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… New Zealand, arriving in Auckland in February 1856. A son, Thomas, was born at sea on 12 December during one of these … For some 20 years from 1905 its parish priest was Monsignor William Mahoney, another of Edward Mahoney's sons and the … formed part of Thomas Mahoney's work, beginning with James Williamson's enormous Italianate house, The Pah, at …
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… and literate. On 22 June 1829, at Halifax, Grace married Thomas Hirst, the son of a Halifax solicitor. The marriage brought instability and financial insecurity. Thomas Hirst lacked business skills, and the family was … proved to be another memorable journey. Their ship, the William Brown , caught fire off the coast of Madeira and was …
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… John Wesley Bloor, a timber merchant. Maria Bloor married Thomas Pope, a registered dyer, at London, probably in 1835. … travelled to and from work by tricycle. In 1885 and 1886 William V. Bloor, a cousin, temporarily took over the … was closer to Cathedral Square. Sarah Pope had married William Ensom in 1902, and in 1904 Maria Pope's sister …
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… 1832 or early 1833, he became a member of the household of Thomas Chapman , a Church Missionary Society lay missionary … on 3 November 1861, Īhāia was ordained deacon by Bishop William Williams . Īhāia remained at Maketū through the wars of the …
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… nailmaker. Later in 1840 the family moved to Glasgow, where Thomas Burt was born. He was baptised in the parish of … he apprenticed himself to a plumber. His younger brother, Thomas, was also apprenticed to a firm of plumbers and … success. In Dunedin, on his way back to Melbourne, he met William Park, an acquaintance from his apprentice days, who …
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… eldest of six children of Louisa Chandler and her husband, William Guise Brittan, a newspaper editor. In 1850 the … where they stayed briefly before moving to Christchurch. William Brittan became commissioner of Crown lands for … Emily helped at Addington School. Here she worked with Thomas Scholfield Foster . Emily Brittan obtained a …
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… Arriving on 22 January 1822, they were given hospitality by William and Dinah Hall of the CMS, and lived with them for 16 months. After the arrival of William White in May 1823, he and Leigh established the … Leigh was able to assist Marsden during the troubles with Thomas Kendall and to help the CMS lay missionaries clarify …
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… was born on 19 February 1898 in Christchurch, the son of William Francis Bennett and his wife, Rose Maria Harrow. His … responded with enthusiasm to the inspirational teaching of William Thomas . At the end of 1916 Bennett was appointed a …
Type: Biography
… of John Robert Godley, the ‘founder of Canterbury’, by Thomas Woolner in Cathedral Square (1867) the seated figure of the former Canterbury superintendent, William Moorhouse, in the public gardens (1885). Ill-treated founders Rather than a statue, William Cargill’s monument in Dunedin was a Gothic revival …
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Part of story: Memorials and monuments
… baptised there on 3 July 1814. He was the son of Captain Thomas Abraham and his wife, Louisa Susanna Carter. … of the work of Hadfield at Ōtaki and supported Samuel Williams 's work at Te Aute College. He used his limited … with Bishop Edmund Hobhouse , formerly of Nelson, and Sir William Martin , in founding Selwyn College, Cambridge; in …
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… and eldest daughter of Elizabeth Lynch and her husband, Thomas Dorney, a shopkeeper. Although christened Joanna, she … that Hannah went into service at this time. She married William Ward, probably on 7 October 1850 at Cork. In early 1853 William went to London, and thence to Melbourne, Australia, …
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… the Sulphur in 1835 as surgeon, and accompanied Captain William Beechey on his survey expedition to the Pacific … the Favorite on 24 October. There he joined the missionary William Colenso , and Joseph Dalton Hooker , assistant … George Grey , Acting Governor Robert Wynyard , and Governor Thomas Gore Browne . He had wide discretionary powers, but …
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… Lancashire, on 24 March 1859, Ann Fletcher married Thomas Jackson, a cordwainer. From the time of her marriage she was known as Ann Fletcher Jackson. In 1862 Thomas and Ann established a business at Birkenhead, … buried in the Avondale cemetery beside Thomas and her son William. …
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… idea was dropped from the articles of association. Captain William Cargill, the leader of the colony, announced on … employ skilled men at 5s. for a ten hour day. The Reverend Thomas Burns, however, while on board the Philip Laing , had … the labourers, and helped the men draw up a petition to William Fox, the agent for the New Zealand Company. Fox, on …
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… Kerikeri, the daughter of Sarah Tuckwell and her husband, William Thomas Fairburn, a CMS lay missionary. The family moved to … her parents moved south, Elizabeth stayed on at Marianne Williams 's school for missionary daughters. Growing up in …
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… Scotland. He was the eldest of four children of William Buchanan and his wife, Nancy Somerville. He was …
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… has not been well received subsequently. A case in point is Thomas Bracken , whose best-known poem is the national … colonial condition by two men active in Liberal politics: William Pember Reeves and Edward Tregear . A small number of …
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Part of story: Poetry
… their efforts. However one of the first CMS missionaries, Thomas Kendall, successfully produced the first written versions of the Māori language. Eager to read William Yate, one of the early CMS missionaries in the Bay … expansion and Māori conversion The Reverend Henry Williams arrived to lead the New Zealand mission in 1823 and …
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Part of story: Anglican Church
… On 4 June 1851 at St Quivox, Ayrshire, Harriet married Thomas Robert Gore Browne , who was some 20 years her senior. Thomas had begun his career as a professional soldier and … as a result of the dispute over the Waitara block. Thomas Gore Browne's stance on the issue was the subject of …
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… 18th century. Probably the most well-known of these was Thomas Halbert, an Englishman who disembarked from a whaling … Missionary Society extended its attention to the East Cape. William Williams established a mission station at Tūranga in 1840, …
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Part of story: Tūranganui-a-Kiwa tribes