Individual Details
Caroline May LAW
(14 May 1914 - 16 Nov 2010)
Caroline May LAW-CARGILL was born in 1914 at Rongotea, but the LAW family moved to a farm in the Taranaki shortly afterwards. There Grandad and Granny LAW made a home for their family of 12 children (Marion was born a little later).
Although May's parents had been Salvationists earlier, they were unable to link with the Salvation Army because of their farming lifestyle, and made the Methodist Church their place of worship. After all nine children of Joseph's first marriage had left home, Grandad and Granny LAW, Joe, Annie, May and Marion moved to Wanganui in the 1920s where they had a shop in Wanganui East.
One Sunday evening they walked across the Aramoho Railway Bridge, expecting to attend an evangelistic meting in the Aramoho Methodist Church. They never made it. A small circle of Salvationists were conducting an open-air meeting in the middle of the shops that were formerly situated along Somme Parade. The Salvation Army became their place of worship, and when the Aramoho outpost moved in 1928 to Wanganui East to become a corps, May and Annie decided to become soldiers of the Wanganui City Corps.
May remained a soldier of the corps until her Promotion To Glory.
In the intervening years, she was the Primary Leader, Young People's Sergeant-Major (three times), the Corps Cadet Guardian (twice), Youth Group Leader, Cradle Roll Sergeant, songster, and last but not least, Home League Secretary for 24 years, retiring in 1996.
Even in 'retirement', May continued to give loyal support to succeeding Corps Officers and served on the committee of the over-fifties club for a number of years.
During all these years, she was ably supported by her husband Hector and together they raised three children, Alan, June and Brian.
Source: Order of Service from May's celebration service.
Although May's parents had been Salvationists earlier, they were unable to link with the Salvation Army because of their farming lifestyle, and made the Methodist Church their place of worship. After all nine children of Joseph's first marriage had left home, Grandad and Granny LAW, Joe, Annie, May and Marion moved to Wanganui in the 1920s where they had a shop in Wanganui East.
One Sunday evening they walked across the Aramoho Railway Bridge, expecting to attend an evangelistic meting in the Aramoho Methodist Church. They never made it. A small circle of Salvationists were conducting an open-air meeting in the middle of the shops that were formerly situated along Somme Parade. The Salvation Army became their place of worship, and when the Aramoho outpost moved in 1928 to Wanganui East to become a corps, May and Annie decided to become soldiers of the Wanganui City Corps.
May remained a soldier of the corps until her Promotion To Glory.
In the intervening years, she was the Primary Leader, Young People's Sergeant-Major (three times), the Corps Cadet Guardian (twice), Youth Group Leader, Cradle Roll Sergeant, songster, and last but not least, Home League Secretary for 24 years, retiring in 1996.
Even in 'retirement', May continued to give loyal support to succeeding Corps Officers and served on the committee of the over-fifties club for a number of years.
During all these years, she was ably supported by her husband Hector and together they raised three children, Alan, June and Brian.
Source: Order of Service from May's celebration service.
Events
| Birth | 14 May 1914 | Rongotea, New Zealand | |||
| Marriage | 12 Dec 1936 | Hector Macdonald ROBB | |||
| Death | 16 Nov 2010 | Tawa, New Zealand | |||
| Burial | 19 Nov 2010 | Aramoho Cemetery, Wanganui, New Zealand |
Families
| Spouse | Hector Macdonald ROBB (1907 - 1993) |
| Child | Alan MacDonald ROBB (1937 - 2013) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Joseph LAW-CARGILL (1868 - 1952) |
| Mother | Agnes Fredricka SQUIRE (1878 - 1978) |
| Sibling | Joseph Deacon LAW (1908 - 1940) |
| Sibling | Annie Elizabeth LAW (1911 - 2004) |
| Sibling | Marion Fredricka LAW (1919 - 2007) |