Francis Gordon MOELLER (1860 – 1919)

Name

Francis Gordon Moeller

Known as

Frank

Gender

Male

Birthdate

1860

Birthplace

Melbourne, Australia

Marriage(s)

18 August 1892
Napier

Date of death

03 September 1919

Place of death

Blackhead Beach

Parents

  • Phillip Moeller (1828-5/12/1885)
  • Elizabeth Moeller, nee Payne (1840-9/3/1922)

Partner(s)

  • Winifred Moeller, nee Ryan (1867-15/8/1953)

Children

  • Rachael Eva Jacobs (10/7/1892-3/2/1991)

Secondary education

Nelson College, Nelson

Biography

Arrived in Napier, 1892
Licensee of Masonic Hotel, Napier for 27 years
Founder of Napier Soldiers’ Club
Member Napier Borough Council
Member and chairman of Napier Hospital Board
Fundraised and supported war effort for South Africa War and First World War
Winifred Moeller awarded Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for relief of war dependents and patriotic services
Presented gold watch by commercial travellers, 1901
Commercial Travellers and Warehousemen of Hawke’s Bay fundraised for memorial sand and shell pit after his death, on site of Ocean Spa; opened 1922
Member of Jewish faith

Accession number

675181

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