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

They are not gone from us, but gone before us

In Loving Memory of

John Henry Falloon

1863 – 1954

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a n-anamacha

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

Their Story

John Henry Falloon was born about 1863 I believe in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. There is no birth records for him and one cannot find any details of his arrival in New Zealand. He was known to be in Australia around 1892 where he married his first wife Sarah Margaret McSorley in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on the 29th February 1892. They travelled back to New Zealand and set up home on the West Coast where they had two children. Sarah sadly passed away we believe during child birth (a third child which there are no recorded details) on 3rd November 1895. John Henry then moved to Wellington and married Sarah Maria Ward 5th July 1902. This Marriage ended in Divorce in 1912. John Henry was living with Eva May Simmons (née Beer) and her two children Myrtle Pearl Simmons and Dorothy Evelyn Simmons (whose father was George Arthur Simmons) between 1905 and 1910 in Newtown, Wellington, New Zealand. They had two sons William Henry Falloon and Albert Ronald Falloon. Eva May Simmons married Richard Henry Gerard in 1912 at Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand. Eva May Gerard passed away on the 5th August 1923 and is buried in an unmarked plot in Karori Cemetery, Karori, Wellington, New Zealand. John Henry Falloon married again on the 8th October 1921 to Elizabeth Taylor (formally Morris, née Morris). this was the third marriage for both. Elizabeth Falloon (formally Taylor, formally Morris, née Morris) passed away on the 27th October 1945 and is buried in Karori Cemetery, Karori, Wellington, New Zealand. John Henry Falloon passed away on the 23rd September 1954 and is buried with his third wife Elizabeth Falloon in Karori Cemetery, Karori, 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

BirthChristchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
DeathKarori, Wellington, New Zealand
MarriageMelbourne, Victoria, Australia29 Feb 1892
DeathWest Coast, New Zealand3 Nov 1895
MarriageWellington, New Zealand5 Jul 1902
MarriageNewtown, Wellington, New Zealand1 Jan 1970
Locations identified by Fisceal AI

A Life in Time

Birth

1863
Born in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
📍 Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Marriage

29th February 1892
Married Sarah Margaret McSorley in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
📍 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Death of First Wife

3rd November 1895
Sarah Margaret McSorley passed away, possibly during childbirth
📍 West Coast, New Zealand

Marriage

5th July 1902
Married Sarah Maria Ward in Wellington, New Zealand
📍 Wellington, New Zealand

Divorce

1912
Divorced Sarah Maria Ward
📍 Wellington, New Zealand

Marriage

1912
Married Eva May Simmons
📍 Newtown, Wellington, New Zealand

Marriage

8th October 1921
Married Elizabeth Taylor
📍 Karori, Wellington, New Zealand

Death

5th August 1923
Eva May Gerard passed away and is buried in Karori Cemetery, Wellington
📍 Karori, Wellington, New Zealand

Death

27th October 1945
Elizabeth Falloon passed away and is buried in Karori Cemetery, Wellington
📍 Karori, Wellington, New Zealand

Death

23rd September 1954
John Henry Falloon passed away and is buried with Elizabeth Falloon in Karori Cemetery, Wellington
📍 Karori, Wellington, 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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