Annie Robertson was born on 23 March 1844 at Bedwell Park near Essendon, Hertfordshire, England, the second daughter of David Robertson and his wife, Ann. Of Scottish parentage, David Robertson studied briefly for the…
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Edward Shillington was born in Belfast, Ireland, and baptised there on 15 March 1835. He was the son of Margaret Little and her husband, Edward Shillington, a labourer. Little is known of his early life, but he spent 21…
Prolific and multi-talented, Joanna Paul was one of the most gifted artists of her generation. Intensely responsive to the world around her, she depicted her surroundings, constantly reworking the conventions of drawing…
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Caroline and Nicholas Chevalier visited New Zealand several times during the 1860s. Their impressions of the country, which they recorded in writings and in works of art, are of considerable historical interest.…
Helen Priscilla Crabb was born on 24 November 1891 at Halcombe, Manawatū, the daughter of Priscilla Kennedy and her husband, Ernest Hugh Crabb, a storekeeper. Her mother had hoped to be an artist: marriage ended that…
Jane Crook was born on 7 January 1894 in Ferntown, near Collingwood, Nelson, the eighth of ten children of Jane Appleyard and her husband, William Crook, a miner. A schoolteacher with whom Jane was friendly persuaded…
Arihia Kane Tāmati, who was to become Arihia Ngata, was born at Whareponga on the East Coast of the North Island, according to family information in 1879. She was the fourth of nine children of Mere Arihi Kākano and her…
Alfred Hamish Reed, the founder of one of New Zealand's first large publishing firms, was born on 30 December 1875 at Hayes, Middlesex, England, the second of four children of Elisabeth Wild and her husband, James…
James David Salmond was born in Queenstown on 1 May 1898, one of eight children of Sarah Cockburn and her husband, John Salmond, a carpenter. His parents were active in the Presbyterian church and the community, setting…
Hōne Taare Tīkao told the historian Herries Beattie that he was born on Banks Peninsula in or about 1850, just two years after the Crown purchase of Canterbury from Ngāi Tahu, and within months of the arrival of the…
John Blackett was born on 8 October 1818 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, the son of John Blackett and his wife, Sarah Codlin. From 1834 to 1840 Blackett was apprenticed as a draughtsman to R. & W. Hawthorn of…
James Brown, New Zealand's first caricaturist, was born in Scotland, and baptised at Linlithgow, West Lothian, on 10 October 1819. He was the son of James Brown, a calico printer, and his wife, Mary Campbell, and was…
Robert Brown, also known as Robert Brown tertius, was born in Glasgow, Scotland, probably between 1821 and 1824, the son of Mary Miller and her husband, George Brown, a bootmaker. Nothing is known of his early life or…
William Wallace Burn (later known as William Wallace Allison Burn) was the first New Zealand army officer to qualify as a military aviator. He was born on 17 July 1891 at Melbourne, Australia, where his parents, Forbes…
Una Isabel Carter was born on 20 August 1890 at Upper Tutaenui, near Marton, New Zealand, the daughter of Selina Brown and her husband, William Alfred Carter, a farmer. Little is known of Una's early life but it is said…
Hugh Cassidy was born probably on 8 April 1840 at Dunkineely, County Donegal, Ireland, the son of Andrew Cassidy, a contractor, and his wife, Margaret McGroarty. Around 1858 he emigrated to the goldfields in Victoria,…
Annette Mary Eleanor Jane Thomas was born at Akaroa on 5 November 1881, the daughter of John Woodill Thomas, a farmer, and his wife, Eliza Ann Bates. Annette’s father died three months before she was born, and her…
Rachel Hull was born at Hokitika, New Zealand, on 23 July 1866, the daughter of Mary Ann Walters and her husband, James Hull. James, an American, was described as a musician when Rachel was born but later worked as an…
Inger Kathrine Nielsen was born on 5 September 1867, at Tyrsted, near Horsens, Denmark, to Mette Katharine Mikkelsen and her husband, Søren Nielsen, a farmer. Of nine children only Inger and her sister Dagmar survived.…
Ann McLachlan was born on 4 November 1862 near Kilmartin, Argyllshire, Scotland, the daughter of Lilly McNair and her husband, Alexander McLachlan, a labourer. After attending a state school in Kilmartin, Annie trained…