Biography

ALEXANDER DARLING

Burial register ID: 1422
Surname: DARLING
First name: ALEXANDER
Middle names:
Gender: Male
Age: 23 Years
Cause of death: Unknown
Burial type:
Date of death: 19-Jun-1874
Date of burial: 21-Jun-1874

Block: 42
Plot: 4
Inscription:

Bio contributor:

Alexander Darling c1851 – 19 June 1874

There are seven members of the Darling family buried in this Class 1 plot: Alexander Darling, his wife, and five of their children. Alexander and Agnes moved to Dunedin from Scotland via Australia, where the younger Agnes had been born. Alexander, their son, was an engineer who had lived in New Zealand, both in Nelson and Dunedin, for 4½ years at the time of his death aged 23. Annie Darling, his younger sister, died of “phthisis” – consumption or tuberculosis. Alexander may have come to New Zealand to join his father, who was also an engineer.

There are 7 Interments in this grave:

Surname First names Age Date of death Date of burial
DARLING AGNES 54 Years 01-Jul-1913 03-Jul-1913
DARLING AGNES 86 Years 28-May-1914 29-May-1914
DARLING ALEXANDER 51 Years 13-May-1878 15-May-1878
DARLING ALEXANDER 23 Years 19-Jun-1874 21-Jun-1874
DARLING ANNIE 19 Years 26-May-1884 28-May-1884
DARLING DAVID 47 Years 25-Jun-1914 26-Jun-1914
DARLING THOMAS Unknown 02-Apr-1883 04-Apr-1883