Category: Merchant

Incledon

Post author By friends
Post date August 27, 2023
Categories In Church of England, Commerce, Merchant

We have often admired this headstone for its unusual ‘drop shadow’ leadwork lettering, which seems quite modern for the era. It was a prime candidate to be cleaned. The plot […]

Hildegard Kroner

Post author By friends
Post date August 27, 2023
Categories In German, Merchant, Public, Shop, WWI

This headstone for 8 year old Hildegard Kroner is the only evidence of three generations of the Kroner family in New Zealand. Her grandfather Heinrich Wilhelm Kroner [sometimes Kroener] came […]

Harry Clifton Gibbons

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Post date August 26, 2023
Categories In Horticulture, Merchant, Shop

Harry Clifton Gibbons – seed merchant Harry was born in Lincoln, England and came to New Zealand in 1884, aged 23. For many years was in the seed business on […]