Biography

JAMES PATRICK HEENAN

Burial register ID: 8827
Surname: HEENAN
First name: JAMES
Middle names: PATRICK
Gender: Male
Age: 28 Years
Cause of death: Unknown
Burial type:
Date of death: 09-Aug-1901
Date of burial: 11-Aug-1901

Block: 9
Plot: 11
Inscription:

SACRED

TO

THE MEMORY OF

MARIA HEENAN

WIFE OF DENIS HEENAN,

DIED 20th JULY 1893

AGED 49 YEARS.

ALSO DENIS HEENAN

BORN KINGS COUNTY IRELAND

ARRIVED OTAGO BY SHIP MARY

1849

DIED AT DUNEDIN 20th OCTOBER

1904

AGED 76 YEARS.

BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART,

FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD

MATT.V,3.

On the left side of the monument:-

J.P. HEENAN

OF THE 4th N.Z. CONTINGENT

DIED 8th AUGUST 1901

AGED 27 YEARS.

On plaque:-

JAMES P. HEENAN

1015 S.A. WAR PTE

4TH (ROUGH RIDERS) CONTGT

DIED 8.8.1901 AGED 28 YRS.

On the right side of the monument:-

GEORGE HEENAN

DIED 7th APRIL 1877

AGED 6 YEARS

EDITH ANNE HEENAN

DIED 23rd AUGUST 1880

AGED 4 YEARS

WILLIAM DENIS HEENAN

DIED 28th AUGUST 1953

ALSO HIS LOVED WIFE

ANNE TERESA,

DIED 7th NOV. 1964

Bio contributor:

James Heenan was a Trooper who served in the Boer War. He was a local from Cumberland Street, the son of a settler, Mr Denis Heenan, who came to Otago on the Mary in 1849 (followed by his parents, Denis and Joanna, and his eleven siblings who arrived in 1850 aboard the Mariner).

James was occupied as a clerk before he enlisted in the Fourth Contingent and left for Africa in March of 1900. This contingent was raised and paid for by Dunedin citizens and was known as the ‘Rough Riders’, a collection of marksmen and good horsemen. On his way home aboard the Tagus in July 1901 James was operated on and once back in Dunedin was found to have an abcess on the liver. He died on 8th August 1901, aged 27 years.

There are 8 Interments in this grave:

Surname First names Age Date of death Date of burial
HEENAN ANNIE THERESA 92 Years 07-Nov-1964 10-Nov-1964
HEENAN DENIS 76 Years 20-Oct-1904 22-Oct-1904
HEENAN EDITH ANNIE 4 Years 23-Aug-1880 25-Aug-1880
HEENAN GEORGE 6 Years 20-Apr-1877 21-Apr-1877
HEENAN JAMES PATRICK 28 Years 09-Aug-1901 11-Aug-1901
HEENAN MARIA 51 Years 21-Jul-1893 23-Jul-1893
HEENAN WILLIAM DENIS 86 Years 29-Aug-1953 01-Sep-1953
SIMPSON MARIE KIORA 5 Months 11-Jul-1897 13-Jul-1897