Chris Korte's New Zealand Genealogy Project
Lilian Emma WILLSON
1879 - 1891 (12 years)
Headstone - Allan and Eleanor Willson, and their daughters Lilian and Florence
In loving memory of ALLAN JOHN JAMES, dearly beloved husband of Eleanor WILLSON, died 8 July 1922 aged 78 years; also ELEANOR MEYERS WILLSON, beloved wife of the above and our dear mother, died 26 November 1930 aged 81 years; also their dearly beloved daughters, LILIAN EMMA, accidentally killed 19 December 1891 aged 13 years; and FLORENCE NAOMI, died 14 March 1893 aged 19 months; also dearly beloved grand-daughter, EDITH MYRTLE PRESTON, died 26 January 1901 aged 6 months.
Status: Located
| Owner of original | Janet Willson, Gisborne |
| Place | Makaraka Cemetery, Markaraka, Gisborne City, Gisborne, New Zealand |
| File name | Headstone - Allan John James WILLSON 2.jpg |
| File Size | 215.77k |
| Dimensions | 675 x 900 |
| Special Instructions | FBMD01000a830d0000753c000028a00000aca000005ea100000a1a010008bd0100c7c701000acb010015cf010066fa0200 |
| Linked to | Eleanor MEYERS; Allan John James WILLSON; Florence Naomi WILLSON; Lilian Emma WILLSON |
Makaraka Cemetery, Markaraka, Gisborne City, Gisborne, New Zealand
Notes: Makaraka or Houhoupiko Cemetery was Gisborne’s first main public cemetery. The land was bought in 1857 from Maori owners and the first burial was that of T. Uren’s in 1860. Houhoupiko is the stream that crosses the land into Taruheru River. The cemetery is historically significant with most of the area’s European pioneers and many local Maori families buried here. In 1916, the year after the current Taruheru cemetery opened, Makaraka cemetery was closed to burials, except for the immediate family of those already buried there.
