Findlay Avenue in the suburb of Halswell, Christchurch

Findlay Ave in Halswell – Named after the original Findlay’s farm which adjoined the Halswell Quarry. George Findlay (1830-1888) was a stonemason and foreman of works for the City Council. In the Quarry View subdivision. The developers submitted street names having a connection with the Halswell Quarry, its location and its product. Named in 2012.A small amount of information from the library website. I have spent ages looking for information about Findlay’s Farm. I have searched Papers Past, ancestry website plus various official document about Halswell Quarry. The only information that I could find about Findlay’s Farm on Papers Past was that motocross racing was held on the farm in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1980 the farm was leased to Quarry Farm Ltd. I haven’t been able to find any details about the owner. George Findlay the stonemason who died in 1888 lived on Madras St from 1868 until his death. There are no records of him ever having lived in the Halswell area and the family tree information on the ancestry website is very limited. I have thoroughly searched the ancestry website to try and find anyone with the Findlay surname having lived in the Halswell area with no luck. Findlay’s Ave runs from Kennedy’s Bush Rd to Muirhill St and it runs parallel to Provincial Rd. There are some big houses here on big sections and looks like it was one of the early streets to be developed as the houses date from 2013.