Annie, William, William Ralston and Dorothea Robina Ingram

Annie, wife of William Ingram, died 4 August 1933, aged 82; also William, husband of above, died 3 February 1935, aged 89; also their eldest son William Ralston, killed in action Passchendaele, 4 October 1917, aged 36; also their eldest daughter Dorothea Robina, died 6 June 1956, aged 73.

Row D, Plot 11

(Image from Weekly News, 23 May 1918, Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Library, ref AWNS-19180523-42-2)MISSING SOLDIER—information concerning 40328, Private W R Ingram, 3rd (Auckland) Company, 1st Infantry Brigade, reported wounded and missing on 4 October 1917. Any information will be thankfully received by Miss D R Ingram, Avondale. (Auckland Star, 23 March 1918, p. 8) INGRAM—On October 4 killed in action (previously reported wounded and missing), Private William Ralston, oldest dearly loved son of W and A Ingram, Marohemo, formerly of Avondale; in his 37th year. His duty nobly done. (NZ Herald, 23 April 1918, p. 1)William R Ingram is buried at Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. He had served in the war from 13 February 1917, his previous occupation recorded as farmer. (Cenotaph database).FATAL FALL.

DEATH OF ELDERLY WOMAN. Death followed the accident to Mrs Annie Ingram, who was admitted to the Auckland Hospital on Monday, when she fractured a thigh as the result of slipping and falling at her home at Gilfillan Street, Blockhouse Bay. Mrs Ingram was 83 years of age. (Auckland Star, 5 August 1933, p. 6)

William Ingram died at the residence of his daughter Mrs Weir in Blockhouse Bay.

Memorial windows were installed at St Ninians Church in the early 1950s in honour of Mr and Mrs Christopher Ingram, and Mr and Mrs William Ingram. (Our First Century, St Ninians Presbyterian Church, Avondale NZ, 1860-1960, p. 19)