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1885–1988Woollen mill worker
Elizabeth (Bessie) Turnbull was born at Mosgiel, Otago, New Zealand, on 2 May 1885, the youngest of 11 children of Sydney Turnbull, a baker, and his wife, Catherine Armstrong. Both parents were of Scots birth and sailed from Glasgow on the Aboukir, arriving in New Zealand in 1864. Bessie...
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1824–1907Architect
According to family information Thomas Turnbull was born in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, on 23 August 1824, the son of Joshua Turnbull, a solicitor, and his wife, Jeanie Marshall. Orphaned at an early age, he was brought up by a relative, probably in Denholm, Roxburghshire. Turnbull gained...
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1901–1993Lawyer, judge
Alexander Kingcome Turner was born in Auckland on 18 November 1901, the son of Joseph Hurst Turner, a teacher, and his wife, Gertrude Kingcome Reid, the daughter of a leading Methodist minister. He attended Mount Eden School and Auckland Grammar School. When he was 11 his father died, leaving...
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1901–1994Mechanical and civil engineer, engineering administrator and consultant
Charles William Oakey Turner was born in Cardiff, Wales, on 27 January 1901, the son of William John Turner, a railway inspector, and his wife, Mary Ann Oakey. He won a scholarship to the local grammar school but left early to take up a fitting and turning apprenticeship; he completed his...
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1904–1985University professor, geologist, petrologist
Francis John Turner was born in Auckland on 10 April 1904, the son of Gertrude Kingcome Reid and her husband, Joseph Hurst Turner, a Latin master at Auckland Grammar School. His father died in 1913, leaving Frank's mother to bring up four sons. Frank attended Auckland Grammar School from 1917...
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1889–1983Auctioneer, horticultural wholesaler and distributor, businessman
Harvey Turner was born on 11 September 1889 above his father's fruit shop in Karangahape Road, Auckland, the son of Maude Mary Constable and Edward Turner (born Tredgett). He was the third of their nine sons; a daughter had died before he was born. In 1891 Edward settled with his family on 200...
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1916–1994Manufacturer, entrepreneur, advocate for the arts, community leader
Bedrich (later known as Frederick) Turnovsky was born in Prague, then part of the Austro-Hungarian empire, on 28 December 1916, the second of two sons of Max Turnovsky, a manufacturing and retail jeweller, and his wife, Caroline Weiser. The Turnovskys had lived in or near Prague for centuries...
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?–1845Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi leader, warrior, composer of waiata
Te Peehi Tūroa, who was also known as Te Rākau-ā-Peehi Tūroa Papa-i-ōuru, was born some time in the later eighteenth century. His father was Te Hītaua, the son of Tūkai-ora; his mother was Tinanga. He was descended from the people of Te Arawa, Aotea, Tainui and Tākitimu canoes. As leader of...
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?–1903Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi leader
Tōpia Peehi Tūroa was a chief of Ngāti Patutokotoko hapū of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi of the upper Whanganui River. His influence extended to Lake Taupō. Born probably in the second decade of the nineteeth century, he was known in his youth as Te Mutumutu. His father was Te Peehi Pakoro Tūroa...
Story: Tūroa, Tōpia Peehi
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1887/1888?–1957Ngāti Kahungunu; shearer, trade unionist
Robert Pānapa Tūtaki (also known as Tūtaki Pānapa Stewart and Robert Tūtaki Pānapa) was born probably in 1887 or 1888 at Ruahāpia on the outskirts of Hastings, the son of Arapera Te Ngaaero and her husband, Pānapa Tuari (Stewart), of Ngāi Toro-i-waho hapū, descended from both Ngāti Kahungunu...
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1922–2008Ngāpuhi; boilermaker, poetEarly life
Hone Peneamine Anatipa Te Pona Tuwhare was born on 21 October 1922 at Kokewai, a rural area south-east of Kaikohe, Northland. He was of Ngāpuhi descent, with connections to Ngāti Korokoro, Ngāti Tautahi, Te Uri-o-Hau, Te Popoto, Ngāti Hine and Ngāti Kurī hapū. Hone was the son of...
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1873–1917Farmer, military leader, letter writer
Francis (Frank) Morphet Twisleton was born at Settle in Yorkshire, England, on 17 February 1873. He was the son of Thomas Twisleton, a farmer and businessman, and his wife, Mary Ann Morphet. After attending Giggleswick Grammar School, and later farming in Yorkshire, Frank emigrated to New...
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1892–1963Marist brother, meter reader, leprosy fund-raiser
Patrick Joseph Twomey was driven by an intense religious concern to work for the relief of suffering among lepers in the Pacific islands. One of seven children, he was born in Wellington on 22 February 1892, of Irish-born Catholic parents Patrick Michael Twomey, a grocer, and his wife, Mary...
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1891–1979Civil engineer, public servant, arbitration court judge
Arthur Tyndall was born on 12 April 1891 in Dunedin, the eldest of five children of Arthur William Tyndall and his wife, Frances Lawson. He attended Bluespur School (where his father was headmaster), Lawrence District High School and Otago Boys' High School.
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1867–1924Photographer, hotel manager, farmer
Fred and William Tyree were the sons of William Tyree, a master bootmaker, and his second wife, Elizabeth Frances Baker. William, the eldest child, was born on 19 April 1855, in Christ Church, Surrey, England. Two more children followed before Fred, who was born in Marylebone, London, on 7...
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1830–1900Mineralogist, university professor, director of School of Mines
George Henry Frederick Ulrich was born on 7 July 1830 at Zellerfeld in the German kingdom of Hanover, the son of Friedrich Engelhard Ulrich, a miner, and his wife, Catherine Elisabeth Herstell. He was named Georg Heinrich Friedrich, but later anglicised these names when he became a naturalised...
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1908–1979Clerk, farmer, toy-maker, manufacturer
Harold Jack Underwood, known as Jack, was born in Wellington on 24 January 1908, the son of Sydney Houghton Underwood, a builder, and his wife, Louise Maude Batley. After attending St Mark’s Church School and Wellington College, he transferred to Wellington Technical College to take an...
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1908–1994Farmer, soldier, prisoner of war
Charles Hazlitt Upham was born in Christchurch on 21 September 1908, the son of John Hazlitt Upham, a lawyer, and his wife, Agatha Mary Coates. He boarded at Waihi School, Winchester, South Canterbury, between 1917 and 1922 and at Christ’s College, Christchurch, from 1923 until 1927. From an...
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1872–1929Ngāi Tahu; sportsman, farmer, native agent, politician
John Hopere Wharewiti Uru and Henare Whakatau Uru were two of twenty-one children born to Hoani Uru, a farmer, and his wife, Kataraina (Kata) Kaiparoa. They were born at Kaiapoi: Hopere probably on 26 March 1868, Henare in 1872. With their elder sister, Tīmaima Pōtanga Waiata, and a brother,...
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1869–1956Real estate agent, farmer, philanthropist
Edward Earle Vaile was born on 3 March 1869 at Hampstead, London, England. His father, Samuel Vaile, was a successful Auckland merchant and land agent who had emigrated to New Zealand in 1843. He lived in the United Kingdom from 1861 to 1869, and married Sarah Ann Earle in 1866; Edward was the...
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