Ernest Albert Frederick Jenner was born at Chatham, Kent, England, on 8 August 1892, the youngest of three children of Alice Catherine Bellamy and her husband, Thomas Henry Jenner, a shipwright. Ernest revealed his…
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Cyril Eyton Kay was born in Auckland on 25 June 1902 to David Kay, an accountant, and his wife, Mary Butts. He lived as a child in Devonport before moving to Mangere. His first flight with one of the early barnstormers…
Annie Elizabeth Abbott was born at Knightstown, Christchurch, New Zealand, on 12 April 1877, the eldest of four children of Maud Laura Mason and her husband, Thomas George Abbott, a nurseryman. She was educated locally…
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Edward Kidson was born in Bilston, Staffordshire, England, on 12 March 1882, the son of Charles Kidson, a blacksmith, and his wife, Christiana Dore or Oxley. When he was three his family emigrated to New Zealand,…
Ina Lamason was a sporting phenomenon. She represented New Zealand at cricket and hockey, was an international hockey umpire and served both sports as an administrator. Born Ina Mabel Pickering in Palmerston North on 2…
Adrian Cornelius Langerwerf was born in Waspik, Noord Brabant, in the Netherlands, on 15 September 1876, the son of Cornelius Langerwerf, a farmer, and his wife, Lucia Smeur. Feeling a call to be a missionary priest, he…
Eve Maria Langley was born Ethel Jane Langley in Forbes, New South Wales, Australia, on 1 September 1904, to Arthur Alexander Langley, a carpenter, and his wife, Myra Davidson. She left school at 14 and worked in…
John George Laughton was born in Holm parish, Orkney, Scotland, on 2 December 1891, the son of John Laughton, a farmer, and his wife, Mary Ann Balfour Moody Shearer. He emigrated to New Zealand with his parents in 1903…
Ellen Leahy was born on 12 June 1870 to Bridget McNamara and her husband, Daniel Leahy, who farmed in the Waimea West district near Nelson, New Zealand. The family later moved to Blenheim where Ellen was educated by the…
Elizabeth Hazel Lissaman was born in Blenheim on 11 October 1901, the second of six children of Helen Eva Bligh and her husband, Henri Lissaman, a sheepfarmer. She was brought up on her father's sheep station, Waireka,…
Francis Cecil Lopdell was born on 17 May 1890 at Wrights Bush, Southland, the son of John Francis Lopdell, a timber clerk, and his wife, Teresa Martha Monk. His father had studied at Trinity College, Dublin, and…
Sadie Murn was born in Gulgong, New South Wales, Australia, on 3 July 1886. She was subsequently registered as Sarah, but always known as Sadie. Her parents were Sarah Jane Stuart and her husband, John Murn, a miner.…
James Hutton Mackenzie was born, probably on 27 September 1849, in Thornhill, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. He was the son of James McKenzie and his wife, Margaret Hutton, members of the Free Church of Scotland. Mackenzie…
New Zealand's first Plunket nurse, Joanna MacKinnon was born in Balmeanach, on the island of Skye, Scotland, on 12 November 1878. She was the daughter of Jane Finlayson and her husband, John MacKinnon, a fisherman. It…
Vida Mary Katie MacLean was born at Whangaehu, near Whanganui, New Zealand, on 4 November 1881. Registered at birth as Katie Mary Vida McLean, she was the daughter of Julia Williamson and her husband, Finlay McLean, a…
John Thomas Mair was born at Invercargill on 12 October 1876, the son of Catherine Hamilton and her husband, Hugh Mair, a carpenter, later a building contractor and mayor of Invercargill. John was educated at public…
George Edward Mannering was born on 31 July 1862 at Birch Hill station in North Canterbury, New Zealand. He was the son of Theophilus Samuel Mannering, a sheep farmer, and his wife, Annie Buckham, who ran a girls'…
Rowland Oswald Colin Marks was born in Newton, Auckland, on 4 February 1893, the son of John Marks, a marine engineer, and his wife, Letitia Cleary, a teacher. Usually known as Roly, he attended Auckland Grammar School…
John and Thomas McKenna were born to Patrick McKenna and his wife, Margaret Wallace, who farmed in Newpark, Kilmaganny, County Kilkenny, Ireland. John is said to have been born on 20 February 1860 and Thomas on 21…
Mary Jane McLean was born on 4 April 1866 at Timaru, New Zealand, the eldest child of Ann le Ber and her husband, Duncan McLean, a physician and surgeon. After attending Timaru Main School and Timaru High School Mary…