ID Number101910
NameDIXON Edward
Family NameDIXON
Plot4803
CemeteryChurch of England
StatusReinstated Monument after Disinterment for Motorway
Location on the Modern Grid MapM14 05
Inscription on TombstoneIn loving remembrance of Catherine DIXON, who departed this life 18th April and was interred here 21 April 1874, aged 41. "Rest In Peace. An affectionate wife and mother was she, But it pleased the Lord to remove her from me, Yet we hope when the troubles of this life are o'er, We shall meet her in heaven to part no more". Also in loving memory of Edward DIXON, who departed this life 22 October 1890, aged 65. "Rest from thy labour, rest, soul of the just set free". "Blest be thy memory and blest the bright example be. Now toil and conflict o'er, go, Take with saints thy place, But go as each has gone before, A sinner saved by grace." Also Catherine DIXON, daughter of the above, who departed this life 1 April 1947, aged 82.
Description of GraveUpright white marble headstone with decorative sculpture work across the upper part. Incised lettering.
Date of Death or Burial*22 Oct, 1890
Public Cemetery Register Number
Type of Record Burial
Age65
SexMale
BiographyEdward DIXON, born in Nottinghamshire in 1825, arrived in Wellington (with Catherine, his second wife) on the "Royal Albert" in 1853, joining his brother Charles who was farming in Karori. He soon became involved in the manufacture of cordial, at first employed by Peter Laing and then setting up his own business in Cuba Street, and was also later a city councillor. A keen cricketer in his youth, he remained a loyal cricket enthusiast, and in his memory, his family donated the clock at the Basin Reserve. When he eventually retired, his health deteriorated over six or seven years and he died at home on 22 Oct 1890. A member of St Peter's Church, he was survived by his third wife, and 15 children. [Evening Post, 22 Oct 1890]