Emil (Ted) Edward Everson

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Emil (Ted) Edward Everson

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Auckland
Death: October 27, 1981 (64)
Place of Burial: Lot No. 428, Block C, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand
Immediate Family:

Son of Percy Ernest Everson and Bella Everson
Husband of Zoé Jean Everson
Father of Private and Private
Brother of Gwen Wood (Everson)

Occupation: Caterer; Restaurant/Cabaret owner; Storekeeper; Real Estate Sales
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About Emil (Ted) Edward Everson

https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/...

World War II, 1939-1945 Army Service Number WWII 11712

Address before enlistment: 34 Ponsonby Road, Auckland (father)
Embarkation details: Sapper, 9th (N.Z.) Railway Survey Company, N.Z. Engineers;
2nd N.Z. Divisional Engineers; Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force

Medals and Awards

  • 1939-1945 Star
  • Africa Star
  • Italy Star
  • Defence Medal
  • War Medal 1939-1945

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19390213.2.163.6?ite...


  • Auckland: Ted owned and managed a restaurant in St Kevin's Arcade, Auckland, called The Dutch Mill, 1936. This was such a success that he opened a cabaret nightspot called the Metropole. The Metropole was on upper Queen Street on the corner of City Road, and was a popular dance venue sometimes used for private celebrations.
  • Sold the restaurant and cabaret in early 1951 and moved to Matata where he bought the general store, the only business there besides the Post Office and the pub.
  • Moved to Tauranga and opened one of its first cafe/bars (late 1950's vogue)
  • Moved back to Auckland and started in real estate in Ponsonby (Everson & Boulton), 1970's

At the time it was built in 1938, the Metropole cabaret near the top of Queen Street was Auckland’s largest ballroom, catering to 1500-plus patrons. Renamed the Peter Pan Ballroom in 1952 – after the original Peter Pan moved up from Rutland Street, taking over the £60,000 lease – it mostly catered for private balls, with the music provided by big bands.


Ted had an affair with a Christchurch married woman, Gladys Lavery; they met at the Dutch Mill, and Gladys and her girlfriend were invited to the Metropole. Gladys returned home to Christchurch after a week, not knowing she was carrying Ted's child. On 12 December 1950 Gladys gave birth to a daughter, Kareen Ann. (Kareen Ann McKenzie).

- from notes by Carine Brenda Rigal (Everson), 2000

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Emil (Ted) Edward Everson's Timeline

1917
August 1, 1917
Auckland
1981
October 27, 1981
Age 64
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Waikaraka Park Cemetery, Lot No. 428, Block C, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand