John Harper was born in Norfolk in 1826 and he died on 8th December 1916. His wife Elizabeth died on 7th January 1916 and they are buried in the Woolston Cemetery. There were several brief obituaries but I extended my search to January 1917 and found one with more information. John Harper came to New …
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Dampier Street in the suburb of Woolston, Christchurch
Dampier Street in Woolston- Formerly Harper Street. Named after Henry John Chitty Harper (1804-1893). Re-named Dampier Street. Named after Christopher Edward Dampier (1801-1871). Harper Street first appears in street directories in 1887. Bishop Harper was the first Anglican Bishop of Christchurch 1856-1889. Dampier Street is first mentioned in The Press in 1909 in a report …
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Silvester Street in the suburb of Woolston, Christchurch
Silvester Street in Woolston – First mentioned in The Press in 1909 when building sites are advertised for sale there. A tiny amount of information from the library website. I searched Papers Past and Ancestry website for anyone with the surname Silvester and there were several families but most lived out Springston way but the …
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Hobson Street in the suburb of Woolston, Christchurch
Hobson Street in Woolston – Named after Captain William Hobson (1792- 1842). Hobson was a naval officer and the first Lieutenant Governor of New Zealand. First appears in street directories in 1941. New Zealand had celebrated its centenary in 1940. A small amount of information from the library website and there are at least three …
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Ettrick Lane in the suburb of Richmond, Christchurch
Ettrick Lane in Richmond and nothing on the library website. The only reason that I knew is was a separate street was the sign post. I couldn’t find out how the lane got it’s name. There was a family with that surname who lived on Bealey Ave and London Street which are reasonably close to …
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Warwick Street in the suburb of Richmond, Christchurch
Warwick Street in Richmond – formerly George Street. Named after Warwick, a town in Warwickshire, England. George Street first appears in street directories in 1887. Re-named Warwick Street on 7 March 1904. Among a number of streets re-named in 1904 and given the names of place-names in the United Kingdom A small amount of information …
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Gowerton Place in the suburb of Richmond, Christchurch
Gowerton Place in Richmond – formerly Part of Vogel Street. Named after Gowerton in Wales. Gowerton was the birthplace of George Manning (1887- 1976), the mayor of Christchurch 1958-1968. Every year at Gowerton School a major prizegiving award is given in Sir George’s memory as he attended the school. Named in 1959. A small amount …
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Broad Street in the suburb of Woolston, Christchurch
Broad Street – Broad Street, Woolston first appears in The Lyttelton Times in 1906 when R Davidson is advertising for the owner of a stray bay gelding to collect it from his property. A small amount of information from the library website. On Papers Past I had to limit my search to Broad Street Woolston …
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Langdons Road in the suburbs of Papanui and Northcote, Christchurch
Langdons Road in Papanui and Northcote – Named after Thomas Langdon (1832?-1904). Langdon was at first a farmer and later a butcher. Langdon and “his road” are first mentioned in the Star in 1872 in a report of a meeting of the Avon Road Board. He is a resident of Langdons Road in 1887, the …
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Kruse’s Drain in Papanui, Christchurch
When researching some streets in the Papanui area I came across Kruse Drain and Kruse’s Drain. Then when I was looking at cemetery records for Thomas Langdon I found Carl Deidrich Kruse in the same cemetery. He lived in the Papanui area and Papers Past frequently mentioned Kruse’s drain. It was a natural water course …
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 