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Christopher William Ernest KORTE

Christopher William Ernest KORTE

Male 1881 - 1944  (63 years)    Has 8 ancestors and 26 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Christopher William Ernest KORTE 
    Birth 16 Jul 1881  Feilding, Manawatu, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Gender Male 
    Education 10 Apr 1893  [7, 8] 
    Awatuna School, Taranaki, New Zealand 
    Occupation Farmer, Matawai  [9] 
    Possessions 16 Jan 1903  [10] 
    Residence From 1910 to 1944  Matawai, Gisborne, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Military Service From 08 Oct 1918 to 24 Nov 1918  [4] 
    Training Camp for WWI 
    Death 13 Nov 1944  Matawai, Gisborne, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13, 14, 15] 
    Burial 15 Nov 1944  Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [16, 17] 
    Probate 23 Jan 1945  Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Person ID I64  NZ Genealogy Project | KORTE Descendant
    Last Modified 30 Oct 2024 

    Father Johann Heinrich Friedrich Christoph KORTE [Christoph],   b. 21 Oct 1848, Sprakensehl, Lower Saxony, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Sep 1905, Awatuna, Taranaki, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years) 
    Mother Maria Louisa Frederika ROGGENKAMP,   b. 1851, Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 04 Oct 1889, Waimate Plains, Taranaki, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years) 
    Residence From 1875 to 1880  Upper Moutere, Nelson, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 22 Jan 1875  Upper Moutere, Nelson, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [18, 19, 20] 
    Residence From 1880 to 1889  Beaconsfield, Manawatu, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [21] 
    Documents
    Marriage registration    		Marriage registration
    Family ID F15  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Selma BULST,   b. 31 May 1878, Feilding, Manawatu, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 08 Nov 1960, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage 07 Apr 1915  Hexton, Gisborne, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 22] 
    Children 
    +1. Doris Selma KORTE,   b. 30 Aug 1917, Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 05 Dec 2001, Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
     2. Myrtle Christina KORTE,   b. 06 Jan 1919, Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 May 2009, Havelock North, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
    +3. Frederick Albert KORTE [Fred],   b. 03 Oct 1920, Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 01 Mar 1980, Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
    Family ID F36  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Sep 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 16 Jul 1881 - Feilding, Manawatu, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - From 1910 to 1944 - Matawai, Gisborne, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 07 Apr 1915 - Hexton, Gisborne, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 13 Nov 1944 - Matawai, Gisborne, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 15 Nov 1944 - Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProbate - 23 Jan 1945 - Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Photos
    Christopher William Ernest KORTE 1915
    Christopher William Ernest KORTE
    Christopher William Ernest KORTE 1933

    Documents
    Birth registration 1881    		Birth registration 1881

    Headstones
    Headstone - Christopher and Selma Korte    		Headstone - Christopher and Selma Korte
    In loving memory of CHRISTOPHER KORTE, died 13 November 1944 aged 63 years; also SELMA KORTE, died 8 November 1960.
    Plot: Block: 18, Plot #: 34

    Histories
    1913 Matawai Bush Fires, near Gisborne, NZ    		1913 Matawai Bush Fires, near Gisborne, NZ
    Newspaper account of bush fires in Matawai are of interest to the Korte family because they occurred on the wedding day of Fred Korte and Elizabeth Redpath. Fred's two brothers Henry and Chris were unable to attend the wedding because they were attempting to prevent Fred's newly built cottage from burning down. The cottage survived the fire.
    History of Awatuna, New Zealand    		History of Awatuna, New Zealand
    Information on the history of Awatuna in South Taranaki, New Zealand. Christoph Korte and his family were among the early settlers in Awatuna. He obtained 90 ha of Awatuna bush in 1886.
    At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

    Album Photos
    Chris and Hanna Drogemuller
    Chris and Selma Korte.
    Chris Korte
    Chris Korte having finished a chopping competition

    Albums
    Korte, Chris and Selma     		Korte, Chris and Selma (11)
    Photos of Christopher William Ernest Korte (1881-1944), his wife Selma Bulst and their children.

  • Notes 

    • BIOGRAPHY

      Christopher William Ernest Korte, second son of Christopher and Mary Korte, was born in 1881 at Kiwitea in the Manawatu after the family moved to the North Island. The family subsequently moved to Taranaki where a bush block at Awatuna was developed into a dairy farm. Chris attended Awatuna school. Chris left Taranaki to farm at Matawai with his brothers in 1903. Chris was a champion axe man, for example competing in the December 1909 NZ Championship Chop, 12 inch standing block, at Eltham.

      Christopher and his brothers, Henry and Fred, settled in Matawai, near Gisborne, on a 965 acre bush block leased by their father in 1902. They started clearing the land, constructed a small single roomed building to live in, and started farming. The lease was transferred to the three brothers in 1905, and to Christopher and Fred in 1913. Christopher and Fred developed the Matawai farm and built a house each.

      Details of the Matawai farm, called Ruanui, can be seen on a separate page.

      Christopher married Selma Bulst in 1915. The Korte and Bulst families had been friends for many years, both families having lived in Beaconsfield (Manawatu) and South Taranaki. Both Christoph Korte and Julius Bulst had decided that their farms in Taranaki would be too small for all their sons to farm and had leased adjacent properties at Matawai. Selma's brothers were developing their Matawai property while the Korte brothers were developing Ruanui. Selma and Christopher had three children. Christopher was an inaugural member of the Matawai tennis club and was listed on the club's section title. After the club closed in the 1950's, the rate demands continued to come to the Korte family in Matawai, including to Robert Korte in the 1980's. The club section, with new courts, is now included in the Matawai school grounds.

      During the first World War Christopher was called up for military service and enlisted on 29 May 1918. At his medical examination he was reported as 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) tall, with blue eyes and brown hair. In July 1918 Christopher's appeal to the Military Service Board was heard requesting he be excused from military service so he could continue to run the Korte brother's farm. Fred was managing his mother-in-law's (Charlotte Redpath) farm during the war and Chris was running the Matawai farm by himself. The appeal was dismissed and Christopher was given leave until October 1918, and he entered Featherston Camp on 10 October. The war ended before his training was completed and he was granted leave in lieu of discharge on 24 November 1918.

      Christopher died in Matawai in 1944. The farm that Fred and Christopher had farmed at Matawai was taken up by George Korte, Christopher's nephew, in 1947. Selma died in 1961 at Marton.

      MATAWAI NEWS

      At a meeting of the Matawai Tennis Club, Mr. J. W. Smith presided over an average attendance of members. A motion of condolence was passed with the Korte family in the loss of husband and father, Mr. C. W. E. Korte. who died recently. Mr. Korte was a member and a committee member of the club since its inception and will be greatly missed.

      Source: Gisborne Herald, 21 December 1944, Page 7.

      Death Of Mr. C. Korte

      Mr. Chris Korte, whose death after a long illness occurred recently at his home at Matawai, Gisborne, where he had been a prominent sheep farmer, lived for many years at Awatuna and was well known throughout Taranaki. He gave much help to social activities at Awatuna and was an expert axeman when wood chopping contests were popular.

      Mr. Korte is survived by his wife, one son and two daughters at Matawai. Mr. Fred Korte, a brother, also lives at Matawai. Mrs. M. Gatenbv, Mangatoki, and Mrs. Brandt, Awatuna, are sisters of Mr. Korte.

      Source: Taranaki Daily News, 24 November 1944, Page 7.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] New Zealand Registrar-General's Office, NZ Register of Births - Indexes.
      Christopher William Ernest Korte. Born 1881 #2401. Birth registered Fielding 1 Jun - 30 Aug 1881.

    2. [S31] Family Search, (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), none.
      CHRISTOPHER WILLIAM ERNEST KORTE, Male, Birth: AUG 1881 Feilding, Wellington, New Zealand, Father: CHRISTOPHER KORTE; Mother: MARY

    3. [S7] New Zealand Registrar of Births Deaths & Marriages, NZ Birth Registration.
      Certified copy of entry in register book of births in the district of Feilding. Child: Born 16 July 1881 at Kiwitea, name Christopher William Ernest, male. Father: Christopher Henry Korte, labourer, 32 years, born Hanover Prusia. Married 22 Jan 1875 in Nelson. Mother: Mary Eliza Korte (nee Rose), 29 years, born Lubig Prussia. Informant: Ch H Korte, father, residence Kiwitea.

    4. [S903] ARCHWAY - Military Personnel Files, (Archives New Zealand 2004), none.

    5. [S1116] Family Search - NZ Archives - Probate Records, (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), none.

    6. [S1626] Archives New Zealand - Probate File, (https://www.familysearch.org).
      On the Probate file of Joshua Mellor Gatenby, 1927, Christopher Korte indicated he was born at Feilding.

    7. [S18] Jill Sulzberger, Awatuna School & District Centennial 1893-1993, (Stratford Press, 1993).
      Awatuna School Roll - First Day Pupils 10 Apr 1893

    8. [S19] S. Farquhar and W.L. Ferry, Awatuna School Jubilee 1893-1958, (J.C. Ekdahl & Son Ltd, Hawera 1958).

    9. [S39] David Bryant, NZSG Index - Probate records, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc.).

    10. [S24] Papers Past - Poverty Bay Herald, (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), none.
      16 Jan 1905, page 2 - H.B. LAND BOARD. C. H. Korte to H. F. and C. Korte, section. 9, block X, Motu. - Granted. [i.e. Transfer of lease].

    11. [S8] George Korte, Ruanui Station History.

    12. [S48] George Korte, Christof Korte, (January 1989).

    13. [S10] New Zealand Registrar-General's Office, NZ Register of Deaths - Indexes.
      Christopher William Ernest KORTE 1944 #3799

    14. [S1243] Papers Past - Gisborne Herald, (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21561, 14 November 1944, page 1, none.
      DEATHS. Korte. - At Matawai. on November 13, 1944, Christopher William Ernest, beloved husband of Selma Korte, aged 63 years. A service will be held in Cochrane's Chapel, William Street, to-morrow (Wednesday), at 1 p.m., after which the funeral will leave for the Taruheru Cemetery.

    15. [S1682] ARCHWAY - Probate Files, (Archives New Zealand 2004), none.

    16. [S11] email.
      From: Maureen Harvey [email removed for privacy] Subject: Cemetery Records - Taruheru Cemetery, Gisborne. I have copied the following info for you from our burial records. KORTE Christopher Wm E - 15 November 1944, 63 years, c/- Mrs S Korte, Matawai, Anglican. Block 18 Plot 34. Headstone: In loving memory of CHRISTOPHER KORTE, died 13 November 1944 aged 63 years; also SELMA KORTE, died 8 November 1960.

    17. [S530] Gisborne District Council Cemetery Record Search, (Gisborne District Council, Gisborne).

    18. [S86] New Zealand Registrar-General's Office, NZ Register of Marrages - Indexes.
      Henry Christopher KORTE and Mary Loise Frederike ROSE - 1875 #80

    19. [S36] Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages New Zealand, NZ Death Registration.
      Christopher Korte - Married at 27 years in Nelson to Mary Rockencamp. Family name of spouse (presumably second wife) - Norman aged 46 years.

    20. [S129] Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages New Zealand, NZ Marriage Certificate.
      Copy of Register of Marriage, 1875 Marriages in the District of Motuake. On 22 Jan 1875 at the residence of the Rev John W C Heine, Upper Moutere. Henry Christopher Korte, 25, farmer, bachelor. Mary Loise Frederike Rose, 21, spinster. Officiating Minister: John William Christopher Heine. Witness: (1) F Rose of Upper Moutere farmer (2) J Kelling, Upper Moutere farmer (3) F Kelling, Upper Moutere farmer. Signed Ch. Korte and M Rose.

    21. [S391] Dorothy Pilkington, Beaconsfield district, (Beaconsfield District Anniversary Committee, Beaconsfield, N.Z. 1986), 993.56.
      Section 170 pt. occ. 1883-1890 C Korte

    22. [S86] New Zealand Registrar-General's Office, NZ Register of Marrages - Indexes.
      Christoper William Ernest KORTE and Selma BULST - 1915 #3145


 

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