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WILLIAM LESLIE HEPBURN

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Burial register ID:	12938
Surname:	HEPBURN
First name:	WILLIAM
Middle names:	LESLIE
Gender:	Male
Age:	33 Years
Cause of death:	Unknown
Burial type:
Date of death:	26-Mar-1916
Date of burial:	28-Mar-1916

Block:	8
Plot:	10
Inscription:	The site includes four plots (10, 11, 15 and 16) in Block 8. There is one large monument, now damaged, with inscriptions on each side (1–4). Also a shield (5), now lying on the ground in several pieces, but perhaps originally attached to a smaller headstone still standing beside the main monument. (1) Erected By his Sorrowing wife & children In loving memory of WILLIAM HEPBURN Who died 29. Sep. 1887. Aged 53. Also MARGARET HEPBURN Wife of the above Who died Aug 24. 1901 Aged 62 years. And with the morn those angel faces smile That I have loved long since & lost awhile. HEPBURN (2) Also his son GEORGE DOUGLAS Who died at Melbne. July 1st 1899 Aged 34 years. Interred at St. Kilda Cemetery Dearly loved. Deeply mourned (3) Also WALTER JOHN GUTHRIE Beloved husband of MARGARET M GUTHRIE Died 24th July 1918 In his 49th year. (4) Also CHARLES HERBERT GUTHRIE Beloved husband of JESSIE H GUTHRIE Died at Waimate Janry 25th 1913. Aged 35 years (5) In loving memory of WILLIAM LESLIE HEPBURN Accidentally killed at [Port Chalmers?] 27th March 1916 Erected by his work-mates

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Inscription:

The site includes four plots (10, 11, 15 and 16) in Block 8. There is one large monument, now damaged, with inscriptions on each side (1–4). Also a shield (5), now lying on the ground in several pieces, but perhaps originally attached to a smaller headstone still standing beside the main monument.

(1)

Erected

By his

Sorrowing wife & children

In loving memory of

WILLIAM HEPBURN

Who died 29. Sep. 1887.

Aged 53.

Also

MARGARET HEPBURN

Wife of the above

Who died Aug 24. 1901

Aged 62 years.

And with the morn those angel faces smile

That I have loved long since & lost awhile.

HEPBURN

(2)

Also his son

GEORGE DOUGLAS

Who died at Melbne.

July 1st 1899

Aged 34 years.

Interred at St. Kilda Cemetery

Dearly loved. Deeply mourned

(3)

Also

WALTER JOHN GUTHRIE

Beloved husband of

MARGARET M GUTHRIE

Died 24th July 1918

In his 49th year.

(4)

Also

CHARLES HERBERT GUTHRIE

Beloved husband of

JESSIE H GUTHRIE

Died at Waimate Janry 25th 1913.

Aged 35 years

(5)

In loving memory of

WILLIAM LESLIE HEPBURN

Accidentally killed at

[Port Chalmers?]

27th March 1916

Erected by his work-mates

Bio contributor: Don Hutton

William was known as “Leslie.” He was the youngest son of William Hepburn and Margaret Dunbar Ross Hepburn, née Marshall. Brought up in Dunedin, New Zealand, he attended Kaikorai School from 28 January 1890 until 16 December 1895, when he left to go to high school, probably Otago Boys’ High School. His headstone inscription reads: “Also In Loving Memory of William Leslie Hepburn accidentally killed at [?] Erected by his workmates.” The fatal accident occurred on Saturday 25 March 1916, according to a note written by his sister c. 1916.

— Other burials recorded at the same site (Plots 10, 11, 15 and 16 in Block 8 form a single grave):
William HEPBURN d. 1887,
Margaret HEPBURN d. 1901,
Charles Herbert GUTHRIE d. 1913,
Walter John GUTHRIE d. 1918,
Margaret Marshall GUTHRIE d. 1955,
and Margaret Isobel GUTHRIE d. 1955.

There are 2 Interments in this grave:

Surname	First names	Age	Date of death	Date of burial
GUTHRIE	CHARLES HERBERT	35 Years	25-Jan-1913	28-Jan-1913
HEPBURN	WILLIAM LESLIE	33 Years	26-Mar-1916	28-Mar-1916