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Caroline "Carrie" Gunderson formerly Burwell

Born 4 Dec 1898 in Kaimata, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand

Ancestors

Daughter of Albert Edward Burwell and Gertrude Leonora (Minchin) Burwell

Sister of Gertrude (Burwell) Perrott, Denis Rea Burwell, Albert Henry Burwell, Francis Quinton Burwell JP, George Edward Burwell, Unnamed Burwell [half] and Constance Enid (Burwell) Gilmour-Hall [half]

Wife of John Gunderson — married 1920 in New Zealand

Died 10 Oct 1988 at age 89 in Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand

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Biography

Caroline "Carrie" was born in 1898. She was the daughter and firstborn child of Albert Burwell and Gertrude Minchin. She was named after her aunt Caroline Elizabeth Burwell.

She grew up with her parents and five younger siblings at Kaimata, Inglewood, Taranaki where her father was a Farmer.

Sadly her mother died in 1918 after contracting Spanish Influenza.

At the age of about 22 Carrie married 32 year old John "Jack" Gunderson in 1920. They had no children.

In 1921 her widowed father married her late mother's sister, Louisa Tempest Minchin. They had a stillborn child in 1922, and then a daughter, Constance Enid Burwell arrived on 21 April 1924.

Carrie and her husband Jack lived in New Plymouth most of their lives where her husband was a Butcher.

They later moved to the Waikato.

Her husband Jack passed away on 14 December 1967 and is buried at Hamilton Park Cemetery.

Carrie passed away on 10 October 1988 at the age of 89 and was cremated on 13 October 1988.

Last Address: C/- C Perrott, R D 5, Te Awamutu

Sources

NZ BDM Birth Records Online: 1899/12359 Burwell Caroline https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/

NZ BDM Marriage Records Online: 1920/1337 Caroline Burwell and John Gunderson https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/

NZ BDM Death Records Online: 1988/53458 Gunderson Caroline https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/

http://www.hamilton.govt.nz/our-services/do-it-online/cemetery-search/Pages/default.aspx?surname=gunderson

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194588998/caroline-gunderson), memorial page for Caroline Burwell Gunderson (4 Dec 1898–10 Oct 1988), Find a Grave Memorial no. 194588998, citing Hamilton Park Cemetery, Hamilton, Hamilton City, Waikato, New Zealand ; Maintained by lindylou631 (contributor 49254308)

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Caroline by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Caroline: