, (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), none. [S266] Rex Davis, Akaroa, NZ, Your Pedigree - Alfred K. G. Wallace, (Rex Davis, 61 Beach Road, Akaroa, 1973). [S753] Papers Past - Lyttelton Times, (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), none. [S861] Beverley Evans, Christchurch City Library Church Register Cards, ( http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ashleigh, Christchurch NZ 2013). [S267] Andrew Bax, Pavitts, (http://www.pavitt.co.nz/index.html), none.