Mr John Tiffen Stewart (1827-1913) was a surveyor and one of the earliest Europeans to see the 'Papaioea' clearing, on which Palmerston North was established, c 1858. Locally, he surveyed the Te Ahu Turanga Block (purchased from Rangitāne).

He w...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1896

J T Stewart (1827-1913) was a surveyor and one of the earliest Europeans to see the 'Papaioea' clearing, on which Palmerston North was established, c 1858. Locally, he surveyed the Te Ahu Turanga Block (purchased from Rangitāne) and the route for ...

Creator:      F L Denton, Wanganui
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          November 18, 1907

Mr Henry Worsfold was born in Sussex, England, in 1838. He and his wife Margaret Maria (née Dudley) were passengers on the ship 'Ocean Mail' which left England on 12 November 1873 and arrived in Wellington on 2 February 1874. They were selected by...

Creator:      George W Shailer
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          unknown

A picture of an unidentified couple from c 1880s-1890s. The negative had 'Oliver' etched into the plate. George Shailer was a well-known photographer in Palmerston North, takin gmany studio and informal portraits in the Manawatu region.

Creator:      George W Shailer
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1880 to 1899

Neils Pedersen was born in Skarnes, Hedmark, in Norway, and married Bertha Olsdatter before migrating to New Zealand. They were among the first Scandinavian settlers to arrive in the Manawatu District, being allotted 40 acres of land at Awapuni i...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1890 to circa 1899

Neils and Bertha Pedersen are the parents of the other Pedersens in this photograph. They were among the first Scandinavian settlers in Palmerston North. Back Row, from left: Edie (Mrs Byles), Albert (farmer, Te Matai), Josephine (Mrs Hansen), Mar...

Creator:      Billens and Bunting
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1890 to circa 1899

Harry Littlejohn was a Scotsman who came to New Zealand from Lochgelly, Fifeshire, during the 1880s. He worked as a watchmaker and jeweller in Wellington with his Uncle, William Littlejohn. Sometime after that point, he started a business in Palme...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1890 to circa 1909

Joesph was the first Manager of the Manawatu Cheese and Butter Factory Co. in Karere, near Longburn, which opened on 3 November 1884. This factory was equipped with three Nakstou centrifugal cream separators. Later it was forced into liquidation d...

Creator:      Brown, Barnes and Bell, London
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1884

Palmerston North held its 75th Jubilee Celebrations during the week of 15th March 1952. The guard on the right may be Mr C White. These gentlemen are taking part in a re-enactment of the first train arriving in the town, which was a feature of the...

Creator:      Bruce Watt
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1952

Anders Hansen Ihle was born in Norway 26/01/1833 and died in Palmerston North, NZ 20/05/1918. His surname was originally Hansen with the Ihle being a corruption of Iler. Hans married Martha Maria Pedersdotter on 4/03/1865 in the Hovia annex of the...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1900

In this picture is an unidentified small boy in a velveteen suit, with a gentleman (possibly the father) holding the horse's reins.

Creator:      George W Shailer
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          unknown

Robert Milson farmed on Milson Line (which is named after him) from about 1872 until his death on 3 April 1909, aged 74. His only child Annie married Joseph Linklater, a well known farmer who was a Member of Parliament for Manawatu from 1922 to 1935.

Creator:      John Cleland, Palmerston North.
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1880 to circa 1890

Palmerston North held its 75th Jubilee Celebrations during the week of 15th March 1952. The guard on the right may be Mr C White. This gentlemen is taking part in a re-enactment of the first train arriving in the town, which was a feature of the J...

Creator:      Bruce Watt
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1952

Thomas Cook was born in England in 1815, he emigrated to New Zealand on the "Adelaide" in 1840 and established himself as one of the early settlers in Foxton. Thomas bought the first Foxton School and was one of the few colonists who did not flee ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Horowhenua Region
Date:          circa 1875

James was the son of Charles (1795-1875) and Amelia (nee McEleshead) Collins. He was born in 1837 and died in the District in 1896. He married Annie Cook of Foxton who appears in the Snelson scrapbook as one of the earliest white woman in the Mana...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Horowhenua Region
Date:          circa 1875

Rev James McWilliam was the first man to hold a public religious service in Palmerston North (1872).

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1890

Petersen was a carrier and transported most of the timber for the early Scandinavian settlements around Manawatu. This photograph was taken by Charles Mariboe, a travelling photograph from the late 19th century.

Creator:      Charles Mariboe
Place:          Wairarapa Region
Date:          circa 1894

Peter Manson co-owned the first sawmill to be erected in Palmerston North with Peter Bartholomew.

Creator:      American Photo Rooms, Wanganui
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1880

William Penny, born 1863 at Penrose, Masterton, was a sheep farmer in the Wairarapa and Manawatu Districts. He was an acknowledged authority on sheep breeding and Lincoln and Romney sheep breeds, and was successful in the show ring. Penny was the ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1930

Mr W Davis lived at Te Raka, Rongotea Rd. Mr Davis married Miss May Jarvis.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Rongotea
Date:          1930 to 1949

Mr Wylds commenced business as a timber and produce merchant in Palmerston North in 1876. He had interests in several sawmills in the district, including in Oroua (now known as Rangiotu), another at Hawkes Bay and a third at Cheltenham. For furthe...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1900

G.C. Petersen's "Palmerston North: A Centennial History" (p 204-205) cites a Mr John Young as the man who first promoted rugby in the Manawatu region.

Creator:      George W Shailer
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1900

James Linton was the second Mayor of the Palmerston Borough. He was elected to office in 1879, 1880, 1881 and 1884. He was Mayor for a total of four years. Born in Scotland, Mr Linton was attracted to Australia and New Zealand by the gold rushes o...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1880

Mr Rockstraw was a Prussian born in Effurt, Germany. As a young man he migrated to a older colony of New Zealand, where he practiced medicine in the goldfields of the West Coast. In 1873, Prime Minister Fox persuaded him to go north and serve as m...

Creator:      Bunting Studio
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1892

Alexander McMinn was the founder of the "Manawatu Daily Standard" which produced its first issue on 29 November 1880. The first copy was presented to a well-known pioneer and former Borough Councillor, Sylvester Coleman. The introductory leader wa...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1900

W H Smith (1854-1929) was born in Kettering, Shropshire, England. In 1877 he married Sarah Navara. They had two sons (H K G Smith who was killed at Passchendaele, and G Smith who died in an epidemic in NZ) and four daughters. After arriving in New...

Creator:      Whalley and Co., Crown Studios,
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1910

Alfred Allen (1855-1935, b. in Wellington) was a carpenter and farmer in the Wairarapa and came to Kelvin Grove as a farmer during 1880s. He later moved to Terrace Street (now Ruahine Street). He was later a builder in Palmerston North until his r...

Creator:      Allen Family
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1930

A studio portrait of John Joseph Sones Somers.

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Creator:      George W Shailer
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1880 to circa 1890

Mr John Herbert Hankins was born at Swindon, Gloucestershire, in 1846. He came to New Zealand in 1863 with his parents and nine brothers and sisters on the "Canterbury". He married Agnes Dalrymple in Hokitika in 1872 and left in 1882 to set up pra...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          unknown

Marriage of Marie Ihle to Arthur Gallichan. From left, back row: Hans Ihle; Arthur Gallichan; Marie Gallichan; Hilda Ihle. Middle row: Marthe Ihle (mother of Marie); Anders Ihle (father of Marie); Minnie Ihle. Front row: Olive Ihle; Unknown; Ida ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1903