Arthur Paul Harper, known for much of his life as AP or APH, was born in Christchurch on 27 June 1865, the eldest child of Joanna Dorothea Dyke Acland-Troyte and her husband, Leonard Harper, a barrister, explorer and…
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Henry John Chitty Harper was the first Anglican bishop of Christchurch, from 1856 to 1890. From 1868 until 1890 he was also primate of the Anglican Church in New Zealand. He was baptised at Holy Trinity Church in…
According to family information, Edward Francis Harris, also known as Eruera Paranihi Hārete, was born on 13 May 1834 at Tūranga (Gisborne). He was the elder of two sons of Tukura-ā-Rangi and John Williams Harris.…
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Emily Cumming Harris, daughter of Sarah Hill and her husband, Edwin Harris, was born in Plymouth, Devonshire, England, probably on 28 March 1837. Emily came to New Zealand with her parents, an older brother and a…
Jane Elizabeth Francis was born in St John's Wood, London, England, probably in 1852 or 1853, the daughter of Harriett Francis and Adelbert Sevyney Frantz, a silk merchant. On 11 January 1866 Harriett Francis married…
According to family information John Williams Harris was born in Cornwall, England, in 1808. He joined the Royal Navy while still a boy, although ill health forced him to quit. He emigrated to Australia to join…
Lewis Edward Harris was born in Woodville, Hawke’s Bay, on 25 March 1900, the son of Mabel Eldridge Lewis and her husband, Joseph Henry Harris, a farmer. The family moved to Napier when Lewis was four, and later to…
At the time of her death, Witarina Harris was described by politician Tariana Turia as a ‘cherished kuia of Ngāti Whakaue o Te Arawa waka; darling of the silver screen; and one of Aotearoa’s original movie stars’. 1…
Agnes (Nancy) Grieve was born in Hudson's Bay, Canada, probably in 1830 or 1831. Her father, James Grieve, was a bowsman employed by the Hudson's Bay Company and her mother was of Amerindian descent. Agnes married James…
Florence Marie Woodhead was born on 19 September 1891 at New Plymouth, New Zealand, the second of six children of Catherine Davy and her husband, Ambler Woodhead, a teacher. In 1905 the family moved to Waitahanui, a…
Herbert Ernest Hart was born in New Zealand at Taratahi, near Carterton, Wairarapa, on 13 October 1882. He was the son of Mary Ann Reid and her husband, William Hart, a labourer. Between 1887 and 1895 Hart attended…
Horatio Hartley was born in the United States, probably in 1826. His companion Christopher Reilly was born possibly in Dublin, Ireland, where he may have attended Dublin University; they arrived together in Otago in…
Arthur George Harvey was born on 28 December 1866 at Steyning, Sussex, England, into a comfortable middle-class family. His father, Bache Wright Harvey, was a distinguished graduate in mathematics from St John's College…
Frances Isabella Haselden was born probably in 1841 or 1842 in London, England, the daughter of Maria Simpson Moore and her husband, Charles Haselden. The family emigrated to New Zealand in 1860 or 1861. Frances…
Alice Gwendoline Rhona Haszard was born at Thames on 21 January 1901, the daughter of Alice Elizabeth Vaughan Wily and her husband, Henry Douglas Morpeth Haszard, a surveyor with the Lands and Survey Department. Rhona,…
Henry Douglas Morpeth Haszard was born on 16 January 1862 at Mangonui, Northland, New Zealand, the eldest surviving son of Moore Hunter Morpeth and her husband, Robert Haszard, a farmer and former goldminer. His parents…
Joseph Hatch was born in London, England, probably in 1837 or 1838, the son of Josiah Joseph Hatch, a furrier and alderman in the City of London, and his wife, Mary Ann Cover. He was educated first by his uncle, the…
Trevor Hatherton was born in Sharlston, near Wakefield in Yorkshire, England, on 30 September 1924, the son of Baden Hector Hatherton, then a coal hewer, and his wife, Evelyn Burroughs. His early education was at Lee…
Ana Matawhāura Hato was born in Ngāpuna, Rotorua, on 30 December 1907, one of three children of Hato Mae Ngāmahirau, of Ngāti Whakaue, and his wife, Riripeti Te Opehōia Eparaima, of Tūhourangi. Her close relatives…
Alexander Hatrick was born at Smythesdale, Victoria, Australia, on 29 August 1857, the second of ten children of Scottish parents Alexander Hatrick, a carpenter, and his wife, Margaret Sinclair. In 1875, at the age of…