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Rev John Charles Abbott

Birth
Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Death
2 Jun 1954 (aged 77)
Wellington, New Zealand
Burial
Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand Add to Map
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1 of 7 children of the Reverend John Thomas Heney Abbott (1843-1915) & Phoebe Armstrong (1846-1933)
* He was brought up on the Dartrey estate near Rockcorry, County Monaghan
* He and the Rev Percy Houghton were contemporaries at Denstone, Staffordshire
* 1899 St Catherine's College, Cambridge
* 1899 assistant master Craven College Highgate, Middlesex
* 1901 undergraduate Cambridge residing with his family in County Fermanagh Church of Ireland
* 1906 BA at Cambridge
* 1907 - 1911 Ordsall Hall, Salford, Manchester
* 14 Jun 1908 deacon at Manchester
* 6 Jun 1909 priest in Manchester
* 1908 - 1912 curate St Cyprian, Salford diocese, Manchester
* 1911 assistant curate single residing in Ordsall Hall, Salford
In 1913 John emigrated to New Zealand
* 21 Apr 1913 - 1916 vicar at Raetihi diocese Wellington
* 19 Dec 1916 - May 1920 vicar at Martinborough
* 20 Jul 1920 - 1924 vicar at Shannon, Manawatu
* May 1924 John & May were farewelled from Shannon
* 25 Apr 1924 - 1932 1st vicar of St Peters, Palmerston North
* 17 Jun 1927 May's niece Miss Phyllis Ford (daughter of her sister Sophia) of Remuera, Auckland was staying with him at the vicarage in Palmerston North
* 13 Oct 1927 May's niece Miss Hilda Laurenson (daughter of her sister Emma) was visiting at Palmerston North
* 1931 clerk in holy orders residing 135 Ruahine St, Palmerston North
* 7 Apr 1932 - 1935 vicar at Tinui, Wairarapa
* 4 Feb 1935 - 1940 vicar in Taihape
* 1940 - permission to officiate diocese Wellington
* 1942 - 1949 vicar at Greytown, Wairarapa
* 1949 - 1954 residing at 14 The Parade, Paekakariki, Wellington
* In June 1954 his Will was probated in Wellington at £2000, to May's niece Hilda Hosking (nee Laurenson 1897-1982), a widow of Paekakariki
1 of 7 children of the Reverend John Thomas Heney Abbott (1843-1915) & Phoebe Armstrong (1846-1933)
* He was brought up on the Dartrey estate near Rockcorry, County Monaghan
* He and the Rev Percy Houghton were contemporaries at Denstone, Staffordshire
* 1899 St Catherine's College, Cambridge
* 1899 assistant master Craven College Highgate, Middlesex
* 1901 undergraduate Cambridge residing with his family in County Fermanagh Church of Ireland
* 1906 BA at Cambridge
* 1907 - 1911 Ordsall Hall, Salford, Manchester
* 14 Jun 1908 deacon at Manchester
* 6 Jun 1909 priest in Manchester
* 1908 - 1912 curate St Cyprian, Salford diocese, Manchester
* 1911 assistant curate single residing in Ordsall Hall, Salford
In 1913 John emigrated to New Zealand
* 21 Apr 1913 - 1916 vicar at Raetihi diocese Wellington
* 19 Dec 1916 - May 1920 vicar at Martinborough
* 20 Jul 1920 - 1924 vicar at Shannon, Manawatu
* May 1924 John & May were farewelled from Shannon
* 25 Apr 1924 - 1932 1st vicar of St Peters, Palmerston North
* 17 Jun 1927 May's niece Miss Phyllis Ford (daughter of her sister Sophia) of Remuera, Auckland was staying with him at the vicarage in Palmerston North
* 13 Oct 1927 May's niece Miss Hilda Laurenson (daughter of her sister Emma) was visiting at Palmerston North
* 1931 clerk in holy orders residing 135 Ruahine St, Palmerston North
* 7 Apr 1932 - 1935 vicar at Tinui, Wairarapa
* 4 Feb 1935 - 1940 vicar in Taihape
* 1940 - permission to officiate diocese Wellington
* 1942 - 1949 vicar at Greytown, Wairarapa
* 1949 - 1954 residing at 14 The Parade, Paekakariki, Wellington
* In June 1954 his Will was probated in Wellington at £2000, to May's niece Hilda Hosking (nee Laurenson 1897-1982), a widow of Paekakariki


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  • Added: Jul 12, 2021
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/229423468/john_charles-abbott: accessed ), memorial page for Rev John Charles Abbott (30 Jan 1877–2 Jun 1954), Find a Grave Memorial ID 229423468, citing Karori Cemetery and Crematorium, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand; Maintained by pkg (contributor 46968786).