Terrace End Cemetery came into use in Palmerston North in 1875, superseded by Kelvin Grove Cemetery in 1927. It is divided into denominational divisions and 'public reserves' for stillborn babies and the poor. The total number of recorded burials ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Napier Road, Palmerston North
Date:          1927 to 1929

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. The oldest part of Terrace End Cemetery is called Public Reserve Number 1 and dates back to 1875. There are only a handful of headstones and plaques in this large flat area of...

Creator:      Leanne Croon Hickman
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          March 2, 2024

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Background stories of some of the graves at the historic Terrace End cemetery on Napier Road. One of the oldest remaining headstones is that of Meritini Te Panau, who d...

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          November 11, 2017

Kate Watchorn was the wife of John Samuel Watchorn, draper of Palmerston North. She died on the 23rd of April 1915 and was buried in Plot 33, Block 17 at Terrace End Cemetery. Her obituary in the Manawatu Times for 4 April 1915 read, "OBITUARY. M...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1915

Terrace End Cemetery came into use in Palmerston North in 1875, superseded by Kelvin Grove Cemetery in 1927. It is divided into denominational divisions and 'public reserves' for stillborn babies and the poor. The total number of recorded burials ...

Creator:      Ian Matheson
Place:          Napier Road, Palmerston North
Date:          1968

Thomas McMahon was a member of the United Manawatu Lodge. On 23 October 1885, a tombstone was placed by the Lodge on the grave of Thomas McMahon.

Creator:      Ian Matheson - Palmerston North City Council
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1968