Joan Cook (born 1923) was the daughter of Walter and Marjorie McEwen and the granddaughter of David McEwen. Michael Valentine Fitzsimons is the son from her first marriage and Sarah Cook is the daughter from her second marriage.
This image is deri...
Date: 1960s
This image is derived from a copy negative made from a photograph that was loaned for copying. The original photographic print is not held by the Ian Matheson City Archives.
Date: circa 1910
The people in this photograph have been identified as, from left: Tom; Mrs Susan Hart; Mrs Louise Hart and child. Richard (c.1837- 1903) and Susan Hart (c.1838-1909) migrated from England to New Zealand with their children on the sailing ship Raka...
Date: circa 1900
Standing, from left: Peter Nielsen; Clara Voss; Marx Voss; Magdalene Gould; Holger Voss; Jim Gould; Emma Fraser. Seated, from left: Oscar Voss; Maren Voss; Ellen Voss; Botilla Nielsen; with Hilda Voss laying in front.
Marx Voss (c.1850-1923) and M...
Date: 1915
This unidentified group are believed to be connected to the Voss family of Karere.
This image is derived from a copy negative, made from a photograph loaned by Michael Fitzsimons of Karere in 1970. The original photograph is not held by the Ian Ma...
Date: 1910s
This group are believed to be connected to the McEwen family of Karere.
This image is derived from a copy negative, made from a photograph loaned by Michael Fitzsimons of Karere in 1970. The original photograph is not held by the Ian Matheson City...
Creator: Attwood & Co., Palmerston North
Date: 1890 to 1910
David McEwen (1818-1905) and his adopted daughter Mary. David McEwen was born in Scotland and came to New Zealand in 1839 with his wife Mary (née Neish), son Andrew, parents, sister and brother-in-law. His occupation was then listed as flaxdresser...
Date: circa 1900
This unpublished image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatū Standard on 19th November 1973.
Sanson's Centenary Procession took place on Saturday 17th November. More than thirty floats and other vehicles participated, travelling from Sa...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Place: Sanson
Date: November 19, 1973
The first image in this set was taken by staff photographer Phil Green and published in The Manawatū Evening Standard on 5th September 1974.
Text about Mrs Kirk at her husband's funeral was published in articles of The Manawatū Evening Standard ...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Place: Wellington
Date: September 5, 1974
Jens Christensen (1848-1928) and his wife Catherine arrived in New Zealand from Denmark in 1876. They lived at Turitea from 1882, before settling on a 25 acre farm in Fitzherbert East in 1886 with their five children. Another son was born in the a...
Date: 1926
Richard Sadler Smith was born in England on 15 February 1846 and married Jessie Philbrick. The couple had five children: Jessie Emma, Richard Valentine Philbrick, Sydney William, Charlotte May and Samual Hooper Smith. After the family migrated to ...
Date: 1890 to 1903
Anders and Annie Petersen were migrants from Denmark. They first lived in Pahiatua, before settling in Aokautere on a 37 acre farm where they kept 15 cows. The couple had five sons and three daughters. This image is derived from a copy negative, w...
Date: circa 1901
This image come from the papers of John Tiffin Stewart (1827-1913) a surveyor and engineer. Locally, he surveyed the Te Ahu Turanga Block (purchased from Rangitāne). He also laid out the townships of Foxton and Palmerston North. He planned the con...
Date: circa 1900
This image come from the papers of John Tiffin Stewart (1827-1913) a surveyor and engineer. Locally, he surveyed the Te Ahu Turanga Block (purchased from Rangitāne). He also laid out the townships of Foxton and Palmerston North. He planned the con...
Date: circa 1900
Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. The Ruahine Reserve was the site of Ruahine Kāinga (village) before 1864, a community of 150 to 200 people. It is recalled by Rangitāne as being where the old College of Educ...
Creator: Karla Karaitiana
Place: Palmerston North
Date: June 1, 2024
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 15 January, 1964. "This is more like it! Summer made a belated appearance yesterday, and these three mothers and their families took to the Esplanade with picnics to enj...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard
Place: The Esplanade, Palmerston North
Date: 1964-01-14T00:00:00+00:00
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 06 September 1960 "The Rev. L.M. King, who has been appointed the vicar of St. Andrew's Church, Epsom, photographed with Mrs. King and their son and daughter. Mr. King h...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Ruahine Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1960-09-06T00:00:00+00:00
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 16 January 1961: "Many Feilding people spent Saturday afternoon quietly beside the Oroua River picnic spot at Menzies Ford."
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Glen Oroua, Manawatu
Date: January 16, 1961
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 3
0th November 1965 "Mr. and Mrs. P.T. Ryan and their children, Martin and Jane, on their arrival at Palmerston North Airport. They had flown from Fiji on the first DC-8...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: November 27, 1965
Vera Amey (née Ross) with her children Leonard, William (Bill) in chair, Eileen and Gladys (at front).
Creator: Unknown
Place: Rongotea
Date: 1929
Vera Amey from Rongotea with her children Leonard and Prudence. On a camping holiday.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Manawatū
Date: 1933
In this talk Debi Marshall-Lobb discusses the activities, role-models and experiences of young Māori who grew up in Palmerston North in the 1960s and 70s. The talk was presented at the Palmerston North City Library as part of Local History Week 20...
Creator: Decke and Forster Photographers
Date: April 8, 2008
The Richardson family at their farm ‘Homebush’, in Kimbolton c.1901. Photograph was captioned: John Richardson, Mabel (Bauer), Sydney Richardson, Joseph Shapleski, Amy Gay (George's wife), William Richardson, Robert Richardson, Catherine Richardso...
Place: Kimbolton
Date: 1901
Rachel Mary Cameron (nee Easton, Grandmother), Audrey Weston-Webb, John Alexander Cameron (Grandfather), Barbara Weston-Webb at Newbury.
Place: Newbury, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1945
The Cameron and Weston-Webb families. From left: Ronald Weston-Webb; Unidentified; Thomas Collins (Uncle ‘Golly’, married to Grace) Clarice Weston-Webb(nee Cameron); John Cameron (Clarice's father); Barbara; Grace Caroline Rebecca Gollins (nee Tw...
Place: Newbury
Date: 1937