Rhoda Alice Aspin was born in Skipton, Yorkshire, England, on 22 June 1889, one of three children of Maria Jane Aspin and her husband James Aspin, a loomer in a cotton factory. The family emigrated to Wellington, New…
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Elizabeth Chadd was born on 1 August 1836 at Lymm, Cheshire, England, the daughter of Mary Clayton and her husband, William Chadd, a bricksetter. On 2 May 1859 at St Mary's Church, Manchester, Elizabeth married George…
Eliza Jane Webber was born in England, probably on 6 October 1835, the daughter of William Webber, a surgeon, and his wife, Eliza Preston. The precise place of her birth is unknown; it may have been Great Yarmouth,…
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Thomas Rawlings Mould is said to have been born on 31 May 1805; his place of birth and parentage are unknown, as are the details of his marriage, although he is known to have had six daughters. Mould was commissioned as…
Henry Niccol was born on 22 September 1819 at Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, the son of a Clyde shipbuilder, Thomas Niccol and Isabel McQuistan. He married Sarah McLarty at Greenock on 29 November 1840; they were to…
Elizabeth Russell was born in Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, on 26 April 1832, the eldest child of David Russell, a carpenter, and his wife, Elizabeth Adam. According to family information the Russell family lived in…
Born at Mount Eden, Auckland, on 15 February 1883, Eunice Harriett Garlick (registered as Harriett Eunice) was the seventh of ten children of English-born parents Ellen Green and her husband, Richard Knight Garlick. Her…
Ada Chadwick was born at Paparoa, North Auckland, New Zealand, on 13 September 1867, the sixth child of John Chadwick, a farmer, and his wife, Hannah Mary Blakeley. The Chadwick family had emigrated from Lancashire,…
Ilse Amalie Mathilde Henneberg was born in Giessen, Germany, on 12 June 1901, the second of three daughters born to Bruno Paul Eduard Henneberg, a university professor, and his wife, Helene Mathilde Fritze. Her parents…
Carrick Hey Robertson was born in Govan, Glasgow, Scotland, on 27 August 1879, the son of Robertson Blair Robertson, an oil merchant, and his wife, Jessie Cameron Gow. The family moved to London where Carrick was…
Albert Edward Cooke was born in Auckland on 5 October 1901, one of four sons and three daughters of Sarah Jane Peterson and her husband, Albert Edward Cooke, a hairdresser. The family moved to Hamilton about 1909, and…
Esther Marion Pretoria James was remarkable for the diversity of her achievements, and in the 1930s became a national celebrity during a sponsored walk of the length of New Zealand. She was born at Pahīatua on 5…
Louis John Steele was born in England at Reigate, Surrey, on 30 January 1842, the son of Harriet Thompson and her husband, John Sisson Steele, a surgeon. His mother was said to have been a cousin of the French painter…
Allan Kerr Taylor was born on 30 December 1832 at Negapatam (Negapattinam) in the Madras Presidency, India, the seventh child of William Taylor and his wife, Barbara Innes. His father, a captain in the 39th Madras…
James Williamson is said to have been born in 1814, in Belfast, Ireland, the son of Ann Gardiner and her husband, Thomas Williamson, a linen merchant and ship owner of that city.While still a boy, James went to sea on…
Norman Vazey Douglas was born in Hikurangi, Northland, on 15 March 1910, the son of Ellen Margaret Vazey and her husband, George Nicole Douglas, a police constable. Transfers for his father saw him raised in several…
One of New Zealand’s most prolific and widely published poets, William Kendrick Smithyman was born on 9 October 1922 in Te Kopuru, a milling town near Dargaville, Northland. He was the only child of William Kendrick…
George Bruce Bolt was born on 24 May 1893 at Dunedin, the son of Frederick William Bolt, a salesman, and his wife, Mary Inkster Tait. His interest in aviation began as a nine-year-old when he watched early hot-air…
John Hector Luxford was born at Palmerston North on 28 May 1890 to William Lewis Luxford, a prosperous timber merchant, and his wife, Isabella Eleanor Carolina Gonzales. He attended schools in Palmerston North and…
George Maurice O'Rorke was born on 2 May 1830 at Moylough, County Galway, Ireland, the third son of John O'Rorke, an Anglican clergyman and large landowner, and Elizabeth Dennis, his third wife. George O'Rorke received…