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Gravatt family in Tauranga (People)
SummaryDifferent generations of Gravatt family members have lived in and near Tauranga over the years.
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A Corporal Gravatt is invested with three stars and a rifle, badges of merit for class firing, at a monthly parade of the Tauranga Rifle Volunteers, reported in the very first issue of the Bay of Plenty Times. Corporal Gravatt appears regularly in notices of Volunteer rifle shooting until early 1874.
An E. Gravatt is also mentioned several times, in similar contexts, so is likely the same person. Family Search provides a free basic genealogy here.
Family sources believe Percy Edwin Gravatt (abt. 1906-1991, according to WikiTree, see the 2003 Bay of Plenty Times article listed below), was the son of Alfred James Gravatt (1874-1944), who was the youngest of Edward Morgan and Mary Ann Gravatt's children.
Sources[Tauranga Rifle Volunteers monthly parade], Bay of Plenty Times, Wednesday 4 September 1872, Page 4.Volunteer rifle match [Corporal Gravatt won a sweepstake prize]. Bay of Plenty Times, Wednesday 4 December 1872, Page 3.[Rifle match between Volunteers and Armed Constabulary]. Bay of Plenty Times, Wednesday 19 February 1873, Page 2.[List of Volunteers and Militia going to compete for Government district shooting prizes]. Bay of Plenty Times, Wednesday 5 March 1873, Page 3.[District Prize Firing and Civilians vs Constabulary match results]. Bay of Plenty Times, Wednesday 12 March 1873, Page 3.[Volunteer vs Militia firing match]. Bay of Plenty Times, Wednesday 9 April 1873, Page 2.Church matters : parishioners annual meeting at Tauranga. Bay of Plenty Times, Saturday 18 October 1873, Page 3.[Named as supporter of Captain Morris's campaign for Provincial Council]. Bay of Plenty Times, Saturday 1 November 1873, Page 3.Church meetings [about the rent for Rev. Jordan's temporary parsonage]. Bay of Plenty Times, Wednesday 21 January 1874, Page 3.District prize firing [scores for Militia and Volunteers]. Bay of Plenty Times, Saturday 28 February 1874, Page 3.District prize firing [scores for Militia and Volunteers]. Bay of Plenty Times, Wednesday 4 March 1874, Page 3.[Teams for firing match between Ōpōtiki and Tauranga Rifles]. Bay of Plenty Times, Wednesday 8 April 1874, Page 3.Meeting of military settlers : dinner to Captain Fraser [former company commander in 1st Waikatos]. Bay of Plenty Times, Saturday 9 May 1874, Page 3.Pāpāmoa's east end once an outpost : roads are often named after people behind development of an area / Marjorie Whiteside [Percy Gravatt farmed in Pāpāmoa from 1951]. Bay of Plenty Times, Wednesday 6 August 2003, Page 22.Bay of Plenty Business Women - [Elizabeth Gravatt owner-manager of Simply Beautiful at Royal Palm Beach Plaza]. Bay of Plenty Times, Thursday 9 September, Page 14.
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AuthorTauranga City Libraries Staff - Leslie GoodliffeType of ContributionLibrary authorityTaxonomyStories | People
Tauranga City Libraries Staff - Leslie Goodliffe, Gravatt family in Tauranga (People). Pae Korokī, accessed 18/03/2026, https://paekoroki.tauranga.govt.nz/nodes/view/120331
