Misc. Notes
Name, date of death, place of burial, from Find a Grave website found in May 2025:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/166144217/elizabeth_jane-lennardName: Elizabeth Jane Lennard (nee Bartlett)
Birth: 1879
Death: 11 Aug 1906 (aged 26–27)
Burial: Waikaraka Cemetery, Ōnehunga, Auckland Council, Auckland, New Zealand
Plot: Area 2 Block O Lot No 13
Child: Charles Thaxter Lennard 1906 - 1973 [Same name as father]
Note: Burial Plot No. 13 and Plot No. 19 at Waikaraka Cemetery (Onehunga, Auckland) are adjacent and together form a family plot. Plot 19 contains the paternal grandparents of Carol Oliver (née Jones), who is the wife of Brian of nzolivers. Buried there are Carol’s grandparents, John Jones and Grace Jones (née McGregor). Grace’s mother was Catherine Jane Bartlett.
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Proposition:
Elizabeth died young in 1906. According to Auckland Council records, her half-brother, Frederick Bartlett at age 32, purchased the two adjacent plots (013 and 019) at Waikaraka Cemetery. The second plot (019) probably intended for Elizabeth's husband, Charles Thaxter Lennard.
Interesting that her husband 'Charles Thaxter Lennard' did not make the purchase. Perhaps he was too devastated at the time and half-brother, Frederick was executor of her affairs, and handled the transaction?
However, Charles was never to be buried with Elizabeth. He later remarried, to Lily Trembath. And, when he passed away in 1936, Charles was instead buried at Māngere Lawn Cemetery, Auckland. A couple of years later Lily married John Hunter. Upon Lily's death in 1957, she was buried at Waikumete Cemetery. Her husband died many years later, in 1971, and although also buried in Waikumete Cemetery, was interned in the 'Service Persons Ash Burial Area K'.
So, with Elizabeth's husband John being buried elsewhere in 1936, Plot 19 was remaining empty!
Then, 11 years later, comes the death of cousin Grace Jones (nee McGregor and daughter of Catherine Jane Bartlett). Frederick Bartlett was still alive and along with other Bartlett family members, must have allowed Grace to be buried there. Eight years on, Grace’s husband, John Jones, passed away and was buried with her in Plot 19.
Later, in 1973, Elizabeth's son, Charles Thaxter LENNARD (same name as father) was buried in nearby Plot 008.
Of note, Frederick Bartlett is also buried nearby Plot 002, along with his wife and two of his children.
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Year and country of marriage from search on New Zealand BDM website in May 2025:
1901/4012. Bride: Elizabeth Jane Bartlett. Groom: Charles Thaxter Lennard
Full date of marriage of 26 October 1901 from further searching in May 2025 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the marriage.
Different year of birth, country of birth, from search on New Zealand BDM website in May 2025:
1878/18114. Bartlett, Elizabeth Jane. Mother: Margaret Jane. Father: George Henry
Full date of birth of 25 October 1878 from further searching in May 2025 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the birth.