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BIRDLING’S FLAT – William Birdling (1822 – 1902)
For the young William Birdling, experiencing the first robbery in Canterbury I’m sure was a life changing experience. He couldn’t quite believe that the man who now pointed a gun at him had just a few days earlier worked along beside him as they shared their stories of their past adventures as young men of …
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DALLINGTON – Henry Joseph Campbell Jekyll (1843 – 1913)
Dr. Charles Dudley and his brother, a farmer, John arrived in Lyttelton in 1851. With them were their wives and children, aged between 2 to 5 years old. Charles went on to practice medicine in Lyttelton for the next 5 years while John settled in Christchurch, buying 99 acres in a area known as Richmond. …
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FERRYMEAD – James Townsend (1788 – 1866)
Before discussing James Townsend, one must know the story of a young settler, who had just made his way down the Bridle Path in 1851 and made note of who had been the first real European settler (quite a noble title for a dead man!) in what would become Ferrymead. Jutting out of from the …
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NORTHCOTE – Henry Stafford Northcote (1846 – 1911)
Also known as the 1st Baron Northcote, it appears from all my research that Henry had no direct contact with New Zealand at all, let alone Christchurch. He never set foot on our shores and was only a child when the Canterbury Association – which a few members are now acknowledged in the naming of …
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