Reverend James Duncan

Description

The Reverend James Duncan came to Foxton from Wanganui as a missionary in 1848. In the late 1850s he resigned his position as a missionary and became employed as a Minister in the district. He is credited with being the founder of Foxton, which originally grew up as a white settlement around a Maori pa. Duncan became Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand and died 13 December 1907.

Identification

Object type

Image

Relation

Public Photograph Collection Fo 26

Date

1890s

Digitisation id

2011P_Fo26_004891

Held in

Coolstore