The son of John Coulson and Emma Isabella Fowler. Born 4 May 1881, Palmerston North.

Creator:      J E and H Cobb of Napier and Hastings
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          1887

Foxton doctor who visited Palmerston North until Marriner, the first resident doctor, arrived. He later shifted to Palmerston North, where he died in 1913. See GC Peterson, Palmerston North: A Centennial History, p 105 and 139.

Creator:      Wrigglesworth and Binns, Wellington
Place:          Unknown
Date:          circa 1880

A print of this image was created from the original glass plate in 1970, for the centenary celebrations of Palmerston North. It was displayed in the public library and elsewhere, in the hope that someone could identify the young woman. Unfortunate...

Creator:      George W Shailer
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1885 to circa 1890

Found within Mrs Snelson's scrapbook.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Unknown
Date:          circa 1880 to circa 1889

A programme from a concert by the Palmerston North Harmonic Society held at the Theatre Royal.

Creator:      Palmerston North Harmonic Society
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          April 16, 1889

Taken from the Square. The two-storey wooden Clarendon Hotel, erected in 1874, stood on the corner of Rangitikei Street. The proprietor in the 1880's was James Carroll. Other businesses shown include D Clifford, bootmaker and Rees Private Hotel wi...

Creator:      George W Shailer
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1882 to circa 1883

This photograph is the earliest known photo of Palmerston North's first public school. The photo was taken after 1878 because the first Presbyterian Church (erected in that year) can be seen in the background on the far right. This school was the ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Corner of Princess and Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1880

Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North, was called Rangitikei Road in James Mitchell's plan of 1866, with the note: "now in process of formation as a horse and cattle track. It is the highway leading to the Rangitikei district" (Forgotten Days by A ...

Creator:      H Billens and Co.
Place:          Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1886 to circa 1889

Refer Fitzherbert East Aokautere School and District 1889-1989, p 105

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          169 Fitzherbert East Road, Aokautere
Date:          1889

Fitzherbert Street originally extended into The Square to the Railway Station, which has been removed to Main Street. In the centre background can be seen the corner of Coleman Place.

Creator:      George W Shailer
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1889

A road through the Manawatu Gorge was constructed 1871-1872, opening up Manawatu to Wairarapa and Hawkes Bay, and the Upper Gorge bridge replaced the ford in the Manawatu River in 1875. The bridge measured 428 feet in length, and the main span wa...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          State Highway 3, Woodville
Date:          1880s

The Manawatu Gorge road opened in 1872, and in 1875 the Government established a tollhouse at the Woodville end (as seen at the end of bridge) when the bridge was built, around which a small settlement grew. The bridge measured 428 feet in length,...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          State Highway 3, Woodville
Date:          1886