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![]() Dunedin's Buried History |
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U ndertakers, or funeral directors as they are often called, make arrangements for the internment of the deceased. They can provide coffins, hearses, flowers, pallbearers, mourning cars, embalming procedures and chapel services as well as handling all the paperwork that accompanies a burial. S ome examples of their advertising are shown below. |
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Listed by Harnett's 1864 Ayers, T. Albany St Geddes, Walter, Stuart St Spicer & Murray, George St |
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Listed by Wises (Dunedin) 1871-1872 Geddes, Walter G, Stuart St. Murray, H. W. George St Spicer, J. R. George St. Taylor, David, Hope St |
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Listed by Ngaire Ockwell NZSG Hugh Gourly Ltd 1875- (now Gillions) C. J. Thorn Ltd 1884- (now Gillions) Cole & Springer 1896- Hope & Sons 1887- Andersons Bay Rd Gillion & Sons Ltd, Hillside Rd. |
- Images courtesy of Trade Directories at the Hocken Library, Dunedin |
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