Advanced Biographies Search
Filter biographies using dates, occupations and places related to people's lives.
-
1875–1956Doctor
Helen Stephen Baird was born on 29 September 1875 at Hampden, Otago, New Zealand, the daughter of Elizabeth Stephen and her husband, James Baird, a Presbyterian minister, who had emigrated to New Zealand from Scotland in 1870. Helen was the third in a family of remarkably talented children, of...
Story: Cowie, Helen Stephen
-
1912–1994Cricketer, businessman, sports administrator
John Cowie was born in Mount Roskill, Auckland, on 30 March 1912, the son of Scottish parents Elizabeth Cromb Reoch and her husband, Andrew Cowie, a grocer. At Devonport School he took up cricket. He initially bowled slow leg-spin, but finding he could achieve more success by running in fast,...
Story: Cowie, John
-
1831–1902Anglican bishop, primate
William Garden Cowie was born on 8 January 1831 at St John's Wood, London, England. His parents were Alexander Cowie, an advocate, and his wife, Elizabeth Garden, both originally from Aberdeenshire, Scotland. William Cowie was a scholar of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, taking Latin and English...
Story: Cowie, William Garden
-
1897–1953Mormon missionary, lawyer
Matthew Cowley was born on 2 August 1897 in Preston, Idaho, USA, the son of Matthias Foss Cowley and his wife, Abbie Hyde. The family moved to Salt Lake City when Matthias was appointed an Apostle, a member of the Council of the Twelve which ruled the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
Story: Cowley, Matthew
-
1846–1925Labourer, flax worker, swagger, agricultural worker
The only thing distinctive about James Cox is his complete lack of distinction. He was born on 11 October 1846 at Snodshill in Chisledon, Wiltshire, England, where his parents, William Cox and his wife, Fanny Jefferies, were prosperous small-farmers. Although James's early childhood seems to...
Story: Cox, James
-
1902–1984Lawyer, town planning administrator
John Watson Cox was born at Taupiri, Waikato, on 16 September 1902, the son of James Thomas Gostick Cox, a schoolteacher (later school inspector), and his wife, Mary Alice Armstrong. After attending Auckland Grammar School, Cox studied law at Auckland University College, graduating LLB in 1929...
Story: Cox, John Watson
-
1869–1949Dentist, dental health reformer
Norman Kershaw Cox, advocate of a more scientific and professional approach to dentistry and champion of a socialised dental service, was born at Preston, Lancashire, England, on 1 December 1869, the son of Edwin Cox, a dental surgeon, and his wife, Margaret Bell. Norman was educated at King...
Story: Cox, Norman Kershaw
-
1891–1972Artist and art teacher
Helen Priscilla Crabb was born on 24 November 1891 at Halcombe, Manawatū, the daughter of Priscilla Kennedy and her husband, Ernest Hugh Crabb, a storekeeper. Her mother had hoped to be an artist: marriage ended that dream, but she continued to paint when she could and often took her children...
Story: Crabb, Helen Priscilla
-
1817–1889Naval officer, farmer, scientist, explorer, public servant
James Coutts Crawford, generally known as Coutts, was born at Overton, Strathaven, Lanarkshire, Scotland, on 19 January 1817, the only son of Captain James Coutts Crawford, RN, and his second wife, Jane Inglis. Educated at the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, he received the gold medal before...
Story: Crawford, James Coutts
-
1828–1875Barrack matron
Jessie McAulay was born in Glasgow, Scotland, probably on 4 June 1828. Her parents were Elizabeth Renfrew and her husband, William McAulay, a mariner. Nothing is known about her early life. In 1849 or early 1850 she married John Mitchell Crawford, in Glasgow, but the marriage does not seem to...
Story: Crawford, Jessie
-
1917–1997Policewoman
Nora Mary Parker was born in Hāwera, Taranaki, on 25 June 1917, one of three daughters of Kate Maria Ride and her husband, Walter Vincent Parker, a farmer. She went to Ararata School, but later, when her father became ill, had to help at home. Her early secondary education was mostly by...
Story: Crawford, Nora Mary
-
1844–1915Storekeeper, brewer, mayor, photographer
William Crawford was born at Fortfield, County Tipperary, Ireland, on 29 April 1844, the second of eight children of Maria Shortt and her husband, Thomas Crawford. When he left school in 1858 he went to Belfast and later Dublin to work as an indentured merchant's clerk. As he outlined his...
Story: Crawford, William Fitzgerald
-
1896–1960Poet, journalist, writer
Walter D'Arcy Cresswell was born on 22 January 1896 in Christchurch, New Zealand, the son of Hannah Reese and her husband, Walter Joseph Cresswell, a solicitor. After attending Elmwood School, Christchurch, and boarding at Robin Hood Bay Public School in Marlborough, Cresswell studied at Christ...
Story: Cresswell, Walter D'Arcy
-
1847–1925Bible Christian minister, social worker, journalist
John Crewes was born at Grampound, a small market town in Cornwall, England, on 15 July 1847. He was the son of Isabella Francis and her husband, Richard Crewes, a carpenter. At an early age John was converted to Bible Christian preaching, which had a considerable following in Cornwall. A...
Story: Crewes, John
-
1821/1822?–1892Accommodation-house keeper, shopkeeper, postmistress, midwife
Sarah Ann Rigelsford was born in London, England, probably in 1821 or 1822. Her mother's name is unknown; her father was John Rigelsford, a labourer. She was clever at needlework and as a young woman she set up her own dressmaking business. On 15 April 1844 in the parish of St Mary Lambeth,...
Story: Cripps, Sarah Ann
-
1808–1901Carrier, temperance reformer, character
Benjamin Crisp was born in London, England, probably on 11 May 1808, the son of Sophia Crisp and her husband, Benjamin, a tinsmith. He left England in 1819 for Australia, where he worked as a whaler, farm worker, and bullock driver. In 1837 he moved to New Zealand, joining a whaling party on...
Story: Crisp, Benjamin
-
1822/1823?–1902Catholic bishop
Thomas William Croke was born in the parish of Ballyclough, County Cork, Ireland, probably in 1822 or 1823. He was the third of eight children of William Croke, an estate agent, and his wife, Isabella Plummer, daughter of an aristocratic Protestant family who disowned her following her Catholic...
Story: Croke, Thomas William
-
1827–1878Photographer, businessman
John Nicol Crombie was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on 11 August 1827, the son of John Crombie, a weaver who later became a grocer and merchant, and his wife, Margaret McKellar. Emigrating to Melbourne, Australia, at the height of the goldrush in 1852, Crombie was unable to find work in his trade...
Story: Crombie, John Nicol
-
1900–1976Journalist, editor, publisher
Leonard John Cronin was born in Aramoho, Whanganui, on 16 November 1900, the son of Joseph Henry Cronin, an engineer, and his wife, Margaret Edwards. He was educated at Woodville District High School and began work as a cadet journalist on the Pātea and Waverley Press in 1916. In 1919 he...
Story: Cronin, Leonard John
-
1895–1985Nurse, voluntary aid administrator
Helen Iris Crooke was born in Lawrence, Otago, on 14 December 1895, the daughter of Jane Duthie Smith and her husband, Alfred Crooke, a lawyer and magistrate. Iris (as she was known) and her three sisters spent most of their childhood in Marton, Rangītikei, where they boarded at Ngā Tawa School...
Story: Crooke, Helen Iris