This family portrait is believed to be taken by G. W. Shailer, and depicts the Macarthur family of Broxt Cottage in Feilding.
From left to right the people in the photograph are:
Creator: G. W. Shailer
Date: 1889
Andrew Young, on the right, was born in England and emigrated to Australia in 1855. He established himself in the coach business there, and later in New Zealand (in Otago 1862 – 1868 and in Westland 1868 – 1871). In partnership with Shepard, You...
Creator: Wrigglesworth and Binns, Wellington
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1871
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
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
Previously unidentified, this portrait is believed depict Thomas Sutton (1857-1925) and his wife Rebecca Annie (Gray) Sutton (1859-1936) of Palmerston North. The original image has "Sutton" scratched onto its glass plate.
Creator: George W Shailer
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1890 to circa 1899
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
Abraham Honore, on the left, conducted the first religious service in the Danish language in Palmerston North, in a hut in Coleman Place 25 February 1872. From Denmark, he arrived in New Zealand in 1848 as a missionary under the direction of the N...
Creator: Billens and Bunting
Place: Palmerston North
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
This is a photograph believed to be of Mrs A. S. Aldrich. She was the wife of Mr A. S. Aldrich.
Creator: A S Aldrich
Place: Manawatu
Date: circa 1903
This is a photograph of an unidentified family from about 1890.
Creator: George W Shailer [?]
Place: Manawatu
Date: circa 1890
John Smith, the husband of Susan Shailer, was a member of the "Ancient Order of Foresters" established in New Zealand as a "friendly society" in 1852.
Creator: George W Shailer
Place: Manawatu
Date: circa 1800 to circa 1899
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
Mary was the wife of Peter Manson. Peter Manson co-owned the first sawmill to be erected in Palmerston North with Peter Bartholomew.
Creator: Frank R Hutt - American Photo Rooms, Wanganui.
Place: Palmerston North
Date: unknown
Mrs Emma Hamilton (nee Donkin) is standing on the far right. She was the wife of Palmerston North draper, John B. Hamilton. He is listed as a Palmerston North ratepayer 1883-1890: In 1885 for section 331 A2 and a shop in George Street; In 1885 (Ap...
Creator: London Portrait Rooms, Dunedin
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1875
This is a photograph believed to be of Kathleen Aldrich (later Mrs Patterson of Bunnythorpe). She was the daughter of a wealthy family who lived at the "Matsubara" farm near Bunnythorpe.
Creator: A S Aldrich
Place: Manawatu
Date: circa 1903
The Koehler's arrived in New Zealand onboard the "Gutenberg" in 1875 and farmed in Palmerston North. Anton is pictured wearing the Iron Cross he won during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. They are the parents of George K. C. Koehler (a farmer in ...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1900
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
Mr Rawson and Mr Brown worked as surveyors.
Creator: Wrigglesworth and Binns, Wellington
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1871
From left: Christina Clausen; Arthur Clausen; Annie du Fresne (nee Clausen); Fred Clausen.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Unknown
Date: circa 1920
Mr Henry Phillips and Friend pose for a formal photograph.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1871
Mr Stan Hunt was the eldest son of Herbert Hill Hunt (Manawatu County Councillor for 22 years, from 1910). The woman in the photograph is Marion Tennant (nee Smith). They married in Whanganui in August 1912. They farmed on the north-west corner of...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Rongotea
Date: unknown
Young gentelman with their musical instruments. Mr Keeling is said to be one of the musicians.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1900s