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ROGAL grave

In loving memory of

Charles ROGAL

Died December 10th 1897

Aged 50

Also

Mary

Died June 19th 1904

[aged 21 years]

 

 

Charles

BLOCK 41 PLOT 106

Occupation: Farmer

Place of birth: Germany

Years in NZ: 25 [1]

Died at his residence in Marshlands[6]

 

Star , Issue 3377, 4 February 1879, Page 2

News article with Charles as witness to horse theft. It states at the time he lived at Rhodes Swamp.

paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s...

 

Probate granted:

Star , Issue 6092, 1 February 1898, Page 2

paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s...

 

His probate is available:

archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=22387075

 

Mary

BLOCK 41 PLOT 107

Occupation: Domestic Duties[4]

Place of birth: Christchurch

[daughter of Charles and Mary][5]

 

Also buried in Block 41 Plot 107 but not on headstone or headstone has gone:

Anthony ROGAL died 24 September 1923 aged 29 years[2]

Occupation: Labourer

Son of Charles and Annie ROGAL[5]

[There is an Anthony ROGAL 6/131 WW1 whose army records are available at archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=20807368 and who also appears on Cenotaph database muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cenotaph/54222.detail?O...

Possibly one and same as address on Cenotaph database is nearly the same as on Christchurch City Council cemeteries database and almost next door to the address of Annie SCHUMANSKI below. Did he die of a war related injury/illness? Private A ROGAL is listed as having “bronchitis – slight, satisfactory” in 1915[9] and expected home via hospital ship Moheno due Auckland 31 Dec 1915[10] ]

 

Also

 

Annie SCHUMANSKI died 3 May 1925 aged 76 years[3]

Occupation: Married

Place of birth: Poland

Years in NZ: 50

 

As an aside:

Charles ROGAL’s infant son Theodore died 12 March 1889 aged 4 months. He is buried in Linwood Cemetery but in

BLOCK 37 PLOT 137NWC[7]

Star , Issue 6495, 14 March 1889, Page 3

“An inquest was held yesterday afternoon, before Mr C. Whitefoord and a Coroner's jury, on the body of the I infant son of Charles Rogal, a farmer residing at Bottle Lake. The child died on Tuesday, while being taken to Christchurch for medical aid. A verdict of "Death from natural causes,” (diarrhoea) was returned.” [8]

 

 

REFERENCES:

[1]

librarydata.christchurch.org.nz/Cemeteries/interment.asp?...

[2]

librarydata.christchurch.org.nz/Cemeteries/interment.asp?...

[3]

librarydata.christchurch.org.nz/Cemeteries/interment.asp?...

[4]

librarydata.christchurch.org.nz/Cemeteries/interment.asp?...

[5]

www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Home/

[6]

homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ashleigh/1870-1908/1897.December.St...

[7]

librarydata.christchurch.org.nz/Cemeteries/interment.asp?...

[8]

paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=TS...

[9]

paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s...

[10]

paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s...

 

 

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