Wesleyan Division C, Row 5, Plots 16 & 18

Mr Walter McCaul, who was one of the very old identities of Auckland, has died at New Lynn at an advanced age. He was closely associated with the early history of the city. He and his wife, came out to Australia from Greenock in 1849, his eldest daughter (Mrs T. Mason) being born on the voyage. Dr. Hunter, one of the-best-known of the early residents of Sydney, was a shipmate, and he wished Mr McCaul to stay in New South Wales, but the family removed to New Zealand because Mrs McCaul's mother had already arrived here in the Duchess of Argyle. They came across in the maiden return trip of the first New Zealand-built vessel i:o cross the Tasman Sea (she was built by Messrs Niccol and Sharp), and Mr McCaul started tailoring, and later auctioneering and land agency. He also was interested in the coastal trade, owning the coasters Grace Darling and Hawke's Head. He also tried his hand at goldmining, and with his son Walter worked on the Brian Boru claim during the Thames rush. He also did some boring for coal at New Lynn. For twenty years past Mr McCaul has not been able to get about with ease, owing to infirmity in his nether limbs, but he lived peacefully, and died without pain.
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DEATH OF MR WALTER McCAUL
Another of the city's old landmarks has passed away in the person of the late Mr. Walter McCaul, who died at his residence, "Rothesay" Waikumete, last week, and was buried on Friday last at Waikumete cemetery. His body was followed to the grave by a number, of friends and neighbours, his surviving children, besides numerous grandchildren and a great-grand-son. Mr. McCaul left Scotland about 1849, and after spending a few months in Australia settled in Auckland. He started a tailoring business in High street, and subsequently went into the auctioneering and land agency, and was also interested in the coastal trade, owning the coasters Grace Darling and Hawke's Head. At the time of the Thames rush he and his son Walter worked the Brian Boru claim. After the great fire that burned both sides of High street in 1858, and a dispute arose between the burnt out property owners and the Provincial Government, Mr. McCaul was deputed to contest the case in the Supreme Court. Some little sensation was caused by his action in placing bailiffs in possession of the Provincial Superintendent's office in order to ensure payment of the costs of the which was given against the Government. He took a keen interest in provincial politics, and was an active member of what was then known as the "Progressive" as opposed to the "Constitutional" party. He always had the courage of his convictions, and to those who recollect the political tactics of the early days be will be remembered as an uncompromising partisan. To the younger members of the community Mr. McCaul's figure will not be so familiar as it was to his contemporaries, a growing infirmity which affected his lower limbs having compelled him to live in comparative retirement for many years past; but those who remember Auckland's infancy will be pleased to learn that in spite of bodily affliction he maintained until the last a happy and contented disposition, and that his mental faculties remained unimpaired.
Mr. McCaul was twice married, his first wife coming with him from Scotland. Several years after her death in Auckland he espoused Miss D. S. Horseley, who also predeceased him. Of his eight children six survive, and he also leaves a large number of grandchildren and a great-grandchild to mourn their loss.
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Gift to School
The bequest of an astronomical telescope and a micro-polariscope to the committee of the New Lynn primary school is made in the will of Mr. James McCaul, who died on September 17. The testator has provided that the instruments are for the use and instruction of the pupils of the school.
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Plot 16: Walter Alison McCaul – Tailor – Apoplexy
James McCaul – Farmer (ashes)
Plot 16-18: Walter McCaul (adult) 1920
Plot 18: Dorothy Susan McCaul
Mary Ann Rattray McCaul (37) 1905 – Tailoress – Typhoid Fever

Sacred
to the Memory of
DOROTHY SUSAN,
beloved wife of
W. A. McCAUL
died 30th July 1897
in her 71st year.
Waiting for the revelation
of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Also
WALTER ALISON
her beloved husband
who died 28th Sept. 1904
aged 83 years.
and MARY
their youngest daughter
who died 20th Oct. 1905.
“Oh for the touch of a vanished hand.”
Also WALTER,
born 28th Nov. 1851; died 14th Nov. 1920.
JAMES McCAUL
died 17th Sept. 1940, aged 77.

DEATHS.
McCAUL.—On September 28th, at his late residence, New Lynn, Walter Alison McCaul, in his 84th year.
The funeral will leave his Iate residence at 3 o'clock Friday, for Waikumete Cemetery
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19040929.2.33

McCAUL.—On October 20, 1905, at the Auckland District Hospital, of typhoid fever, Mary, the youngest daughter of the late Walter Allison and Dorothy Susan McCaul. The funeral will leave the Hospital on Sunday, at 2 o'clock for Waikumete.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19051021.2.33

McCAUL.—On November 14, at Auckland, Walter, beloved husband of the Iate Martha McCaul, late of Taranaki, and third son of the late Walter Allison McCaul, of New Lynn, in his seventieth year.
The funeral will leave J. Weir's, 70 Ponsonby Road, on Wednesday, 17th, at 2 p.m., for Waikumete.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19201115.2.71

McCAUL.—On September 17, at Auckland, James, beloved youngest son of the late Walter and Dorothy McCaul, New Lynn, and loved brother of Mrs. M. J. Jones, in his seventy-eighth year. Funeral will leave W. H. Tongue and Son's Chapel, Thursday, at 2 p.m. for the crematorium.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19400917.2.4

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