“You will see that E.G. [Edward Gibbon]Wakefield (pictured) and Mr. [Henry] Sewell are no means favourites here, and that they will find more difficulty than they anticipated in saddling the colony with the [Canterbury] Association’s debt, or selling certain lands and buildings which are either reserved for the public purposes or built with the money …
“He had grown more wonderful than ever, in dress and appearance. His hair is all brushed and shaved away from his face, except (for) a very long mustache and on hot days he used to wear the most frightful long brown holland blouse, left very open, with a belt and a turn-down collar, and on …
“There was one feature in his character which is not a popular one, and which he never cared to conceal or control, and that was his unmitigated hatred and contempt for humbug of every kind: whether it appeared in the form of dishonesty in money matters, or hypocrisy in religion, or of corruption in public …
As a man of God, I’m sure the loss of your own child could be even harder to understand. To be in the service of the Most High and still, your children don’t escape the harsh reality of being in the world, must be even more crushing. Falling back on what had comforted him in …
John Ballantyne (1825 – 1899) Died of old age Place of Death: Christchurch * Brought ‘The Dunstable House’ from William Pratt in 1872. This business is now known as Ballantynes. Story of Ballantynes: http://www.peelingbackhistory.co.nz/ballantynes/ John is buried at St Peter’s Anglican Church, Church Corner, Upper Riccarton,Christchurch. Photo taken by Annette Bulovic
I’m sure there weren’t enough descriptive words to explain the excitement Esther Clarkson felt at the first sale of one of her straw hats. As the coins dropped into her hand, maybe she smiled to herself and felt assured that her little business could make something of itself. She had no idea! It was 1854 …
One can easily imagine the hard decision it was for Jane Deans to approve the demolition of the old Deans/Manson/Gebbie’s barn in 1897. It was after all, the very roof where her dearly departed husband and his late brother had laid their heads to rest over 50 years earlier, when the Riccarton she so loved …
Katherine Wilson Lovell-Smith (1848 – 1934) Died of old age Place of Death: Christchurch * Formerly known as Kate Sheppard – Famous Suffrage Campaigner. * 1885 – Founder of New Zealand Women’s Christian Temperance Union. * 1887 – Appointed National Superintendent. * 1893 – Won New Zealand women the right to vote. * …
William Sidney Lovell-Smith (1852 – 1929) Died of old age Place of Death: Christchurch * Second husband of famous suffrage campaigner, Kate Sheppard. William is buried at Waimairi Cemetery, Burnside, Christchurch. Photo taken by Annette Bulovic
Thomas John Edmonds (1859 – 1932 ) Died of a Peritonitis Place of Death: Christchurch * Founder of Edmonds ‘Sure To Rise” Baking Powder. Thomas is buried at Linwood Cemetery, Linwood, Christchurch. The story of Thomas John Edwards: http://www.peelingbackhistory.co.nz/the-edmonds/ Photo taken by Chris Bulovic
