
Stephen and Dinah Hartley
- Description
Stephen Charles Hartley (1826-1897), and his wife Dinah (1825-1898), were some of the earliest settlers, coming to the district c1846. Stephen went into business as a trader and rope-maker at Pohuetangi on the south bank of the river, about a mile downstream from the Shannon Bridge, for about thirty years. He then moved to near Foxton and subsequently settled in Palmerston North where he was in business as a Maori Interpreter c1878-1897. Hartley is said to be the first European to see 'Papaiōea' clearing (which formed the basis of the site of Palmerston North), probably during the late 1840s or early 1850s.
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Date
- circa 1875
- Digitisation ID
- 2007N_Pi90_PEO_0350
- Held In
- Coolstore