Arthur Morton Ollivier (1851 – 1897)

Arthur Morton Ollivier (1851 – 1897)          Died of illness      Place of Death: Christchurch * Professional New Zealand Cricketer  1867 – 1883 * Founded the Canterbury Chess Club 1877 * President of the Old Boys’ Association of Christ College  1895 – 1897 * Remembered in the naming of Mount Ollivier, Canterbury Buried at the …

The Olliviers

It was late 1853 when the Ollivier family stepped off the ‘John Taylor’ to seize all the opportunities that were on offer in Canterbury and that they did, for generations to come. John Ollivier, the head of the family, was a publisher by trade.  After receiving the best education in France, the British born teenager …