Wauchop New Zealand 1876 1927

known WAUCHOP marriages in New Zealand 1876 - 1927:

the WAUCHOP GROOMS

Thomas Wauchop
- married Rachel STEWART in 1876
the known children of Thomas & Rachel were:
1877 - Elizabeth Lilian Wauchop
1878 - 1945 Thomas Stewart Wauchop
1880 - 1960 John Stewart Wauchop
1881 - Rachel Mabel Wauchop
1883 - 1968 Henry Hamilton Wauchop
1884 - Maurice Graham Wauchop
1885 - Vera Eileen Wauchop
1887 - unknown Wauchop

William Simon Wauchop (1889-1971)
- born in Christchurch
- trained at the Canterbury University College School of Art studying landscape under Alred W. WALSH graduating in 1910. He taught in Christchurch before becoming a librarian, and then chief librarian, at the General Assembly Library. He also studied dance. After studying dance in Sydney, he founded the Wauchop School of Dancing. He was a prominent member of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts and was president from 1953-1962. His work was represented in New Zealand's Centennial Exhibition in Wellington in 1940.

He painted in watercolour and oil and his subjects were still life and landscapes, especially mountains, lakes and native forests.

He is represented at the Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt, Hocken Library, Dunedin, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, Rotorua Museum of Art and History, Rotorua, and the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington
- he is represented in the National Art Gallery, Wellington.
- he married Annie Elizabeth KIRKLEY (1884-1956) in 1927
- one of his paintings
- list of his paintings (70)
- Auction Houses which have sold his work:
Auction House - Value Sold - Number Sold
Dunbar Sloane, Wellington - $6,857 - 34
International Art Centre, Auckalnd - $2,269 - 7
Webb's, Epsom Auckland - $1,522 - 5
Cordy's, Remuera AUckland - $128 - 1

the WAUCHOP BRIDES

Elizabeth Lilian Wauchop
- married Carolus Gustavus Adolphus SOMMERS in 1920

Rachel Mabel Wauchop
- married Edward STOCKWELL in 1910

some known WAUCHOP DEATHS 1873 - 2006

1962 Wauchop, Agnes aged 76

1956 Wauchop, Annie Elizabeth aged 72

1996 Wauchop, Edna Emily aged 80

1949 Wauchop, Frederica Henrietta aged 65

1990 Wauchop, Fredrick Henry aged 75

1968 Wauchop, Henry Hamilton aged 85

2006 Wauchop, Henry Hamilton aged 87

1873/74 Wauchop, Isabella age unknown

1960 Wauchop, John Stewart aged 80

1962 Wauchop, Margaret Swanston aged 73

1975 Wauchop, Muriel Gladys aged 69

1996 Wauchop, Rachel aged 85

1889 Wauchop, Thomas aged 46

1945 Wauchop, Thomas Stewart aged 67

1982 Wauchop, William Hugh aged 87

1971 Wauchop, William Simon aged 81