Maria Henrietta Wilkie

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

Maria married James Hargest on 29 Sep 1917 in Christchurch, Hampshire, England. James (son of J. Hargest and M. Prosser) was born on 4 Sep 1891 in Gore, Southland, New Zealand; died on 12 Aug 1944 in KIA Normandy, WWII; was buried in Hottot-Les-Bagues War Cemetery, Calvados, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981 Year 1946
#4643 Hargest, Helen Mary; Rakauhauka, Spinster
#4644 Hargest, Kenneth James Wilkie, Rakauhauka, Farm Mang.
#4645 Hargest, Marie Henrietta, Rakauhauka, Widow


New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981 Year 1949 Southland, Awarua
#4729 Hargest, Helen Mary; Rakauhauka, Spinster
#4730 Hargest, Kenneth James Wilkie, Rakauhauka, Farm Manager
#4731 Hargest, Marie Henrietta, Rakauhauka, Widow
#4732 Hargest, Sheila Stuart, Rakauhauka, Married


New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1957 Southland, Invercargill
#5364 Helen M Hargest, 89 Layard St, Spinster
#5365 Marie H. Hargest, 89 Layard St, Widow

New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1969
1 Ford, Helen Mary, 66 Layard St, Married

New Zealand Electoral Rolls 1872
#42 Ford, Allan Charles, 66 Layard St, Invercargill, Retired
#49 Ford, Helen Mary, 66 Layard St, Invercargill, Married

My research to date hasn't found a marriage for Allan Charles Ford and Helen Mary Hargest but her grave marker in Woodlands cemetery, has her name as Helen Mary Ford, daughter of Marie Henrietta Hargest & James Hargest 2019 hw

Woodlands Cemetery, Woodlands, Southland District, Southland, New Zealand
Their dearly Beloved Daughter
Helen Mary Ford
Died 2nd Aug 1995
Aged 76 years
Plot shared with Marie Henrietta Hargest, James Hargest, Geoffrey Robert Hargest & Peter Miles Hargest
Find a Grave Memoroial # 154372342

Family/Spouse: Allan Charles Ford. Allan (son of James Ford and Mary Jane Yates) was born on 25 Jan 1892 in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand; died on 20 Oct 1989 in Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981 Year 1946
#4643 Hargest, Helen Mary; Rakauhauka, Spinster
#4644 Hargest, Kenneth James Wilkie, Rakauhauka, Farm Mang.
#4645 Hargest, Marie Henrietta, Rakauhauka, Widow


New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981 Year 1949 Southland, Awarua
#4729 Hargest, Helen Mary; Rakauhauka, Spinster
#4730 Hargest, Kenneth James Wilkie, Rakauhauka, Farm Manager
#4731 Hargest, Marie Henrietta, Rakauhauka, Widow
#4732 Hargest, Sheila Stuart, Rakauhauka, Married

New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1954 Southland, Awarua
#4904 Hargest, Kenneth James Wilkie, Rakauhauka, Farmer
#4905 Hargest, Sheila Stuart, Rakauhauka, Married

Found an article in the newspaper "The Southland Times, written by Kenneth James Wilkie Hargest, telling about the military career of his Father, his Mother's nursing years and that after 2 brothers were killed in wars, he remained on the Family Farm
I could not find a date on this article re Southland Times, so have chosen not to recopy here - for coypright reasons. Kenneth mentions his happy times of being married and raising 4 wonderful children as well hw 2019

Find a Grave Records
Woodlands Cemetery, Southland District, Southland, New Zealand
Marker reads:
21st Nov 1920 - 18 Sep 2010
Beloved Husband of Sheila
Location: 121.00 Block I

HARGEST, Kenneth James Wilkie
OccupationSheep Farmer
AddressInvercargill, formerly Rakauhauka
Date of Death2010-09-18
Age89 years
CemeteryWoodlands
Location of Grave121 Block I

Kenneth married Sheila Stuart in Unknown. Sheila was born about 1924; died on 13 Nov 2003; was buried in Woodlands Cemetery, Woodlands, Southland District, Southland, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

KIA WWII
447418 2nd Lieut Geoffrey Robert Hargest of 2nd NZEF
Died of wounds Cassino, Frosinone, Lazio, Italy 30 March 1944 -
Aged 21 years

Notes:

Woodlands Cemetery Notes
#207275 2nd Lieut Peter Miles Hargest
Fijian Infantry Regt - Army
Killed in Action Malaysia 19 Dec 1952
Ages 23 years
War: Malayan Emergency 1948 - 1960