This photograph was taken when Enid Astbury (later Mrs John George Collins), was eighteen. She was the daughter of Annie and James Astbury, born in 1870 and died in 1943. Enid spent her childhood at Newbury school and went on to become the first p...

Creator:      George W Shailer
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1888

This photograph was taken at the marriage of William H. Collingwood and Amy. W. H. Collingwood came to New Zealand from Northern Ireland and settled with his parents in Wanganui. His sister Mary Collingwood married D. W. Low.Collingwood was the s...

Creator:      A Martin
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1890

The Fowler family owned a store in Birmingham, near Kimbolton. The name was later changed to "Fowler's" to avoid the mail being sent to the English city.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1887

Ada Shailer (1871-1935) married Mr D. Collis, a farmer from Kairanga. Her father George Shailer was a well known photographer in Palmerston North, taking many studio and informal photographs in the Manawatu District.

Creator:      George W Shailer
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          unknown

Johnathan (b. 1859 d. 17 October 1939) and Caroline Lucas(b. 1862 d. 7 April 1934) were originally from England and Wales. They came to Palmerston North from Adelaide, South Australia, marrying about August 1884. Johnathan worked in Palmerston Nor...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1844

George Evald Waldemar Koehler (1863-1938) was born in Prussia 31 July 1863 and came to New Zealand c1876 from Brandenburg, Germany with his parents. They first settled in Foxton but 18 months later moved to Palmerston North. Goerge Koehler worked ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1880

This is a photograph of Lucy Shailer, born 22 November 1888. She is the daughter of G. W. Shailer of Palmerston North, a well known photographer in the Manawatu at that time. It is possible that her father took this photograph.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1893

Kristine was born in Denmark on 11 July 1864. She emigrated to New Zealand aged eighteen and married George Woldemar Koehler in Palmerston North on the 5 May 1887. She is pictured here wearing a handmade dress.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1882

Carl and Karen (nee Andreasdatter) both aged 25, married in Norway and arrived in New Zealand on-board the "Celaeno" with their young son Oscar B. The family were allotted a section on the Karere Scandinavian Block. Carl worked as a wheelwright, h...

Creator:      Billens and Bunting
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1900

Karen Martea Bergersen (née Andreasdatter) married Carl Bergersen at age 25 in Norway and arrived in New Zealand on-board the "Celaeno" with their young son Oscar B. The family were allotted a section on the Karere Scandinavian Block. Carl worked ...

Creator:      George W Shailer
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1880 to circa 1889

A portrait of Mrs Isabella Essex (nee Brannan). Her husband, Richard Essex, was the fourteenth Mayor of Palmerston North, holding office from 1907 to 1908.

Creator:      Bunting Studio
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1907 to 1908

Because of the extreme lack of variety of Scandinavian surnames (there were two Olsens or Olsons in the original Mauriceville Settlement alone), it is difficult to establish exactly who this family were. They were probably pioneers in the Forty Mi...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1880s