Obituary

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 322, 5 April 1928, Page 15

Obituary

MR. T. N. WILLIAMS The death occurred suddenly at Pukehou, Hawke’s Bay, yesterday of Mr. Norman Theodore Williams, of Auckland, who, with his wife and younger son, left here a few weeks ago in preparation for a trip to England. Mr. Williams, who was 63 years of age, was the youngest son of the late Mr. Edward Marsh Williams, Judge of the Native Land Court, and grandson of the Rev. Henry Williams, the early missionary. He was for many years manager of the National Insurance Company at Auckland. He was a painstaking worker in his church, and he also took a lively interest in the work of the Jubilee Institute for the Blind, of which he was a trustee. For his work in furthering the interests of football and cricket Mr. Williams was very widely known in Auckland. Until his resignation a month ago he was chairman of the Eden Park Board of Control, and was largely responsible for saving Eden Park for 'cricket and football. In his time a keen cricketer himself he was a member of the Eden Club, and represented Auckland on several occasions. Mr. Williams is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter.

MRS. CELIA KINDER

A link with New Zealand's early history was severed by the death of Mrs. Marianne Celia Kinder, widow of the late Rev. John Kinder, D.D., at her home in Remuera yesterday. It is believed that Mrs. Kinder, who was in her 91st year, was the first white girl born in the Dominion. She was born at Paihia, opposite Russell, on April 25, 1837, and was christened by the Rev. Samuel Marsden, being confirmed in later years by Bishop Selwyn. Her father, Archdeacon A. N. Brown, who was one of the missionaries to come to New Zealand to join the Church Missionary Society's workers, arrived at the Bay of Islands in 1829. Mrs. Kinder had recollections of the first two Governors of New Zealand, Captain Hobson and Captain Fitzroy. She also remembered the Maori warrior, Hone Heke, of whom she had a high opinion. The stirring times of the Maori Wars considerably affected the movements of the missionaries and Archdeacon Brown eventually went to Tauranga. After her marriage in 1559 Jo the Rev. John Kinder, headmaster of the Anglican Grammar School, Parnell, Mrs. Kinder spent most of her life in Auckland, where she was an intimate friend of Bishop Selwyn, Patteson and Cowie. Mrs. Kinder will be interred to-mor-row near St. John's Chapel and a memorial service will be held in St. Mark’s Church, Remuera, at three o’clock.