Chan eil iad air falbh uainn, ach air falbh romhainn.

They are not gone from us, but gone before us

In Loving Memory of

Beatrice May Falloon

11 Jul 1906 – 2 May 2001

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a n-anamacha

“May their souls be at God’s right hand”

Their Story

Beatrice May Falloon (known as Aunty May or May) was born Beatrice May Ledger on the 11th July 1906 in Swalwell, Tyne and Wear, England. May Ledger left England in 1927 travelling to New Zealand where she lived in Upper Hutt for the rest of her life. She married Albert ‘Toby’ Ronald Falloon on the 21st August 1931 and had four children, Ronald Albert b: 23rd November 1931 d: 6th janurary 2009, Eunice May b: 28th December 1932, Elizabeth b 5th August 1935 d: 23rd November 2025 and June b: 12th June 1939 d: 12th June 1939 only 5hrs old. May died 2nd May 2001 at Somerset Rest Home in Trentham, Upper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand.

As remembered by the family

Photographs & Memories

“What remains is not what was captured, but what was carried”

Places Connected to this Life

BirthSwalwell, Tyne and Wear, England
DeathTrentham, Upper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand
TravelUpper Hutt, New Zealand1 Jan 1970
Locations identified by Fisceal AI

A Life in Time

Birth

11th July 1906
Born in Swalwell, Tyne and Wear, England
📍 Swalwell, Tyne and Wear, England

Emigration to New Zealand

1927
Moved to New Zealand and settled in Upper Hutt
📍 Upper Hutt, New Zealand

Marriage

21st August 1931
Married Albert 'Toby' Ronald Falloon
📍 Upper Hutt, New Zealand

First Child Born

23rd November 1931
Ronald Albert born
📍 Upper Hutt, New Zealand

Second Child Born

28th December 1932
Eunice May born
📍 Upper Hutt, New Zealand

Third Child Born

5th August 1935
Elizabeth born
📍 Upper Hutt, New Zealand

Fourth Child Born

12th June 1939
June born but passed away the same day
📍 Upper Hutt, New Zealand

Death

May 2, 2001
Passed away at Somerset Rest Home in Trentham, Upper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand
📍 Trentham, Upper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand

Death of Child

Jan 6, 2009
Ronald Albert passed away
📍 Upper Hutt, New Zealand

Death of Child

Nov 23, 2025
Elizabeth passed away
📍 Upper Hutt, New Zealand

“The years leave their marks, as rivers do – not to erase what was, but to carry it forward”

“Tha sinn beò fhad ’s a tha cuimhne ann.”

“We live as long as there is memory”

You are welcome to linger, or to carry them with you

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