Hi Ian Do you by any chance have ancestors named Patrick Peter Grace married a Lorigan at St Patricks Cathedral Leone On 24/09/2007, Ian Grace <ian.grace@xtra.co.nz> wrote: > For those who wish to look for grave that may have been 'removed' > due to motorway constructions. There are 2 walls of rememberance > in the Symonds st Cem. The first is to the right of the Grafton > bridge, > Symond st end, and the second at the rear of the Jewish area on > K rd. (you need to walk a far as you can go without falling on > the > motorway). Both walls have verying amounts of information taken > from the headstones, and some relocated headstone are nearby. > > Also for those that died after c1886 when Waikumete Cemetery > opened they may have qualified to be intered with family already > at > Symonds st. > Check out the listings at Auckland Public Library Website. > > Happy Hunting > Ian > > > Origional Message > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:54:13 +1200 > From: Hilton Doidge <hilton.d@paradise.net.nz> > Subject: Re: [NZ-AUCKLAND] Digital phot request at Symonds Street > HEDGCOCK & CULPAN > To: nz-auckland@rootsweb.com, andy701@blueyonder.co.uk > Message-ID: <002b01c7fe3d$0c9ca0c0$c42ff6d2@hilton> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; > reply-type=original > > Hi Andy > Which "Government Website" did you find the map's etc....for > Symonds Street > Cemetery?....My gggrandfather died 1884 in an Auckland Hospital. > I have > never been able to find his grave or source any information as to > where he > maybe buried. There were a large number of graves moved from > Symonds Street > / Grafton cemetery to allow the construction of a new motorway. > (family > history says that his grave may have been one of those)Waikumete > Cemetery > opened c1886....Symonds Street cemetery may have closed about > then??? > > Hilton Doidge > > > > > My Real E-Mail Address is > ian.grace@xtra.co.nz > Please DO NOT USE 'Reply to sender' > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NZ-AUCKLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >