Elfie Clare Williams – ‘Dresden China’ By Julia Kennedy Elfie was one of thirteen children born to Thomas Coldham Williams and his wife Annie Palmer Beetham. Thomas was the oldest […]
[Cherub] Clarrissa ‘A Wonderful Wife and Loving Mother’ Clarrissa was born in 1898, to Frederick and Mary Jane Laughton. Her father was an umbrella maker when she was younger and […]
Dr Effie Muriel Morgan 1901 – 1937 Percy Gates Morgan M.A married Mary Jane Gilmour in 1900. Percy was a graduate of the Otago School of Mines and Mary (Minnie) […]
Louisa, wife of William Graham Rhind. Louisa was born in 1857. Her parents Arthur Harvey and his wife Emma Vernon seem to have bounced backwards and forwards from England to […]
Louise Elizabeth Brandon – Nurse WW1 Louise Elizabeth de Bathe Brandon was born in Wellington in 1877. She was the the fourth child born to Henry Eustace de Bathe Brandon […]
It is well timed for ANZAC Day 2023 that we are pleased to announce the two lily ponds in the services section have had their restoration completed. These ponds are […]
‘a kind and benevolent disposition’ Margaret and Andrew Hill were likely one of many married couples who used emigration rather than an expensive divorce to change course in their lives. […]
Emily Elvina Brouard “she dusted but did not read them” Emily was housekeeper to Alexander Turnbull. Born about 1874 in Guernsey, Channel Islands to Nicholas (a sailmaker) and Selina his […]
Henrietta Emma Rex was born in a tent at Stawell, Victoria in 1859 to William and Dorothy Rex (see previous story). Henrietta married Harry Brooks Mason who was a printer […]
‘she gave her life for her child’ Widely known as Miss Connie Brandon prior to her marriage, born in 1869 she was the eldest daughter of Henry Eustace de Bathe […]