ID Number107750
NameTURNBULL Alexander Horsburgh
Family NameTURNBULL
Plot98.L
CemeteryPublic
StatusReinstated Monument after Disinterment for Motorway
Location on the Modern Grid MapO15 01
Inscription on TombstoneSacred to the memory of John Horsburgh [TURNBULL], eldest son of Walter & Alexandrina TURNBULL, died 11 March 1867, aged 6 years & 8 months. "Not gone from memory, not gone from love, but gone to his father's house above" Also Alexandrina Horsburgh, beloved wife of Walter TURNBULL, died 25 November 1896, aged 69, and Walter TURNBULL, husband of the above Alexandrina TURNBULL, son of John TURNBULL and Isabella Thorburn, born 16 March 1823 at Selkirk in Scotland, died 3 October 1897. Alexander Horsburgh TURNBULL, died [28 June] 1918, and Robert Thorburn TURNBULL, born 24 March 1865, died 12 July 1923. [-Miller-]
Description of GraveUpright marble headstone with lead lettering.
Date of Death or Burial*28 Jun, 1918
Public Cemetery Register NumberApp 095
Type of Record Burial
Age49
SexMale
BiographyAlexander TURNBULL was a successful businessman whose hobbies included yachting and collecting books, images, maps and manuscripts relating to New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. His vast collection was donated to the nation and became the research library known as the Alexander Turnbull Library, in Wellington. Biography available at Dictionary of New Zealand Biography.