Tabart St in Woolston – Named after Francis Christopher Tabart (1830- 1901).Tabart was the mayor of Hokitika 1869-1877. He later moved to Opawa and became an auctioneer and general merchant in Christchurch. First mentioned in The Press in 1909 when “five fine building sites facing Tabart Street” are advertised for sale. First appears in street directories in 1911.
A small amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can add about the name of the street. Not a lot on Papers Past or Ancestry website about Francis Tabart.
Papers Past had sections for available in 1909 and 1913 and they were described as being part of the Opawa Estate. Several birth and death notices. In 1917, 1920, 1935 and 1942 there was grazing land available. In 1922 there was a section available that overlooked the Technical Hostel grounds.
There was a huge number of houses from 1910s and 1920s but sadly many of them looked rundown. A few looked in reasonable condition. I went to Woolston Primary School for one year and used to travel by bus from Lyttelton to go to school here. I have this memory of knowing someone who lived on this street but can’t remember his name. I am going to have to hunt up school photos from my year at the school.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 