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Schumacher Place in Burwood – Named after Edith Amelia Donnell, née Schumacher, (1904-1982). Edith Donnell and her husband, Horace Alexander Donnell (1903?-1965), farmed the land where this street was formed for many years. They bought their land from Edmund Norcross Corser (1840-1901). Named in 2005. A small amount of information from the library website and …

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Elsie Street in Halswell and it is too new to be on the library website. Information from council website. Elsie Street – William and Elsie lived at Murphys Road from about 1920 and had two sons while they were there. They farmed wheat and potatoes and milked cows. The milk was sold in Christchurch.Road names …

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Blue Jacket Drive in Halswell and the street is too new to be on the library website but found information on the council website. From the council website. Blue Jacket Drive – The name of the ship Ellen O’Driscoll (Conailus wife) arrived in Canterbury on. Road names have been requested by Alan Ye for roads …

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Skibbereen Drive in Halswell and the street is too new to be on the library website. Information from the council website – The town in Ireland where Ellen Murphy (wife of Conailus) came from. Road names have been requested by Alan Ye for roads at the Cloverden subdivision on the corner of Halswell Junction Road …

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Mardyke Street in Halswell and it is too new to be on the library website. Information from the council website. From Skibbereen Township in Ireland, the district where the family originated. Road names have been requested by Alan Ye for roads at the Cloverden subdivision on the corner of Halswell Junction Road and Murphys Road. …

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Conailus Street in Halswell and it is too new to be on the library website. Information from the council website – First name of the first owner of the property who arrived in Christchurch in 1863 (from Country Cork). Married Ellen O’Driscoll in 1869 and purchased the Halswell property in 1871. Road names have been …

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Kilmurry Street in Halswell and the street is too new to be on the library website. Information from the council website. The parish/district name given to the village where Conailus came from. Road names have been requested by Alan Ye for roads at the Cloverden subdivision on the corner of Halswell Junction Road and Murphys …

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Terrelle St in New Brighton- Named after Terrelle, near Cassino in Italy. Private Patrick John Ryan (1923?-1944), a soldier in the New Zealand Infantry, was killed at Terrelle during World War II. He was a son of William Nicholas Ryan (1885?-1950), a contractor, and brother of Bernie and Jack Ryan, builders and developers. Named by …

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Willryan Ave in New Brighton – Named after William Nicholas Ryan (1885-1950). This was the first road developed through a block of land once owned by Ryan. The name was suggested by his wife, Mary Catherine Ryan (1892-1978). First appears in street directories in 1960. Information supplied in 2008 by Ryan’s son, Jack Ryan, in …

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Sandy Ave in New Brighton- Named after a very high sand ridge that had to be removed before development could proceed. Named by Mary Catherine Ryan (1892-1978), wife of William Nicholas Ryan (1885-1950), a contractor. First appears in street directories in 1964.Information supplied in 2008 by the Ryans’ son, Jack Ryan, in a letter to …

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