WAKAPUAKA RESIDENTS.
Nelson District
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These people were at Wakapuaka in
the years 1894-95 (taken from Wises Directory)
AINSWORTH, Wm..Engineer
ALBOROUGH, WILLIAM LYFORD,
ANDERSON, Mrs Wm Schoolmistress.
ANDERSON, ROBERT
AUSTIN, THOMAS Farmer
BARNETT, DAVID Farmer
BARNETT, WILLIAM Farmer
BELL, ELIZABETH,B
BERRY, WILLIAM Sexton
BLANCHETT, GEO & THOS Farmers
BROWN, JOHN Farmer
BUNGATE, JOHN
CLOSE, Wm,H Farmer
CUMMINGS, GEO Farmer
DENCKER, CHRISTIAN
DODSON, GEORGE Farmer
DODSON, THOMAS Snr Farmer
ERSKINE, Hon Major
FLOWER, HENRY, JOHN & T farmers
FROST, DENNIS & EDWARD farmers
FROST, WALTER & THOMAS farmers
FROST, GEORGE Butcher
GALLAGHER, Mrs M.F
GILL, EDWARD Farmer
GIPPS, WESTON G Surgeon
GLASGOW, Wm,J & ALEC
GLASGOW, Mrs D
HARVEY, ISAAC Farmer
HAYTON, THOMAS Farmer
HEBBERD, CORNELIUS
KAY, JOHN Farmer
KINZETT, GEORGE Farmer
LEWIN, WILLIAM
ABSOLOM&THOS Farmers
MACKAY, JAMES Sheepfarmer
MCLEOD, NEIL
MANSON, Mrs M.A
MANSSEN, Miss
MARTIN, CHARLES,H
MOULDER, GEORGE Labourer
NEVILLE, SAMUEL,M Runholder
NORTHAM, Wm Farmer
OLDHAM, JOHN,P & WILLIAM
OLIVER, Mrs Halfway House Hotel
OLSON, H Farmer
PAGE, WILLIAM Bricklayer
PARMENTER, GEO Farmer
PITCHER, Wm, T Farmer
RAYNER, WILLIAM
RUFFELL, CHAS Milkman
ROSS, ALFRED Farmer
SLATER, DANIEL
SMALL, THOMAS
TURNER, CHAS,K & Wm,H
WASTNEY, HENRY Farmer
WASTNEY, JOHN
WASTNEY, WILLIAM J.P
WATERHOUSE, THOMAS
WELLER, RICHARD
WELLS, WALTER,S Runholder
WELLS, WILLIAM
WESTLEY, WILLIAM
WHITWELL, FRANK Farmer
WITHERS, JOHN & CHAS Farmers
these names also from the area from 1845..
ALLEN, GILBERT
ATTWOOD, JOHN lived near the Black Bull Inn in 1849
BALLARD, JOHN FREDERICK Labourer
BERRY, FREDERICK Innkeeper and Farmer
BLANCHETT, THOMAS shoemaker
BLANCHETT, ELIZABETH marr James nelson CLOSE on the 28th Sept 1865
BROWN, JOHN a Sawyer, marr Maria HOLLIS 28th June 1866
BUSHNELL, WALTER WILLIAM arr on the "Indus" in 1843 at the age of 21. Listed as a Cabinet Maker. Walter drowned at Wakapuaka 8th March 1845.
CLARK, ROBERT
COLLINS, ARTHUR arr on the "Pekin" in 1849 with his Father when he was 17. he brought land in the area, moved to Kaikoura to take up a sheep run for a time ,but later returned.
CRAIG, JAMES Gentleman
DEARLING, THOMAS Labourer
DEVANEY, ANDREW
DODSON, THOMAS Farmer
DONALD, R an early Publican
DOUGHTY Farmer
EDMUNDS, ROBERT Postmaster from July 1864
FEILD, WHITBREAD Labourer
FROST, DENNIS Came from Norfolk with his wife and 10 children on the "Mariner" in 1850
FULLER, JOHN Sawyer
GENTRY, CHARLES brickmaker died at the age of 45 on the 14th dec 1867
GIBBS, JAMES
GILL, WILLIAM Labourer
GRAHAM, PETER Gentleman
GRAHAM, JOHN SIMPSON Farmer
HARVEY, ISAAC arr N.Z 1850 from England he died in 1884.
HEBBERD, THOMAS & ISAAC Farmers
HODGSON, WILLIAM. William was from Manchester. Came to New Zealand with wife and 6 children on the "Himalaya" in 1844. 3 sons, William Charles...Benjamin Oliver...James Lee.worked with their father clearing the land.
HODGSON, WILLIAM CHARLES , property agent & Inspector of Schools.
HOLLIS, JAMES
HUMPHREY, JOHN Labourer
JENNINGS, WILLIAM Labourer
JOLLIE, FRANCIS & EDWARD
LYFORD, LAWRENCE died 16th March 1861
McGLASHEN, JOHN & MARY were pioneers of the Flax Industry
MACDONALD, GEORGE Shoemaker
MACKAY, JAMES Gentleman. arr on the "Slains Castle" in 1844
MARTIN, HUGH Gentleman ,also had property in Stoke
MATTHEWS, DANIEL Labourer
MOORE, WILLIAM
PALMER, SALOME Domestic
PHELPS, ROBERT Flax Dresser
PIERSON, JOSEPH resided in the area till abt 1880
POWELL, BENJAMIN
RAYNER, WILLIAM Labourer
RICE, WILLIAM Carpenter
ROSS, KENNETH a Sawyer and farmer
ROY, MARY Domestic Servant
SELL,THOMAS Labourer
SPITTLE, JAMES Labourer
TOD, ROBERT
TURNER, ROBERT Boatman
WASTNEY, EDMUND Farmer
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