Katherine Olive (Graham) Compton (1887 - 1980)

Born 8 Jun 1887 in Wellington, New Zealand

Wife of William John Thomas Compton — married 17 Aug 1910 in Masterton, Wairarapa District, Wellington, New Zealand

Descendants

Died 17 Aug 1980 at age 93 in Greytown, Wairarapa, New Zealand

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Biography

Katherine was born in 1887 she is the daughter of Christina & Frederick William Graham^[1]

She married William John Thomas Compton in 1910^[2]

NEW ZEALAND TIMES, VOLUME XXXII, ISSUE 7209, 18 AUGUST 1910, PAGE 9
At Knox Church, Masterton, yesterday. Miss Katherine Olive Graham, eighth daughter of Mrs F. W. Graham, of Masterton, was married to Mr William Compton, only son of Mr Thomas Compton, of Kakara. The bride wore a cream silk chiffon taffeta princess robe, adorned with orange blossoms. The chief bridesmaid was Miss Chrissie Graham (sister of the bride), who wore a brown silk dress with white chiffon hat trimmed with silk, and carried a shepherd's crook. The other bridesmaids were Misses Ivy Graham (sister of the bride) and Iris Compton (sister of the bridegroom), who wore cream serge princess robes and white felt hats, and each carried a Bible. Mr Frank Daysh was best man, and the bride was given away by her brother, Mr Fred Graham. The Rev. Bain MacDonald was the officiating clergyman.[1][2]

She passed away in 1980. ^[3]

Research Notes

m. 1875/1404 Christina McKenzie Frederick William Graham

• Emma Isabelle Graham (McEwen) 1875-1918 ^[4] William[3][4]^[5][6]

• Ada Elizabeth Graham 1877-1878 ^[7][8]

• Leonore Elizabeth Graham (Manning) 1878-1951 ^[9][10][11]

• Margaret Ada Graham (Maguire) (Vivian) (Craig) 1880-1966 ^{[12][13][14][15][16]}

• Annie Christina Graham (Carkeek)(Forsyth) 1882- ^[17][18][19]

• Linda Eva Graham (Smith) 1884-1954 ^[20][21][22]

• Winifred Graham (Gibbons) 1885-1960 ^[23][5]^[24][25]

• Katherine Olive Graham (Compton) 1887-1980 ^[26]

• Christina Finlayson Graham (Olsen) 1890-1933 ^[27][28][29]

• Frederick Duncan Graham 1892-1972 ^[30][31][32]

• Farquhar Finlay Graham 1894-1897 ^{[33] [34]}[6]

• Ivy Margaret Graham (McLeary) 1897-1988 [7]^[35][36]

• Douglas Farquhar Graham 1898 ^[37][38][39]

1921/9921 Graham Frederick William 79Y (born 1842??)

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19380413.2.159.6

The death occurred yesterday at Palmerston North of Mrs Christina Graham, widow of the late Mr Frederick Graham, at the age of 72 years The funeral will leave the residence of Mrs T. Mulholland. 114 Terrace road, Hastings, for the Havelock North cemetery next Sunday at 3.30 p.m.[8]

After a lengthy illness borne with patience and fortitude, there passed away on Thursday last, at the residence of her daughter and son-in-law, Mr and Mrs 0. E. Olsen, 6 Langston Avenue, a lady in the person of Mrs Christina Graham, whose kindly and sympathetic disposition had earned her a wide circle of friends. The late Mrs Graham, who was born at Flockton, Boss-shire, Scotland, in 1856, came to New Zealand with, her parents, Mr and Mrs McKenzie, at an early age and, when only seventeen, married Mr Frederick W. Graham, of Havelock North, who predeceased her some years ago. Since her husband’s death Mrs Graham had resided with various members of her family, and at the time of her death was living with Mr and Mrs Olson. A family of eight daughters and two sons, and eighteen grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren are left to mourn their loss. The interment will take place at the Havelock North cemetery, in the family plot.[9]

Sources

1. ↑ 1887/3413 Graham Katherine Olive Christina Frederick William
2. ↑ 1910/4315 Katherine Olive Graham William John Thomas Compton
3. ↑ 1980/35118 Compton Katherine Olive 8 June 1887
4. ↑ 1875/14134 Graham Emma Isabella Christina Frederick
5. ↑ 1897/2735 Emma Isabelle Graham Andrew Edward McEwen
6. ↑ 1918/8124 McEwen Emma Isabel 43Y
7. ↑ 1877/1287 Graham Ada Elizabeth Christina Frederick William
8. ↑ 1878/848 Graham Ada Elizabeth 11M
9. ↑ 1878/16799 Graham Leonore Elizabeth Christina Frederick William
10. ↑ 1932/10114 Leonore Elizabeth Graham Edwin Fox Manning
11. ↑ 1951/34018 Manning Leonor Elizabeth 73Y
12. ↑ 1880/12970 Graham Margaret Ada Christina Frederick William
13. ↑ 1901/876 Margaret Ada Graham Albert Alfred Maguire
14. ↑ 1914/6499 Margaret Ada Maguire Richard Vivian
15. ↑ 1931/6394 Margaret Ada Vivian Duncan Hill Craig
16. ↑ 1966/38619 Craig Margaret Ada 86Y
17. ↑ 1882/11067 Graham Annie Christina Christina Frederick William
18. ↑ 1902/1459 Annie Christina Graham Stephen Munro Carkeek
19. ↑ 1934/5429 Annie Christina Carkeek George Forsyth
20. ↑ 1884/1933 Graham Linda Eva Christina Frederick William
21. ↑ 1908/4836 Linda Eva Graham Richard Smith
22. ↑ 1954/30906 Smith Linda Eva 70Y
23. ↑ 1885/10807 Graham Winifred Christina Frederick William
24. ↑ 1904/4868 Winifred Graham William Gibbons
25. ↑ 1960/22804 Gibbons Winifred 74Y
26. ↑ 1887/3413 Graham Katherine Olive Christina Frederick William
27. ↑ 1890/2418 Graham Christina Finlayson Christina Frederick William
28. ↑ 1916/3532 Christina Finlayson Graham Oliver Everick William Olsen
29. ↑ 1933/20182 Olsen Christina Finlayson 43Y
30. ↑ 1892/2343 Graham Frederick Duncan Christina Frederick William
31. ↑ 1923/3458 Dorothy O'Dell Frederick Duncan Graham
32. ↑ 1972/47041 Graham Frederick Duncan 17 November 1891
33. ↑ 1894/13180 Graham Farquhar Finlay Christina Frederick William
34. ↑ 1897/5710 Graham Farquhar Finlay 3Y
35. ↑ 1919/3501 Ivy Margaret Graham John James McLeary
36. ↑ 1988/46672 McLeary Ivy Margaret 12 November 1897
37. ↑ 1898/18832 Graham Douglas Farquhar Christina Frederick William
38. ↑ 1928/4649 May Hendry Selbie Smith Douglas Farquhar Graham
39. ↑ 1979/47924 Graham Douglas Farquhar 31 January 1898

• "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24K-493C : 27 November 2017), Katherine Olive Graham, 1887; citing Birth, New Zealand, registration number 1887/3413, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.