Marsack Cres in Halswell – Named after Croft Augustus Marsack (1824- 1892). Marsack was one of the first owners of the land where the subdivision was later developed. The street names in the Milns Estate subdivision all have an historical connection with the Halswell area. Named in 1999.
A small amount of information from the library website.
A few entries on Papers Past and they were mostly marriage details for Croft Marsack’s children. He was living in France but his children all got married in Christchurch. His death notice said that he died in Boulogne sur Mer in France aged 67. Second son of the late Colonel Marsack Grenadier Guard of Caversham Park. There was an article in 1971 that said Croft Marsack in April 1853 was granted a rural section of 50 acres and he paid £100 for it. A year later he sold it to John Miln for £100.
From the Ancestry website he is described as a gentlemen living on Kilmore St. The various family trees had him married 4 times and his first wife died a couple of weeks after her son was born. I found an entry on the National Library website with a reasonable amount of information.
Born 9 December 1824 at Caversham Park, Oxford, the son of Richard Henry Marsack (1786-1852) and his wife Jane Lateward (1790-1852).
Married Jane Lovegrove (1830-1853) on 9 June 1852 and travelled to Canterbury, New Zealand together on the ship ‘Duke of Portland’ arriving on 19 October 1852. His first wife died on 13 August 1853 and was buried at Barbados Street Cemetery. Following the death of his wife Marsack decided to return to England, travelling via Sydney. He married his second wife Julia Zillah Prebble (1825-1866) in Reading, England on 11 March 1855. They travelled to New Zealand on the ship ‘Merchantman’ and arrived in Lyttelton on 9 October 1855. They resided at Papanui. Departed for England with his wife on the vessel ‘White Swan’ on 21 October 1858. His second wife died at Reading, Berkshire, on 15 February 1866. Marcroft made a third trip to New Zealand on the vessel ‘Charlotte Gladstone’ and arrived in January 1871 and departed again on 28 January 1875. He married his third wife was Sarah Anne Knight (14 September 1835-12 October 1869) on 1 October 1868, and in April 1876 he married his fourth wife Emma Hersee (1830-1902). Marsack died at Boulogne on 21 April 1892.
There are 33 houses on this street and most were built in 2000. A tree lined street with immaculate gardens which were mostly just lawns. Footpath on only one side of the street and street didn’t stand out for me and rather boring.
There is a photo on Canterbury Stories for this street.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 