Chris Korte's New Zealand Genealogy Project
John WALLACE
1885 - 1909 (24 years)
Memorial - Ellen and John Wallace
Memorial inscription: Born 1892, daughter of Ellen and John Henry Wallace and sister to John Wallace. John Wallace.
Original headstone inscription: In loving memory of Ellen Wallace (Neillie) who departed this life Aug 22 1896 aged 4.03 years. "A precious one from us is gone. A voice we loved is stilled. A place is vacant in our home which never can be filled". Also John, third son Of John H. and Ellen Wallace who accidentally met his death at Rakanui, Monday July 12, 1909 aged 24 years. "In the midst of life we are in death (remainder illegible).
| Owner of original | Tararua District Council |
| Date | 2010 |
| Place | Eketahuna First Cemetery, Eketahuna, Tararua District, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand |
| File name | Headstone - Ellen and John Wallace - 1.jpg |
| File Size | 201.41k |
| Dimensions | 640 x 480 |
| Linked to | Ellen WALLACE; John WALLACE |
Eketahuna First Cemetery, Eketahuna, Tararua District, Tararua, New Zealand
Notes: Previously called Alfredton Road Cemetery.
A report dated 29th March 1969 states that Councillors Golder and Trevelyan visited the Alfredton Rd site to carry out an inspection of the graves prior to their clearance and subsequent closure of the cemetery. They recorded a rough sketch of the cemetery, the positions of the known graves, and the inscriptions engraved on the remaining headstones they could find. A memorial now stands where the First Cemetery of Eketahuna stood to recognise those buried.
