ID Number100970
NameBROWN Samuel
Family NamePAIN
Plot5802
CemeteryChurch of England
StatusReinstated Monument after Disinterment for Motorway
Location on the Modern Grid MapJ14 18
Inscription on TombstoneIn loving memory of Ann PAIN, aged 64, also Lillias Emily [BROWN], died 27 June 1875, aged 8 months, and Frederick Henry, died 21 June 1884, aged 9 years, also George Thomas, died 29 December 1887, aged 7 years, the beloved children of Samuel and Emily BROWN, and grandchildren of the above. Also May Margaret, the beloved daughter of the above, died 29 March 1906, aged 21, also of the above, Samuel BROWN, died 14 August 1909, aged 64, "I know that my redeemer liveth and we shall meet on that beautiful shore". Also Stanley Stuart BROWN, died 2 November 1914, aged 33, John Augustin Samuel BROWN, died July 13 1929, aged 55. Also Richard Walter BROWN, third son of the above and beloved husband of Ethel BROWN, died 4 August 1923, aged 43. [-Mansfield-]
Description of GraveUpright white marble headstone with inscription in lead lettering. Additional plaque set in concrete in front.
Date of Death or Burial*14 Aug, 1909
Public Cemetery Register Number3439
Type of Record Burial
Age64
SexMale
BiographySamuel BROWN was born in Ireland c1845 and arrived in New Zealand in 1862, moving from Invercargill to Wellington in 1864. He established himself as a successful contractor and merchant, with a wood and coal yard operating for many years in Adelaide Road. His construction work included the Farewell Spit Lighthouse, the Wellington Gasworks, the telegraph line to Masterton, and various railway lines in the lower North Island. In the 1880s he built the freezing works for the Wellington Meat Export Co., which operated from June 1883, sending the first shipment of frozen meat to London. He also became involved in local body politics, serving as a Wellington City Councillor (1879-85), and as Mayor (1887-88). Other civic duties included 4 years on the Wellington Harbour Board, becoming a JP, serving on the Wellington College Board, and being a Vestryman at St Marks Church Basin Reserve. He died at his home in Hanson Street on 14 Aug 1909, survived by his wife Emily and four children. [Sources: Research by Kerry Conlon McIntosh; Evening Post, 14 Aug 1909]