Pauline Durrieu
Pauline Durrieu was the daughter of Louis Durrieu and Anna Rumsey, the step sister of Robert Edmeades. The following is a transcript of an article in the NZ Herald, c.1984.
"Move Severs 95 Year Link.
Miss Pauline Durrieu of Mt Eden has moved to Kaikohe. Unremarkable perhaps, for someone to move house, except that in Miss Durrieu's case, the shift means that Auckland's Borough is losing one of its oldest and most loyal residents.
And for Miss Durrieu the move is more than just a shift in house. She was born in her Mt Eden Rd home - one of the four original houses in Mt Eden - 95 years ago and had lived there virtually all her life.
But her identity will not be lost to Mt Eden - she has given the Borough the 26-perch section adjacent to her home for a reserve in memory of her father, Mr Louis Durrieu, who was auditor general in Auckland late last century. Miss Durrieu's house is listed as a historic, protected building. It was to have been sold at auction yesterday, but bidding did not reach the reserve price. A sale is possible today.
Miss Durrieu grew up when it was common for young women to remian in the family home, helping to run the household - something she did until she was 22. But after the First World War she went teaching, studying for her teacher's certificate by correspondence. She taught at many schools around Auckland, learning to ride a horse to get to one at Waiuku.
Several falls persuaded her to buy a gig, 'but I was even tipped out of that'. The next step up the transport ladder was the purchase of a faithful Model T Ford car, which she learned to drive.
Since her retirement, Miss Durrieu has been a staunch worker for Corso - (she estimates she has sewed 6000 garments for the organisation over 11 years) - and the Horticultural, Tree, Leprosy and Dickens Societies.
She is now leaving her lifetime home to live with her niece, Mrs Joy Aickin, in Pakaraka, near Kaikohe."
"Move Severs 95 Year Link.
Miss Pauline Durrieu of Mt Eden has moved to Kaikohe. Unremarkable perhaps, for someone to move house, except that in Miss Durrieu's case, the shift means that Auckland's Borough is losing one of its oldest and most loyal residents.
And for Miss Durrieu the move is more than just a shift in house. She was born in her Mt Eden Rd home - one of the four original houses in Mt Eden - 95 years ago and had lived there virtually all her life.
But her identity will not be lost to Mt Eden - she has given the Borough the 26-perch section adjacent to her home for a reserve in memory of her father, Mr Louis Durrieu, who was auditor general in Auckland late last century. Miss Durrieu's house is listed as a historic, protected building. It was to have been sold at auction yesterday, but bidding did not reach the reserve price. A sale is possible today.
Miss Durrieu grew up when it was common for young women to remian in the family home, helping to run the household - something she did until she was 22. But after the First World War she went teaching, studying for her teacher's certificate by correspondence. She taught at many schools around Auckland, learning to ride a horse to get to one at Waiuku.
Several falls persuaded her to buy a gig, 'but I was even tipped out of that'. The next step up the transport ladder was the purchase of a faithful Model T Ford car, which she learned to drive.
Since her retirement, Miss Durrieu has been a staunch worker for Corso - (she estimates she has sewed 6000 garments for the organisation over 11 years) - and the Horticultural, Tree, Leprosy and Dickens Societies.
She is now leaving her lifetime home to live with her niece, Mrs Joy Aickin, in Pakaraka, near Kaikohe."