Gertrude (Booker) Wakelin (1890 - 1946)

Born 30 Apr 1890 in New Zealand

Ancestors

Wife of William Wakelin — married 2 Dec 1915 in Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand

Died 11 Sep 1946 at age 56 in Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Gary Houston [send private message]

Biography

Gertrude was born on 30 April 1890 in New Zealand. She was the daughter of James Booker and Charlotte Wyatt. She married William Wakelin at Ashburton on 2 December 1915. She died on 11 September 1946 and was buried in Ashburton Cemetery.

Sources

• New Zealand Births, Deaths and Marriages search for birth reg., 1890/8024, birth of Gertrude Booker, parents Charlotte and James, date of birth 30 April 1890 [adjust search dates to verify.]
• New Zealand Births, Deaths and Marriages search for marriage reg., 1915/7053, marriage of Gertrude Booker and William Wakelin.
• New Zealand Births, Deaths and Marriages search for death reg., 1946/26521, death of Gertrude Wakelin, age 56 years.
• Ashburton District Council Cemeteries CEMIAS86519 Gertrude Wakelin, age 56 years, denomination: Methodist, widow, date of death 11/09/1946, additional info: Wesleyan, burial 13/09/1946 Ashburton Cemetery area 185 plot 33, purchased 16/02/1936 by Est William Wakelin, depth: single, celebrant: Rev Blight, other internments: William Wakelin (d. 16/02/1936).
• Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998 via FamilySearch Will of Gertrude Wakelin of Asburton, widow, dated 4 July 1945, appointing Charles Henry Wakelin of Winchmore, farmer, and Thomas Wakelin of Ashburton, farmer, as executors and trustees, beneficiary her daughter Sylvia Charlotte Jane Wakelin. Probate at Timaru dated 10 February 1947, after death on 11 September 1946.
• Lyttleton Times, 20 December 1915, page 1 via Papers Past Marriage of William Wakelin, third son of the late Henry Wakelin, Tinwald, to Gertrude Booker, youngest daughter of James Booker, Ashley Bank. 2 December 1915 at Willis Street Methodist Church, Ashburton, by Rev. J. D. McArthur.
• Ashburton Guardian, 12 September 1946, page 1 via Papers Past death of Gertrude Wakelin, September 11, 1946 at Ashburton, wife of the late William Wakelin, mother of Mavis and Sylvia, in her 57th year.