COCKERILL, Dennis Percy

1876 - 1964  (87 years)

• Name	COCKERILL, Dennis Percy  [1, 2]
  Birth	30 Nov 1876	Waikouaiti, Otago, New Zealand   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 Nov 1964	Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand   [2]
  Burial	Waikouaiti, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand   [2]
  Person ID	I25119	Stark Family Tree
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2025

  
  

  Family 1	CRAWFORD, Jane,   b. 27 Apr 1873, Waikoikoi, Southland, New Zealand d. 24 Jul 1957, Tapanui, Southland, New Zealand (Age 84 years)
  Children	+ 1. CRAWFORD, Percy,   b. 28 May 1898, Waikoikoi, Southland, New Zealand d. 1993, Tapanui, Southland, New Zealand (Age 94 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F9100	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2025

  
  

  Family 2	WILLIAMS, Esther Ellen,   b. 20 Jun 1884, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand d. 23 Feb 1978, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand (Age 93 years)
  Family ID	F9101	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 16 Nov 1964 - Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		Cockerill - Chapman Plot -where Amy Cokerill and here parents are buried St Johns Church, Waikoiti, The Church of St John was built to serve a community which already had its own history and was developing its own traditions. The early history of Waikouaiti was wild. The whaling days lasted from 1837-1848, and in 1840 pre�fabricated farm buildings were brought from Australia and erected at Matanaka. On one occasion, 120 tons of liquor were landed for the 40 European whalers. This liquid refreshment was dispensed by the bucket and cask as bottles and glasses were regarded as being superfluous. As well as whalers there were escaped convicts and run-away seamen at the settlement. Their conduct was so bad that the local Maori people complained to the government. One of John Jones' employees, Captain Cherry (Cherry Farm is named after him) was killed by a Porirua chief and eaten in 1840. It is little wonder that "Mr Jones saw the advantage of planting the wholesome leaven of religious principles amongst both his European and Maori employees." The Church of St John was built in 1858
  		Esther Ellen Williams Cockerill-tombstone

  
  

• Sources

  [S20] Ancestry,com, New Zealand, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1840-1902, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), Department of Internal Affairs; New Zealand; New Zealand, Registration Birth Index, 1840-1901. [S177] Ancestry.com, Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).