Jordan Street in the suburb of Sydenham, Christchurch

Jordan Street in Sydenham- John Street Named after William Joseph Jordan (1879- 1959). John Street first appears in street directories in 1892, running off Brougham Street. Re-named Jordan Street on 1 September 1948 when 120 streets were re-named. Jordan was a painter, soldier, politician and NZ high commissioner in London where he had once been a policeman. A small amount of information from the library website. Not a lot of information on Papers Past. Mostly death notices plus a few birth notices. In July 1899 Agnes relict of William Wakefield died at Kelso House on John St. In 1917 there was the death of a child from diphtheria and the death notice said no mourning. In 1930 a man was in court for the abuse of his wife and because of his name he is possibly indirectly on my family tree. In 1900 there were three houses for sale. I walked this street on Monday and it runs from Hargest Crescent to Hastings St. There are only 14 houses on this street. There is one house from 1905 and two from 1915 but the rest are from 1980s. A couple of the older houses looked fairly nice but I didn’t really like this street. I don’t think that I would like to live here.