Names from Te Awamutu, New Zealand

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             The Awamutu File

   This  file contains a list of Te Awamutu residents and early  settlers
   that  have been extracted from the book "Frontier Town - A History  of
   Te Awamutu" 1884-1984 by Laurie Barber - published 1984.

   The  names  have been sorted into alphabetical order and against  each
   name is given their title,  if any, some information about their trade
   or business and in many cases the page number reference.

   The file also quotes the year so that the reader may gain some idea of
   the  time scale during which any person was involved with the  affairs
   of the town of Te Awamutu.

   This  date has been extracted by members of the Genealogical Computing
   Group  of the NZ Society of Genealogists,  P.O.Box 35-020 Browns  Bay,
   Auckland 10.

                                                  10th October 1988.

1888 G.M. AHIER Member of Town Board

1890-04 George M Aubin AHIER Member of Town Board Storekeeper, Merchant & Bank Agent.

1915 George M.A. AHIER Borough Councillor

1925 M ALEXNADER Director Te Awamutu Co-Op Dairy Co P.87

1938 Henry M ANDREW Borough Councillor

1900 J.F. ANDREW Member of Town Board

1830c G.F. ANGAS Encountered Maoris on Waikato River

1886-89 A. ARMSTRONG Engineer

1917 L.G. ARMSTRONG Borough Councillor

1941-44 L.G. ARMSTRONG Mayor

1919-29 Leonard George ARMSTRONG Mayor Drapery business

1941-44 Leslie Stephen ARMSTRONG Borough Councillor

1925 G.J. ARNOLD Manager Dairy Company

1947 Harold G. BABBAGE Borough Councillor

1965-68 R.C. BARTRUM Borough Councillor

1962 W.H.B. BENSON Borough Councillor

1867 T. BLAIN Pres Minister For Waikato West P. 130

1918- BLUNDELL Francis Doctor

1878 .... BLUNDEN Dr Town Physician P.133

1904-08 D. BOCKETT Member of Town Board

1912-46 Dudley BOCKETT Town Clerk

       Allen BOND                   Town Board Member     Farmer

1917-19 Francis R. BOULD Borough Councillor

1896-08 C. BOWDEN Town Clerk

1909-12 C. BOWDEN Town Clerk

1910 C. BOWDEN Member of Town Board

1910-12 C. BOWDEN Chairman Town Board

1972-76 ... BRADLEY Father R.C. Priest

1880's C. BRADY Reverend Vicar of Te Awamutu & Forces Chaplain 1884 John Wickett BRIDGEMAN Member of Town Board

1938 A.C. BROOKES Borough Councillor

1929-35 Andrew BROWN Borough Councillor

1929 William BUTTERWORTH Borough Councillor

1950-53 Arthur BYGRAVE Borough Councillor

1921-23 Charles BYGRAVE Borough Councillor

1927 Charles BYGRAVE Borough Councillor

1873-75 H. BYRON Waipa Councillor P.139

1884-88 J. CARLEY Member of Town Board

1956-62 G. CARTER Borough Councillor

1925 Alan CAVE Building Contractor of Hamilton P.87

1947 F.D. CHUNN Borough Councillor

1925 G.E. CHURCHES Director Te Awamutu Co-Op Dairy Co P.87

1915-21 Sidney CLARK Borough Councillor

1912 F.W. CLARKE Reverend Vicar of St Johns P127

1944 G.S. CLARKE Borough Councillor

1931-50 R.H. CLOSE Foreman

1885 .... CLOTHWORTHY Caught rum running

1884 Isaac COATES Contracted to build 15 miles railway

1940-2 ... COLGAN Father RC Priest

1906 H.J. COLLINS Member of Town Board

       Herbert Yeoman COLLINS       Solicitor

1830c John Vittoria COWELL Of Te Rore - P.23

1876 E.C. COX Member of Waikato Hunt Club P.155

1925 E.H. CRAWFORD Director Te Awamutu Co-Op Dairy Co P.87

1911c .... CUTFORTH Nurse Waipa Nursing Home P.92

1952-60 J.R. CUTHBERT Engineer

1877 James DALEY 1st Patient in Waikato Hospital P.133 1941 George DALTON Borough Councillor

1925 F.C. DANIEL Architect Designed factory building

1941-44 Victor Arthur de COEK Borough Councillor

1962 James DEAN Borough Councillor

1956-59 G. DONALDSON Borough Councillor

1925 C.G. DOWNES Borough Councillor

1921-23 Cecil G. DOWNES Borough Councillor

1929-35 Cecil G. DOWNES Mayor Solicitor

1921 N. EDGE Father P.128

1876 George EDGECUMB Member of Waikato Hunt Club P.155

1906 F. EDGECUMBE Member of Town Board

1931 G.A. EMPSON Borough Councillor

1878 D. FALLON second railway contractor P.58

1959-62 A.J. FEAR Borough Councillor

1864 John FEATON Journalist in Waikato Wars

1929 Charles Arnold FINCH Borough Councillor

1974-80 C.P. FIRTH Borough Councillor

1953-56 W.J.H. FISHER Borough Councillor

1956-59 A.G. FREEMAN Borough Councillor

1962-77 Alfred Gordon FREEMAN Mayor

1950 Jack FREEMAN Borough Councillor

1964-70 P.F. GALL Engineer

1892-00 F.R. GIBSON Member of Town Board

1935 J.G.B. GIFFORD Borough Councillor

1927-31 James Gavin Bradshaw GIFFORD Borough Councillor

1929 Frederick James GILBERT Borough Councillor

1885 .... GILLIES Constable P.72

       Hugh GOODFELLOW                                    Farmer

       John GOODFELLOW                                    Farmer

1861-63 John GORST Civil Commisioner for Upper Waikato - Photo P.80

1913 Raymond GRACE Special Constable Of Pirongia P.106

1864 D. GRAHAM Civilian Sawyer Contracted for timber for camp P.47

1902 H.J. GREENSLADE Parliamentary Candidate P.141

1860c Walter HARSANT Doctor P. 131

       T.M. HAULTAIN                Colonel               CO 2nd Waikato Militia  P.50

1898 J.H.A. HAYLL Reverend P.122

1914-19 A. HENDERSON Dr Town Physician P.133

1917 Dr. HENDERSON Borough Councillor

1941 Alan Rupert HILL Borough Councillor

1953 E. HOPPING Borough Councillor

1944-50 Edward HOPPING Borough Councillor

1902 J. HOSKING Parliamentary Candidate P.141

1880 Dinny HOURIGAN Flautist P,55

1890 W.J. HUNTER Built saleyards. P.83

1883 C.W. HURSTHOUSE Railway Surveyor P.64

1959 A.J. HUSBAND Borough Councillor

1910 A. HYDE Member of Town Board

1904 H. IRVINE Member of Town Board

1904-05 IRVINE H. Chairman Town Board

1965-71 J.E. IRVINE Borough Councillor

1977-83 J.E. IRVINE Borough Councillor

1880 Frederick JACKSON Major Toastmaster at Railway dinner P.63

1832-99 William JACKSON Major Forest Rangers & Constables. Photo P45 1953-62 C.F. JACOBS Mayor

1921 William JEFFERY Borough Councillor

1925 William JEFFERY Borough Councillor

1935 G.O. JOURDAIN Borough Councillor

1908 J.G. KIRKHAM Member of Town Board

1953 R.A. KIRKUP Borough Councillor

1959-68 Eric LAIRD Borough Councillor

1902 F.W. LANG Parliamentary Candidate P.141

1933 James LANGMUIR Borough Councillor

1904 M.S. LAURIE Member of Town Board

1908 M.S. LAURIE Member of Town Board

1915 Mitchell C. LAWSON Borough Councillor

1919 Mitchell C. LAWSON Borough Councillor

1950-52 J,C. LEE Engineer

1866 Henry LEWIS Hotel Prop. Of Russian/Polish origins. P.69

1911c .... LODGE Nurse Waipa Nursing Home P.92

1971-75 E.B. LUPTON Engineer

1913 John LUXFORD Special Constable Solicitor P.104

1894-96 P. LYNCH Member of Town Board

1908 Thomas LYNCH RC Father P.128

1880 A.V. MacDONALD Railways Gen. Manager P.63

1889 J. MacDONALD Reverend Presbyterian Minster P. 131

1876 R. MacLAURIN Reverend first school teacher inm town P.134

1871 William Gilbert MAIR Armed Constabulary P.70

1914 E. MANDENO Miss Nurse in Europe in World War I P.112 1872 J.F. MANDENO Congregational Min. P. 130

1894-00 J.H. MANDENO Chairman Town Board

1884 John Howe MANDENO Member of Town Board

1894-98 John Howe MANDENO Member of Town Board Owned 400 acres.

1915 A.F. MANNING Dir of Recruiting in No.4 Military Area . P.113

1974-83 A.J. MARSHALL Borough Councillor

1830c Charles MARSHALL Of Mangapouri

1927 John MARSHALL Borough Councillor

1917-19 James K. MARTIN Borough Councillor

1893 J.J. MATHER Methodist Minster P.130

1900-06 S.C. MATTHEWS Member of Town Board

1910-12 S.C. MATTHEWS Member of Town Board

1885-87 W.T. MAUNDER Town Clerk

1933-38 Ino Alexander MAXWELL Borough Councillor

1923-25 J.W. McCARROLL Borough Councillor

1933 William McCREADY Borough Councillor

1925-31 W.D.R. McCURDIE Engineer

1923-25 B McGECHIE Borough Councillor

1915-17 Benjamin McGECHIE Borough Councillor

1885 McGOVERN Sergeant of Police P.72

1948-67 ... McGRATH Father RC Priest

1933 Thomas McINNESS Borough Councillor

1864 .... McKENNA Colour Sergeant 65th Regiment - won V.C

1875- E.G. McMINN Waipa Councillor P.139

1884 H.H. METCALFE Engineer to Isaac Coates P.66

1925 C.S. MEXTED Director Te Awamutu Co-Op Dairy Co P.87

1980-83 M.R. MEXTED Borough Councillor

1915 John MIDDLEBROOK Borough Councillor

1854-39 Nelson MIDDLEBROOK Borough Councillor Butcher

1946-49 T.H. MILLAR Town Clerk

1895 E. MOELLER Bandmaster P.77

1923-27 John Cecil MONTEFIORE Borough Councillor

1935-38 John Cecil MONTEFIORE Borough Councillor

1841-63 John MORGAN Reverend Pioneer Missionary to Te Awamutu b.1811 1913-15 W. MUNRO-WILSON Engineer

1944 S.J. NOBES Borough Councillor

1860c T. NORRIE Pres. Minster P. 130

1890-04 W. NORTH Member of Town Board

1910 W. NORTH Member of Town Board

1900-02 William NORTH Chairman Town Board Farmer & Bricklayer ^ J.P.

1923-31 William James NORTH Borough Councillor

1935-41 William James NORTH Borough Councillor

1919-21 James OLIPHANT Borough Councillor

1971-83 J.D. OLIVER Borough Councillor

1941 Ernest Robert OLSEN Borough Councillor

1879 Thomas ORAM Builder of Auckland Built school house in 1879 P.134

1915-22 Osaac OWSLEY Turncock & Foreman

1886 T.W. PAIRMAN Dr Town Physician P133

1949-51 J.W. PALMER Town Clerk

1925 A.H. PARISH Director Te Awamutu Co-Op Dairy Co P.87

       W.G. PARK                                          Farmer at Rotorangi

1941-44 F. PARSONS Borough Councillor

1950-53 F. PARSONS Mayor

1953 Fred PARSONS Borough Councillor

1965-83 A.L. PATTERSON Borough Councillor

1921-23 Philip W. PEATE Borough Councillor

1918 J.S. PHILLIPS Mrs. Former Matron Auckland Hospital P.120 1883 W.A. PIERRE Railway Surveyor P.64

1888 J. POTTER Member of Town Board

1947-50 T.P. QUICK Borough Councillor

1929-35 Herbert Charles RAINEY Borough Councillor

1912 J.G. REEKIE Member of Town Board

113 John Slingsby REEKIE Doctor P.107 & P.133

1973- R.A. REID Town Clerk

1927 Charles A. REILLY Borough Councillor

1962 C.J.C. RICKIT Borough Councillor

1951-73 A.D. ROBERTS Town Clerk

1944 A.H. ROBERTS Borough Councillor

1873-76 Hungerford ROCHE Waipa Councillor

1853-31 Robert William ROCHE Journalist, Freemason.

1950 L.S. ROGERS Borough Councillor

1930's Lindsay ROGERS Doctor

1950s Lindsay Sangster ROGERS Doctor Died 1963. P.133

1888-92 T.J. ROGERS Member of Town Board

1890 T.J. ROGERS Member of Town Board

1938 Alf ROWAN Borough Councillor

1974-80 E.J. RUSSELL Borough Councillor

1947-56 Jack RUSSELL Borough Councillor

1876 W. RUTHERFORD Member of Waikato Hunt Club P.155

1860's William James RUTHERFORD Captain Volunteer Cavalry

1971-77 J.M. RYAN Borough Councillor

1914 W. RYDER Colonel Ex Anglo-Boer War P.109

1953-59 Bill SANDERS Borough Councillor

1983 W.J. SANDERS Borough Councillor

1931-33 W.C. SAVILL Borough Councillor

1880 Mr SHANAGAN Cornpean player P.55

1947-56 G.D. SHEPHERD Borough Councillor

1888 S. SHORT Member of Town Board

1887-94 H.T. SIBLEY Town Clerk

1880 Mr SIBLEY Cornet Player P.55

       A.J. SINCLAIR                                      Pioneer dairy farmer in Te Awamutu

1925 A.J. SINCLAIR ex Scots Lawyer Ass Manager NZ Co-Op Dairy Co P.87

1965-68 R.S. SINCLAIR Borough Councillor

       William SLOANE               Chemist               Town's first chemist

1911 Mr SMEDLEY Lamplighter P.89 Also Town Hall caretaker

1962-83 Jonas E. SMYTH Borough Councillor

1938-41 Cuthbert James SPIERS Borough Councillor

1944-50 G. SPINLEY Mayor

1925 G.S. SPINLEY Director Te Awamutu Co-Op Dairy Co P.87

1915 George SPINLEY Borough Councillor

1919-31 George SPINLEY Borough Councillor

1935-41 George SPINLEY Mayor Insurance Agent, landowner,

1956-59 T.G. SPOONER Borough Councillor

1938 John STERRIT Borough Councillor

1830c James STEWART Shipwrecked mariner of Waipa - P23

1878 Mr STEWART District Engineer P.60

1925 Alan STOREY Buyer of first wireless set P.159

1971 C.E. STOREY Borough Councillor

1830c C.L. STRAUSS An Austrian of Whatawhata P.23

1879 John SULLIVAN Railway striker - two months prison

1946 Martin SULLIVAN Reverend Vicar from 1936-1946

1927 William SWAIN Borough Councillor

1920- Henry Augustus SWARBRICK Solicitor Died 1967 P.136

1917-19 E.J. TAYLOR Borough Councillor Got burnt by Fireworks in 1919. P.121 1900's William TAYLOR Town Benefactor

1915-17 William TAYLOR Borough Councillor

1912 William Innes TAYLOR Member of Town Board

1890 J.B. TEASDALE Member of Town Board

1896-08 J.B. TEASDALE Member of Town Board

1902-04 J.B. TEASDALE Chairman Town Board

1905-10 J.B. TEASDALE Chairman Town Board

1912 J.B. TEASDALE Member of Town Board

1884 John Burgess TEASDALE Member of Town Board 1866-1927

1920 Bill TEDDY Blacksmith P.122

1860's William TEMPLE Dr. VC Served Te Awamutu garrison

1975- G.B. THORPE Engineer

1923-25 TOOGOOD & JONES Engineer

1880 Mr TRISTAM Trombone player P.55

1925 A.H. TRUBSHAW Director Te Awamutu Co-Op Dairy Co P.87

1830c William TURNER Shipwrecked mariner of Waipa - P23

1962-74 Robert O. VAILE Borough Councillor

1977- Robert O. VAILE Mayor

1925 F.H. VILE Borough Councillor

1870's Edward WADDINGTON Dr MD from Edinburgh - arr Auckland 1864 1902 E. WALKER Parliamentary Candidate P.141

1908-12 A.S. WALLACE Member of Town Board

1912-15 A.S. WALLACE Chairman Town Board

1915-19 Andrew S. WALLACE Mayor

1935 Douglas WALLACE Borough Councillor

1947 W.G. WALLACE Borough Councillor

1882 Horace WALPOLE Manager Cheese Factory P.85

1884-94 J. WALTON Chairman Town Board

1884-92 James WALTON Member of Town Board Chemist

1925 A.G. WARBURTON Editor Waipa Post P.87

1908-09 Arthur George WARBURTON Town Clerk Editor of Waipa Post est 1911

1965-68 P.C. WARD Borough Councillor

1864 H.E. WEARE Brevet-Colonel CO 50th Regiment. P.42

1910c S.H. WEST Prop. Waipa Carriage Factory - P.122

1910 G.H. WHITE Member of Town Board

1884 J.R. WHITE Member of Town Board

1879 F.A. WHITTAKER Waipa M.P. P.139-140, died 1887

1865 Horatio WILLIAMS Captain Punished for slack on absentees. P52

1947 M.H. WILLIAMS Borough Councillor

1983 S. WILLIAMS Borough Councillor

1960-64 M.T. WILLS Engineer

1894 W.H. WILSON Reverend P.126

1880 Billy WINTON Concert Singer P.55

1913 F.D. WOOD Swimming Coach P.78

1944 W.F. WOODWARD Borough Councillor

1971 B.E. WRIGHT Borough Councillor

1884 J.R. WRIGHT Member of Town Board

1921 James G. WYNWARD Borough Councillor

1915 Alexander YOUNG Borough Councillor

1919 Alexander YOUNG Borough Councillor

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