Christ's Church Cemetery Taita Headstone Inscription
William Read Welch born Sep 5th 1831 died Jan 28th 1881 aged 49
also his wife Sarah Arabella born July 13th 1835 died Aug 17 1904 aged 69 years also their daughter Arabella died July 11 1928 Aged 54 years also their son Ernest Alfred Died October 8 1935 Aged 67 years
Christ Church Taita Cemetery is located at 73 Eastern Hutt Road, Taita in the churchyard of Taita's original Anglican Church.
The Church is the oldest surviving church in the Wellington Region, built by local parishioners in 1853 the first service was held on 1st January 1854.
Some of the information contained on this page, including the Cemtery Plot Map below, was sourced from the website of the Christ Church Preservation Society (Inc.) Click on the logo to go to their site.
