Webster Road in the suburb of Wigram, Christchurch

Webster Road – Named after Arthur Gordon Webster (1893- 1966). Webster was a farmer from Little River. He graduated from the Canterbury Flying School on 25 March 1918. In the Wigram Aerodrome subdivision by Ngāi Tahu Property Ltd where the street names are either of aircraft or taken from the list of the first 100 students at the Flight School established by Sir Henry Wigram in 1917. Named in 2012.A small amount of information from the library website. Information from the Great Britain Royal Aero Club Aviator Certificate said he was born 25th July 1893 at Leeston and a farmer. Received his certificate 25th March 1918. I couldn’t find much information on either Ancestry website or Papers Past. He farmed in the Allandale area going by the electoral rolls for 1938 and 1946. His wife’s name was Agnes Jean but couldn’t find marriage details or her maiden name. Couldn’t find any family trees on ancestry website. He died 9th February 1966 and he is buried at St Cuthberts church in Governors Bay. I checked my photos for when I visited the church Labour Weekend and was pleased to note that I had taken a photo of his grave. There are only about 5 or 6 houses on one side of the street dating from about 2013 and Wigram school grounds are on the other side. Nothing outstanding about the houses and they were all exactly the same.LikeCommentShare