Biography

AMELIA EMMA HAYES

Burial register ID: 2775
Surname: HAYES
First name: AMELIA
Middle names: EMMA
Gender: Female
Age: 51 Years
Cause of death: Unknown
Burial type:
Date of death: 08-Feb-1880
Date of burial: 10-Feb-1880

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

Amelia Emma Hayes (known as Emma) arrived in Port Chalmers on the Dunedin (from Melbourne) on 12th March 1860 (as recorded in the Otago Witness, 17th March 1860) with her husband, son and two daughters. Her husband, Attiwell Hayes is listed in Wises Dunedin Directory (1866) as a milliner in George Street, and they resided in Great King Street (1868) and Moray Place West (1871). One daughter (1852) and one son (1858) were born to Attiwell and Emma Hayes in Melbourne, Victoria suggesting that they migrated to Australia in the period 1850-1852 (they were married in Ireland in 1850, both were Protestants from County Cork) and subsequently moved to Dunedin.

Sadly, Amelia Emma Hayes was killed by her husband, “during temporary insanity”. He then killed himself. The Otago Witness of 14th February 1880 has details of the Coroner’s Inquest on page 19.

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