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… in 1868. On 21 January 1873 at Thames, Jane Francis married Thomas Harris, a market gardener. The first of their seven … Jane shared with her husband a thirst for knowledge, and Thomas appears to have encouraged his wife's efforts to … also suffered another bereavement when her 16-year-old son, William, joined 'the risen ones' after being injured in a …
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… As early as 1819 the shipbuilding and trading centre of Thomas Raine, David Ramsay and Gordon Browne may have been … of the 13 Māori leaders who signed a petition in 1831 to William IV asking for protection from the French. To the … of Waitangi. He had been baptised on 26 January by Henry Williams according to Church of England rites. He took the …
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… Traders such as Barnet Burns, John Harris, Manuel José and Thomas Halbert strengthened their positions by marrying into … to a burgeoning Auckland. Man with a mission In 1838 William Colenso, with fellow missionaries William Williams and Richard Matthews, made an overland trip …
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Part of story: East Coast region
… he was the son of Elizabeth Louisa Bingham and her husband, William Dudgeon Hanlon, who had emigrated to New Zealand in 1862 from County Donegal, Ireland. William Hanlon was at first a boatman and later a member of … consideration. Another notable case was the charge against Thomas Kerry and others for allegedly casting away the yacht …
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… serving on the Asp , he was married there by the missionary Thomas Kendall to Maria Ringa. Tapsell claimed it was 'the … Tauranga in 1832 earned him the displeasure of Henry Williams and other CMS missionaries, he acted as a … Te Arawa and Ngāi Te Rangi at Maketū in 1833 and wrote to Williams in the hope that he would send missionaries as a …
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… Sarah McAuley, the daughter of William McAuley, a farmer, and his wife, Elizabeth Atkin, … included the Reverend Samuel Ironside , Frederick Weld , Thomas Arnold, Te Rauparaha and his nephew Te Rangihaeata . It was in Sarah's home that Colonel William Wakefield learned of the death of his brother, …
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… was introduced to physics and chemistry by an Aberdonian, William Littlejohn, who coached Rutherford for a university … Sutherland), made naturalists of others (Andrew Sinclair, Thomas Bannatyne Gillies, John Buchanan and James Coutts Crawford) and propelled a few (notably Thomas Mackenzie, but also James Glenny Wilson and Robert …
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Part of story: Scots
… in 1820, the youngest of five children. His father, Thomas Heaphy, was a professional watercolourist and … a farm absorbed all Heaphy's capital, and he approached William Fox , the company's agent at Nelson, for paid … the hinterland in November 1843. In February 1846, with William Fox, Thomas Brunner and Kehu, he ventured via …
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… records that her father was an Irish sea captain named Thomas William Kelly. Hēni was at Henry Williams 's mission at Paihia in 1845 and witnessed the …
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… themselves as there were few tradesmen around. Missionary William Williams wrote on 2 August 1828: ‘I have been employed … own businesses. Plasterer to architect Scottish plasterer Thomas Forrester knew how to ornament building interiors …
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Part of story: Building trades
… with Māori in order to convert them to Christianity. Thomas Kendall of the Anglican Church Missionary Society … regular grammar and complex vocabulary of Māori. Missionary William Yate wrote, ‘The language is peculiarly soft and … New Zealanders. Another CMS missionary (and later bishop), William Williams, published the first substantial …
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Part of story: Māori Studies – ngā tari Māori
… 1866, the second of five children of Jane Sanderson and William Walter James Spreat, a lithographic draughtsman. By … as a clerk with the Australian Mutual Provident Society. William Spreat prospered, but his intemperate behaviour … be done to protect it. In 1923, at the suggestion of Sir Thomas Mackenzie, an older crusader for such issues, …
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… his aliases. In mid 1876 the local Catholic priest, Father Thomas Kehoe, reported the loss of £75 from his house. … forensic evidence. The presiding judge, Joshua Strange Williams , gave a summing-up highly favourable to Butler, … 'entirely misleading'. But the minister of justice, William Rolleston , advised against a second trial (for the …
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… of London. Curtis Island was named after Timothy and William Curtis, the ship’s owners. The islands’ small size, … is now above sea level. Cheeseman Island is named after Thomas Cheeseman, the naturalist on the 1887 expedition to …
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Part of story: Kermadec Islands
… Daily Times. In 1873 he joined with Bishop Patrick Moran, Thomas Bracken and others to help establish a Catholic … his interest in politics soon attracted the attention of William Reeves, who in 1875 appointed him editor of the … of businessmen whose directors included John Ballance and William Pember Reeves, Loughnan turned the paper into a …
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… whom she named Emma Anne Dymes Budge. The child's father, William George Maill, had not accompanied Elizabeth on the … not known to have had any children. Robert and his brother, Thomas, had bought land in the Whangamoa valley, and … daughter, known as Emily or Lily, ran with her husband, William Oliver. Robert Mackay worked for a time as a brewer, …
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… of local pronunciation. Two Scots, George Rennie and William Cargill, were early promoters of settlement. They … Scots–Presbyterian character of Otago. In 1856 the Reverend Thomas Burns counted 1,000 Presbyterians, 250 Anglicans, 61 … Burns, Cargill and the Sabbath Burns and the layman William Cargill were the leaders of the settlement. Burns …
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Part of story: Otago region
… in New Zealand on 12 September 1843 aboard the Ursula. William Wakefield sent him to Auckland to buy land for the … successfully in March and April 1848. In the meantime William Fox , company agent at Nelson, had resigned and Bell … had long spoken Māori fluently. He became one of Governor Thomas Gore Browne 's chief advisers after the Waitara …
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… lady-in-waiting to Queen Charlotte, and her husband, William Wynyard, colonel of the 5th Regiment of Foot, deputy … Auckland. Aided by Bishop George Selwyn and Chief Justice William Martin , he also successfully obtained consent from … of the distant Grey. In September 1855 the new governor, Thomas Gore Browne , arrived to take over from Wynyard. …
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… the Exchange, Dunedin (1868; demolished 1969). Designed by William Mason in the Palladian style, it featured … influences. Spectacular swansong Christchurch architect William Armson designed many commercial buildings, but is … style. Equally accomplished was the Ōamaru courthouse by Thomas Forrester and John Lemon, a local architectural …
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Part of story: Public, commercial and church architecture