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Christchurch City Council Cemeteries Database

This database covers interments in Christchurch City Council managed cemeteries. Apart from some on Banks Peninsula, church cemeteries are not included. There are very few records for the Barbadoes Street cemetery listed. Cremation details are not included in this database unless there was an ashes burial.

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Details of interments from Christchurch City Council cemeteries compiled by the Greenspace Unit of the Christchurch City Council.

This resource covers interments in the Christchurch City Council cemeteries including Banks Peninsula, but not privately owned cemeteries such as St Peter’s, Upper Riccarton, or the Avonside Anglican Cemetery. It does include interments at:

Addington
Akaroa Anglican
Akaroa Catholic
Akaroa Dissenters
Avonhead Park
Barbadoes Street
Belfast
Bromley
Diamond Harbour
Duvauchelle

Kaituna
Le Bons Bay
Linwood
Little River
Lyttelton Anglican
Lyttelton Catholic
Lyttelton Public
Lyttelton RSA
Memorial Park

Pigeon Bay
Port Levy (St Pauls Anglican)
Ruru Lawn
Rutherford
Sydenham
Waimairi
Wainui
Woolston
Yaldhurst

Please note that some of the older entries are very brief.

Not all Barbadoes Street Cemetery records are included in this database, but the microfilm records can be viewed on Tuakiri | Identity, Level 2, Tūranga.

Tombstone transcripts for Christchurch cemeteries not covered by this database are held on Tuakiri | Identity, Level 2, Tūranga.

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Some records have been entered in ALL CAPS and others in normal case.
Dates in the summary list are displayed as month/day/year.
Address details will not be disclosed until 50 years after the date of death
In the details view the Years in New Zealand may show a '0' if that information was unavailable.
In some records only the burial date was recorded. If the death date and burial date are shown as the same date, it is usually the burial date.
In Addington Cemetery there are no blocks. Addington Cemetery plots have an A, B, C and D as part of their identifier e.g. Plot 13A, 13B, 13C.
Records showing '0' block and '0' plot : this indicates that a child (usually stillborn) was placed in the cemetery, often around the fencelines or under the trees.
Where ashes have been placed by the family and the Christchurch City Council Cemeteries Administrator has not been advised there will be no records of the whereabouts of the deceased. The Cremation Society may be able to help with dates of cremation. Researchers are welcome to contact the office:
Cremation Society of Canterbury
P.O. Box 398
Christchurch 8001
Ph: +64 3 389 6282
Fax: +64 3 389 4746
Email: admin@cremsoc.co.nz

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