A R A I C E M E T E R Y ----------------------------- Notes: * The folloing is a listing from the Arai cemetery master plan. Incomplete data has come about over the ages partially from loss of old records and partially from the degeneration of the older gravestones (many of them being made from wood). Where a partial name has been given with no date, assume pre-1900. * Arai Cemetery is a small rural cemetery in the Tomorata area, which lies approximately between Mangawhai and Pakiri. It was an area chosen by many early settlers for farming. Further information may be obtained from a small museum in Mangawhia and from a number of locals with knowledge of the area. * Apologies for not alpha-sorting names. Date of Grave Name Burial Row Number Remarks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unknown 23/10/1902 A XXII Skeleton found by Mr.T.Jennings on Forest Reserve, Pakiri. Springhall ? A XXIII Stillborn Rice 26/07/1900 B XX Stillborn Frederick Hodgson 12/07/1933 B XVI Mary Brown 21/01/1900 C XIX Mary Jennings 06/04/1914 C XVIII George Jennings 16/05/1920 C XVII Annie Hodgson 07/10/1928 C XVI David Moir 28/04/1931 C XV Mary Ann Moir 03/06/1932 C XIV J.R.H.Moir 09/04/1936 C XII J.J.Moir 24/07/1937 C XIII Francis Jennings 09/02/1897 D XIX Twin children George Alexander Jennings 02/03/1897 D XIX Twin children John Sellwood 02/05/1910 D XIV Mary Ann Sellwood 14/11/1927 D XIII Normon Connolly 25/01/1931 D XII Moir 29/03/1932 D XI Child - 6 weeks William C.Chipchase 07/09/1934 D X Bernard Heywood 02/01/1945 D XX Age 1 day Sydney Ward Fishlock 30/12/1965 D IX Mary Jane Wharfe 27/10/1891 E XV Sarah Ann Fishlock 18/03/1903 E XIX James Logue 30/09/1901 E XX Catherine Logue 05/11/1893 E XXI Ellen Logue 19/09/1896 E XXII Susannah Logue 20/10/1903 E XXIII Ann Wharfe 25/12/1908 E XVI Samuel McKee 26/11/1912 E XIII Thomas Turner 04/02/1916 E XII John Wharfe 11/08/1919 E XVII W.Fishlock 11/12/1937 E XVIII Cyril Fishlock 30/09/1940 E XI Ester Grace Ridge 21/06/1945 E IX Sarah Fishlock 14/05/1946 E X Ella Lavinia Logue 13/03/1980 E XXIV Aged 75yrs Frank U. Wharfe 29/05/1891 F XIV Thomas Dey Wharfe 30/03/1888 F XV Ethel Mary Wharfe 17/07/1898 F XVI Elizabeth Eyre 06/10/1885 F XVII Charles Eyre 03/08/1893 F XVIII Unknown ? F XIX Lucy Farrand 21/10/1902 F XX Thomas Wharfe 19/02/1911 F XII Maria Unwin Wharfe 19/02/1911 F XIII George E. Farrand 13/12/1956 F XXI George Williams 12/04/1891 G XIII Man burnt at Mangawhai John West 16/01/1882 G XV Elizabeth West 25/07/1883 G XVI John Hunter Penman 17/01/1879 G XVII George Percy 14/05/1881 G XVIII Unknown ? G XIX George Farrand 28/12/1902 G XX Annie Mary Shannon 23/08/1897 H XII Dennis Shannon 07/02/1893 H XIII Frank Hanley ? H XIV Unknown ? H XV Robert Brown ? H XVI Martha Brown 27/03/1881 H XVII Elizabeth Dale 10/07/1874 H XIX John Dale 17/03/1892 H XX Bessie Brown 02/05/1904 H XXI Mary Ann Dale 14/09/1909 H XVIII John Brown 25/02/1909 H XXII Annie Shannon 28/12/1921 H XI Smith (infant) 15/09/1881 I XIV Died 5hrs after birth Elsie Eleanor Sharp 21/06/1903 I XV Unknown ? I XVI Unknown ? I XVII William Neil 24/05/1866 I XIX Isabella Benton 05/10/1908 I XXII Archibald Smith 14/03/1910 I XIII Jonas Benton 16/02/1916 I XXI Annie Bishop 21/05/1902 J IX Dorothy Barkley 12/10/1894 J X Agnes A. Bishop 15/11/1894 J XI Unknown ? J XIII Unknown ? J XIV Unknown ? J XV Unknown ? J XVI Ann Moir 14/08/1889 J XVIII Moir ? J XIX Child Robert Henry Moir 23/09/1901 J XX Frederick Haseldon Granger 15/02/1866 J XXI Richard(?) Wharfe ? J XXIII 2yrs Sarah Alice Benton ??/01/1902 J XXV Charles Watson Benton 01/02/1893 J XXVI Yates (infant) 07/08/1898 J XXVII Died 24hrs after birth Frederick James Moir 10/05/1920 J XVII Walter Lawrence 17/06/1941 J XXIV Unknown ? K I Henry Shepherd 07/06/1902 K III William Shepherd ? K IV William Lawrence 24/04/1895 K V Elizabeth Lawrence 24/09/1897 K VI Fox (infant) 17/08/1899 K VII Stillborn -------------------------------------------------------------------------------