Hulbert Street – Named after Charles Partridge Hulbert (1841- 1926). Hulbert, a hatter and mercer, was the mayor of Christchurch 1884 and 1885. During his mayoralty the Worcester Street bridge was built. First appears in street directories in 1917. Library acknowledged Richard Greenaway.
A small amount of information from the library website. Between Papers Past and Ancestry website I managed to find a reasonable of information about Charles Hulbert. He was born in Bristol, married in Melbourne, came to NZ in 1860 and was involved in the gold rush at Gabriel Gully. His obituary said that he also served in the Maori Wars.He died in Wellington but is buried in Christchurch. He was a hatter and lived in Cashel St and then Worcester St.
In 1896 he resigned as a JP in Christchurch and there was an ad in the same year where they were selling up their furniture and household effects. Charles in 1896 was given a leaving gift on the occasion of him moving to Auckland but by 1904 they were living in Wellington.
Charles was 84 when he died which would make him born 1842 and going by his father-in-law’s death notice the father-in-law was born in 1822 which must mean that Charles was a lot older than his wife.
I was amused by one family tree on the Ancestry website which had him born in Bristol, Massachusetts rather than Bristol, UK. Some family trees had him born in Bedminister, Somerset.
A short street with mostly lovely old villas.Looked like a nice street to live in.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 