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the known POLSON marriages in New Zealand 1867 - 1929

the POLSON GROOMS

Alexander Gunn Polson
- married Freda WAKE in 1922

Andrew Polson
- married May Ann SULLIVAN in 1892

Andrew Polson
- married Eileen Marguerita MINOGUE in 1913

Angus James Neville Polson
- married Isabell Sheppard RUSSELL in 1922

Angus Sutherland Murray Polson
- married Jessie Marian STRACHAN in 1897

Arthur Paul Polson
- married Ruby SNODGRASS in 1919

Carl Johan Polson
- married Lilian HOWARD in 1902

Cecil Polson
- married Alice PRINCE in 1917

Clarence Percival Polson
- married WInifred Violet SWEET in 1927

Donald Polson
- married Jessie NEVILL in 1887

Donald Gunn Polson
- married Janet Campbell GILLIES in 1874

Eric Polson
- married Ethel Susan BLACKWELL in 1913

Frank Polson
- married Margaret GIBSON in 1922

George McLeod Polson
- married Robertina GUNN in 1868

George Polson
- married Halan Elizabeth TOWNSEND in 1897

George William Polson
- married Mary Jane POULTER in 1877

Gery McLeod Polson
- married Emily Alice TASMAN in 1912

Gustaf Polson
- married Stella TUCKEY in 1903

Harold Charles Polson
- married Ellen Lora SAUER in 1929

John Polson
- married Christina ROSS in 1867

John Polson
- married Elizabeth Alma WARBURTON in 1904

John Edward Polson
- married Helen O'SULLIVAN in 1881

John Edward Polson
- married Mary BREEN in 1890

John Edward Polson
- married Edith Caroline POPE in 1911

John Gunn Polson
- married Martha Jane MORLAND in 1905

John James Dewar Polson
- married Jane Porest WYHTE in 1912

John Lawrence Polson
- married Ellen PADKIN in 1909

John Sutherland Polson
- married Mary Elizabeth RENSHAW in 1877

Leslie Stuart Polson
- married Alice May PARKINSON in 1918

Ole Polson
- married Kate SULLIVAN in 1879

Lawrence Robert Polson
- married Jane Ann KEMP in 1875

Roderick Donald Polson
- married Amy Mary MASTERS in 1904

Sven Polson
- married EMily WAITE in 1893

Victor Douglas Polson
- married Olga Marie SPENS-BLACK in 1916

Victor Douglas Polson
- married Isabel KINASTON in 1929

William Polson
- married Ethel May SPARROW in 1926

William Alexander Polson
- married Elizabeth KERR in 1908


the POLSON BRIDES

the POLSON BRIDES
Alice Hilda Polson
- married James Andrew BRIEN in 1904

Alice MacKenzie Polson
- married Adam William STEELE in 1895

Amelia Gertrude Polson
- married Charles ROBINSON in 1919

Annie Alexandrina Polson
- married William PRICE in 1897

Annie Kathleen Polson
- married Fredrick Charles ROBINE in 1922

Caroline Maude Elizabeth Polson
- married Henry George Ehn CLIFFORD in 1916

Caroline Polson
- married Francis FARLEY in 1889

Catherine Polson
- married Murdock BRUCE in 1868

Christina Polson
- married Alexander Ferguson MARR in 1916

Christina Flora Polson
- married Charles Cyril SANDERS in 1899

Eleanor Steele Polson
- married Dr John Frew ROBERTSON (1875-1924) 17 June 1904 in Dunedin
- John was born in Dunedin & graduated from the Otago University
- they had one daughter, Phyllis Eleanor Robertson

26 Feb 1904
... The Medical Committee (in New Zealand) reported that the degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Vachelor of Surgery was conferred upon John Frew Robertson and that he had passed in all subjects
29 June 1904
... John Frew Robertson received his Batchelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery

from the Sydney Morning Herald 29 Nov 1924
ROBERTSON ? November 28, 1924, at his residence, 'Waitati', Lane Cove-road, North Sydney, John Frew Robertson, M.B., Ch.M., beloved husband of Nellie Robertson aged 49 years.

DR. J. F. ROBERTSON ... The death of Dr. John Frew Robertson occurred at his residence at Waitati, Lane Cove road, North Sydney, yesterday, in his fiftieth year. Dr. Robertson was a native of Dunedin (N.Z.), and graduated at Dunedin University in 1904. He had practised his profession at North Sydney during the last fourteen years. He is survived by a widow and a daughter, Miss Phyllis Robertson

John Frew Robertson was buried 29 November 1924
- Location: PRESBYTERIAN MONUMENTAL, F3 0018
Eleanor Steele Robertson died 15 Sep 1932 and is buried with him

Elsie Torrance Polson
- married George Sommerville BTIGHT in 1922

Elspeth Jane Polson
- married John Tirline HARKNESS in 1908

Emma Louisa Polson
- married Christopher John Frederick BENSEMANN in 1896

Emma Wishart Polson
- married John Stanley MURRAY in 1930

Irene Evelyn Polson
- married William Charles SATCHWELL in 1917

Janet Polson
- married George KELLY in 1898

Johana Barbara Polson
- married James Maxwell FYFE in 1913

Lilian Johanna Polson
- married Charles Edward PEEK in 1927

Lyla May Polson
- married Reginald Thomas Wilford MASON in 1927

Maggie Polson
- married George HARDCASTLE in 1909

Margaret Polson
- married Frederick TRAYES in 1869

Margaret Ann Polson
- married Peter MARTIN in 1885

Margaret Barbara Polson
- married Robert CARRICK in 1896

Marion Polson
- married David Broom NEILSON in 1903

Muriel Ellen Polson
- married Reinhold William BEU in 1921

Olga Marie Polson
- married Guy de Vallance ROBINSON in 1925

Rose Jamieson Polson
- married John HOLDEN in 1908

Rosina Polson
- married Thormald HOLAN in 1892

the POLSON GROOMS

the known TRAYES marriages in New Zealand 1869 - 1929

the TRAYES GROOMS

Alfred Ernest Trayes
- married Mary Emma TAYLOR in 1905

Frederick Trayes
- married Margaret POLSON in 1869

James Hoskin Trayes
- married Laura AVENELL in 1897

James Stanley Trayes
- married Margaret WEATHERALL in 1925

Stephen Roy Trayes
- married Natalina Consiglia McCALLUM in 1923

Stephen Roy Trayes
- married Honorah Agatha MENZIES in 1928

William Stephen Trayes
- married Sarah Jane DUNSTAN in 1884


the TRAYES BRIDES

Eva Hilda Trayes
- married David Theophilus GILMOUR in 1913

Grace Keturah Trayes
- married Walter PATERSON in 1916

Ida Mary Trayes
- married Robert HENDERSON in 1892

Olive May Trayes
- married John Walter Teed MACKLOW in 1910

Winifred Evelyn Trayes
- married Alfred Wright GUNSON in 1929

the known AVENELL marriages in NZ 1868 - 1929

the AVENELL GROOMS
George William Avenell
- married Ethel 'Maud' WHITE (1893-1967) in 1912
their known children:
* 1912 - 2000 Ena Gertrude Avenell
* 1914 - 1918 *Edith Jean Avenell
*Auckland Star, 23 Jan 1924 The actin-superintendent of the City Fire Brigade, Mr George Wm. Avenell, was admitted to the Auckland Hospital this morning suffering from a strained back which he sustained by a fall at the Hone and Colonial Store's fire in Newtown Road last week. his condition is not critical
*New Zealand Herald, 3 Nov 1919 IN MEMORIAM, AVENELL - In loving memory of Edith Jean Avenell, dearly-beloved daughter of George and Maud Avenell, who departed this life on November 3 1918.
We think of her at early morning,
We think of her at noon,
We did not think our dear Jean
Was going to die so soon.
No matter how we pray,
No matter how we call,
There's nothing left to answer
But her photo on the wall
Inserted by her loving mother, father and sister, Ena

William Avenell (1842-1918)
- married Martha ROE (1846-1914) in 1868
they lived in Mangere, Auckland
their known children:
* 1869 - Mary Kate Avenell
* 1871 - 1952 William George Avenell
* 1872 - Laura Avenell
* 1874 - Amy Avenell
* 1875 - Charles Avenell
* 1877 - Selina Avenell
* 1879 - Alice May Avenell
* 1880 - Maude Avenell
* 1882 - Henry Avenell
* 1886 - Lillian Evelyn Avenell
* 1890 - Daisy Avenell

William George Avenell (1871-1952)
- married Rose BATES (1881-1949) in 1903
their known children:
* 1905 - 1994 Coralie Alma Avenell
* 1908 - Eva Rose Avenell
* 1910 - Myra Annie Avenell
* 1912 - 1937 *William Charles 'Jack' Avenell
* 1914 - 1969 *Henry Norman Avenell
* 1915 - Grace Martha Avenell
*Evening Post, 26 Jan 1937 Practically instantaneous death followed injuries received by William Charles Avenell, a tailor, aged 24, of 10 Strathavon Road, Miramar, when his motor-cycle ckidded on wet bitumen in Moxham Avenue and struck a tramcar moving slowly in the opposite direction. His neck was fractured and he also received a fractured left thigh and right wrist. The pillion rider on the motor-cycle, H. N. Avenell, a brother of the deceased and also a tailor, was thrown from the machine, but suffered only minor injuries to his back and shoulder. He was taken by the Free Ambulance to hospital, but later returned to his home. The late Mr Avenell was a son of Major and Mrs W. G. Avenell. An inquest will be held

the AVENELL BRIDES
Annie Alice Louis Avenell (1888-1973)
- married Alexander Yule MILLAR (1879-1960) in 1928
son of William Millar & Marion Jane Yule

Daisy Avenell (1890-1957)
- married Alfred Carl RASMUSSEN (1877-1944) in 1924

Emily Avenell
- married John McINTYRE in 1883
their known children:
* 1884 - Catherine Ann McIntyre
* 1886 - Emily McIntyre
* 1888 - Florence McIntyre
* 1890 - John Avenell McIntyre
* 1892 - Ernest Ronaldson McIntyre
* 1894 - Donald James McIntyre
* 1896 - Mary McIntyre

Eva Rose Avenell (1908-1982)
- married David CLARK in 1929

Evelyn Lilian Avenell (1886-1957)
- married Frank Cullen BARKER (1885-1950) in 1910

Fanny Henrietta Jane Avenell (1883-1928)
- married Frederick Bryan (1883-1949) in 1910
their known children:
* 1910 - Walter Charles Bryan
* 1914 - Fredina Henrietta Bryan

Laura Avenell (1872-1912)
- married James Hoskin TRAYES (1869-1936) in 1897
* Auckland Star, 10 Aug 1897 TRAYES-AVENELL - On July 7, at the residence of the bride's parents, Franklin Road, by the Rev H. R. Dewsbury, James Hoskin, third son of James Trayes, Mangere, to Laura, second daughter of William Avenell, both of Auckland
their known children:
* 1899 - Dorothy Eileen Trayes
* 1904 - James Reginald Trayes
* 1906 - Winifred Evelyn Trayes
* New Zealand Herald, 15 April 1912 DEATH - TRAYES, Passed peacefully away on April 13, Laura, dearly-beloved wife of James Hoskin Trayes and second daughter of William and Martha Avenell of Cambridge, in her 41st year. They will be done. The funeral will leave her late residence, Valley Road, Mount Eden, for Waikaraka Cemetery at 2p.m. to-day (Monday)

Mary Kate Avenell (1869-1949)
- married George CHANDLER in 1889
* New Zealand Herald, 4 May 1889 CHANDLER-AVENELL - On April 25, at the Wesleyan Church, Devonport. George Chandler, second son of William Chandler, of Hobart, Tasmania, to Mary Kate, eldest daughter of William Avenell, Devonport. Wellington and Thames papers please copyt
their known children:
* 1890 - Olive Chandler
* 1892 - Grace Chandler
* 1900 - William Eric Chandler

Maude Avenell
- married George Brown SIMPSON in 1915

Olive Maud Avenell (1896-1945)
- married Lancelot Stanley AIKEN (1892-1982) in 1915

Queenie Alice Louis Avenell
- married Cecil William Grevelle WOOD (1891-1967) in 1915

Selena Avenell (1877-1928)
- married Richard Henry TROTTER (1860-1936) in 1905
Richard was born in West Derby, Lancashire. He served in the South African War in Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Cape Colony & Orange Free State as a Trooper & Lieutenant with the NZ Mounted Rifles - 2nd Contingent No. 3 & 4 Coy; 7th Contingent 26 Coy. When he enlisted he was a Farm manager for Edward Murphy in the Wanganui area
their known children:
* 1906 - Ashton Trotter
* 1908 - Hugh Sydney Trotter
* 1911 - Mary Avenell Trotter

PHOTO
Hawkes Bay Section of the 7th NZ Contingent
BACK ROW: Lieutenant Whiteley, Captain Ross, Troopers E. Lowe, A Merritt, S Leyland, G Brownette, Hesp, Lieutenants Emerson & Trotter
MIDDLE ROW: Troopers Hegh, Christenson, McKay, Staff-Sergeant E.H. Taylor, Troopers T. Butler, and C. Boyle
FRONT ROW: Corporal E. A. Pointon, Divisional-Sergeant A Peterson

the known ENTRICAN marriages in New Zealand 1892 - 1928

the ENTRICAN GROOMS

Alexander Robert Entrican
- married Erica Charlton Morpeth in 1921

Cuthbert Macferson Entrican
- married Alison Lucy Platts in 1923

Cuthbertson Macferson Entrican
- married Violet Charlotte Arnoldson in 1928

James Cuthbertson Entrican
- married ELizabeth Mary McPherson in 1892

James Cuthbertson Entrican
- married Anni Sofia Meyer in 1914

Robert John Entrican
- married Annie Isabella Lamb in 1897

Samuel Walter Entrican
- married Laura Alice England in 1920


the ENTICAN BRIDES

Jean Isabel Duff Entrican
- married james Baird in 1925

Nannie Emmeline Nelson Entrican
- married Robert James Sims in 1908

The names of the NZers who have biographies and photos, as at June 2011, at Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (DNZB). It is the foremost reference work on the lives of people who shaped this country’s history and culture from the seventeenth to the twenty-first centuries. It includes more than 3000 biographies, written by specialists and produced to a high standard by a team of researchers and editors. The DNZB’s 500 biographies on Maori subjects are also available in te reo Maori, which – together with the te reo sections of Te Ara – forms the largest Maori-language publishing programme yet undertaken.
The DNZB was originally published in five print volumes between 1990 and 2000, covering the lives of people who came to prominence before 1960 and died before 1998. All the biographies were released on a stand-alone website in 2001, and relaunched as part of Te Ara in 2010. Since that time the Dictionary has been solely digital. Fifteen new biographies were launched in 2010–11 and a new batch of 25 biographies of women were published in 2018 to celebrate 125 years of women’s suffrage. New batches of entries have been published twice yearly since 2019. Go to their link above for recent additions

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

. A .
Abbott, Richard Atkinson 1883–1954
Architect

Abel, Erwin Leonard Guy 1911–1995
Grocer, businessman, athlete, racehorse

Abraham, Caroline Harriet 1809–1877
Artist

Abraham, Charles John 1814–1903
Clergyman, teacher, bishop

Abraham, Constance Palgrave 1864–1942
Community leader, sportswoman

Acheson, Frank Oswald Victor 1887–1948
Clerk, land purchase officer, land court judge, writer

Acker, Lewis 1813–1885
Whaler, boatbuilder, trader, farmer, sawmiller

Acland, Hugh John Dyke 1904–1981
Farmer, politician, wool board chairman

Acland, Hugh Thomas Dyke 1874–1956
Surgeon, local politician

Acres, Thyra Avis Mary 1910–1994
Artist, writer, illustrator, conservationist

Adams, Alfred Albert Thomas William 1842–1919
Farmer, forester, churchman, educationalist

Adams, Arthur Henry 1872–1936
Journalist, poet, playwright, novelist

Adams, Charles Edward 1870–1945
University lecturer, surveyor, astronomer, seismologist

Adams, Charles William 1840–1918
Surveyor, astronomer, public servant

Adams, Ernest Alfred 1892–1976
Baker, businessman, philanthropist

Adams, Luke 1838–1918
Potter

Adams, Nancy Mary 1926–2007
Botanist, artist, museum curator

Adamson, Catherine Mary Ann 1868–1925
Homemaker, diarist

Adamson, John Angus 1865–1936
Carrier, coach driver, boarding-house keeper, character

Adamson, Thomas 1845–1913
Soldier, farmer

Addison, Agnes 1841–1903
Draper

Adkin, George Leslie 1888–1964
Farmer, photographer, geologist, explorer, archaeologist, ethnologist

Ah Chan, JoeAh Chan, Joe 1882–1959
Greengrocer, horticulturist, wine-maker

Ah Chee, Thomas Henry 1928–2000
Supermarket and takeaways entrepreneur

Ah Kew, Henry 1900–1966
Lawyer, community leader

Airey, Willis Thomas Goodwin 1897–1968
University professor, historian, peace activist

Aitken, Jessie 1867–1934
Community worker, political activist

Aitken, John Guthrie Wood 1849–1921
Merchant, mayor, politician, churchman

Alabaster, Ann O’Connor 1842–1915
Teacher

Alda, Frances 1879–1952
Opera singer

Alderton, George Edwin 1854–1942
Newspaper proprietor and editor, orchardist, land agent

Alexander, Jessie 1876–1962
Presbyterian deaconess and missionary

Alexander, William Frederick 1882–1957
Subeditor, poetry anthologist, newspaper editor

Algie, Ronald Macmillan 1888–1978
Professor of law, politician, parliamentary Speaker

Alison, Ewen William 1852–1945
Shipping company director, businessman, politician

Allan, Harry Howard Barton 1882–1957
Teacher, botanist, scientific administrator, writer

Allan, John Aitken 1897–1979
Presbyterian minister, professor of of theology

Allan, Robin Sutcliffe 1900–1966
Geologist, university professor

Allen, Ernest John Bartlett 1884–1945
Socialist, editor, writer, political reformer

Allen, Frederick Richard 1920–2012
All Black, captain, coach; clothing manufacturer

Allen, George Frederic 1837–1929
Architect, surveyor, teacher, tourist guide

Allen, James 1855–1942
Politician, diplomat

Allen, Lettie Annie 1901–1980
Public servant, political activist, feminist, local politician

Allen, Stephen Shepherd 1882–1964
Lawyer, military leader, farmer, local politician, public administrator

Alley, Geoffrey Thomas 1903–1986
Farmer, rugby player, adult educator, librarian and library administrator

Alley, Rewi 1897–1987
Farmer, teacher, social reformer, peace activist, writer

Allum, John Andrew Charles 1889–1972
Electrical engineer, local politician, employers’ representative

Alpers, Oscar Thorwald Johan 1867–1927
Teacher, journalist, writer, poet, lawyer, judge

Amohau, Merekotia 1898–1978
Ngāti Pikiao; singer, entertainer, composer

Anaru, Karauria Tiweka 1901–1977
Te Whanau-a-Apanui; interpreter, law clerk, local politician, community leader

Andersen, Catherine Ann 1870–1957
Teacher, community leader, writer

Andersen, Gordon Harold 'Bill' 1924–2005
Trade unionist

Andersen, Johannes Carl 1873–1962
Clerk, poet, ethnologist, librarian, editor, historian

Anderson, Amy Mona 1909–2004
Writer, rural memoirist

Anderson, Andrew 1895–1958
Ngati Kura; riverboat skipper

Anderson, Ellen Alice 1882–1978
District nurse

Anderson, George James 1860–1935
Compositor, proofreader, newspaper editor and manager, politician

Anderson, John 1820–1897
Blacksmith, engineer, businessman, local politician

Anderson, Mary Patricia 1887–1966
Teacher, boarding-house keeper, community leader, politician

Anderson, Thomas Frederick 1888–1964
Seaman, trade unionist

Anderton, William Theophilus 1891–1966
Tailor, spiritualist, herbalist, politician

Andrew, John 1896–1968
Farmer, trade negotiator, company director

Andrew, John Chapman 1822–1907
Runholder, politician, educationalist

Andrews, Elsie Euphemia 1888–1948
Teacher, community leader

Andrews, George Grey 1880–1952
Yacht designer, builder and racer, engineer, naval officer

Andrews, Isabella Smith 1905–1990
Writer

Andrews, Samuel Paul 1836–1916
Plasterer, politician, businessman

Angas, George French 1822–1886
Artist, naturalist, writer

Angus, Barbara 1924–2005
Diplomat, historian

Angus, Percy Roy 1893–1961
Railway engineer and administrator

Angus, Rita 1908–1970
Artist

Anscombe, Edmund 1874–1948
Architect

Anstice, Sophia 1849–1926
Dressmaker, draper, businesswoman

Anthony, Frank Sheldon 1891–1927
Seaman, farmer, short-story writer, novelist

Apanui, Wepiha ?-1880
Ngati Awa leader, carver

Aplin, Frank Norman 1901–1965
Policeman

Aporotanga, Tuakana ?–1937
Te Whakatohea leader, Ringatū tohunga

Appleton, William 1889–1958
Telegraph messenger, accountant, advertising agent, local politician, company director

Archer, John Kendrick 1865–1949
Baptist minister, socialist

Archey, Gilbert Edward 1890–1974
Zoologist, museum director, ethnologist

Armitage, Rachelina Hepburn 1873–1955
Welfare worker, community leader

Armour, William Allan 1880–1967
School principal, educationalist

Armson, William Barnett 1832–1883
Architect, surveyor, engineer

Armstrong, Hubert Thomas 1875–1942
Labourer, miner, trade unionist, politician

Arndt, Hermina 1885–1926
Artist

Arnold, James Frederick 1859–1929
Boot clicker, trade unionist, politician, factory inspector

Arthur, Basil Malcolm 1928–1985
Labourer, trade unionist, politician, parliamentary Speaker

Ashbridge, George Richard 1901–1984
Accountant, teachers’ union official, educationalist

Asher, Albert 1879–1965
Ngati Pikiao and Ngati Pukenga; rugby union and rugby league player, fireman, groundsman

Asher, Ernest Te Kepa 1886-1973
rugby union and rugby league player, sports administrator, hairdresser

Asher, John Atirau 1892–1966
Ngāti Pūkenga and Ngāti Pikiao leader, hotelier, interpreter, racehorse owner

Ashton, Joey Matenga 1907–1993
Moriori, Ngati Mamoe and Ngati Kahungunu; railway worker, sportsman, dance band leader

Ashton-Warner, Sylvia Constance 1908–1984
Educationalist, teacher, poet, writer

Ashwin, Bernard Carl 1896–1975
Senior public servant, economist

Ashworth, James 1818–1881
Farmer, wagoner

Ashworth, James 1845–1932
Farmer, wagoner

Aspey, Vincent 1909–1987
Violinist, orchestral leader

Aston, Bernard Cracroft 1871–1951
Agricultural chemist, botanist

Astor, Alexander 1900–1988
Rabbi, community leader

Athfield, Ian Charles 1940–2015
Architect

Atkinson, Arthur Samuel 1833–1902
Journalist, lawyer, philologist, astronomer, naturalist

Atkinson, Harry Albert 1831–1892
Farmer, soldier, politician, social reformer, premier

Atkinson, Harry Albert 1867–1956
Engineer, socialist, insurance agent

Atkinson, Jane Maria 1824–1914
Letter-writer, community leader

Atkinson, John Dunstan 1909–1990
Horticultural scientist, scientific administrator

Atkinson, Lily May 1866–1921
Temperance campaigner, suffragist, feminist

Atmore, Harry 1870–1946
Signwriter, painter, politician

Aubert, Mary Joseph 1835–1926
Catholic nun, nurse, herbalist, teacher, social worker, writer

Austin, Louis Daly Irving 1877–1967
Pianist, music teacher, conductor, composer, critical gadfly

Averill, Alfred Walter 1865–1957
Anglican archbishop

Averill, Leslie Cecil Lloyd 1897–1981
Soldier, doctor, medical administrator, community leader

Avery, Kenneth Stopford 1922–1983
Jazz musician, radio programme manager, songwriter

Aves, Isabel Annie 1887–1938
Abortionist

Awatere, Arapeta Marukitepua Pitapitanuiārangi 1910–1976
Ngāti Porou and Ngāti Hine; interpreter

Ayres, Horace Henry 1912–1987
Mountaineer and guide, gardener

Ayrton, Moses 1878–1950
Methodist minister, socialist

Ayson, Hugh Fraser 1884–1948
Lawyer, judge, public administrator

Ayson, Lake Falconer 1855–1927
Farm labourer, rabbit inspector, acclimatisation officer, fisheries inspector

Ayton, Charles John 1846-1922
Goldminer, rabbiter, rural labourer, diarist

The names of the NZers who have biographies and photos, as at June 2011, at Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (DNZB). It is the foremost reference work on the lives of people who shaped this country’s history and culture from the seventeenth to the twenty-first centuries. It includes more than 3000 biographies, written by specialists and produced to a high standard by a team of researchers and editors. The DNZB’s 500 biographies on Maori subjects are also available in te reo Maori, which – together with the te reo sections of Te Ara – forms the largest Maori-language publishing programme yet undertaken.
The DNZB was originally published in five print volumes between 1990 and 2000, covering the lives of people who came to prominence before 1960 and died before 1998. All the biographies were released on a stand-alone website in 2001, and relaunched as part of Te Ara in 2010. Since that time the Dictionary has been solely digital. Fifteen new biographies were launched in 2010–11 and a new batch of 25 biographies of women were published in 2018 to celebrate 125 years of women’s suffrage. New batches of entries have been published twice yearly since 2019. Go to their link above for recent additions


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

B
Baber, Esther Mary
1871?1956
Headmistress

Babich, Josip Petrov
1895?1983
Gum-digger, wine-maker, farmer

Badger, Charlotte
fl. 1806?1808
Convict

Baeyertz, Charles Nalder
1866?1943
Teacher, journalist, editor, critic

Bagley, Amelia
1870?1956
Hospital matron, midwife, nursing administrator

Bagnall, Austin Graham
1912?1986
Librarian, bibliographer, historian

Bailey, Chip
1921?1963
Communist, taxi driver, trade unionist

Bain, Wilhelmina Sherriff
1848?1944
Teacher, librarian, feminist, peace activist, writer

Baker McLaglan, Eleanor Southey
1879?1969
Doctor

Baker, Frederick
1908?1958
No Nga Puhi; he kaikaute, he kaihautū hoia, he apiha whakanohonoho hoia, he kaimahi kawanatanga

Baker, Isabel Noeline
1878?1958
Suffragist, wartime women's labour administrator, gardener, peace educator

Baker, John Holland
1841?1930
Surveyor, public servant

Baker, Louisa Alice
1856?1926
Journalist, novelist

Balfour, David Paton
1841?1894
Sheepfarmer, station manager, roading supervisor, diarist

Ball, Douglas George
1895?1986
Teacher, school inspector, educational administrator

Ball, Thomas
1809?1897
Coloniser, landowner, politician

Ballance, John
1839?1893
Newspaper proprietor and editor, politician, premier

Ballantyne, David Watt
1924?1986
Journalist, novelist, short-story writer

Ballantyne, Jean
1906?1980
Ballet teacher and examiner, choreographer

Balneavis, Hēnare Te Raumoa Huatahi
1880?1940
No Te Whakatohea, no Ngai Tamanuhiri; he kaiwhakamarama reo, he hekeretari ki te Minita Maori, he kaiwhakahaere tumatanui

Balneavis, Henry Colin
1817-1819??1876
Soldier, public servant

Banahan, Mary Gertrude
1855/1856??1932
Catholic nun, teacher

Bannerman, Jane
1835??1923
Presbyterian church leader, philanthropist

Bannerman, William
1822?1902
Presbyterian minister

Barbier, Ad?le Euphrasie
1829?1893
Catholic nun, teacher, religious founder

Barker, Alfred Charles
1819?1873
Doctor, photographer

Barker, Harry Heaton
1898?1994
Newspaper journalist and editor, local politician

Barker, Mary Anne
1830-1832??1911
Writer

Barker, Tom
1887?1970
Tram conductor, trade unionist, socialist

Barnard, William Edward
1886?1958
Lawyer, politician, parliamentary Speaker

Barnes, Freda Ellen
1902?1991
Law clerk, political activist

Barnes, James George
1908?1995
Clerk, athlete, military aviator, prisoner of war, politician,
sharebroker, sports administrator, community leader

Barnes, William Henry
1827??1918
Blacksmith, labour reformer

Barnett, John Maughan
1867?1938
Organist, choirmaster, pianist, composer, conductor

Barnett, Louis Edward
1865?1946
Surgeon, university professor

Barnett, Miles Aylmer Fulton
1901?1979
Physicist, meteorologist

Barnicoat, Constance Alice
1872?1922
Secretary, interpreter, mountaineer, journalist

Barr, John
1809?1889
Poet

Barr, John
1887?1971
Librarian

Barr, Peter
1861?1951
Accountant

Barraud, Charles Decimus
1822?1897
Pharmacist, artist

Barraud, Sarah Maria
1823??1895
Homemaker, letter-writer

Barrer, Nina Agatha Rosamond
1879?1965
Teacher, community leader

Barrett Crumen
1878?1968
Seaman, swagger

Barrett, Huiatahi
1873/1874??1952
No Ngati Maniapoto; he kaiarahi

Barrett, Richard
??1847
Trader, whaler, interpreter, hotel owner

Barrett, William Daniel
1878?1953
No Ngai Tahu; he kaiwhakahaere no te Koti Whenua Māori, he hekeretari poari kaitiaki

Barrington, Alphonse J.
fl. 1863?1864
Gold prospector, explorer

Barrington, Archibald Charles
1906?1986
Clerk, secretary, pacifist

Barron, Hannah Ward
1829?1898
Businesswoman, hotel proprietor

Barrowclough, Harold Eric
1894?1972
Military leader, lawyer, chief justice

Barry, William Jackson
1819?1907
Adventurer, writer

Barsanti, Ottavio
1825/1826??1884
Missionary, priest, writer

Barth, Beatrice Mary
1877?1966
Piano teacher

Barton, Charles John Wright
1852?1935
Farmer, businessman, mayor, town clerk

Barton, John Saxon
1875?1961
Accountant, writer, lawyer, magistrate, public administrator

Bartrum, John Arthur
1885?1949
Geologist, university professor

Basham, Maud Ruby
1879?1963
Singer, radio broadcaster and personality, writer

Bassett, Cyril Royston Guyton
1892?1983
Banker, soldier

Basten, Alice Henrietta Gertrude
1876?1955
Businesswoman, local politician

Bates, Sophia Ann
1817?1899
Teacher, postmistress

Batham, Elizabeth Joan
1917?1974
Marine biologist, university lecturer

Bathgate, Alexander
1845?1930
Lawyer, company director, writer, conservationist

Bathgate, John
1809?1886
Lawyer, businessman, politician, judge

Batley, Robert Thompson
1849?1917
Seaman, farm worker, storekeeper, sheepfarmer

Batten, Jean Gardner
1909?1982
Aviator

Baucke, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm
1848?1931
Linguist, ethnologist, journalist, interpreter

Baughan, Blanche Edith
1870?1958
Poet, writer, penal reformer

Baume, Frederick Ehrenfried
1862?1910
Lawyer, politician

Baume, Rosetta Lulah
1871?1934
Teacher, feminist, community leader

Baxter, Archibald McColl Learmond
1881?1970
Pacifist, writer

Baxter, James Keir
1926?1972
Poet, postman, teacher, dramatist, writer, social critic

Baxter, Kenneth McLean
1893?1975
Printer, trade unionist

Baxter, Millicent Amiel
1888?1984
Pacifist

Bayly, William Alfred
1906?1934
Farmer, convicted murderer

Beaglehole, Ernest
1906?1965
Psychologist, ethnologist, university professor

Beaglehole, John Cawte
1901?1971
Historian, lecturer, writer, typographer, critic, university professor

Beale, Bernard Charles
1830?1910
Doctor, registrar, mayor

Beattie, James Herries
1881?1972
Bookkeeper, journalist, historian, ethnologist, bookseller

Beatty, May
1880?1945
Singer, actress

Beauchamp, Harold
1858?1938
Businessman, banker, philanthropist

Beck, John
1883?1962
Public servant, child welfare reformer

Bedford, Harry Dodgshun
1877?1918
Labourer, politician, lawyer, professor of economics and history

Beeby, Clarence Edward
1902?1998
Educational psychologist, university lecturer, educationalist, senior public servant, ambassador

Beere, Estelle Girda
1875?1959
Dancing teacher

Begg, Alexander Charles
1912?1991
Radiologist, historian, conservationist

Begg, Charles
1825??1874
Piano manufacturer, piano tuner, music shop proprietor

Begg, Charles Mackie
1879?1919
Doctor, surgeon, army health administrator

Begg, Jean
1886?1971
Welfare worker and administrator, feminist

Begg, Neil Colquhoun
1915?1995
Paediatrician, historian, conservationist

Begg, Robert Campbell
1886?1971
Doctor, politician

Belcher, William
1859/1860??1926
Seaman, unionist

Bell, Allen
1870?1936
Farmer, soldier, land agent, newspaper editor, politician

Bell, Elizabeth Viola
1897?1990
Teacher, sports administrator, community leader

Bell, Francis Dillon
1822?1898
Public administrator, runholder, politician

Bell, Francis Gordon
1887?1970
Surgeon, university professor

Bell, Francis Henry Dillon
1851?1936
Lawyer, mayor, politician, prime minister

Bell, Francis Wirgman Dillon
1896?1987
Radio pioneer, sheep farmer

Bell, George
1809?1899
Newspaper proprietor and editor

Bell, James Abbott Mackintosh
1877?1934
Geologist, writer, company director

Bell, Kathrine McAllister
1895?1970
Teacher, farmer, political organiser, educationalist

Bell, Margaret Brenda
1891?1979
Radio pioneer, community leader

Bell, Muriel Emma
1898?1974
Nutritionist, medical researcher

The names of the NZers who have biographies and photos, as at June 2011, at Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (DNZB). It is the foremost reference work on the lives of people who shaped this country’s history and culture from the seventeenth to the twenty-first centuries. It includes more than 3000 biographies, written by specialists and produced to a high standard by a team of researchers and editors. The DNZB’s 500 biographies on Maori subjects are also available in te reo Maori, which – together with the te reo sections of Te Ara – forms the largest Maori-language publishing programme yet undertaken.
The DNZB was originally published in five print volumes between 1990 and 2000, covering the lives of people who came to prominence before 1960 and died before 1998. All the biographies were released on a stand-alone website in 2001, and relaunched as part of Te Ara in 2010. Since that time the Dictionary has been solely digital. Fifteen new biographies were launched in 2010–11 and a new batch of 25 biographies of women were published in 2018 to celebrate 125 years of women’s suffrage. New batches of entries have been published twice yearly since 2019. Go to their link above for recent additions


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

B
Bellamy, Elizabeth
1845?1940
Anglican missionary, teacher

Bellingshausen, Fabian Gottlieb Benjamin von
1778?1852
Naval officer, explorer

Bellwood, James Charles
1912?1994
Labourer, physical education instructor, sports coach

Belshaw, Horace
1898?1962
Teacher, economist, university professor

Benham, William Blaxland
1860?1950
Zoologist

Benjamin, Ethel Rebecca
1875?1943
Lawyer, businesswoman

Bennett, Agnes Elizabeth Lloyd
1872?1960
Doctor

Bennett, Charles Moihi Te Arawaka
1913?1998
No Ngati Whakaue, no Ngati Pikiao; he kaipaho, he kaingarahu hoia, he kaimahi kawanatanga, he mangai kawanatanga

Bennett, Francis Oswald
1898?1976
Doctor, military medical administrator, writer

Bennett, Frederick Augustus
1871?1950
No Ngati Whakaue; he minita Mihingare, he pihopa

Bennett, Henry Gilbert Scott
1877?1959
Socialist, lecturer

Bennett, Mary Jane
1816??1885
Lighthouse keeper

Bensemann, Leo Vernon
1912?1986
Artist, printer, typographer, publisher, editor

Benson, Gertrude Helen
1886?1964
Professor of home science

Benson, William Noel
1885?1957
Geologist, university professor

Bent, Kimble
1837?1916
Soldier, deserter, Pakeha-Maori, character

Benyon, Edgar Wilson
1901?1978
Magician, juggler, entertainer

Berendsen, Carl August
1890?1973
Senior public servant, diplomat

Bergamini, Carlo Giuseppe
1868?1934
Stonemason, sculptor, commercial traveller

Berry, Reginald George James
1906?1979
Commercial artist, stamp, coin and medal designer, landscape painter

Berry, William
1834/1835??1903
Journalist, newspaper editor

Bertram, James Munro
1910?1993
Journalist, writer, relief worker, prisoner of war, university professor, editor

Best, Elsdon
1856?1931
Farm worker, soldier, sawmiller, health inspector, ethnographer, writer

Bestall, Leonard Delabere
1895?1959
Architect, draper, museum director, benefactor

Bethell, Marmaduke
1876?1955
Local politician, community leader

Bethell, Mary Ursula
1874?1945
Social worker, poet

Bethell, Thyra Talvase
1882?1972
Community leader

Bettjeman, Agnes Muir
1885?1964
Nurse, community leader

Bettjeman, Frederick Charles
1884?1987
Engineer, soldier, farmer

Beverly, Arthur
1822?1907
Watchmaker, mathematician, astronomer

Bews, Mary Ellen
1856?1945
School principal, educationalist

Bibby, Mary Ann
1832??1910
Storekeeper, homemaker

Bickerton, Alexander William
1842?1929
Scientist, university professor, eccentric

Bicknell, Jessie
1871?1956
Nurse, military matron, health administrator

Bidois, Louis Hekenui
1899?1955
No Ngati Ranginui, no Ngai Te Rangi; he pirihimana

Biggs, Reginald Newton
1831?1868
Station manager, soldier, magistrate

Binney, Roy Keith
1885?1957
Architect, soldier

Binns, George
1815?1847
Chartist leader, poet

Birchfield, Constance Alice
1898?1994
Housekeeper, trade unionist, hotel maid, communist, bookseller, political activist

Bird, William Watson
1870?1954
Headmaster, school inspector, educational administrator, Maori linguist

Birks, Lawrence
1874?1924
Electrical engineer

Bjork, Carl Axel
1880?1952
Whaler, goldminer, character

Black, Helen McKenzie
1896?1963
Mayoress, community worker

Black, James Gow
1835?1914
Chemist, mineralogist, lecturer, university professor

Black, Sholto Kairākau
1902?1963
No Te Whanau-a-Apanui, no Te Whakatohea; he kura māahita, he tumuaki kura, he kaituitui ratonga a-iwi, he kaiarahi hapori

Black, William Pierpont
1876/1877??1942
Wood carver, journal editor and publisher, journalist

Blackett, Annie Maude
1889?1956
Librarian

Blackett, Henry
1819/1820??1907
Storekeeper, politician

Blackett, John
1818?1893
Engineer

Blackie, Jeannetta Margaret
1864?1955
Governess, teacher, church administrator

Blackwell, Ellen Wright
1864?1952
Writer, botanist

Blaiklock, Edward Musgrave
1903?1983
Schoolteacher, university professor, classicist, writer

Blair, John Rutherfurd
1843?1914
Printer, publisher, bookseller, businessman, educational administrator, mayor

Blair, William Newsham
1841?1891
Engineer, surveyor

Blake, Geoffrey
1882?1968
Naval officer

Blake, Joan Isabel Faulkner
1921?1990
Journalist, broadcaster

Blake, John Thomas
1853?1940
No Taranaki; he kairuri, he kaiwhakamaori, he kaihoko whenua, he tumu korero, he kaiwhiwhi, kaiwhakaako hoiho rehi

Blake, Peter James
1948?2001
Yachtsman, environmentalist

Blakeley, Philip William
1915?1994
Electrical engineer, engineering administrator

Blamires, Edgar Percy
1878?1967
Methodist minister, community leader

Blazey, Cecil Albert
1909?1998
Insurance company manager, military administrator, sports administrator

Bledisloe, Charles Bathurst
1867?1958
Lawyer, politician, agriculturalist, governor general

Blomfield, Charles
1848?1926
Decorator, artist, music teacher

Blomfield, Dorothy Constance
1893?1987
Welfare worker, local politician

Blomfield, Meynell Strathmore
1908?1971
Wrestler, hotel-keeper

Blomfield, William
1866?1938
Cartoonist, local politician

Bloodworth, Rhoda Alice
1889?1980
Labour activist, community worker, feminist

Bloodworth, Thomas
1882?1974
Carpenter, trade unionist, local politician

Blundell, Henry
1814/1815??1878
Newspaper editor and proprietor

Bock, Amy Maud
1859?1943
Confidence trickster, criminal

Bock, William Rose
1847?1932
Engraver, medallist, illuminator, stamp designer, lithographer, publisher

Bockett, Herbert Leslie
1905?1980
Public servant

Bodell, James
1831??1892
Soldier, businessman, local politician, writer

Bodkin, William Alexander
1883?1964
Lawyer, local promoter, politician

Bollinger, George Wallace
1890?1917
Soldier, diarist

Bollons, John Peter
1862?1929
Mariner, naturalist, ethnographer, collector

Bolt, George Bruce
1893?1963
Aviator, aeronautical engineer, military leader

Bonar, James Alexander
1840?1901
Merchant, shipping agent, company director, politician

Boreham, Charles Stephen
1857?1925
Shearer, trade unionist

Boswell, Charles Wallace
1886?1956
Teacher, politician, diplomat

Boultbee, John
1799?1854
Traveller, sealer, diarist

Bowbyes, Avice Maud
1901?1992
Home science lecturer, writer

Bowden, Thomas Adolphus
1824?1906
Anglican clergyman, farmer, teacher, educationalist

Bowen, Charles Christopher
1830?1917
Administrator, politician, poet, magistrate, educationalist

Bowen, George Ferguson
1821?1899
Colonial governor

Bowen, Walter Godfrey
1922?1994
Shearer, shearing instructor and entrepreneur

Bower, Catherine Olivia Orme Spencer
1905?1982
Artist

Bowerbank, Fred Thompson
1880?1960
Doctor, military medical administrator

Boyce, Ann
1827??1914
Founding mother, herbalist

Boyd, Te Heke-rangatira-ki-Nukutaurua
1885/1886??1959
No Ngati Moe; he wahine whai mana, he kaiwhakamārama reo

Boys-Smith, Winifred Lily
1865?1939
Science artist and lecturer, university professor, school principal

Bracken, Thomas
1841?1898
Poet, journalist, politician

Bradney, James Henry
1853?1936
Ferryman, ship owner

Bradshaw, James Benn Bradshaigh
1832?1886
Newspaper editor, gold assayer and buyer, politician, sharebroker,
labour law reformer

Bradshaw, John Christopher
1876?1950
Organist, conductor, choirmaster, university professor

Bragg, Martha Sarah Kāhui
1895?1975
No Ngai Tahu; he wahine mahi pāmu miraka kau, he matua whangai

Bragge, James
1833??1908
Photographer

The names of the NZers who have biographies and photos, as at June 2011, at Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (DNZB). It is the foremost reference work on the lives of people who shaped this country’s history and culture from the seventeenth to the twenty-first centuries. It includes more than 3000 biographies, written by specialists and produced to a high standard by a team of researchers and editors. The DNZB’s 500 biographies on Maori subjects are also available in te reo Maori, which – together with the te reo sections of Te Ara – forms the largest Maori-language publishing programme yet undertaken.
The DNZB was originally published in five print volumes between 1990 and 2000, covering the lives of people who came to prominence before 1960 and died before 1998. All the biographies were released on a stand-alone website in 2001, and relaunched as part of Te Ara in 2010. Since that time the Dictionary has been solely digital. Fifteen new biographies were launched in 2010–11 and a new batch of 25 biographies of women were published in 2018 to celebrate 125 years of women’s suffrage. New batches of entries have been published twice yearly since 2019. Go to their link above for recent additions


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

B
Braithwaite, John
1885?1916
Journalist, soldier, convicted mutineer

Braithwaite, William Garnett
1870?1937
Military leader

Brandon, Alfred de Bathe
1883?1974
Lawyer, military aviator

Branigan, St John
1823/1824??1873
Police commissioner

Brasch, Charles Orwell
1909?1973
Poet, editor, teacher, translator, lecturer

Brash, Thomas Cuddie
1874?1957
Dairy factory manager, dairy board administrator, Presbyterian layman

Brassington, William
1837-1841??1905
Stonemason, builder, sculptor

Brees, Samuel Charles
1809/1810??1865
Artist, surveyor, engineer

Brett, De Renzie James
1809?1889
Soldier, farmer, politician

Brett, Henry
1843?1927
Journalist, newspaper proprietor, publisher, writer, politician

Bridson, Gordon
1909?1972
Hardware merchant, swimmer, naval officer, farmer

Briggs, Margaret Jane
1892?1961
Show‑ring rider

Briggs, Mark
1884?1965
Labourer, auctioneer, pacifist, socialist, politician

Brind, William Darby
1794?1850
Master mariner, whaler

Broad, Charles
1828?1879
Goldfields administrator, magistrate

Broberg, Charles Robert
1870?1937
Policeman

Brodrick, Thomas Noel
1855?1931
Surveyor, public servant

Broham, Thomas
1840?1900
Police officer

Brooke, Evelyn Gertrude
1879?1962
Civilian and military nurse, matron

Brooke, John Balmain
1907?1992
Teacher, yacht designer and manufacturer, mechanical engineer, engineering administrator

Broome, William Henry
1873?1943
Clothier, tailor

Broughton, Rangiāhuta Alan Herewini Ruka
1940?1986
No Nga Rauru; he tohunga, he pirihi Mihinare, he pukenga whare wananga

Broughton, William James
1913?1990
Jockey

Broun, Thomas
1838?1919
Soldier, farmer, teacher, entomologist

Brown, Alexander
1830?1913
Marine engineer, foundry and shipping company manager

Brown, Alfred Nesbit
1803?1884
Missionary

Brown, Andrew Joseph Francis
1907?1986
Mechanic, entrepreneur, entertainment promoter, businessman, racehorse owner

Brown, Byron Paul
1866?1947
Storekeeper, businessman, community leader, broadcaster, entrepreneur, philanthropist

Brown, Charlotte
1795/1796??1855
Missionary, teacher

Brown, Gordon Alexander
1907?1982
Accountant, co-operative retail manager, businessman, rugby administrator, local politician

Brown, James
1819??1877
Engraver, caricaturist, drawing tutor

Brown, John Macmillan
1845?1935
University professor and administrator

Brown, John Vigor
1854?1942
Businessman, politician

Brown, Robert
1821-1824??1906
Bootmaker, botanist

Brown, Vernon Akitt
1905?1965
Architect, university lecturer

Brown, William
1809/1810??1898
Merchant, writer, newspaper proprietor, politician,
provincial superintendent

Browne, Harriet Louisa
1829?1906
Political hostess, community leader, letter-writer

Browne, Thomas Robert Gore
1807?1887
Soldier, colonial governor

Bruce, Alexander
1838/1839??1917
Engineer, trade unionist, baker, goldminer, local politician

Bruce, David
1824?1911
Presbyterian minister, journalist

Brunner, Thomas
1821??1874
Surveyor, explorer

Bryce, John
1833?1913
Farmer, soldier, politician

Brydone, Thomas
1837?1904
Land company manager, farm manager, freezing industry developer

Buchanan, John
1819?1898
Draughtsman, botanist, artist

Buchanan, Walter Clarke
1838?1924
Stock dealer, storekeeper, runholder, politician

Buck, Peter Henry
1877??1951
No Ngati Mutunga; he takuta, he ngarahu taua, he kaiwhakahaere hauora, he kaitorangapū, he tohunga tikanga tangata, he tumuaki whare taonga

Buckingham, George
1810???
Actor, theatre owner, entertainer

Buckingham, Rosetta
1843/1844??1864
Actor, singer, entertainer

Buckland, Alfred
1825?1903
Landowner, auctioneer, farmer, pastoralist, businessman

Buckland, Jessie Lillian
1878?1939
Photographer

Buckley, Patrick Alphonsus
1840/1841??1896
Lawyer, politician, judge

Buckman, Rosina
1881?1948
Opera singer and teacher

Buddle, Thomas
1812?1883
Missionary, Methodist leader

Buddo, David
1853?1937
Engineer, farmer, politician

Buick, Thomas Lindsay
1865?1938
Politician, journalist, historian

Buller, Walter Lawry
1838?1906
Interpreter, magistrate, ornithologist, lawyer

Bullock, Margaret
1845?1903
Journalist, writer, feminist, social reformer

Bulstrode, Emily Mary
1867?1959
School principal, missioner

Bulstrode, Jane Helena
1862?1946
School principal, missioner

Burdon, Randal Mathews
1896?1965
Soldier, sheepfarmer, historian

Burgess, Georgina Jane
1836-1841??1904
Hotel-keeper, midwife, postmistress

Burgess, Richard
1829?1866
Criminal, murderer

Burgin, Annie Mona
1903?1985
Girl Guide and Peace Scout leader, teacher, headmistress

Burling, Henry
1801?1911
Mail carrier, farmer

Burn, Margaret Gordon
1825?1918
Teacher, school principal

Burn, William Wallace Allison
1891?1915
Military aviator

Burnand, John Henry Davis
1850?1919
Engineer, sawmiller

Burnard, Norah Telford
1902?1979
School dental supervisor, journal editor

Burns, Barnet
1806/1807???
Trader, Pakeha-Maori, showman, lecturer

Burns, Charles Ritchie
1898?1985
Doctor, medical administrator

Burns, Joseph
1805/1806??1848
Murderer

Burns, Malcolm McRae
1910?1986
Agricultural scientist, university lecturer and administrator

Burns, Thomas
1796??1871
Presbyterian minister, coloniser, community leader

Burns, Violet Alberta Jessie
1893?1972
Journalist, political activist

Burrows, James Thomas
1904?1991
Teacher, sportsman and administrator, military leader

Burt, Alexander
1840?1920
Plumber, metalworker, engineer

Burt, Gordon Onslow Hilbury
1893?1968
Photographer

Burt, Thomas
1842??1884
Plumber, metalworker, engineer

Burton, Alfred Henry
1833-1835??1914
Photographer, elocutionist

Burton, Ormond Edward
1893?1974
Teacher, soldier, war historian, pacifist, Methodist clergyman, writer

Burton, William John
1908?1985
Lithographic draughtsman, rifleman, archer

Bury, Maxwell
1825?1912
Engineer, architect

Busby, James
1802?1871
Viticulturalist, British Resident, farmer, politician, newspaper editor

Bush, Alice Mary
1914?1974
Doctor, paediatrician, family planning activist

Bush, Walter Ernest
1875?1950
Civil engineer

Butchers, Arthur Gordon
1885?1960
Principal, educationalist, historian

Butler, George Edmund
1872?1936
Artist, war artist

Butler, Grace Ellen
1886?1962
Artist

Butler, Joseph
1862?1934
Sawmiller, timber merchant

Butler, Margaret Mary
1883?1947
Sculptor

Butler, Peter Michael
1901?1995
Seaman, trade unionist, communist, local politician

Butler, Robert
1844-1851??1905
Criminal, murderer

Butler, Samuel
1835?1902
Explorer, pastoralist, writer, artist, musician

Butler, William James
1858?1932
Sawmiller, timber merchant

Button, Isabel
1863?1921
Horse driver and trainer, equestrian

Buxton, Alfred William
1872?1950
Landscape gardener, nurseryman

Buxton, Mary Ann
1795/1796??1888
Teacher, businesswoman

The names of the NZers who have biographies and photos, as at June 2011, at Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (DNZB). It is the foremost reference work on the lives of people who shaped this country’s history and culture from the seventeenth to the twenty-first centuries. It includes more than 3000 biographies, written by specialists and produced to a high standard by a team of researchers and editors. The DNZB’s 500 biographies on Maori subjects are also available in te reo Maori, which – together with the te reo sections of Te Ara – forms the largest Maori-language publishing programme yet undertaken.
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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

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Cabot, Dolce Ann
1862?1943
Teacher, journalist, feminist

Caddell, James
fl. 1810?1826
Pakeha-Maori, sealer, interpreter

Cadman, Alfred Jerome
1847?1905
Sawmiller, politician

Cairney, John
1898?1966
Anatomist, medical superintendent, writer

Caldwell, Keith Logan
1895?1980
Military aviator, farmer

Callaghan, Francis Raymond
1891?1980
Teacher, agricultural instructor, scientific administrator

Callan, John Bartholomew
1882?1951
Lawyer, university lecturer, judge, Catholic layman

Cameron, Andrew
1855?1925
Presbyterian minister, educationalist, community leader

Cameron, Duncan Alexander
1808?1888
Soldier, military leader

Cameron, Flora Jean
1902?1966
Nurse, nursing instructor and administrator

Cameron, Robina Thomson
1892?1971
District nurse, community leader, nursing inspector

Campbell, Arnold Everitt
1906?1980
University lecturer, educationalist, writer

Campbell, Douglas Archibald
1906?1969
Teacher, soil conservator

Campbell, Hugh McLean
1875?1951
Farmer, politician

Campbell, John
1857?1942
Architect

Campbell, John Logan
1817?1912
Merchant, provincial superintendent, writer, philanthropist

Campbell, Laurel Amy Eva
1902?1971
Racehorse trainer

Campbell, Mary Greig
1907?1989
Librarian, Quaker

Campbell, Richard Mitchelson
1897?1974
Public servant, economist, diplomat

Campbell, Robert
1843?1889
Runholder, businessman, politician

Campbell, William Rickarby
1840?1918
Presbyterian minister

Candy, Alice Muriel Flora
1888?1977
Teacher, university lecturer and warden

Candy, Ronald Alan
1903?1974
Farmer, dairy industry leader

Canty, Mary Agnes
1879?1950
Catholic nun, teacher, nursing school matron

Caples, Patrick Quirk
1829/1830??1904
Gold prospector, explorer, mine director

Caradus, Elizabeth
1832?1912
Suffragist, temperance and welfare worker

Cardale, Effie Julia Margaret
1873?1960
Community and welfare worker

Carey, Elijah John
1876?1916
Waiter, trade unionist, soldier

Carey, Ida Harriet
1891?1982
Artist, art teacher

Cargill, William
1784?1860
Soldier, merchant, coloniser, provincial superintendent

Carleton, Hugh Francis
1810?1890
Trader, newspaper editor, politician, educationalist, writer

Carman, Arthur Herbert
1902?1982
Sports journalist and writer, bookseller, publisher, pacifist, local politician, historian

Carnachan, Blanche Eleanor
1871?1954
Teacher, educationalist, community worker

Caro, Margaret
1848?1938
Dentist, Seventh-day Adventist, social reformer

Carpenter, Emily Elizabeth
1917?1991
University tutor in home science, adult educationalist, consumer advocate

Carpenter, Robert Holt
1819/1820??1891
Bookbinder, local politician, bookseller, character

Carr, Clyde Leonard
1886?1962
Clerk, Methodist and Congregationalist minister, politician, editor, writer

Carr, Harold Herbert
1880?1973
No Ngati Kahungunu; he kaiwhakawa, he kaiwhakahaere no te Koti Whenua Maori

Carran, Catherine
1842?1935
No Waikato, no Ngati Pukeko; he tipuna wahine, he wahine whakawhanau tamariki.

Carran, William
1898?1960
No Te Ati Awa; he pirihimana, he komihana tuarua no nga pirihimana

Carrington, Frederic Alonzo
1808??1901
Surveyor, public administrator, politician, provincial superintendent

Carroll, Alphonsus John
1895?1974
Farmer, racehorse trainer, rugby union and league player

Carroll, Heni Materoa
1852/1856??1930
No Rongowhakaata, no Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki; he kaiarahi

Carroll, James
1857?1926
No Ngati Kahungunu; he kaimahi pamu, he kaiwhakamaori, he kaitarangapu

Carroll, Turi
1890?1975
No Ngati Kahungunu; he kaiarahi, he tangata ahu whenua, he kaitorangapu a-rohe

Carruthers, John
1836?1914
Engineer, economic theorist

Carson, William Nicol
1916?1944
Warehouseman, rugby and cricket player, soldier

Carter, Charles Rooking
1822?1896
Builder, businessman, politician, writer, philanthropist

Carter, Francis John
1869?1949
Sawmiller

Carter, Una Isabel
1890?1954
Cooking teacher, demonstrator and writer

Caselberg, Myer
1841?1922
Storekeeper, businessman, local politician

Cash, Martin
1808??1877
Convict, policeman, brothel-keeper

Cassidy, Hugh
1840?1922
Storekeeper, hotel proprietor, coach company proprietor and driver

Cassie, Alice Mary
1887?1963
Political activist, feminist

Castle, Amy
1880??
Museum worker, entomologist

Castle, Ronald Brian
1907?1984
Pharmacist, musician, instrument collector

Castle, Zillah Vivien
1911?1997
Musician, instrument collector, music teacher

Cataldo, Giovanni
1927?1989
Fisherman, search and rescue organiser

Cavanagh, Victor George
1909?1980
Sportsman, compositor, rugby coach and administrator, newspaper manager

Cave, Henry Butler
1922?1989
Cricket player, farmer

Caverhill, Hannah Rebecca Frances
1834?1897
Diarist, homemaker

Cawthron, Thomas
1833??1915
Businessman, philanthropist

Chaffey, Annie Selina
1877?1953
Homemaker, recluse

Chaffey, Henry Fox
1868?1951
Farm labourer, carting contractor, prospector, recluse

Chalmers, Nathanael
1830?1910
Pastoralist, explorer, politician, planter, sugar miller, magistrate

Chambers, Eileen Marjorie Fosbery
1906?1989
Nurse, hospital matron, nursing tutor and administrator

Chambers, John
1819?1893
Pastoralist, community leader, businessman

Chambers, John
1839??1903
Businessman, ironsands entrepreneur

Chambers, Joseph Bernard
1859?1931
Sheepfarmer, viticulturist, wine-maker

Chamier, George
1842?1915
Engineer, surveyor, novelist

Chan, Tommy
1889?1969
Storekeeper, market gardener, landowner

Chapman, Anne Maria
1791?1855
Missionary

Chapman, Frederick Revans
1849?1936
Lawyer, judge, ethnologist

Chapman, George Thomson
1824?1881
Merchant, bookseller, publisher

Chapman, Henry Samuel
1803?1881
Journalist, lawyer, newspaper proprietor and editor, judge, philologist

Chapman, Pansy Helen Auld
1892?1973
Hospital matron, nursing administrator

Chapman, Sylvia Gytha de Lancey
1896?1995
Doctor, medical superintendent, welfare worker

Chapman, Thomas
1792?1876
Missionary

Chapman, Valentine Jackson
1910?1980
Botanist, university professor, conservationist

Chapman-Taylor, James Walter
1878?1958
Architect, builder, photographer, astrologer