Biography

GEORGE CALDER

Burial register ID: 14106
Surname: CALDER
First name: GEORGE
Middle names:
Gender: Male
Age: 79 Years
Cause of death: Unknown
Burial type:
Date of death: 01-May-1924
Date of burial: 03-May-1924

Block: 39
Plot: 5
Inscription:

On the front of the monument:-

IN

LOVING MEMORY

OF

ANNIE CLARKE

BELOVED WIFE OF

GEORGE CALDER

WHO FELL ASLEEP IN JESUS

6th MARCH 1920

ALSO

GEORGE CALDER

BELOVED HUSBAND OF ABOVE

WHO ENTERED INTO REST

1st MAY 1924

AGED 78 YEARS

BOTH OF N.E. VALLEY.

ALSO JANE PATERSON CALDER

DAUGHTER OF ABOVE

DIED 7th JAN. 1944

AGED 62 YEARS.

On the right side of the monument:-

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF

JANET

WIDOW OF THE LATE

JOHN CLARKE

LEAD HILLS LANARKSHIRE

SCOTLAND

MOTHER OF

MRS. GEORGE CALDER

N.E. VALLEY

DIED 29th JULY 1879

AGED 69 YEARS.

-ALSO-

JANET DALZIEL CALDER

BORN 18th JUNE 1878

DIED 28th JULY 1879.

Bio contributor: Janice Donnelly

George Calder 1845–1924

George was born 5 August 1845 in Wick, Caithness, Scotland and came to New Zealand with his family when he was four on the ship Mariner in June 1849. George was the tenth child of David Calder and Jane (née Paterson).

George married Anne (née Clarke) from Malew, Isle of Man on 22 August 1871 in the dwelling house of Mrs Clark, Balclutha.

In 1880 George bought the stone quarry in North-East Valley. By 1905, he was employing 25 men, had a similar number of horses and carts, and two team-driven stone-crushers working in North Rd. The material quarried was used to make roads around Dunedin. He and his brother John also built the stone Presbyterian Church at Caversham, Dunedin.

George Calder was elected to the Roslyn Borough Council in 1903, and was also a member of the Kaikorai School Committee.

His eldest son David wrote a book in 1949 to commemorate the family being here for one hundred years. Other children are: John, George, Janet, Jane and James. Janet died of pertussis, bronchopneumonia and collapsis pulmonis in 1879 when she was thirteen months old. George was also chairman of the North-East Valley School c. 1914, and his house was where the Otago Community Hospice now is.
Portrait of George Calder
Source: Janice Donnelly

There are 8 Interments in this grave:

Surname First names Age Date of death Date of burial
CALDER ANNIE 77 Years 06-Mar-1920 08-Mar-1920
CALDER BABY 0 Days 24-Jul-1884 24-Jul-1884
CALDER BABY 0 Days 31-Jan-1877 01-Feb-1877
CALDER GEORGE 79 Years 01-May-1924 03-May-1924
CALDER JANE PATERSON 62 Years 07-Jan-1944 10-Jan-1944
CALDER JANET DALZIEL 13 Months 28-Jul-1879 30-Jul-1879
CALDER JOHN CLARK 64 Years 08-Aug-1937 08-Aug-1937
CLARKE JANET 69 Years 28-Jul-1879 31-Jul-1879