Gosforth, Ashburton RC Cemetery, grave of John Farnon

HER Number:
13402

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Gosforth, Ashburton RC Cemetery, grave of John Farnon

Place:
Gosforth

Map Sheet:
NZ26NW

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Grave Marker

Site Type: Specific:
Gravestone

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
John Farnon (1851-1923) department store owner. Farnon was an Irish linen importer. He founded Farnons Department Store in Nun Street in 1882. He and his wife Annie Richardson lived above the shop. Farnon was a councillor for Gosforth Urban District Council for 25 years and chairman in 1917-18. He served on the Newcastle School Board and was a JP for Newcastle. He donated the apse window to St. Charles RC Church in Gosforth. His two surviving daughters donated the Lady Altar at the same church in memory of their parents.

Easting:
237

Northing:
676

Grid Reference:
NZ237676

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Alan Morgan, 2004, Beyond the Grave - Exploring Newcastle's Burial Grounds, page 159