Alderson Avenue in the suburb of Hillsborough, Christchurch

Alderson Ave in Hillsborough – Named after William Stanley Alderson (1890-1974) and his sons, William Stanley Alderson (1915-2004) and Douglas Alderson (1922-1977). The Aldersons managed the Glenmore Products Ltd., brick and tile manufacturers, 1946-1965. First appears in street directories in 1991.

A small amount of information from the library website. Not much information on Papers Past for this family and I spent ages on the Ancestry website trying to get information. The library information for Lucas Lane confused the situation as Joshua Alderson has no connection to William Stanley Alderson’s family. The various family trees on Ancestry were rather confused and not helped by two people named William Stanley Alderson being born in 1890. William had a son called John Dalton Alderson which was the same name as his father which helped sort out the right family. William was born in Hartlepool, Durham and he married Ada Maud Gurney in Australia in 1913. Ada arrived in Australia in 1913 and she was also from Hartlepool. Their children were born in Australia but by 1922 they were living in Wellington but by 1925 they were living in Auckland. In the 1930s and early 1940s they were living in Dunedin. Between 1946 and 1960s they were living in Christchurch before going back to Auckland by about 1968. William’s job involved brickworks in Wellington, Auckland, Dunedin as well as Christchurch. At least one son was involved in the transport industry as a carrier.

Most houses here were built in the 1990s which was when this area was subdivided for housing. The houses built more recently are all rebuilds after the earthquakes. Looked like a pleasant street but footpath was only on one side of the street. The houses were a mixture of styles and a couple stood out for me but not because I liked them. At the top of the street it looks like there used to be a road that went further up the hill. I checked street view from before the earthquakes and the street always stopped here. There is a gate with a sign saying private property and maps say that it is Alderson Reserve.