OBITUARY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 186, 8 August 1934, Page 3

OBITUARY.

MRS. C. E. C. SARGENT. After a residence in New Zealand of 56 years, Mrs. Catherine Elizabeth Cornelia Sargent, died at Hawera, on August 4. She was the widow of the late Mr. E. W. Sargent, who lived 111 Hawera for 40 years. Mrs. Sargent's sons had a remarkable record in the Great War, as five were on active service Harold was with the Australian Mining Corps, Dick with the Main Body NZE.F., Fred with the 15th Reinforcements, George with the 21st, and Edward was with the British Forces. Mr George Sargent was killed in France, a month before the Armistice. Born in Demerara, British Guiana (South America), where her father, Dr. Cornelius Dressen, was superintendent of the main hospital, Mrs. Sargent was taken as a child to Europe, and educated in England and Germany, her special study being that of music, in which she became very proficient. She also spent some years in Holland and visited Switzerland and became an accomplished linguist. Returning to South America in 1870, she was married in 1872, and after several years in Demerara, she and her husband and family came to New Zealand, settling first in Cambridge and ten years later in Hawera, where she lived until her death. Mrs. Sargent is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Ivor John, of New Plymouth, and Miss C. Sargent, of Auckland, and six eons—Messrs. F. W. (Auckland), C. H. (Hawera), F. D. (Christchurcl), E. A. (Wellington), J. A. (Nelson), and R. A. (Hawera). There are 18 grandchildren, including Mr. J. D. Sargent, M.Sc, Massey College.

MRS. K. MONKMAN.

I MR. H. O'LEARY.

MRS. ELIZABETH WEBB.

SERGEANT-MAJOR MILROY.

One of the pioneers of Hamilton, Mrs. Katherine Monkman, of Brookfield Street, died oh August 5, aged 71 years, Born in Cork, Ireland, she was a daughter of the late Mr. John Kenealy, of County Cork, and arrived in Auckland at the age of 15. She lived for two years at Remuera, and then travelled up the Waihou River by steamboat to join her sister, Mrs. James Shine, at Waihou. In 1885 she married Mr. James Monkman, one of Hamilton's earliest blacksmiths, She leaves her husband, a son and a. daughter—Mr. E. H. Monkman, of Hamilton, and Mrs. K. Moore, of Auckland. Two sons are deceased, one having been killed in the. war.

A resident of Masterton for nearly half a century, Mr. Humphrey O'Leary died on August 5 aged 82. He was a notable figure in Masterton, having been for 24 years a member of the Borough Council. Three eons, who are well known in the North Island are: Father O'Leary, Marist Brother, of Mount Albert, Mr. H. F. O'Leary, the well, known barrister of Wellington, and Mr, Joe O'Leary, the ex-All Black, of Masterton.

An old Auckland resident, Mrs. Elizabeth Webb, died at the home of her son, George Street, Dominion Road, aged 85, her birthday having been on Tuesday last week. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Carradus, arrived, prior to their marriage, in the ships Duchess of Argyle and Jane Gifford in 1842. Mrs? Webb was born in Parnell. When she was a year old, her parents moved to Nelson Street, where the husband started a rope walk. As a child, Mrs. Webb went to the Wesleyan Sunday school in High Street, now the Deeds Office. Her husband died in 1929. She leaves the following children: Mrs. E. Knight, of St. Helier's Bay; Mrs. A. Herbert, of Papatoetoe; Mrs. S. O'Leary, of Pokeno; and Mrs. D. B. Kinnear, of Melbourne; Mr. A. Webb, Mr. J. P. Webb and Mr. C. Webb, all of Auckland. There are 21 grandchildren and two wreat-grandchildren.

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)' WELLINGTON, Tuesday. The death of Staff Sergeant-Major William Milroy, formerly of the New Zealand Permanent Forces, occurred suddenly at the age of 57 years. Ser-creant-Major Milroy joined the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders at an early age, serving with the regiment during the South African War, On the cessation of hostilities he joined the Johannesburg foot police, and saw 12 years of service there before coming to New Zealand to join the permanent staff. He went to Palestine during the Great War as regimental sergeant-major, and on his return to New Zealand remained with the permanent staff until 1930, when he retired owing to failing sight. He was a member of the Dominion executive of the South African Veterans' Association.