Obituary

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 732, 3 August 1929, Page 6

Obituary

MR. W. J. WILSON

Mr. William James Wilson, who has died at the age of 65, was born at Warkworth and after serving in the lime and cement works at Warkworth was appointed engineer of the works and later the manager. The foundation of Wilsons Portland Cement Company was, to a large extent, due to him, and on several occasions he was sent abroad to study the latest developments in the cement industry. In 1917 Mr. Wilson left the company and practised in Auckland as a consulting engineer, leaving two years ago for Western Australia to take charge of a cement plant there. Later he had been a consulting engineer in Sydney and Melbourne. Mr. Wilson is survived by his wife, four daughters, Mrs. C. H. Kendon, of Sanson, Mrs. C. H. Wade, of Tokoroa, Mrs. J. Iveys, of Remuera, and Mrs. W. Houghton, of Devonport, and three sons, Mr. R. L. Wilson, of Whangarei, Mr.. C. R. Wilson, of Parakao, and Mr. la. A. Wilson, of Pakotai. MRS. MATILDA EYRE With the death of Mrs. Matilda Eyre, aged 86, at Oakland, California, on April 26, another link with the early days of New Zealand was snapped. Dorn at Maidstone, Kent, Mrs. Eyre was a daughter of Mr. J. W. S. Norton, solicitor, and arrived at Auckland in the ship Empress in 1865. She was married at St. Matthew's Church to Robert Dudley Eyre in. 1866, and with her husband went to the Thames goldfields in 1867, where he was the first surveyor and mining engineer on the goldfields. He was also the original owner of the Golden Crown mine. She subsequently resided in the Waikato and Wanganui finally settling at Takapuna. After her husband’s death in 1920 she went to live with a daughter at Oakland, California, where she died on April 26. Her ashes were brought back to New Zealand and buried yesterday at O’Neil’s Point Cemetery, the ceremony being performed by the Rev. W. Pi&gott. She is survived by a son and three daughters—Richard (Ngaruawahia), Mrs. Hall (Hereford, England), Mrs. Colwell (Oakland, California), and Airs. Rowan (Santa Rosa, California). There are 30 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. MRS. G. TYLCOAT The regret of many Auckland musi-. cians and a wide circle of friends was expressed in the large attendance at the funeral of the late Mrs. Lilian Tylcoat, whose death occurred at S 9 Union Street on Wednesday. The funeral took place yesterday. Mrs. Tylcoat, who was well known as a pianist and director of the Joyland Orchestra, was 39 years of age and the wife of Mr. George Tylcoat. She was the daughter of the late Mr. J. G. Thomas, late of Te Aroha, and was born in Yorkshire, coming to New Zealand as a girl. The deceased is survived by her husband, two daughters. Mrs. Peterson and Miss Minnie Tylcoat, her son, Mr. Arthur Tylcoat, and her sister, Mrs. R. G. McGregor, of Auckland.

MRS. LUCY SANDIN

The death has occurred of Mrs. Lucy Sandin, one of the Port Albert pioneers. A daughter of the late Mr. John Decroft, who came to Js’ew Zealand with his family in 1862, and who was one of the first orchardists in New Zealand, Mrs. Sandin married Captain William Sandin and lived at Helensville, where she was one of the first white women to live in the district Airs. Sandin was keenly interested in church work. Her husband died 21 years ago. Mrs. Sandin is survived by four sons, Messrs. E. V.. O. T., and C. G. Sandin, all of Helensville, and Mr. W. F. Sandin, of WoodhiU, and one daughter, Mrs. A. .T. Beck, of Mount Albert.