CARRIG, Ellen Deborah (Nellie)
CARRIG, Timothy Edward (Ted)
Siblings Nellie and Ted CARRIG died of influenza in November 1918, 5 days apart. Ted was the first to succumb, on the 19th, and his sister Nellie followed 5 days later on the 25th. Both died at the hotels where they worked – Ted was the licensee of the Clyde Quay Hotel, and Nellie worked/lived at the Esplanade Hotel.
The Clyde Quay Hotel was a two-storied premise situated in Oriental Bay close to Courtenay Place, catering for wharf workers, for those returning home to the suburbs of Roseneath and Mt Victoria as well as workers in the Courtenay Place area. It had accommodation upstairs (seven rooms) over the public and private bars below. Both Ted and his wife Edith worked and lived in the hotel, which was owned by Hamilton Gilmer of Wellington Terrace.
The Esplanade Hotel was located at the other end of town, where Thorndon Quay meets Tinakori Rd. It had served as ‘the local watering hole for the many farmers and drovers of the northern suburbs of Wellington’. (http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/capital-life/10623044/The-early-heart-of-Wellington)
CARRIG, Timothy Edward (Ted)
Siblings Nellie and Ted CARRIG died of influenza in November 1918, 5 days apart. Ted was the first to succumb, on the 19th, and his sister Nellie followed 5 days later on the 25th. Both died at the hotels where they worked – Ted was the licensee of the Clyde Quay Hotel, and Nellie worked/lived at the Esplanade Hotel.
The Clyde Quay Hotel was a two-storied premise situated in Oriental Bay close to Courtenay Place, catering for wharf workers, for those returning home to the suburbs of Roseneath and Mt Victoria as well as workers in the Courtenay Place area. It had accommodation upstairs (seven rooms) over the public and private bars below. Both Ted and his wife Edith worked and lived in the hotel, which was owned by Hamilton Gilmer of Wellington Terrace.
The Esplanade Hotel was located at the other end of town, where Thorndon Quay meets Tinakori Rd. It had served as ‘the local watering hole for the many farmers and drovers of the northern suburbs of Wellington’. (http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/capital-life/10623044/The-early-heart-of-Wellington)
The hotel lost its liquor licence in 1909, under the Alcoholic Liquors Sale Control Bill, which permitted electoral districts to close public houses in local licensing polls. Constituents of Wellington South and the Wellington Suburbs, which included Kaiwharawhara, Johnsonville and Ngauranga, had voted for temperance. However, the electoral boundaries changed in 1911 and the hotel was able to resume trading in liquor. It is not known what Nellie’s work at the hotel entailed.
The Carrig family were of Irish extraction, the parents Patrick and Ellen (nee BRANDON) having both migrated to New Zealand sometime prior to 1878, when their first son – also called Patrick – was born. His parents married at St Mary of the Angels, Boulcott Street the following year, and then had a further eight children, at regular intervals:
1878 Patrick 1925
1880 Thomas 1924
1881 Mary Ellen 1966
1882 Timothy Edward (Ted) 1918
1884 Margaret 1907
1886 William James 1934
1890 Ellen Deborah (Nellie) 1918
1893 Deborah 1957
1896 John unknown
According to the 1885-86 Electoral Roll Patrick was registered at Haining Street, Te Aro, and his occupation was labourer. By 1890 he was registered (under the name Patrick CARRICK) as residing in King Street, Te Aro. King Street runs north/south parallel to Adelaide Road, just south of the Basin Reserve. His occupation continued to be labourer.
“On 19 September 1893 the governor, Lord Glasgow, signed a new Electoral Act into law. As a result of this landmark legislation, New Zealand became the first self-governing country in the world in which all women had the right to vote in parliamentary elections.”
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/politics/womens-suffrage
Ellen Carrig was amongst those who signed the petition submitted to Parliament in 1893, one of nearly 30,000 women from around the country who participated in the suffrage movement by signing one of the many pages that made up the petition presented by Sir John Hall on 28 July that year. Ellen’s name appears on Sheet 408 of the 1893 Petition, alongside several other women from Tasman and other nearby streets. Ellen then registered to vote and her name appeared on the Electoral Roll for the first time in 1896, and she remained on the Rolls for the rest of her life.
By 1896 the family were living in Tasman Street on the slopes of Mount Cook, one of the inner suburbs of Wellington. They seem to have found a way of improving their accommodation options slightly, moving from the nearby Te Aro flats where housing and living conditions were extremely poor and unhealthy. They remained in Tasman Street for many years, settling at number 76.
Nellie, Tim and their siblings attended the Convent Schools and church at St Joseph’s in Buckle Street, less than half a mile from their home. Nellie’s oldest brother Patrick, who had become a plumber, caused the family concern in the late 1890’s when he appeared in court on a number of occasions for various misdemeanours. He married in 1901 and lived separately from his birth family.
In July 1902 Nellie and Tim’s father Patrick Carrig died aged 48. He was buried in the Catholic section of Karori Cemetery. The older boys in the family were working by then, so presumably were able to provide some financial support for Ellen and their siblings. Thomas, for example, had become a bootmaker and worked at the Hannah’s factory in Leeds Street, and William worked as a storeman.
Sadly, one of the sisters, Margaret, died too, in August 1907. She was buried in the same plot as her father, which was paid for by her mother in November of the same year.
Timothy (Ted) married Edith Bessie CLARKE in 1915, and Nellie was a witness at the wedding. In the same year Ted was the proprietor of the Phoenix Boarding house.
Thomas was “called up” for military service and went into camp on 17 August the same year. He served throughout the rest of the war, achieving the rank of Sergeant, and being awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in January 1919 for services rendered to the armies in France and Flanders. He returned home in 1919 and resumed work as a bootmaker. None of the other Carrig sons were called up for active service.
William James married Flora MACHRY in 1917 and they had at least two children, and lived for many years in Island Bay.
In November 1918 Ted became ill with the influenza, and died when the epidemic was reaching its peak, on 19 November. He was 36 years old. Hotels had not been fully closed during the epidemic though their hours had been reduced, and presumably men continued to gather together in bars throughout the city, spreading the infection as a result. Ted was buried in a plot amongst others also dying of influenza in the Catholic section, and not in the family plot with his father and sister. His wife Edith was buried with him 55 years later, in 1973. They seem not to have had any children.
Three days before he died Ted had made a Will, in which he left £500 to his mother, and the rest of any estate to his wife. In settling the estate these terms were changed, with his mother relinquishing her claim and the payment of a life insurance policy to the value of £550 being made to Edith.
By the time Nellie was laid low with the flu, she and her mother, sister Deborah, and brother Patrick seem to have been living and/or working at the Esplanade Hotel. The family had just buried Ted at Karori when Nellie died on the 25th. She was buried with her father, sister, and brother in the family plot the next day, aged 29. She had never married, seems to have had no Will, and details of her occupation and interests during her life are non-existent.
Deborah Carrig married Lindo Huston ARTHUR in 1921, and they took up residence at 76 Tasman Street. The marriage may not have lasted for long – Lindo was a seaman and may not have been at home much. There seem not to have been any children of the union.
In 1924 Thomas was admitted to Porirua Hospital where he died in July of what was described as “General Paralysis”. Their brother Patrick died almost exactly one year later, and both of them were also interred in the family plot. Their mother, Ellen, continued to live at 76 Tasman Street until 1935, but she too died in 1936 and was buried in the family plot.
William James died in 1934 and was buried in his own plot at Karori Cemetery, where he was joined by Flora in 1956, and then two of their children in 1969 and 1976.
Deborah was still living at 76 Tasman Street when she died in 1957, and joined the rest of her family in the plot in Karori Cemetery.
The final member of the family to be buried in the plot was Mary Ellen (DELANEY), who survived to the grand age of 84, dying in February 1966.
Researched and written by Jenny Robertson
Grave Information:
Section: ROM CATH
Plot: 29 G
The Carrig family were of Irish extraction, the parents Patrick and Ellen (nee BRANDON) having both migrated to New Zealand sometime prior to 1878, when their first son – also called Patrick – was born. His parents married at St Mary of the Angels, Boulcott Street the following year, and then had a further eight children, at regular intervals:
1878 Patrick 1925
1880 Thomas 1924
1881 Mary Ellen 1966
1882 Timothy Edward (Ted) 1918
1884 Margaret 1907
1886 William James 1934
1890 Ellen Deborah (Nellie) 1918
1893 Deborah 1957
1896 John unknown
According to the 1885-86 Electoral Roll Patrick was registered at Haining Street, Te Aro, and his occupation was labourer. By 1890 he was registered (under the name Patrick CARRICK) as residing in King Street, Te Aro. King Street runs north/south parallel to Adelaide Road, just south of the Basin Reserve. His occupation continued to be labourer.
“On 19 September 1893 the governor, Lord Glasgow, signed a new Electoral Act into law. As a result of this landmark legislation, New Zealand became the first self-governing country in the world in which all women had the right to vote in parliamentary elections.”
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/politics/womens-suffrage
Ellen Carrig was amongst those who signed the petition submitted to Parliament in 1893, one of nearly 30,000 women from around the country who participated in the suffrage movement by signing one of the many pages that made up the petition presented by Sir John Hall on 28 July that year. Ellen’s name appears on Sheet 408 of the 1893 Petition, alongside several other women from Tasman and other nearby streets. Ellen then registered to vote and her name appeared on the Electoral Roll for the first time in 1896, and she remained on the Rolls for the rest of her life.
By 1896 the family were living in Tasman Street on the slopes of Mount Cook, one of the inner suburbs of Wellington. They seem to have found a way of improving their accommodation options slightly, moving from the nearby Te Aro flats where housing and living conditions were extremely poor and unhealthy. They remained in Tasman Street for many years, settling at number 76.
Nellie, Tim and their siblings attended the Convent Schools and church at St Joseph’s in Buckle Street, less than half a mile from their home. Nellie’s oldest brother Patrick, who had become a plumber, caused the family concern in the late 1890’s when he appeared in court on a number of occasions for various misdemeanours. He married in 1901 and lived separately from his birth family.
In July 1902 Nellie and Tim’s father Patrick Carrig died aged 48. He was buried in the Catholic section of Karori Cemetery. The older boys in the family were working by then, so presumably were able to provide some financial support for Ellen and their siblings. Thomas, for example, had become a bootmaker and worked at the Hannah’s factory in Leeds Street, and William worked as a storeman.
Sadly, one of the sisters, Margaret, died too, in August 1907. She was buried in the same plot as her father, which was paid for by her mother in November of the same year.
Timothy (Ted) married Edith Bessie CLARKE in 1915, and Nellie was a witness at the wedding. In the same year Ted was the proprietor of the Phoenix Boarding house.
Thomas was “called up” for military service and went into camp on 17 August the same year. He served throughout the rest of the war, achieving the rank of Sergeant, and being awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in January 1919 for services rendered to the armies in France and Flanders. He returned home in 1919 and resumed work as a bootmaker. None of the other Carrig sons were called up for active service.
William James married Flora MACHRY in 1917 and they had at least two children, and lived for many years in Island Bay.
In November 1918 Ted became ill with the influenza, and died when the epidemic was reaching its peak, on 19 November. He was 36 years old. Hotels had not been fully closed during the epidemic though their hours had been reduced, and presumably men continued to gather together in bars throughout the city, spreading the infection as a result. Ted was buried in a plot amongst others also dying of influenza in the Catholic section, and not in the family plot with his father and sister. His wife Edith was buried with him 55 years later, in 1973. They seem not to have had any children.
Three days before he died Ted had made a Will, in which he left £500 to his mother, and the rest of any estate to his wife. In settling the estate these terms were changed, with his mother relinquishing her claim and the payment of a life insurance policy to the value of £550 being made to Edith.
By the time Nellie was laid low with the flu, she and her mother, sister Deborah, and brother Patrick seem to have been living and/or working at the Esplanade Hotel. The family had just buried Ted at Karori when Nellie died on the 25th. She was buried with her father, sister, and brother in the family plot the next day, aged 29. She had never married, seems to have had no Will, and details of her occupation and interests during her life are non-existent.
Deborah Carrig married Lindo Huston ARTHUR in 1921, and they took up residence at 76 Tasman Street. The marriage may not have lasted for long – Lindo was a seaman and may not have been at home much. There seem not to have been any children of the union.
In 1924 Thomas was admitted to Porirua Hospital where he died in July of what was described as “General Paralysis”. Their brother Patrick died almost exactly one year later, and both of them were also interred in the family plot. Their mother, Ellen, continued to live at 76 Tasman Street until 1935, but she too died in 1936 and was buried in the family plot.
William James died in 1934 and was buried in his own plot at Karori Cemetery, where he was joined by Flora in 1956, and then two of their children in 1969 and 1976.
Deborah was still living at 76 Tasman Street when she died in 1957, and joined the rest of her family in the plot in Karori Cemetery.
The final member of the family to be buried in the plot was Mary Ellen (DELANEY), who survived to the grand age of 84, dying in February 1966.
Researched and written by Jenny Robertson
Grave Information:
Section: ROM CATH
Plot: 29 G