Mrs Mary Emma Mowlem (nee Ward)
Mrs Mary Mowlem was wife to Fred Mowlem a commission and estate land agent, in partnership with James Linton in about 1892 and later with James Mowlem. In 1920,...
Nora Linton
Daughter of James and Sarah Ann Linton. Nora was one of approximately 523 Palmerston North women who signed the Suffrage petition, submitted to Parliament in 18...
Susan Woolcock
Susan Woolcock was the wife of William Albert Woolcock. She is pictured with her daughters, Amelia and Maude. Susan was one of approximately 523 Palmerston Nort...
Jane Linton
Jane was the eldest daughter of James (second Mayor of Palmerston North) and Sarah Ann Linton. She arrived in Palmerston North with her parents in 1871. Jane w...
Agnes Hankins (née Dalrymple)
Agnes married John Herbert Hankins 26 October, 1872 in Hokitika. They moved to Palmerston North in 1882, where John set up practice as a barrister and solicitor...
George Matthew and Louisa Matilda Snelson
George Matthew Snelson and wife Louisa Matilda Snelson are shown here in the garden of their Fitzherbert Street home. George was the first mayor of Palmerston N...
Rebecca Dawick
Rebecca was the wife of Samuel Dawick, proprietor of Dawick's Buffet, the temperance hotel and restaurant in Rangitikei Street. The Dawicks were amongst the fir...
Clara Shailer in Glasshouse, Scandia (Albert) Street
Clara Shailer is photographed here in her fathers glasshouse. Clara (1870-1951) married George Woodroofe and they lived in Foxton. Her father George Shailer was...
Matilda Perrin and daughters, Rachel and Ada
Matilda Perrin (nee Montgomery), (1854-1914) was the adopted daughter of the Snelson family. She married John Perrin (1844-1914) in 1874 in Palmerston North, wh...
George and Septuagesima Shailer
A portrait of George (c1846-1918) and Septuagesima Shailer, thought to have been taken in February 1874 before departure to New Zealand, from Brentford, Middles...
Emma Belk, signatory to 1893 suffrage petition
Emma Belk was one of the working class signatories to the 1893 women's suffrage petition. Aged 73 at the time, she was living in Main Street Palmerston Nort...
Ihle family
Anders Hans Ihle emigrated with his family from Norway and worked as a Contractor in the Manawatū region. Ihle was the Foreman of workers installing the tram li...
Louisa Snelson - Palmerston North's first Mayoress
Louisa Snelson was born in 1844 and married George Snelson in 1865. George Snelson was a pioneer storekeeper (he opened the first shop on the Square) and was th...
Karen Bergersen
Karen Martea Bergersen (née Andreasdatter) married Carl Bergersen at age 25 in Norway and arrived in New Zealand on-board the "Celaeno" with their young son Osc...
Rockstrow family
The Rockstrows were an early Manawatū family of German extraction. John Frederick Rockstrow (1835-1913) was a Doctor and Surgeon. Mrs Rockstrow (1838-1914) was ...