Winfred Mellsop - Public Servant and MBE
Winifred was the third child born to James and Emma Mellsop but the first to survive for longer than a month.
Henry Arthur John was born 10 Oct, 1883 at The Falls, Mauku, and died on 9 Feb 1883 at the Falls. He is buried at St Brides Church. A second daughter died at birth 25 Aug 1885.
Winifred's father was the head teacher at Mangere School and she was a bright pupil, listed on the school's Honours board and awarded a scholarship in 1900, the year that her father died suddenly from a stroke. She matriculated in 1902.
Her mother Emma retired from teaching in 1908 and Winnie moved with her and the rest of the family to 99 Vauxhall Road Devonport where she lived for the rest of her life. When she finished school she joined the Lands & Survey Department where she had a long and respected career as a public servant, revered by colleagues for her work in Auckland and Wellington. She retired in 1946.
She continued a very active life, involved with charitable work including the Red Cross, the City Mission, and was a tireless worker and tower of strength for the National Party.
In 1962 she was awarded an M.B.E. (Member of the British Empire) in the Queen's Birthday Honours for community service,.
Ruve Hyams reports Winnie enjoyed a swim all year round, and for many y ears the family had a tradition of meeting at Vauxhall Road for an Auckland Anniversary Day picnic and then trotted down the road to watch the Anniversary Day Regatta from Cheltenham Beach, just a stone's throw away.
Winnie died at her Vauxhall Road home in 1969.
Winifred's dates: Born 21 Sept, 1886, School House, Mangere
Died 2 Nov, 1969, at Devonport, Auckland
Henry Arthur John was born 10 Oct, 1883 at The Falls, Mauku, and died on 9 Feb 1883 at the Falls. He is buried at St Brides Church. A second daughter died at birth 25 Aug 1885.
Winifred's father was the head teacher at Mangere School and she was a bright pupil, listed on the school's Honours board and awarded a scholarship in 1900, the year that her father died suddenly from a stroke. She matriculated in 1902.
Her mother Emma retired from teaching in 1908 and Winnie moved with her and the rest of the family to 99 Vauxhall Road Devonport where she lived for the rest of her life. When she finished school she joined the Lands & Survey Department where she had a long and respected career as a public servant, revered by colleagues for her work in Auckland and Wellington. She retired in 1946.
She continued a very active life, involved with charitable work including the Red Cross, the City Mission, and was a tireless worker and tower of strength for the National Party.
In 1962 she was awarded an M.B.E. (Member of the British Empire) in the Queen's Birthday Honours for community service,.
Ruve Hyams reports Winnie enjoyed a swim all year round, and for many y ears the family had a tradition of meeting at Vauxhall Road for an Auckland Anniversary Day picnic and then trotted down the road to watch the Anniversary Day Regatta from Cheltenham Beach, just a stone's throw away.
Winnie died at her Vauxhall Road home in 1969.
Winifred's dates: Born 21 Sept, 1886, School House, Mangere
Died 2 Nov, 1969, at Devonport, Auckland