James Hume was born on 27 February 1823 in Glasgow, Scotland, the son of Robert Hume, a slater, and his wife, Sarah Ferguson. From a young age he worked in lunatic asylums, spending many years at Gartnavel Asylum near…
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James Peter Speid Jamieson was the youngest son and eighth child of Robert Jamieson and his wife, Barbara Laurenson Laing. He was born at the family croft at Cruisdale, near Sandness, Shetland, Scotland, on 9 February…
Ronald Alexander Jarden was born in Lower Hutt on 14 December 1929. He was the son of a Christchurch horse trainer, Benjamin Alexander Jarden, and Jean Johnston, who was later to be one of the world’s leading croquet…
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Rodney Eric Kennedy was a friend of artists and a passionate advocate of what has become the modern canon of New Zealand art. He was also a leader in experimental theatre, a witty, acerbic host, and an accomplished cook…
Newton King was born at New Plymouth, New Zealand, on 21 July 1855, the son of Mary Chilman and her husband, Thomas King. Newton's parents belonged to the settlement's political and commercial élite. Mary was the sister…
Alister Murray Linton was born in Halcombe, northern Manawatu, on 12 March 1904, the ninth of eleven children of Francis Robert Linton, a stock dealer, and his wife, Emma Maria Bray. Murray, as he was known, was brought…
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…
Elizabeth Messenger was born Betty Margery Esson on 25 July 1908 at Thames, the second of three children of Amy Isobel Dodd and her husband, Melvin Brown Esson, a senior telegraphist with the Post and Telegraph…
John Israel Montefiore, also known as John Julius Montefiore, was born probably in London, England, in 1807; his parents' names are unknown. He was a cousin of Joseph Barrow Montefiore, the notable early nineteenth…
Michael Joseph Moudabber was born in Sydney, Australia, on 24 June 1895, the eldest son and fifth child of Ferris Moudabber and his wife Elizabeth Ann Akoorie. His parents had emigrated from Lebanon in the mid 1880s,…
Benjamin Woolfield Mountfort was born on 13 March 1825, according to family information, and was baptised at Birmingham, England, on 1 September 1825. He was the eldest child of Thomas Mountfort and his wife, Susanna…
Lewis Tilleard Natusch (always known as Charles) was born on 4 October 1859 at London, England, the son of Emma Sarah Dixon and her husband, Charles Francis Natusch, a mercantile clerk. Social contact with people of…
Born on 26 September 1906 in Waimate, South Canterbury, Ngata Prosser Pitcaithly was the son of Edith Mabel Hildyard and her husband, George Pitcaithly, rector of Waimate District High School and later a senior…
Little is known of the early life of David Proudfoot. He was born in Gilmerton, near Edinburgh, Scotland, probably in 1838 or 1839, the son of George Proudfoot, a coalminer, and his wife, Marion Jack. The family…
Euphemia (Effie) Johnstone was born probably in 1849 or 1850 in Kilmeny parish on the island of Islay, Argyllshire, Scotland. She was the daughter of Susanna Newbigging and her husband, Robert Johnstone, a farmer. Effie…
Lancelot Eric Richdale was born on 4 January 1900 at Marton, the eldest child of Alfred Richdale and his wife, Amy Stewart. Alfred became associated with Oscar A. Multon and Frank Stewart in a cordial-manufacturing…
Thomas Ritchie was born on 5 July, probably in 1843 or 1844, at Downpatrick in County Down, Ireland, the son of John Ritchie, a farmer, and his wife Eliza McMurray. He went to a church society school and entered a…
Sydney Gordon Ross was born in Thames on 6 February 1909, the son of blacksmith Charles Godfrey Ross and his wife, Maretta Elizabeth Feiney. He attended Waiokaraka School, Thames, from 1915 to 1918, then moved with his…
John Benjamin Russell was born on 11 December 1834, at Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, the son of Irish immigrants Mary Roberts and her husband, Thomas Russell, a carpenter. In April 1840 John and his older…
Anna Elizabeth Jerome Spencer, known to her friends as Bessie, was born in Napier on 16 November 1872, the third child and eldest daughter of Anna Heatly and her husband, William Isaac Spencer, a surgeon. Dr Spencer was…