Alfred Tanner died in September 1902, aged 67. He was a stone mason and brick layer who worked on the construction of the Carroll building, the first Gasworks, The Opera House and the Public Hospitial. According to family history Alfred once lived in a hut on a manuka patch that became a part of the Square, had a farm at Tiakitahuna, and later in the Kairanga District. Mr Tanner was the father of Mrs Hannah Eades, of Woodville.

Alfred Tanner
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Digitisation ID
- 2013N_Pi596_006876
- Title
- Alfred Tanner
- Held In
- Coolstore
Creation
- Created By
- Unknown
- Place
- Palmerston North
- Date
- circa 1880 to circa 1889
Object rights
- Credit Line
- Palmerston North City Library
- License
- No Known Restrictions
Taxonomy
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