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On the 3rd January 1882, at a meeting of local officials, it was decided that “taking into consideration the increasing population of Kirwee, and the liberal offer of Capt. Tosswill of a very suitable site, it is desirable that steps should be taken towards the erection of a Church at Kirwee“.   (Source)

On the 10th November, 1882, the tender of a Mr. Jamieson was accepted to build the church for the sum of £246 and, as per the newspaper article above, St George’s Church and the burial grounds were consecrated on the 15th May, 1883.

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High-resolution photographs of gravestones are available, plus one or two of the cemetery/church if applicable. This includes a full transcription, particularly for those stones that are hard to read or eroded.

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ANDERSON, Julian (d. 9th December, 1950)

ANDERSON, Phillis (d. 7th September, 1903) -  Age 9.

BATSTONE, George (d. 31st July, 1955)

BEDFORD, William (d. 1944)

BELGRAVE - Children of J & E Belgrave (no dates). See HEADSTONE HISTORIES.

BELGRAVE, John W (d. 1st March, 1931). See HEADSTONE HISTORIES.

BOWERS, Thomas Pitman (d. 19th January, 1890). Married Bridget DALTON 20 January 1886, died four years later.

BRASSY, John (d. 29th April, 1945)

CASKELL, Edward (d. 10th June, 1913). Age 71

DAVIES, Charles Llewellyn (d. 24th August, 1903)

FAIRBAIRN, Robert (d. 1919)

FAIRBAIRN, Sophia (d. 1938)

FRIZZELL, Donald (d. 2005)

FRIZZELL, Sandra Catherine (d. 1949)

FRIZZELL, William (d. 1964)

HARRIS, Edward (d. 4th March, 1952)

HARRIS, Samuel (d. 12th March, 1940)

JARAM, Robert (d. 14th December, 1892)

KELLY, Douglas (d. 26th November, 1946)

KELLY, Keith Leslie (d. 25th July, 1945). Accidentally killed in Oxford, England.

KELLY, Margaret Eleanor (d. 1934)

KELLY, Mary Bell (d. 20th August, 1949)

PAGE, Harry (d. 21st December, 1902)

PAGE, Harry (d. 1938)

PORTBURY, Philip (d. 5th January, 1928)

ROPER, Caroline Louisa (d. 19th December, 1929)

ROPER, Harry (d. 22nd July, 1929)

ROPER, Marina Mary (d. 14th May, 1913)

ROPER, Restell (d. 13th May, 1930). Age 3.

SHAW, Elizabeth (d. 4th October, 1928)

STEWART, Arthur James (1939) Son of A L and H Stewart

STEWART, Arthur Lionel (d. 1961)

STEWART, Helen (d. 1983)

STEWART, James (d. 5th March, 1913). Husband of Frances.

SYMONDS, Lewis Playsted (d. 1906)

SYMONS, Marianne (d. 1967)

WALKER, Dinah Stamper (d. 8th November, 1944)

High-resolution photographs of gravestones are available, plus one or two of the cemetery/church if applicable. This includes a full transcription, particularly for those stones that are hard to read or eroded.

Please consider a small donation, this will go towards church and cemetery repairs in the wake of the 7.1 Darfield and 6.3 Christchurch Earthquakes – PayPal link provided

Email me for gravestone images: moorfnz@gmail.com