Biography

JOHN MacFARLANE

Burial register ID: 11386
Surname: MacFARLANE
First name: JOHN
Middle names:
Gender: Male
Age: 67 Years
Cause of death: Unknown
Burial type:
Date of death: 26-Jun-1909
Date of burial: 28-Jun-1909

Block: 39
Plot: 7
Inscription:

ERECTED

IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF

THEIR DEAR PARENTS BY THE

CHILDREN OF ATTIWELL AND

AMELIA EMMA HAYES,

WHO DIED AT DUNEDIN FEB 7th 1880

AGED 49 AND 51 YEARS RESPECTIVELY

ALSO THEIR SON

ATTIWELL, WHO DEPARTED

THIS LIFE DEC 23rd 1888

AGED 29

ALSO JULIA,

THE BELOVED WIFE OF

JOHN MACFARLANE

WHO FELL ASLEEP IN JESUS

JUNE 10th 1896

ALSO EMMA,

DAUGHTER OF ATTIWELL AND

AMELIA EMMA HAYES

WHO DIED 8th AUGUST 1904.

“BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART”

ALSO JOHN MACFARLANE

WHO DIED JUNE 25th 1909

AGED 67 YEARS.

SO ALSO OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD

IT IS SOWN IN CORRUPTION IT IS RAISED IN INCORRUPTION.

Bio contributor: Don Macfarlane

John Macfarlane was born at Bushmills, Antrim, Ireland about 1842. He emigrated to New Zealand before 1870; his first appointment in Otago as a school teacher was at Port Chalmers in 1870. He married Julia Lehane in Dunedin on 29th August 1871. They had seven children, six of whom were alive at the time of his death; four sons and two daughters.

John Macfarlane’s teaching appointments in New Zealand were: Port Chalmers 1870-1879; possibly Albany Street in 1879; North East Valley 1880-1886, 1892 and 1893 (he resigned on 28th December 1893 (Otago Witness)); and Waitahuna Gully 1890-1891. He was listed but not engaged as a school teacher from 1895-1900.

John Macfarlane died at Victoria Home, Test Street, Oamaru on 25th June 1909 aged 67 years, having suffered spinal degeneration for twelve years, and cystitis and uraemia for four days.

There are 6 Interments in this grave:

Surname First names Age Date of death Date of burial
HAYES AMELIA EMMA 51 Years 08-Feb-1880 10-Feb-1880
HAYES ATTIWELL 29 Years 23-Dec-1888 26-Dec-1888
HAYES ATTIWELL 48 Years 08-Feb-1880 10-Feb-1880
HAYES EMMA 39 Years 07-Aug-1904 09-Aug-1904
MacFARLANE JOHN 67 Years 26-Jun-1909 28-Jun-1909
MacFARLANE JULIA 43 Years 12-Jun-1896 14-Jun-1896