TORKINGTON, Gertrude Elsie

TORKINGTON, Gertrude Elsie

Female 1913 - 1915  (2 years)


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  • Name TORKINGTON, Gertrude Elsie 
    Birth 11 Jul 1913  Auckland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    • Cemetery xeroxes for place of birth.
    Gender Female 
    Reference Number 31 
    Death 25 Sep 1915  [1, 3
    • Diane writes that she lived two years, 2 months, 2 weeks, and 2 days.
    Burial 27 Sep 1915  Whangateau Cemetery Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I31  Main Tree
    Last Modified 24 Sep 2021 

    Father TORKINGTON, Harold,   b. 06 May 1874, Ashton Under Lyne, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 May 1960, Auckland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Mother DAVEY, Alice Florence,   b. 26 May 1879, Albury, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jan 1958, Auckland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage 06 Apr 1904  All Saints Church, Ponsonby, Auckland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F4  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • From CS Clarke's Diary:

      Sunday 26th September 1915
      ... I heard that Elsie, Harold Torkington's youngest child had died very suddenly on Saturday night and I was asked to read the burial service over her tomorrow...

      (Raewyn)
    • An inquest reported in the Rodney and Otamatea Times on 29 September 1915 reported she died of acute pneumonia.

  • Sources 
    1. [S308] Diane F Thomson, Thomson, Diane, family history, (self published), p. 2.

    2. [S204] Whangateau Cemetery xeroxes, s.v. 000708.

    3. [S204] Whangateau Cemetery xeroxes.