Basil Malcolm Arthur was born in Timaru on 18 September 1928, the son of George Malcolm Arthur and his wife, Doris Fay Wooding. George was a foreman printer at the Timaru Herald and later a hotel proprietor. In 1946 he…
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John (Jack) Atirau Asher was born at Tauranga on 8 August 1892, the 10th of 11 children of Katerina Te Atirau, a high-ranking woman of Te Arawa, of Ngāti Pukenga and Ngāti Pikiao descent, and David Asher, a Jewish…
Arthur Gordon Butchers was born at Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, on 11 February 1885, the third son of Methodist minister Barnard Butchers and his wife, Susan Ann Cope. At the Church of England Grammar School, Geelong…
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Helen Connon was born in Melbourne, Australia, probably in 1859 or 1860. She was the second child of George Connon, a carpenter from Wales, and his wife, Helen Hart, who came from Scotland. Around 1862 the family moved…
Frederick Daniel Cornwell was born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland, on 30 September 1875, the son of Susannah Stammers and her husband, Daniel Cornwell, a sergeant in the 73rd Regiment of the British Army. After…
Charles Reginald Ford was born in London on 4 February 1880, the son of Charles Matthew Ford, a butler, and his wife, Ellen Catherine McDonald. Little is known of Reginald’s early life. It is thought that he joined the…
Alexander Wilson Hogg was born at Glasgow, Scotland, on 9 February 1841, the son of Donald Hogg, a dyer, and his wife, Janet Dunn, both of highlander stock. Alexander's first school was one the dyeworks provided for its…
Matthew Joseph Mack was born at Wellington, New Zealand, on 3 March 1867, the son of Barbara Wilkinson and her husband, Thomas Mack, who farmed in the Ohariu Valley. About two years later the family moved to Auckland,…
William George Niccoll Searancke, later known as William Nicholas Searancke, was baptised on 11 April 1817 at St Albans Abbey, Hertfordshire, England. He was the son of Harriet Smith and her husband, Francis Searancke,…
William Arthur Sewell was born on 9 August 1903 in Goole, Yorkshire, England, the son of William John Sewell, a chemist, and his wife, Ada Mary Hill. Arthur's family were devout Methodists, and from the age of seven he…
During her long career as a country school teacher, Mabel Whitaker made a lasting impression on many hundreds of pupils. Born Mabel Wilson at Belfast, near Christchurch, New Zealand, on 11 May 1884, she was the daughter…
Emilie Monson Wilton was born probably in 1829 or 1830, the daughter of Colonel Wilton, a retired British army officer. The place of her birth is unknown, as is her mother's name. In 1848 probably in London she married…
Richard Sissons came to New Zealand in 1866 to join his brother Robert, who was farming at Kamo, near Whangarei. Born at Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England, on 17 May 1819, Richard was the sixth child of the…
Joe Small was born probably in England in 1830 or 1831; the identity of his parents is not known. The Small family emigrated to Australia in 1836 and settled in Sydney. Joe Small seems not to have married and the date…
George Fenwick was born in Sunderland, Durham, England, on 1 February 1847, to Robertine Jane Brown, a stationer's daughter, and her husband, Robert Fenwick, a Chartist cabinet-maker. They and their four sons (three…
Alexander John Godley was born on 4 February 1867 at Gillingham, Kent, England, the son of William Alexander Godley, a captain in the British Army, and his wife, Laura Greaves Bird. He was the nephew of John Robert…
Thomas Mackenzie was baptised on 10 March 1853 in Edinburgh, Scotland, one of five children of David Stewart Mackenzie, a gardener, and his wife, Rebecca Noble. His name was recorded at birth as Thomas Noble Mackenzie,…
William Swainson was born at Lancaster, England, probably on 25 April 1809, the eldest son of the merchant William Swainson. His mother's name is not known. He was educated at Lancaster Grammar School, admitted to the…
According to family information Christopher William Richmond was born in London, England, on 12 July 1821, the son of a barrister, Christopher Richmond, and his wife, Maria (Lely) Wilson. The major influence on his…
Elizabeth Fairburn was born on 29 August 1821 at the Church Missionary Society station at Kerikeri, the daughter of Sarah Tuckwell and her husband, William Thomas Fairburn, a CMS lay missionary. The family moved to…