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
Studio portrait of the Officers in uniform. Centre is Captain John E Hall, Captain of the Corps 1891 - 1898.
Creator: George W Shailer
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1895
The Rockstrows were an early Manawatū family of German extraction. Johann Friedrich Rockstroh (1834-1913) was a Prussian born in Erfurt, Germany. As a young man he migrated to New Zealand, where he practiced medicine in the goldfields of Otago and...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1892 to circa 1896
The Flax Commissioners of 1914 were appointed to adjudicate on the improvements in flax-dressing machinery submitted in connection with the 12,000 pound bonus offered by the New Zealand Government. (From left) back row : Charlie Ingram, flaxmiller...
Creator: Whalley and Co., Crown Studios
Date: 1914
This is a portrait of Mr and Mrs H.C. Collinson and Family. Back row from left: Emma, Henry; Leo; Jim; Florence. Front row from left: Myrtle, Mr H.C. Collinson, Doris, Mrs Collinson nee Frances Elizabeth Gittings.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1905
The children are: Baby Edna, George, Ella, Queenie (in front), Ernie, Elvie, Logan and Jack (on father's knee). Refer Fitzherbert East Aokautere School and District 1889-1989, p 82.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1910
Sam Davey was a farmer of Kairanga from 1885. He raised a family of nine children. From left. Back Row: Charles, Jack (John) and Herbert Davey. Front Row: Robert, William, Samuel and Ambrose Davey.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Manawatu
Date: circa 1920
Andrew Guy was a barrister and solicitor of Palmerston North. From left: Mary Alma Guy (Mrs M Harding, then Mrs J Macky); Elfrida Eileen Guy (Mrs S J Hanna of Auckland); Andrew Guy; Roland Wallace Guy (killed in World War One); Kenneth Graham Guy ...
Creator: Whalley and Co., Crown Studios
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1906
George Shailer and his wife Septuagesima arrived in New Zealand from England 1874, with their four eldest daughters. They subsequently raised 12 children. They first settled in Feilding, moved to farm at Makino and finally, due to George's ill hea...
Creator: George W Shailer [?]
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1893
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
From left. Back row: Bill Muggeridge?; Tom Graham? ; Arthur Hoskings. Front row: Unknown; Albert Tingey (later Managing Director of Tingey and Co Printers); Tom Lovejoy; Unknown
Creator: F W Mason
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1890 to circa 1900
This company owned the seven-stripper “Miranui” flaxmill at Shannon, the largest flax mill ever constructed in New Zealand. (From left)Back row: H F Gibbons; C J Monro; J P Innes; Hope Gibbons. Front row: Louis Seifert; Alfred Seifert, Managing D...
Creator: Bunting Studio
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1916
Charles Adams, Daniel Sexton and John Carson were Rifle Volunteers cadets. Their uniforms were navy blue with white braid. This occasion was said to be on a visit to Christchurch, possibly to drill at the Christchurch Exhibition.
Creator: Crown Studios
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1906
John William S B Eade died 18 February 1887, and his wife Alice died 17 March 1888. Their children were bought up by Mr and Mrs F W Venn, whose daughter Alice married John William Junior. Back row, from left: Jessie (possibly) Eade; Alf Eade; John...
Creator: George W Shailer
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1887 to circa 1888
James Linton settled in Palmerston North in 1871, playing a large part in its early days. The family moved to Australia in 1897. The photograph is of one of the thirteen children of James and Sarah Anne Linton - possibly either William or Edward.
Creator: George W Shailer
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1890
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
This photograph was taken on the occasion of a visit by the cadets to Christchurch, possibly to drill at the Christchurch Exhibition. They have been identified as John Carson, Charles 'Chas' Adams and Dan Sexton. Originally the Cadet movement, run...
Creator: Whalley and Co., Crown Studios
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1906 to circa 1907
Mrs Emma Isabella Fowler (c1851-1924) was the wife of John Coulson Fowler of Palmerston North. Their daughter, Mabel Elsie Fowler (1883-), subsequently married William Keene Woodd.
Creator: J E and H Cobb of Napier and Hastings
Place: Palmerston North
Date: October 1, 1887
From left: Tom, Norman, Davis, Owen, Jack and Allan. Refer to "Fitzherbert East Aokautere School and District 1889-1989", p 92 for more information about the Hopcroft family.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1920
Charlotte and Richard Baker, with baby Cecil and Eleanor. Refer Fitzherbert East Aokautere School and District 1889-1989, p 83.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: unknown
Carl Anderson and his wife Annie were born in Norway and came to New Zealand in 1871. They lived in Palmerston North and Dannevirke. From left, back: Emil; Otto Casper; Johan; Thorval; Alfred. Front: Oscar; Annie; Carl; Ethel.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1905
C M Ross (1852-1924) was born in Scotland, at Tain in Ross-shire. He worked as a draper for four years in London at Marshall and Snelgrove, before leaving for New Zealand in 1878 on the ‘Leucadia’. He was first employed in Wellington by Turnbull S...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1900 to circa 1910
John Edmund Perrin (1844-1914) was partner in the firm of Meyrick, Perrin & Oakley, building contractors. Mrs Perrin (1854-1914) nee Montgomery, came with the Snelsons (early settlers) to Palmerston North in 1871. They married 1874. Standing from...
Creator: Lawson Collinson [?]
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1899
George Shailer (c1846-1918) and his wife Septuagesima (c1849-1921) arrived in New Zealand from England 1874, with their four eldest daughters. They subsequently raised 12 children. They first settled in Feilding, moved to farm at Makino and finall...
Creator: Whalley and Co., Crown Studios
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1900
James Hallam was born in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire in 1869 and died in Shannon in 1951. James married Gertrude Hannah Charles (d. 1958), a granddaughter of a previous employer. The couple immigrated to New Zealand, arriving in Wellington in 18...
Creator: Kinsey & Co., Lambton Quay, Wellington NZ
Place: Unknown
Date: 1893
The Neilsens were early Scandinavian settlers in the Seventy Mile Bush area of Wairarapa. The Nielsen home was the first pit sawn timber building to be constructed in the Mauriceville settlement.
Creator: Charles Mariboe
Place: Wairarapa
Date: circa 1900
Kathleen Laura Hansen (nee Cutler) was the only daughter of Mr & Mrs Cutler of Palmerston North.
Creator: Lewis Studio Ltd
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1943
Frederick Pirani (1858-1926) was the second owner of the 'Manawatu Evening Standard' and was later joined by his brother David, 1891-1903. Born in Australia to a newspaper family, Frederick Pirani came to Palmerston North in 1884 and became a prom...
Creator: Bunting Studio
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1903
Mrs Mary Ann Matthews (nee Legg) and Alfred Matthews were two of the earliest settlers in the Mt. Stewart locality, arriving in the late 1880s. They came to New Zealand in 1856 on the sailing ship "Westminster". Mr and Mrs Matthews were the parent...
Creator: Charles Mariboe
Place: Manawatu
Date: circa 1880
The groom is an unidentified member of the Flyger family. The four bridesmaids are the four Brooke-Taylor girls. From left: Zilla, Audrey, Lois and Sybil.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1904