“For the last five years, ever since the plan of founding a settlement of Church People in New Zealand was first suggested to me…the thought of it has hardly been for a moment out of my mind; I have become, for the time at least, a man of one idea, to which everything else, public …
Names from the Canterbury Association that didn’t stick… Greig Island – Quail Island – named after Canterbury Association member Rev. George Robert Gleig. The Shakespeare – The Avon – named after English playwright William Shakespeare. The Courtenay – The Waimakariri – named after Canterbury Association member William Courtenay (Archbishop of Canterbury). The Cholmondeley – The …
I can’t say whether Elizabeth Watts-Russell was one of those who laughed when the Ward brothers – Edward, Henry and Hamilton – chose Quail Island as the place to set up their farm. The brothers were well aware of the giggles happening around Lyttelton as they prepared to make their move. Edward – the eldest …
“Have you not heard of the birth of the latest colonial baby? Bishops and Bigwigs in at the accouchment – [Edward]Gibbon Wakefield (owner of the New Zealand Company) the monthly nurse – the new Canterbury Pilgrimage born with a flourish of trumpets and laying on of hands”. Edward Merson Templar (now remembered in the naming …
Henry Phillips (1805 – 1877) Died of old age Place of Death: Windwhistle, Canterbury * His land is now known as the suburbs of Phillipstown and St Martins. Story of the Phillipstown and St Martins – http://www.peelingbackhistory.co.nz/phillipstown-st-martins-henry-phillips-1804-1877/ Henry is buried at Rookwood, Windwhistle, Canterbury. Photo courtesy of Hunting Kiwis – http://genealogyjourno.wordpress.com/ – http://genealogyjourno.wordpress.com/rural-cemeteries-of-canterbury-new-zealand/rockwood-station-graves-phillips/
“[Robert Heaton]Rhodes (otherwise Bob the nipper)was there. What a different version one hears of the same story. It had been told greatly to [John] Deans’ credit that when the first 4 ships came out Deans supplied the settlers with meat at 6d a lb, whilst Rhodes [pictured] raised the price to 8d a lb which …
I have always been very fortunate with my diggings (excuse the pun) around cemeteries when I find a tombstone that seems to offer up a good story. I enjoy nothing more than putting together the puzzle made from a few clues but this Captain McLean is keeping his secrets buried with him. I have more …
Even before the demolitions that have swept through Christchurch since the earthquakes, Cantabs have always been very protective of the city’s history. The rallies formed against some demolitions that happened pre-quakes and the defending of the open spaces at Hagley Park show that we, as a people, love our city – just as she is. …
As Mrs. Fanny Fitzgerald bustled along The Terrace, Wellington, she had one arm around her infant daughter while her free hand hitched her long petticoats away from the stomping heels of her shoes. To strangers, the frustrated crease between her eyebrows were no doubt caused by the stress of the recent break out of Scarlet …
Chris was visiting a friend today in the very new St George’s Hospital when he noticed this while using the lift! I am very pleased! Well done St Georges! *photo taken by Chris Bulovic*
