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Kepa Hāmuera Ānaha Ehau was born on 5 November 1885 at Ōtewā, a small community south-east of Ōtorohanga in the King Country. At the time of Kepa’s birth Te Kooti and his Ringatū followers were living at Ōtewā. They…

Part of: Ehau, Kepa Hāmuera Ānahaauthored byManu H. Pene, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Ida Gertrude Eise was born on 9 September 1891 in Auckland, the daughter of Emma Mary Ann Cox and her husband, Frederick George Eise, a warehouseman. Nothing is known of her life until she was admitted to Elam School of…

Part of: Eise, Ida Gertrudeauthored byElizabeth S. Wilson

Pēpene Eketone was born probably in 1855 or 1856, possibly in the Mōkau district of north Taranaki. His parents were Hōne Eketone and Hera Mahina, both of Ngāti Maniapoto. Pēpene Eketone was of Ngāti Uekaha and various…

Part of: Eketone, Pēpeneauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team
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Norman Lascelles Elder was born on 6 April 1896 in Wellington, the son of Henry Richardson Elder and his wife, Anne Wildman. He grew up in a frontier farming environment at Waikanae, where his father cleared the bush to…

Part of: Elder, Norman Lascellesauthored byPeter McKelvey

Henry George Ell is primarily remembered in Canterbury as the tireless promoter of the Summit Road along the crest of the Port Hills, but he also championed many other social and environmental causes. He was born…

Part of: Ell, Henry Georgeauthored byEric Pawson

Mary Ann Edington was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on 18 June 1897, the daughter of Edward Edington, a packing box maker, and his wife, Mary Ann Rogers. She gained a BA degree and her mathematical skills gained her a…

Part of: Ellen, Mary Annauthored byJean Garner

Howard Leslie Elliott was born in Maldon, Victoria, Australia, on 10 March 1877, the son of Emma March and her husband, James Elliott, a bootmaker. Although brought up a Methodist, Howard trained for the Baptist…

Part of: Elliott, Howard Leslieauthored byChristopher van der Krogt

James Sands Elliott was born at Randalstown, County Antrim, Ireland, on 28 May 1880, the son of James Kennedy Elliott, a Presbyterian minister, and his wife, Margaret Dickson. When he was four he was brought to…

Part of: Elliott, James Sandsauthored byRex Wright-St Clair

Keith Elliott was born (auspiciously) on 25 April 1916 in the backblocks settlement of Āpiti, north-east of Feilding, the eighth of nine children of Thomas Frank Capper Elliott, a farmer, and his wife, Ethel Marie…

Part of: Elliott, Keithauthored byPeter J. Lineham

Albert Fuller Ellis's discovery of extensive phosphate deposits on Nauru and Ocean Island was to transform agriculture in New Zealand and Australia. He was born in Roma, Queensland, on 28 August 1869, the third son of…

Part of: Ellis, Albert Fullerauthored byBarrie Macdonald

Ellen Elizabeth Colebrook is said to have been born on 14 March 1829 at Great Tangley Manor near Guildford, Surrey, England, and was baptised on 3 May 1829 at Guildford. She was the second of 17 children of Mary Ann May…

Part of: Ellis, Ellen Elizabethauthored byAorewa McLeod

Leon MacIntosh Ellis was born on 17 July 1887 in Meaford, Ontario, Canada, to Mary A. MacIntosh and her husband, James A. Ellis, an architect. He attended school in Toronto, then graduated BSc with honours in forestry…

Part of: Ellis, Leon MacIntoshauthored byMichael Roche

Famous in horse-racing history for becoming the first New Zealand jockey to ride 1,000 winners, Jim Ellis also became a successful trainer, combining both careers for several years. He was a member of a family of…

Part of: Ellis, Leslie Jamesauthored byMary Mountier

Edward (Ned) Pōhau Ellison was born on 26 November 1884 at Waikanae, near Wellington. Also known as Pōhau Erihana, he was the 11th of 12 children of Rāniera (Daniel) Tāheke Ellison, a farmer, and his wife, Nani Weller (…

Part of: Ellison, Edward Pōhauauthored bySean Ellison, Thomas Brons, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Rāniera Ellison was born on 13 February 1915 at Ōtākou on the Otago Peninsula, one of nine children of Te Iwi (David) Herehere Merekihereka Hape Ellison, a farmer, and his wife, Horīwia (Olivia) Karetai. Of Ngāi Tahu…

Part of: Ellison, Rānieraauthored byCraig Ellison, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Thomas Rangiwāhia Ellison, also known as Tom or Tāmati Erihana, was born at Ōtākou, on the Otago Peninsula, sometime between 1866 and 1868. Ellison's mother, Nani Weller (Hana Wēra), was the only child of Edward Weller…

Part of: Ellison, Thomas Rangiwāhiaauthored byAtholl Anderson, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Sarah Ann (known as Annie) Read was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, on 26 March 1867, the daughter of Elizabeth Martin and her husband, William Read, a gardener who had worked at the Royal Norfolk Nurseries in England.…

Part of: Elsom, Sarah Annauthored byMargaret Lovell-Smith

Edward Elworthy was born in Wellington, Somersetshire, England, according to family information in 1836. He was the son of Jane Chorley and her husband, Thomas Elworthy, a woollen mill owner. Edward was educated at…

Part of: Elworthy, Edwardauthored byDavid Elworthy

Samuel Horouta Emery was born, probably in 1885, at the foot of Kakepuku in a small Māori settlement near Te Awamutu. His father was Samuel Hoera Joyce, a bushman, of Ngāti Mahuta; he also had kinship ties with Ngāti…

Part of: Emery, Samuel Horoutaauthored byCushla Parekowhai, John Himiona Hunia, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Frederick Richard Edmund Emmett was born at Nelson on 11 December 1903. His parents were from Lancashire, England; his mother, Ellen Emmett, née Hardman, had worked in a cotton mill and his father, Adam Butterworth…

Part of: Emmett, Frederick Richard Edmundauthored byDiana Beaglehole