Mary Elizabeth Richardson was one of several successful artists to emerge during the 1890s, a period of creativity in New Zealand art. As M. E. R. Tripe she became a portrait painter of national importance, as well as a…
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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…
Sidney Williamson was born in London, England, probably in 1870 or 1871, the son of Sarah Roberts and her husband, Philip Andrew Williamson, a bootmaker. The family emigrated to New Zealand in 1874 or 1875, and settled…
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Susan Lapham was born on 21 August 1836, at Lisdillon, Great Swan Port, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), Australia. She was the youngest daughter of Susan Butler and her husband, Samuel Lapham, a farmer, and later deputy…
The Holyoake connection with New Zealand goes back to 1843, when the great-grandparents of Keith Jacka Holyoake settled at Riwaka, near Motueka, and it was there that he spent much of his youth and began his farming…
Ann O'Connor Warner was born on 15 February 1842 at Oxford, England, to Sarah Lyne and her husband, Robert Warner, a shoemaker. Ann became a teacher at the parish school of St Ebbe, Oxford. While there she met Charles…
Moses Ayrton (Airton) was born at Yeadon, Yorkshire, England, on 15 July 1878. He was the son of Moses Airton, a woollen waste dealer, and his wife, Martha Chappell. Moses junior became a grocer's assistant. A Wesleyan…
Miles Aylmer Fulton Barnett was born in Dunedin on 30 April 1901, the son of Louis Edward Barnett, a surgeon, and his wife, Mabel Violet Fulton. After attending Christ’s College, Christchurch, he went on to the…
Edgar Wilson Beynon – known professionally as Edgar Benyon – was born on 29 March 1901 in Auckland, the son of William Melville Beynon, a printer, and his wife, Sarah Elizabeth Wilson, a dressmaker. By 1903 the family…
Annie Maude Blackett was born on 30 July 1889 at Newcastle upon Tyne, England, the daughter of Annie Pile and her husband, Thomas Robert Blackett, a fitter. Her education, at public and private schools in Newcastle,…
William Alexander Bodkin was born in Queenstown on 28 April 1883, the son of Irish immigrants James Bodkin, a watchmaker, and his wife, Eleanor (Ellen) Black. In 1889 his father purchased the Monte Christo farm near…
Samuel Charles Brees was born probably in Great Britain in 1809 or 1810. There is no record of his parents' names. He married Ann Taylor; the date and place of their marriage are unknown. They had two sons and two…
Although Maggie Briggs's deeds as a show-jumper have been exaggerated and romanticised by her biographers, she was undoubtedly an outstanding horsewoman. Born Margaret Jane Briggs on 17 April 1892 at Ōtākeho, near…
George Edmund Butler was born in Southampton, Hampshire, England, on 15 January 1872. In 1883 he emigrated with his parents, Joseph Cawte Butler and his wife, Jane Tiller, to New Zealand where his father established…
Alphonsus John Carroll was born in Mataura, Southland, on 20 April 1895, the youngest of 10 sons of Margaret Kearney, a tailoress, and her husband, Robert Carroll, a mill worker. Both of his parents were born in County…
Eric Henry Compton was born at Hastings on 14 March 1902, the son of Harriett Morgon and her husband, William Henry Compton, a cook. Educated at Hastings District High School, he became a rifle marksman and left to…
William Wescombe Corpe (generally known as Wescombe) was born at Stoke St Gregory, Somerset, England, on 29 April 1836, the second child of Ann Wescombe and her husband, Joshua Corpe, a farmer. Following a local…
Ranulph Dacre was born on 23 April 1797, probably at Marwell Hall, Hampshire, England. He was the fifth son of Julia Hall and her husband, George Dacre. George Dacre was colonel of the Hampshire Light Fencibles and high…
James Duncan was born on 1 February 1813 at Airdrie, near Glasgow, Scotland, the son of a Lanarkshire baker, James Duncan, and his wife, Marrian Hill. After studying at Glasgow University from 1836 to 1838, he attended…
Lewis Alfred Eady was born in Auckland on 12 May 1891 into a staunch Congregationalist family, already well known in Auckland musical circles. His father was Lewis Roberts Eady, a musician who tuned pianos and traded in…