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B28P149 Seay

April 23rd, 2011 by Alexandra

SEAY grave & memorial for Gunner Gordon Desmond SEAY 22655 & Warrant Officer Clarence Adrian SEAY 6/3459

In loving memory of
William Nixon
Eldest son of
W N & M A SEAY
Died 3rd December 1912
Aged 23 years

Also Mary Ann
dearly loved wife of W N SEAY
Died 25 December 1939
Aged 76 years
[Born Dunedin and of 9 Church Lane at time of death]

Also
William Nixon SEAY
Died 29th November 1948
Aged 85 years
[formerly Headmaster of Addington School and lived at 21 Church Lane at time of death; born Ireland and resided in NZ 84 years at time of death]

In Loving memory of
Clarence Adrian SEAY
Wrnt. Offr. 2st Class (M.S.M)
2nd sn of
W N & M A SEAY
Died while on active service
20 February 1919
Interred in Sudfriedhof Cemetery, Cologne aged 26 years
[his Cenotaph record:
muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cenotaph/RecordDetail.a...]

Ivan Atherton SEAY
son of W N & M A SEAY
Died 28th March 1968 aged 64 years

In loving memory of
Gunner Gordon Desmond
3rd son of
W N & M A SEAY
Killed in action in France
Interred Sucrerie Cemetery, Colingcamps
9 May 1918 aged 23 years
[his Cenotaph record with portrait:
muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cenotaph/RecordDetail.a...]

In loving memory of
Margaret Jean Adele
beloved wife of
Chrisotpher Joseph ROGERS
and daughter of
W N & M A SEAY
Died 5th May 1984 aged 84 years

Alexandrina Mee DOLPH
Daughter of W N & M A SEAY
Died 22nd September 1976 aged 88 years
[Christchurch Cemeteries database states Alex. is buried in Waimairi Cemetery with her husband Joseph DOLPH and also that Ivan is in Waimairi along with 2 others in his plot and not in Linwood so this is probably a memorial for the 2 SEAY children.]

SEAY— Mee.— Dec. 29, 1885, at St Albans, Pleasant Point, by the Rev Jasper T Smyth, William Nixon, eldest son of Thomas Seay, Springfield, to Mary Ann Armstrong, eldest daughter of Alexander Mee, of Well Park Estate, Pleasant Point.[1]

14 February 1899 article:
Seay home broken in to
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s…

8 August 1906
Clarence, ‘Adele’, Mrs Seay and ‘Drina’ mentioned in article for School competition West Melton School:
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s…

31 January 1908
Alexandrina passed school management:
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s…

14 February 1913
Administration of letters granted for William Nixon SEAY [Snr], late of Clydevale[2]

References:
[1]
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s…
[2]
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s…

with thanks to Sarndra Lees

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