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Thomson Wilson Leys was born at Snenton (Sneinton), near Nottingham in Nottinghamshire, England, on 23 April 1850, the son of Hannah Hartley Wilson and her husband, William Leys, a supervisor of inland revenue. Thomson…

Education Douglas Gordon Lilburn was born in Whanganui on 2 November 1915, the seventh and youngest child of Robert Lilburn and his wife, Rosamund Louisa Shield. Home, until the age of nine, was the picturesque and…

Gottfried Lindauer, also known by the Czech name Bohumír, was born on 5 January 1839, at Pilsen (Plzeň), Bohemia. He was the son of Hynek-Ignác (or Ignatz) Lindauer, a gardener, and his wife, Maria Schmid. At the age of…

Alex Sylvester Lindsay was born in Invercargill, the third of four children of Sydney Alexander Lindsay, a merchant, and his wife, Ethel Frances Cavanagh. The date on his birth certificate, 28 May 1919, may be wrong,…

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…

Andrew Linton was born at Mataura, Southland, on 28 November 1893. His father, James Linton, who died when Andrew was five, was a cheesemaker from Inverness-shire; his mother, Jane Barr, had been an accomplished…

Elizabeth Hazel Lissaman was born in Blenheim on 11 October 1901, the second of six children of Helen Eva Bligh and her husband, Henri Lissaman, a sheepfarmer. She was brought up on her father's sheep station, Waireka,…

Samuel Lister was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, probably in 1832 or 1833, the son of Isabella Inglis and her husband, William Lister, a house-factor. Little is known of his years in Edinburgh except that he served an…

James Michael Liston (registered at birth as Michael James) was born in Dunedin on 9 June 1881, one of a family of five children of Mary Sullivan and her husband, James Liston, a hotel-keeper. His parents were both from…

June Margaret Allen was born on 13 March 1926 in New Plymouth, the daughter of Nellie May Bendall and her husband, Arthur Squire Allen, a company secretary who was later a nurseryman. Leaving New Plymouth Girls’ High…

James Little was born on 22 October 1834 into a farming family at Powbeat, Midlothian, Scotland. He was the son of Margaret Tait and her husband, Henry Little, a shepherd descended from early Presbyterian Covenanters…

James Livingston, a founding settler of the Patea district, was born on 7 February 1840, at Darngarroch, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, the son of Janet Kelly and her husband, James Livingston, a farmer. His father died…

Stephen Peter Llewellyn was born at Hereford, England, on 18 July 1913, the son of Arthur Henry Llewellyn, a government valuer, and his wife, Martha Helen Scott. He was educated at Durlston Court School (1923–27) and…

Trevor Lloyd was born at Wade (Silverdale), near Auckland, New Zealand, on 21 December 1863, the son of Henry Lloyd, a farmer, and his wife, Hannah Miles. After attending the local school Lloyd worked on the family farm…

Matilda Kum, also named Cum Hong, was the first identified Chinese female immigrant to New Zealand, where she raised the first known family of pure Chinese descent. Much of her background is uncertain. It is thought…

Elsie Locke was a writer, environmentalist, historian, peace activist, one-time communist, and a battler for women’s rights. She is best known as a writer for children, though her writing encompassed adult non-fiction,…

Nevile Sidney Lodge was born in Timaru, South Canterbury, on 19 May 1918, the son of Elsie Irene Grant Smyth and her husband, Leonard Arthur Lodge, a bank accountant. He attended primary schools in Auckland, Manurewa…

Edward Lofley, also known as John or Jack Loffley, was born in England, probably sometime between 1838 and 1840. His parents' names and the details of his early life are unknown. He is said to have arrived in New…

Archibald Logan was born on 28 November 1865 at Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, the third of eight children of Margaret McLay and her husband, Robert Logan, a boat builder. In the early 1870s Robert, who was foreman…

James Kennedy Logan was born at West Kilbride, Ayrshire, Scotland, on 8 May 1844, the son of Marion Kennedy and her husband, Archibald Logan, who worked in the post office. He attended the parish school and Chalmers…