The Waikanae Centenarian.
DEATH OP HERNY BURLING. (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Monday. Henry Burling, the Waikaiirae centenarian,, died on Sunday afternoon at the residence of his son. Deceased had suffered for about 5 weeks from bronchitis and a paralytic stroke. H? was said to 'have reached the unusual ag>e of 11 years. He had lived under five sovereigns, .beginning with George IV. He remembered incidents o[ the battle of Waterloo, and was a married <m>an past 30, when Wellington was founded. He is survived by thirteen children.
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Waikato Times, Issue 12182, 18 September 1911, Page 5
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