CHISHOLM, Dorothy Louise Muntz
Born 10 May 1890; died 16 November 1918; buried 17 November 1918; age 28
A brother and sister, descendants of a famous English family, died of the flu within 48 hours of each other in Wellington. Oswald WINSTANLEY lived at 39 Wallace Street, Mt Cook; Dorothy CHISHOLM lived at Nosworthy Street, Blenheim but died at her mother’s home at 55 Majoribanks Street, Mt Victoria. They were buried in separate plots in Karori Cemetery, Dorothy in the Anglican section on 17 November, and Oswald in the Public 2 section three days later on 20 November.
Dorothy Louise Muntz WINSTANLEY was born on 10 May 1890 in Wellington, daughter of Annie Eliza MUNTZ and John Sidney Winstanley.
Annie’s parents were Charles Adolphus Muntz and Sarah Louisa, SIMONS who lived in England. Charles was born in 1834 and christened with other family members in St Mary’s Parish, Handsworth, Staffordshire in 1843. He married Sarah in 1857 and later that year they emigrated to New Zealand on the Oriental, arriving in Nelson in October. Charles died in 1908 and Sarah in 1912. Both are buried in the Richmond Cemetery, Nelson.
The Muntz family was quite famous: At the time of Charles’ death in New Zealand in 1908, an obituary in the Colonist on 9 September 1908 noted:
We have to record the death of Mr Charles A. Muntz, of Richmond, a very old settler. The late Mr Muntz was a member of a noteworthy Warwickshire family, being the fifth son of Mr Geo. A. Muntz, who was one of the members of Parliament for Birmingham. Mr G. F. Muntz carried on the business of a metal manufacturer at Soho, Staffordshire, which had been established by his father. This concern was afterwards taken over by the Muntz Metal Company, Limited, a member of the family having been the inventor of that well-known metal.
(The family made a fortune from Muntz metal as it replaced copper sheathing as anti-fouling on the bottoms of boats, being much cheaper. Patented in 1832, it was also used to sheathe wharf piles as a protection against teredo shipworms, in locomotive tubes, and for special bolts.)
The obituary went on: Mr C. A. Muntz's brother, the late Mr G. F. Muntz, was D.L. of his county, and also sat in Parliament for Birmingham. Another brother was Sir Albert J Muntz, also of Birmingham.
Mr C. A. Muntz, who was of independent means, came to Nelson in the ship Oriental in 1857, and two years later took up his residence at Richmond, where he resided till his death on Monday morning; last. The late Mr Muntz was a water-colour artist of some note, and a great many of his pictures of New Zealand scenes are held in the district. A year or two ago the studio, with some hundreds of sketches, was destroyed by fire. Deceased leaves a widow and a family of three – Mrs J S Winstanley and Mrs E. Smallbone, of the Port, and one son, Mr G. F. Muntz, Moutere, who married a daughter of the Hon. R. H. J. Reeves, M.L.C.
His daughter Annie married John Sidney Winstanley on 7 November 1887 at St Peter’s Church, Wellington. (John was born in 1864 and died in Picton in 1948. He was on the staff of the Wellington Telegraph Office and was a prominent yachtsman in Wellington before transferring to Nelson.)
They had six children, all born in Wellington; Charles Sidney b1888, Dorothy Louise Muntz b1890, Oswald Frederick Muntz b1891, Harold Earl b1899, Iorangi Muntz b1902 and Rona Darling b1902.
Dorothy attended Clyde Quay School from 1898 to 1902 but left at the end of that year due to ill health.
On the 31st July 1907 she married William Duncan Alfred CHISHOLM in St Mark’s Church, Wellington. William was born in 1879 in Nelson and was the son of William Sedman Chisholm and Amelia Kate BRIND.
Dorothy and William had two children, Eric Dudley (b1908 in Nelson, died 2000) and Dorothy Joyce (b1909 in Blenheim, died 2002). The family moved from Nelson in March 1908. The Marlborough Express printed the following on 21 March:
Nelson correspondent telegraphs as follows:—At the Theatre Royal last evening, Mr W D A Chisholm has been transferred to a responsible position in the Blenheim branch of Levin and Co., Limited, he was entertained at a social gathering by representatives of the various athletic bodies of this city, and presented with a pair of solid silver entree dishes and a silver tea service and tray, suitably inscribed, in appreciation of the services he has rendered to the various branches of sport. There was a large attendance, Dr Andrew, President of the Rugby Union, presiding, and eulogistic references were made to the services rendered by the departing guest as athlete, cricketer, oarsman, footballer and referee. Mr Chisholm leaves for Blenheim on Monday.
The 1911 Electoral Rolls show the family as living in Nosworthy Street, Blenheim. They continued to live there until 1919, after which William and the children moved to Weld Street following Dorothy’s death.
She caught influenza and died at her mother’s home in Wellington on 16 November 1918. She was buried in the Anglican section of Karori Cemetery on 17 November. The New Zealand Times of 20 November published the death notice:
CHISHOLM.—On November 16th, Dearly beloved wife of William Chisholm, Blenheim, and dearly loved eldest daughter of Mrs A. E. Winstanley, 55, Majoribanks street.
The headstone on her grave reads:
In loving memory of Dorothy, the beloved wife of W D A Chisholm, of Blenheim.
Died at Wellington 16 Nov 1918 aged 28 yrs
In 1919 and 1920 Dorothy’s mother, brother and sisters published In Memoriam notices in the Evening Post.
Dorothy’s husband William married Martha PATERSON in 1921. Their son William McCallum Chisholm was born in 1925 (died 2008), followed by John Leslie Chisholm. Martha died in 1959 and is buried in Omaka Cemetery, Blenheim; William died in 1965 and is buried alongside her.
The influenza outbreak of 1918 also claimed Dorothy’s brother, Oswald, who died at his Wellington home on 18 November. He was buried in the Public2 Section Karori Cemetery on 20 November. Oswald was married to Celeste MORGAN (nee GILROY). They did not have children.
Researched and written by Beverley Hamlin
Grave information:
Section: CH ENG2
Plot: 59 E
Sources:
1. New Zealand Births Deaths & Marriages historical – www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
2. Newspapers – www.paperspast.natlib.gov.nz
3. Karori Cemetery – www.wellington.govt.nz > Services > Community & Culture > Cemeteries
4. New Zealand Electoral Rolls and family information – www.ancestry.co.uk
5. School Records – Kiwi Index from New Zealand Society of Genealogists
6. “Charles Adophus Muntz” article written by K G Winstanley – www.nzetc.victoria.ac.nz
Born 10 May 1890; died 16 November 1918; buried 17 November 1918; age 28
A brother and sister, descendants of a famous English family, died of the flu within 48 hours of each other in Wellington. Oswald WINSTANLEY lived at 39 Wallace Street, Mt Cook; Dorothy CHISHOLM lived at Nosworthy Street, Blenheim but died at her mother’s home at 55 Majoribanks Street, Mt Victoria. They were buried in separate plots in Karori Cemetery, Dorothy in the Anglican section on 17 November, and Oswald in the Public 2 section three days later on 20 November.
Dorothy Louise Muntz WINSTANLEY was born on 10 May 1890 in Wellington, daughter of Annie Eliza MUNTZ and John Sidney Winstanley.
Annie’s parents were Charles Adolphus Muntz and Sarah Louisa, SIMONS who lived in England. Charles was born in 1834 and christened with other family members in St Mary’s Parish, Handsworth, Staffordshire in 1843. He married Sarah in 1857 and later that year they emigrated to New Zealand on the Oriental, arriving in Nelson in October. Charles died in 1908 and Sarah in 1912. Both are buried in the Richmond Cemetery, Nelson.
The Muntz family was quite famous: At the time of Charles’ death in New Zealand in 1908, an obituary in the Colonist on 9 September 1908 noted:
We have to record the death of Mr Charles A. Muntz, of Richmond, a very old settler. The late Mr Muntz was a member of a noteworthy Warwickshire family, being the fifth son of Mr Geo. A. Muntz, who was one of the members of Parliament for Birmingham. Mr G. F. Muntz carried on the business of a metal manufacturer at Soho, Staffordshire, which had been established by his father. This concern was afterwards taken over by the Muntz Metal Company, Limited, a member of the family having been the inventor of that well-known metal.
(The family made a fortune from Muntz metal as it replaced copper sheathing as anti-fouling on the bottoms of boats, being much cheaper. Patented in 1832, it was also used to sheathe wharf piles as a protection against teredo shipworms, in locomotive tubes, and for special bolts.)
The obituary went on: Mr C. A. Muntz's brother, the late Mr G. F. Muntz, was D.L. of his county, and also sat in Parliament for Birmingham. Another brother was Sir Albert J Muntz, also of Birmingham.
Mr C. A. Muntz, who was of independent means, came to Nelson in the ship Oriental in 1857, and two years later took up his residence at Richmond, where he resided till his death on Monday morning; last. The late Mr Muntz was a water-colour artist of some note, and a great many of his pictures of New Zealand scenes are held in the district. A year or two ago the studio, with some hundreds of sketches, was destroyed by fire. Deceased leaves a widow and a family of three – Mrs J S Winstanley and Mrs E. Smallbone, of the Port, and one son, Mr G. F. Muntz, Moutere, who married a daughter of the Hon. R. H. J. Reeves, M.L.C.
His daughter Annie married John Sidney Winstanley on 7 November 1887 at St Peter’s Church, Wellington. (John was born in 1864 and died in Picton in 1948. He was on the staff of the Wellington Telegraph Office and was a prominent yachtsman in Wellington before transferring to Nelson.)
They had six children, all born in Wellington; Charles Sidney b1888, Dorothy Louise Muntz b1890, Oswald Frederick Muntz b1891, Harold Earl b1899, Iorangi Muntz b1902 and Rona Darling b1902.
Dorothy attended Clyde Quay School from 1898 to 1902 but left at the end of that year due to ill health.
On the 31st July 1907 she married William Duncan Alfred CHISHOLM in St Mark’s Church, Wellington. William was born in 1879 in Nelson and was the son of William Sedman Chisholm and Amelia Kate BRIND.
Dorothy and William had two children, Eric Dudley (b1908 in Nelson, died 2000) and Dorothy Joyce (b1909 in Blenheim, died 2002). The family moved from Nelson in March 1908. The Marlborough Express printed the following on 21 March:
Nelson correspondent telegraphs as follows:—At the Theatre Royal last evening, Mr W D A Chisholm has been transferred to a responsible position in the Blenheim branch of Levin and Co., Limited, he was entertained at a social gathering by representatives of the various athletic bodies of this city, and presented with a pair of solid silver entree dishes and a silver tea service and tray, suitably inscribed, in appreciation of the services he has rendered to the various branches of sport. There was a large attendance, Dr Andrew, President of the Rugby Union, presiding, and eulogistic references were made to the services rendered by the departing guest as athlete, cricketer, oarsman, footballer and referee. Mr Chisholm leaves for Blenheim on Monday.
The 1911 Electoral Rolls show the family as living in Nosworthy Street, Blenheim. They continued to live there until 1919, after which William and the children moved to Weld Street following Dorothy’s death.
She caught influenza and died at her mother’s home in Wellington on 16 November 1918. She was buried in the Anglican section of Karori Cemetery on 17 November. The New Zealand Times of 20 November published the death notice:
CHISHOLM.—On November 16th, Dearly beloved wife of William Chisholm, Blenheim, and dearly loved eldest daughter of Mrs A. E. Winstanley, 55, Majoribanks street.
The headstone on her grave reads:
In loving memory of Dorothy, the beloved wife of W D A Chisholm, of Blenheim.
Died at Wellington 16 Nov 1918 aged 28 yrs
In 1919 and 1920 Dorothy’s mother, brother and sisters published In Memoriam notices in the Evening Post.
Dorothy’s husband William married Martha PATERSON in 1921. Their son William McCallum Chisholm was born in 1925 (died 2008), followed by John Leslie Chisholm. Martha died in 1959 and is buried in Omaka Cemetery, Blenheim; William died in 1965 and is buried alongside her.
The influenza outbreak of 1918 also claimed Dorothy’s brother, Oswald, who died at his Wellington home on 18 November. He was buried in the Public2 Section Karori Cemetery on 20 November. Oswald was married to Celeste MORGAN (nee GILROY). They did not have children.
Researched and written by Beverley Hamlin
Grave information:
Section: CH ENG2
Plot: 59 E
Sources:
1. New Zealand Births Deaths & Marriages historical – www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
2. Newspapers – www.paperspast.natlib.gov.nz
3. Karori Cemetery – www.wellington.govt.nz > Services > Community & Culture > Cemeteries
4. New Zealand Electoral Rolls and family information – www.ancestry.co.uk
5. School Records – Kiwi Index from New Zealand Society of Genealogists
6. “Charles Adophus Muntz” article written by K G Winstanley – www.nzetc.victoria.ac.nz