DICTIONARY of NZ Biography WAAKA - WYNYARD :: FamilyTreeCircles.com Genealogy
<< Previous - Next >>

DICTIONARY of NZ Biography WAAKA - WYNYARD

Journal by ngairedith

list of names of the NZers who have biographies (and photos) at
DICTIONARY of New Zealand BIOGRAPHY as at June 2011

Abbot-Ayton ~ Baber-Bell ~ Bellamy-Bragge

Braithwaite-Buxton ~ Cabot-Chapman/Taylor

Chapple-Copeland ~ Corban-Cussen ~ Dacre-Dyson

Eady-Eyre ~ Fabish-Fyffe ~ Gage-Guthrie/Smith

Haast-Hayes ~ Hayward-Hodgson ~ Hofmann-Hyde

Ihaka-Ivey ~ Jack-Jury ~ Kaaro-Kynnersley

La Trobe-Lyttleton ~ Maaka-Mann ~ Mannering-McCormick

McCullough-Merton ~ Messenger-Myers ~ Nahe-Nutsey

O'Brien-Otway ~ Paewai-Peters ~ Petersen-Pyke

Quaife ~ Radcliffe-Rigg ~ Rikihana-Rymill

Salaman-Sladden ~ Slattery-Syme ~ Taglicht-Te Rauparaha

Te Rei Hanataua-Tyree ~ Ulrich-Uru ~ Vaile-Vosseler

Waaka-Wynyard ~ Yate-Yue ~ Zedlitz-Zotov

W
Waaka, Te Kari
1916?1991
Ngati Pukeko and Tuhoe; Ringatu minister, community leader

Waddell, Rutherford
1850-1852??1932
Presbyterian minister, social reformer, writer

Wahanui Huatare
??1897
Ngati Maniapoto leader

Wahawaha, Rapata
??1897
Ngati Porou leader, soldier, farmer, politician, assessor

Waitaoro
1848/1849??1929
Ngati Tama woman of mana

Waite, Fred
1885?1952
Compositor, farmer, soldier, politician, historian

Waitere, Tene
1853/1854??1931
Ngati Tarawhai carver

Waititi, Hoani Retimana
1926?1965
Te Whanau-a-Apanui; teacher, educationalist, community leader

Waitoa, Rota
??1866
Ngati Raukawa; Anglican clergyman

Waitohi
??1839
Ngati Toa and Ngati Raukawa leader

Wakefield, Edward
1845?1924
Public servant, journalist, politician

Wakefield, Edward Gibbon
1796?1862
Political theorist, colonial promoter, politician

Wakefield, Edward Jerningham
1820?1879
Adventurer, writer, politician

Wall, Arnold
1869?1966
University professor, philologist, poet, mountaineer, botanist,
writer, radio broadcaster

Wallace, Julia Nannie
1907?1991
Teacher, principal, community leader, local politician

Wallace, Markey
1893?1984
Cheesemaker, farmer, community leader, local politician

Wallace, William Joseph
1878?1972
Rugby player, foundryman

Wallath, Robert Herman
1874?1960
Farmer, carpenter, highwayman

Wallis, Mary Ann Lake
1821?1910
Orphanage matron

Wallis, Wilfred Stanley
1891?1957
Orthopaedic surgeon, hospital superintendent, artist

Wallwork, Elizabeth
1883?1969
Artist, art teacher

Wallwork, Richard
1882?1955
Artist, art teacher

Walsh, Austin Leonard
1881?1951
Engineer, aviation administrator

Walsh, Fintan Patrick
1894?1963
Seaman, trade unionist, farmer

Walsh, Vivian Claude
1887?1950
Engineer, aviator

Walter, Cyril Vincent
1912?1988
Hockey player and coach, sports writer, teacher, bookseller

Walters, Gordon Frederick
1919?1995
Artist

Warbrick, Alfred Patchett
1860?1940
Ngati Rangitihi; boatbuilder, rugby player, tourist guide

Warburton, Charlotte Eliot
1883?1961
Community leader, matron

Ward, Anne
1825/1826??1896
Temperance leader, welfare worker

Ward, Arthur Hugh
1906?1993
Accountant, dairy researcher and administrator, company director, university chancellor

Ward, Crosbie
1832?1867
Farmer, journalist, businessman, politician

Ward, Joseph
1817?1892
Pastoralist, surveyor, explorer, politician

Ward, Joseph George
1856?1930
Merchant, politician, prime minister

Ward, Joseph Thomas
1862?1927
Farmworker, bookseller and stationer, astronomer

Wardell, Henry John
1890?1972
Pastoralist, businessman, wool industry leader

Warren, Alwyn Keith
1900?1988
Anglican bishop, university chancellor

Warren, Doreen Eda
1901?1983
Church and community worker

Washbourn, Enga Margaret
1908?1988
Artist, writer

Wason, John Cathcart
1848?1921
Runholder, politician

Watene, Puti Tipene
1910?1967
Ngati Maru and Te Arawa; rugby league player, politician, industrial welfare officer

Watkins, Daniel Anthony
1918?1982
Agrochemical distributor and manufacturer, businessman

Watkins, Gladys Elinor
1884?1939
Music teacher, pianist, carillonist

Watson, Clement Gordon
1912?1945
Communist, journalist, soldier

Watson, Ellenor Catherine
1907?1966
Rural women?s advocate, community leader

Watt, Michael Herbert
1887?1967
Doctor, public health administrator

Wattie, James
1902?1974
Clerk, accountant, company manager, industrialist, philanthropist, race-horse owner

Watts Russell, Elizabeth Rose Rebecca
1833/1834??1905
Community leader

Waugh, Brian Kynaston
1922?1984
Aircraft engineer, military and commercial aviator, airline operator, meteorologist

Webb, Patrick Charles
1884?1950
Coalminer, trade unionist, politician

Webb, Thomas Clifton
1889?1962
Lawyer, rugby player, politician, diplomat

Webber, George William Wallace
1875?1967
Postmaster, boarding-house keeper, farmer

Webster, William
1815?1897
Trader, land speculator

Weeks, John
1886?1965
Artist, art teacher

Weir, Stephen Cyril Ettrick
1904?1969
Military leader, ambassador

Weitzel, Hedwig
1900?1971
Communist, teacher, editor

Welch, Elwyn Owen Arnold
1925?1961
Farmer, ornithologist, conservationist, missionary

Welch, Nugent Herrmann
1881?1970
Artist

Weld, Frederick Aloysius
1823?1891
Pastoralist, politician, premier, explorer, artist, colonial governor

Weldon, Barbara
1829-1837??1882
Prostitute, character

Weldon, Thomas King
1826-1829??1894
Police officer

Weller, Edward
1814??1893
Whaler, merchant, coloniser, adventurer

Wellman, Harold William
1909?1999
Surveyor, prospector, geologist, university professor

Wells, Ada
1863?1933
Teacher, feminist, community worker, city councillor

Wellwood, Robert
1836?1927
Farmer, auctioneer, commission agent, mayor

Wero Taroi
fl. 1860?1880
Ngati Tarawhai carver

Westmacott, Herbert Horatio Spencer
1885?1960
Farmer, soldier, memoirist

Whaanga, Hirini Te Rito
1828?1905
Ngati Rakai-paaka; Mormon missionary

Whaanga, Ihaka
??1875
Ngati Rakaipaaka leader, assessor, military leader

Whaitiri, Robert Agrippa Moengaroa
1916?1996
Ngati Mamoe, Waitaha and Ngai Tahu; guide, soldier, launch and tug
master, factory manager, community leader

Whaitiri, Te Waari Kahukura
1912?1996
Ngati Mutunga and Ngai Tahu; master mariner, community worker

Whisker, Alexander
1819?1907
Soldier, diarist

Whitaker, Frederick
1812?1891
Lawyer, entrepreneur, politician, premier

Whitaker, Mabel
1884?1976
Teacher, local historian

Whitby, William Laird
1838?1922
Master mariner, ship owner

Whitcombe, Bertie Ernest Hawkes
1875?1963
Printer, bookseller, publisher

White, Anna Lois
1903?1984
Artist, art teacher

White, Cyril Charles William
1909?1984
Piano tuner and repairer, advocate and worker for the blind

White, David Renfrew
1847?1937
Teacher, educationalist, university professor

White, Dorothy Mary Neal
1915?1995
Librarian, writer

White, Emily Louisa Merielina
1839?1936
Gardener, writer

White, Evelyn Freda
1909?1995
Show-jumper, racehorse trainer

White, Harold Temple
1881?1972
Music teacher, conductor, organist, composer

White, John
1826?1891
Scholar, writer, linguist, public servant

White, Leo Lemuel
1906?1967
Photographer, photojournalist, aviator, publisher, writer

White, William
1794?1875
Missionary

Whitehead, Hugh Robinson
1899?1983
Biochemist, microbiologist, scientific administrator

Whitehouse, Alfred Henry
1856?1929
Motion picture exhibitor and producer

Whiteley, John
1806?1869
Missionary

Whiteside, Jane
1855?1875
Tightrope dancer, gymnast, magician

Whitlock, William Arthur
1891?1977
Journalist, newspaper editor and proprietor

Whitmore, George Stoddart
1829?1903
Soldier, military leader, runholder, politician

Whitney, John
1836?1932
Soldier, ammunition manufacturer

Whittlestone, Walter George
1914?1985
Agricultural chemist, dairy researcher, community worker, peace activist

Whitu, Wi
1908?1983
Tuhoe; cook, blacksmith, midwife, exhumer

Wi Repa, Tutere
1877?1945
Te Whanau-a-Apanui and Ngati Porou; doctor, historian, community leader

Widdowson, Muriel Grace
1892?1989
Nurse, tutor, hospital matron, nursing administrator

Wigley, Henry Rodolph
1913?1980
Civilian and military aviator, company director, commercial aviation entrepreneur

Wigley, Rodolph Lysaght
1881?1946
Motor transport, tourism and commercial aviation entrepreneur

Wigram, Henry Francis
1857?1934
Businessman, politician, aviation promoter

Wilcox, Victor George
1912?1989
Farm labourer, communist

Wild, Herbert Richard Churton
1912?1978
Lawyer, university lecturer, judge, solicitor general, chief justice

Wild, Leonard John
1889?1970
Teacher, agricultural scientist, lecturer, principal, educationalist, writer

Wilding, Anthony Frederick
1883?1915
Lawn tennis player, soldier

Wilding, Cora Hilda Blanche
1888?1982
Artist, physiotherapist, health camp organiser, youth hostel founder, community leader

Wilding, Frederick
1852?1945
Lawyer, sportsman, sports administrator

Wilding, Henry
1844?1916
Banker, timber miller, farmer, broker, social reformer

Wilford, Thomas Mason
1870?1939
Lawyer, politician, sportsman, diplomat

Wilkie, Elsie Hamer
1922?1995
Bowler, sports administrator

Wilkinson, Charles Anderson
1868?1956
Storekeeper, merchant, politician

Wilkinson, Ruth
1901?1985
Pharmacist, community leader, local historian

Willetts, Albert Leslie
1900?1979
Yacht designer, builder and racer; cabinet-maker

Willetts, Alexander William
1893?1957
Yacht racer, building contractor and inspector

Williams, Anna Maria
1839?1929
Teacher, school principal

Williams, Eileen Hope
1884?1958
Golfer, community leader

Williams, Frederic Wanklyn
1854?1940
Business proprietor, company director, community leader

Williams, Henry
1792?1867
Missionary

Williams, Herbert William
1860?1937
Anglican bishop, Maori linguist

Williams, James Nelson
1837?1915
Runholder, orchardist, entrepreneur

Williams, Jane
1801??1896
Missionary

Williams, Joshua Strange
1837?1915
Lawyer, politician, judge, university chancellor

Williams, Kenneth Stuart
1870?1935
Farmer, politician, benefactor

Williams, Marianne
1793?1879
Missionary, community leader

Williams, Matilda Alice
1875?1973
Methodist deaconess

Williams, Phyllis Constance
1905?1993
Singer, horsewoman

Williams, Samuel
1822?1907
Missionary, farmer, educationalist, pastoralist

Williams, Ulric Gaster
1890?1971
Doctor, naturopath

Williams, William
1800?1878
Missionary, linguist

Williams, William Leonard
1829?1916
Missionary, linguist

Williamson, James
1814?1888
Merchant, landowner, financier, speculator

Williamson, Jessie Marguerite
1855-1857??1937
Feminist, welfare worker

Williamson, John
1815?1875
Printer, newspaper proprietor, politician

Williamson, Sidney
1870/1871??1935
Singer, conductor, singing teacher

Willis, Archibald Dudingston
1842?1908
Printer, bookseller, publisher, politician

Willis, Lizzie Ida Grace
1881?1968
Civilian and military nurse, hospital inspector, matron, army nursing administrator

Wilson, Anne
1848?1930
Writer, embroiderer, gardener

Wilson, Colin James
1922?1993
Musician, singer, songwriter, railway worker

Wilson, Fanny
1874?1958
Army nurse, matron

Wilson, Francis Gordon
1900?1959
Architect

Wilson, George Hamish Ormond
1907?1988
Farmer, politician, radio journalist, conservationist, historian

Wilson, Helen Ann
1793/1794??1871
Nurse, community leader

Wilson, Helen Mary
1869?1957
Teacher, farmer, community leader, writer

Wilson, Ivon Vernon
1885?1974
Dentist, regional promoter

Wilson, James
1814?1898
Farmer, politician

Wilson, James Glenny
1849?1929
Farmer, politician, farming lobbyist

Wilson, John Alexander
1829?1909
Farmer, soldier, public servant, judge, businessman

Wilson, John Cracroft
1808?1881
Judge, farmer, politician

Wilson, Joseph Vivian
1894?1977
Public servant, diplomat

Wilson, Mabel Rose
1883?1962
Domestic worker, community leader

Wilson, Robert
1832?1899
Merchant, company director

Wilson, William Barbour
1819?1897
Nurseryman, businessman, local politician

Wing, Thomas
1810?1888
Master mariner, cartographer, harbourmaster, pilot

Winiata, Maharaia
1912?1960
Ngati Ranginui leader, Methodist minister, teacher, anthropologist, broadcaster, community leader

Winkelmann, Henry
1860?1931
Bank clerk, photographer

Winstone, Jane
1912?1944
Aviator

Winter, Frank David
1906?1976
Ngai Tahu leader, public servant, union official, political activist

Wise, Henry Aitken
1835?1922
Stationer, printer, publisher

Wiseman, Hilda Alexandra
1894?1982
Bookplate designer, artist, calligrapher

Wiseman, William Saltonstall
1814?1874
Naval officer

Witters, George
1876?1934
Farmer, horticulturist, conservationist

Wodzicka, Maria
1901?1968
Welfare worker, community leader

Wodzicki, Kazimierz Antoni z Granowa
1900?1987
Biologist, university professor, consul general, scientific administrator

Wohlers, Eliza
1812??1891
Missionary, nurse, teacher

Wohlers, Johann Friedrich Heinrich
1811?1885
Missionary, farmer, teacher, writer

Wohlmann, Ward George
1872?1956
Policeman, police commissioner

Wohnsiedler, Friedrich
1879?1958
Butcher, orchardist, viticulturist, wine-maker

Wong Gye, Charles
1839/1840??1911
Storekeeper, policeman, interpreter

Wong Tape, Benjamin
1875?1967
Merchant

Wood, Cecil Walter
1878?1947
Architect

Wood, Frederick Lloyd Whitfeld
1903?1989
Historian, university professor

Wood, Joan Myrtle
1909?1990
Educationalist, music teacher

Wood, Susan
1836?1880
Writer

Woodhouse, Airini Elizabeth
1896?1989
Runholder, wool-classer, cattle breeder, historian, community leader

Woodhouse, Alice
1883?1977
Journalist, librarian, broadcaster, radio quiz contestant, writer

Woodhouse, Philip Randal
1886?1970
Doctor, soldier, sheepfarmer, conservationist, community leader

Woods, Benjamin
1787/1788??1867
Soldier, police officer, bailiff

Woodward, Jonas
1810??1881
Businessman, educationalist, politician, Congregational leader, public trustee

Woollaston, Mountford Tosswill
1910?1998
Artist, orchardist, salesman

Worsley, Frank Arthur
1872?1943
Mariner, polar explorer, naval officer, writer

Worthington, Arthur Bently
1847?1917
Confidence trickster

Wright, Arthur Hobbins
1861?1938
Policeman, police commissioner

Wright, David McKee
1869?1928
Shepherd, poet, journalist, Congregational minister

Wright, Edward George
1831?1902
Engineer, landowner, politician

Wright, James
1819?1887
Potter

Wright, Rumatiki Ruth
1908?1982
Ngati Kura; Maori welfare officer, community leader

Wunsch, Donald Frederick Sandys
1887?1973
Chemical engineer, factory manager

Wyllie, Kate
??1913
Rongowhakaata woman of mana

Wynyard, Robert Henry
1802?1864
Soldier, artist, administrator, provincial superintendent

by ngairedith Profile | Research | Contact | Subscribe | Block this user
on 2011-06-10 08:38:26

ngairedith has been a Family Tree Circles member since Feb 2008.

Do you know someone who can help? Share this:

Comments

Register or Sign in to comment on this journal.