Tāraia Ngākuti, sometimes also known as Te Tumuhuia, was born in the late eighteenth century. He was the son of Te Kaharunga and of Rewa, daughter of Te Rangitūmamao. His mana derived from his descent from Hineipu,…
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Robert Graham was born in the parish of Barony, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, on 15 May 1820. He was the fifth child and third son of Barbara Stirling Rennie and her husband, Robert Graham, a farmer and coal merchant…
Isabella Foster Rogers Kells was born at East Tamaki, New Zealand, on 15 April 1861, the fifth child of Eliza Forbes and her husband, George Kells. Eliza was the daughter of Robert and Margaret Forbes, the first…
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James Alexander Pond was born on 27 September 1846 in London, England, the son of Frances Sophia Beacon and her husband, James Alexander Pond. His father was a dyer, introducing him to chemistry at an early age.…
James Mackay, who was of Scots descent, was born in London, England, on 16 November 1831 to James Mackay and his wife, Ann. He arrived at Nelson, New Zealand, on 26 January 1845 on the Slains Castle in the company of…
Aileen Anna Maria Douglas was the daughter of a miller, John Douglas, and his wife, Bridget Murphy. She was born in County Cavan, Ireland, probably sometime between 1861 and 1863. Little is known of her early life. She…
John Lundon was a not atypical 'public man' in mid nineteenth century New Zealand, a society where political forms and commercial relationships could be worked to personal advantage by those with a sharp eye for the…
Tamarau Waiari, also known as Te Mākarini Te Wharehuia and Te Mākarini Kaikino, was a chief of high rank in Ngāti Koura, Ngāi Te Riu, Ngāti Muriwai and Ngāti Hinekura, hapū of the Tūhoe tribe. His father was Waiari (…
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…
Henry Douglas Morpeth Haszard was born on 16 January 1862 at Mangonui, Northland, New Zealand, the eldest surviving son of Moore Hunter Morpeth and her husband, Robert Haszard, a farmer and former goldminer. His parents…
Arthur Hobbins Wright was born at South Hamlet, Gloucester, England, on 8 April 1861, the ninth and youngest child of Henry Wright, a prominent mechanical engineer, and his wife, Elizabeth Hobbins. In 1879 he arrived in…
Edwin Davy, the son of Anna Maria Smart and her husband, Edwin Davy, was born on 9 September 1850 in Taranaki, New Zealand, where his parents farmed at Waiwhakaiho. Educated at Wesley College and St John's College,…
George Fraser was born at Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, probably on 28 June 1832, the son of Rachel Gray and her husband, George Fraser, an iron moulder. After attending a local school he was apprenticed at the age…
Jessie Isabel Hetherington, the first woman to be an inspector of secondary schools in New Zealand, was born at Thames on 2 January 1882 to Rebecca Brown and her husband, Samuel Hetherington, both of whom had been born…
Wesley Spragg was born on 13 February 1848 at Madeley, Shropshire, England, the son of Mary Hill and her husband, Charles Spragg, a blacksmith. He was educated at the Wesleyan school in Madeley, and emigrated to New…
Frederick Whitaker was born at Manor House, Bampton, Oxfordshire, England, on 23 April 1812, the son of a magistrate, Frederick Whitaker, and his wife, Susanna Humfrey. He married Jane Augusta Griffith, stepdaughter of…
Miriam Bridelia Cummings was born at Thames on 15 June 1879, one of eight children of Irish-born Matthew Cummings, a carpenter, and his Scottish wife, Annie Cunningham. The couple solved the problem of their different…
Laurence Cussen was born in Rockhill, County Limerick, Ireland, on 1 October 1843, the eldest son of Catherine Carroll and her husband, John Sandes Cussen, a landowner. He was educated at Tullabeg College, a Jesuit…
Caroline Sarah Howard, known as Sally, was born at Loburn, Canterbury, New Zealand, on 23 March 1876, the fifth of six daughters of Charlotte Thompson and her husband, Charles Smith Howard, a teacher. Sally attended the…
Edward Mahony was born at Ballincollig, County Cork, Ireland, probably in 1824 or 1825; his parents' names are unknown. As a young man he was apprenticed to his uncle, John Mahony, an architect and builder in Cork, a…