Tararu Cemetery
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Tararu Cemetery

Thames, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato, New Zealand

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Many of the gravestones in Tararu and Shortland do not record people's birthplaces. The Tararu sexton's records, randomly selected for 1879, show death listings for males born in Denmark, Norway and the Cape Colony.


No 3127 Tanutanu Block was owned by: Mere Watana, Pare Watana,, Te

Arani Watana, Mereana Rewiti, Mata te Kura and Miria Rangioke and

purchased in 1875 by the Crown, even though burials already had taken

place.

To date it is unclear when the first burials took place, but it was

pre-July 1873, the first recorded burial was 19 August 1873. The

layout was designed by Mr R J McFarland in 1875 with room for 650

graves over 8 acres of land. The Cemetery was open for burials from

1873 to 1997 when it was deemed a dis-used Cemetery rather than a

closed Cemetery.

Copies of these burial records/sexton's books are available to view at

The Treasury, 705 Queen Street, Thames, New Zealand. Thames Coromandel

Council Online records are available, But please note due to

transcribing from original records there may be a few errors in

spelling or dates.

Many of the gravestones in Tararu and Shortland do not record people's birthplaces. The Tararu sexton's records, randomly selected for 1879, show death listings for males born in Denmark, Norway and the Cape Colony.


No 3127 Tanutanu Block was owned by: Mere Watana, Pare Watana,, Te

Arani Watana, Mereana Rewiti, Mata te Kura and Miria Rangioke and

purchased in 1875 by the Crown, even though burials already had taken

place.

To date it is unclear when the first burials took place, but it was

pre-July 1873, the first recorded burial was 19 August 1873. The

layout was designed by Mr R J McFarland in 1875 with room for 650

graves over 8 acres of land. The Cemetery was open for burials from

1873 to 1997 when it was deemed a dis-used Cemetery rather than a

closed Cemetery.

Copies of these burial records/sexton's books are available to view at

The Treasury, 705 Queen Street, Thames, New Zealand. Thames Coromandel

Council Online records are available, But please note due to

transcribing from original records there may be a few errors in

spelling or dates.

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