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About Enoch Edmund Tonks
The death has occurred at his seaside residence, Paekakariki, of Mr. Enoch Edmond Tonks, Thompson Street, Wellington, aged 73. Mr. Tonks was a son of the late Enoch and Susan Tonks, who came to New Zealand in 1842. Their descendants are said to comprise the third largest family in the' Dominion. Mr. Tonks was born at Lawrence, Otago, and soon afterwards the family came to Wellington to live. As a young man he began a contracting business for the supply of sand and gravel, well known today as Tonks and Andrews, which has provided the materials for the construction of the Mt. Victoria and Karori tunnels, the Miramar sea wall, the Parliamentary Buildings, and the Dominion Museum and Art Gallery. It was from this firm that the Government acquired the present site of the Rongotai Aerodrome. Mr. Tonks had a great love and understanding of horses, and before they were superseded by motor vehicles he owned many fine teams of draught horses. Mr. Tonks is survived by his widow, and leaves a son, Mr. Ray Tonks, and a daughter, Mrs. Roberts, by his first marriage.
(Evening Post, 14 September 1944)
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Enoch Edmund Tonks's Timeline
| 1870 |
September 25, 1870
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Lawrence, Otago, New Zealand
New Zealand BDM Registration 1870/36608 Tonks Enoch Edmund Susan Enoch |
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| 1895 |
August 29, 1895
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Wellington, New Zealand
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| 1897 |
March 27, 1897
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Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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| 1898 |
1898
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Wellington, New Zealand
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| 1944 |
September 11, 1944
Age 73
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Paekakariki, Wellington, New Zealand
The death has occurred at his seaside residence, Paekakariki, of Mr. Enoch Edmond Tonks, Thompson Street, Wellington, aged 73. Mr. Tonks was a son of the late Enoch and Susan Tonks, who came to New Zealand in 1842. Their descendants are said to comprise the third largest family in the' Dominion. Mr. Tonks was born at Lawrence, Otago, and soon afterwards the family came to Wellington to live. As a young man he began a contracting business for the supply of sand and gravel, well known today as Tonks and Andrews, which has provided the materials for the construction of the Mt. Victoria and Karori tunnels, the Miramar sea wall, the Parliamentary Buildings, and the Dominion Museum and Art Gallery. It was from this firm that the Government acquired the present site of the Rongotai Aerodrome. Mr. Tonks had a great love and understanding of horses, and before they were superseded by motor vehicles he owned many fine teams of draught horses. Mr. Tonks is survived by his widow, and leaves a son, Mr. Ray Tonks, and a daughter, Mrs. Roberts, by his first marriage. (Evening Post, 14 September 1944) |
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September 13, 1944
Age 73
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Karori Cemetery and Crematorium, CoE2 Plot 372 L, Wellington, New Zealand
Last name TONKS
(Wellington City Council database) |