The son of John Coulson and Emma Isabella Fowler. Born 4 May 1881, Palmerston North.

Creator:      J E and H Cobb of Napier and Hastings
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          1887

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

George Lawson worked in the Bank of Australasia in Palmerston North (which stood on the corner of Broadway Avenue and the Square) and later became Manager of the bank. He married a Miss Siggs.

Creator:      Bunting Studio
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1890 to circa 1910

Mr Whatman left school in 1931 and after a year at university he became the sole teacher at a small school near Waitaki River. He then spent three years at the Christchurch Teachers College, but joined the Navy at the outbreak of World War Two. Af...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1974

Mr Horn was born in Palmerston North on 1 September 1917. He was educated at the Nelson Park School, Boys High School in Napier and Victoria University. He graduated LLB and practiced as a barrister and solicitor in New Plymouth (1947-1967). He wa...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1975

Mervyn Austin Nixon was born in Auckland on August 5 1912 and educated at Auckland Teachers' College and Auckland University, graduating with an MA with 1st class honours in French and Latin. He was New Zealand's first community centre director at...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1974

John Murray was employed at Palmerston North Boys' High as a Master in 1905, became First Assistant in 1913 and was Rector 1919 - 1946. He served in the First World War and married Miss C Young in 1920. Palmerston North Boys' High opened in 1902. ...

Creator:      K H Shea
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1930 to 1949

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

This photograph was taken in the grounds of "Woodhey" and is of the cousins of the Strang Family. Back Row, from left: William Taylor-Young and Alex Strang. Centre Row, from left: Walter Taylor-Young, Graham Strang, Dorothy Strang and Geoffrey Str...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1910

In February 1910, an approach was made to the Education Department for a grant to establish a school at West End. It was opened 1 July 1913. Structures including a hall, swimming pool and so on were added over the years. The first headmaster was A...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1913 to 1922

Son of James and Sarah Ann Linton.

Creator:      Johnson, Wellington
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1905