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Maria Henrietta Wilkie

Female 1883 - 1962  (79 years)


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  • Name Maria Henrietta Wilkie 
    Birth 1883  , , , New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 20 Jul 1962  Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Woodlands Cemetery, Woodlands, Southland District, Southland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1725  wilkie
    Last Modified 13 Apr 2019 

    Father William Dick Wilkie,   b. Abt 1855, Kinglassie, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 May 1932, , , New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 77 years) 
    Mother Jane Henrietta Read,   b. Abt 1859, Victoria, , Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Aug 1948, Waimate, Canterbury, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 89 years) 
    Marriage 1880  , , , New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Free BMD Index, govt - New Zealand internet site
      1880/1945 Jane Henrietta Read married William Dick Wilkie

      New Zealand Civil Records Indexes:
      Name: William Dick Wilkie
      Marriage Date: 1880
      Place: New Zealand
      Sex: Male
      Spouses' Name: Jane Henrietta Read
      Sex: Female
      Registration Number: 1880/1945
    Family ID F505  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family James Hargest,   b. 4 Sep 1891, Gore, Southland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Aug 1944, KIA Normandy, WWII Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Marriage 29 Sep 1917  Christchurch, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 

    • Source: England & Wales Civil Registration Marriage Index 1916-2005
      Year 1917 Q3
      Hargest, James & Wilkie - Christchurch 2b 1515
    Children 
     1. Helen Mary Hargest,   b. 2 Sep 1919, , , New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Aug 1995 (Age 75 years)
    +2. Kenneth James Wilkie Hargest,   b. 21 Nov 1920   d. 18 Sep 2010, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
     3. Geoffery Robert Hargest,   b. Abt 1923   d. 30 Mar 1944, Cassino, Frosinone, Lazio, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 21 years)
     4. Peter Miles Hargest,   b. Abt 1929   d. 19 Dec 1952, KIA, Malaya Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 23 years)
    Family ID F765  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Apr 2019 

  • Photos
    Marie Henrietta Wilkie Nursing Sister WWI
    Marie Henrietta Wilkie Nursing Sister WWI
    Member of New Zealand Army Nursing Service (NZANS) Corps
    Received the Royal Red Cross 2nd class medal & service medals 1914, Star 1915, serving in Egypt

  • Notes 
    • New Zealand Civil Records Indexes:
      Name: Marie Henrietta Wilkie
      Birth Date: 1883
      Place: New Zealand
      Father's Name: William Dick Wilkie
      Mother's Name: Jane Henrietta Wilkie
      Registration Number: 1883/14372


      Attestation Papers - Marie Henrietta Wilkie (Military File)
      Name: Marie Henrietta Wilkie
      Birthplace: Allanton, Otago
      Birthdate: 08 Nov 1883
      Trade: Nurse
      Last employer: Dunedin Hospital
      Member of New Zealand Army Nursing Service (NZANS) Corps
      New Zealand Expeditionary Force
      Registration #: 22/48
      The above nurse is now married - her name being Mrs, Hargest, M. H. - File under maiden name of Wilkie, M. H.
      Date of Discharge: 15 -12- 17
      Marie received the Royal Red Cross 2nd class medal and service medals 1914, 1915 star
      She served in Egypt
      On one military record - Next of Kin is noted as W. D. Wilkie (William Dick Wilkie)
      Date of Attestation: 26 - 3- 15


      Probate Will of Maria's Mother, Jane Henrietta (Read) Wilkie; Daughter Maria's Married Name was Hargest, she was a widow at this time and residing in Invercargill New Zealand.

      Jane Henrietta Wilkie and her husband William Dick Wilkie lived in Mosgiel, where William was a labourer, but latterly lived in Waimate, Canterbury, New Zealand.

      Probate of Maria Henrietta Hargest - widow of Invercargill, New Zealand
      Names her Son - Kenneth James Wilkie Hargest
      Her Daughter in Law - Sheila Stuart Hargest
      Daughter - Helen Mary Hargest

      Maria Henrietta (Wilkie) Hargest was shareholder of shares in The Southland Frozen Meat and Produce Export Co Ltd

      New Zealand Cemetery Records 1800-2007
      30. In memory of Marie Henrietta Hargest, NZANS (of Rakauhauka) died 20 Jul 1962.
      Also interred in the plot are: Brigadier James Hargest (her husband)
      Their Sons: Lieut. Geoffery Robert Hargest and Lieut Peter Miles Hargest

      Newspaper articles found:
      photo 1917 of Maria H. Wilkie - in Nursing attire - received her Red Cross Medal

      Marriage of Maria Henrietta Wilkie to Mr Hargest - Southland Times, Page 5, Col 1 - 02 Nov 1917



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