DEATH AT NINETY-NINE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18707, 13 May 1924, Page 10

DEATH AT NINETY-NINE

♦ — captain kneen kerruish. r £ LONG-LIVED FAMILY. w . SISTER DIB AT AGE OF' 100. One of the oldest residents of New Zealand. Captain Kneen Kerruish, , : has passed away at Auckland, at the age of 99 years: For tha , past 15 years Captain Kerruish had lived in retirement at New Lynn. Ho was born at the Isle of Man, and took* up a seafaring life as a youth. His first visit to New Zealand was made about 75 years " ego, when he was so impressed with : the : natural . beauty and the i climate of Auckland ' }bat he expressed the hope that he would end his days here. Subsequently he became a master mariner ' - and traded between the Isle of : Man »nd En gland ' for many years. ,; Captain Ker- ' ruish - was !in Victoria/ Australia, yat toe time - of the great financial diwier in 1893, and lost hie life's saving*/ In 1603 he sustained ; further financial low as ~ the result of an anstiooessful attempt to inaugurate a. small fishing fleet j- with head-; quarters at Auckland. .:../ - Captain Kerruish belonged to a family ; remarkable for longevity. His siitera, | who • wore '■ twins, both • attained* the age ; of 100. Captain Kerruish is survived-; by his widow and .son. Mr. Jackson • Ker- - ruish, of Auckland. The interment: took ; place at: Hillsborough cemetery.. . ' - v