Shared Photo: Obituary

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I wanted to share this family photo of William McWatters with the community. It's an awesome obituary as it actually includes a lot of information about the person! Location: Auckland, New Zealand. Date: 13 Sep 1932.

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Answer 1

Cool!

My sister lives not far from Thames and she works in Waihi.

And yes she drives through that gorge both ways every day.

Answer 2

Many newspapers used to publish obituaries, weddings, local community columns of activities, etc.   We are lucky if we can even find any local news in our local paper now, only the murders, robberies, etc.  For a while I was helping add sources to a Civil War veterans project and it is very typical of the obituaries of the late 1800s, early 1900s.  Great for information for a genealogist when public records are scarce.

Answer 3

Thanks for sharing!