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Betsy Walter/Betsy Eyre and the Park named after her
Nelson City Councillor 1956-1962 ; 1965-1976 Deputy Mayor 1959-1962, 1965-1971 In 1956, twelve years after Laura Ingram[sitetree_link,id=822] was elected to the Motueka Borough Council, Betsy Walter (later Eyre) became Nelson's first...
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Asbestos and the Chaffeys
A place to hide was what the Chaffeys sought when they moved to the Cobb Valley in Nelson's remote northwest mountains. It was their desire for solitude, and...
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Sid Harling
Blenheim mayor and ideas man In around 1950, the Harling family, Sid, Mary Grace and their daughter Wendy, settled in Blenheim, having migrated from Canada. New Zealand was not...
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Edwin Hare Dashwood
In researching Samuel Newport, my wife's great great grandfather, and other family members, I discovered transcripts of letters written by Samuel in November 1842. One letter was to G.H....
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Ching and Chisnall families
Richard Ching was born 11 July 1811 in England to Cornish parents - William Ching and Mary Vague. Richard was aged 12 when both his father, aged 40...
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