tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54113424269085984472024-03-09T00:34:07.667+13:00Thames NZ: Genealogy & History ResourcesA place to discuss genealogy and history related resources for Thames, New Zealand.
A place for Thamesites, to visit and remember The Thames of old, the golden town that many of our ancestors called home.
NB.2020 (c) Althea Barker. It is illegal to take information without attribution, including photographs (if source not named they are my personal collection). Please DO NOT take photos and alter in any way.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger979125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411342426908598447.post-63925250990233332852022-10-12T14:57:00.002+13:002022-10-12T15:03:17.815+13:00TCDC Chair / Mayor update 2022<p> How many names can you remember since the Thames Coromandel Distict Council was formed?</p><p>The names of the past Chairman/Mayor of the Thames Coromandel District Council are: 1975-1977 Henry Charles KENNEDY; 1977-1983 Leonard John BRADDOCK; 1983-1989 John Lachlan CAMPBELL; 1989-1998 Alasdair David THOMPSON; 1998-2004 Christopher John LUX; 2004-2010 Philippa Michaela BARRIBALL; 2010-2016 Glenn Francis LEACH; 2016-2022 Sandra GOUDIE; and 2022- Len SALT.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFYVkANcmLizeFFUPlRHUtw5JFnUVnGx-PBcrxu40gbSUyOYfbIn2ZHzOqPGzQkebDtYDPsd81fZIecu4cbd00yiOll0tmAy5_wxtmIfX3T73FjCX9V9X62en093sk2VtbF1Qd7alUGInllqxmeH6O4PoD7QlLcLyMs692SsTUpL4azpKMfRyGd6fZ/s1563/Mayors%20to%202022%20adj.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1563" data-original-width="956" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFYVkANcmLizeFFUPlRHUtw5JFnUVnGx-PBcrxu40gbSUyOYfbIn2ZHzOqPGzQkebDtYDPsd81fZIecu4cbd00yiOll0tmAy5_wxtmIfX3T73FjCX9V9X62en093sk2VtbF1Qd7alUGInllqxmeH6O4PoD7QlLcLyMs692SsTUpL4azpKMfRyGd6fZ/w392-h640/Mayors%20to%202022%20adj.jpg" width="392" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411342426908598447.post-40306778614936979232021-06-07T19:50:00.000+12:002021-06-07T19:50:01.754+12:00Thames (NZ): Queen's Birthday honour to Mrs Louisa Humphry of Thames<p> A Thames name on the list of honours released today.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">"To be an Honorary Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit:</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">HUMPHRY, Mrs Louisa</span></b></p><p><i>For services to the Kiribati community and culture</i></p><p><i>Mrs Louisa Humphry helped set up a Kiribati community group in Auckland to ensure a support network and was part of the group who established some of the first Kiribati Independence celebrations and the body now recognised as the New Zealand Kiribati National Council.</i></p><p><i>In the 1970s Mrs Humphry was a key advocate for Kiribati’s presence in Auckland Pacifica festivals. She has been involved with the wider art community to preserve and share weaving practices to maintain Kiribati traditions. As an artist herself, she has exhibited throughout New Zealand and abroad, and has passed on her knowledge through workshops. She has exhibited with the Pacific Collections Access Project at Auckland War Memorial Museum, Artists of Pacific Heritage in Auckland (2012) at Auckland Art Gallery, the ninth Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art in Brisbane in 2018, and ‘Names Held in our Mouths’ (2019) at Te Uru Waitākere Gallery. She helped support immigrant workers in the agricultural industry, ensuring they had adequate clothing and food on arrival and helping with translation. She continues to translate in New Zealand Courts and District Health Boards. She was a member of the group who established the first Pacific health clinic in Hamilton, K’aute Pasifika Trust. Mrs Humphry managed the combined Christian food bank from 2004 to 2019."</i></p><p><i>Source: https://dpmc.govt.nz/honours/lists/qb2021-mnzm#humphrylo <a href="https://dpmc.govt.nz/honours/lists/qb2021-mnzm#humphrylo" target="_blank">accessed 6 June 2021</a></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.valleyprofile.co.nz/2021/06/06/kiribati-services-honoured/?fbclid=IwAR0tEIfWkYDxWgrOVagUqwr5QvGQ_PaqLqxF86PvOEDjl7NVOFWMkROTV6Y" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1536" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJzixh_wJy1FqfP0E4hH-uziwIQUMAqQHllKV9lT1WscCRbc6NiFtDqSyBz7amECMQsaCVXg2WHzN39JoUnbypnjoyS4hitFX0S2xVE81gaSQnziV5gKmLzNs40EJX27ddzMYX4RY5BwA/w400-h266/Louisa-Humphry-Valley-Profile-5-WEB-1536x1024.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mrs Louisa Humphry</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Article and photo in <i><a href="https://www.valleyprofile.co.nz/2021/06/06/kiribati-services-honoured/?fbclid=IwAR0tEIfWkYDxWgrOVagUqwr5QvGQ_PaqLqxF86PvOEDjl7NVOFWMkROTV6Y" target="_blank">The Valley Profile</a></i></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">A list of past recipients of awards is available - <a href="https://thamesnz-genealogy.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_9.html" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a></span></b></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411342426908598447.post-43150710806749990482021-04-05T20:01:00.001+12:002021-04-05T20:02:23.426+12:00Thames (NZ): Memorial Service for Private Ngapo (c1892-1921) at Shortland cemetery<p>At a chance visit to the Thames Museum today, I learnt about a special commemoration service that was being held at Shortland Cemetery today. On arrival at the cemetery, it soon became clear the mana and importance of the event.</p><p>Local iwi, kaumatua and dignitaries, gathered to welcome descendants of Robert Ngapa, along with members / leaders of the Cook Island community.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD02t-0oFDzu_VkJNLDdvpefb3arZxQK0HmsBxaBpnu6pN-NfP_ufYXbfCfi5pMXkPRT35cv19rXVBRrfnn6ZZd2fcukW_MPvWE6QfhcUgXq8E-vzm8F-p-qz0X7NY_CcLOIjakRBFWwY/w453-h640/ngapo+sheet_5+4+2021.jpg" width="453" /></p>Great War Soldier Robert Ngapo Serial Number <a href="https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C33991?" target="_blank">16/1227</a>, was working as a cook in Auckland when he enlisted 20 October 1915. He was born in the Cook Islands and gave his next of kin as: Mr Kapatian, Tauta, Aitutaki, Cook Islands.<div><br /></div><div>Ngapo served in the 3rd Maori contingent, they left New Zealand 4 February 1916. Bob, who signed his name only as Ngapo on enlistment, served overseas until 28 January 1919 - in total 3 years 139 days war service home and abroad.</div><div><br /></div><div>Private Ngapo was transferred to the Rarotongan Company, and also served in Arras (France) as part of the New Zealand Tunnelling Company. He was Wounded in Action 10 June 1917, then during May-June 1918 was hospitalised in Egypt several times with bronchitis.</div><div><br /></div><div>Private Bob Ngapo died of pneumonia 28 October 1921 at Thames Hospital. Ngapo is interred at Shortland Cemetery Thames, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175682568/robert-ngapo" target="_blank">Plot 2958</a>, at the southern end of the extension adjacent to Danby Street.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig1YlyC_K6m4BRo5oYXhK14UHuYI24mfmHgbRsx_GbopYqAPfaIHbqODsNRDgeOjDyGJj3pPEfhin04QueWxfBxZamuZjVagquayf_6G6co4yBj3Neg6r8eR49Ga1AuNd1j9_vbo0A81Y/s320/THAMES+STAR%252C+VOLUME+LVII%252C+ISSUE+14797%252C+29+OCTOBER+1921+NGAPO+2.jpeg" /> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNLKw3RFsSUvzgB67_FVGy81-qkzDrfb89OVn3h5g_9O0uK3uYsavLENTmQHeo1tErt6uIXiwjNozaUphnnPl3bP3_TDr3JX-DYd_RJ4FNB5qpbM88ujLOrHD9CwVTpPXVXCmfb6FsRPk/s320/THAMES+STAR%252C+VOLUME+LVII%252C+ISSUE+14797%252C+29+OCTOBER+1921+NGAPO.jpeg" /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Thames Star Newspaper, 29 October 1921</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></i></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Photos of the Memorial Service: 5 April 2021</span></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn108WKZGLgLfxQiZTiee8gbX1Nk8RhTbzB6oAAVLYz6WttLS5PBsOLRplUEJyOyemURqCAhxDO7FoPYpkUFAGR2NZNhXADTqhfftsRqtQx6Rg2t5szwOIC9oblAILc_TYvnjgP3z4B0A/s320/Ngapo_2.jpg" /> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMC5OZgRxI3kUBJnvt0gh1inMPfHQi5OWD_18TkSGEFegzXjEazUItm1SEy5RNRll10Seqo65qKo7fvD9ncyFrUJF8SUPOe2CvsuNygelQ4vOq3xM4M1XtzIP7rNPCTLfyS86SOsDVhN4/s320/Ngapo_5.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgvQ-lrHxsca3Xb30Ghv7gpruX9w9vzjsWVbIDLLsU8RMZF_5ne-s8z3kLzkCEYzv1bRYsmg_4AiV94ZwfnqPKZFiNdLMCjwKj58vG6EZwhCqzyChNIzzgEIloeovyX5buT4235NgT8Mo/w640-h480/Russell+3.jpg" width="640" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ugG_yqgaSBhkrflv1V_bhfMwPIrxXgL5wBtFctDP1GHfXI3zXdSWZEBJvaCzZFJqd8F3urvd2HBsfPPatdutD2zX6eUdEOYQw_GXr20PpCcCjB5g1GxEKZ-w77zomh9QCPpVnjkcwIE/w640-h480/Ngapo_3.jpg" width="640" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR5j3feVZX3PSGo3tB9eUic0jwEIiJanPuQeMS3PVvWKUCfW2g7rFLQ0fTOI7_mAgM-vtL05abu6rWv0ByPvYSpWHQFlTWXzWaOrjOKiCv4atg-nnxyfMGxoibh5XERa7bVwa5TcQLOPU/w400-h300/scott.jpg" width="400" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div>Hon. Scott Simpson MP, with Her Majesty Queen Pa Upokotini Tepaeru Marie Ariki and </div><div>Cook Islands Consul General Mr Keutekarakia Mataroa.</div><div><i>Source: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/scottsimpsonmp" target="_blank">Scott Simpson Facebook page</a></i></div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJABn_9A37Uztqf_K6_TSPFBInsttjvoViP3RZVMzkWQhNLoSKO-SxMKwu8Jx2KbuU20OhuHVMZKGVoE_H7jxZuaG303UNc16S-hMsBhWtmH2wmP9jL9qj7psl8PYEt-zVEMl_u79sY68/w536-h640/ngapo.jpg" width="536" /></div></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>~~ Lest We Forget ~~</i></span></b></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411342426908598447.post-75378565898011398072021-03-06T20:20:00.001+13:002021-03-06T20:20:16.880+13:00Thames (NZ): Big Pump area views<p> Still thinking about the previous post and changes that took place on the land north of Coromandel Street. Here a a selection of views that give us a timeline from the photograph that was found at <a href="https://thamesnz-genealogy.blogspot.com/2021/03/thames-nz-view-to-grahamstown-revisited.html" target="_blank">Webb's</a> auction site.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR8x99U8-rprerheqR0lqMQQs5F5eghX2RCAu5D3O7q1ujovbQ3WfR2_4_C7T86lFJr5_rMy_ua7xtwsHjBGzOWzAQQwgSxvIS20eiOSu301xEjXV-qxyYjxX6BxgApQ0XZKt9fXjo-YY/w640-h474/154637_0+from+Webb%2527s+auction+GRAHAMSTOWN.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Grahamstown" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grahamstown - Big Pump centre left.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;">1902 View</span></b><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIOnJ8jYTDFXaFcPg498BkUQLI0LFmdTxePnS9-PnFgFRlUGAO9gJtxXioL8aQokyc3HyB7HfItEMjpt4My5Rbk_0aVqzgESfCjWIthWImwWNMMVd31xdtvxycAMZxUV9GGN-9d0F3mro/w640-h450/AWNS_19020227_p010_i001_b.jpg" title="Big pump" width="640" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">1902 View towards Big Pump</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19020227-10-1</i></div><div><br /><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">1905 View </span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx-OeUKEw8LJlSfs9MG5UyItGCiJk-LjrSsZZ03eQdXifHVfZ4-69r4nCYVLkvE_Yavg3qQAaN3WSEbCqMRshRVoD9U6x8N1FrF2yErp5qCgSAfCtFgg1tXdAHS6dhCXnNXAMjI4DN5Y8/w640-h482/AWNS_19050119_p002_i002_b.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19050119-2-2" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: center;">1905 View towards Big Pump</span></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: center;">Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19050119-2-2</i></div></i><br /><div style="text-align: left;">During the 1890s, 1900s the land was cleared of old buildings - hotels, residences and mining related.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Lets take a look back to the 1870s and remember the 'glory days'. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLcHKNWoL4VyJ2XKTqz3ni_B3xZi09FO0AzfLrKLDSKXNo4BFmbsc3YyEmCpLXAF_GyBGScLLbSseLPvMXM9BVw6Q7loS7yF5zSHiE9AOY0n4Rl414PrmA-UUkONxdTMREtH0pTrbmh5g/w640-h320/NZG_19040430_p0032_i002_b.jpg" style="text-align: center;" width="640" /><span style="text-align: center;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: center;">1870s Moanataiari - Kuranui, Grahamstown</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19170802-35-1</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;">Below the Moanataiari area 2020</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnK9Mb1IEiGiDFrR1o_wsjjnrtx3H8Sa9eT7lQEkhhd2Un3PAJo72IRdUNcjl-MlfIE0YYHDwKhBo9Drb69gOCxCL-bSoQmAAw_vTxys8XwBlxeJ29ll9bXZG-IUyyHsNpQa57bxe_s9k/w640-h378/Capture.JPG" style="text-align: center;" width="640" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411342426908598447.post-32044729033710437422021-03-03T20:00:00.002+13:002021-03-03T20:00:12.495+13:00Thames (NZ): View to Grahamstown revisited<p> Looking for 'new' old photographs of Thames?</p><p>Have you checked the auction catalogues?</p><p>This week we got a tip off that there was an old <a href="https://auctions.webbs.co.nz/m/lot-details/index/catalog/328/lot/65100/ARTIST-UNKNOWN-Thames-Gold-Field?url=%2Fm%2Fview-auctions%2Fcatalog%2Fid%2F328%3Fpage%3D1%26view%3Dgrid%26key%3Dthames%26sale%3Dundefined%26catm%3Dany%26order%3Dorder_num%26xclosed%3Dno%26featured%3Dno" target="_blank">Thames photo </a>for sale in a Webb's upcoming auction. <i>(photo below)</i></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje8nriVqiMPKUlLGxXvVVW-oIrhfmGzmNRou21EbsJ_suHOz9SyX-rk6aMjhbHP1S2xyQ1e1RWbMFrFJ57mehXq1ildcKEjUI7LHLNGluV4zhH92H6ieN466VKoK-6HxtZNTISRPD-G3I/w640-h474/154637_0+from+Webb%2527s+auction+GRAHAMSTOWN.jpg" width="640" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">You will have seen this view before, the photograph captures early mining activity along the Kuranui - Moanataiari - Grahamstown foreshore.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><img border="0" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVafd9fjR58x3-z5ZgHB6K9vzvdX39y_IlRcn3NH6ZEiXbh9JjoCSus7K__YBfYe3Z08B6aTdmm4zSC_QZSpd94MdT6R2F0kVuIqseEzWwR7kK4LypBz1wwy31DzS2lR8d40H87AkiR2E/w319-h257/1880s+grahamstown+south+more+developed.jpg" width="319" /> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrkL8KT7cDkg2o0sEQ8RO1-D19zp7a8yAFbFTP0ExRyMDY2dyAQgkOChYFceg6FIKC4zgk-HjoHquyBus8UUBWtIgelr__JKbz_aiin-IZBVfqUWTHopP6Kw6A4dpTl80TXbunTjOX4Eg/s320/154637_0+from+Webb%2527s+auction+GRAHAMSTOWN+adj.jpg" /><div><br /></div><div>In the first few years after the goldfields opened 1 August 1867, residences were built to accommodate the influx of miners and their families. </div><div><br /></div><div>What amazes me most about the two photos above is the reality that when the population left and the golden dreams subsides, houses literally disappeared.</div><div><br /></div><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-2DL2sG43Be1bh7dEPT8O7s9_D51F_iXyZ5tWE2snfxB4RaUGu8ZJf3ps2oS5FHspmLZNMMWSqYkKMOCTZo8EpocLIZ29jeyz55hlc9SWVm96UImlBNir4urgJwMRgkjlvF6gkvzi9iw/s320/1880s+grahamstown+south+more+developed+crop.jpg" /> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiERMPWC0ejmM2uZpa7tylrkic8TP5nS2557UhMfFjl55eCEJp4BbYOyogn5KPS18TQTU3en9AnfKu0f95dXBBZKGx-whp7IxnLYmcv0umuKKTZ-6beCfMHzBoNPswqFAXqSZFNdNj71Ww/s320/154637_0+from+Webb%2527s+auction+GRAHAMSTOWN+crop.jpg" /><br /><div><br /></div><div>Did you spot the little house in the foreground? I wonder who the occupants were, and what they thought of the changing landscape.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Keep looking at the auction sites and we may discover more photographs of early Thames.</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411342426908598447.post-16844048607733439052021-03-01T20:09:00.000+13:002021-03-01T20:09:26.942+13:00Thames (NZ): New Website to help with Thames searches<p> I keep apologising for not getting cracking on posts, I promise I will soon get back into the swing of things! In the meantime...</p><p><b>NEED HELP FINDING INFORMATION? </b></p><p>Go and visit Diane Wilson's <a href="https://wilsoncollection.co.nz/" target="_blank">new website!</a></p><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj92tdNZJQlvoQxfzWiidt7-coSECZq5rC4E4rUVCUQk9p8th6CFaPbP95RZgazvcwKtIjPXobw4QPlX4HwinwhVzlT6VlBIh4yJLi5ChBI0hDZFqoNvzVT0ZL67lQeMUh-HvxMPODMj6s/w640-h358/Capture.JPG" /><br /><p>I was lucky enough to be on Diane's teams many years ago. With great efficiency, Diane organised groups of people throughout New Zealand to index records. Electoral Rolls, Marriages, Burials, the list went on and on. Now thanks to Diane's generosity the enormous database is available online for free.</p><p>Scroll down the home page until you reach the<a href="https://wilsoncollection.co.nz/" target="_blank"> search area, </a>enter surnames and see what information is available.</p><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVaWELKwyRhuUVPKYnt1hESeJKkGFiAnF_XZozAfhCkYZlM_IftHVv4PtGrAvZoZCEszIhN6rbYGyAykGYZAvIVdsWJOpsakeFPUhqg7BSruaVQX-wuOJE3lAXYnB29hcIPyxCVApUpTs/w640-h324/Capture2.JPG" /><br /><p><b>EXAMPLE</b></p><p>I searched for my mother's Marriage - and the results give spouse and year (1949).</p><img border="0" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHGmMcbHr-sppylnKJt3pxOEuH0AKM9BbI-hue7OtIvie3sZ7ZDIlrY48J4AGdpMn4_Xm-JrCO2fkXS9OU7tKNP2qlo29SxB1zPcQo-TSw9VsxJyWy5WoofN9TzyON3xjmMLZbT8r2VcU/w640-h140/Capture.JPG" width="640" /><br /><p><b>YOUR TURN!</b></p><p><a href="https://wilsoncollection.co.nz/" target="_blank">Search </a>Diane's Wilson Collection and see if you can find some helpful hints.</p><p>Best of all - FOR FREE!!!</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411342426908598447.post-49895761894397204092021-02-14T22:41:00.000+13:002021-02-14T22:41:41.250+13:00Thames (NZ): Dunnage Postcard of Kuranui Bay<p> Its no secret that I love Dunnage postcards! The postcards published by Mr Dunnage, stationer / bookseller of Thames during the 1913-1920s capture a period overlooked by many other photographers.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Background:</span></b></p><p>DUNNAGE's VARIETY DEPOT: Pollen Street, Established <a href="https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THS19130620.2.17?end_date=31-12-1935&items_per_page=50&phrase=2&query=dunnage&snippet=true&sort_by=byDA&start_date=01-01-1913&title=THS%2cTHA%2cTGMR%2cAS%2cDSC%2cNZH" target="_blank">1913 </a>and continued through to 1925, when W H Richardson took over the business. While a seller of books, Dunnage appears to have specialised in Stationery plus other variety items.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Dunnage Postcard No 36</span></b></p><p><span>The card is labelled as Tararu, Thames - the view is of Kuranui Bay. Interesting to note that Auckland Libraries Sir George Grey Collection make mention that it can be called Mission Bay.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6tIct7sB0h5rB38iMfaHNIkB5WZceG69-_eAutMbVqwo1Ru3_onXxpeQGcCZPp1wfWQDBnYR7heLDCfWcCwWb-KfDvUgtgbCReJ7rZFDrodfSMGNFz7KvM9Onp1ssBPaPhyphenhyphengooLz489A/w640-h472/35_R01443_mm+DUNNAGE+Kuranuui+Bay.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking south along the Thames coastal road at Kuranui Bay (Mission Bay), near Tararu. <br />Showing houses and a hotel.<br /><i>Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 35-R1443</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Ironically I was on this very beach today! The land has been reclaimed where the Kuranui Reserve stretches out from the point back to the reclaimed land of the Moanataiari subdivision.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh6RY2e4x59sjjUPWXYGfrrYm_02-ySJbrVWSAXJ-8DHIf7IzWBOxCya7IASBzg4f5Hkk_fin2b8W5-qXiBwyQOGIoTdJZloRbe42KWCdpOfnQPCSzp1nAN7L2awtIPm8yzSg5YXZOym0/w640-h261/kuranui+bay.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Google Maps view of Kuranui Bay, Thames 2020</td></tr></tbody></table><p>I am awaiting a higher resolution copy from Auckland Libraries, so that we can explore the houses and locate the hotel mentioned in the caption! I assume it is the two storied building left of centre and opposite the net drying area.</p><p>Interestingly, a search for 'Mission Bay' references in the Thames newspapers draws a blank - the only ones relating to Mission Bay in Auckland.</p><p>My Great, great, great grandmother Susan Timmins lived on these hills and herded goats in the early 1870s. Here are a few other early photos of the Kuranui Bay area.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8bKUxRHffBRhxsAvm1HESur9598cFrha5A5JQjWrkiOKUpNY_Klm1VLPjdrdruqyyjmjs6-Zv1JT2z-suWow4ddFa2DOKwhZ79sZxkn6JLAvVAfWkowZlBL4RkLsr1Zi7T9TYXcoAByM/w640-h310/adj+Early+Kuranui+from+Thames+Diamond+Jubilee+Book..jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Source: Thames Diamond Jubilee Book 1927<br /><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzNiqFPbt3GEBNe-8iQjX9YvXzvVzqeGI2C9I1Za_tZn83L51mcfxlG4els3IFuNtksncJVmWcv91uq1IM5P7j4qNlnBKlLf2Cur1JPhqzXnqPOKpyh7nw7qsbtxel36tTrqENteJsMiU/w640-h398/Kuranui+Bay+Tararu+Road.jpg" width="640" /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">1877 Tararu Road Thames - view of south end of Kuranui Bay, Tararu.</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411342426908598447.post-28240112741287428922021-01-05T21:50:00.001+13:002021-01-05T21:50:42.390+13:00Thames (NZ): Te Apuranginui Urupā<p> While visiting the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/www.thamesrailway/" target="_blank">Thames Small Gauge Railway</a>, I noticed a beautiful old photo of the Thames School of Mines, on an information board.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFDd2esCprfhWz4bxEZGQq31TTody4PtEvAjy4oNNQH95YVCHSXRPgV2QAqxIe3xa8GeEdI3mmQ4T0T-KMnZwxz1pzeCzTDK_T0MveRN4K5BbsfLyuIVGd48gaA_CiOGfNOM53WkQNGwc/w640-h426/SOM+Urupa+board.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The heritage sign in the carpark opposite the west end of Cochrane Street.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>The text reads:</b></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><i>"This photo from 1900 shows, from left to right, the Mineralogical Museum, the Battery Room and the classroom buildings of the Thames School of Mines.</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>The site is a Māori urupā(burial site) part of which was gifted to the Wesleyan Church in 1868. In 1886, the School of Mines bought the land and the 1869 Sunday School building. Over time they added the buildings shown here. Two additions after 1900 created the complex you see today."</i></div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The description is interesting considering the uproar that was caused when the Church sold the land to the School of Mines, considering the courtcase/s to try and stop the sale and return the land to the tangata whenua.<div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Te Apuranginui Urupā</span></b></div><div>On the Thames Thames School of Mine <a href="https://www.heritage.org.nz/places/places-to-visit/coromandel/thames-school-of-mines" target="_blank">website </a>the background to the name of the land is given. <br /><div style="text-align: left;">Chief Te Apurangi's descendants lie in the sacred urupā. Te Apurangi was a most respected chief, and is represented in a carving in the <a href="https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THS19370814.2.22?query=Chief+Te+Apurangi&snippet=true" target="_blank">House of Hotunui</a> which is now housed in the Auckland war Memorial Museum.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Tarakonaiti Urupa</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">In a report written by John McEnteer and Taimoana Turoa in 1993 (Nga Taonga O Te Kauaeranga <a href="https://docs.tcdc.govt.nz/store/default/2457491" target="_blank">Maori Heritage of Thame</a>s) the name of the site is given as: Tarakonaiti Urupa. A summary of the points given in the report are:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>The Urupa was located at the corner of Cochrane and Brown Streets.</li><li>The Urupa was the burial ground for the Tarakonaiti Pa.</li><li>The nearby roads and several houses, as well as the School of Mines are located on the Urupa.</li><li>The area covers blocks Te Kauaeranga 12A and 13A.</li><li>The land was surveyed in 1868 and no roads were to be laid in the area.</li><li>The land was gifted by the Maori landowners to the Wesleyan Church, for that purpose.</li><li>In 1877 the church tried to sell the land to the Auckland Education Board.</li><li>Hohepa Paraone and Hone Te Huiraukura petitioned Parliament to try and stop the sale.</li><li>The petition was unsuccessful and after ten years of legislation the land was officially sold in 1886 for the purpose of the Thames School of Mines.</li></ul></div><div style="text-align: left;">There are multiple reports regarding the 'land sale' that can be found online. Here is but one of the justifications reported for the sale:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Report on Petition of Hohepa Paraone and Another.</span></b></div></div></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>Petitioners, who are Natives of the Thames District, state they conveyed a piece of land at the Thames to the Wesleyan body, as they understood, for religious purposes only, but that they learn now with deep regret that it is proposed to sell it to the Education Board in Auckland, and they pray for such relief as may insure that the land in question shall be devoted to the purpose originally intended.</div></div></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><br /></div></div></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>I am directed to report as follows:—</div></div></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><br /></div></div></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><b>That, while the Committee have some reason to think that the proposed sale or transfer of the land in question is not in accordance with the intention under which it was originally given, the Committee do not feel able to recommend any course to the House which would have the effect of depriving the trustees of legal rights which are not denied by the petitioners.</b></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><b> E whakaaro ana ano te Komiti he tika kahore i whakaritea kia taea te hoko te tuku ke atu ranei taua wahi i runga i nga whakaritenga i te tukunga o taua wahi i te tuatahi. Engari e mea ana te Komiti e kore e taea e ratou te mahi he tikanga ma te Whare e kore ai e taea e nga kai-tiaki te mahi i nga tikanga kua hoatu kia ratou e te ture kaore nei i te whaka hengia e nga kai inoi.</b></p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><br /></div></div></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>John Bryce,</div></div></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>Chairman.</div></div></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><br /></div></div></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>30th October, 1877.</div></div></div></blockquote><div><p style="text-align: center;">Source:<i><a href="http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Nat1877Repo-t1-g1-t95-g1-t1.html" target="_blank"> REPORTS OF THE NATIVE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, 1877.</a></i></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411342426908598447.post-5468422701616843672020-12-18T20:10:00.000+13:002020-12-18T20:10:27.886+13:00Thames (NZ): Price headstone restoration at Shortland<p> Remember to let us know if you have carried out any restorations to graves / headstones at one of our Thames cemeteries. Or go straight to the appropriate <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial" target="_blank">findagrave</a> site and add the photo direct to the memorial. It is always lovely to be able to share with other family members around the world.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">George and Sarah Price at Shortland.</span></b></p><p>Thanks to Graeme for the tipoff that the Price headstone had been restored. The plots at Shortland Cemetery are recorded as 3923 to 3925.</p><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjobmGcR1v-vEERz2WIkVIzh_I57Q3hZUR5BXp2S_nB2W5ymRoOz0RoKJAiGndvlxMnbKCZbO0HlwrxMtQ7vgkr74dACkhCzJW20FPBT89vhuIul05epEUyMiMll_M4mrZsPSK4ksB2GYg/s320/173415468_f7f3643c-d118-4a6f-a7e3-bd8ef5c6cd76.jpeg" /> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFB1Uaa3I45kg3q-rZYI83xhpS5aFaP1r-kLpxBC-vQtTN3mG7UySGaTpauAy2DIz2IPjPMFHVQ7JQuXtlRNqRK9eXsrc4WMGjWuFGgLi6Q_jCQo7DiZZZhMDAT-UJgjjUGeOaavEAJ-g/s320/price+sarah.jpeg" /><div><div style="text-align: center;">The headstone photos were taken early 2020. The inscription for George Price is on the west face (left), and Sarah Price's on the north face (right).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>December 2020 Update</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyMNHdNv4YA4C1UpBFoDnhPzVI-RR5El7yvj4W25gItmsyc-e0wiqjSHhCdkkzWYjNf9fkjgnLGVdwXYiO20mrYc8wEaKzmvT6UdHHEqlRK1CeBNfsiHKnJGC-1wmOJFBsCJiARPi-Rg0/w426-h640/Shortland+Cemetery+18+12+2020_Price+2+Sarah+Price.jpg" width="426" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/173415569/sarah-ann_newsome-price" target="_blank">Sarah Ann Newsome Price's</a> Inscription</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6kdExfCvaoqWrBnN6QtEdZtsR9S9sfWeDmnMPhdldjBRtbLdAqvAhXdcF7BuRLQfAUfogr5miMPp-wf5XB1Eh5GKf6R_Mse-nljQVGPfXn_P5Iwqp4IRNWwnLfV231W1B-doLwBj5kHw/w426-h640/Shortland+Cemetery+18+12+2020_Price+3+George+Price.jpg" width="426" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/173415468/george-price" target="_blank">George Price's</a> Inscription</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfoqwEEE7R_Mdqywr0N-sCRbXtUPLizaRVmvyPHbrpwgVkknBAVIR8cCmKTzWO2tkscBnEcIxsvNaziX0YOvekTIp6F3dsWGAkLeZLPGgPDwwepUBqTkzk7J0KJ_nNpmTacrGxeYy_dXo/w640-h428/Shortland+Cemetery+18+12+2020_Price+4.jpg" width="640" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This restoration is a great example of how a clean of the base area and relettering can make an enormous difference, while keeping sympathetic to the historic nature of the grave.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Background:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Mr George Price in partnership with his brother Alfred, founded A & G Price, the renown foundry business at The Thames.</div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411342426908598447.post-64825177360807250122020-12-16T22:33:00.005+13:002020-12-16T22:33:50.513+13:00Thames (NZ): Remembering Sister Jessie Linton<p>No single day at the Thames Museum is the same. While overseas travel has been put on hold, visitors still come from around New Zealand. While some have no links to Thames, the volunteers on duty often get to meet and talk with people who have Thames names in their family tree. Here is the story of a very special visitor, who is related to a very 'special' Thamesite.</p><p><b>BACKGROUND:</b></p><p>The Thames Hospital School of Nursing was founded c1900. In 1901 nursing changed with the introduction of Nurses' Registration in 1901. Under <a href="http://thamesnz-genealogy.blogspot.com/2014/11/thames-nz-thames-photos-in-new-zealand.html" target="_blank">Matron Stewart's</a> guidance a successful training school was established - nurses came from all around New Zealand to undertake the three year training programme. Successful probationers were awarded the Thames Hospital certificate, they then went on to sit the New Zealand State examinations - once passed they they were awarded State registration.</p><p>Miss <b>Jessie Emma Linton</b> was born at Fielding in 1888, the daughter of Emma and Francis Linton. Jessie was the eldest of eleven children. Birth Registrations at <a href="https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/search/search?path=%2FqueryEntry.m%3Ftype%3Dbirths" target="_blank">NZ BMD</a> for her other siblings are:1889/4641 Linton Margaret Grace; 1890/14259 Linton Robert Charles; 1892/11677 Linton Annie Lyle; 1895/15505 Linton Andrew William; 1897/5563 Linton Barbara Elizabeth; 1899/342 Linton Isabel Zanna Emma; 1901/7807 Linton Francis Armstrong; 1904/5675 Linton Alister Murray; 1905/19354 Linton Harvey Little. and 1908/23585 Linton Janet Ellen.</p><p>The Linton family moved around the Manawatu, to Taranaki and to the Te Awamatu region. By 1914,Jessie had decided to undertake her nursing training at Thames Hospital. Trainee nurses lived at the hospital in accommodation provided in the central two-storied wing of the hospital which faced Baillie Street. This 'second' hospital was opened in 1900 and boasted modern equipment supplemented by the modern nursing methods that Matron Stewart implemented.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFtfmA4sEGWreauOmhoidoBaksXNYhs3FqnQNkHXL2CL1u-Ph89VKfwspmEwXmTa0KQ7zGYTSbLnylvY2r-rZlUPkY8gZw4qiJK9SBsgpcm1NO5ZskaveBupxfVEieQQQVRH9RuunMP84/w400-h246/THH718991.jpg" width="400" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thames Hospital, Baillie Street c1910.</div><p>In the June 1917 examinations, four nurses from Thames Hospital passed with marks over 75%. They were: Fanny Maria Warren, Christina Pilkington, <b>Jessie Emma Linton</b> and Daisy Sage. That year 93 Nurses sat throughout New Zealand, with 83 Nurses passing the three papers (consisting of Medical, Surgical and Oral sections). In August 1917, the hard work had paid off and Staff Nurse Linton was officially registered, number 2179 on the Nurses' Register.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbtVT7TX0KLfIad3ZT3n7wf8CffxCMhjd1IWk7Y0TIvNgJXYQzWtgUnX_Mm6e8SJ4Iuen8CL-yj2whXeCQ6nV0GmImCAZwbiLI38sU7X35HEEaMD2YxnePonWOk0WVt8_4bYi8NACEqe8/s1230/Linton.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="58" data-original-width="1230" height="30" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbtVT7TX0KLfIad3ZT3n7wf8CffxCMhjd1IWk7Y0TIvNgJXYQzWtgUnX_Mm6e8SJ4Iuen8CL-yj2whXeCQ6nV0GmImCAZwbiLI38sU7X35HEEaMD2YxnePonWOk0WVt8_4bYi8NACEqe8/w640-h30/Linton.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nursing Register, published in the New Zealand Gazette</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Available at Ancestry.au</i></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Sadly the next heard of Sister Linton, was during the November 1918 influenza epidemic - Jessie worked tirelessly caring for patients but became a victim of the epidemic. Sister Jessie Emma Linton, Thames trained nurse, died of influenza 18 November 1918.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh20j_U1FjmmzyZAXHbmZBS3cW9y373Ws6FlgRyPJFW90DCrXRjPl597RHv0znxcaGAzGEfsM5rjRMkv1uHF33f8zTYLaDesUgkGU9gsVm7y6vX21Cbp9wK9FKEZJzcv_oRHz4Im8OFb4o/w400-h316/Capture.JPG" width="400" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THS19181119.2.21.1?end_date=31-12-1950&items_per_page=50&query=linton&snippet=true&sort_by=byDA&start_date=17-03-1912&title=THS" target="_blank">THAMES STAR,</a> 19 NOVEMBER 1918</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div>Sister Linton was interred at Shortland Cemetery, Thames 20 November 1918. A large number of available Board and staff attended the graveside service held by Reverend Milne. The pallbearers were returned soldiers dressed in full uniform - a mark of respect for the service given by Jessie and to honour two of her brother who had been Killed in Action in World War One (<a href="https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C8819?" target="_blank">Robert</a> in 1916 and <a href="https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C8816?" target="_blank">Andrew</a> in 1918).</div><div><br /></div><div>Due to the respect that Sister Jessie Linton was held in, both at the hospital and the community, a special plaque was erected to remember her service to the town. <b>The plaque reads:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This Plot was Enclosed </div><div style="text-align: center;">and </div><div style="text-align: center;">Tablet Erected </div><div style="text-align: center;">By the People of Thames </div><div style="text-align: center;">In Grateful Remembrance </div><div style="text-align: center;">Of </div><div style="text-align: center;">Sister Jessie E. Linton </div><div style="text-align: center;">Formerly of Thames Hospital </div><div style="text-align: center;">After Untiring Devotion to Duty </div><div style="text-align: center;">During the Epidemic of 1918 </div><div style="text-align: center;">She Fell a Victim </div><div style="text-align: center;">And Died 18th Nov 1918 </div><div style="text-align: center;">Aged 30 Years </div><div style="text-align: center;">In the Service of Humanity </div><div style="text-align: center;">She found the Inspiration of a noble Life.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9YFRNiqKQAF1_HFBNOTrY2Mj-aWMU3UrKsNxlEajKNLfe5ZOpDN3mQMGTTK6qk41XDVS2HqwHdDlQ2QxRgcXEKtQlKuPpl9JFSIDEXU6Pa70jfI-VtIUWKleOo6JLxBjKUne48psqQsI/s320/Linton+c.jpg" /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDnPfiHEy5Vkvu00hTxVcMK77nLtlRIQ7ru8jw6TrIJIpOcrTW0KRHBKsPyJ_EJSCh1amkpAox-wp_WyAX6apwfimJkL-w-ZAdQK1pcCX8BDc9J5FN4dTcSR7qsUqLeet8bXB2rQCeJ3Y/s1581/hstone+linton.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1581" data-original-width="1269" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDnPfiHEy5Vkvu00hTxVcMK77nLtlRIQ7ru8jw6TrIJIpOcrTW0KRHBKsPyJ_EJSCh1amkpAox-wp_WyAX6apwfimJkL-w-ZAdQK1pcCX8BDc9J5FN4dTcSR7qsUqLeet8bXB2rQCeJ3Y/s320/hstone+linton.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Left: Staff Nurse Jessie Linton. Right: The plaque on Jessies<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175714354/jessie-emma-linton" target="_blank"> plot </a>at Shortland Cemetery.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>A SPECIAL VISIT</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Earlier this month, a family related to Jessie came to the Museum and arrangements were made to visit Linton's grave. What an amazing moment! Accompanied by family, Alice (nee Linton, the daughter of Jessie's youngest brother Harvey), made the trek to the grave near the western boundary.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUuplDqUP6owMJmoXA8qr9pOTe9IrmF85n-yLNa7h1DkR9jBSZVNl25Lw96ziGbXjlmYmSmJ3_xHIRfUGJapJ8wMM90aFCV2_-INe0_Xf_J_MIg6kWj3Tjoq9nwKOFSrCAf5j7o6aOUFw/w640-h428/linton+visit+2_9+12+2020+c.jpg" width="640" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175714354/jessie-emma-linton" target="_blank">Sister Linton's</a> niece Alice, reads the article on Jessie from <i>True Tales of Thames Hospital.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Thames Hospital WWI Nurses' Plaque</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5xKTUxBbRHNaq4QPuG6s3Ffw1OkqwOj9V2E7XTiVnepPMLlyXoXv5Ca0ZaIaUO-ZJcAI-oqUxjRLEcScm3f2ImGlnf_agx12t0O96LCGK5Ynwj7KcY6Pv0B7embtcUP3yIy2DxxwEzeM/w472-h640/HospitalPlaque+c.jpg" width="472" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sister Linton is remembered on the Nurses' WWI plaque at Thames Hospital.</div><div style="text-align: center;">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</div><div style="text-align: left;">Many thanks to Alice for sharing her family history. Through these personal visits the memories of these special Thamesites lives on.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i>Sister Jessie Linton - Lest We Forget</i></b></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411342426908598447.post-61973242895676519892020-12-13T22:17:00.000+13:002020-12-13T22:17:26.603+13:00Thames (NZ): Thames Santa Parade 11 December 2020Photographs from the Thames Parade held 6pm Friday, 11 December 2020. 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We do of course have the <a href="https://thamesnz-genealogy.blogspot.com/2019/01/thames-nz-john-william-hall-arboretum.html" target="_blank">Hall Arboretum</a>, but in terms of flowers there is not a dedicated garden space.</p><p>Sites like the Thames Museum have well kept gardens on the reserve in front of the museum building. There are plots of gardens along Queen Street that the TCDC maintain, but you couldn't honestly say we have a public garden - most of our reserves are bare apart from pohutakawa trees.</p><p>But, all is not lost! For the fans of roses, I suggest you head to Totara Memorial Park Cemetery and venture down to the Garden of Memories (adjacent to the RSA lawn cemetery). Here at present, you will discover a spectacular display of roses.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyzCxnG2B7k_O_oXiCwBKWnCLuASgyaUv6ibHy0pUltcXmzyKPRytULS3jCf8KhRH1_Cm6_LavIZCmT6orGc1k3B1sABsfK-7AGHJU_U-m4Vzf2KVxhhrAc_R8LzTN_MWh4n9omNzBstE/w640-h428/GOM+1.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXiON76RJ4M4SxRrqCHbdt40vqE6mpXWqYg3QxDBvm703Rotu2C4tzU65d0W95wrW4Y_SAbYXPT0ZYYJQ_f-FVZdeDz0q9i1DM2bJb8GY2wbwhlbGIYCy40lRuXi6f8joNfab5Dhggxzk/w640-h426/GOM+2.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzKQ9bPnWp5WSAVFihF2cU8c3hDfuEOV6WEIsj1hzmM2WgvIlZITJhKIiNLim3KlPTAchgwfJ66kpuz2Bz7S9c5A5pDzx0Ju0bduNHWU_nKX-un0shiQHFySRkpfCwlV16PD78e9T8vmA/w640-h308/Capture.JPG" width="640" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Garden of Memories (GOM) location circled above - entrance as you drive up the cemetery road, past the main gates.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Roses on the Goldfield</span></b><br />In 1872 Thames folk were able to buy rose bushes from Sydney. 150 varieties of rosses were up for auction at Messrs Gudgeon & Co.<div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixn7Kw2P2K3RDksYUFwHGqPO0jtsnjN3rvFmojDZzptiGX1-5RkSsizjzT8K23bqWQSLPwxLOYf3grvrDexP1J9IRIS-B5bpjLT5DEh-TpV343i-VW29YPtw6T5yuJ0kvDcXfWVzvuolw/w400-h382/roses.JPG" width="400" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>THAMES GUARDIAN AND MINING RECORD, <a href="https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TGMR18720702.2.10.1?end_date=31-12-1950&items_per_page=50&query=roses&snippet=true&sort_by=byDA&start_date=08-01-1867&title=THS%2cTHA%2cTGMR" target="_blank">2 JULY 1872</a></i></div><br />An auction appears to have been the popular way to buy roses and other trees. In 1874 auctioneer Mr Craig also had rose bushes for sale.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7b9EF0mH93OM5ez_d2ccOPQsWCVqq7OEMrQLq8oQDvBpFL8gyDg_qGFQqK_eR6gNGn1Q9EO6rERxGtXthaXgqzNtO3NJIlD_IYW6VI3ImVMmV51hS1un8Jfw31lftThMN38kEXxMHe8E/w385-h400/roses.JPG" width="385" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>THAMES ADVERTISER, <a href="https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THA18740715.2.7.1?end_date=31-12-1950&items_per_page=50&query=roses&snippet=true&sort_by=byDA&start_date=08-01-1867&title=THS%2cTHA%2cTGMR" target="_blank">15 JULY 1874</a></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Thames gardeners soon began breeding their own varieties, one such man was <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175765698/george-manton" target="_blank">Mr Manton</a> of Hape Creek. In 1874, the Manton's named two of their two new roses after the Thames Volunteers.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq6vr7rNWXayWew3ULHB6aj3l8Fzd4TcFpdgSffITJ0nYDTue-TNLLmW_lMjmayUxbTuY2JLdlV31w-PXQ1C-WbDftuaIzlOcDIYOeDA_wKwWdIwco21MzeAUwzuSbV19Mx5ha7tzBfvA/w400-h254/manton.JPG" width="400" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>THAMES STAR, <a href="https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THS18741023.2.8?end_date=31-12-1950&items_per_page=50&query=roses&snippet=true&sort_by=byDA&start_date=08-01-1867&title=THS%2cTHA%2cTGMR" target="_blank">23 OCTOBER 1874</a></i></div><div style="text-align: left;">The local nurseries, soon also began cultivating roses for sale - the roses at Stilwell's Parawai nursery were on sale by 1874.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="127" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm3Pki4UcxARnvnBlCZC6_rtm7ZVyuGupE1aodySsYMruwTcoC-OOdRyB3y5s1GucWS7imZEZa-ifSHqWuK4QtG1ahXjqiWoZU1anEfYtid8dJ8ciwOkk6IqaI-CrynR_os0vnUXXzZvw/w400-h127/Capture.JPG" width="400" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>THAMES ADVERTISER, <a href="https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THA18741113.2.8?end_date=31-12-1950&items_per_page=50&query=roses&snippet=true&sort_by=byDA&start_date=08-01-1867&title=THS%2cTHA%2cTGMR" target="_blank">13 NOVEMBER 1874</a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It wasn't long before Horticultural shows became major events at The Thames. These were run by charitable groups and churches; and proved to be an excellent way of fundraising. The advert below is for a show that was run by the Hauraki Ladies' Benevolent Society in November 1874, one of the classes was for 'best variety of cut roses'. Messrs Litchfield, Stillwell and Clymo were reported as having exhibited near perfect <a href="https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THA18741128.2.13?end_date=31-12-1950&items_per_page=50&page=2&query=roses&snippet=true&sort_by=byDA&start_date=08-01-1867&title=THS%2cTHA%2cTGMR" target="_blank">collection of roses.</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiSeAJ3LkYc7l12iHV99_YI3aFC96rmooAM42VYyeZJ3KuOKmjdiauV_7bg2T1UKj9mtjcs_btmr6fbj8VUodCbRMqU772oYuwm1JGgzDZAMDFVx1cJWyWni2W_mMRyNvwXoVOd22Z_Qk/w390-h640/Capture.JPG" width="390" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>THAMES ADVERTISER,<a href="https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THA18741117.2.10.3?end_date=31-12-1950&items_per_page=50&query=roses&snippet=true&sort_by=byDA&start_date=08-01-1867&title=THS%2cTHA%2cTGMR" target="_blank">17 NOVEMBER 1874</a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Roses would have provided a colourful display on the Thames Goldfield. Maybe some of these old varieties still exist around the town?</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411342426908598447.post-60229874945969688442020-11-11T19:28:00.000+13:002020-11-11T19:28:46.463+13:00Thames (NZ): Armistice Day 11 November 2020<p> Did you remember the significance of the day?</p><p>11 November? We call it Armistice Day, while in <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/15492752" target="_blank">England</a> it is called Remembrance Day.</p><p>In 2018, a large number of Thamesites gathered at the Peace Memorial to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the ending of World War One.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ullWAGvVlU1rEnAYhuL33GYXVRPzivaoBqBpuVI03ydiq53kZjdh70pRqGTS_P6qklJdQmYOAwe9coMuhpFpyevzt_ok15-F9V_HcjSHmOLAk23jpFNms70LUF1mmFb8wmqhMzm42DI/s762/2018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="498" data-original-width="762" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ullWAGvVlU1rEnAYhuL33GYXVRPzivaoBqBpuVI03ydiq53kZjdh70pRqGTS_P6qklJdQmYOAwe9coMuhpFpyevzt_ok15-F9V_HcjSHmOLAk23jpFNms70LUF1mmFb8wmqhMzm42DI/w640-h418/2018.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Above: Armistice Day <a href="https://thamesnz-genealogy.blogspot.com/2018/11/thames-nz-armistice-day-1918-2018.html" target="_blank">11 November 2018</a></div><br /><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">How did the town remember the Armistice Day 2020?</span></b></p><p>While the facebook community posted endless "Lest We Forget' messages, the gathering at the Peace Memorial this year was small. Maybe next year, people may find the time to remember in person, and not just on the internet.</p><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc4ws6f9fdsbk8ZFCNF8VQTAS1DgoGWqZp0CerqHkLJtnrtQtK68etRh_dvTHPmkgPRnUIsgUrACuE3lYuERsQ1U8ZLSjur3CrQZ5PCOFwHp7C1FGGwjbwHI8X9B8zSX_vKKZjOPjPz4E/w640-h428/2020+Armisitice+3.jpg" /><div><div style="text-align: center;">Armistice Day Commemorations at Thames 11 November 2020</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSmMe0h5dXQt8sv4eXMp41guFpNkeU4HGOJn5lIEfuP0P_nPnyQeMwLXBx3VP7fQFeX39uGwSns8TqFcU13TqEm8aPiMHqwc5JZ6MdmHz8MRc4JYNUkyXb8JBokJuHEEIP51nv64mW-rc/w300-h400/2020+Armisitice+1.jpg" width="300" /> <img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEituc-42BMQ0Kh7Rz1UakWnV_1MCkHmrv1y1N44YXSV7we2IBBy2Nv_CGUQZUlNGr0TZQcX8lSOrYyDIioU5TPAtdXjPGeIcLmeP0JoDxJ04MgdCW8iBt9bYT2412DLtc99qAbt1Scis9w/w266-h400/2020+Armisitice+2.jpg" width="266" /></div><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Previous blog articles relating to Armistice Day / WWI ROH.</b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Armistice Day <a href="https://thamesnz-genealogy.blogspot.com/2013/11/thames-nz-armistice-day-2013.html" target="_blank">2013</a></li><li>Armistice Day<a href="https://thamesnz-genealogy.blogspot.com/2014/11/thames-nz-armistice-11-november-1918.html" target="_blank"> 2014</a></li><li>Armistice Day <a href="https://thamesnz-genealogy.blogspot.com/2017/11/thames-nz-armistice-day-steam-punk-and.html" target="_blank">2017</a></li><li>Armistice Day <a href="https://thamesnz-genealogy.blogspot.com/2018/11/thames-nz-armistice-day-1918-2018.html" target="_blank">1918 & 2018</a></li><li>Armistice Day in the<i> <a href="https://thamesnz-genealogy.blogspot.com/2013/12/thames-nz-armistice-influenza-1918.html" target="_blank">Thames Star</a></i><a href="https://thamesnz-genealogy.blogspot.com/2013/12/thames-nz-armistice-influenza-1918.html" target="_blank"> 2018</a></li><li>Armistice Day<a href="https://thamesnz-genealogy.blogspot.com/2019/11/thames-nz-armistice-day-at-thames-11.html" target="_blank"> 2019</a></li><li>WWI ROH<a href="https://thamesnz-genealogy.blogspot.com/p/wwi-roh-thames.html" target="_blank"> names</a></li><li>WWI ROH <a href="https://youtu.be/rVoDq-dlPTI" target="_blank">slideshow</a></li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYKWGYrupr499LMQjSITraLju3dQ6xhKg_NKVC8BiU35GVbCN9OLQL8_ugN1taVDDkQgg7_GCw0ltmghaKGsfQLYLDg3P_TSjadqCUkn__M6DVJ3xM5o_9kYrF_p8oFfVtwblmuVn-9fU/w640-h262/poppy2.jpg" width="640" /></div><p></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411342426908598447.post-19641109190322114742020-10-28T21:21:00.000+13:002020-10-28T21:21:18.757+13:00Thames (NZ): Shortland Cemetery Burial Register November-December 1918<p> By chance I was checking a burial entry at the Thames Library, when I noticed the long pages for November and December 1918. It was only then that I realised it was for deaths during the 1918 Influenza Epidemic. While the cause of death for all my not have been influenza, it brings home the reality of the lives the town lost during those hard months 102 years ago. Remembering there would have been others at Tararu and surrounding local district cemeteries. </p><p>The images from the pages are below, with a summary transcription at the end.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3i0_Inyza_qR-YB48IQxZSCHSkGQCuWAM0jTEnx18cH9_qsYsH9R-C6OzLlDe8ICJ-FSJfKS1H2ONj79QSsRbKyaWJJQHmBmpmV1yuTQ73QcPZ3eYVH-7kYLiUh6y_PPaBS28OGugbM8/w640-h472/Flu+1918_Burial+register+1.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsiTqrmLEHh10i3_QVdRqtHSXgf1_B4XCjzaYLilT0ZqVGgtm1Fgme9E1ANMUb59KOF3LyfS24YAG7vVHkdqF1It3g95VAuukSRjKo-NtOqR8WzaGATBXA68GfW6qcJXDg7z528xvqh5o/w640-h416/Flu+1918_Burial+register+2.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6JooER2Spj0PRxMrPj9TBy8tFzDPtnms_vYq2REzZiHxNC0JiVd_wWo2vCAacJXWftZYqokfzvbkuXu_klA8RgvCTeDhrKeS9mHTbDAdjtj8HzXmelkFxdpA4GC-duW5LVlT_SCR82_o/w640-h444/Flu+1918_Burial+register+3a.jpg" width="640" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><span style="font-size: large;">Shortland Cemetery Burial Register: 3 Nov 1918 to 30 Dec 1918</span></b><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>The following data has been selected: Date interred / Surname / Firstname / age / Plot<br /></b></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Key: **The link is to the Findagrave Memorial** Correct info in [ ]</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span><div style="text-align: left;"><div>Nov 3, BROKENSHIRE, Ethel A, 40yrs, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174721634/ethel-amelia-brokenshire" target="_blank">Plot 3669</a></div><div>Nov 10, RADOVANOVICH, Frank, 29yrs, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175426448/frank-radovanovich" target="_blank">Plot 3829</a></div><div>Nov 12, TWOHILL, John Francis, 36yrs, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/173443653/john-francis-twohill" target="_blank">Plot 2110</a></div><div>Nov 12, MAHER, Patrick, 49yrs, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175763008/patrick-maher" target="_blank">Plot 2937</a></div><div>Nov 12, MAHER, Thomas, Age not recorded, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175763102/thomas-maher" target="_blank">Plot 2939</a></div><div>Nov 12, MCKINNON, Emily Cadelia, 36yrs, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176066251/emily-cadelia-mckinnon" target="_blank">Plot 2968</a></div><div>Nov 13, KEOGHAN, Lily Maud, 47yrs, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175745398/lily-maud-keoghan" target="_blank">Plot 3422</a></div><div>Nov 13, BRIEN, Edith Lavinia, 41yrs, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174721611/edith-lavinia-brien" target="_blank">Plot 516</a></div><div>Nov 13, READ, Margaret R, 35yrs, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175455945/margaret-riddell-read" target="_blank">Plot 3658</a></div><div>Nov 14, TAFFINDER, Robert, 66yrs<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175108560/robert-taffinder" target="_blank">, Plot 3425</a></div><div>Nov 14, HARRIS, Peter, 82yrs,<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175386371/peter-harris" target="_blank"> Plot 3592</a></div><div>Nov 14, NORRIES, Adam, 63yrs,<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175682523/adam-norries" target="_blank"> Plot 3891</a></div><div>Nov 14, PETERS, Henry S, 47yrs, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/173062588/henry-simmonds-peters" target="_blank">Plot 2203</a></div><div>Nov 15, WALKER, Mary, 86yrs, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/173441430/mary-walker" target="_blank">Plot 1194</a></div><div>Nov 15, WILTON, Charles Edwin, 43yrs, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174983593/charles-edwin-wilton" target="_blank">Plot 3297</a></div><div>Nov 15, MAHER, John, 38yrs, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175762724/john-maher" target="_blank">Plot 2940</a></div><div>Nov 15, DABB, Edward, 63yrs, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138790993/edward-dabb" target="_blank">Plot 139</a></div><div>Nov 16, BULFORD, Francis H, 39yrs, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174754788/francis-herbert-bulford" target="_blank">Plot 3677</a></div><div>Nov 16, RIPIKOI, Jane, 12months, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175483668/jane-ripikoi" target="_blank">Plot 3271</a></div><div>Nov 16, WILTON, Elizabeth H, 44yrs, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174983595/elizabeth-hannah-wilton">Plot 3297</a></div><div>Nov 18, WILSON, Daniel, 40yrs, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174917681/daniel-wilson" target="_blank">Plot 882</a></div><div>Nov 19, RADICH, Joe, 26yrs, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175426444/joseph-radich" target="_blank">Plot 3832</a></div><div>Nov 19, TAYLOR, Angelina, 37yrs, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/173030732/angelina-taylor" target="_blank">Plot 3807</a></div><div>Nov 19, BRIEN, Ada Lucy, 16yrs, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174721608/ada-lucy-brien" target="_blank">Plot 516</a></div><div>Nov 19, JOHNSTON[E], Mildred A, 32yrs, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175769799/mildred-annie-johnstone" target="_blank">Plot 3801</a></div><div>Nov 19, HART, John Edwin, 37yrs, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175387319/john-edwin-hart" target="_blank">Plot 3804</a></div><div>Nov 20, LINTON, Jessie Emma, 30yrs, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175714354/jessie-emma-linton" target="_blank">Plot 3465</a></div><div>Nov 20, ANTONIA, Abraham, 77yrs, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/173568266/abraham-antonio" target="_blank">Plot 3461</a></div><div>Nov 21, RAVLICH, Jack, 23yrs, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175426480/jack-ravlich" target="_blank">Plot 3828</a></div><div>Nov 21, BOYLE, John Edward, 44yrs, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174721571/john-edward-boyle" target="_blank">Plot 3675</a></div><div>Nov 22, LIDGARD, Annie M, 49yrs, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175714346/annie-marie-lidgard" target="_blank">Plot 3679</a></div><div>Nov 22, BUCKLAND, Charlotte A, 36yrs, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174754779/charlotte-amelia_rachel-buckland" target="_blank">Plot 3111</a></div><div>Nov 22, SENIOR, Thomas H, 1yr, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175276234/thomas-henry-senior" target="_blank">Plot 3274</a></div><div>Nov 24, JOHNSTON[E], John H, 40yrs,<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175769798/john-hall-johnstone" target="_blank"> Plot 3802</a></div><div>Nov 24, GRIFFIN, Patrick J, 38yrs,<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175893719/patrick-james-griffin" target="_blank"> Plot 3334</a></div><div>Nov 24, LAW, Robert Alex, 49yrs,<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175707030/robert-alexander-law" target="_blank"> Plot 3654</a></div><div>Nov 27, HALL, Walter Ernest, 35yrs,<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121247969/walter-ernest-hall" target="_blank"> Plot 3672</a></div><div>Nov 27, MARTIN, John, 40yrs, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175608888/john-henry-martin" target="_blank">Plot 3517</a> [3870]</div><div>Nov 27, KENNY, Alice J, 2yrs, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175745376/alice-josephine-kenny" target="_blank">Plot 174</a></div><div>Nov 27, DUNLOP, Matilda J, 51yrs,<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175978800/matilda-jane-dunlop" target="_blank"> Plot 3895</a></div><div>Oct [Dec] 1, HOYLE, Edith Ellen, 38yrs, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/172908550/edith-ellen-hoyle" target="_blank">Plot 3590</a> [3890]</div><div>Oct [Dec] 3, BUCKLAND, Alfred J, 45yrs,<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174754777/alfred-james-buckland" target="_blank"> Plot 3111</a></div><div>Oct [Dec] 4, DOVELL, Dorothy A, 19yrs, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175966833/dorothy-adaline-dovell" target="_blank">Plot 3340</a></div><div>Oct [Dec] 5, MACK, Dallis [Dallas] Lewis, 1yr, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175760451/dallas-lewis-mack" target="_blank">Plot 3275</a></div><div>Dec 5, GUBB, Harry Alfred, 46yrs,<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175880750/harry-alfred-gubb" target="_blank"> Plot 3686</a></div><div>Dec 8, TREBILCOCK, Mary, 41yrs, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175056500/mary-trebilcock" target="_blank">Plot 3470</a></div><div>Dec 8, RICHARDSON, Alexander, 40yrs, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175483640/alexander-richardson" target="_blank">Plot 3427</a></div><div>Dec 12, GRAHAM, Samuel, 38yrs, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175879431/samuel-graham" target="_blank">Plot 4002</a></div><div>Dec 13, GAHAGAN, Henry James, 54yrs, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175843920/henry-james-gahagan" target="_blank">Plot 3662</a></div><div>Dec 13, JACKSON, Flora Annie, 37yrs, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175766367/flora-annie-jackson" target="_blank">Plot 3879</a></div><div>Dec 15, RICHARDSON, MaryAnn, 46yrs,<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175483645/mary-ann-richardson" target="_blank"> Plot 3428</a></div><div>Dec 15, HARDMAN, Elizabeth, 52yrs, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/196733587/elizabeth-hardman" target="_blank">Plot 3945</a></div><div>Dec 15, RITCHIE, Amy Edith, 30yrs, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/172999191/amy-edith-ritchie" target="_blank">Plot 3464</a></div><div>Dec 18, LUDWIG, Dudley, 8yrs,<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175714374/dudley-raymond-ludwig" target="_blank"> Plot 3379</a></div><div>Dec 20, HOUGHTON, Melbro M, 45yrs,<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175575372/melbro-matilda-houghton" target="_blank"> Plot 2139</a></div><div>Dec 21, JONES, Blanche, 37yrs, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/173418248/blanche-jones" target="_blank">Plot 4003</a></div><div>Dec 23, COLLINS, Ernest, 34yrs, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175677783/ernest-collins" target="_blank">Plot 1575</a></div><div>Dec 25, DOIDGE, Clara E, 60yrs,<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175960618/clara-elizabeth-doidge" target="_blank"> Plot 3691</a></div><div>Dec 30, KEATING, George R, 45yrs, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175739492/george-randolph-keating" target="_blank">Plot 3382</a></div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">During November - December 1918, there were<b> 59 interments </b>at Shortland Cemetery, Thames. Forty of those were in November!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">During these months at Tararu cemetery there were<b> two interments</b>:</div><div style="text-align: left;">George [James] GLASGOW buried 19 November, 73yrs <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/165364820/james-glasgow" target="_blank">Plot 725A</a> and Richard MURDOCH buried 26 November, 38yrs <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/166025312/richard-murdock" target="_blank">Plot 292</a>.</div><p>This brings the total interments in the two public cemeteries November / December 1918 - during the Influenza Epidemic to <b>61</b>. The following months may also have deaths that could be attributed to complications. Also there were Thamesites who passed away during the epidemic who were on holiday / in residence in other parts of New Zealand, who may have been interred out of Thames.</p><p><u>Reference:</u></p><p>Shortland Burial & Sexton Registers, Archives Section, Thames Library.</p></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411342426908598447.post-75643684154901219722020-10-27T19:07:00.002+13:002020-12-29T16:11:39.135+13:00Thames (NZ): Bowen Street at the Parawai end of Thames<p> Bowen Street ran from the Hape Creek in the north, to the Kauaeranga River in the south. Known now as Rolleston Street, this street was named after <a href="https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/1b27/bowen-george-ferguson" target="_blank">Sir George Bowen </a>an early Governor of the colony. Banks Street ended at the intersection with Bowen Street, there was no need for it to run further west until the new Kauaeranga Road Bridge opened in 1924. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="571" data-original-width="1297" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm588hOSiV8HNbwyfDASha4QyTNX84mKgvhvXMXSyj9ZgC9kv-erGAO9oyGudPlev9UOJA005MBmty3g9VFrRiDJNTdrNFwX5LqXqWbn_KT4hlqk1RltV3evvUzMFTEcoXoNG6Y3FgItI/w640-h282/map.JPG" width="640" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Part of: Cleave's Streets Maps - of the Thames and Suburbs c1910.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/maps/id/920/rec/28" target="_blank">Map 3577</a> Auckland Libraries</i></div><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Photograph of Bowen Street area early 1900s.</span></b><br /> Imagine you are standing at the west end of Mount Pleasant, and look down over Heale, Fenton and Bowen Streets - look at the photograph below, this is the view c1900s.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgulvH_XxA60EaN9BuUS4XQIYYHtf337NKGEGDAGVSz010k6HXRFPPV2dsUlrqBvbmDaWilq2EHE_L4Bo2kBHudkIveDdoe9DoaASIrwJzpjmuBH3EEVF_8HKiUY_sPM1hYD-DB9V7ud4s/w640-h418/use.JPG" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">View over Parawai end of Thames c1900s.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> A closer look at the left (southern) side of the photograph and the Kauaeranga Rail Bridge is open, which postdates the photo past 1898. The land beyond where Rhodes park is today is low lying and possibly covered by water in parts. Next to the river is <a href="https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THS18960102.2.32.3?end_date=31-12-1950&items_per_page=50&query=causley&snippet=true&sort_by=byDA&start_date=01-01-1896&title=THS%2cTHA" target="_blank">Causley's</a> Garden Nursery.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> The houses under the word 'Bridge' are at the southern end of Bowen Street. Note the closeness of the river - today there is the stop-bank structure. The land to the right of the houses is where the motels and garage are today, and further right the reclaimed land where Toyota car plant is sited.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT3VRq2HnZuMablSuq_0kbFlWg9bujMRGRXKLn1a_whkKr2uKoMLPwcM3TrI8u32twjwkuhuE7VbPlO8eoi_0pO8UQCrCCaoLvKegH8dQKW16yZce0qIRX095l4gRZpHxGmMcR6ywiJec/w640-h426/Fenton+Heale+Street+early+1900s_named+1.jpg" /> </div><div> Moving further right (north) across the main photo, the shop is visible that for decades was at the corner of Heale and Fenton Streets. Next time you drive along Fenton and Rolleston Streets, look out for the houses that are in the photograph - with the exception of the large one in the centre (more on that soon).</div><div> <a href="https://thamesnz-genealogy.blogspot.com/2012/08/thames-nz-parawai-shops-aka-fenton.html" target="_blank"> Mrs Grubb</a> had the Fenton Street shop for many years. Out of view far right was the site of the Maori Meeting (<a href="https://thamesnz-genealogy.blogspot.com/2015/03/thames-nz-house-of-hotunui-revisited.html" target="_blank">Hotunui</a>) house that now holds pride of place at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.</div><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZUUY2_QDLHsyqy-DfhixdJ_bHKkQJ8hTAWlapHb7W-v-wKkrLUJQIHWW0bXoO3yXIgAb_rBMbIU_FXwAiQarJguj-Vbz-PLNaRrTnCxAaS1cBjTedHKgpcOhRjMwbYN2wxq7HusMc_S8/w640-h428/Fenton+Heale+Street+early+1900s_named+2.jpg" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now to the large house at the centre of the 1900s photo. The house was located at the corner of Fenton and Bowen (Rolleston ) Streets, on the south-east intersect. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> There are numerous outbuildings one of which housed the wash-house, plus there was separate servants' quarters. Built in classic villa style with the large verandah, full length windows plus several bay-windows.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> While researching the house , it was suggested that it may have belonged to the Miller family. It was occupied in the mid 1940s onwards by Mr Rutherfurd who was Mine Manager at the Sylvia Mine at Tararu. During the home's history it was a boardinghouse and later divided into flats. The ceiling height described by a past resident as 'exceptionally high'!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPIMr-BRAww171LpN-NaNqj8GXQ1ZrG6kQBZfMXNFATy1l3vvAzBbb1GoZJCVD1JDSTy82FmRcPGCkovJ3cBsiS-0DcL94AnDCuugwWfYA5U2IZWRUjwIw3VHUyKV58YSN2zT_yIxe42o/w640-h286/house.JPG" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div> In the 1923 Street Directory, the property is the residence of Mr Ernest Napier Miller, Solicitor. This confirms the recollections of later owners. Mr Miller was a partner in the law firm Miller & Poulgrain. Ernest joined his father's firm in 1900, it was then known as <a href="http://www.millerpoulgrain.co.nz/history/" target="_blank">Miller & Son.</a> Ernest's brother Selwyn lied in the same block on the corner of Banks and Heale Street. </div><div> Mr E N Miller was Mayor of Thames 1919 to 1923, both he and his wife were active members of the community. During the 1918 influenza epidemic, Mrs Miller was in-charge of the convalescent hospital in Queen Street. Mr Miller also helped staff Thames Hospital during the epidemic.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT7qA9NaX3tG-HMdV6KU5WUCr6TQluT_5b6_R4CYkvIrhIX86b43ShQb9p9XqzIgYQ6i5af6ULW7rwrVy6WRWbA1EkV7J9QAqe2lS-P7Tkx2BeC7xOlLISsd31MhDp58GvD755PHTM40I/w400-h219/mrs.JPG" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>THAMES STAR, ISSUE 13836, <a href="https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THS19181130.2.9.5?items_per_page=50&page=2&phrase=2&query=E+N+Miller&snippet=true&sort_by=byDA&title=THS" target="_blank">30 NOVEMBER 1918</a></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMqr2EKkUVdSe9NlwKfWy94nN_xYMyboT8sWj6UYVlnrevafciw0pDfmreW93dzDOH9q8wjZ079i5pVTxbxWesJEMeB9l01jlrl1i8W4ltzMwS0qXE5cHzAY8QyWBZ7j7HBJTL4bQgVzc/w400-h219/mr.JPG" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>THAMES STAR, VOLUME LII, ISSUE 13854, <a href="https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THS19181114.2.20.1?items_per_page=50&page=2&phrase=2&query=E+N+Miller&snippet=true&sort_by=byDA&title=THS" target="_blank">14 NOVEMBER 1918</a></i></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">What became of the house at the corner of Rolleston and Fenton Street?</span></b><div> The good news is that while it did not remain in Thames, it was sold in 1996, and moved north to the Wellsford area. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1446" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-jzUg3_dbnckTGy-pTVNh7crmWOCiCf_xBifv-jveIp4aotMD_SuK_8EAE8RJfLMqvwn4bJe_XGTVE5v4kD7SVPX62I921JC-UcPQN3r-GZ2wly6mjM6BgGBiCrACVWT9xzG3Vve1_KQ/w452-h640/a4+ad.jpg" width="452" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Hauraki Herald 23 March 1996</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Mr Ernest James Napier Miller's Death Notice & Obituary. </b><i>Thames Star 15 Oct 1947</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLGU_9s5PX4U14Oz4nqZ3DgWLo9j_vV3Hb5AvALwLKwzKHhC3obHkC3dINiGYSOzguluULb2eBWOtKYANx7-NPXIBEYJu503tXUvSiobw8LwRt-grDIBS6k3OoqsFAyDdqcWT-6Re5mXo/s320/1947+Oct+15+Death++Miller+a.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRK1FmQezbZyPq4ydbjl4nipjKl6JAneqe9VIxdwe5vjK88hxfX_C8NgOr-WFB_ttQR6IaxSdFg-BEYM2Ay-Cq_y3Jy6wRNCseWMtaqg1vZN098hXvZTIXi7tqz6GyWdoeYoDswONoao8/w232-h640/1947+Oct+15+News+Miller+1+a.jpg" /><b> </b><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvQ7KYGSCSIklIcHAmj5IjLnndnRVQFbJaszXwqKg657papOx7xAxGNa436KMKXJB12kKjdHXZ3VotB9sygwYaAHV_bJxCD1osNuGcN84Lcbc8c_MEwPOft3kVazB25S002P2xsCWfd34/w280-h640/1947+Oct+15+News+Miller+2+a.jpg" /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411342426908598447.post-34932837423856448682020-10-24T21:13:00.000+13:002020-10-24T21:13:34.977+13:00Thames (NZ): Finding Photographs of Thames<p> <b><span style="font-size: large;">Where can you find 'online' Photographs of Thames?</span></b></p> The aim is to collect and list the internet sites that have photographs of Thames. In the majority of cases you will be able to download the images, while in some cases it may be necessary to pay for higher resolution images. If you download any photographs - Please remember to give the appropriate photo credit.<div><ul><li><a href="https://digitalnz.org/" target="_blank">DigitalNZ</a> Use desired 'search word' and thumbnails will appear for available photographs from all around New Zealand. If the results need refining, you can start by clicking on <b>'CONTENT PROVIDER'</b> and restrict to selected content providers.</li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7cToVctmc46UScp9fL6sCtRrTEp3mz-Dtoi06806ngT_Q84PfliJQ0yN-C34PwI9x7og-phqbastEDPp0scUOyt2jkCZjWqPtPDBvFMtrV0_M-QvnNxvRCHhYKUk0x74DJpQrnOp8nh0/s983/Capture.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="434" data-original-width="983" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7cToVctmc46UScp9fL6sCtRrTEp3mz-Dtoi06806ngT_Q84PfliJQ0yN-C34PwI9x7og-phqbastEDPp0scUOyt2jkCZjWqPtPDBvFMtrV0_M-QvnNxvRCHhYKUk0x74DJpQrnOp8nh0/w640-h282/Capture.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Screenshot of<a href="https://digitalnz.org/records?text=thames&tab=Images#/" target="_blank"> DigitalNZ</a> and the Images available for "Thames'.</div><br /><div>If preferred, search directly at a site that provides online images. My favourites are:</div><div><ul><li><a href="https://natlib.govt.nz/photos?il%5Batl_free_download%5D=true&text=thames" target="_blank">Alexander Turnbull Library, </a>National Library of New Zealand. A collection of high resolution images for download (free and for purchase).</li><li>Archives New Zealand. Use search terms such as <a href="https://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/SimpleSearchResults.do" target="_blank">'Thames photographs' </a>and results will show for images and maps.</li><li><a href="http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/heritageimages/index.htm" target="_blank">Auckland Council Libraries.</a> Sir George Grey Collection, plus family contributions related to Thames.</li><li>Auckland Council Libraries<a href="https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/pages/heritage-photographs.aspx" target="_blank"> Kura Collection.</a></li><li>Auckland War Memorial Museum<a href="https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/discover/collections" target="_blank">. Online Collections.</a> Narrow the<a href="https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/discover/collections/search?pht=True&ooc=True&k=thames" target="_blank"> search </a>to Images and Downloadable images if desired - yes you will also get Thames England!</li><li>Google Images - Always worth a try and great for picking up images (<a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=thames+nz&sxsrf=ALeKk01fZsFLtccSc6RjzsKFWyZcgINteA:1603335160800&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjtotz1mMfsAhWRdn0KHXyHBi0Q_AUoAnoECAUQBA&biw=1366&bih=657" target="_blank">past and present</a>) from websites.</li><li>Kete Hauraki Coromandel - <a href="http://ketehaurakicoromandel.peoplesnetworknz.info/" target="_blank">collection of images.</a></li><li>Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. A selection of <a href="https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/search/Thames/results" target="_blank">search words</a> reveals a wide variety of Thames photographs.</li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKfAKgt7HkWPSmWvpHJGRY1hzdFbyCmlyAaOLBgUmBKcjSbazh-N_TJgXNsk01gOoSze-dRJZnivgcFr-fCWcRJSZ8u3kKo5sKLYAbbftg8l-fhjK4NYirm3QZ8AECjKp7G4LJOnNxFzA/s1309/Capture.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="1309" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKfAKgt7HkWPSmWvpHJGRY1hzdFbyCmlyAaOLBgUmBKcjSbazh-N_TJgXNsk01gOoSze-dRJZnivgcFr-fCWcRJSZ8u3kKo5sKLYAbbftg8l-fhjK4NYirm3QZ8AECjKp7G4LJOnNxFzA/w640-h314/Capture.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Screenshot of search results for 'Thames' at<a href="https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/" target="_blank"> Museum of New Zealand</a>.</div><ul><li>Papers Past - While the images are not always clear, there are a large <a href="https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers?snippet=true&query=Thames&type=ILLUSTRATION" target="_blank">number of illustrations</a> / photographs of Thames / Thamesites.</li></ul><div>The following blog posts will concentrate on photographers who have captured the history of Thames.</div></div></div><div>A permanent database will be maintained for easy access. Photographers / Companies to be examined include: </div><ul></ul><b>AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO; </b><b>BARTLETT</b>, Robert Henry; <b>BISHOP, </b>G W; <b>BURTON BROS</b>: Alfred and Walter Burton; <b>CAUSLEY</b>, Frederick John; <b>CHESTER, </b>W A; <b>CHESTER’S STUDIO; </b><b>CLARKE, </b>Clifton<b>; </b><b>COAD</b>, William; <b>DOD, </b>Charles E; <b>DUNNAGE, </b>Edward Askham; <b>FOY, </b>James Joseph; <b>FOY, </b>Joseph Michael; <b>FOY Bros, </b><b>FRITH, </b>Henry Albert; <b>GRIGG,</b> John; <b>HAMMOND</b>, Thomas William George Howard; <b>HASSELT, </b>Van; <b>HEWIN </b>Messrs; <b>ILES ART STUDIO: </b>Arthur James Isles; <b>LONDON PORTRAIT STUDIOS; </b><b>LOVEWELLS, WING & CO; </b><b>LOW, </b>John; <b>LOW & MANDER; </b><b>MARIBOE, </b>P; <b>MOUNTAIN,</b> P; <b>MUIR & MOODIE</b>; <b>NEAL, </b>William Henry; <b>REDFERN, </b>George; <b>REED</b>, William Henry; <b>RICHARDSON</b>, James D; <b>SCOTT, </b>Thomas Sydney; <b>SEVERN, </b>Henry A; <b>STEWART, </b>F E; <b>STEWART Bros; </b><b>SWALES, </b>Charles Edward; <b>VEITCH, </b>James; <b>WEBSTER, </b>Arthur James; <b>WELLS, </b>Ernest Edward; <b>WESTON, </b>Mr; and <b>YEREX, </b>John Henry.<div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">In Closing - Take a Second Look in Colour:</span></b></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The view north along Brown Street from the Albert Street intersect transports the reader back to the goldmining days. Two storied buildings lined the block, the Bank of New Zealand a symbol of success in the Grahamstown business district.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWWfcz8szFs9mL1tmGuODVQns66IuVf3PTDBUz43f1vM5Xc7LPVDj87an5hEpDMBHojDNrcXguzAkVsE_U2QsaHooEzzBJFmxliZpViAvyVTCmGqbk2_usGUMjdojxQ_nOxsOEK-ritKM/s1357/bnz.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="1357" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWWfcz8szFs9mL1tmGuODVQns66IuVf3PTDBUz43f1vM5Xc7LPVDj87an5hEpDMBHojDNrcXguzAkVsE_U2QsaHooEzzBJFmxliZpViAvyVTCmGqbk2_usGUMjdojxQ_nOxsOEK-ritKM/w640-h278/bnz.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrF39SdFjTRgOMvhKT0uxBIXH6e4UuxkQJkbc1buv6jqh1S6U1f-72aja1QKCtKPJ0R5EUFegZ2FszE8a6wXSU2C0X1yD86R3CJgvDoH1gk_WZ6eSy3XM799tvHaormWixAFWhnJ27xvA/s1333/bnz+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="596" data-original-width="1333" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrF39SdFjTRgOMvhKT0uxBIXH6e4UuxkQJkbc1buv6jqh1S6U1f-72aja1QKCtKPJ0R5EUFegZ2FszE8a6wXSU2C0X1yD86R3CJgvDoH1gk_WZ6eSy3XM799tvHaormWixAFWhnJ27xvA/w640-h286/bnz+2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><br /></b></div>Take a few steps closer. Rickit's Stables and office are on the left, the Royal Hotel (corner Williamson & Brown Streets) in the centre, and the Lady Bowen Hotel on the right.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdnxoT1jF7y-UMZI5zK6ixM-5WvcEudIClfJU4LpGIJokvJN6b-pjN0-NGHmx4nvnsxHOROrjIv9l59LYKQ5upNm5naFuoNWIosDWbCEOy-nHrabdffNidOWV9vTUZg9_YqYssQT95VFQ/s1345/Capture.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="596" data-original-width="1345" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdnxoT1jF7y-UMZI5zK6ixM-5WvcEudIClfJU4LpGIJokvJN6b-pjN0-NGHmx4nvnsxHOROrjIv9l59LYKQ5upNm5naFuoNWIosDWbCEOy-nHrabdffNidOWV9vTUZg9_YqYssQT95VFQ/w640-h284/Capture.JPG" width="640" /></a></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411342426908598447.post-25931287247473893352020-10-17T16:40:00.003+13:002020-10-19T13:56:21.914+13:00 Thames (NZ): Electorate History<p>As Aotearoa New Zealand awaits the results of the 2020 Election it is timely to revisit the names of our past parliamentary representatives and the electorate names. The majority of this post is from a blog dated <a href="https://thamesnz-genealogy.blogspot.com/2014/09/thames-nz-electorate-history.html" target="_blank">19 September 2014</a>.</p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-5644038339337226999" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #f6dfc9; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 738px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15.84px;"> Over the years the boundary lines have varied as population fluctuations cause changes to all New Zealand Electorates. The present </span></span><strong style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;">Coromandel Electorate</strong><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15.84px;"> has had boundary changes for the 2020 election: "The electorate includes many townships encompassing Coromandel, Whitianga, Thames, Whangamatā and Waihī among others. Recent boundary changes saw the electorate grow east to take in Ōmokoroa, and lose Te Aroha, which is now in the Waikato electorate." </span><a href="https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/local-focus-coromandel-electorate-explained/KQQCNCVNVTCDKR6ADNAPI5WWDY/" style="font-size: 15.84px; font-style: italic;" target="_blank">(NZ Herald)</a><span style="font-size: 15.84px;"><i> </i> NB.The Maori electorates are not recorded.</span></span><h3 style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><br /></h3><h3 style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-size: medium;">EARLY HISTORY</span></h3><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15.84px;"> Once the goldfields were established, the first </span></span><a href="http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~althea/1869%20Franklin%20electoral%20roll%20Thames%20area%20full.htm" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Thames eligible males,</a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15.84px;"> were on the 1869 Franklin Election Roll.</span></span><br /><br /><u style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;">The <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_(New_Zealand_electorate)" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Thames Electorate</a> </strong>existed 1871 to 1946. The Members of Parliament were:</u><br /><ul style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">1871: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gordon_O%27Neill" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Charles Gordon<strong> O'Neill</strong></a> (Independent) - <a href="http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=DSC18710211.2.19&srpos=10&e=--1871-----10--1-byDA---2thames+election--" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Results</a></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">1876: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rowe_(politician)" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">William <strong>Rowe</strong></a> and George <strong>Grey</strong></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">1879: John <strong>Sheehan</strong> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Grey" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">George <strong>Grey</strong></a></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">1881: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sheehan_(politician)" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">John <strong>Sheehan</strong></a> (Independent)</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">1884 & !887: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Fraser_(New_Zealand_politician_born_1827)" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">William <strong>Fraser</strong></a> (Independent)</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">1890: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Cadman" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Alfred <strong>Cadman</strong></a> (Liberal)</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">1893 (By-election), 1893, 1896, 1899, 1905, 1908: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McGowan_(politician)" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">James <strong>McGowan</strong></a> (Liberal)</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">1909 (By-election): <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Taylor_(New_Zealand_politician)" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Edmund <strong>Taylor</strong></a> (Liberal)</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">1911, 1914, 1919, 1922, 1925: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_William_Rhodes" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Thomas William <strong>Rhodes</strong></a> (Liberal then Reform)</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">1928, 1931: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Samuel" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Albert <strong>Samuel</strong></a> (Reform)</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">1935, 1938, 1943: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Thorn" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Jim <strong>Thorn</strong></a> (Labour)</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><strong>The Electorate was abolished in 1946</strong><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCxdamKLanhjD0g1n7E77fe7lzKgb0KYvZdTFtuXE1LjVKVlLy-n7TtGn7nV75p2fbWp4YIfI-2d4A22Xn2sFfy-gouDKj4gDTEY_kRb_qUn6ax5O7DtvIODGci-jvO2ODeDaHUi5U_knq/s1600/Sir+George+Grey.jpg" style="color: blue; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCxdamKLanhjD0g1n7E77fe7lzKgb0KYvZdTFtuXE1LjVKVlLy-n7TtGn7nV75p2fbWp4YIfI-2d4A22Xn2sFfy-gouDKj4gDTEY_kRb_qUn6ax5O7DtvIODGci-jvO2ODeDaHUi5U_knq/s1600/Sir+George+Grey.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="148" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzwr1_P1MkYjc_brj3BHt_cTIrTv4hL6VyWA1RMSWoYeGttuOcxvMgu4kzzUj3LCH1fq-yuAqX1vdjTD9wYP7EKmu5oZ5HQfBQZil4s1eLl2g7iFlTb1azqlLOgxV4uOxlOGiX9v-4SRI5/s1600/c003-cadman-alfred-jerome-atl-1.jpg" style="color: blue; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzwr1_P1MkYjc_brj3BHt_cTIrTv4hL6VyWA1RMSWoYeGttuOcxvMgu4kzzUj3LCH1fq-yuAqX1vdjTD9wYP7EKmu5oZ5HQfBQZil4s1eLl2g7iFlTb1azqlLOgxV4uOxlOGiX9v-4SRI5/s1600/c003-cadman-alfred-jerome-atl-1.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="155" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZHn3iP0xCqeuyhorTnK3SDSUq7OEra9CnfdKeSpRrIiV3XSBjR75vsseYRwJ41HzBwgwlhY7SvDAhUU-zem5TxKXZWAWUjpI1Uqbpo3pgo8knV41qDt4M4TyD_EcUem93SgBGx6p9DbsI/s1600/220px-James_McGowan,_1908.jpg" style="color: blue; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZHn3iP0xCqeuyhorTnK3SDSUq7OEra9CnfdKeSpRrIiV3XSBjR75vsseYRwJ41HzBwgwlhY7SvDAhUU-zem5TxKXZWAWUjpI1Uqbpo3pgo8knV41qDt4M4TyD_EcUem93SgBGx6p9DbsI/s1600/220px-James_McGowan,_1908.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="144" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.672px;"> Left to Right: <a href="http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/1g21/grey-george" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Sir George Grey</a> - <a href="http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/2c2/cadman-alfred-jerome" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Alfred Cadman</a> - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McGowan_(politician)" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">James McGowan</a></td></tr></tbody></table></li></ul><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15.84px;"> Then the people of Thames were included in the </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauraki_(New_Zealand_electorate)" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><strong>Hauraki Electorate.</strong></a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15.84px;"> This existed</span></span><strong style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"> </strong><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15.84px;">1928 to 1987 and 1993 to 1996. </span></span><u style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;">The Members of Parliament were:</u><br /><ul style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">1946, 1949, 1951: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Sutherland" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Andrew Sutherland</a> (National)</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">1954, 1957, 1960, 1963, 1966: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Kinsella" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Arthur Kinsella</a> (National)</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">1969: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Schultz" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Leo <strong>Schultz</strong></a> (National)</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><strong>Seat abolished 1972-1981</strong></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">1981, 1984: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graeme_Lee_(politician)" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Graeme Lee</a> (National)</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><strong>Seat abolished 1987-1993</strong></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">1993: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Kyd" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Warren Kyd</a> (National)</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><strong>Seat abolished 1996</strong></li></ul><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15.84px;"> The </span></span><strong style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coromandel_(New_Zealand_electorate)" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Coromandel Electorate</a></strong><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15.84px;"> was in existence 1881 to 1890, 1972 - 1978, 1987-1993, 1996-present day. NB. Thames may not always have been included. </span></span><u style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;">The Members of Parliament were:</u><br /><ul style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">1881, 1884, 1887: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Cadman" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Alfred Cadman</a> (Independent)</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><strong>Seat abolished 1890-1972</strong></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">1972, 1975, 1978: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Schultz" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Leo Schultz</a> (National)</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><strong>Seat abolished 1978-1987</strong></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">1987, 1990: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graeme_Lee_(politician)" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Graeme Lee</a> (National)</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><strong>Seat abolished 1993-1996</strong></li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">1996: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_McLean" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Murray McLean</a> (National)</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">1999: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanette_Fitzsimons" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Jeanette Fitzsimons</a> (Green)</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">2002, 2055,2008: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_Goudie" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Sandra Goudie</a> (National)</li><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">2011, 2014, 2017-: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Simpson_(politician)" target="_blank">Scott Simpson</a> (National) Incumbent.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk21vs2K_PfpPmAKRTqiHzSb415z7ougsilNCS1OcFej-0L9POY4ozUgpGazZoMWzgWiWYY81CMOY7EyvT9Jf4C-16P36cz2D_kp9nQSIAk7yHCLG7Vb6hkpFXCAd_1C0sF25YRCmeLWRy/s1600/1871+Thames+Election.JPG" style="color: blue; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk21vs2K_PfpPmAKRTqiHzSb415z7ougsilNCS1OcFej-0L9POY4ozUgpGazZoMWzgWiWYY81CMOY7EyvT9Jf4C-16P36cz2D_kp9nQSIAk7yHCLG7Vb6hkpFXCAd_1C0sF25YRCmeLWRy/s1600/1871+Thames+Election.JPG" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="320" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn4MXZaYr9SoQpNxRKpGq6bLEWmaRT8MZruxDRFsAjLwDzx13sfVJhmPSDTLzy6K-rrxXeaY-clYANIY82nbM13fxBBDe4IWJLcH2ndOuyIevw48PVHAM1CC3tO4RUFzax0ze1zyqBATZy/s1600/Charles+gordon+Oneill.jpg" style="color: blue; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn4MXZaYr9SoQpNxRKpGq6bLEWmaRT8MZruxDRFsAjLwDzx13sfVJhmPSDTLzy6K-rrxXeaY-clYANIY82nbM13fxBBDe4IWJLcH2ndOuyIevw48PVHAM1CC3tO4RUFzax0ze1zyqBATZy/s1600/Charles+gordon+Oneill.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="228" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.672px;"><a href="http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZH18710216.2.25&srpos=14&e=--1871-----10--11-byDA---2thames+election--" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">First Thames Election result of 1871</a> and the first MP <a href="http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/2o5/oneill-charles-gordon" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Charles Gordon O'Neill</a></td></tr></tbody></table></li></ul></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411342426908598447.post-90491881787853069062020-10-15T15:59:00.000+13:002020-10-15T15:59:54.835+13:00Thames (NZ): Take a second look in Colour - Moanataiari Creek<b><span style="font-size: medium;">The Moanataiari Creek Valley</span></b><br />The view for today is of the Moanataiari Valley. Personally special as it was home to my Great Great Grandparents Clement and Barbara Cornes and their family. In total they had thirteen children - three passed away early and are interred at Shortland Cemetery, Thames.<div> Clement Augustus Cornes was at various times a miner, mine manager and mine owner. Around 1868, Cornes was working the Just-in-Time Claim, Moanataiari Creek. By the 1875 Electoral Roll, Clement and his brother Alfred (and their families) resided at the Golden Calf Claim, which was to the south of the previously mentioned claim.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHwDCzL3qtllYIgDQ0SqFdMyyfnAJp_EzCg2ILYQtzxoPB73WbUCQBfrlv5wi5an2upbhiU-e2qHwECj3ezrRzj4R0-mgbzkq19uYPV5upR7yX1t5GQ6kY4aOkMSxgPEACzWmAasAF-cY/s1068/cornes.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="144" data-original-width="1068" height="86" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHwDCzL3qtllYIgDQ0SqFdMyyfnAJp_EzCg2ILYQtzxoPB73WbUCQBfrlv5wi5an2upbhiU-e2qHwECj3ezrRzj4R0-mgbzkq19uYPV5upR7yX1t5GQ6kY4aOkMSxgPEACzWmAasAF-cY/w640-h86/cornes.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1875 Thames Electoral Roll </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Source: Ancestry.au., Thames Library Edition</i></div><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="862" height="557" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7fMN0xeAE5zY5P2wTfyZXtzANelQXhyphenhyphenA4qkHCSfWBxJcCYZ3aZSujSEKn6LwMcA3bpxn8x-7F4bxy1_fmblUA-tPFy2o_ppBS0yUiEcbXNiqVLpPDHOVuNPmrPUx-rCgwkwYH817F7jw/w640-h557/A16668.jpg" width="640" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Moanataiari Creek, Thames (c1869)</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Source: 'Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries,<a href="http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll?BU=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aucklandcity.govt.nz%2Fdbtw-wpd%2FHeritageImages%2Findex.htm&AC=QBE_QUERY&TN=heritageimages&QF0=ID&NP=2&MR=5&RF=HIORecordSearch&QI0=%3D%227-A16668%22" target="_blank"> 7-A16668'</a> </i></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><b>PHOTO Description</b></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div>Looking along Moanataiari Creek, Thames, showing gold mining activity. The rail line going off to the left is going up to the Victoria Battery. This is the original rail line that Tookey put in from the beach to the battery and sold to the government when they began building the extension proper of the Moanataiari Tramway up the upper part of the valley to Punga Flat in 1869. One of the buildings in the distance is the (Grand) Junction Hotel. The track going up the valley to the left is to Eureka Hill.</div></div></blockquote></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>A Second Look in Colour</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="610" data-original-width="708" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtaFv8oR22ea_xBisiykNi5f2mCsjMCEi0Nxa4ozrZoZKaTa4yqKVCsBWLQ5UEQ-GjuQLOrkAb5DgDqZfLSOK-FICt4qKRvdPEoah0WyrQmKKhbunwyTA-Da1CPb-v1xoLa3tPZCTvRdw/w640-h552/Capture.JPG" width="640" /></div><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> What Do You See?</span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>People walking along the tramline heading to Grahamstown or beyond. Perhaps going over the hills to Eureka or Waiotahi Creek School.</li><li>Devastation! The landscape dominated by mining, adits, tree stumps and wooden buildings perched on the valley wall.</li><li>A lone tree, but a memory of how the land was before the hunt for gold took over.</li><li>Piles of cut timber far left - is someone building a new hut, or for use in a nearby mine?</li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBsMOZG6TmTvof9-RGh2v5SM_yWNpHzYXojd_koxvPDYheeYmIXxiscpBijFRVNQsW-oIP8VV-yoLbpF6ZqrIizywIcb22kcH8g79cMloqecxOzBetDZkcZhuRPPKthmcf7iJlOl-M_5s/s2048/7_A16668+Al+colourised+adj+c1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1370" data-original-width="2048" height="429" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBsMOZG6TmTvof9-RGh2v5SM_yWNpHzYXojd_koxvPDYheeYmIXxiscpBijFRVNQsW-oIP8VV-yoLbpF6ZqrIizywIcb22kcH8g79cMloqecxOzBetDZkcZhuRPPKthmcf7iJlOl-M_5s/w640-h429/7_A16668+Al+colourised+adj+c1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Above: The children and women are immaculately dressed, while the men take a break. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Below: A miner is seated on the right, beside a small hut.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj29aLhyphenhyphenyCZBty2nNoCF4gqp51MT79PlqfK-5cTqw5YCrLkvdkE_QRHm0y1oiImx08v5o4xuUMG_mMxhGbdfxgZdMjT8__wLZLQVY2mcZ5lSVIlUe5mGJH_c__r1adNbdbFbzqGjUhwFZE/s2048/7_A16668+Al+colourised+adj+c2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1355" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj29aLhyphenhyphenyCZBty2nNoCF4gqp51MT79PlqfK-5cTqw5YCrLkvdkE_QRHm0y1oiImx08v5o4xuUMG_mMxhGbdfxgZdMjT8__wLZLQVY2mcZ5lSVIlUe5mGJH_c__r1adNbdbFbzqGjUhwFZE/w640-h424/7_A16668+Al+colourised+adj+c2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Principal Buildings at the Moanataiari Creek Settlement</span></b></div><div> Previously I confess I hadn't taken a great deal of notice of the buildings at the far right of the original photo. I was surprised to see the description which stated that one of the buildings was the (Grand) Junction Hotel. In the past I wrongly assumed the buildings were soley mining related. Look at the photograph snips below and follow the tramway up to the buildings. Not a place for the less fit!</div><div> The steam driven Victoria Battery is nestled at the base of the hill, the battery's large chimney visible above the roofs.</div><div> In the Thames Directory 1870, three businesses operated up the Moanataiari Creek: A general store (Mr T E Bush), Grand Junction Store (Mr R B Mason), and the Junction Hotel (Mr R S Browne).</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1361" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcM0U6JqEtkI2kejF0PY3_pmH45WM8Cccqlgo5JZQ7Xh0WFEnobiHuUoVA0sGyc77MPoc6WFAsmTPAztYM0SIm1bpiJmYETD0N9WqdN-LqA4bK3nC0atfXQdrRVC9oyjMjkIcOatYwVFk/s320/7_A16668+Al+colourised+adj+c3.jpg" width="320" /> <img border="0" data-original-height="1021" data-original-width="1506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOw8WWAWTVxQHEpjq5Xvm6E44M7envbyKh5aorTlBv7bJvmKIeW5wCAsYlS-HdxXK6ZD9v_HvOI9kXnM4-XAuzKPAWjpur8POPJplofHirqFWneJXCNdss6WV-61WP7GxGDPsMm4k1iAE/s320/7_A16668+Al+colourised+adj+c4.jpg" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span>Above & Below: Various snips of the full colourised photo labelled 'Moanataiari Creek'.</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="610" data-original-width="909" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0nVChKGRuWY1CZ3gxt9cpVLOCeX32oMB43M7T3sHCDm0zEIOtsFy0Z6Le1eotwxinGUy7KzoT-yRnSbiIndmiqSQegnUgV5NIzaO9qazCOCvnuMlL3NcFGq6h1YVAmBja_IWU8V3PX10/w640-h430/7_A16668+Al+colourised+adj+c5.jpg" width="640" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span>The Grand Junction Hotel & Store - Which is Which?</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> The dilemma is which building is the Grand Junction Hotel? My money is on the 'larger' building, as accommodation would have been a core part of the hotel's business. We do know that a store was located directly adjacent to the hotel (more on that later) and that both were by the Victoria Battery.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> In the colourised view it appears there is a lamp outside the larger building, a requirement for hotels of this era. Does the writing say hotel or Store? <i>(see enlargement below)</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9EVMqKrjSVJJ7pyQnuIPChD-i0IfitA9j7T3lLi0Ahi0qHy1cq45B3W4jxXud8G1uHrJvNtBIDMbkU-Y2C39AfsoFiSeHWYHsXQpj3BmQqHhDKC9e7U0SnDiuQ399HQaV7sj7x-kATH8/s923/Capture+light.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="923" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9EVMqKrjSVJJ7pyQnuIPChD-i0IfitA9j7T3lLi0Ahi0qHy1cq45B3W4jxXud8G1uHrJvNtBIDMbkU-Y2C39AfsoFiSeHWYHsXQpj3BmQqHhDKC9e7U0SnDiuQ399HQaV7sj7x-kATH8/w640-h306/Capture+light.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The Grand Junction Hotel</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Hotels on the goldfield often took their name in relation to the nearest mine, so we would assume that the Grand Junction Hotel was named after the nearby Grand Junction Claim.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> The hotel opened c1868 and closed 1880. Known Publicans were: Matthew Vaughan (1868-69); R S Browne (1870); Sarah Jane Vaughan (1871); Louis Segar (1871-72); Elizabeth Isaacs (1872); George Burdett (1874-75); William Hetherington (1875-76); Samuel Barrett (1876): and Michael Driscoll (1878-80).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Maori War veteran Mr Matthew Vaughan, built and operated the hotel . He married his barmaid in 1869, who subsequently left him for another man. Around 1869, Vaughan moved onto other hotels at the Thames while a string of new publicans graced this hotel up the Moanataiari Creek.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> The Grand Junction Hotel was used as a <a href="https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TGMR18720127.2.8?items_per_page=50&phrase=2&query=grand+junction+hotel&snippet=true&sort_by=byDA&title=AS%2cDSC%2cNZH%2cTHA%2cTGMR%2cTHS" target="_blank">meeting place</a> by the residents of the Moanataiari Creek. In 1871 for instance they gathered there to discuss the matter of town boundaries.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtik-C6EohCjPA791bMcIlT-KiGvuqkIg_D5B-Rzv4ujqf0VkG2QqZRWEMU-33BQ009Z3lInM8xBOtsLfbqZGwHhHegMAmj3A0eTAG8e_NU7J-73LbYTMub28LsYr0hsIyUeb0oFRod2s/s525/isaacs.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="322" data-original-width="525" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtik-C6EohCjPA791bMcIlT-KiGvuqkIg_D5B-Rzv4ujqf0VkG2QqZRWEMU-33BQ009Z3lInM8xBOtsLfbqZGwHhHegMAmj3A0eTAG8e_NU7J-73LbYTMub28LsYr0hsIyUeb0oFRod2s/w400-h245/isaacs.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>THAMES GUARDIAN AND MINING RECORD</i>, <a href="https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TGMR18720819.2.11.4?items_per_page=50&phrase=2&query=grand+junction+hotel&snippet=true&sort_by=byDA&title=AS%2cDSC%2cNZH%2cTHA%2cTGMR%2cTHS" target="_blank">19 AUGUST 1872</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> Early in the morning <b>23 March 1874</b>, there was a fire which burnt the Grand Junction Hotel and Bennett’s adjoining store to the ground. The fire reportedly started by a spark from one of the engine furnaces in the area. Its not clear when the new hotel was built, but Publican George Burdett was in residence by <b>7 February 1875</b>, when the sad news was published that his one year old son George had died at the Grand Junction Hotel.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQuAWyEc1W634GuUTutwnHR7NcrEXa1JvJIds1TIuhgO17klSvBt2t-74WeMCbd1lcrvvT68oqgNeV-mX3UX-e4GrloCQAjnzaSuxPRFjr7Cm5WQE3-Jpumq8qT13ULocfQS9Z9BcLFX0/s1842/DSC18740324_1_3-c256+fire.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1842" data-original-width="966" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQuAWyEc1W634GuUTutwnHR7NcrEXa1JvJIds1TIuhgO17klSvBt2t-74WeMCbd1lcrvvT68oqgNeV-mX3UX-e4GrloCQAjnzaSuxPRFjr7Cm5WQE3-Jpumq8qT13ULocfQS9Z9BcLFX0/w336-h640/DSC18740324_1_3-c256+fire.jpg" width="336" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>DAILY SOUTHERN CROSS,</i> <a href="https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DSC18740324.2.14?items_per_page=50&phrase=2&query=grand+junction+hotel&snippet=true&sort_by=byDA&title=AS%2cDSC%2cNZH%2cTHA%2cTGMR%2cTHS" target="_blank">24 MARCH 1874</a></div> <div> For many years the owner of the hotel was Ehrenfried Bros, who owned the majority of the hotels in the town. It was therefore the norm that hotels leased. Each hotel had a publican who was required to gain a license from the local licensing board.</div><div> Another common use for a hotel on the goldfield was to act as a 'morgue' for the recently deceased. The person's body held at the hotel until the police arrived and / or an inquest was held. This was the case in October 1878, when there was a fatal accident at the Moanataiari Mine. Tributer Thomas Pugh was crushed to death by several tonnes of earth - his body was taken to the Grand Junction Hotel until the police arrived. The late Mr Pugh was then conveyed to his residence in Pollen Street awaiting an inquest and interment. <i>Thames Advertiser <a href="https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THA18781004.2.9?items_per_page=50&phrase=2&query=grand+junction+hotel&snippet=true&sort_by=byDA&title=AS%2cDSC%2cNZH%2cTHA%2cTGMR%2cTHS" target="_blank">4 October 1878.</a></i></div><div> In <a href="https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THA18800108.2.9?items_per_page=50&phrase=2&query=grand+junction+hotel&snippet=true&sort_by=byDA&title=AS%2cDSC%2cNZH%2cTHA%2cTGMR%2cTHS" target="_blank">January 1880</a>, there was another fire at the hotel leased at that time by Michael Driscoll. That appears to be the end of the Grand Junction Hotel!</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Grand Junction Store</span></b></div><div> The store was owned by Mr Richard B Mason (c1870), and then operated by Mr T A Bennett (c1872-1880). There were two major fires at the store (outlined above) in 1874 and 1880. There are no details found (as yet) for the store trading after the last devastating event.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdN5rOQXpjNwJIJP27ach6wXSDzizE-7cwA-PwKB5_do0JG8EXzx_v0yUVsAkpbwG35p1qa5Z0Eie8ybtFB18Ph4wKrW1ZiSzr6f8kRDjfysxxRPULfoeZytVPJ9kEwRxykgXhQ1co8-M/s604/Capture+store.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="356" data-original-width="604" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdN5rOQXpjNwJIJP27ach6wXSDzizE-7cwA-PwKB5_do0JG8EXzx_v0yUVsAkpbwG35p1qa5Z0Eie8ybtFB18Ph4wKrW1ZiSzr6f8kRDjfysxxRPULfoeZytVPJ9kEwRxykgXhQ1co8-M/w400-h236/Capture+store.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>THAMES GUARDIAN AND MINING RECORD, </i><a href="https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TGMR18720126.2.11.2?items_per_page=50&query=store+%22Moanataiari+Creek%22&snippet=true&sort_by=byDA&title=THS%2cTGMR%2cTHA" target="_blank">26 JANUARY 1872</a></div><br /><div><div><b style="font-size: large;">Comparative Photographs</b></div><div> There is <a href="http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll?BU=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aucklandcity.govt.nz%2Fdbtw-wpd%2FHeritageImages%2Findex.htm&AC=QBE_QUERY&TN=heritageimages&QF0=ID&NP=2&MR=5&RF=HIORecordSearch&QI0=%3D%224-3678%22" target="_blank">another photograph</a> of the Victoria Battery and the view up the Moanataiari Gully which compares the landscape changes. Then there is another one of the<a href="http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll?BU=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aucklandcity.govt.nz%2Fdbtw-wpd%2FHeritageImages%2Findex.htm&AC=QBE_QUERY&TN=heritageimages&QF0=ID&NP=2&MR=5&RF=HIORecordSearch&QI0=%3D%224-3681-45%22" target="_blank"> 'same' </a>view. Both are below, notice anything?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5O1XAFEKdJttpBUeD4XKA0wofpVyJw5iLaJrEJ-Ez_S14Z1fVfWufc1-IvFKOomhCGdITk41_Ej0wk-KdeY1P48c1ecwLvkaKkXndu7fAab8GELzHG-K-ZW9W0NJDj52Qxhbfxzdl370/s1223/3681-45+flip.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1223" data-original-width="930" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5O1XAFEKdJttpBUeD4XKA0wofpVyJw5iLaJrEJ-Ez_S14Z1fVfWufc1-IvFKOomhCGdITk41_Ej0wk-KdeY1P48c1ecwLvkaKkXndu7fAab8GELzHG-K-ZW9W0NJDj52Qxhbfxzdl370/s320/3681-45+flip.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihyILZBRPVS4_Ba1F3MEOPNW9lM6ybSDRQvRMPDJ9MTc5HrDbAxtYdsjAjWS_w1XTq8ZZCdvYj76GQLX7TTZl3nSXyyeTMsiyApALRl-_OkF-P2qL0GoQrAxQg5p7W6h1c_Bab7TU3aeM/s855/3678+AL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="855" data-original-width="655" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihyILZBRPVS4_Ba1F3MEOPNW9lM6ybSDRQvRMPDJ9MTc5HrDbAxtYdsjAjWS_w1XTq8ZZCdvYj76GQLX7TTZl3nSXyyeTMsiyApALRl-_OkF-P2qL0GoQrAxQg5p7W6h1c_Bab7TU3aeM/s320/3678+AL.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo 1 (Left): Showing the Moanatairi Gully near Dauntless Mine, Thames <i> Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 3681-45</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photo 2 (Right): "Showing the Victoria Battery at the Moanataiari Creek , Thames near the Dauntless Goldmine" <i>Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 4-3678</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Did you spot the difference?</b> A flipped image...the correct one on the right? This matches the landscape landmarks in our photo of the day at the beginning of the article. <i>[Auckland library have been notified regarding the images]</i></div><br /><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Take the Challenge:</span></b></div><div> Do you know the names of any of the mines / claims in the Moanataiari Valley area.</div><div><div>Check out The Thames Illustrated Mining Map (part below) for some clues.</div><div> Did you say: Auckland Consolidated, Belfast, Caledonia, Duke of Edinburgh, Galatea, Golden Calf, Grand Junction, Hazel Bank, Just in Time, Kellys, Morning Star, Otago, Pai Marire, Redan, Tookeys, or Young American? And many more!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw-f18z9QB_9f4grmjg3U6F7-zFGmXOrLj-qq1QpZz3O077AvVS_85UCr9eDaoeJfHxCUbRXA0BQ3NsLnF9__SLNBNsMFIOc9s2QMPpQ9wz7SL_hRxHkPV7qBjtkHOE5KJaIhEJLu85iE/s1442/Mining+illustrated+1868.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1442" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw-f18z9QB_9f4grmjg3U6F7-zFGmXOrLj-qq1QpZz3O077AvVS_85UCr9eDaoeJfHxCUbRXA0BQ3NsLnF9__SLNBNsMFIOc9s2QMPpQ9wz7SL_hRxHkPV7qBjtkHOE5KJaIhEJLu85iE/w640-h426/Mining+illustrated+1868.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Thames Illustrated Mining Map</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Source: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections <a href="http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll?BU=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aucklandcity.govt.nz%2Fdbtw-wpd%2FHeritageImages%2Findex.htm&AC=QBE_QUERY&TN=heritageimages&QF0=ID&NP=2&MR=5&RF=HIORecordSearch&QI0=%3D%22NZ Map 4531%22" target="_blank">NZ Map 4531</a></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Below: Crop of the above map.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1. Victoria Battery; 2. Just In Time Claim; 3. Golden Calf Claim</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlTElX8h4zVUMraBYDIcVdFKs2tYL_sQJYnEJF5XQu-711fGf84FGlxMY-Z0Dee59gAyg5LToRltXhCmS8u1JvQhz5wg46ryf3Y-b3NTzARoYyleXSPSvWGY9IRT1gAdD8X9JKdDriEcY/s805/VB+numbered.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="295" data-original-width="805" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlTElX8h4zVUMraBYDIcVdFKs2tYL_sQJYnEJF5XQu-711fGf84FGlxMY-Z0Dee59gAyg5LToRltXhCmS8u1JvQhz5wg46ryf3Y-b3NTzARoYyleXSPSvWGY9IRT1gAdD8X9JKdDriEcY/w640-h234/VB+numbered.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;">Suggested Reading:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Goldrush to the Thames New Zealand 1867 to 1869</i>, by Dr Kae Lewis. <a href="https://kaelewis.com/" target="_blank">Parawai Press</a> 2017.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkmny4aQerF38j_xrxIOReso_07twpYjsXJqy4ooZ2YkIRTcm7rXDPxNvioBw1H963cifR4CZlyF2vO71PUDf_mfZ9hQYRw7sKg0K6qLIFbnOUyKC1EA2hytjCvBqV5CObeUN_OoNVaBs/s1030/double.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="437" data-original-width="1030" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkmny4aQerF38j_xrxIOReso_07twpYjsXJqy4ooZ2YkIRTcm7rXDPxNvioBw1H963cifR4CZlyF2vO71PUDf_mfZ9hQYRw7sKg0K6qLIFbnOUyKC1EA2hytjCvBqV5CObeUN_OoNVaBs/w640-h272/double.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>SIDE-BY-SIDE - Colourised & Original</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Moanataiari Creek, Thames (c1869)</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Source: 'Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries,<a href="http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll?BU=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aucklandcity.govt.nz%2Fdbtw-wpd%2FHeritageImages%2Findex.htm&AC=QBE_QUERY&TN=heritageimages&QF0=ID&NP=2&MR=5&RF=HIORecordSearch&QI0=%3D%227-A16668%22" target="_blank"> 7-A16668'</a> </i></div><div><p></p></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411342426908598447.post-13461739728826759212020-10-12T21:59:00.000+13:002020-10-12T21:59:25.704+13:00Thames (NZ): Discoveries at Shortland Cemetery<p> I often vent on this blog about the state of our historic cemeteries. I sincerely thank all the known and unknown folk who take the time to tend the graves, when and as they are able. Every bit helps.</p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Eastern Boundary of the Shortland Cemetery Extension</span></b><br /> While carrying out a survey of graves in the Shortland Extension (area adjacent to Danby Street), it became clear that things didn't match up with what's on the ground and what is recorded in the council database. Where were certain plots located, let alone were there any headstones.<i> (Area marked in blue below)</i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="453" data-original-width="1087" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrzI7r1ol0WNq9v2Nilfgv1Wt6FWLDFj2m-UZIKCWvAUwcMz7BDaSYWdb6JlpnkQLCtdr-vAvjGexWkEFZV32orYo7pJbktmpMg4CNNsvgQcXjLMxIkkHJgvqoiv4EUqsIcVGvbG4voQ8/w640-h266/Capture.JPG" width="640" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Shortland Extension, at Shortland Cemetery Thames.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Source: <a href="https://www.tcdc.govt.nz/Our-Services/Online-services/Online-Cemetery-Search/" target="_blank">TCDC online Database.</a></i></div><div><br /></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">On The Ground at Shortland Cemetery</span></b><div> Take a look at the photographs below; its difficult to imagine that Thamesites were interred here. You wonder whether the land has subsided? Been damaged by storms? Or are the maps incorrect.</div><div> Known burials in the area this block at the eastern boundary are: Alexander LELEAN (<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175714351/alexander-lelean" target="_blank">Plot 3049</a>), Frederick T MARSON (<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176056317/frederick-thomas-marson" target="_blank">P 3051</a>), William WISHART (<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174861804/william-wishart" target="_blank">P 3051</a>), George ROBINSON (<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175492773/george-henry-robinson" target="_blank">P 3060</a>), Jack G TETLEY (<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175108590/jack-granville-tetley" target="_blank">P 3062</a>), William COLLINS (<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175678286/william-collins" target="_blank">P 3063</a>), Thomas DOIDGE (<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175960621/thomas-doidge" target="_blank">P 3066</a>), Christopher LYNDON (<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175714395/christopher-lyndon" target="_blank">P 3067</a>), Richard CRAWFORD (<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176025268/richard-crawford" target="_blank">P 3068</a>), Mary MUTTON (<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175606687/mary-mutton" target="_blank">P 3072</a>), Mary DAGGAR (<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175938162/mary-daggar" target="_blank">P 3073</a>), Kanu HELLSTEN (<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175815484/kanu-hellsten" target="_blank">P 3073</a>), Charles ROSS (<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/173003545/charles-ross" target="_blank">P 3077</a>), Richard W POLKINGHORNE (<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175650457/richard-william-polkinghorne" target="_blank">P 3079</a>), John HAWKINS (<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174804769/john-hawkins" target="_blank">P 3080</a>), Catherine HAWKINS (<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174804605/catherine-hawkins" target="_blank">P 3081</a>);<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175022504/alfred-isaacs" target="_blank"> Alfred</a>, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175022507/william-isaacs" target="_blank">William </a>and <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175022506/james-isaacs" target="_blank">James </a>ISAACS.</div><div> Nineteen interments (at least), in an overgrown section of the cemetery.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGljXXcKJvAl0tKd2tzXtabX9IUQWtR_0dGJ1UA4HOr1_EHacox1SJvY108c1UpZifyL9bUuSGKFPVSq4z6FBVUx2Ri3O43pjwQP-7OMTNUboWyJzIylCxFnt5Kn80Rku1LvSZK_cs90g/s320/tet.jpeg" width="320" /> <img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5pxIcD_xzZrChrzxZNEnKfy3q0F7n6PVgXJrBoZmV6KxcKYN8sL_OQkjjrBU6Jy6LNWITX7uTGvFTWNuAxEo0IbXqg21dSNjfgvfMv3tPtLV1wOLDKvpYDRvX6q9D_XBU0xK2XuzEFWM/s320/robinson.jpeg" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">View towards the eastern boundary of the Extension at Shortland Cemetery.</div></div><br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;">A Second Look at Plots 3049 to 3082</span></b></div><div> As regulars will know, when help is needed, call 'our' volunteer Graeme - who has the skills to clear, measure plot layout and most importantly find lost graves! Worthy of being an 'honorary cemetery archaeologist'!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1381" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg408VfaMrG4p0cJ135Lqj4P-6-UGQxuurHc0yQhji1F07JWQOboxx0q9ft5WQoQlRbCCzKyD6lYGzy8wAw9Iz05SngPnDeQ36RHoBQRCLdYsTskLOREpmsdI8zyBOa4MPBoYVoghqOfQw/s320/Shortland+Cemetery+top+extension_clear.jpg" width="320" /> <img border="0" data-original-height="990" data-original-width="1481" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ANrVJVGb3z84PWPns8iEmAqi0vDOHexm-mL3BKw1XAXp4aOeNcoEow9mYMgTvt8CKur9k8c89GEtQhoA-a19HKdZmmQHXtQv1jKdYWWCixkOv_AzRTVEGpabzYeCmi4qyGz9iHO61vg/s320/Shortland+Cemetery+top+extension_Graeme+3.jpg" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Left: View to the eastern boundary of the extension - land now cleared. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Right: Spot Graeme still hard at work at the top of the row.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Below: A quick rest, before clearing the top of the row.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXibsXOMAExRZECOJ9nIiUGxS4AuIa3sTG30hht_lwNAwy7pjTRsLoHldQTgzvcUUPOJirv_sFiu-P-lNOZV3CoAQVNdp7FLvSWSLrtqpef34CxVH5tZcaad1aqMvCgbGt1hw396qxdsE/w640-h428/Shortland+Cemetery+top+extension_Graeme+2.jpg" width="640" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Latest 'Finds' at Shortland Cemetery</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> The Hawkins and Polkinghorne Plots were cleared at the top (south) end of the row. The biggest reveal came with the location of five year old Jack Granville TETLEY's<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175108590/jack-granville-tetley" target="_blank"> grave</a>. Part of Jack's headstone was found in the rubble and placed back on the grave.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="819" data-original-width="1228" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1-M1KDbUdIZCIo-G4DzVXXZowB9f7yZL2rWAzAn8iDqS4BbtUZOdwHOSpHKtz93k3Tv0cb2BR8QZuLHMzJrm-GzzjamR4c_KDqbODSXHGxcshhA8Onn6EHBa_JTu_7mjLwHYvqMte3bs/w400-h266/Shortland+Cemetery+top+extension_4+Plot+3062+Tetley+3.jpg" width="400" /> <img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1490" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSgTPD9-b8AvhdermxoBJMLY4HrsPJKaPp-CftufCianrxttvLtVaTWqOqEdoIGqSHlK0Gpec22Tx6t8_Na2j7mV2DHgSOUmS-XY2hXYLNu8G3X1j2guOtAhDOKivazStBX02TwEdndOo/s320/Shortland+Cemetery+top+extension_4+Plot+3062+Tetley.jpg" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jack's grave - (<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175108590/jack-granville-tetley" target="_blank">Plot 3062</a>), Shortland Cemetery, Thames.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk6mFVXV0KvAgSw_LIjjdiSfPsVWyHqKaTWtdOnNipCznmpnaUoA8y6sisa2Ivu25rO7jfLylqJvFe-D-qFMUv0W_NbBRBsqPVfYodE-DLSiZDIQP76b4wXDU9tGd535jO3ztssKmsNss/w640-h480/Shortland+Cemetery+top+extension_2.jpg" width="640" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The view of the plots that were previously covered by scrub and weed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Following the left blue line at the base is Jack Tetley's grave, and at the top of the 2nd blue line is the Polkinghorne and Hawkins' Plots.</div><br /><div> Also uncovered was part of a grave in the adjoining row. Excavation would be necessary to see whether it is an intact structure or rubble from a a broken grave that has become covered with dirt over decades. Just one of the many mysteries and finds in Graeme's exploration and 'work' at Shortland Cemetery.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1160" data-original-width="2048" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOoMG6uD_Fjxpf4TOUI58X5QqVeTcxA10cB1UC_w8Aj68kPURvqzu7PI9F9seiog_CIXFlOlPyP0zusx2tCI5EpiFOSB1jlkNX9rcafhocLHXLQxdNEpwFKcwEPOMIGdGTw-AhCplM2ao/w400-h226/Shortland+Cemetery+top+extension_3+Plot+3096.jpg" width="400" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A section of grave wall and other rock debris found at approximately plot 3096, Shortland Cemetery.</div><br /><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Another big Reveal!</span></b></div><div> Further north down the hill and further miracles had been performed. You may have seen a previous article on the locating and clearing of <a href="https://thamesnz-genealogy.blogspot.com/2020/03/thames-nz-building-family-connections.html" target="_blank">John Miln's</a> grave - now the area has been completely cleared (again thanks to Graeme).</div><div> Further down the incline is located the grave of Mrs Sarah <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175874363/sarah-ruth-glasgow" target="_blank">Glasgow</a>. The photograph below, clearly showing the overgrown and inaccessible land around the plot. There was no way that I could get to it to take a better photograph! <span style="text-align: center;">Th</span>ere are interments in all but two of the plots surrounding Mrs Glasgow's.<br />It was pleasing to see that the actual memorial structure is intact.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1362" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYzGRn1Mm4IlpdoGxJSMuT-yWgburWKabUcaA9NVPvgvRiu5vGeo1DJNtkYD2rSacNUmzrpxbJY-X3rWuq47vGba-3tRxk2Et7Qm0Ja9YXagAEcZl6U0bNv8c4uYwEyDmJl_UjGKXa4OA/w640-h426/Glasgow.jpeg" width="640" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>BEFORE & AFTER </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Above: Plot 4161 Sarah Ruth GLASGOW nee Underwood.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Below: The area surrounding Plot 4161 has now been cleared (by Graeme). </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwknMsxEXZ2JxxYgyniupDTL0sLweLB-UE3z6ycR11xjLIICSVqD8AVRQR-_XVPi8qHE6DG6jNwEwu3VPPlYrUtoevrd5Jh7KfRkGHtgRQTOn-CaWYm2dgW8s9Sq_9OrxOHe6PnujHrAo/w640-h428/Shortland+Cemetery+top+extension_Glasgow+cleared.jpg" width="640" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqzlkRbzROgVUjfUOeVSnVWvi3Hbgi8X_PetKL72RlosCx_bV6e-4_xnsDyku1i97wd7l2toRGnDbYQES3K5Bk_pRDjFzRMOmhza-pbdSXQsiYGsDZS-m5zFWrDBzG3dYwJHhx0-PhpGo/s320/Shortland+Cemetery+top+extension_Glasgow+above+south.jpg" width="320" /> <img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP-Y7wBHIDxHRG4jFJ5XRsz0PL-1DnMqjxPh2jvgJSG0hyphenhyphenOpiF97gEuXTiKeh0SydPb9tjhGFbyZaNDWCmFYtFJRs5pMHmD7H1goS9m_L4wWoKvyHLy5j7ba5_-RwC76o_vG6naS-Abj4/s320/Shortland+Cemetery+top+extension_south+Glasgow+2.jpg" width="320" /><br />Left: Mrs Glasgow's grave. Right: Northern side of the grave, looking south up the hill.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Thanks to the area being cleared, we are now able to identify the location of the plot for 85 year old Mrs Mary Scown (<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175226947/mary-scown" target="_blank">Plot 4163</a>). In the photograph below, the plot is second from the right end of the row - where the shadow of the tree is on the ground.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFtfOBZXGR13OSWgKuN6y4iXyGi1GVJrD3pFs-pwCVV-XhcofO6JcviWgiVWtRy8srlmIroo0Ne89Y6PtTWi9R1ycJmz5jZE3Ev1uuBr3XJyB-oZJVWZaiJ9lu8z_5OhWyCx96h1NJUKY/w640-h480/Shortland+Cemetery+top+extension_north+of+Glasgow+MARY+SCOWN.jpg" width="640" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mrs Mary Scown's Plot at Shortland Cemetery.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The Work Never Ends</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Sadly the day never comes for complacency, maintaining Shortland and Tararu Cemetery is an ongoing issue. Graeme carries an enormous load and help is always desperately needed (under the co-ordination of TCDC).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> In April 1939, a visitor to the town wrote to the paper about the shameful state of the cemetery. The newspaper report stated: It is poor respect to the dead who helped to build up Thames, to neglect their last resting place so dreadfully he urged. <i>“A cemetery should be a garden of sleep and serenity, where relatives can visit in reverence, not a wilderness of overgrown graves and paths which merely advertise a community’s indifference and apathy.”</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> The Mayor at the time responded, called a working bee and agreed the words were true. The question still alluded him and the town how to maintain Shortland Cemetery.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3210" data-original-width="980" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3piiq_b2xDDVj8qGL8Bg89YtDR4pxc84FYnoZ4olILVsBN_7jOZnds1hMJrMtO2kQqzqM23ow-yKI1bTrpgksnb5yGFH8fT8pExqRQ5ifpXk9WOuIidixBAXhs1qo5Xl8srGuewIFMS0/w196-h640/Shortland+26+April+1939.jpg" width="196" /> <img border="0" data-original-height="3172" data-original-width="935" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTY0_t8BqIOFVNb9IyBPckR5_kc0-cPlyU7Adi6GECQ2DblwLSrjXI9rIm4zoiCiPi8Yk-DmcM1r3a4h8IuwTrz7Z5XqkB4gYRSpuGhkpduwvjmDQPxp_fQH9wYto44E4scnjNMquK7jo/w188-h640/Shortland+11+may+1939.jpg" width="188" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Thames Star</i> 26 April & 11 May 1939.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">If you know the answer to resolving these issues long-term, </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">please share with our local Thames Ward Councillors!</span></b></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411342426908598447.post-6926356976630537362020-10-07T20:43:00.000+13:002020-10-07T20:43:32.958+13:00Thames (NZ): WWI Letters to Jane of Thames<p> <b>The message of the day</b> - Never stop hunting, Never stop looking for new family history!</p><p>Why? When we were on the hunt for World War letters a few years back, I never once considered that there would be anything from my paternal side. Then out of the blue, two family photos were retrieved which has started a whole new journey.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1271" data-original-width="2048" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8K7Vg5u6JkBZAJPx423j6PiKyfSCnnYlc1v_gaQKSILS4zNoc4qlev50Mn-ZH_yFgC0bWFdtV1FpfFQTLVP3A2-U_8rTMQOljm35HbvshzfN8E0ssBO1cYCxckMEqcX_QNHR5p8W3Hoc/w640-h398/Thomas+Pascoe+postcard+2a.jpg" width="640" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Postcard A above & Postcard B below</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1296" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFF8Ca3ezbgfaa-1EWy9UWpAuaePh13ugCknHgAZ1pa8itM-qgCPU1qSr7mLzK_Ohwu2Ma7hewp_lKlIk19tehUQMGL0fkGvGI8dRJmFD6w-fyOsIuBBEO8GmkgkdkDkJZIuB7gfoZ6Hc/w404-h640/Thomas+Pascoe+postcard+1a+uncrop.jpg" width="404" /></div><div><br /></div><b>Postcard A: </b>Back of card:<i> "To Janie, Cliff, Cora & Bob. With best love & kisses from Tommy."</i><br /><br /><div><b>Postcard B: </b>Back of card: <i>"6m active service. Mrs C Barker, Kauaeranga, Thames, Auckland. <br />Dear Janie …. Good bye to all & Good luck, With fondest love Tommy."</i></div><div>This card was postmarked 9 October 1915, the day Thomas Pascoe left New Zealand. Rifleman Pascoe would not be back on New Zealand soil until 15 July 1919.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="553" data-original-width="886" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf0ZOHNk-iS4K0TmEdLkf6g95rxe6-BttNDsTAwIdt-pvcZeBW723zz5jxG8OzpvRSaUvNxI0Dlhw6Auay4Xb63NhsxQojvqU2B_SrIxO7Zj8QuTQDAAOTbBkU2dAfqAIq2sbpN9Es-y4/w640-h400/FL23101931+service+crop.jpg" width="640" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Part of Rifleman Pascoe's service record.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Source: <a href="https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19623947" target="_blank">New Zealand Archives.</a></i></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Who was Tommy?</span></b></div><div>Thomas Pascoe was the son of Benjamin Eddy and Honour Pascoe. Ben and Honour were from St Just in Penwith (Cornwall), they emigrated to New Zealand and married in Timaru in 1881. Thomas was one of eleven children, born 27 April 1892 in Napier - he married Mavis McConnell in 1924 and they had five children. Thomas Pascoe passed away 19 May 1971 at Auckland.</div><div> In the regimental band photo, Thomas Pascoe is at the right hand end of the 2nd row from the top (there is a small mark to his right). In postcard B, Thomas is standing on the right at the back of photo of three.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Who was Mrs C Barker?</span></b></div><div>These postcards were written to Jane Barker (nee Pascoe), who was Thomas Pascoe's older sister. Jane lived up the Kauaeranga Valley with her husband Cliff Barker - my grandparents. Tommy Pascoe was my father's uncle.</div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Regimental Band Photo</span></b></div><div>Thanks to a<a href="https://www.facebook.com/Unknown-Warriors-of-the-NZEF-1629775073978020" target="_blank"> facebook </a>page <b>Unknown Warriors of the NZEF,</b> the next bit of the puzzle was answered. The facebook group also had a copy of 'Postcard A' and on the back was written: "Rifle Brigade Band. Camped at Rangiotu." It appears to be the last photo taken before the men departed for the battlefield in Europe - August 1915. </div><div> The Pascoe family, including Benjamin Eddy Pascoe had a strong connection to brass bands, both in Timaru and Waihi - winning numerous regional and national titles. It was no surprise then to see Thomas Pascoe as a member of the Regimental Band.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The Next Surprise!</span></b></div><div>While it was wonderful to have found these postcards and be able to know more about my father's uncle, the next find was even more amazing.</div><div> While checking out the Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph entry for our <a href="https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C52577" target="_blank">Thomas Pascoe,</a> further treasures were revealed. Attached to Pascoe's memorial are multiple cards sent Jane Barker of Thames from her brother.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>CARD ONE:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1867" data-original-width="2000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC26vFOQPyxBHFx2cMdFyZZfaYOPf2YckkXi9D4dnO7QOiw_97jNUGWfrfwIPIhrYPD4i__CkzdnXf83b1AjYHGDFs_Rp934_1wjbahqE0JeWADSvp9oTFdMOw9XxXmG6pPCUh3ixQtRE/s320/tom+pascoe+card+1.jpg" width="320" /><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1297" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ1uf4-pAQRRjL7AYGqRj11p4qqSrxs1tEJvqkz9YM6hVo0H8p1KSeUmlz8sDUnSA8Yg7DWLCGJFSyba-yNeiEM_vxM8ty9fxo9ba52Ac9sZfOMMm0XefpOQsaeC7N72XoGHVXk9TOVFE/s320/tom+pascoe+card+1a+c.jpg" /></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>Belgium, Xmas Eve 1917</i></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>My Dear Sister</i></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>Received your welcome letter a few days back very pleased to learn everyone is doing so well. Well Janie it is hoped you are spending a better Xmas there. I for one could hardly tell the difference in any other time here. It is very cold here all the ponds are frozen & most of the boys are amusing themselves skating, some effort I tell you. Hoping this finds you & all in the best of health as it leaves me at present with love & kisses to all. From Your brother Tom xxxxx</i></div></div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div><br /></div></div><b>CARD TWO:</b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="996" data-original-width="1584" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfgeTEzwKYYcd2Gx1bUTeXq6ptDY9-4DRhe3wPNkl2Wz7ECFyOIc2-7NsdnQ8qsXIRIJn5QHYFMYz-pxjKhzYc7rD8A-5h6JsJIRFKMc6DwfRTeKdE0NZ3WUECgzqv2lNsznSTJ74uz7M/s320/tom+pascoe+card+2.jpg" width="320" /> <img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1278" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4HU88YMO5XyrfJvMrbzf6p5QwCvDNMrZVpbdpOlBuqGJ8yW60lclVBbBXoEJx71JzKsnkd-BXhvs1zOqVvFIEdxU7QFBPov9t7fu2A4b95aCqlU6XYTsstn2CQ76omGwmi_FPwFJJWJQ/s320/tom+pascoe+card+2a+c.jpg" /></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><i>19/5/?16 In the Field</i></div><div><i>My Dear Sister</i></div><div><i>In answer to your most welcome letter which I received two days ago & was very pleased to hear from you. I was very sorry to hear all of you had bad colds & hope you are all well again. We are having lovely weather here at present it hardly gets dark at night. I have not seen Jim Goldsworthy since I have been over here I think he must be over in England on leave. I have not had news from Honour yet & have written to her a lot of times with best & fondest love I remain your loving brother Tommy xxxxx</i></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">CARD THREE</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1026" data-original-width="1608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuV2dpOYyl6n5HiFf2QYmnu3auamlaT2ZrtePZQEhF6nfTkb95PO5Gc2aiufYQG6JLgnj86_Ev1hfjIja95RVguzW0OJTF2qahjYIb4Wnl6OON5EvtOnDj86lFHA6Tc9qbKSyAxaot9PU/s320/tom+pascoe+card+3.jpg" width="320" /> <img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1338" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAX1osi_9mkCNmR3VBK8SZkk87PXJQ1g3ocHArxuOKONZhusOT7ktYcr3Iv-mHOfO7KwhzIBeE5fnflbZc2LjAmTY1d1mYWi7edRpIa3TCl2nOerxM3ipkYwfoDXlALcGo0Z-Tcs5DA_s/s320/tom+pascoe+card+3a+c.jpg" /></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><i>25/7/17</i></div></div><div><div><i>My Dear Sister,</i></div></div><div><div><i>Just a few lines to let you know I am still keeping my end up & going strong. I have not heard from you for a mail or two now but as there is another mail in I suppose your letters will come in a heap. There is not very much news at present in this part of the globe so please excuse this time. Best love to all from your loving brother Tom xxxx</i></div></div><div><div><i>I suppose I will get some now as the other young fellow ?has ?hopped in.</i></div></div></blockquote><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></div></span></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">OTHER CARDS</span></b></div><div>There are several other cards that were sent to Jane Barker of Thames by her brother, the donor was Brent English - at this stage I am not sure of any connection to the family / how he came to have my grandmother's cards.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1325" data-original-width="2000" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqNw5KgPGThUzJKBTtkD29wFZPgDcFU5Fu7d2BRiTFiR3cuQ-HV_sXCDE3TYEA0LnRzkZ8241fM7A4zsGAdF2Z3DGX7fYQ6ybEb8qq0fB7JNN7NrAZlJL73_91LWLJQVOEMa1FNVc87E8/w640-h424/tom+pascoe+card+4.jpg" width="640" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>WAR SERVICE for Thomas Pascoe</b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There are five cases on Thomas' Conduct Sheet in his war file, all related to misconduct and punishments. From mining in Waihi to the Western Front, Thomas found it hard to adjust. At intervals he suffered from severe Depression. His feelings of helplessness evident in the brief words written to his sister Jane. Her letters gave him something to look forward to and then there was no mail, life was hard!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> What was the role of the regimental band, what would it have been like for Thomas Pascoe and his fellow bandsmen? The photograph below and explanation from <i><a href="https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/43241/brass-band-at-the-nz-rifle-brigade-camp-near-ypres" target="_blank">The Encyclopedia of New Zealand, </a></i>may help us to get a little understanding of what it was like to walk in their boots!</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>"A brass band plays at the New Zealand Rifle Brigade camp near Ypres, Belgium, on 19 September 1917. In the early years of the First World War bandsmen also acted as stretcher bearers. High stretcher-bearer casualties and the difficulty of replacing musicians meant that bandsmen were later withdrawn from the front line. Military authorities considered that the morale-boosting effect of music was the bandsmen's greatest contribution to the war effort."</i></div></blockquote><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="490" data-original-width="660" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipT8HPsiT82XxioAMXRcouBObQZekaXtuR7EZf5HycZwGkzQddX1VK9RCMY6gvbOUutEK4Evrsr5wFRyxqyDy2BWr-dqR6uCobDid8Cw2bBh_wrToAp0GZZjEQYHw-0PPXbRhLIcKyeqA/w640-h476/43241-atl.jpg" width="640" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Brass Band, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Camp, Belgium <a href="https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/43241/brass-band-at-the-nz-rifle-brigade-camp-near-ypres" target="_blank">19 September 1917.</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">YOUR CHALLENGE</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Maybe you have treasured letters and cards from World War One? Have you shared them with fellow researchers? How about going to the <a href="https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/search" target="_blank">Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph </a>site, find your relative and share information and photographs. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="770" data-original-width="490" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeSwMlGXXOE4qWhnZQTmNsz4-EcUWuCp3YOHFKFphf9mQDJmuEioCaX2hQqKvNHJG0owNbVuPPPdnxNHnFk42-dPlSTUPKWLmjvdogJOG7Uo96yZS-Kil6otdDH2q_762U-lNZ5SZc-V0/s320/HONORANDBEN1.JPG" /> <img border="0" data-original-height="363" data-original-width="480" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ofPGgBz95CvE-w0fobt40DtjY8IB4PuPzuknnNWCBkaTOv9C33BFiOgWU7aF8Eajx4n5GiD4F_j10BTwi-BY62_dkIH3yF2nqUJDQPIGxYcnEybnIqvACXyw77hrbt8843mHX_Gbypo/w400-h303/Benand+Family.jpg" width="400" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Left: Honour and Benjamin Pascoe. Right The Pascoe family, Thomas is far right (seated).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="345" data-original-width="500" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8AGUTuBsLxzCne0g7bTYRaZV8NZ2ug62DV01TQI7Hc5tg8YM7mZjlfF06SnRuqbsJEbro20bbU_jdtcEIKlCqVeZOdwS-oA7Zl64hDt75ClvAXZduhv2qqp-OWr2gKs6rg05Ro4K7WTs/w640-h442/Ben+and+girls.jpg" width="640" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ben Pascoe with his daughters. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After his <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134788141/honor-pascoe" target="_blank">wife </a>died, <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134784645/benjamin-eddy-pascoe" target="_blank">Ben</a> came to Thames and lived with his daughter <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134882256/jane-barker" target="_blank">Jane Barker</a>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jane is in the back row, far left.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411342426908598447.post-41711963823048173372020-09-29T18:24:00.002+13:002020-09-29T18:24:58.190+13:00Thames (NZ): Grave challenges at Shortland<p> Looking for relatives at Shortland Cemetery and can't locate them?</p><p>Well, I am not surprised, as things are not always what or where they should be. On a semi-regular basis we find headstones on wrong plots, incorrect details and much more. Here are a few examples of possible errors found while researching Thamesites interred in the lower extension (along Danby Street) at Thames' Shortland Cemetery.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Case One - the wandering headstone</span></b>.<br /> Thames Coromandel <a href="https://www.tcdc.govt.nz/Our-Services/Online-services/Online-Cemetery-Search/" target="_blank">District Council r</a>ecords have Robert Lloyd interred in <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175714369/robert-lloyd" target="_blank">Plot 4430</a>. The plot was covered in agapanthus - a plant that is one of the biggest 'pests' given the growth and damage done to grave structures. Also in the plot was <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174827192/mavis-erica-wenzlick" target="_blank">another person</a>, not uncommon in the cemetery. The area was cleared and the only grave marker was for Mavis E Wenzlick.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1364" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0bixz2LWO4Z-jU8Lx-lugW2grgAzbTMDptebMWQEhKfFV9-Fk1-NG7VH2pIIWiPhce1C1hS9loBIzU3Rh4fbi5M8drtUJ0SdLTOeP_Y1k8wQkCi7Ap8_wRXjNqFC6aFHeT5Q4kRqkzyg/s320/Shortland+Cemetery+2020+6+16_3PUBL-PLOT-4430_LLOYD+-+Copy.jpg" /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnIoaUdcngUJaZUyP_MWHvf-09KujIaM0LumC0ZxxHNx_wuUJ3PuMiSnc_QN45Nwiz0iyP6TUVCi3sG1uO4q3R5TVeUpObAXUHuVYei6JTMNr8t8NdVeqwyI6ir3ADUQLDY3N6WOgOQ7I/s2048/4430+Wenzlick+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnIoaUdcngUJaZUyP_MWHvf-09KujIaM0LumC0ZxxHNx_wuUJ3PuMiSnc_QN45Nwiz0iyP6TUVCi3sG1uO4q3R5TVeUpObAXUHuVYei6JTMNr8t8NdVeqwyI6ir3ADUQLDY3N6WOgOQ7I/s320/4430+Wenzlick+3.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Plot 4430 at Shortland Cemetery. Left uncleared, and right after cross marker located.</div><p>Further along the row on the opposite side was a large stone memorial, unable to be read due to lichen growth. A quick clean with water and soft brush revealed the headstone belonging to <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175714369/robert-lloyd" target="_blank">Robert Lloyd.</a> The reason for the headstone being located on Plot 4450 instead of 4430 are unknown. <br /> Did family place it on an empty space at the entry to the cemetery? No records to-date solve the mystery. It is a reminder to relatives to look in surrounding areas. When we find these errors the local council are notified and a note added to the findagrave entry.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1683" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCN1b5PGy1gZtW0b0yuNzoGrBd-SEBgo7eIPPD4LKnrEg4fAQ5su2E0gp09Sh8q4_KLN6JVklmTyq-ZLJGP388f2SyYRe7y3pqc2RO-V7X_mChccYNqGHLnZsMuXGGH24zER9_Axy2hXI/w329-h400/Robert+Lloyd.jpg" width="329" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Robert Lloyd's headstone on Plot 4450.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>See plot map below in Case Three, for location of Plots 4430 and 4450.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Case Two - the duplicate headstone.</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="text-align: left;"> </b><span style="text-align: left;"> The case of Robert Lloyd's headstone doesn't end with being on the wrong plot. Robert is one of several at Shortland Cemetery who have more than one headstone / Monumental Inscription. On plot <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175714361/clara-lloyd" target="_blank">4419</a>, Robert has an inscription on his wife <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175714361/clara-lloyd#view-photo=213555108" target="_blank">Clara's headstone</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="text-align: left;"> This situation is a nightmare for doing findagrave entries as you can end up with 'one person' having more than one memorial. At Shortland cemetery many of the double inscriptions relate to war deaths - in these cases the second memorial is in an overseas war cemetery. For example, Private William Henry Inglis has a headstone in the <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56057487/william-henry-inglis" target="_blank">Cassino War Cemetery</a> in Italy - he also has an inscription on his parent's plot at <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175022482/matilda-inglis" target="_blank">Shortland</a>. </span><i>"In loving memory of pte W.H Inglis died of wounds Cassino 17-3-1944 aged 22years."</i><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="text-align: left;">Case Three - The missing memorial & Vegetation Challenges.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="text-align: left;"> As was the case in the<b> Lloyd / Wenzlick </b>plot 4430, out of control vegetation, land slides, and fallen trees have destroyed headstones at Shortland Cemetery. Not forgetting the fires that have erased traces of many wooden memorials in the upper area.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="498" data-original-width="1117" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0n6ZjQpThtiAkr75hJ44ywMOd_aspOSfNc8v5BdmhL077DILTQQuKj90A7tlwvE7NMDKRl6xvC_59IdRJ_wpDsEhmkvTZ-A57DfKWHa-lyWyf7KTWlNU_04dvTbB0OJrqg3DleQVEVVE/w640-h286/shortland+example+labelled.jpg" width="640" /></div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> Plots 4438 and 4439, are located at the very top north-western corner of Shortland.<i> (see map above) </i>The plots could not be seen due to the overgrowth of agapanthus.<i> (photo below left) </i>Thanks to cemetery volunteer Graeme, the plots were cleared. <i>(photo below right)</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><br /></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="975" data-original-width="1461" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicplsmiynmxB84iTesbF7N8FotQhIPFVr0Co6D_3BVJvhhRxHkGYmVnHWqeaIwFdLWXgVhaqjrX2UN_ij-9LkIKZGyohXs0zyip61oIWzzegUAxqBmLcEAZQzdcf9nPfKANfhLpsZHedc/s320/Shortland+Cemetery+2020+6+16_3PUBL-PLOT-4438_PEKIN.jpg" width="320" /> <img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwGO2jLwc9Hi9kES2amfc7bxJ4h2UJxR9XxokSHvNIRLLjoZ77Vf5GRolnw_K2N8vbxl_RO5UjswwZ39t49cMmNZpB49_MQZMF9jpmbFzfsh8TkpvogoaPwNnz9noQEBtQVS1Bta5rtkA/s320/Shortland+Cemetery+Robert+Lamb.jpg" width="320" /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175615697/cyril-pekin" target="_blank">Pekin plot </a>in years past had a memorial with the inscription: "Cyril Pekin 1922 - 1932 Loved son of Edward & Rebecca Pekin." Like an archaeology dig, the area was explored and ground probed, but there are no signs of a memorial stone or cross. Alas another one lost.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> The adjacent Lamb grave, while the base concrete has broken, the walls and headstone remain in relatively good condition. Interred in Plot 4439 are James Robert Lamb (<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175706967/james-robert-lamb" target="_blank">1866-1944</a>) and Robert Lamb (<a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175706969/robert-lamb" target="_blank">1878-1932</a>).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Case Four - Wrong person!</span></b></div>There are instances where family researchers implore that their relatives are interred in Shortland, but they can not be found in the records. Why? A difficult question, to solve the problem we tend to rely on the original cemetery records, to eliminate possibility of transcriber error.<div> For instance, the online council records have James Houghton, aged 60, born Thames in plot 2139.</div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Cemetery Plot - Full Details: Shortland (Thames)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Unique ID<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3PUBL-PLOT-2139</div><div style="text-align: center;">Cemetery Name<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Shortland (Thames)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Cemetery ID<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3</div><div style="text-align: center;">Area Code<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>PUBL</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sub Area Code<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>PLOT</div><div style="text-align: center;">Plot Number<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2139</div><div style="text-align: center;">General Status<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Unavailable</div><div style="text-align: center;">Plot Status<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Used</div><div style="text-align: center;">Plot Type<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Normal</div><div style="text-align: center;">Capacity<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>0</div><div style="text-align: center;">Surname<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>HOUGHTON</div><div style="text-align: center;">Forenames<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>James</div><div style="text-align: center;">Full Name<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>HOUGHTON, James</div><div style="text-align: center;">Gender<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Male</div><div style="text-align: center;">Age<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>60</div><div style="text-align: center;">Age Unit<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Years</div><div style="text-align: center;">Date Of Birth<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Date Of Death<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Date Of Burial<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>21/07/1928</div><div style="text-align: center;">Approved<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Y</div><div style="text-align: center;">Year Approved<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2,015</div><p style="text-align: left;">Who was James Houghton? Why was he interred with Mary Josephine Houghton and her daughter Melbro. The original Sexton's cemetery records were checked and the details correct. <i>(copy below)</i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="995" data-original-width="2885" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLqtuo9jPGtI6_M-9Coqst2aS23H6_6EwSb4_bMsjJ2-JhfDTz69yLM6gF9V5-Bnv0DQnJVnShBpi_6qW7vjeOenI0KdW7Nv8sP2E9I2r7FzO8tkiFt5QTh-gA3kqEqHijt0WplaS5v8A/w640-h220/houghton.jpg" width="640" /></div><p>The investigation became more complicated when it was found that the newspaper reports had the name of the person interred 21 July 1932 as: <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175575131/charles-thomas-houghton" target="_blank">Charles Thomas Houghton.</a> The good news being that at last it all made sense, this was Mary Josephine's husband. </p><p> While we still do not have the answer as where the mistake took place, it would appear that James Houghton is in fact Charles Thomas Houghton. At least that's the answer today...I await with interest notification from Anglican Archives as to who is recorded in the St George's Church burial register. We may have followed the wrong lead!</p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">CHALLENGE</span></b><br /> The next time you find something amiss with the cemetery records, rather than pass them over, stop and try and solve the mystery.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411342426908598447.post-73477375861585429382020-09-18T20:07:00.001+12:002020-09-19T14:31:57.945+12:00Thames (NZ): Take a Second Look in Colour at Grey Street<p> Without doubt, this view east along Grey Street, Shortland Town on the Thames Goldfield is a classic! The photo gives us a glimpse of life on the goldfield. What do you see? Here are a few things...</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>A woman dressed in a full skirt, cape and hat.</li><li>The roads are clearly marked, the surface rough with some stone base.</li><li>The Hape Creek crosses the intersect of Grey and Mackay Streets (centre of photo).</li><li>Deep drains line the sides of the street.</li><li>The Karaka / Una Hill is bare of vegetation, and pitted with adits and tracks.</li><li>Grey Street extends up the hill to Mount Pleasant (present day <a href="https://thamesnz-genealogy.blogspot.com/2019/10/thames-nz-then-now-views-of-jacobs.html" target="_blank">Jacob's Ladder</a>).</li><li>The building on the left is the first Shortland Post Office.</li><li>There is a goat at the door of the Post Office, there were a lot of goats on the Thames Goldfield!!!</li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="546" data-original-width="966" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO1IOermCOiIOyaP5wrQ9yMkwktvorVRxfSHM4FxzzY2bbopw7bq69OVyqEqldfqKeBYhSP0Owrbk16rQ-I1K-F-ByA6jDYLNOpG9EhWDBxtvq8WiyGKHoY0XG7CV_gv2DIxcuhNlar_w/w400-h226/ONE+Archives+photo+of+grey+streetv+red.JPG" width="400" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>c1868 Grey Street (above) and present day below</b></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Source: Grey Street, Shortland, showing first Post Office. Ref: 1/2-096130-G. </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23203364</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1371" data-original-width="2048" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVzHfDdsBbZKu32qVRo1PqAIZiLW0EVLWRneo8HkMfZ6oZxZraQRX3TFx4lvJ0v2oUM7vNBKGqllhSpSPN_dreoWFXvQtgNh5yxDna9xdYm1_M1VKH5AM51XeQKy1AZDDyP84nShgGYOI/w400-h268/grey.jpg" width="400" /></div><div><br /></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">A Second Look in Colour</span></b><div>Remember that the colour is not exact; but step back in time and take another look at Grey Street as 'our' Thamesites knew it.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="994" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsdPc9DCk7-6PN03pUUhTA3wb_6Og5VtvWcllo1mk59GJ62Q4EoaiOX58AoHR25xOb_tqFr3r4k6vM-jWNeMff071t44PTdZDiyBur6144VmBxOGzCwi81eJF1XyyjBF8RVyhqaGB_p5k/w640-h368/ONE+Archives+photo+of+grey+streetv-Colorized+c1.JPG" width="640" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="594" data-original-width="1238" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5k1A9o0rxkb2sf6Q31Yfonps2mCAp8A7584jB4wNAgxE26tS3gK0ewHgsMvssGsz4dPuZ1Nz705QrNSanLutu5ADKQnPFyC5lewQbTcGafKb6TDOTTDXSgAP6WkpAS_LmmkZQUTjr_HM/w640-h308/ONE+Archives+photo+of+grey+streetv-Colorized+c2.JPG" width="640" /></div><br /><div>On a closer look, the road between the Mackay and Bowen (aka Rolleston) Streets is busy with people. Maybe these men are clearing the road of rocks? Fixing pot holes? Digging drains or just walking back to their homes. Just imagine crossing Hape Creek after rain? There were predominantly only foot bridges going over the creek - as shown in the photo above. Pay attention to the details on the woman's dress - the hard life on the goldfield wasn't going to defeat these pioneers. Standards were maintained, a visit to the main business district required 'Sunday Best' clothing. </div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Take the Challenge</span></b></div><div>Look at your favourite photographs of The Thames. What stories can you conjure up about the people on the streets. </div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Let's see...maybe this is my Great-Great Grandmother who has been to the Post Office to send a letter to her grandmother back in Scotland or mother-in-law in Ireland. Perhaps her mother is coming for a visit from Auckland, the ship is due to pull in at the Shortland Landing on the next high tide. Or maybe she waits expectantly to see if her husband Clement will find some gold to put food on the table! Oh no! Clement has been spotted - he is at the Court House speaking to James Mackay, (taking out yet another Miner's Right). This time Clement is positive that he has found the next greatest claim! </i>The rest is History!</div></blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411342426908598447.post-82099151945804683632020-09-15T19:24:00.000+12:002020-09-15T19:24:02.036+12:00Thames (NZ): Then & Now Pollen Street - north of Sealey Street Intersect<p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Introduction</span></b></p><p>A 'new' photograph in my collection is featured in this post, but lets first look at Pollen Street (north of Sealey Street over the decades. The images in the first collage ranges from 1906 - 1937 - 2017. (From <i>1930s Thames: The Goldfield Revisited</i>)</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>1906: A military parade proceeds along Pollen Street, heading south to the Shortland Cemetery. The signage of <a href="https://thamesnz-genealogy.blogspot.com/2014/12/thames-nz-then-now-hetheringtons-shop.html" target="_blank">Hetherington's </a>shop <i>(where Farmers is today)</i>, can be seen a third in from the left.</li><li>1937: Many of the old buildings remain, interspersed with new premises such as <a href="https://thamesnz-genealogy.blogspot.com/2013/05/thames-nz-patriotism-1940-business.html" target="_blank">Galloway's </a>Store <i>(where Noel Leeming is today). </i>Wide gutter drains line the street, and in the <a href="https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THS19231218.2.29?query=concrete+road&sort_by=byDA&items_per_page=50&phrase=2&page=2&snippet=true&title=THS" target="_blank">20s</a> a concrete strip had been laid down Pollen Steet. The Depression still raged, while the threat of war was just around the corner - cars were few and far between, at The Thames in the 1930s.</li></ul><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1684" data-original-width="1191" height="976" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDjy96AK5QGgrdR29xo56pfn9n7v3a7LRYQ_pNa06swwdNp2LFLaVUukZ_YVdR7sgRQXWQSVNtqm_L5RGrcxfl9gaOPudC95Ry_Jvxbyuu81fwyEfXU08ALp-XxUuTbxFDBrXCMssSstE/w693-h976/18_Then+and+now+1930s+Thames+A4+30+8+2017+PART+27.jpg" width="693" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">POLLEN STREET - another view 1950s-60s</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thamesites regularly have one complaint about the main street. Lack of parking! Well, take a look at this photo from the late 1950s early 1960s - the street is lined with cars. Some things never change!!! Guess what, parking on the western side was challenge back in those days, just as it is today. The driver fourth from left has not managed to park within the white line - something many readers will sympathise with.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="571" data-original-width="1022" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Y22yrLupcr5k1fJwQIm6qCJOoYvbTWOLTx7zuiwLn3Fi5c3GZQ1lBmw-vv7XBnTTvZdP6QStJotVL2VZPfVazDJrt4CRTzca97b6E8LJ9DG2xJqYnmSRxESPi7Zt60uR_k6tAN85vO4/w625-h350/Thames+Pollen+mid+50s_bt+9+2020+adj1.JPG" width="625" /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">1955 Businesses</span></b></div><div> In the <b>1955 Wises Street Directory</b> for Thames, the businesses located on the right (east side of the street) are as follows:</div><div>From Mary Street intersect. Lee, Chuck Yue (Fruiterer); Danby's Shoe Store; Taffe, W; Bond & Bond Ltd; Arbury Ltd; Self Help Co-op; McAllum (Jeweller); Presswood & Presswood (Optician); Hallensteins Bros; A J Brokenshire Bookseller; Judd Ltd; Muir, D J (Chemist); Bulmer (Jeweller); Hetherington's; Harris' Restaurant; Marriotts Store; Maxwell & Sons (Butcher); Galloway's; Modern Stores Ltd; Misses Donnelly (Dressmakers); Charlie Fay (Fruiterer); McPhail & Ganley Shoes; Gwynne's Garden House; Bongard's Chemist; Restaurant; La Fabrique Fabrics; C Hill (Jewellers); and D McL Wallace Ltd. Sealey Street intersect.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="1112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoVul0nDpP319DSPTNG30seIKcbrqdsYzw2xRnxAh7r7ZqYTAxmgXmHcsk8mTdv6HkdaiXTKIAtjGqA_AQAnmSnam0lXgGdwKjbLpORqjIrQbBlcBSRKfIUEsH4qn96UXHns8_0Os6EUk/s320/Thames+Pollen+mid+50s_bt+9+2020+c1.jpg" width="320" /> <img border="0" data-original-height="743" data-original-width="1108" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD8yF0JQa3FnLegkBQql4xFTrwGkd-h2x8m9M3wVHezc8gtHRw8GgnvC5VrZ_BSHXIaQjZ8AexdA03qeEmsf3reSRX88MpmgG-0QeAyRJJSj-YAajKqE6GTdG4FbMi0_bDU-zLn35v97o/s320/Thames+Pollen+mid+50s_bt+9+2020+c2.jpg" width="320" /></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>ABOVE LEFT:</b> Signage includes 'Slaney's Radio Service; Knitting Service; Opticians. Further down the block can be seen the Regent Theatre sign before the Mary Street intersect. There is a barber shop (stripes on street post), tractors for sale (query part of Judd's that are located on the other side of the road) and the Bank of New South Wales and Post Office.</div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>ABOVE RIGHT:</b> McKenzies are centre left in Galloway's old building; and McPhail & Ganley Shoe Store is far right.</div></blockquote></blockquote><br /><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">MCKENZIES</span></b></div><div> The McKenzies department store was stocked a wide range of goods. Who can forget the chocolate & lolly 'pick and mix'? Or the coin operated spaceship / car that kept youngsters occupied while 'mothers' shopped inside. Later the store was taken over by DEKA. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1819" data-original-width="2048" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBwFWdPIpQsiIj4EIR8McoyjREAHs1ceW67AsKsaFFilld6sWZMIKCq9VeBYqGyopG4KsUv6OCEQwcynG_yoMLyucZppSLrWs6bh4t3gqSuPY9hHWHNWk2D1X1zHJLD9YT3qqkt9Nb5Bo/w500-h444/1958+Thames+Star+5+May+13+MCKENZIE+TOYS.jpg" width="500" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1184" data-original-width="2048" height="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuiD8EXhYDV_4QOfg5LaLamND6VrN8CEWDs4EUTlQeqCsKoppgKy6WpCwig5ueDrk1MukKAxk6UBwlh1sbhWVeORhziSc5L0TndNKBADSmeUvkxrlV9iegMnbB4JR-07VqLuhria8cj60/w625-h361/1964+Thames+Star+September+30+Mckenzies.jpg" width="625" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Further "Then & Now' Photographs <a href="https://thamesnz-genealogy.blogspot.com/p/thames-nz_16.html" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411342426908598447.post-62206287009374867692020-09-13T15:59:00.001+12:002020-09-13T16:01:25.300+12:00Thames (NZ): Battle of Britain Commemorations at Thames 13 September 2020<p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Sunday 13 September 2020</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>8.30am Sir Keith Park Memorial Airfield, Ngāti Maru Highway, Thames.</b></p><div style="text-align: center;">(The programme for the day as per the Sir Keith Park Memorial Airfield Inc <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sirkeithmemorial" target="_blank">Facebook Page:</a>)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Inauguration Service</b> at the Sir Keith Park Memorial at the Airfield</div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Speaking at the service was Wing Commander Andy Bryant, RAF, the UK Defence Attaché for the Ministry of Defence at the British High Commission.</li><li>Dedication and blessing performed by unknown Reverend.</li></ul></div><div style="text-align: center;">---------------------------------------------</div><div style="text-align: left;">Early Sunday morning, Thamesites and visitors from further afield gathered at the airfield for the dedication of Sir Keith Park's replica Hurricane. The Kerepehi Brass Band provided the music, and playlist included the <i>National Anthem</i> and the<i> Last Post</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1628" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIRSA9FIePzDgjnh3gjqDua7AZm7g-OehxS7I89Fn1vAyFd1PWOwcVNzjTJd508YlghPGPhxwW6tFvi1RJafbEPDUMEkeu4GKS7FCMoipZ1nhiDGKNJrMoi4Ykh0dNFXyVi0t30t5V_Sg/s320/Sir+Keith+Park+13+9+2020_01.jpg" width="320" /> <img border="0" data-original-height="1441" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7iN8tVBN1wVoxaCDbCA2xyX5-paTb-KkH5E8udXmVa8LvxGRi2fbG_U-6Rp4mEeXLz9U26KgNXddjn_PbCYYDauDS6BR-gAfQMuPLGFqDPsj5e5F3hWZLwn70kMeOo6fwdHO9OHO5HBc/s320/Sir+Keith+Park+13+9+2020_02.jpg" width="320" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1421" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXrLUKqJLTRuMeOUl3qysFhK7D3DI-VUSjx9BujW6g-F-JGj3XrjpmsK9AVcIb2mFdPRruoLOje8lXkC1wF3CzaIYKITLgLcyiGL_CCEYuJdtz_iErxdYHA66uKvHyYs2ra2m0fwCnJlI/s320/Sir+Keith+Park+13+9+2020_03.jpg" width="320" /> <img border="0" data-original-height="566" data-original-width="853" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoIUbmmTRZSZ6YQn4CVmqYgUzQY9WaSj2IMD2VUnLczRRYsW6Tgixxk45fxLLj8ZDHTYnM4JIoht5lX9XFKjdcTLfGlMKM5jS8PmFpYSALsg5aotlRFI3elACoc2deIL9Mju_Hz6xic8w/s320/Sir+Keith+Park+13+9+2020_04.jpg" width="320" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1364" data-original-width="2048" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX9i-i-nOzFjwypcJlRWaSYkc8oi5CmnOwq6EHAzKyrfUPqdpK8oQYY8WP4xN293Cp_84LlYUnu5heMaWJ90QUQJ4KZOR9nrvIn4DNHcqaDx0fW1IxbDeQr7Lia-3tgA7IFgd8Y7deAHo/w625-h416/Sir+Keith+Park+13+9+2020_05.jpg" width="625" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This plaque, made by A & G Price will be added to the display when the statue arrives.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The area around the replica plane will also be landscaped.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1369" data-original-width="2048" height="419" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC7XdBjd-7IIIDluIpdmcB7HyA3lveBG0PXPXFmF8q8riaFTofn6YCLLH8YO2OI-vfCD82OGdWz2gaNkScof7YUn7m7ZHNGAwayRWEPbrZrL3t-By3eUWPTO_VaF5uduKACToFxfKBdjI/w625-h419/Sir+Keith+Park+13+9+2020_06.jpg" width="625" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>11am Thames War Memorial Civic Centre, Mary Street</b></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Speakers included RNZAF Air Commodore Walshe, Hon Scott Simpson and Russell Skeet (who read the message from Defence Minister Ron Mark.</li><li>Wreaths were laid at the statue of Sir Keith Park outside the Thames Civic Centre</li><li>A flypast by the Bristol Fighter F.2B in Sir Keith’s WW1 battle colours from NZ Warbirds </li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="2048" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgejVaPoxYgJLAlJfl2PAKrZn_c9vKHfBG6NOT5c8SCEf8pb70pFRJ0p-Iam2KR5m3QMFesFqRS1pZbwYD7SiLCaKbcAjkrmVPeQPnnpm-8-IGrMDxuoVQxQJjY85U9EIT0QF-L95QC0to/w500-h335/Sir+Keith+Park+13+9+2020_07.jpg" width="500" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">MP Scott Simpson.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="878" data-original-width="584" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkcpdAqD89ttc09kH0ZI5KYw5ky3aIb8d3uWsEkHNQxpF3ugiRC1SO4FNNAdAHayimIQbdJy1LW7hrS237Z8akklhXBVreTyPdQ7vRxhMNz4v0cfl7mK1hxKVu2Yt_cYzEACCMtmHaGbQ/w266-h400/Sir+Keith+Park+13+9+2020_09.jpg" width="266" /><img border="0" data-original-height="793" data-original-width="526" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdHgEN__2CJg6-fSU38GWNyrTKJgKNyHH4uOqc9Mh_oDcegckY2Id99rx2sj0YSALZjypbjweiPgqW_Hzxmf3VuvNLEWWC-OXDJ71G2IetkxbRBeUvdnYrO5y7lHeupiw43xnvtBQmIyc/w265-h400/Sir+Keith+Park+13+9+2020_10.jpg" width="265" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Several wreaths were laid to commemorate the Battle of Britain 80 years ago. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Left: Wing Commander Andy Bryant, RAF; Right: RNZAF Air Commodore Walshe.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1388" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhdp4FBom3T2tGt7VDGwgROeKDMz0rznPND4d9IDonRLpWsOzK2Lcjh4Nshyphenhyphen-o2HGuEnJWVVQAnV8o1qwaUiR2eVWNhIEt2R25pG-cOVn6Xiw12H6KiPbzOqtnWTge8vk_1q6hpyYARsY/w625-h424/Sir+Keith+Park+13+9+2020_08.jpg" width="625" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">BATTLE OF BRITAIN</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For more information on the Battle of Britain 1940, an excellent resource is <a href="https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers" target="_blank">Papers Past.</a> There are the daily reports from England, along with reports and analysis over the following years. Example below.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="199" data-original-width="480" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheBexlB2CREkuzvolQwAkNre9qMdd0zhp-g2vPUMPaC-OLW4sCUK_P-4EkERcRN9ub4L18H0eCrKFnVuya_MgT8SL-Y33lfzt-f7CjXJ-WvdxEMWvHzFLinKeJsHK6ST3SfuOtTqm4uqk/w500-h208/1.JPG" width="500" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="649" data-original-width="447" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpphAoS6vUFivrCNARDTII6DNptRU88WMi2MhcBZIc7GMVLZVf1Q4CE4NM1wQEZNql9NjictwnF6uHIKSHHOv-hot0bhb9f8GIQmbplCLt8-tw-eiSfie_0AcsutGctO13_RSzx4SRq24/w275-h400/2.JPG" width="275" /> <img border="0" data-original-height="509" data-original-width="650" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdG9D-BK54GJvum7BZqOTuG1HJb_br7miJXNNJLGcNW5fxmpcR4WAf7eBy3jVOagKbz_Yqu1TvccbwWVudiOKxSOaptL2rGGgZglxdWVLHxqEIWXp78RdIK1wi1ive4janZ-nS0IbzItc/w320-h251/3.JPG" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>OTAGO DAILY TIMES,</i> ISSUE 26270, <a href="https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19460930.2.115?end_date=31-12-1950&items_per_page=50&query=%22battle+of+britain%22+park&snippet=true&sort_by=byDA&start_date=01-07-1946" target="_blank">30 SEPTEMBER 1946</a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Conclusion:</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Phrase heard several times today in relation to Sir Keith Park's involvement in the Battle of Britain:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few</i></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0t-RqjMH-A" target="_blank">Winston Churchill</a></i></span></b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="424" data-original-width="657" height="405" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg26i50-khcHixOea1R73hDRoblWIuseSiL42-Mhg2T6S7jkLGJ4cdrOtrpnveQcn10ZZsZtV0w3vzh0UGYML3k-UYGrX3cwX6pVrwfd4TVgAWpcTe6jCk-EXmqOAFg5oPawHHurvGrWs8/w625-h405/keith-park-2c800295-c0de-4c0d-a773-8d042448260-resize-750.jpeg" width="625" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Keith Park standing by his Hurricane OK 1</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Source:<a href="https://alchetron.com/Keith-Park" target="_blank"> https://alchetron.com/Keith-Park</a></i></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411342426908598447.post-51640034968252609012020-09-11T20:06:00.000+12:002020-09-11T20:06:32.678+12:00Thames (NZ): Sir Keith Park's Replica Hurricane arrives at Thames Airfield <p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Sir Keith Park at Thames</span></b></p><p>When the 1914-1918 World War Commemorations started back in 2014, the name of Thames born Sir Keith Park was remembered by many. Then in 2019 a generous donation led to a life size statue of Park being erected outside the Thames War<a href="https://thamesnz-genealogy.blogspot.com/2019/04/thames-nz-sir-keith-park-memorial.html" target="_blank"> Memorial Civic Hall.</a></p><p>There are many worthy historical projects needed at the Thames, this would for many be way down the list of priorities. But, hats off to the group who made this happen, they have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for yet another statue and a replica plane that will be on display at the Thames Airfield, the Sir Keith Park Memorial Airfield. The first phase is complete and the replica plane is to be officially unveiled on <b>Sunday 13 September, </b>followed by the marking of the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain - with a ceremony at the Civic Hall in Mary Street at 11am. <i><a href="https://www.tcdc.govt.nz/Our-Services/Event-Planning-on-the-Coromandel/Whats-on-in-the-Coromandel/?fbclid=IwAR1QxgqPomH60MSglQQpImGvB3OhcfTeT30BBpDJbCp6DYOMHMYfjwIh12U" target="_blank">(Details of the day)</a></i></p><p><b>Sir Keith Park's Hurricane</b></p><p>Below are photographs of the plane. It looks small as you drive along the Ngati Maru Highway, but once you get nearer, the size and the imagery are very impressive. Interesting to find out though, just as we will have two statues of Sir Keith within a few kilometres of each other, there is also another replica plane a short distance away in Auckland. At <a href="https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/replica-keith-parks-hurricane-fighter" target="_blank">MOTAT,</a> there is <i>"a replica of Park's Mk 1 Hawker Hurricane 'OK 1' - the aircraft he used to visit airfields under his command during the Battle of Britain."</i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1559" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw9XCnCvFdj_xi7pRwFku148LtJvbw77um3xS_GGaXJl515zRw0beV5_kj9HOZrC1437fJrt0d9GMe9VLLdf5h1ZH8BIC3RY37_4AFDvUKtd0gcFsHaif8htgBIAZGVw_b6mG-w1LGdkU/s320/Keith+Park+Airfield_02.jpg" style="text-align: left;" width="320" /> <img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilFPS4AmHmAPkfc_4kypQ0G6oLlmsRb-5drinfD4HPxH5snBeEXktiPjiePiidFcoG9Bre5nRqZbaJAD1TrfBPDwCtuaS9JAyTuOfvsIeDtBN-3X63IN5JscKuetOc3b6drn795Gu5aNw/s320/Keith+Park+Airfield_01.jpg" width="320" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOxjlRCbWnp9gmyKEO1nH-Jwg3VCn7syG2fALZ7A-6LrU2qSyzd3e2nfo4gUNolWlBkL4RyebyojRbGTS3RuEMUDdmPdQsTm6SCkK0as5eeOqrn5FhM3twLsh-g4HR7Tc1DsKO_qltqe0/w625-h416/Keith+Park+Airfield_03.jpg" width="625" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1364" height="781" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxL59tUHkFPlSzyDro-mflwEFbO9CPCqVXBxP702ZuJdpV4c1ee3m_20hPdPy8iMm6tAE-Qpo268RxP7zbsCSSEVa1p4QCb4NghpYi22lYq1g4O2F7j7dytA9P6c9T5muB2hJngxZY7gQ/w520-h781/Keith+Park+Airfield_04.jpg" width="520" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Several information boards give details on Park and the Battle of Britain.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="859" data-original-width="1145" height="469" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-CKxPDNUzzRGTf-4Fxw0lfYQIev5jtGBAORjQXeCGfS4m1l8oik1mjFBWF5X90JlM2sJbh4f54lpXIkPeb6v2uH4vJB38oXCnUvCrEvtGAstmnub6lxw-WwPLFOImliq2nH0WSsXcIc4/w625-h469/Keith+Park+Airfield_08.jpg" style="text-align: left;" width="625" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="2048" height="419" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFidBwvMpW392Y-yrkTt5CvnDX3QWoC2AuQSJCHHCzIHmkNG13fR-jsgUokqV0xtwtJIEEdaRkmAWWTTcAok-AC9sNtTorKJKgDx6j4cnIvlUQws_Xd2MqDxJH7tAxmIjjJAMsh-Iyqi4/w625-h419/Keith+Park+Airfield_07.jpg" width="625" /></div><br /><div><b>Further Reading:</b></div><div><div>Details on Sir Keith Park - Blog Post <a href="https://thamesnz-genealogy.blogspot.com/2019/02/thames-nz-statue-of-sir-keith-park.html" target="_blank">7 February 2019</a></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com