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1821?–1874Surveyor, explorer
Thomas Brunner was baptised on 22 August 1821 at Oxford, England, the son of William Brunner, attorney at law and Oxford county coroner, and his wife, Elizabeth Ann Fraser. At about the age of 15 Brunner began five years' service with Thomas Greenshields of Oxford, architect and surveyor. In...
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1833–1913Farmer, soldier, politician
John Bryce was born in Glasgow, Scotland, probably on 14 September 1833, the son of Grace McAdam and her husband, John Bryce, a cabinet-maker. John junior, his father, an older brother and a younger sister arrived in New Zealand early in 1840 on the Bengal Merchant. They landed at Petone, then...
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1837–1904Land company manager, farm manager, freezing industry developer
Thomas Brydone was born on 14 April 1837 at West Linton, Peeblesshire, Scotland, the son of Thomas Brydone, a shepherd, and his wife, Margaret Stewart. When Thomas junior was young the family moved to Blair Athol and he was educated at the Perth Academy. He then worked as a land steward for the...
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1819–1898Draughtsman, botanist, artist
John Buchanan is said to have been born on 13 October 1819, at Levenside (Strathleven), Dunbartonshire, Scotland. He was the eldest of four children of William Buchanan and his wife, Nancy Somerville. He was educated at the local parish school and mechanics' institute and apprenticed as a...
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1838–1924Stock dealer, storekeeper, runholder, politician
Walter Clarke Buchanan was born on 20 June 1838 at Auchenbreck in the parish of Kilmodan, Argyllshire, Scotland, the son of Donald McChananich, a farmer, and his wife, Janet Clarke. (He was baptised under his father's name, McChananich, the Gaelic version of Buchanan.) Walter was educated at...
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1877?–1951Nō Ngāti Mutunga; he tākuta, he ngārahu taua, he kaiwhakahaere hauora, he kaitōrangapū, he tohunga tikanga tangata, he tumuaki whare taonga
Nā Peter (Pita) Buck tonu i kī ko 1880 te tau i whānau ia, ēngari, kei te rēhita o tana kura tuatahi e mau ana, ko te āhua nei ko tētehi o ngā rā o Oketopa 1877 kē te wā tika. Ko tōna whakapono mō te nuinga o ōna rā, ko Ngārongo-ki-tua tonu tōna whaea. I moea e Ngārongo te pāpā o Pita, a William...
Story: Buck, Peter Henry
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1810?–1864Actor, theatre owner, entertainer
George Buckingham, one of the pioneers of theatre in Auckland, came to New Zealand from Australia late in 1843 on the City of Sydney, accompanied by his wife and three children. Like many other entertainers who travelled the colonies at this time, little is known of his life aside from his work...
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1825–1903Landowner, auctioneer, farmer, pastoralist, businessman
Alfred Buckland was born at Newton Abbot, Devon, England, probably on 17 December 1825, and was baptised on 12 January 1826. He was the fifth son of John Buckland, a broker, and his wife, Elizabeth Mortimore. Alfred married Eliza Wallen at Stoke Damerel, Devon, on 26 May 1850. She died in...
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1878–1939Photographer
Born at Tumai in Otago, New Zealand, on 9 May 1878, Jessie Lillian Buckland was one of seven children of Caroline Fairburn and her husband, John Channing Buckland. Her father was a farmer, and from 1884 to 1887 the member of Parliament for Waikouaiti. By 1890 the Bucklands had moved to Taieri...
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1840/1841?–1896Lawyer, politician, judge
Patrick Alphonsus Buckley was born probably in 1840 or 1841 near Castletownsend, County Cork, Ireland. The names of his parents are not known. He was educated at Queen's College in Cork, in Paris, and at the Université catholique de Louvain in Belgium. While there, in 1860, he was commissioned...
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1881–1948Opera singer and teacher
Rosina Buckman was born in Blenheim, New Zealand, on 16 March 1881, the second child of Henrietta Matilda Chuck, a skilled singer and organist, and her carpenter husband, John Buckman. Rosina showed early signs of a well-above-average singing voice, receiving her initial training from her...
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1812–1883Missionary, Methodist leader
Thomas Buddle was born at Durham, England, probably on 24 December 1812, the son of Matthew Buddle, a cordwainer, from a prominent Anglican family, and his wife, Mary Anderson. At the age of 17 Thomas joined the Wesleyan Methodist Church, becoming a lay preacher. In 1835 he was accepted as a...
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1853–1937Engineer, farmer, politician
David Buddo was born on 23 August 1853 in Edinburgh, Scotland, the son of Euphemia Stevenson Dorward and David Buddo, a surgeon in the Indian civil service. A rural childhood gave him a lifelong love of farming and country life. He was educated in Kincardineshire, and at a private grammar...
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1865–1938Politician, journalist, historian
Thomas Lindsay Buick was born in Oamaru on 13 May 1865, the son of John Walker Buick, a tailor, and his wife, Margaret Petrie, both of whom had arrived at Port Chalmers from England in 1860. Lindsay was educated at state schools in Oamaru and moved to Blenheim around 1884 to practise his trade...
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1838–1906Interpreter, magistrate, ornithologist, lawyer
Walter Lawry Buller was born at the Wesleyan mission, Newark, at Pākanae, Hokianga, New Zealand, on 9 October 1838, the son of Jane Tonkin Martin and her husband, James Buller. He married Charlotte Mair at Whāngārei on 24 April 1862; they had four children. He died at Fleet, Hampshire, England...
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1845–1903Journalist, writer, feminist, social reformer
Margaret Carson was born in Auckland, New Zealand, on 4 January 1845, the only daughter of four children born to Jane Kennedy and her husband, James Carson, a road maker. The Carsons had emigrated from Scotland; James Carson later worked as a carpenter and possibly a debt collector in Auckland...
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1867–1959School principal, missioner
The two Bulstrode sisters were Englishwomen who came to New Zealand to take charge of Hukarere Native Girls' School in Napier after Anna Maria Williams retired in 1899. Their father, William Bulstrode, was a farmer; their mother's maiden name was Jane Taylor. Both sisters were born at Cookham,...
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1896–1965Soldier, sheepfarmer, historian
Randal Mathews Burdon was born at North Ambersham, near Haslemere, Sussex, England, on 4 August 1896, the son of Mildred Yatman and her husband, Cotsford Mathews Burdon, described as being of independent means. In 1902 the Burdons emigrated to New Zealand, establishing a sheep farm at Woodbury...
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1836–1841?–1904Hotel-keeper, midwife, postmistress
Georgina Jane Gilbert was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, probably some time between 1836 and 1841, to Jane Currie and her husband, James Gilbert, a tailor. The family emigrated to New Zealand about 1844.
On 22 November 1858 Georgina married John Burgess at Kaiapoi in North Canterbury....
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1829–1866Criminal, murderer
Richard Burgess, also known as Richard Hill, was born in the West End of London, England, on 14 February 1829, the illegitimate son of a lady's maid and 'some one connected with the Horse-guards'. When his father disappeared, his mother moved in straitened circumstances to the East End....
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