Can you help me? Are you going to Hillsborough Cemetery in Auckland?

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Kiwifruta

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#237678 12-Jun-2018 23:23

My great grandfather is buried there and I'd be ever so grateful if someone could take a photo of his gravestone so I can add it to my genealogy records.

These are the details I have

Niel Christiansen Nelson
Birth: unknown
Death: 29 Oct 1940
Burial: Hillsborough Cemetery, Hillsborough, Auckland Council, Auckland, New Zealand
Plot: Area 4 Block O Lot No 870
Memorial #: 165873211
Gravesite Details Aged 86
Created by: Cyndi (47314338)
Added: 22 Jun 2016
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/165873211
Citation: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 June 2018), memorial page for Niel Christiansen Nelson (unknown–29 Oct 1940), Find A Grave Memorial no. 165873211, citing Hillsborough Cemetery, Hillsborough, Auckland Council, Auckland, New Zealand ; Maintained by Cyndi (contributor 47314338) .

I live in Tauranga and frequent Hamilton a lot, so if you need me to do some genealogical work in either place, I can return the favour.

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#2034732 12-Jun-2018 23:34

Have you checked out billion graves?

If you are ok to wait til next week I can help you out with a photo it's a quick drive from the North shore

John

Thanks for the offer to help with genealogical work but I just recently found my unknown birth father after 25 years and he knew nothing of me :p

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#2034734 12-Jun-2018 23:43

If any Geekzone member needs help finding unknown biological parent/s and have done an Ancestry DNA test and can't connect the dots happy to help out. Over the last 9 months I have learnt shed loads about Autosomal DNA testing / matching with the help from an amazing lady called Michelle Patient (Google her) happy to pay it forward

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Edit: I now have 3 new sisters and 2 brothers living close by and of course my biological father living 15 minutes drive away

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#2034858 13-Jun-2018 10:04

I'm about a half hour from there, and don't have much going today, I'll see if I can pop out there and find it for you. It looks like a large cemetery so I'll have to see if I can find a way to narrow down the location within the cemetery. He's not listed in billiongraves unfortunately.

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#2034859 13-Jun-2018 10:06

I just found a map online, I'll pop out there and see what I can find. I'll let you know if I'm able to get the photos for you. Cheers.

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#2034870 13-Jun-2018 10:29

Cheers!

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#2034871 13-Jun-2018 10:30

Correction he is my great great grandfather.

I’m keen to get his date of birth and Danish birth name so I can match it up with Danish records.

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#2035909 13-Jun-2018 11:39

The transcription on the headstone is as follows:

Anne Sine Nelson
Died 6th March 1939
Aged 34
Also
Niel Christiansen
Nelson
Dearly beloved husband
Of above
Died 29th October 1940
Aged 87

I'm on mobile so sorry for any formatting issues. I'll edit and send the photos once I'm back home. I'll upload them to billion Graves and find a grave as well.

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#2035962 13-Jun-2018 14:06

Hi @Kiwifruta I just PM'd you a link to the photos. I resized them to 1024 on the long edge just to keep the file size down. If you'd like the raw images let me know.

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#2035966 13-Jun-2018 14:28

@taubin

Props to you for helping out your fellow geekzoner.

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#2035967 13-Jun-2018 14:29

I enjoy being able to help, I'm sure someone else would have done the same had I not been able to.

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#2035978 13-Jun-2018 14:57

Taubin:

I enjoy being able to help, I'm sure someone else would have done the same had I not been able to.

If I had seen this earlier I could have saved you a trip. I live across the road.

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#2035979 13-Jun-2018 14:59

It's all good, I enjoyed getting out, and I've not seen many cemeteries in New Zealand. I used to photograph a lot of them in the states when I lived there.

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#2035996 13-Jun-2018 15:41

I am not sure if it helps, but the online NZ historical births, deaths & marriages website records his name at date of death as Niels with an S on the end?

Have you ordered a copy of his death certificate? If not, you can do so here. If you are lucky, that certificate may have his date of birth recorded, but not only that it may also have his parents' full names which may assist in tracking back with Danish records.

[EDIT: I just googled "Niels Christiansen Nelson" and came up with a couple of hits, most notably here and here.

And I just found a family tree website which records as follows:

Niels Christiansen NELSON

Birth: Denmark, March 31, 1853

Naturalised in 1890 in Wellington. Name angliicised from NIELSEN to NELSON. Burried in Hillsborough Cemetery, Area 4, Block 0, Lot No 870

Occupation: Butcher (Gear Meat co, Petone), Farmer (Eastport Rd, Waihau)

Married to Ane Sine Nelson (Nee Sorensen) Spet 17 1878, Wellington

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#2036226 13-Jun-2018 21:59

@Taubin. Legendary effort. Super grateful for your help. I didn't know about those two children on the right hand side graves. That was a fantastic effort, thank you so much!! Let me know when i can return the favour.

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#2036238 13-Jun-2018 22:17

Hi @Wheelbarrow01
Thanks for the extra info, I googled his name but didn't find what you found. Do you have a link to the family tree website? Would love to get in contact with relatives.

I also have his parents' names. Peter Nelson (mostly likely Nielsen) and Karen Christiansen, but whether these are their actual names or somebody's anglicised versions of their names I don't know. I'm not aware of them being in NZ, so I expect that they would have kept their Danish spellings. Seems worthwhile following up with the death certificate if I don't get any luck through that other website.

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