CAMPBELL, Frederick Valentine
Born c 1888; died 27 November 1918; buried 28 November 1918; age 30
Frederick (Fred) Valentine CAMPBELL was a Scot, and according to his death certificate he was believed to have been born in Dundee, sometime around 1888 [1]. According to Fred’s death certificate he married in London when he was 20, i.e. c. 1908, and his bride was most likely to have been Ivy JOHNSON, aged 16. They then migrated to New Zealand in 1908/1909 [2]. On 23 September 1909 they had a daughter Elsie Evelyn, although no father was recorded on her birth registration. In 1911 Frank Herbert Campbell’s birth to Ivy Johnson was registered. There is no father on the registration information, and nothing more has been found about this child to establish whether he was one of Ivy and Fred’s children [3]. In 1914, however, Ivy had a son registered as Frederick Barnard Johnson, and this time Frederick (Valentine) was registered as the father. Another daughter was born in 1915 (registered 1916) and named Florence May, later known as Nancy. Again, no father was recorded on her birth registration.
When Fred and Ivy first appeared on the Wellington Central electoral roll in New Zealand in 1914, they were living at 16 Martin Street in Te Aro and he was working as a boilermaker. This must have been a conveniently handy part of town for him to access labouring work, in a foundry or on the wharves or the railways where his skills would have been needed. Elsie started her education at Mt Cook Infants’ School in February 1915, by which time the Campbell family had moved, though not far, to 170 Taranaki Street.
By the time Elsie progressed to the nearby Mt Cook Girls’ School at the beginning of 1918, the family had moved to 5 Francis Place at the top of Tory Street. Fred Campbell gave this address and his employment as a ‘smith’s striker’ when called up in 1916 for military service. At this time the government needed to recruit more men for war service and had introduced conscription. Fred was placed on the reserve roll in category ‘D’, presumably because he had three children to support in addition to Ivy. He was not though called up for active service during the Great War.
Fred Campbell must have been a strong man to engage in the labouring work he did as a striker, bringing down successive blows of the heavy hammer on the anvil (and in a hot atmosphere too) to shape molten metal plate in various ways for his employer.
When Fred got sick with the flu, he was taken to the temporary hospital at Wellington College where he died, aged only 30, on 27 November 1918. He was buried in the Church of England 2 section of Karori Cemetery the very next day. In the next few weeks, their daughter Elsie was withdrawn from the local school and records show she was bound for Shannon, perhaps to spend time with an extended family member or family friends while her mother grieved.
The first public notice of Fred’s death in the Evening Post of 3 December 1918 refers to him as beloved husband of Ivy. There was no mention of any children. There was also one from D McKay, perhaps a friend. In 1919 Ivy inserted:
‘No one knows how much I miss you,
Friends may think the wound is healed,
But they cannot see the sorrow deep within my heart concealed’.
(Evening Post, 27 November 1919)
An In Memoriam notice in 1920 was inserted by Fred’s loving children and Ivy.
Ivy went on in May 1920 to marry George HIGHLEY, a Gallipoli survivor and bootmaker who had resided in Wallace Street before enlisting. Ivy’s name on the marriage registration is Johnson. George and Ivy had a daughter, Maria/Marie Joan, in 1921. George died in 1923 and was buried in the Services section of Karori Cemetery.
According to the 1928 electoral roll Ivy was still living in Francis Place. In 1930 she married again, this time to (Ernest) Charles Henry TUCKER. By 1935 they were living at 17 The Parade, Island Bay. Charles’s occupation was small goods salesman. They were still living at this address when Ivy died in 1966.
Ivy’s oldest daughter, Elsie Evelyn WATSON, predeceased her, dying at the age of 25 in 1935. She was buried with her father Fred. Ivy however did not purchase the plot until 1948. Ivy finally was buried in the same plot with Fred and her daughter in1966. Her youngest daughter Marie Joan (RUTTER) was also interred in the plot, in 1976, and finally Ernest Tucker joined them in 1982.
The headstone fails to note that Fred was the first occupant of the plot. It looks as though the first part of the inscription was arranged by Ivy, and the second part by Ernest, and that there was no-one left, or willing, to add Ernest Tucker’s details after his death.
In loving memory of my beloved daughter Elsie Watson who passed away 21 June 1935, aged 25 “Until we meet again”
In loving memory of my wife Ivy Tucker died 12 Aug 1968 [4]
Aged 78 years
Mother of Fred, Nancy & Joan
Researched by Beverley Hamlin and Jenny Robertson and written by Jenny Robertson
Grave Information:
Section: CH ENG2
Plot: 147 E
[1] From Fred Campbell’s death record. However, Scotland’s People website does not contain a birth record for a person of this name born in the late 1890s in Dundee. Fred’s New Zealand death record is silent on the names/occupations of his parents
[2] Extrapolated from Fred’s death record for which Ivy Johnson may have been the informant.
[3] No death record has been traced for Frank Herbert, nor have any school attendance records been found.
[4] Cemetery records confirm Ivy was buried 15 August 1966.
Born c 1888; died 27 November 1918; buried 28 November 1918; age 30
Frederick (Fred) Valentine CAMPBELL was a Scot, and according to his death certificate he was believed to have been born in Dundee, sometime around 1888 [1]. According to Fred’s death certificate he married in London when he was 20, i.e. c. 1908, and his bride was most likely to have been Ivy JOHNSON, aged 16. They then migrated to New Zealand in 1908/1909 [2]. On 23 September 1909 they had a daughter Elsie Evelyn, although no father was recorded on her birth registration. In 1911 Frank Herbert Campbell’s birth to Ivy Johnson was registered. There is no father on the registration information, and nothing more has been found about this child to establish whether he was one of Ivy and Fred’s children [3]. In 1914, however, Ivy had a son registered as Frederick Barnard Johnson, and this time Frederick (Valentine) was registered as the father. Another daughter was born in 1915 (registered 1916) and named Florence May, later known as Nancy. Again, no father was recorded on her birth registration.
When Fred and Ivy first appeared on the Wellington Central electoral roll in New Zealand in 1914, they were living at 16 Martin Street in Te Aro and he was working as a boilermaker. This must have been a conveniently handy part of town for him to access labouring work, in a foundry or on the wharves or the railways where his skills would have been needed. Elsie started her education at Mt Cook Infants’ School in February 1915, by which time the Campbell family had moved, though not far, to 170 Taranaki Street.
By the time Elsie progressed to the nearby Mt Cook Girls’ School at the beginning of 1918, the family had moved to 5 Francis Place at the top of Tory Street. Fred Campbell gave this address and his employment as a ‘smith’s striker’ when called up in 1916 for military service. At this time the government needed to recruit more men for war service and had introduced conscription. Fred was placed on the reserve roll in category ‘D’, presumably because he had three children to support in addition to Ivy. He was not though called up for active service during the Great War.
Fred Campbell must have been a strong man to engage in the labouring work he did as a striker, bringing down successive blows of the heavy hammer on the anvil (and in a hot atmosphere too) to shape molten metal plate in various ways for his employer.
When Fred got sick with the flu, he was taken to the temporary hospital at Wellington College where he died, aged only 30, on 27 November 1918. He was buried in the Church of England 2 section of Karori Cemetery the very next day. In the next few weeks, their daughter Elsie was withdrawn from the local school and records show she was bound for Shannon, perhaps to spend time with an extended family member or family friends while her mother grieved.
The first public notice of Fred’s death in the Evening Post of 3 December 1918 refers to him as beloved husband of Ivy. There was no mention of any children. There was also one from D McKay, perhaps a friend. In 1919 Ivy inserted:
‘No one knows how much I miss you,
Friends may think the wound is healed,
But they cannot see the sorrow deep within my heart concealed’.
(Evening Post, 27 November 1919)
An In Memoriam notice in 1920 was inserted by Fred’s loving children and Ivy.
Ivy went on in May 1920 to marry George HIGHLEY, a Gallipoli survivor and bootmaker who had resided in Wallace Street before enlisting. Ivy’s name on the marriage registration is Johnson. George and Ivy had a daughter, Maria/Marie Joan, in 1921. George died in 1923 and was buried in the Services section of Karori Cemetery.
According to the 1928 electoral roll Ivy was still living in Francis Place. In 1930 she married again, this time to (Ernest) Charles Henry TUCKER. By 1935 they were living at 17 The Parade, Island Bay. Charles’s occupation was small goods salesman. They were still living at this address when Ivy died in 1966.
Ivy’s oldest daughter, Elsie Evelyn WATSON, predeceased her, dying at the age of 25 in 1935. She was buried with her father Fred. Ivy however did not purchase the plot until 1948. Ivy finally was buried in the same plot with Fred and her daughter in1966. Her youngest daughter Marie Joan (RUTTER) was also interred in the plot, in 1976, and finally Ernest Tucker joined them in 1982.
The headstone fails to note that Fred was the first occupant of the plot. It looks as though the first part of the inscription was arranged by Ivy, and the second part by Ernest, and that there was no-one left, or willing, to add Ernest Tucker’s details after his death.
In loving memory of my beloved daughter Elsie Watson who passed away 21 June 1935, aged 25 “Until we meet again”
In loving memory of my wife Ivy Tucker died 12 Aug 1968 [4]
Aged 78 years
Mother of Fred, Nancy & Joan
Researched by Beverley Hamlin and Jenny Robertson and written by Jenny Robertson
Grave Information:
Section: CH ENG2
Plot: 147 E
[1] From Fred Campbell’s death record. However, Scotland’s People website does not contain a birth record for a person of this name born in the late 1890s in Dundee. Fred’s New Zealand death record is silent on the names/occupations of his parents
[2] Extrapolated from Fred’s death record for which Ivy Johnson may have been the informant.
[3] No death record has been traced for Frank Herbert, nor have any school attendance records been found.
[4] Cemetery records confirm Ivy was buried 15 August 1966.