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Robert Cyril Munro Irwin,[59,64] born 5/5/1897, Rangitata Station,
Timaru, New Zealand.[59,64,68,113,114] "At West Town Belt, Timaru, on May
5th, the wife of Robert Irwin, of Rangitata Station, of a son."[68] Died
16/8/1925,[59,64,113,118] Waipukurau, New Zealand,[113] & buried 18/5/1925, Row WW1, Block RSA, Plot
19, Waipukurau Cemetery, Central Hawkes Bay, New Zealand (28yo).[118]
"77559 Pte R. C. M. Irwin, Training Unit, New Zealand Expeditionary
Forces, Died 16-8-1925, Aged 28".[118] Cause of death was tuberculosis.[113] Employed
by the Lands & Survey Department, 1917-1919.[113] Was drafted into
the army, 1919.[113] During training he contracted tuberculosis &
was confined to a sanatorium at Pukeora, near Waipukurau, New Zealand,
where he remained until his death.[113,122] Did not marry.[64] |
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Donald Leolin 'Leo' Irwin,[59,64] born
8/10/1899, Rangitata Station, Timaru,
New Zealand.[59,64,71,113,114] "At Timaru on the 8th inst., the wife of
Robert Irwin, Rangitata, of a son."[71] Died 31/5/1966,[59,64,113]
Wellington Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand,[64,113] buried 3/6/1966,
Plot 393B, Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand.[113,119] Cause of
death was heart failure.[113] Attended Nelson College, 1914-1917.[113]
In 1917 found employment as an apprentice office assistant at Dominion
Farmers Institute.[113] In 1919 he was appointed office assistant
& bookkeeper at the Farmers Institute.[113] In 1934 was appointed
General Manager of the firm Rubber Distributors Ltd, Wellington,
remaining with the company until the early 1950s.[113] Masters of
Commerce, 1936.[113] Part-time lecturer, accountancy, Victoria
University.[113] In 1953 founded Delta Trading Company Ltd, which
imported & manufactured gramaphone recordings.[113,122] Leo was an amateur
classical musician and sponsored several national tours of world-famous
classical musicians and singers.[113] Public accountant.[64]
Married 1st Mildred Blanche Godier,[59,64] 16/1/1923,[64,113,114] Kent
Terrace Presbyterian Church, Wellington, New Zealand.[64,113] Mildred was
born 23/9/1898,[59,64,113] Chelmsford Rd, West Ham, Sussex, England,[64]
and died 30/3/1973,[59,64] No.13 Oban St, Wadestown, Wellington, New
Zealand.[64] Mildred was a musician.[64] Divorced 17/12/1936.[113] Married
2nd Claribel
Cletis 'Chad' Thomson,[59] 27/7/1937, St John's Presbyterian Church,
Wellington, New Zealand.[64,113] Chad was born
17/4/1910,[59,64,113]
Wellington, New Zealand,[64] died 21/9/1996,[59,64] Wellington,
New
Zealand,[64] & her ashes interred with her husband.[113] Cause of
death was a stroke.[113] Chad was Leo's secretary at prior to
their marriage.[64,113] Resided 1917, No.32 Upper Rate Road, Hataitai, New Zealand.[113]
Resided 1918-1966, Wellington, New Zealand.[113] Resided 1938-1966,
No.24 Calcutta Street, Khandallah, Wellington, New Zealand.[113]
Children:
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Marie Mildred Irwin,
born 3/1/1926, Lyall Bay, Wellington, New Zealand.[64,113] Died
13/4/2007, Mercy Hospice, Auckland, New Zealand.[64] Cause of death was
cancer.[113] Bachelor Arts (Education), University of New Zealand,
Wellington.[113] Master of Arts (Education), 1948, PhD (Education),
1966.[113] Honorary PhDs Lesley College, Massachusetts, USA (1967),
Ohio State University (1988), University of London (2002), Purdue
University (2002).[113] Assistant psychologist, NZ Department of
Education, 1948-1950.[113] Studied child psychology, University of
Minnesota, USA, 1950-1953.[113] Teacher, Wanganui, New Zealand,
1953-1955.[113] Psychological Services, Department of Education,
1955-1960.[113] Education Department, Auckland University,
1960-1985.[113] Professor, Education Department, University of
Auckland, 1975.[113] Awarded Mackie Medal in Education, 1983, from
Australian & NZ Association for Advancement of Science.[113] Dame
Commander of the British Empire, 1987.[113] President, International
Literacy Association, 1992-1993 (1st non-American to hold the
position).[113] Awarded Dana Award for Pioneering Achievements in
Education, 1993.[113] New Zealander of the Year, 1994.[113]
Marie's
obituary published in the New York Times, read: "Marie M. Clay, an
internationally known educator who developed a remedial reading program
known as Reading Recovery, which has been used with millions of
children around the world, died last Friday in Auckland, New Zealand.
She was 81 and lived in Auckland. Ms. Clay died after a brief illness,
said the Reading Recovery Council of North America, which announced the
death in the United States. Ms. Clay was an emeritus professor of
education at the University of Auckland, where she had taught since the
early 1960s. Reading Recovery focuses on first-grade students who are
having difficulty learning to read. It offers them a series of
one-on-one daily lessons with a trained tutor, for 12 to 20 weeks.
Inaugurated in New Zealand in the 1970s, Reading Recovery has been used
with more than 1.6 million children in the United States since it was
introduced here in 1984, the North American organization said. It is
used in several other English-speaking countries, including Canada,
Australia and Britain. The program has a Spanish version, used in the
United States; a French version, used in Canada; and a Danish version.
Ms. Clay’s many books include “Becoming Literate: The Construction of
Inner Control,” Heinemann, 1991; “Concepts About Print: What Have
Children Learned About the Way We Print Language?” Heinemann, 2000; and
“Change Over Time in Children’s Literacy Development,” Heinemann, 2001.
Marie Mildred Irwin was born on Jan. 3, 1926, in Wellington, New
Zealand. (Her given name is pronounced MAH-ree, with the stress on the
first syllable.) She earned a bachelors degree in education from the
University of New Zealand in 1946 and a masters degree in education in
1948. She studied clinical child psychology at the University of
Minnesota in the early 1950s and earned a doctorate in education from
the University of Auckland in 1966. She taught elementary and special
education in New Zealand, and was a school psychologist there, before
joining the University of Auckland faculty. Her marriage to Warwick
Clay ended in divorce. She is survived by a brother, Robert Irwin of
Auckland; a sister, Lorraine Christie of Wellington; two children, Alan
Clay of Wanganui, New Zealand, and Jenny Clay of Auckland; and three
grandchildren. Ms. Clay, a past president of the International Reading
Association, was widely honored for her work. She was made a Dame Commander of the British Empire in 1987."[121]
Married
Warwick Victor Clay, 14/6/1952, Minneapolis,
Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA.[64,113] Warwick born 6/6/1924,
Auckland, New
Zealand,[64] and died 8/7/2007.[113] Warwick was a civil engineer.[64]
Resided 1926-1950, Wellington, New Zealand.[113] Resided 1950-1953,
Minneapolis,
Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA.[113] Resided 1953-1955, Wanganui, New
Zealand.[113] Resided 1955-2007, Bassett Road, Remuera, Auckland, New
Zealand.[113] Had issue.[113] |
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Robert Wilson Irwin
IV, born 19/11/1939, Wellington, New Zealand.[64,113] Died 20/10/2010,
Auckland, New Zealand.[67] Cause of death was bone cancer.[67]
Khandallah
School, 1945-1952.[113] Nelson College, 1953-1957.[113] Canterbury
University, 1958-1961, BE (Civil).[113] Chartered Engineer,
1966.[113] Employed Wellington City Council Streetworks Department,
1962.[113] Wellington City Council Structural Engineering Department,
1963.[113] Engineer with Conrad Zschokke SA, Geneva, Switzerland,
1963-1966.[113] CEO,
Construction Techniques Group Ltd (subsidiary of Conrad Zschokke),
1967-1985.[113] CEO & owner, Construction Techniques Group Ltd,
1985-1999.[113] Civil engineer.[64] Married
Judith Mary Campbell, 1/12/1962, Waiwhetu Presbyterian Church, Lower
Hutt, New Zealand.[64,113] Judith, a nurse, born 6/8/1939, Blenheim,
New
Zealand.[64,113] Resided 1962, Kilbirnie, Wellington, New Zealand.[113]
Resided 1963-1966, Geneva, Switzerland.[113] Resided 1966-1978,
Masterton, New Zealand.[113] Resided 1978-1993, Remuera, Auckland, New
Zealand.[113] Resided 1993-2010, Orakei, Auckland, New
Zealand.[113] Had issue.[113] |
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| Lorraine Irwin, born 17/2/1942, Wellington, New Zealand.[64,113] Married
Richard Gordon Maxwell Christie,[64] 30/1/1965, Khandallah Presbyterian
Church, Khandallah, Wellington, New Zealand.[113] Richard born
16/6/1943, Wellington, New Zealand.[64] Had issue.[113] |
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Annie Margaret Ethel Irwin, born
16/6/1901, Rangitata Station, Timaru, New
Zealand.[59,64,113,114] Died 16/8/1981 (80yo),[59,64,113] Lower Hutt,
New
Zealand,[64,113] & buried Naenae Cemetery, Lower Hutt, New
Zealand.[113] Contracted tuberculosis around 1940 & spent several
years in a sanatorium in Newtown, Wellington.[113] Although she
recovered, she suffered lung problems for the rest of her life.[113]
Teacher.[64,113] Married Dunlop Brown,[59,64] 17/5/1930,
Kelburn Presbyterian Church, Wellington, New Zealand.[64,113] Dunlop born
5/9/1902, Les Mahoge, Lanarkshire, Scotland, died 15/10/1984,[59,64,113] Lower Hutt,
New Zealand,[64] & buried with his wife.[113] Orchardist.[64,113] Resided Waterloo Road, Lower Hutt, New Zealand.[113]
Children:
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Denis Dunlop Brown, born 27/10/1932, Nelson, New Zealand.[64,113] Died
30/7/1991, London, England.[64] Salesman & sales manager.[64,113] Married Waimarie
Rangiuira Nepia, 12/3/1955, St James Church, Lower Hutt, NZ.[64]
Waimarie born 19/10/1936 & died 23/10/1999 (63yo), Wellington, New Zealand.[64,113] Divorced.[113] Married Antonia
Johanna van Heusden, 29/10/1965.[64,113] Antonia born 4/9/1935, Arnhem, Netherland.[113] Divorced.[113] Married Jenny Brown,[64] 31/7/1984, London, England.[113] Had issue.[113] |
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Lyell Ross Irwin, born 9/7/1904,
Lyell, Buller Gorge, New Zealand.[59,64,113,114] Bank
clerk.[64,113] Died 17/7/1941, Raumati South, New Zealand
(37yo),[64,113] & buried 18/7/1941, Karori Cemetery.[113] Diagnosed
with tuberculosis shortly after his marriage, his mother moved him to a
cottage built by his brother Leo, deep in the bush at Otaki Forkes, not
wanting him to end his
life in a TB sanatorium (due to the number of family deaths from TB at
sanatoriums, the family naturally developed a high degree of distrust
for such places).[113] The attempt to save Lyell from TB was not
successful and he was moved to a beach house at Raumati South in 1939
where he died a few years later.[113] Attended Nelson College,
1918-1919.[113]
Married Marie Edna Burgess,[59,64,113] 30/8/1930.[64,113]
Marie died 16/3/1991 & her ashes interred at Kelvin Grove Cemetery,
Palmerston North, New Zealand.[113] Marie married 2nd to Leonard
Curtis.[113]
Children:
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Archibald
Ross Irwin, born 1934, Wanganui, New Zealand.[64] Died 6/3/1962, near Palmerston North, New Zealand.[64,113] Buried
8/3/1962, Kelvin Grove Cemetery, Palmerston North, New
Zealand.[113] Cause of death was a car accident.[113] Primary
school teacher.[64,113] Did not marry, no issue.[113] |
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Archibald Havelock Irwin, born 25/7/1906, Havelock, New
Zealand.[59,64,113,114] Died 6/1/1931,[59,64,113] while at sea on the yacht
"Windward", which was never found.[64] Attended
Nelson College, 1920-1924.[113] School teacher, 1925-1927.[113]
Attended Victoria University (BSc), 1927-1930.[113] Shortly
after completing his degree sailed to the Chatham Islands on the yacht
"Windward", departing 24/12/1930.[113] He arrived safely, but the yacht
was lost at sea on the return voyage with all hands.[113] The yacht was
well equipped and the crew very experienced sailors, yet no trace of
wreckage has ever been found and the fate of the Windward remains a
total mystery.[113] Archie's degree was awarded posthumously in
1985.[113] |
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Eileen Riwaka Irwin, born 30/10/1907, Riwaka, New Zealand.[59,64,113,114]
Died 4/6/1937 (30yo),[59,64,113] East Tamaki, Auckland, New Zealand & buried
Presbyterian Church graveyard, East Tamaki, New Zealand.[64,113] Cause of death was tuberculosis.[113] Nurse.[64,113]
Married Cecil Stanley
Cornwall,[59,64] 17/5/1930, Kelburn Presbyterian
Church, Wellington, New Zealand.[64] Cecil was born 2/4/1903, Hawera,
New Zealand and died 24/1/1995, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New
Zealand (91yo).[64,113] Cecil was working at a cheese factory at the
time of their marriage, an occupation he remained in until the late
1930s.[113] After Eileen's death Cecil changed jobs, finding work as a
brewer with the Waitemata Brewery, where he remained until his
retirement in the 1960s.[113] Resided 1930-1934, Thames, New
Zealand.[113] Resided 1935, East Tamaki, Auckland, New Zealand.[113]
Children:
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Bruce Leolin
Cornwall, born 24/4/1931, Thames, New Zealand.[64,113] Died 27/8/1990, Auckland Hospital, New Zealand.[64,122] Cause of death was
cancer.[113] Dispatch manager, NZ Industrial Gases at Bendon &
Sandvick, New Zealand, 1961 & on.[113] Married
Shirley Iris Wood,[64,113] 1/4/1961, Brisbane, Queensland,
Australia.[113] Shirley born 6/10/1936, Papatoetoe, New Zealand.[113]
Resided 1961-1967, Auckland, New Zealand.[113] Resided 1967-1990,
Pakuranga, Auckland, New Zealand.[113] Had issue.[113] |
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John Bevin Cornwall,
born 29/6/1932, Thames, New Zealand.[64,113]
Technical trainee, Electronics Section, Auckland Division, NZ
Department Scientific & Industrial Research, 1950-1955.[113]
Electronics Engineer,[64] Electronics Section, Auckland Division,
NZ Department Scientific & Industrial
Research, 1955-1965.[113] Head, Electronics Section, Auckland
Division, NZ Department Scientific & Industrial
Research, 1965-1970s.[113] Assistant Director, Auckland Division,
NZ Department Scientific & Industrial Research, late 1970s.[113]
Director, Auckland Division, NZ Department Scientific & Industrial
Research, early 1980s - 1992.[113] Married
Raewyn Francis Clarke, 4/4/1959, Church of St George, Church of
England, Papatoetoe,
New Zealand.[64,113] Resided 1959-1961, Howick, Auckland, New
Zealand.[113] Resided 1961 & on, Cockle Bay, Auckland, New
Zealand.[113] Had issue.[113] |
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| Robert
Cecil Irwin Cornwall, born 20/2/1934, Thames, New Zealand.[64,113] Maintenance
Engineer.[64,113] Married Violet Dawn Hall,[64] 8/9/1956
in Te Awamutu, New Zealand.[113,122] Violet born 10/3/1934.[113] Married Elaine
Foster,[64] 19/9/1980, Papakura Courthouse, New Zealand.[113] Resided
1956-1960, Clevedon Road, Papakura, New Zealand.[113] Resided
1960-1981, Alma Crescent, Papakura, New Zealand.[113] Resided 1981
& on, Ohakune, New Zealand.[113] Had issue.[113] |
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Gordon Alexander Irwin, born 5/9/1910,
Riwaka, New Zealand.[59,64,113] Died
22/5/1985 (74yo),[59,64,113] Hokianga Hospital, Rawene, Northland, New
Zealand,[64,113] & buried Pakanae Cemetery, Hokianga, New
Zealand.[113] Cause of death was bowel cancer.[113] Studied at Nelson
College, 1923-1924, Wanganui College, 1924, Victoria University at
Wellington, 1928, Otago University, 1929-1932, where he completed his
medical degree.[113] Employed 1933, Auckland Hospital, 1934-1938 at
Wanganui Hospital.[113] Wing Commander, Royal NZ Air Force,
1939-1945.[113] After the war Gordon & Aileen spent 4 years working
in Western Samoa, he as Medical Director at the Public Hospital.[113]
After his return to NZ Gordon practiced as a Medical Practitioner
(GP).[59,64,113] Married
Aileen
Mary Cameron,[59,64] 11/4/1934, Wanganui, New Zealand.[64,113] Aileen,
a
nurse,[64] was born 10/6/1919,[59,64,113] Okaiawa, New Zealand and died
21/12/1987,[59,64] Opunake, New Zealand.[64] Resided 1939-1945,
Whenuapai, New Zealand.[113] Resided 1945-1948, Western Samoa, Pacific
Ocean.[113] Resided 1948 & later, Great South Road, Manurewa, New
Zealand.[113] Resided No.60 Grande Vue Road, Manurewa, New Zealand.[113]
Children:
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Judith Margaret Ann Irwin, born 11/9/1948, Auckland, New Zealand.[64,113]
{[64] incorrectly gives DOB of 1941} Married Francis Robin Barnes, 15/10/1975,
St Francis Church, Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand.[64,113] Had issue.[113] |
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Laura Evangeline 'Eve' Irwin,[9] born
28/5/1916, Nelson, New
Zealand.[11,64,113] Died 27/6/1987,[9,67,113] Wellington Hospital,
Wellington, New
Zealand,[64,113] & buried 1/7/1987, Plot 18z/2, Karori Lawn
Cemetery,
Wellington, New Zealand.[113,119] BA, Victoria
University, Wellington, 1937.[113]
B.Music, 1972, Victoria University.[113] Taught at Newtown School,
1938, Wellington Boy's College, 1944, Karori Primary,
1955-1963.[64,113] Head of music at the Correspondence School,
Wellington, 1964-1981.[113] Married
Alan Frank
Wilton,[9,11,67] 9/9/1939,[64,113] Kelburn Presbyterian
Church, Wellington, New Zealand.[113] Alan born 20/8/1913,
Wellington, New
Zealand, died 25/2/1988, Wellington Hospital, New Zealand,[9,11,64,67]
& buried
4/3/1988, Plot 18z/2, Karori Lawn Cemetery, Wellington, New
Zealand.[119]
Alan served as a sergeant in the NZ Expeditionary Force, 11/1940 until
the end of the war.[113] He was wounded in battle at Sidi Rezegh, after
his recovery he spent the remainder
of the war in the NZ Army pay office
in Cairo.[113] After the war Alan took up the position of secretary to
the Wellington Hospital Board and subsequently Chief Executive Officer
until his retirement in 1977.[113] Resided 1944 &
later, No.11, Hurman Street, Karori,Wellington, New Zealand.[113]
Resided 1973 & later, No.118, Wilton Road, Wilton (adjacent to the
Wilton Reserve which had been part of the Wilton family since before
1860).[113]
Children:
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Richard Wilton,[9] born 27/5/1941,[64,113] Wellington, New Zealand.[11,67,113]
Diploma teaching, 1966.[113] Bachelor Education.[113] Teacher, Otago
Boys High School, 1967-1975.[113] Head of Science, Columbia College,
1976.[113] Blue Mountains College, 1977-1980.[113] Teacher &
Assistant Principal, Westland High School, 1980-1997.[113] Jerudong
International School, Brunei, 1998-2006.[113] School principal.[64] Married
Josephine Elisabeth Purser, 22/1/1966,
Knox Church, Dunedin, New Zealand.[64,113] Resided 1966, Waltham,
Christchurch, New Zealand.[113] Resided 1967-1976, Bellevue Street,
Dunedin, New Zealand.[113] Resided 1977-1980, Tapanui, New
Zealand.[113] Resided 1980-1997, Hokitika, New Zealand.[113]
Resided 1998-2006, Brunei.[113] Resided 2007 & on, Wanaka, New
Zealand.[113] Has issue.[113] |
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John Robert Wilton,[9] born 12/12/1945,[64,113] Wellington, New
Zealand.[11,67,113] Massey
University, Palmerston North, New Zealand, 1964-1965.[113] Doughman,
Denhard's bakery, Wellington, New Zealand, 1966.[113] Station hand
& drover, various cattle stations, far north Queensland, Australia,
1967-1971.[113] Crew, prawn trawler, Karumba, north Queensland,
Australia, 1969-1971 (wet season).[113] Farm hand, 1971-1973, Atherton
Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.[113] Pedigree dog breeder,
1973-1975.[113] Pest control contractor, 1975-post 1995.[113] Pest
controller.[64,67] Married
Margaret Joan Cook,
5/5/1971, Herberton, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland,
Australia.[64,113] Margaret born 1/11/1947, Wondal, Queensland,
Australia.[113] Resided 1967-1971, Karumba region, north Queensland,
Australia.[113] Resided 1971-1972, Herberton, Atherton Tablelands,
Queensland, Australia.[113] Resided 1972-1980, Peeramon, Atherton
Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.[113] Resided 1980-1984, Weipa,
Queensland, Australia.[113] Resided 1984-1987, Cairns, Queensland,
Australia.[113] Resided 1988 & on, Charters Towers, Queensland,
Australia.[113] Had issue.[113]
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| Peter Edward Wilton,[9] born 8/10/1950,[64,113] Wellington, New
Zealand.[11,67,113] Principal
oboist, Wellington Youth Orchestra, 1964.[113] Principal oboist,
National Youth Orchestra, 1966.[113] NZBC Symphony Orchestra,
1970.[113] Berlin Symphony Orchestra, 1971-1988.[113] Consultant
translator, 1988 & on.[113] Married Sabine Gabriele
Schultz, 28/6/1974, Kelkheim, Taunus, Germany.[64,113] Sabine born 31/5/1943, Berlin, Germany.[113] Partner 2nd Karen Louise
Lang, c.1981, Berlin, Germany.[64] Karen born 1/12/1951, Wellsville, NY, USA.[113] Had issue.[113]
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