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Bartolomeo (Bartolo) Russo was born probably in 1866 or 1867 on the island of Stromboli, Italy, the eldest son of eight children of Domenico Russo, a farmer, and his wife, Giuseppina Costelano. Activities centred around…

Alexander Shand was born on 15 November 1840, at Petone, New Zealand, to Archibald Watson Shand and his wife, Elizabeth Alexandrina Greig Kilpatrick, who were among the first group of New Zealand Company immigrants.…

Alfred Rowland Chetham was born at Fareham, Hampshire, England, on 10 May 1823. He was baptised Alfred Chetham in 1823 and Alfred Rowland Chetham in 1828. Alfred was the third son of Margaret Kezia Dean and her husband…

Frederic Wanklyn Williams was born at the Tūranga mission station at Whakatō, Poverty Bay, New Zealand, probably on 13 October 1854, the eldest of 10 children of the CMS missionary William Leonard Williams and his wife…

Helen Ann Simpson was born at Gibraltar, probably in 1793 or 1794. Her mother's name is unknown. Her father, James Simpson, was the United States consul general at Tangier. On 11 June 1840 in London, England, she…

The son of Christopher Richmond, a barrister, and his wife, Maria Wilson, James Crowe Richmond was born in London, England, on 22 September 1822. He was educated at the Hackney Grammar School; at Hove House, Brighton;…

W.H. (Bill) Oliver was one of New Zealand’s most eminent twentieth-century historians. He gained distinction as a scholar of British and New Zealand history and was part of a tradition of poet-historians, with five…

Frederick Baker was born at Whauwhaukauri, Hokianga, on 19 June 1908, the son of John Francis (Frank) Baker and his wife, Jane Robinson. His father was a bushman but subsequently became a dairy farmer. Baker was of…

Thyra Avis Mary McNeill was born on 26 March 1910 in Wellington, the eldest of four children of Jane Louisa Beatrice Thompson and her husband, Alan McKenzie McNeill, a journalist. In 1913 the family moved to Auckland,…

Gordon Bridson was born on 2 December 1909 in Wellington, the son of Agnes Jessie Gordon and her husband, William John Bridson, a company manager. The family later moved to Auckland, where Gordon attended Auckland…

Catherine McKay was born probably at Putataka, Waikato Heads, New Zealand, in 1842, the third child of John Horton McKay, a storekeeper, and Irihapeti, whose tribal connections were with Waikato and Ngāti Pūkeko of…

Reginald Bedford Hammond was born on 10 September 1894, at Te Kopuru, North Auckland, the son of Lucy Gertrude Masefield and her husband, Horace Hammond, a civil engineer. He trained and worked as an architect and…

Pā George was born on 1 August 1893 at Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands. His father's identity is unknown; his mother was Takau Tuaraūpoko Mokoroa ki Aitū (she later took the title Makea Karika Ariki). Pā George was…

Mary Harriet McGowan King was born at Oamaru, North Otago, on 11 February 1884, the daughter of Mary McGowan and her husband, Thomas King, a storeman. She was outstanding at school. In 1896 she was dux of Oamaru North…

Nevile Sidney Lodge was born in Timaru, South Canterbury, on 19 May 1918, the son of Elsie Irene Grant Smyth and her husband, Leonard Arthur Lodge, a bank accountant. He attended primary schools in Auckland, Manurewa…

Harold David London was born at Kimbolton, Manawatu, on 28 August 1906, the son of Catherine Waugh and her husband, Charles London, a sheepfarmer. Harold attended Valley Road School in Kimbolton (1913–20) and belonged…

Richard Cockburn Maclaurin was born at Lindean railway station, Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland, on 5 June 1870, the son of Robert Campbell Maclaurin, the resident stationmaster, previously a clergyman, and his wife…

Thomas Arthur McCormack was born on 27 April 1883 at Napier, the son of Irish parents Elizabeth Kirwin and her husband, Thomas McCormack, a labourer. At the Marist brothers' school in Napier he was interested only in…

William Victor McIntyre (better known as Victor or Mac) was born on 24 May 1887 at Pleasant Point, South Canterbury, New Zealand. He was the son of Robert McIntyre, a labourer, and his wife, Eliza Ann Cochrane. McIntyre…

Edward Morgan was born in London, England, on 5 April 1906, the son of a labourer, William Edward Morgan, and his wife, Amelia Eliza Davis. When he was about a year old his parents emigrated to New Zealand, settling in…