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John Perry ROBINSON was born about 1809 probably in Surrey, England

November 1842 disillusioned with the state of English politics, John Robinson, his wife, Mary GASKELL (whom he had married at Derby on 22 October 1836) and their two young children, Samuel Gaskell (age 3) and Eliza (age 1), left England on the Phoebe, bound for the New Zealand settlement of Nelson, arriving on 29 March 1843

1845 he moved to the Bay of Islands, where he managed an agency of the Nelson brewing firm Hooper and Company
When that business failed he moved the stock to Auckland

1848 he returned to Nelson. He worked as a storekeeper until 1852 or 1853, when he took up his old trade of woodturning

13 April 1850 he chaired a meeting of Nelson mechanics and labourers, which resolved to petition the New Zealand Company for breach of contract. Compensation was sought for lack of employment and the difficult conditions that had been suffered by the working class population of the settlement

1855 he went to Motupipi, in Massacre Bay (Golden Bay), where he and three partners erected the first sawmill in the district. Later that year he was elected to represent Massacre Bay in the Nelson Provincial Council

1856 When Edward STAFFORD resigned as superintendent of Nelson, John was persuaded to put himself forward as a candidate for the vacancy. His opponents were David MONRO and William Thomas Loch TRAVERS (1818-1903), a local lawyer

3 October 1860 DEATH - GASKELL, At the residence of his brother-in-law, J. P. Robinson, Esq., on the 3rd October, Henry, only son of Mr Samuel Gaskell, of Motueka, late of Etwall, Derbyshire, England

23 November 1861 a disgruntled elector wrote a letter to John through the 'NELSON EXAMINER and NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE'

To His Honour JOHN PERRY ROBINSON, Esq,
Superintendaent of Nelson
- SIR - At your nomination, as a candidate for the Superintendency, in October 1856, you, in your address to the electors, made the following remarks: "I believe that, under the present state of things there are more cats employed than will catch mice. It would be much more conducive to the public welfare if you elect a plain, straightforward and honourable man, who would be neither afraid nor ashamed to look after his businnes." You have occupied your position for five years and have you verified these words? Before Wairau, in disgust at our treatment, obtained separation, had you ever seen he place save for one day only? And did you, from that flyig obseration, know whether sheep ate grass or rocks .... I have a right to put these questions, because I pay part of your ?500 a year (roughly the equivaen of $52,000 in 2010) ...

26 January 1865 John visited the West Coast to examine the coalmining potential of the region.
The steamer Wallaby, on which he was travelling, arrived off the bar of the Buller River. A lifeboat was lowered to carry a party ashore, including him and his son, Edward.
Crossing the bar in a sudden swell, the boat was swamped and capsized. By the time a second boat reached it, John and three others were missing.
His body was never recovered. He was 56
- (by 1869 the area had become a rich goldfield)

4 February 1865 - A full report and the inquest findings of the accidnet

16 June 1865 From the NELSON PROVINCIAL COUNCIL, Annuity Bill: A message enclosed a bill for providing an annuity for the family of the late John Perry Roobinson, Esq., Superintendent of the province. The bill provides that a sum of ?1000 shall be invested in trustees, and the interest thereon shall be paid for a period of ten years to the widow and family of the late Superintendent (an equivalent amount in June 2010 to nearly $100,000)

March 1867 the supposed discovery of Mr Robinson's remains

16 January 1869 ROBINSON - January 16, at Woodville, Motupipi, after a short but painful illness, Bertha, seventh daughter of the late J. P. Robinson, Esq., aged 13 years


John Perry Robinson was survived by his wife, two sons and seven daughters (daughter Bertha died aged 13 in 1869)
- I would like help with these children. If you can be of help please leave a message or your info in the comment box below -

I have: (and the birth order & dates will be added as found)

1838 - Samuel Gaskell Robinson 1st son
born in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
- married Emily CROUCHER on 6 July 1866 at Motupipi
- Emily was the 4th daughter of John CROUCHER & Maria MARTIN, immigrants from Kent on the WILD DUCK sometime after 1851
* he spent some time in the service of the Provincial Government
* was for a number of years in the employment of the Intercolonial Royal Mail Steamship Company as purser, on the s.s. ?Lord Ashley,? and ?Prince Alfred
* settled at Takaka and was appointed Clerk of the Collingwood County Council
* Secretary to the Takaka Road Board for over twenty years
* was Government Valuer for the Takaka riding of the Golden Bay district for fifteen years
* was harbour master at Waitapu, from 1878 up to the time he left Takaka to reside in Nelson
* for four years was proprietor and publisher of the ?Takaka News
* In 1901 Samuel retired from active life and settled in Nelson
* he was a Freemason Past Master of the Golden Bay Lodge, No. 2149, English Constitution
* a member of the Takaka Lodge of Oddfellows, Manchester Unity
* on 30 January 1902 he resigned as Harbourmaster of Port Waitapu (Samuel FITTAL was appointed after him)

1840 - Eliza Robinson 1st daughter
- born in England
- possibly married in 1864

???? - Mary Frances Robinson 2nd daughter
- born in new Zealand
- married Alfred ELLIOT on 23 April 1867 in Nelson
- newspaper announcement read: ELLIOTT-ROBINSON - On the 23rd instant, at Christ Church, by the Rev G. H. JOHNSTONE, Alfred, only surviving son of the late James Elliott, Esq., to Mary, second daughter of the late J. P. Robinson Esq., Superintendent of Nelson [no cards]

???? - 3rd daughter

???? - 4th daughter

???? - 5th daughter

???? - 6th daughter

1856 - 1869 Bertha Robinson 7th daughter
- born in New Zealand
- died aged 13

NOTE
Marcusy's message
Subject: RE: help needed for the 10 children of John Perry ROBINSON + Mary GASKELL - Nelson, NZ 1843
To: ngairedith
From: Marcusy
Date: 2014-06-04 22:37:01
Hi, see below for the wife and children, and where you can find the particular articles or notices in PapersPast (i.e. the proof). Also if you search on the NZ BDM site you will find births for six of the children (but all with NR for names), and all their deaths are recorded.

Mary Robinson (wife of John Perry) c.1818-1888
Colonist 19/07/1884 Frances Gaskell dies = sister of Mary Robinson
Nelson Evening Mail 18/07/1888 death of Mary
Nelson Evening Mail 2/08/1888 executors of Marys will are S G Robinson, Henry Lewis and John Blackett
Colonist 9/08/1888 Death notice of Mary
Colonist 9/08/1888 obituary of Mary Robinson gives details of husbands early life

Ten Children John Perry and Mary Robinson:

1- Samuel Gaskell Robinson (eldest son) 1839-1911
Nelson Evening Mail 17/07/1866 marriage of S G Robinson to Emily Croucher
Colonist 14/03/1904 portrait donated by son
Colonist 9/06/1911 death of Samuel Gaskell Robinson
Nelson Evening Mail 21/07/1911 probate of the will of S G Robinson given to wife Emily

2- Eliza Clavey Robinson (eldest daughter) 1841-1918
Nelson Evening Mail 23/11/1918 deaths from influenza
Nelson Evening Mail 29/11/1918 death notice of Eliza Clavey & Frances Ada
Nelson Evening Mail 5/12/1918 executor of wills of Frances & Eliza is Alfred Ernest Edward Robinson

3- Edward Aldis Robinson (second son) 1843-1888
Nelson Evening Mail 23/12/1876 marriage of Edward A Robinson to Mary Ann Lewis, daughter of Henry Lewis
Nelson Evening Mail 3/08/1888 death of Captain Edward Robinson by drowning at Motupipi
Colonist 4/08/1888 death of Captain Edward A. Robinson detailed context
Nelson Evening Mail 4/08/1888 Further details on death and inquest
Nelson Evening Mail 6/08/1888 a letter about the inquest

4- Mary Frances Elliott (second daughter) c.1846-1898
Nelson Evening Mail 24/04/1867 marriage to Alfred Elliott
Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle 15/03/1873 death of infant daughter
Colonist 10/06/1898 Death of Mary Frances

5- Clara Emma Parker (third daughter) 1848-1899
Nelson Evening Mail 23/04/1881 marriages of Clara Emma & Emily
Colonist 20/10/1899 death of Clara Emma Parker

6- Annie Robinson (fourth daughter) 1850-1870
Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle 16/03/1870 Death of Annie aged 19

7- Emily Gilbert (fifth daughter) 1852-1841
Nelson Evening Mail 23/04/1881 marriages of Clara Emma & Emily
Grey River Argus 25/04/1881 marriage of Emily to William Charles Gilbert
Evening Post 20/12/1841 death of Emily Gilbert, details of childhood in Takaka

8- Ellen Robinson (sixth daughter) 1854-1902
Nelson Evening Mail 4/08/1902 death notice of Ellen

9- Bertha Robinson (seventh daughter) 1856-1869
Colonist 19/01/1869 death of Bertha aged 13

10- Frances Ada Robinson (eighth daughter) 1859-1918
Nelson Evening Mail 23/11/1918 deaths from influenza
Nelson Evening Mail 29/11/1918 death notice of Eliza Clavey & Frances Ada
Nelson Evening Mail 5/12/1918 executor of wills of Frances & Eliza is Alfred Ernest Edward Robinson

the NANKERVIS buried in the cemeteries in Perth WA as at 2007
- birth years are approximate, based on age at death
- kms in brackets indicate distance from Perth CBD

CORAL MAY Nankervis
- died on 21 August 1963 aged 63
- birth year of about 1900
- had been living in EAST VICTORIA PARK (7km SE)
- CREMATORIUM ROSE GARDENS, Karrakatta cemetery

DOROTHY JUNE Nankervis
- died on 21 June 1985 aged 80
- birth year of about1905
- had been living in BEDFORD (7km N)
- ashes SCATTERED TO THE WINDS at Karrakatta cemetery

EDITH MAVIS Nankervis
- died on 18 January 1995 aged 78
- birth year of about 1916
- had been living in MORLEY (10km N)
- ashes DISPERSED at Karrakatta cemetery

ELIZABETH MARY Nankervis
- died on 13 August 1943 aged 81
- birth year of about 1862
- had been living in EAST CANNINGTON (14km SE)
- buried GRAVESITE 0556 - SECTION HA - AREA: Wesleyan, Karrakatta

GERTRUDE LYNETTE Nankervis
- died on 18 July 2007 aged 77
- birth year of about 1930
- had been living in MANDURAH (75km S)
- buried GRAVESITE 0407 - SECTION F - AREA: General, at Guildford

HARRY HEMSLEY Nankervis
- died 15 October on 1974 aged 71
- birth year of about1903
- had been living in BEDFORD (7km N)
- ashes SCATTERED TO THE WINDS at Karrakatta cemetery

HARRY NEVILLE Nankervis
- died on 25 July 2004 aged 78
- birth year of about 1826
- had been living in MADDINGTON (17km SE)
- buried GRAVESITE 0407 - SECTION F - AREA: General at Guildfor

LESLIE LITTLEWOOD Nankervis
- died on 27 June 1938 aged 41
- birth year of about 1897
- had been living in VICTORIA PARK (5km SE)
- buried GRAVESITE 0276 - SECTION LB - AREA: Anglican at Karrakatta

LIONEL WILLIAM Nankervis
- died on 8 December 1973 aged 47
- birth year of about 1926
- had been living in NORTH INNALOO (12km NW)
- buried GRAVESITE 0548 - SECTION PF - AREAl Anglican at Karrakatta

MARJORY ALMA Nankervis
- died on 21 February 1903 aged ?
- had been iiving in ?
- GRAVESITE 0178 - SECTION AA - AREA Congregational, Karrakatta

MYRTLE RUBY Nankervis (nee SHIELD)
- died on 2 September 1981 aged 87
- birth year of about 1894
- married Thomas Seymour Nankervis in 1911 in West Australia
- had been living in KARRINYUP (15km NW)
- buried GRAVESITE 0366 - SECTION FA - AREA: Wesleyan, Karrakatta

NELLIE SARAH BAIRD Nankervis
- died on 22 March 1981 aged 83
- birth year of about 1898
- had been living in APPLECROSS (9km S)
- MEMORIALISED at Karrakatta

NORMAN HENRY Nankervis
- died on 19 January 1987 aged 87
- birth year of about 1899
- had been living in VICTORIA PARK (5km SE)
- MEMORIALISED at Karrakatta cemetery

RAYMOND ARTHUR Nankervis
- died on 13 August 1979 aged 67
- birth year of about 1912
- had been living in MT HAWTHORN (6km N)
- ashes SCATTERED TO THE WINDS at Karrakatta cemetery

RUBY LILLIAN Nankervis
- died on 24 April 2000 aged 94
- birth year of about 1906
- had been living in CARLISLE (8km SE)
- ashes TAKEN BY ADMINISTRATOR from Karrakatta cemetery

STIRLING WILLIAM Nankervis
- died on 9 May 1974 aged 85
- birth year of about 1889
- married Sarah JENNINGS in 1916, West Australia
- had been living in MIDLAND (20km NE)
- GRAVESITE 0085 - SETION J - AREA: Anglican, Midland cemetery

THOMAS ROBERT Nankervis
- died on 16 November 1904 aged ?
- had been living in FREMANTLE (21km SW)
- GRAVESITE 0714 - SECTION: MON AA - AREA: Anglican, Fremantle

THOMAS SEYMOUR Nankervis
- died on 25 January 1948 aged 60
- birth year of about 1887
- married Myrtle Ruby SHIELDS, West Australia in 1911
- had been living in MAYLANDS (5km NE)
- GRAVESITE 0366 - SECTION FA - AREA: Wesleyan, Karrakatta

VIOLET Nankervis
- died on 21 October 1978 aged 83
- birth year of about 1895
- had beeb living in MIDVALE (22km NE)
- GRAVESITE 0085 - SECTION J - AREA: Anglican, Midland cemetery

Thomas HALSE married Elizabeth NANKERVIS

I have taken excerts from a wonderfully interesting journal written from March 1846 to January 1847 during an overland exursion from Wellnigton to Auckland, by two British Officers. A beautifully descriptive look at the way things were 164 years ago.

These excerts should whet your appetite to read ALL the journals available at the links below

NOTES FROM A JOURNAL

March 17 1846 left Wellington at half-past eight, a.m. on our road to Wanganui
... arrived at Jackson's clearing on the Porirua road where about 40 of the Volunteer Militia were stationed under the command of Captain CLIFFORD ...

March 18 went to RAUPARAHA's Te Raparaha pah at Parramata, RANGIHAEATA was in the pah close at hand but did not make his appearance. Rauparaha gave us a letter to HEUEHU at Taupo
... at Waikanae the native church is well worth seeing as an example of native ingenuity. It is 40 feet long by 30 broad; the inside is neatly fitted up with reeds and a kind of arabesque painting on the wood work
... at Waikanae we saw a most extraoridinary looking being, a white man with red hair

March 23 after a twelve mile walk we arrived at the Manawatu river. The man that ferried us over was named by the Bishop as "Wellington" as he had ben a great warrior in his youth. His native name however was KAI TANGATA

March 28 moved off at daylight six miles to the Turehina river which is dangerous on account of quicksand. Mr MASON, a Missionary at Wanganui was drowned here about three years ago while trying to cross it on horseback. Three miles on we forded the Wangaehu which was nearly five feet deep and after a walk of nine miles arrived in Wanganui

April 1 went across to the so-called town of Wanganui which consists at present of some ten or twelve small houses and a rather pretty little wooden church
- in May 2010, 164 years later, Wanganui had an estimated population of 39,700}

April 2 spoke to a Chief, one of the principal men at Taupo, named HEREKIEKIE, (?-1861 Ngati Tuwharetoa leader. Te Herekiekie of Ngati Tuwharetoa belonged to the hapu Ngati Te Aho. He is thought to have been born in the second decade of the nineteenth century. Through his father, Tauteka, leader of Ngati Te Aho, he was descended from the senior Ngati Tuwharetoa line. His mother was Te Kahurangi, who was descended from Puha-o-te-rangi, the ancestor of the Wanganui people. After his father's death he assumed the leadership of Ngati Te Aho, who lived on the southern shore of Lake Taupo. There his authority was largely independent of the tribal leaders bearing the name Te Heuheu) who was going to start next day and we made a bargain with him to give us four men to carry our baggage to Rotorua for ?5 4s (roughly $400 in 2010)

April 4 to 8 heavy rain and flood, landed at Kanihini where there was a large pah

April 9 we proceeded our voyage up the river, still among high hills. There were several rapids which required a great deal of labour to get up. At nightfall we landed at the foot of Taupiri, a mountain, visible eighty or ninety miles off

April 11 Easter Saturday we got up the rapids seven or eight miles by means of pulling ourselves along by the branches on the banks and polling. Landed at a potato field where the whole tribe set to work digging potatoes and building warres (whares, houses) which they did in a very short itme. In the night it came on a gale and blew down most of the warres

April 12 heavy thunder-storm during the night ... the old priest praying to the lightning

April 14 passed Operiki, a large fortified pah from which there is a path to Taupo

April 15 ... and so on till we reach Pukeika, a large settlemnt on the spur of a hill over the river
... went across to Pateareho, another large settlement on the opposite side

April 16 went over to Pakeika and saw a native church, now building, of totara wood; it will be 64 feet by 34 feet

April 20 ... the path was hardly visible and we were compelled to resort to creeping rather than walking as the wood was full of vine or supple jack

April 22 a boy, in scraping up the ground, found a large earth worm about eight inches long which he was proceeding to cook, when it was snatched from him by an old woman who immediately put it on the fire, and when frizzled, double it up in four pieces and ate it up with great relish

April 23 ... from the top of one of the hills we had a view of Tongariro capped with snow, at seven miles distance

April 24 ... three miles further on, arrived at the edge of a deep ravine, where the path joins Ikurangi and becomes rather better for four miles on to the Manguiwero

April 26 ... built a ware, lit a fire, cooked potatoes and two Kaka we had shot

April 27 ... about eighteen miles from the wood we halted for the night at the foot of Tongariro, on the banks of the Wangaehu which is here, a mere rivulet

April 28 at a mile from the river we came to a dreary tract at the base of the mountain (Tongariro) covered with shingle and large blocks of stone and scoria. Two small streams of whitish colour were running down form the mountain which he had the curiosity to taste and we found strongly impreganated with sulphuric acid
... the natives showed us a place where they said a large number of maori were frozen to death

April 29 we got the first view of the Taupo lake, from the hill over Mangatawai river. It is very like the Bay of Islands, coming from Waimate to Kiri Kiri. Fifteen miles from Waikihohoru, over grassy plains and small hills, brought us to Rotorua lake. We crossed over a small river to the pa 'Paito'

May 2 marched sixteen miles to the hot springs, which form baths of different degrees of temperature; some boiling to that degree that the natives cook their food in them, and formerly they used to put their prisoners into them. Some of the waters taste like Epsom salts. We believe they have all been analysed by Dr DIEFFENBACH Ernst Dieffenbach (1811?1855) Naturalist, writer, and professor of geology was born in 1811 at Giessen, Germany, the son of a Lutheran clergyman-professor. In 1839 he sailed to New Zealand in the Tory as surgeon and naturalist for the New Zealand Company. In the course of surveying the country for the Company, Dieffenbach made extensive journeys into the interior of the North Island, exploring Tongariro, Taupo, Waikato, and Whaingaroa, and he made the first successful climb of Mount Egmont. He also visited the Chatham Islands

September 22 I left Auckland at daybreak ... the view of the town from Manukao road, as it crosses the first ridge behind it, is very pleasing, but the scene had a peculiar interest in my eyes, as six years before I had stood almost on the same spot, at the same season of the year, when four white tents and a few scattered raupo huts, scarce visible amidst the tangled wood around, containing about sixty individuals, were the representatives of huts, which lay near a rugged cultivation, had disappeared since my last visit in 1841 and were replaced by those of some settlers amidst fenced fields, and a somewhat superior ware, occupied by the chief Te WERO WERO on his occaional visits to this part of the country, was now represented by a public house (pub, hotel)

December 23 about five miles from Papakura we reached the banks of the Awa Paheke

December 24 on the way to Tuakau a very long and descriptive account of the day and their surroundings. Mentions the names of people, tribes & places like: RANGATIRA, TAUREKAREKA, PAKURA, NGTIAWA, KAWHIA, TUAKAU (settlement of a few houses within a stockade), MAKETU, WAIKATO, WAITEMATE, NGATITIPAO, TAUPIRI, NGATIPO, Mr MARSHALL, PAPARAMA, HARAKI, WAKETEWAI, WANGAPE, MANAKAU

Xmas Day 1846 we passed several canoes from Maungatautari (an eroded andesitic volcano near Cambridge) and the Waipa, bound for Tuakau, with cargoes of pigs for the Auckland market... they stopped to inform us that it was currently reported at the Waipa that the Ngatirapaua of Taupo were mustering to join their countrymen at Wanganui

December 26 ... we paddled onwards to a small settlement on the left bank called Motutarata, belonging to a sept of the Waikatos called Ngaugnaua, where we landed. It consisted of a few huts and a ware (whare, house) and was as usual surrounded by a stout pallisade
... the whole course of the river, indeed, from Pukatea to Taupiri, is almost bare of wood, which is one reason why the settlements are so few along a tract. Out host was a middle-aged man, who had been 18 years in the country and had married the daughter of a Chief of the Ngaugnaua
... these men, were generally deserters from whalers, or coasting vessels, often runaway-Convicts, who have found their way to the island
... the low hills approach on either side had, to within a mile and a half of the bank, connected on one hand with the Taupiri range, on the other, with the great sea range, rich alluvial land lying between
... about three miles further on we reached the settlement of the Kupukupu at the mouth of the pass, where Abraham, a brother of Te WHEROWHERO resides and who ferried us across to the opposite bank to show us a seam of coal which crops out from the face of a clayhill not more than three hundred yards from shore

December 28 two miles upward, the Kaitotehe-flat terminates at the pa of Ngatihouroua, where we landed to take shelter from a tremndous thunder-shower
... four miles beyond Ngaruawahia (the two mouths), where the western hills bend inwards from the river, there is a large tract of land, on either side, tapu, and consequently uninhabited. This was done from the double motive of being the place where a daughter of Te WHEROWHERO's (Tirai te Potatau) who was married to an Englishman called Captain KENT, died (Captain John Rudolphus Kent (?-1837) captain of the Prince Regent which, on 29 March 1820, became the first vessel to cross the Hokianga bar, first white man to settle at Kawhia), as also from being the burying place of the Chief's father
... we reached Waia Waia, five and twenty miles distant from Kaitotehe, an hour before sunset

December 29 there had been no rain in the night and the morning was bright and beautiful, so while breakfast was preparing, I strolled about to view the locality. The Terraces are seen here to a greater extent than I had onserved them elsewhere. They are evidently ancient and successive beds of the river ...
... the Valley of Kunawaniwa is a perfect basin, entirely enclosed by hills ...

December 30 the track from Kunawaniwa to Puhenui, on the Waipa, traverses the flat for three miles over grassy land, seldom interrupted by swamp
... ascending a steep ridge, aong whose crest we walked for some time, we reached the settlement of Puhenui, situated on a knoll, immediately overhanging the Waipa, which ere, about fifty yard wide, ran in a very deep bed, it banks still maintaining the terraced character. The peaks of Pirongia rising two thousand feet above the level of the country
... Puhenui is miserable place, but the view from it embraces the rolling country between it and Maungatautari and the more level tracts which extend Northward towards Taupiri and Southward to the base of the distant Rangitoto mountains an the isolated come of Kokapuka. A volume of smoke marked the site of Otawao and Rangiawhia

December 31 ... the settlement of Itawao is situated on the western side of a large level basin. The Missionary house, a commodious wooden mansion, with suitable offices, stands a little in advance of the mative pa, on a plateau surrounded by a bend of the Maungapiko ... a garden well stocked with English fruit, a large native chapel has been built near the house. Mr MORGAN has some fine sheep and cattle
... the Ngatururu, the Ngatikora and the Patukoka tribes of the Waikato confederacy, in all about three hundred souls, inhabit Otawao

January 1 1847 an extensive forest, chiefly Kahikatea covered the sides of the valley and the adjacent hills to the north, on the skirts of which is situated the ancient pa of Barewa, famous for the tomb of Te WHERWHERO's daughter, which is most elaborately carved and which contains may other relics of New Zealand art

Jaunary 3 we made Sunday a day of rest. The Natives, as I have before mentioned, are a remnant of the Ngatiraukaua tribe, who once possessed this district and Maungatautari

January 4 after crossing this isthmus we again traversed a table-land and Maungatautari again appeared through an openin and exposed a vast extent of undulating country, lying between its eastern flanks and the distant Rangitoto Mountains, at the extremity of which rose the cone of Kakapuka, backed by the faint outline of Pirongia
... we were joined by a chief of the Ngatirakaua, his wife and some followers, on their way from Rotorua to Pateteri

January 5 before we set out in the morning, the Ngatirakaua Chief took us aside and told us that a chief at Ohinemutu, the principal settlement at Rotorua, had vowed that he would kill the first Pakeha that came there, in retaliation for the death of 'his father RAUPARAHA'

January 6 we rose at day break, and on going out found the whole pa enveloped in vapour, which was rising from the numerous Ngawha ... which was heated to a temperature of 96, both by the streams that flow into it from the Ngawha as well as from a large boiling spring in its centre
... the inhabitants of Ohinemutu are five hundred in number, (there were approx 280 in 2006) one third of this number are converts to the Church Missionary Society under Mr CHAPMAN and the same number are attached to the ministry of the Roman Catholic Church, under Pere RENE one of the Propogandst Missionaries, the remainng third are pagans

January 7 our hostess was an Ariki or chieftainess of the tribe, who rejoice in the lengthy title of Ngatituhourangi, and inhabit Okariki, Tarawera and Rotomahana

January 8 we left Ruakareo after breakfast, in a canoe for Rotomahaua
... by cautiously moving along the edge of the crater, whose walls rise to some height except at the gap through which the water flows, we reached a spot from whence we could look down and see this immense boiling cauldrom within

January 9 we spent the rest of the day very agreeably in admiring the beautiful scenery of the lake from Mr SPENCER's ... in the future history of New Zealand, a visit to Tawera will be a fashionable amusement

Jamuary 11 after prayers in the house, service being held in the Native Chapel by one of their teachers, in the absence of the Reverend Mr CHAPMAN
... we pay a visit to the principal chief of Rotorua, named AKAIRO

January 12 we left the Ngae at day break in a dense fog to visit some Ngawha named TIKITERI

January 13 suffering therefore from thirst, we crossed the forest at so rapid a pace, that we reached its northern edge before sunset, walking, in twelve hours, a distance it had taken us eighteen hours to achieve in our journey southward

January 14 ... after breakfast on some fine potatoes and pork ... we then crossed the ravine at Patiteri

January 15 Mata Mata, the principal residence of the Ngatihoua tribe, is situated on a broad plain

January 16 rose at dawn and having recovered the usual path across the plain to Piaki ... we now reached the Waiarikeki, a stream so named from the quantity of flax that fils the hollow in which it runs
... we reached the Wanaki, a small settlement of a sept of the Ngatipaua, about one o'clock

January 17 we followed the right bank to Mowkero. This land is claimed by a gentleman who maintains that he purchased it in the year 1839, but the natives who reside at Mowkero deny the validity of the purchase. The pa of Mowkero is stockaded ... it was stormed by HONGI and the Ngapuhi about twenty-five years since ...

January 18 .. we arose as usual at day break but the fog was so dense that we could scarcely see a few yards beyond our bivouac
... the fog became less heavy and we could see that the banks were fringed with noble totara, a tree much resembling the English Yew in its foliage
... the mist suddenly disappeared and we saw it rolling up the steep and wooded sides of Taupiri, at whose sides we found ourselves and by a vigorous excertion of the paddle, we shot out from the dark and sluggish water of the Maungawera, which might be about thirty or forty feet wide, into the clear and azure stream of the broad Waikato (River), glittering under a brilliant sun, just opposite to the pa of Kaitotehe, where we landed and were met by our former hospitable entertainer Mr ASHWELL
... having procured a guide I proceeded to ascend Taupiri by crossing the river and commenced climbing straight up the steep face of the hill, fairly obliged to pull myself up by seizing hold of the young underwood and this, hand over hand, reached the summit - but here the magnificant prospect which presented itself amply repaid me for all my toil. At my feet, for the sides of Taupiri are so steep that one almost overhangs it, lay the river, winding either way through the pass, amidst rich cultivations, among which were scattered the pas that line the bank

Jan 20 ... after three hours of most rugged travellig we reached the crest of a hill from which we had a glimpse of the Manukau, its slopes were covered with clumps of fine puriri, which if more easy of access would have been a perfect depot of fencing materials
... we soon reached the deserted pa of Maketu, seated on a projecting rock
... a walk of three miles brought us to the main track to Auckland, we passed Papakura and reached Otahu, the fine farm of Mr FAIRBURN, and we were much fatigued by nearly a twelve hour walk

Jan 21 ... we left Otahu and reached Auckland. We were amused with the astonishment of one of our attendants who had never been in Auckland, the broad made road, the houses, the carts and horses and above all, the ships and the steamer

NOTE
as seen above there appears to be many journals missng between May & September and again between October & December. They will be added here if found

PHOTO
MOUNT TAUPIRI
Kaitotehe, the pa of Potatau Te Wherowhero, with Mount Taupiri in the background 1846. Mount Taupiri is a sacred mountain and burial ground for the Waikato tribe

Charles HOLLAND was born in 1857 and come out to New Zealand with his parents Robert (38) and Anne (37) Holland from Nafferton, Yorkshire, England on the sailing ship ?Lancastershire Witch? arriving in Lyttleton, Christchurch on 15 October 1863
Robert and Jane were accompanied by their 6 children, George William 13, Mary Jane 11, Frederick 9, Charles 6, Henry 3 and infant Sarah Jane

Ada Augusta Oriental GILES was born on 27 November 1855, on board the sailing barque Oriental at latitude 23 degrees north.
Her parents Launcelot and Rachel Giles and 8 other children, were on a voyage from Somersetshire, England to their new home in New Zealand.
Ada was christened before crossing the equator ? an English birth Ada?s parents included the name of the ship in her name
Her parents had 3 other children, born in NZ a total of 12


Charles and Ada married on 22 December 1875 at the Eyreton Anglican Church, along with her brother Benjamin Giles who married Mary Anne Bailey

They settled in Clarkville, Kaiapoi, North Canterbury

Some say Charles & Ada brought up 11 children, 6 sons & 5 daughters
I have only found ten children 6 sons & 4 daughters:

1876 - 1961 Obed Charles Holland
- wife not found

1877 - 1952 George Robert Holland
- married Alice Luisa JACKSON in 1904

1879 - Annie Florence Holland
- married Thomas MERCER in 1908

1881 - Amy Elizabeth Holland
- married George JACKSON in 1899

1883 - 1966 Sarah Jane Holland
- Sarah didn't marry

1884 - 1945 Frederick John Holland
- married Elsie Jane VAUGHAN in 1906

1886 - 1893 Launcelot Holland
- wife not found

1888 - 1960 John Edward Holland
- married Daisy Eveline PEARCE in 1914

1891 - 1974 Thomas Henry Holland
- possibly married Mary Frances CARROLL in 1915

1894 - Edith Maud Holland
- married Alexander Joseph PATERSON in 1918

Charles developed cancer and died in ?Hodds Private Hospital?, Christchurch on 5 November 1895 aged 39
He is buried in the Kaiapoi Anglican Cemetery

Ada continued to live in her own home looked after by Sarah, Doris and Dick until her death in March 1939 aged 83
She is buried beside her husband Charles

some of the GLENNY marriages in New Zealand 1862 - 1925:

Albert Frank Glenny (1882-1975)
- married Alice Coles (1881-1963) in 1906

Alice Maude Glenny (1885-1955)
- married James Cronk (1882-1947) in 1910

Arthur George Glenny (1888-1983)
- married Annie Georgina Oulsnam in 1916

Arthur Hill Trevor Glenny
- married Flora Sinclair Gordon in 1914

Clara Annie Maria Glenny (1882-1960)
- married Ernest Henry Bowering (1872-1959) in 1901

Daisy Maria Glenny (1893-1983)
- married Leonard Francis Ballinger (1895-1970) in 1925

Doris Boys Glenny
- marrie Alfred Henry French in 1919

Emily Rachel Bethia Glenny
- married Arthur Samuel Burgess in 1905

Francis James Cecil Glenny (1881-1965)
- married Jessie Cooper (1878-1953) in 1909

Hannah Maria Glenny
- married George Lucas in 180

Hazle Gabrelle Glenny
- married John Tucker Robinson Hedges in 1920

Helen Mary Isabella Glenny
- married Robert Dickie Smith in 1902

Ida Mary Glenny
- married Donald Sinclair in 1908

Isaac William (1838-1917)
- married Mary Emma Clinkard (1857-1923) in 1875

Isaac William (1892-1944)
- married Lilian Agnes Bruce Lockhart (1897-1979) in 1923

Isabella Anna Glenny (1852-1925)
- married Henry James Turner in 1877

Jane Glenny
- married ? in 1862

John Ernest Glenny (1883-1978)
- married Elsie May Pettit (1883-1961) in 1910

Joseph Glenny (1844-1937)
- married Mary Armstrong in 1872

Joseph Glenny
- married Elizabeth Margaret O'Neill (1850-1918) in 1886

Kathleen Myrtle Glenny
- married Charles Annabell (1889-1955) in 1914

Marguerite Helena Glenny
- married John Henry Howorth Davidson in 1908

Maria Jane Glenny (1841-1897)
- married William Henry Maxwell in 1868

Maria Malcolm Glenny (1884-1961)
- married John Lawrence Sullivan (1884-1939) in 1913

Mary Emma Hopewell Glenny (1890-1975)
- married George Gordon Noel Nicholls (1885-1963) in 1910

Sarah Ann Glenny
- married James Mount Newman (1836-1885) in 1865

Thomas Strutt Glenny (1846-1938)
- married Ann Maria Udy (1849-1910) in 1879

Walter Stanley Glenny (1890-1965)
- married Bridget O'Dea (1892-1945) in 1922

William Clinkard Glenny (1878-1955)
- married Emma Penn (1882-1984) in 1903

Dionisios CALLINICOS was born in Ithica, Greece in 1901
- he was also known as Dennis Callinicos

he married Beatrice Alice HAYES in 1929

Bearice Hayes was born on 15 December 1908
- her parents were Timothy Edward HAYES & Minnie May HOULDEY
- her great grandparents were Benjamin HOULDEY (1826-1885) from Worcester who emigrated to New Zealand as a solider & Jane SPICER (1830-1867) from Smarden, Ashford
- Benjamin & Jane settled in Ohariu Valley, Wellington


Dennis died on 26th January 1970 aged 60
- he had been living in Nelso Crescent Napier
- buried PLOT 10 - SECTION Sec 74 at Wharerangi Cemetery, Napier


Beatrice died on 3rd August 1986 aged 77
- she had been living in Wellesley Rd, Napier
- buried PLOT 29 - SECTION Sec 110 at Rose Garden, Wharerangi

the known INGPEN marriages in New Zealand 1860 - 1928:

? Alice Louisa Hornby Ingpen (1870-1955)
- married Frederick Charles WILLIAMS in 1897

? Constance Maud Ingpen (1868-1956)
- married George Allan CLARK in 1898
- 2 known children

? Constance Maud Ingpen (1895-1978)
- married Frederick Charles ROBINSON in 1923

? Edward Lockyer Ingpen (1835-1926)
- married Sarah JONES in 1860
- he married Mary Ann BERRY in 1883

? Edith Eliza Ingpen (1898-1952)
- married James Reginald BAIRD in 1928

? Ernest Edward Ingpen (1861-1943)
- married Annie SUTTON in 1885

? Ernest Edward Ingpen (1892-1938)
- married Maud Barbara HOUNSLOW in 1927

? Fanny Edith Ingpen
- married Dr Edward Clements COLLINS (1861-1904) in 1886
- 1 known son, Clements Edward Francis Collins (1887-1887
EDWARD CLEMENTS COLLINS died in New York 14 Dec 1904, of pneumonia)

? Frank George Ingpen (1890-1943)
- married Eveline May SANDBROOK in 1923

? Grace Lydia Ingpen (1899-1988)
- married Arthur BETTLEY in 1920

? Harriett Elizabeth Ingpen (1877-1940)
- married Frank Hamilton ROACH in 1896

? Mabel May Ingpen (1888-1973)
- married Francis Gordon WILSON in 1910

? Maud Beatrice Ingpen (1890-1974)
- married Francis James HOWIE (1886-1953) in 1911

? Phoebe Elizabeth Ingpen (1887-1955)
- married Conrad COOPER in 1909

? Spencer Edward Ingpen (1888-1968)
- married Clara Frances QUINLAN in 1915

? Tuihi Maud Ingpen (1898-1971)
- married Dugald THOMPSON in 1918

? Norman Lockyer Ingpen
- married Eleanor Craig YOUNG in 1922

? Violet Ingpen
- married George FERNANDOS in 1903

taken from the HAWKES BAY HERALD and put in alphabetical order:

- IN BANKRUPTCY -
in the Superior Court of Bankruptcy holden at Napier
.. 13 February 1889 ..

In the matter of "The Bankruptcy Act, 1883" and the several amendments thereof

Notice is hereby given that I have this day filed final accounts in respect to the undermentioned Estates and that on Tuesday, 5th March next, I intend to apply to the above Honorable Court for an order releasing me from my office in resspect to the said Estates

ANDREWS, Thomas Saunders of Napier, Tailor

ARMSTRONG, W. J. McGinn of Takpaau, Surveyor

ASHTON, Edward of Napier, Settler

ASHTON, John of Napier, Contractor

BARLOW, William of Woodville, Cook

BARREN, Alexander H. of Taradale, Horse Dealer

BATTEN & OLIVER of Napier, Bricklayers

BRAHAM, Ernest G. S. of Napier, Fancy Goods Dealer

BROWNE, Alexander of Napier, Draper

BUTLER, Frederick William of Dannevirke, Saddler

CAMMOCK, Alexander of Waipawa, Contractor

CAMPBELL, Duncan of Hastings, Plumber

CLEARY, John Luke (1850-1922) of Napier, Carpenter

COBB, Joseph Edward (1841-1911) of Hastings, Photographer

COHAM, Arthur William of Napier, Draper

COLE, William R. of Hastings, Carpenter

COMBS, Willis Edmund (1846-1935) of Napier, Clothier

CONNELLY John of Herbertville, Labourer

CONNOR, Patrick of Napier, Labourer

COSGROVE, John of Woodville, Boardinghouse keeper

CUNNINGHAM, James A. of Rakamoana, Sheepfarmer

DAWSON, John of Napier, Cabinetmaker

DUNCAN, John of Kaikora, Contractor

EISING, Charles of Woodville, Boardinghouse keeper

ERICKSEN, Petrus of Dannevirke, Labourer

ERSKINE, William of Napier, Blacksmith

FABLING, William of Napier, Quarryman

FARRELLY, Bridget of Napier, Boardinghouse keeper

FOLEY, John of Takapau, Labourer

FRANCIS & GREAVES of Woodville, Painters

FREDSBERG, Anders of Ormondville, Farmer

GOULD, Albert William of Waipawa, Solicitor

GOWEN, Benjamin of Hastings, Bricklayer

GOWER, Alfred of Woodville, Butcher

GRANT, George Russ of Bapier, Cab Proprietor

GRAY, James of Napier, Carpenter

GRAY, William of Napier, Carpenter

GREIGG & McCOLL of Hastings, Bulders

HARLAND, John S. of Napier, Dairyman

HARMER, Charles of Clyde, Storekeeper

HAWKINS, John of Mohaka, Contractor

HOGAN, Joseph of Taradale, Contractor

HOLLAND, George William (1849-1939) of Dannevirke, Blacksmith

HOLLIS, John Bennett of West Clive, Contractor

HOOPER, Stephen of Napier, Hairdresser

HORTON, George of Woodville, Bullock Driver

HUGHES, Edward of Taradale, Builder

HULME, Edgar P. of Napier, Commission Agent

HUTCHINGS, George of Woodville, Fruiterer

INGPEN, Edward L. of Napier, Clerk

JAMES, John of Taradale, Labourer

JEFFARES, Joseph of Taradale, Baker

JERARD, Edward of Tomoana, Tinsmith

JONES, Richard of Woodville, Fruiterer

KEMSLEY, George Vincent of Wairoa, Contractor

KENNEDY, Kenneth A. of Hastings, Farmer

LAURVIG, Edward Andersen of Napier, Boardinghoue keeper

LUNDGLEN, Anders of Tahoraiti, (Dannevirke) Contractor

LYON, James of Kereru, Sheepfarmer

MAHONEY, John of Napier, Expressman

McCARTIE, John D. of Dannevirke, Labourer

McCARTIE, Robert Benjamin of Napier, Surveyor

McKENZIE, Roderick of Waipawa, Contractor

McKNIGHT, James of Napier, Blacksmith

McNEILL, John of Makotuku, Labourer

MOONEY, Patrick of Napier, Labourer

MOORCOCK, John of Napier, Labourer

MORRISON, John of Napier, Painter

MORTEN, JENSEN & Co of Norsewood, Sawmillers

NEWBERRY, James of Te Aute, Butcher

NEWSON John of Woodville, Farmer

NICHOL, James of Napier, Butcher

O'CALLAGHAN, Denis of Waipawa, Tailor

O'NEILL, Neil of Napier, Jeweller

O'NEILL, William of Hastings, Labourer

PALMER, Philemon of Meanee, Dairyman

PEARSON, John of Ormondville, Storekeeper

PELL, Frank of Napier, Commission Agent

PILCHER, George of Dannevirke, Contractor

POMARE, Otene of Napier, ABoriginal Native

POTTS, Geoffrey (1852-1929) of Waipawa, Auctioneer

REARDON, John A. of Napier, Boardinghoue keeper

ROSE, William of Taradale, Farmer

ROSS, John of Hastings, Drover

SCADDEN, George William (1845-1917) of Woodville, Labourer

SCHMIDT, Carl of Napier, Labourer

SEAVEY, Webber Samuel of Napier, Commission Agent

SELIG, Henry of Hastings, Jeweller

SINCLAIR, Donald of Hastings, Painter

SMITH, Adam of Napier, Fruiterer

SMITH, Edward of Woodville, Carpenter

SPILLER, Thomas Robert (1841-1908) of Napier, Builder

SPORLE, Robert James (1856-1938) of Wanstead, Hotelkeeper

STANLEY, Harry (1860-1923) of Napier, Carpenter

START, Henry (1853-1933) of Hastings, Boardinghouse keeper

STURM, James Frederick (1854-1930) of Napier, Fruiterer

SUTHERLAND, Henry of Napier, Labourer

TAYLOR, Frederick William of Clyde, Contractor

WARD, John Patrick (1849-1914) of Napier, Commission Agent

WEST, William of Makotuku, Bushman

WHEELER, Richard P. of Hastings, Horse Trainer

WILSON, Paul Christian (1847-1930) of Napier, Contractor

signed J. F. JARDINE
Deputy Assignee Napier, 12th February 1889

the original item was taken from the FEILDING STAR, through Papers past

14th November 1889
The BAND CONCERT


The conductor Mr R.F. HAYBITTLE, is certainly to be congratulated on the success of his first concert in Feilding which was held in the Assembly Rooms on Monday night. The auditorium was well filled with an appreciative audience, who were delighted with the performance. The overture, by the orchestra, in the first part, was well rendered.

The players were:

* Herr NORBERG (first violin)

* 8Mr HYDE-PARKER (piano)

* Messrs HAYBITTLE and PORTHOUSE (cornets)

* Mr DREW of Palmerston North (bass violin)

* and two youths, one a son of Mr HAYBITTLE

* Mr HARMER sang "Dorking's Night" very feelingly and was followed by

* Miss BRAY who sang When Swallows Build" with her usual sweetness and correctness.

In absence of some of the performers, Mr F. KEEN's services were enlisted and he fairly took the house by storm. His "Fifty Shillings in his Pocket", "To Pay My Respects to McGuness", "O'Grady the Tailor", "Clara Nolan's Ball" or "Will Ye COme" each deserved, and got, a hearty encore

* Miss Sylvia JACKSON sang "Tit for Tat" in good style and she showed that she really appreciated the serio-comic character of the song. She was accorded a recall to which she gracefully responded and repeated the last verse of the song

*Mr Alf EADE gave "Tom Bowling" and was followed by

* Niss BELLYE who sang "Love's Dreamland" very nicely

After the interval the orchestra played a valse with skill and precision

* Mr GREGORY sang "I Fear No Foe" and

*Misses BELLYE and BRAY gave a duett very charmingly

* The concertina solo by Mr SOMMERVILLE was a gem and the only fault to be found was there was not enough of it. He was encored and played "The Bells" again scoring a success

* Miss WILKINS sang "The Blind Girl to her Harp" a little nervously but with good feeling and taste

* Mr READING surpassed himself in "The Lost Child" and was loudly encored

* Mr HAYBITTLE's song "Up a Tree" went very well

* Miss Nellie ROE rendered valuable assistance by playing the piano accomaniments to several of the vocalists

The performance was concluded with a laughable farce entitled "The Sergeant's Stratagem" in which Mr F. KEEN as Pete Waxend, Mr C NICHOLSON as Sam Soft Sawder, Mr HARMER as Miss WACKLES and Mr PORTHOUSE as Sergeant Rataplan, thoroughly amused the audience

WHAREAMA is a small settlement 39km east of Masterton along the Blairlogie-Langdale Rd. Castlepoint on the coast is another 33km, north east of Whareama

The St Andrews Church in Whareama was built by C. E. Daniell and was opened on the 26 Jan 1904. The link shows a group photograph of those present at the laying of the foundation stone for St Andrews church, Whareama

the news items from Whareama were taken from various newspapers through Papers Past. The info in brackets are my additions

1860: BOUNDARIES - The boundary of the Hikurangi Block, containing 530 acres, commences at the confluence of the Otamaiki creek and Whareama river; thence up to the Otamariki creek to its source; thence to Hikurangi and on to Wharemama, down the Whareama river to its confluence with the Otamariki creek. The Awatotoe Block consists of the small piece of bush adjoining to Mr TELFORD's homestead on the Awatoetoe creek

1861: WRECK - A public auction was held in Wellington on 19th June at 2o'clock which consisted of the salvaged goods from the wreck of the "Swift" that lay on the Whareama River. Among the goods were: the Anchor, Chains, Sails, Rigging etc. The wreck itself was auctioned prior to this at the site of the wreck

1862: RUNS FOR SALE In consequence of the continued ill-health of the proprieor, the fine properties, 'Oruti' and 'Uriti', forming a portion of the Whareama Estate, together with 5000 sheep, are now offered for sale either in one lot or separated by the Motuwairaka River, are both admirably bounded, and together have a sea frontage of 11 miles. ORUTI contains 8000 acres of Freehold and 300 acres of Crown and; has an excellent dwelling-house of nine good rooms, with outhouses, garden, yards, sheds &c.; a first rate wool-shed close to the shipping place, with 400 acre paddock, yards, wash pool, &c., &c. URITI contains 3740 acres of Freehold with 3000 acres of Crown Land. Has good paddock of 30 acres and yards &c., with good shipping place at Uriti. Title, Crown Grant. For further particulars apply to Edwin MEREDITH, Whareama, Castle Point or Levin & Co., Wellington

1863: NURSE - In March Mrs MEREDITH wanted a Burse Girl at Whareama

1863: MAIL The Post Office advises that the mail closes Wednesday at 11.30am (June) overland for Featherston, Greytown, Carterton, Masterton, Whareana, Castle Point, Porangahau and Napier

1863: POSTMASTER - In May Isaac CRIPPS was appointed the Postmaster of Whareama by His Excellency the Governor

1864: VOTERS on the list of person on the Electoral List of Wairarapa between 1 Jan & 31 March, George ALLEN, lived in Wellington and had a freehold of 900 acres in Whareama. William R. CHAMBERLAIN lived in Kaumingi and had a freehold of 200 acres on the Kaumingi river in Whareama. Robert MILLER, lived in Wellington and had a freehold block in Whareama. William Phelps PICKERING lived in kaiwarawara and had land in Whareama which was once part of LUXFORD's run. Charles T. RICHARDSON lived in Pipitea and had Section 160 in Whareama freehold

1864: SCHOONER - For Whareama direct, the schooner 'City Of Nelson', Captain William HOOPER, will sail for Whareama on Friday the 22nd January. For Freight or Passage, apply to BETHUNE & HUNTER, Exchange Buildings

1864; SERVANT WANTED - In May Mrs MEREDITH of Whareama advertised for a woman as a General Servant and Edwin MEREDITH wanted a man as a cook

1864: REWARD - on November 14, Henry GUXTON of Whareama offered ?5 reward (about $500 in Nov 2010) for information that would lead to the recovery of a horse about 16 hands high, 4 years old, dark brown nearly black, blind in his near eye, with 2 white marks across the back of its neck caused by a rope. It was lost or taken from his Station on the 7th day of November

1865: VOTERS - on the list of person on the Electoral List of Wairarapa between 1 Jan & 31 March, John Chopmon ANDREW lived in Wellington and had freehold Blocks 322 and 350 at Whareama H also had 100 acres of rural land in the Taratahi Plain Block. John BRIDGES lived in the Hutt and had freehold at Whareama, 320 acres (section 145) on Taueru River and 500 acres at Opaki, Masterton. Henry GROVES lived on his freehold 50 acre block in Whareama. Charles PEACH lived in Whareama where he had 300 freehold acres

1865: LAMBS - In February Charles EVANS & Edwin MEREDITH of Whareama wanted to purchase 500 two tooth ewes and 1500 lambs of equal size in lots of not less than 500

1865: TENDER - In March sealed tenders were called from persons desirous of contracting for 12 months as from the 1st April, the fortnightly Mail run between Masterton, Whareama and Castlepoint

1863: BIRTH - on the 5th July at Blairlogie, Whareama, D. CAMERON's (Esq.) wife gave birth to a daughter

1863: ENROLLING VOLUNTEERS - On Satruday the 14th November Major GORDON arrived at Castlepoint, accompanied by Mr C. JEFFS as guide, for the purplse of enrolling volunteers .... to each man was served a rifle, together with belt and pouch containing 30 rounds ball cartridges. A total of 26 men enrolled and he then gave them a month off as they were busy into the shearing season. They concluded the day with a dance in the evening at Captain GUTHRIE's home. On the 17th he left for Whareama to do the same

1865: SHEEP STATION AUCTION - On Wednesday 20th September at 2 o'clock all the Run or Sheep Station at the Tanerua in the Whareama District, commonly known as the TANERUA STATION, with sheep, cattle and improvements, went under the hammer. It consisted of 6855 acres of Freehold, 5000 acres of Governemt Land and 4000 acres held under lease from the Natives. Stock and buildings etc

1866: SALE - At the Land Office in Thorndon on 10 July, the whold of the Whareama Block was taken up at 7s 6d per acre, by applicants who preferred aying the increased price to having the land put up to auction at the upset price of 5s per acre (about $25 in 2010)

1867: PETROLEUM FOUND UNDERGROUND - In a letter from Edwin MEREDITH, Esq Riversdal, Whareama in March, he says he has found more than one escape of gas issuing from the ground through water upon his property. The gas ignited freely and was similar in character to that upon Mr D. CAMERON's run twelve miles away ....

1867: INQUEST - An inquest was held at the Commercial Hotel in Napier on Friday 15th March in the matter of the body of Peter CADENHEAD, alia SMITH who went on board the Success and said he was to take the cutter Duncan Cameron from Whareama to Auckland ...

1867: LAND SALE - In August sections 787, 788 and 789 in the Whareama Block containing in the aggregate 820 acres, were knocked down to Mr BRIDGES at the upset price of 5s an acre ($25 in 2010)

1868: GOLD - A letter was published in the Wairarapa Mercury in January which described the finding of gold in the Wairarapa and adds ... the best information I received was from Mr John HAWKE, a well known and respectable settler amongst you, he submitted to me a small parcel of black sand very thickly mixed with fine gold which he had collected together by his hands in a creek which runs into the Whareama, close to MILLER's Tauru river ... some of the names mentioned in that letter are: GRIGG, LYONS, SPRY, KNIGHT, GUTHRIE, Valentine SMITH, GROVE

1868: WAIRARAPA GOLD - STOP PRESS, Daniel GROVE's report on the Gold found in the Wairarapa (including Whareama) ... Dear Sir, I left Masterton on the 8th instant (May) with two men, John T. WESTWOOD and J. THOMAS. We went up the Ruamahunga ...

1868: DROWNING - On 27th August Harry BUXTON drowned in the Whareaman river

1868: NO BUYERS - The two large runs on the East Coast belonging to the late Mr BUXTON at Whareama and Mr GUTHRIE at Castle Point, which have been so long advertised, were offered for sale yesterday (28 December) at the Exchange by messrs BETHUNE and HUNTER. There was a very large attendance but no buyers. The Whareama Station was withdran at ?12,000 ($1,247,146 in Dec 2010) and there was not a single bid for the extensive station at Castle Point

1868: SCAB - In December scab appeared to be on the increase in the Wairarapa. There were fie cases to be heard against Mr McMASTERS and no less than 11 other individuals were summoned. Mr Arthur NICHOLLS from Whareama appeared before the Resident Magistrate for breaches of the Scab Act

1869: BIRTH - On the 25th January at Whareama the wife of Mr TELFORD had a daughter

1869: ACCIDENT - In February mr HASTWELL's coach separated in two when crossing the Waingahawa in Greytown. The horses pulled the front part out. The passengers were rescued by Mr Rody DONALD. The Wellington mail to Masterton was slightly damaged. The Greytown mail to Masterton and Whareama was lost

1869: BIRTH - On the 23rd October, at Bankside, Whareama, the sife of Mr Alfred BURLING of a son

1869: DEATH - On the 20th October at Bankside, Whareama, Alexander, son of Mr GAFFNEY, of Featherston aged 15 years

1869; DROWNING - On Thursday the 25th November, Peter HOLES, of Okau, was on his way home from Flat Point, accompanied by his wife and son. On arriving at Whareama he found the river flooded; in attempting to ford the river on horseback, he in some manner lost his seat in the saddle and had to swim. He was noticed to be unable to make headway against the stream and was carried down by the strong current. His son swam in to his rescue and got hold of him, but he made but little effort and his son was unable to swim with him; he was therefore compelled to let him go to save himself and did so only in time to escape getting into the surf