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Sarah Greenwood recorded in letters and drawings her experience of pioneer life in the Nelson district, where she lived for 46 years. She was born in Lambeth, London, England, and was baptised there on 20 December 1809…

Christina Ferguson was born in Scotland probably in 1814 or 1815, the daughter of John Ferguson, a carpenter, and his wife, Helen. On 8 October 1834, in the parish of East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, Scotland, she married…

Elizabeth Gregory was born in Dunedin on 4 March 1901 to Catherine Cameron and her husband, William Edgar Gregory, a printer. She was educated in Dunedin at Arthur Street School, St Andrew’s Collegiate School, Otago…

Airini Ngā Roimata Grennell was born on 11 February 1910 at Waitangi in the Chatham Islands, the eldest of five children. Her father, William Henry Grennell, was a farmer and fisherman at Matarakau on the northern side…

Kenneth Macfarlane Gresson, who became the leading member of one of New Zealand’s foremost legal families, was born in Christchurch on 18 July 1891. He was the son of John Beatty Gresson, a lawyer, and his wife, Frances…

George Grey is believed to have been born in Lisbon, Portugal, on 14 April 1812. His father, Lieutenant Colonel George Grey, had been killed eight days before, during an attack by the Duke of Wellington's army on…

Elsie Mary Griffin was born on 1 November 1884 at Lawrence, Otago, New Zealand, the daughter of Mary Brown, a Canadian by birth, and her husband, Cornelius Griffin, a Wesleyan minister. The Griffins moved around the…

William Griffin was born in Britain probably in 1810 or 1811, the son of John Griffin and his wife, Ann Bolt. Very little is known of his life in Britain, but he is said to have been active in the Chartist movement. He…

Thomas Vernon Griffiths, known in his adult years as Vernon, was born on 22 June 1894 in West Kirby, Cheshire, England, the son of Clara Augusta Isabel Vernon and her husband, John Herbert Griffiths, a chemist, who was…

John Grigg was born in London, England, on 4 June 1838, the son of James Grigg, chief clerk and financial manager of a home-furnishing business, and his wife, Ruth Jones (formerly Martin). Both parents died during his…

John Grigg was baptised in the parish of Duloe, Cornwall, England, on 23 May 1828. He was the eldest of the three sons and one daughter of Christiana Nattle and her husband, John Grigg, a yeoman farmer. His mother died…

Mary Victoria Cracroft Wilson was born at Culverden in North Canterbury on 18 August 1897, the third of five children of John Cracroft Wilson, a sheepfarmer, and his wife, Mildred Hall. Her maternal grandfather, John…

John Joseph Grimes was the first Catholic bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand, being appointed on 13 May 1887 and dying in office on 15 March 1915. He was born John Grimes at Bromley in the East End of London, England,…

Horace Grocott was born at Napier on 7 April 1880, the fifth child of Joseph Henry Grocott, a sewing machinist, and his wife, Hannah Dryden. The family soon moved to Dunedin, where Horace attended several primary…

Richard Oliver Gross made a major contribution to public sculpture in New Zealand between the wars. He was born in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, England, on 10 January 1882 to George Gross, an engine-driver, and his…

Edith Howitt Searle was born on 8 September 1863 at Beechworth, Victoria, Australia, the fourth child and third daughter of Mary Ann Beeby and her husband, George Smales Searle, a newspaper editor. The family came to…

Elizabeth Parker, or Betty (as she was usually known), was born on 3 December 1814 and baptised at Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia. Her parents were Harriott and Stephen Parker. In about 1819 Harriott Parker went…

Walter Edward Gudgeon was born in London, England, on 4 September 1841, the first child of Thomas Wayth Gudgeon, an upholsterer, and his first wife, Mary Johnston. The family emigrated to New Zealand in 1850 and settled…

Francis Hart Vicesimus Guinness, generally known as Frank, was born probably in 1819 or 1820 in Dublin, Ireland. He was one of thirteen children born to Hosea Guinness and his wife, Jane Hart. Frank Guinness was an…

John Gully was baptised in St Michael's Church, Bath, England, on 21 March 1819. He was the son of Philip Gully, a porter, and his wife, Mary Vincent. On 22 July 1846 at Melksham, Wiltshire, John Gully married Jane…