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AIDANFIELD – Mother Aidan Phelan (1858 – 1958)
Mother Aidan Phelan was Mother Superior at Mount Magdala Asylum from 1907 to 1920 and again in 1929 to 1936. The Good Shepherd Sisters had owned the land since 1886. Mount Magdala was a home for troubled girls and for women who had just been released from prison. The main income for the home was …
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NEW BRIGHTON – William Guise Brittan (1809 – 1876)
William Free was just 10 years old when he arrived in Lyttelton on the “Cressy”. 10 or so days earlier, William Guise Brittan had arrived on the “Randolph” and took his post at the Land Office. These two settlers would make history again 10 years later in 1860. Very likely, John Free, William’s father dealt …
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LINWOOD – Dr. Joseph Brittan (1805 – 1867)
So, how long do you to take before you marry the sister of your dead wife? Not long enough when it concerned Dr. Joseph Brittan. The scandal that chased Joseph and his new bride Sophia (pictured) down the church aisle was bad enough to make emmigration to Canterbury look real good!!! Dr. Joseph Brittan, the …
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NEW ZEALAND – Abel Janszoon Tasman (1603 – 1659)
“Dit land lijkt alsof je een heel mooi land” “This land looks like being a very beautiful land.” – Abel Tasman – 1642 Abel Janszoon Tasman was born in Lutjegast, Netherlands in 1603. He was 33 years old when he travelled to Batavia, Indonesia in the employment of the Dutch East India Company. In 1639, …
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