People

 

A searchable list of people that
Clarke mentions in his diaries.

The list can be searched by entering a string in the Person Search box below.  All instances of the string, whether contained in a person’s name or contained in a persons description, will be shown.   By clicking in the ‘Show Dates’ box a list of links to where the person is mentioned in the diary can be viewed.  Click the box again to collapse the box. This list of people and dates continues to grow as the work indexing the people continues.   Corrections are continually being made as work continues on reading and interpreting the diaries.  We would be very interested to hear from anyone who has further information on any of these people. Please use the comments box on the front page to contact us.

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Catherine BEAKLEY (nee 1830)

The wife of Chrisopher Beakley.

1862

Mildred Isabel ADSETT (nee DUNNING) (born 1919)

Third child of James Alexander (Jim) and Jane Dunning. Married Roy Adsett. Died Aug 2000

1928

Mr AKED

Do not know who this person is. Maybe a photographer as he brought Mary Anne Clarkes portrait to CS Clarke.

1899

Mrs ALDERSON

A young woman whose recent death was described as melancholy, premature and unexpected.

1862

Mr ALDERTON

The former owner of Vinelands, the Whangarei property occupied by the Arthur Wright household when Clarke visited on 31 July 1903.

1903

Mr ALDISS

Mr Aldiss read the funeral service at Leigh on 16 May 1906 for the grandmother of the Miss Shakespears, whose body was brought from Auckland.

1906

Mr A. ALEY

A grocer supplying the Clarke household from the business formerly associated with W. Earle; received dried apples from Clarke in July 1895.

1895

Alfred

We are not sure of Alfred's origins. Clarke puts a fair amount of trust in him and he was working for Clarke for wages. (See also references to him in February 1865). Possibly he was a fellow passenger on the Queen of Beauty. If so, then there are three possible names, Alfred Curtis, Alfred Nicholson and Alfred Carter. All of them were in Steerage. He left Little Omaha in September 1865 for the Hokitika Gold Fields.

1865

Mrs Cordelia Charlotte MEIKLEJOHN (nee ALLEY)

CSC mentions her death in the 28th Jan 1914 entry. She was buried in the Whangateau Cemetery.

1914

Mr ALLISON

A friend of McKenzie's. In Aug 1865 Clarke breakfasted at his house, which had a good garden and was still being built; Allison later supplied Clarke with passion-fruit and chilli seed/plants.

1865

1867

Mrs Grace BROWN (nee AMOS)

Second wife of Kiri Brown. Married on October 8 1900 in Rotorua.

1901

1929

Mr James ANDERSON (born 1807)

The head of the Anderson family. He ran a grocery business in Parnell while his wife and family lived at Little Omaha, but moved to Little Omaha after going bankrupt, sometime around 1867. They left the district in 1871 for Auckland.

1865

1866

1867

1891

Sidney (Sid) ANDERSON (born 1849)

The fourth son of James and Caroline Anderson.

1865

1866

1867

Herbert Ashton ANDERSON (born 1852)

The sixth son of James and Caroline Anderson. He died in 1867 aged 14, and was one of the first settlers to be buried in the cemetery.

1865

1866

1894

Joe ANDERSON (born 1850)

The fifth son of James & Caroline Anderson. Began to work for Clarke on 4 Jun 1866, initially on a month’s trial, and became one of his regular workers. Shares a 22 March birthday with his father. He left home at 17 to work timber on the Northern Wairoa and later became a successful farmer at Te Kopuru.

1865

1866

1867

Thomas (Tom) Henry ANDERSON (born 1846)

Second son of James & Caroline Anderson. In 1867 he travelled to Sydney as ship's carpenter on the brigantine Flying Cloud.

1865

1866

1867

Charles John ANDERSON (born 1847)

The third son of James and Caroline Anderson.

1866

1891

William Warner (Willie) ANDERSON (born 1855)

Youngest child and seventh son of James and Caroline Anderson

1865

1866

Caroline Elizabeth (Lizzie) ANDERSON (born 1853)

Only daughter and seventh child of James and Caroline Anderson

1866

1867

Mr ANDERSON

A cousin of Mr Matthew of Great Omaha

1867

Captain ANDERSON

Captain of the cutter Wangarei

1867

Mr ANDERSON

Died Nov 1889. unknown

1889

Alice Maud Mary WYATT (nee ANDERSON) (born 1878)

Married George Wyatt in 1898. (George was the 7th child of John Wyatt the younger). They had 5 children between 1899 and 1909. Died June 1961.

1898

1899

1900

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1903

Mrs Caroline Maria ANDERSON

The wife of James Anderson. Lived with her children at Little Omaha while her husband ran a grocery business in Auckland. She appears constantly in Clarke’s social life during 1865-1867 - made preserves for him, exchanged produce and books. She was a gifted piano player and a music teacher. She later opened a school in her own house.

1865

1866

1867

Mr ANGOVE

Warkworth Coroner

1889

Mr ANGOVE

Agriculture statistics

1890

Mr W. J. ANGOVE

A Warkworth acquaintance who supplied Clarke with a young sow pig sent by steamer in September 1896.

1896

Mrs ANYSLEY

Mrs Anysley had afternoon tea with Clarke at Captain George McKenzie’s on 16 March 1905.

1905

Lord ARELAND

A landowner whose trees at Ridlington were sold, including trees near the wind mill.

1862

Mr John ARMOUR

Appears in the transcribed list of visiting elders at the Omaha service on 21 October 1906. The surname is unclear but possibly Armour.

1906

Col ARTHUR

A Colonel Arthur whose house was close to Misterton Pond.

1862

Miss ASHFORD

A social acquaintance who visited Tom and Annie with members of the Woodcock circle.

1862

Sydney Charles (Charlie) ASHTON (born 1873)

A son of Mr and Mrs Ashton. Became a major and was killed at Beersheba in 1917

1888

1889

1890

1891

George ASHTON (born 1859)

A son of Mr and Mrs Ashton. Married Elizabeth Jane Houghton (1861–1939) on 3 June 1883.

1888

1889

1891

1892

1893

1895

1905

1906

Emma Ann ASHTON (born 1868)

A daughter of Mr and Mrs Ashton.

1889

Guy Bruce ASHTON (born 1889)

Son of George Ashton.

1889

Harry ASHTON

A son of Mr and Mrs Ashton? Married Mabel Wyatt, daughter of Joseph and Emily Wyatt in1913.

1889

John Thomas (Tom) ASHTON (born 1870)

1888

1889

1890

1895

1901

Mr Thomas Felix ASHTON (born 1836)

The senior Ashton. Died 1906.

1888

1889

1890

1891

1892

1895

1897

1900

1901

1903

1905

1906

Mary CHRISTIE (nee ASHTON)

A daughter of Mr and Mrs Ashton. Married Mr John Christie in 1890.

1890

1899

T. F. ASHTON

A Road Board candidate in May 1891. This will be Mr Thomas Felix Ashton, #372, so should be merged.

1891

Miss ASHTON

Played the harmonium in church. Unknown which Ashton daughter this was - perhaps Fanny or Emma.

1892

Mrs ASHTON

An Ashton woman who died on 30 December 1901 and was buried at Dacres Claim the following day, with Clarke reading the service.

1901

Mr James ASHTON

A James Ashton was nominated as a Domain trustee on 16 January 1904.

1904

1907

Mr Tom ASHTON (born 1884)

Tom, son of George Ashton, celebrated his coming of age with a party at the Claim Hall on 14 July 1905. This implies a birth around 1884.

1905

Mrs Emma ASHTON (nee SIMPSON) (born 1838)

Wife of Thomas Felix Ashton. They had 12 children. Died 1924.

1888

1889

1891

Mabel ASHTON (nee WYATT) (born 1880)

Third child of Joseph and Emily Wyatt. Married Harry Ashton

1893

1895

1897

1898

1899

1900

1901

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

1910

1911

Mrs Elizabeth Jane ASHTON (nee HOUGHTON)

Wife of George Ashton, associated with the local Ashton family; led the singing at an Omaha Hall service when Clara Fordham was absent.

1900

1905

ASHTONS

An Ashton household visited by Minnie Clarke for day-long dressmaking work in October 1899.

1899

1907

Mr ASHWORTH

A visitor who travelled with Noel Wallace, Fred Simpson and Charlie Mayall for New Year 1903, and probably spent 4 January with Mr Mortimer at Clarke’s home.

1903

1907

Revd ASTON

The curate who officiated at All Saints Church in Auckland on the evening of 8 March 1903, attended by Clarke and his hosts.

1903

Miss AUSTIN

Miss Austin, described as Alfie’s girl, visited from John Wyatt’s household and stayed with Clarke on 14 July 1904.

1904

Mary AUSTIN (nee WYATT) (born 1877)

Mary Wyatt was the 9th child of John (the younger) and Elizabeth Wyatt. She may have been registered as Marion Wyatt. Mary Wyatt married Charles Austin.

1894

1903

1910

Mr AVEY

Engineer of the "Rose Casey"

1901

1902

1903

1905

1906

Lem AVEY

Son of Mr & Mrs Avey

1903

1906

Mr Gus AVEY

Son of Mr and Mrs Avey.

1906

1907

Miss AVEY

Spent the evening at the Clarkes’ with May Dunning on 11 April 1907.

1907

Mrs AVEY

Wife of Mr Avey. Has a son called Lem.

1903

AVEY BOYS

Young members of the Avey family who stayed with the Clarkes from 31 October to 11 November 1903, visited Ti Point and the Dunnings, fished and attended local social events before returning via Auckland.

1903

1907

Aveys

The Avey family seem to be Mr, Mrs and son Lem. The live in Warkworth.

1902

1903

Mr BACON

Mr Bacon lived in Dunedin Street, Auckland. Clarke and Mrs Simpson visited him on 10 March 1905.

1905

Miss Elsie BACON

Elsie Bacon attended St Matthew’s new church with the Simpsons on 12 March 1905.

1905

1906

Mr BACON

Mr Bacon, described as a Wesleyan student, conducted a service in the Omaha hall on 21 May 1905. Clarke attended and liked his preaching.

1905

Mrs BACON

Mrs Bacon stayed at Harold Torkington’s at Ti Point in January 1905, visited the Clarkes for tea and church on 22 January 1905 and left with Mrs Simpson on 26 January 1905.

1905

BAGG

A Warkworth host or eating establishment where Clarke and Mr Neeley had dinner during their County Council visit on 25 April 1903.

1903

Mr BAILEY

A preacher.

1888

Edward BAINES

Worked with livestock on the Ridlington farm.

1862

William BAINES

A drainage and harvest worker employed on the Ridlington farm during 1862.

1862

Mr William BAKER

A tenant associated with Lord Gainsborough's Exton estate who acted as captain of the mounted procession in July 1862.

1862

Mr BAKER

A deceased cattle breeder whose bull had sired heifers owned by Mr Brown of Lyndon.

1862

Mr BAKER

One of two Mr Bakers who visited Ridlington with dogs for shooting in January and October 1862.

1862

Mr BAKER

One of two Mr Bakers who visited Ridlington with dogs for shooting in January and October 1862.

1862

Mr BANKS

Bought Joseph Greenwood’s local farm before the Greenwood family’s move to Henderson.

1907

Mrs BANKS

Probably the wife of Mr Banks, who bought Joseph Greenwood’s farm.

1907

Mr BANSOM

A social acquaintance who called at Ridlington.

1862

Mr BARBER

Owner of land on the wharf hill from which a small piece was proposed for a road with an easier grade.

BARFIELD

An Uppingham man sentenced for trespassing; later entries show a Barfield working regularly on the Ridlington farm.

1862

Thomas BARNES

A Ridlington social and sporting acquaintance.

1862

Wilson BARNES

A recurring Ridlington social and sporting acquaintance who visited for shooting, cricket and Ridlington Feast. Lived at Toft.

1862

William BARNES

A border in the Wortley household.

1862

Miss BARNES

Sister of Mr Barnes; visited Ridlington with him.

1862

Mr Robert BARTLEY

A visitor staying at Biddle’s station on 19 July 1903 when Clarke and Henry stopped there overnight.

1903

Basil

Unknown

1888

1889

Joe BATTERSBY

Old manservant of Thomas Stewart and Ellen Monkhouse. Clarke’s later early-history notes say the Monkhouse family came with an old manservant, Joe Battersby, and left their Little Omaha residence in his possession when they returned to England.

1865

Mr BAVERSTOCK

A Baverstock who visited Clarke and looked round his property in January 1898.

1898

Mr BAXTER

Mr Baxter was one of the visiting Wanderers cricketers. Clarke lent him Empress for an excursion to Pakiri on 23 April 1905.

1905

Captain BAYE

1891

1892

Christopher BEAKLEY (born 1831)

An acquaintance who lived in Thorney, seen by Clarke at the Stamford Show and again at Peterborough in October 1862.

1862

Mr BEASLEY

Visited the Clarke household with his son and Maggie Wyatt and her children in January 1895.

1895

Revd W BEATTIE

1897

1905

Dr BEDFORD

Dr Bedford visited Clarke at Mrs Simpson’s home in Ponsonby on the evening of 13 March 1906 after Clarke had arrived in Auckland seeking advice about an internal illness.

1906

Mr L. P. BEECROFT

Sworn in as a Justice of the Peace at Warkworth alongside Clarke in September 1897.

1897

Fred BELCHER

A Fred Belcher who called at Clarke’s home with Jimmey Browne on the evening of 8 September 1903.

1903

Mr BELGRAVE

A clergyman of Preston for whom Mr York had formerly served as curate.

1862

Mr Thomas BELL

A social acquaintance who visited Ridlington with the Bell family and joined in cricket there.

1862

Miss BELL

Part of the Bell family.

1862

Mr Edward BELL

Part of the Bell family.

1862

Mrs BELL

Woman in the Bell family party.

1862

James BENNETT

1889

1890

1891

Mr BENT

Clarke had previously stayed at his house around late 1863; they met again on the road to Onehunga on 15 Apr 1866.

1866

Mr BENTHAM

Owns a flax mill on the Te Araroa flat. He is a friend of Mr Torkington (William?) being a Lancashire man.

1903

Mr BERRIDGE

A social acquaintance of Burley who exchanged visits with the Wortley household.

1862

Mr Francis BERRY (born 1832)

Lived at Stanion, stayed with the Franks at Wing.

1862

Mrs Sarah BERRY (born 1824)

Wife of Francis Berry of Stanion; stayed at Wing with him.

1862

Mr BIDDLE

Owner of Biddles Station, Jack and Henry's neighbour at Te Araroa.

1903

Anne COLTMAN (nee BIERLEY) (born 1791)

Anne Coltman (Nee Bierly) was Samuel Coltman's wife. (Samuel Coltman was the third child of John and Elizabeth Coltman). Anne and Samuel Coltman married in 1836 and Samuel died in 1861. Anne died in 1865. In Jan 1867 Clarke received a share of Anne's estate. From the England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995

1867

Mr BILKEY

A correspondent whom Clarke contacted in May 1888 while enquiring about young pigs.

1888

Mr G W BINNEY

1890

Magnus BIORKLUND

A Pakiri resident who died on 19 October 1902 and was buried the following day at a funeral attended by Clarke and many Pakiri neighbours.

1902

Mrs BIORKLUND

A Mrs Biorklund who visited the Clarkes for tea with Mrs Charlie Wyatt on 12 March 1903.

1903

Paster BIRCH

1890

Bowden BIRDSALL (born 1866)

May be a son of Mr & Mrs John Birdsall.

1888

1889

1890

1893

1894

1899

1901

1902

1903

1906

1907

Mr J. B. BIRDSALL (born 1833)

This might be the senior Birdsall

1888

1889

1890

1891

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1896

1897

1898

1899

1900

1901

1902

1904

1905

1906

1907

Thomas Henry Hoggett BIRDSALL (born 1869)

May be a son of Mr & Mrs John Birdsall

1888

1907

Maria DARROCH (nee BIRDSALL)

Possibly a daughter of Mr & Mrs John Birdsall. She married James Darroch 1st May 1893 or a few days before.

1888

1893

1902

1903

Hannah GREENWOOD (nee BIRDSALL)

Married John Greenwood in 1891

1888

1891

1899

1901

1905

1906

1907

Dawson BIRDSALL

Married to Sarah Buchanan. Died in September 1901 by a fall from a horse. He had son Henry. Duplicate of William Dawson Birsdall #576

1892

1896

1897

William Dawson BIRDSALL (born 1864)

Married Sarah Buchanan Dec 1892. They had one child, John Henry Birdsall in 1893. William Dawson Birdsall was killed by a fall from a horse 23 Sept 1901.

1899

1901

Mrs Ethel BRYAN (nee BIRDSALL) (born 1880)

9th child of John and Elizabeth Birdsall nee Roose. Ethel married Ellis Bryan and had 8 children

1898

1902

1907

Mrs BIRDSALL (born 1833)

Her name prior to marriage to John Birdsall might have been Elizabeth Roose

1888

1890

1907

Mrs Thomas BIRDSALL

1895

Mrs Sarah BIRDSALL (nee BUCHANAN)

Married to William Dawson Birdsall. They had one child in 1893.

1901

1905

BIRDSALLS

A Birdsall household at Dacres Claim which hosted Clarke and visiting clergy and was associated with local public business.

1901

1902

Mrs Rebecca Blanche WYATT (nee BIRKETT) (born 1878)

Married Walter Thomas Wyatt in 1898

1898

1900

1901

1902

Ted BIRKETT

Possibly related to Rebecca Blanche Birkett who married Walter Wyatt

1902

BISHOP

A young fellow. Works at Biddles at Te Araroa

1903

Mr BISHOP

Mr Bishop senior. He was seriously ill aboard the Kawau, which returned directly to Auckland for him to see a doctor instead of calling at Omaha.

1907

Mrs BLAIR

A Mrs Blair of Lower Matakana whose death Clarke heard of on 6 January 1904; she was buried in Matakana Cemetery on 7 January, with Revd McKinney officiating.

1904

Mr BLUCKE

A landholder at Willoughby who jointly employed a gamekeeper with John Clarke and Mr Wayte.

1862

Mrs BOIKLAND

A Pakiri woman whose grapes Maud and John helped to pick in March 1888.

Mr BOIRKLAND

unknown. Maybe misspelt

1889

Mr BOLER

One of the proprietors of a moving-picture show exhibited at the Omaha Hall in December 1900, described in the diary as a Keinomatograph.

1900

Mrs Eliza GREENWOOD (nee BOLES)

Wife of James Greenwood.

1898

1906

Mr BOND

unknown

1888

Miss Mary MATHESON (nee BOND) (born 1874)

Wife of Norman Matheson who was the 2nd son and 6th child of Angus Matheson. Possibly also a cousin to Jim Dunning. (Mr Dunning's sister was Mrs Bond)

1889

1890

Charlie BOND

Is this Charles Edward Bond who died aged 25?

1889

1890

Mr BOND

Mr Bond married Mrs O'Driscol, sister to Mrs Sadler

1896

Miss BOND

Friend of Grace Clarkes ie Willie's wife.

1911

Charlena DUNNING (nee BOND) (born 1890)

Wife of Archibald McArthur (Jnr) Dunning. Married in 1920 and had two children

1917

1920

1922

1923

1924

1925

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1929

Mrs BOND

Married Mr Bond of Great Omaha in 1896; previously addressed as Mrs O’Driscol and described as the sister of Mrs Sadler.

1896

BOND

Two younger Bond family members who travelled from Omaha to Auckland with the Spencer family in May 1898; individual identities unresolved.

1898

Mrs BOND (nee DUNNING)

Mr Dunning's sister

1895

Miss Elizabeth BOND (nee DYER) (born 1850)

Elizabeth Dyer (born 1850), daughter of Philip Charles Dyer and Eliza Smith of Pakiri; one of the two unmarried Dyer daughters who travelled to the Matakana regatta at New Year 1866–67.

1866

1867

Mr Samuel BOOK

Attended a shooting party at Ridlington. This surname may be incorrect.

1862

Mr BOON

Preacher

1889

1890

1892

Mr Robert BOOTH

Resident of Wainfleet.

1862

Mrs BOOTH

Older Mrs Booth at Wainfleet.

1862

Mrs BOOTH

Mrs Booth identified through Robert Booth.

1862

Mr BOTTOMLY

Wesleyan Home Missionary stationed at Port Albert.

1907

Miss BOURNE

A Miss Bourne who visited Clarke with Hettie and Alf Wyatt on 27 December 1903.

1903

Mr William BOURTON

preacher

1890

Mrs BOWEN

Auckland host with whom Clarke stayed in July 1894 while his daughter Jane was seriously ill.

1894

1896

1897

Mr H. BOWERS

Mr H. Bowers called on 30 July 1906 selling a preparation claimed to kill fruit-tree blight and deter codlin moth.

1906

Mr BOWINE

A deputy from the parent Bible Society who spoke at an Uppingham Bible meeting in July 1862.

1862

Mrs Christina (Chris) BOXALL (nee YOUNG) (born 1881)

DOB may be 1885. Daughter of William Young and Isabella Matheson

1897

Mr R. O. BOYD

Mr Boyd seems to be an orchardist. I remember a Boyd's orchard from my young days. The old Boyd house is situated at the northern end of the Whangateau harbour, between the harbour shoreline and Ti Point Rd. The 50 acre property was adjacent to Joe Torkingtons property.

1892

1895

1898

1899

1900

1903

Mr Chris BOYD

Attended to the Librarian 1903. May be related to Mr R.O. Boyd the orchardist.

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

BOYDS

A local Boyd household associated with orchards and fishing at Whangateau.

1901

Mr BRADBURY

unknown

1888

Miss BRAME

An Auckland pianist who performed at an Omaha Hall concert in aid of the Bible Class in October 1900.

1900

Mr BREE

Mr Bree of St Matthews Auckland.

1865

1866

Mrs BREE

Revd T P Hewlett's daughter

1889

Miss BREWER

Visited the Clarkes with Honor Wyatt and stayed for tea on 30 November 1906.

1906

Mr J. BRIDSON

A J. Bridson at Coromandel to whom Clarke consigned fruit in February 1899.

1899

Fanny BRITTAIN

Fanny Brittain lunched at Clarke’s home on show day, 2 March 1904.

1904

Mr Albert BRITTON

Possibly the A. Britton mentioned in the 1897 Omaha & Pakiri Agricultural Show results.

1899

1900

Miss BRITTON

A Miss Britton who visited Clarke for dinner after the communion service in August 1899.

1899

1900

Mrs Eliza BRITTON

An inquest was held on April 27 (1892) on Mrs. Eliza Britton, wife of a special settler at Omaha, who died somewhat suddenly, by Mr. Angove, coroner. It appears that on the morning of April 26 she took pains in her head, and later in the day pains in her stomach, and died in the evening unobserved by the attendant. The jury, after hearing the evidence, returned a verdict of Death from natural causes." It appears that deceased had complained of her heart, and was an excessively stout woman, weighing over 15 stone.

1892

Mrs BRITTON

Assume that she is a local resident. A person named A. Britton is mentioned in the 1897 Omaha & Pakiri Agricultural Show results.

G BRODIE

A cricketer from Auckland and friend of Charlie Harding

1898

Mr BROOKING

unknown

1889

Willie BROOKMAN

Son of Mr and Mrs Brookman, who left the district in 1890 to return to England.

1888

1889

Mr BROOKMAN

A lay preacher. The Brookmans left the district in 1890 to return to England.

1888

1889

Mrs BROOKMAN

Mr and Mrs Brookman and their son Wille left the district in 1890 to return to England.

1890

Mr John Davis BROWN (born 1796)

Lived at Lyndon with his wife. Fanny Clarke stayed with them.

1862

Mrs BROWN

William Brown's wife.

1894

1896

1897

Captain John Martin BROWN (born 1834)

Retired army captain who lived in Uppingham with his parents and siblings.

1862

Henry BROWN

Lived in the district for many years and served on the Omaha Road Board. Owned the Millbrook estate at Pakiri, which he sold in 1912.

1889

1890

1891

1892

1894

1897

1898

1899

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

1912

Janie BROWN

1889

1896

Mr James BROWN

1890

Mr Edward BROWN

Lived at Wellsford

1892

Leah BROWN

1897

Ringi Tenetahi BROWN

Son of Rahui Te Kiri and Tenetahi Brown.

1897

1922

1926

Miss W BROWN

1894

1901

Captain BROWN

A government entomologist who came over to New Zealand on the "Queen of Beauty" with CS Clarke and the Wyatts.

1895

1896

1897

Harvey BROWN

A son of Willie Brown (Tenetahi). Harvey fought in the WW1 and died in Ak hospital Feb 1925. Buried at the Pa in Leigh

1925

Tenetahi BROWN (born 1833)

Husband of "Princess" Rahui Te Kiri, the daughter of chief Te Kiri. Died in 1923 and buried at the Pā.

1903

Luley BROWN

Son of Mrs Kiri Brown, found drowned January 1929.

1929

Parata BROWN

Probably lived at the Pā. Fell into a boiling spring and drowned at Rotorua in July 1914.

1902

1909

1914

1915

Mr Kiri Tenetahi BROWN

Son of Ringi and Rāhui Tenetahi? Died in 1920 from influenza.

1909

1911

1920

1923

Mr John BROWN

Pioneer settler at Te Arai and father of Henry Brown of Pakiri. Judge at the first Omaha agricultural show.

1891

Ted BROWN

Lived at the Pā?

1910

1925

Ethel MEIKLEJOHN (nee BROWN) (born 1886)

Daughter of Henry Brown of Pakiri. Married Lewis Meiklejohn in 1910.

1901

1907

Addie BROWN

Daughter of Henry Brown of Pakiri.

1907

1910

George BROWN

Probably a son of Henry Brown of Pakiri, owner of the Millbrook Estate.

1903

1905

1907

Jimmy BROWN

Part of the Brown family that lived at the Pā.

1897

1903

1905

Eric BROWN

Son of Rahui Te Kiri and Tenetahi Brown.

1923

Rebekah (Beckie) BROWN (born 1888)

A daughter of Rahui Te Kiri and Tenetahi Brown.

1897

1898

Revd Thomas Bentley BROWN (born 1833)

A local reverend. A son of the Uppingham Brown family though not living with them in 1862.

1862

Mr Thomas BROWN (born 1798)

An older Brown associated with the Uppingham Brown family, appearing with Bentley Brown and Captain Brown.

1862

Mr Charles James BROWN (born 1869)

A son of the extensive Brown family of Uppingham. Son to Thomas Brown and brother to Revd Thomas Bentley Brown.

1862

BROWN

There was a large family of Browns who are listed in Uppingham in the 1861 census, consisting of Thomas (an attorney solicitor), Mary and their 9 children.

1862

Mrs MCCARTHY (nee BROWN)

Young widow of Ernest Roderick McCarthy, daughter of Edward Brown of Wellsford.

1892

Mr Willie BROWN

Deprecated. This is #349

Mr Edward BROWN

Man whom Henry Clarke helped haul timber junk with a pair of bullocks in December 1894.

1894

Mrs BROWN

Wife of a Robert Brown, who judged flowers and fancy work at the Omaha exhibition with Mrs Sainsbury in December 1900.

1900

Miss BROWN

A woman honoured at a farewell social hosted by Kiri Brown in the Omaha Hall in May 1901.

1901

Emma BROWN (nee GRAVATT) (born 1868)

A daughter of Mr and Mrs Gravatt. Married James Brown in 1890.

1890

1903

Mrs BROWN

First wife of Kiri Brown. Died in January 1900.

1900

1902

Mrs Catherine BROWN (nee GOZAR)

Wife of Henry Brown of Pakiri, who owned the Millbrook estate.

1909

Mrs Mary BROWN (nee SEATON) (born 1791)

Lived at Lyndon with her husband. Fanny Clarke stayed with them.

1862

Mr Samuel A. BROWNE

A visiting advocate of co-operation who addressed meetings at Omaha, Pakiri and Matakana in October 1899. Stayed with Clarke, visited Walter Frearson’s orchard, and helped establish a local committee whose members took shares.

1899

Mr BROWNETT

unknown

Mrs BROWNETT

A Mrs Brownett who left Omaha by steamer in August 1890. Possibly Mr Jackson's housekeeper.

1889

1890

BROWNS

Descendants of the Māori chief Te Kiri. They lived at the Pā house.

1892

Mr BRUCE

A presbyterian minister from Auckland

1867

Miss BUCHANAN

A teacher at Dacre’s Claim School who received a farewell address and testimonial when leaving in June 1895.

1895

Mr G. H. BUCKERIDGE

Mr G. H. Buckeridge of the Farmers Union held a meeting in the Omaha hall on 4 April 1905.

1905

Mr BUCKTON

A County Councillor who attended a meeting in the Omaha Hall with Gubb and Wilson on 26 October 1899.

1899

Mr T. J. BULL

A temperance lecturer who addressed an audience in the Omaha Hall in October 1902.

1902

Mr BURBRIDGE

A farmer of Thorpe Arnold who took young men as agricultural pupils; Mr Staunton had previously been one of his pupils.

1862

Mr James BURGESS (born 1794)

A Quaker who lived at Ridlington Park, neighbouring Mr Wortley's property. Had a pond suitable for ice skating.

1862

Mr John BURGESS (born 1817)

Lived at Edenham in Lincolnshire and hosted Edward Wortley overnight.

1862

Mr BURGESS

Farmer near East Ville in Lincolnshire.

1862

Lord BURGHLEY

Chaired the dinner at the Northamptonshire Agricultural Society's Stamford Show in July 1862.

1862

Mrs BURKE

A pianist who arrived on the Claymore on 2 December 1903 with entertainers during the rain-disrupted exhibition, when a social was held in the evening.

1903

Mr William BURTON

An acquaintance who called at the Clarke household for tea and a long conversation in March 1897.

1897

Mr BUTTERS

Charlie Whitley’s new storeman.

1906

Sir Thomas Fowell BUXTON (born 1837)

The governor of South Australia from 29 October 1895 until 29 March 1899. See the Wikipedia Page.
His grandfather of the same name (the 1st Baronet) was a member of a prominent anti-slavery society along with Elizabeth Heyrick, CS Clarke's great aunt.

1862

Lady Victoria BUXTON (nee NOEL) (born 1839)

Lord Gainsborough's daughter and wife of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton. A British philanthropist principally known for her work with the Mothers' Union and Young Women's Christian Association.

1862

Dr CAIRNS

A Warkworth Doctor

1898

Canon CALDER

A Canon Calder who preached at the Omaha Hall in December 1898.

1898

1904

1905

1907

Mr CALLIS

An agricultural and social acquaintance who attended the Stamford Show with Clarke and later stayed at Ridlington.

1862

Lord CAMDEN

Visited Ridlington with Henry Noel to inspect the wind engine and farm.

1862

Miss Phillis CAME

1888

1891

1892

Mr John CAME

1888

1890

1891

1892

Mrs CAME

1891

Mr CAMERON

The employer of a young man encountered at Biddle’s station on 19 July 1903.

1903

Mr A CAMPBELL

Chaired a concert at the Pakiri Hall soiree in December 1892.

1892

1902

CAMPBELL

Was in charge of McLivers Mill

1866

Neil CAMPBELL

Owned land that adjoined Clarke’s. Clarke later showed Campbell’s land to prospective purchaser Mr Ward.

1866

1867

Dr CAMPBELL

Lived in Warkworth

1888

Mr CAMPBELL

Biddles Station at Te Araroa. They are Jack and Henrys nearest neighbours

1903

1907

Miss CAMPBELL

Miss Campbell came with two Miss Cruickshanks for the footballers’ plain and fancy dress ball on 25 October 1905 and returned home on 26 October 1905.

1905

Mr CAMPION

A Lincolnshire farmer credited in the diary with inventing a straw elevator.

1862

Dr CAROLAN

A Warkworth physician

1889

Mrs CARR

The school teacher in 1906.

1906

1907

Mr I. G. CARRIE

From Matakana. Read a paper on grasses to the Farmers’ Association

1890

1891

1892

1896

1899

1901

Mr CARRON

Mr Carron put forty-nine head of cattle into Clarke’s front paddock to graze overnight on 13 September 1906.

1906

1907

Bob CARSWELL

Biddles Station manager Te Araroa

1903

John CASE

A farm worker who was ploughing in the First Dale with Barfield on 30 August 1862.

1862

Mrs CASEY

Housekeeper to Mr Campbell at Biddles Station at Te Araroa

1903

Lord Rob CECIL

A nobleman present at the Northamptonshire Agricultural Society's Stamford Show in July 1862.

1862

Mr CHADWICK

A travelling Salesman

1893

Mrs KERN (nee CHADWICK)

Sister of Mr Chadwick, a Rushbrook travelling salesman; had lived at Mr Runciman’s on Grafton Road.

1893

Mr CHAPLIN

1890

Mr CHAPMAN

Shorthorn breeder at Whitwell.

1862

Charles

A man named Charles who was with Miss Harrison and her brother Robert at the Desford cricket match and was associated with their Bagworth party.

1862

Mr CHARLTON

The minister at the Grainery Church at Friday Bridge.

1862

Mr CHEW

preacher

1889

Mrs CHREIGHTON

Mrs Chreighton was at the Wallace home on 29 March 1906, when Alan and Clarke stayed home to keep her company. Her relationship to the family is not stated.

1906

Mr CHRISTIAN

Had 100 sheep delivered.

1893

Mr CHRISTIE

Married Miss Mary Bruce Ashton.

1890

Maggie WYATT (nee CLARK) (born 1862)

Wife of John Charles Wyatt who is the son of John Wyatt (born 1842).

1889

1890

1891

1892

1893

1894

1895

1896

1897

1898

1899

1900

1901

1903

1904

1905

1907

Revd Joseph CLARK

A Reverend Joseph Clark who preached at the Auckland Tabernacle during Clarke’s January 1899 visit.

1899

Archie CLARK

The Auckland business whose employees held a picnic to Waiheke attended by the Simpson sisters on 7 March 1903.

1903

Jean CLARK (nee DUNNING) (born 1913)

Second child of Jim and Jane Dunning. Married Charles Alexander Clark and had 3 children. Died 1992.

1913

1918

1928

Henry CLARKE (born 1841)

Charles Clarkes brother in England

1862

1865

1866

1867

1892

1893

1897

1900

1907

1911

Jane (Janie) HUDSON (nee CLARKE) (born 1835)

Charles Clarkes sister in England.

1862

1865

1866

1889

1892

1899

1901

1902

1911

Frances (Fanny) Cooper WAY (nee CLARKE) (born 1839)

Frances Cooper Clarke, the 10th child of John and Sarah Clarke. (Charles Septimus was the 12th child) She lived in England. She married Charles Way.

1862

1865

1866

1888

1890

1892

1894

1897

1898

1900

1902

1904

1905

1906

1907

1910

Charles Henry (Henry) CLARKE (born 1873)

CS Clarke & Mary Ann Clarke's third child. Born in 1873.

1888

1889

1890

1891

1892

1893

1894

1895

1896

1897

1898

1899

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

1911

John CLARKE (born 1872)

Charles and Mary Clarke's second child. Born 11 January 1872. Also referred to as Jack.

1888

1889

1890

1891

1892

1893

1894

1895

1896

1897

1898

1899

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

Elisabeth (Lizzie) HUDSON (nee CLARKE) (born 1830)

Elisabeth Clarke, Charles Clarke's sister. She is mentioned in the diaries when Clarke was living at Ridlington. I have a photograph of Elisabeth.

1862

1865

Maud Mary PRATT (nee CLARKE) (born 1870)

Maude Mary Clarke is the eldest child of Charles Clarke. Born on 15 September 1870 when the Clarke family were living at Little Omaha. She died of a sudden illness in 1898 aged 28.

1888

1889

1890

1891

1892

1893

1894

1895

1896

1897

1898

1902

1905

William (Willie) CLARKE (born 1883)

Charles Clarke's youngest child, born when the family was living in Auckland. Married Grace Davey in 1910 at Leigh.

1891

1892

1893

1894

1895

1896

1897

1898

1899

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

1911

1912

1913

Jane DUNNING (nee CLARKE) (born 1878)

Charles Clarkes youngest daughter and fifth child. She married James Alexander Dunning in a double ceremony with Willie Clarke who married Grace Davey. Jane had 3 children.

1888

1889

1890

1891

1892

1893

1894

1895

1896

1897

1898

1899

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

1910

1911

1912

1913

1914

1918

1920

1927

1928

Minnie TORKINGTON (nee CLARKE) (born 1876)

Charles Clarke's 2nd daughter and 4th child. Was married in 1899 to Joe Torkington. They had seven children, the eldest being Alma Torkington.

1888

1889

1890

1891

1892

1893

1894

1895

1896

1897

1898

1899

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

1922

Thomas (Tom) Worthington CLARKE (born 1836)

CS Clarke's brother who lived in Leicester. Married on 18th Sep 1862. See the diary entry for this date

1862

1865

1866

1889

1890

Thomas CLARKE

Charles Clarkes sixth child. Died in infancy

John Sanders CLARKE (born 1828)

CS Clarke's eldest brother who lived at Peatling Hall in Leicestershire.

1862

1866

1888

1889

1890

1891

1893

1898

Johny CLARKE

I think this is John, C S Clarkes son. It may be a Pratt. See the entry 27 April 1889

1889

1892

Sarah Dorothy PARKES (nee CLARKE) (born 1827)

Charles Clarkes eldest sister. Died at 65. Charles Clarke was godfather to one of Sarah Parkes children, Frances William Parkes.

1862

1866

1890

1892

Mary Elizabeth CLARKE (nee CLARKE)

Known as Polly. Wife of John Sanders Clarke, Charles Clarke's brother.

1862

1866

Christopher James CLARKE (born 1838)

Charles Clarkes brother. The 9th child of John and Sarah Clarke.

1862

1911

Herbert George CLARKE

Eldest son of Thomas Worthington Clarke, CSClarke's brother

Elliot Henry CLARKE

CS Clarke's nephew and son of Henry Clarke. Lived in Hinckley, Leicester.

Margaret Laura CLARKE

CSClarke's niece and daughter of his brother Henry.

James CLARKE

Owned or occupied an orchard associated with the Ridlington home farm.

1862

Mr Henry CLARKE (born 1815)

A famer at Bruntingthorpe who was born at Peatling Parva. He was the son of John Clarke, a banker who sold off a large amount of his property when his business failed - including New Parks (which was purchased by CS Clarke's father). After his death, his house at Peatling Parva which was purchased by CS Clarke's John Sanders Clarke. There is no obvious family connection between this family and CS Clarke's family.

1862

Anne (Annie) FOX (nee CLARKE) (born 1833)

CS Clarke's sister. Married to Surgeon General Thomas William Fox. Died in 1907.

1862

1907

Mr Charles Septimus CLARKE (born 1843)

The diary author.

1889

1891

1892

1897

1898

Mary Anne CLARKE (nee WYATT) (born 1847)

Charles Clarkes wife. They were married in 1869

1865

1866

1899

Grace Emily CLARKE (nee DAVEY) (born 1885)

Born in Australia, married Willie Clarke in 1910, died 1945. Before they were married Charles Clark referred to her using her mothers remarried surname of Simpson.

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

1910

1911

Lily CLARKE (nee KIRVELL) (born 1881)

Wife of John Clark, son of CSClarke. John & Lily had 2 sons, George b 1918 and Peter born 1919.

Anne CLARKE (nee WILLIAMS) (born 1842)

Married Thomas Worthington Clarke in September 1862. They had 11 children.

1862

Revd CLEARY

Revd Cleary arrived on the Kotiti on 21 January 1905, visited the Greenwood households with Clarke, preached in the Omaha hall on 22 January 1905 and left by the Kawau on 24 January 1905.

1905

Mr CLEMENTS

A lay reader at Kaipara Flats

1892

Miss May CLERK

Surname also written as Clark and Clarke. Stayed with the Clarkes in April and October 1905.

1905

Mr Joseph COCKIN

Lincolnshire farming and sporting acquaintance.

1862

Mr C. COFFIN

Visitor to Clarke’s household for tea with Mr W. Voice in January 1894.

1894

Mr COLEMAN

Probably a solicitor in Auckland

1900

Ina May COLLINS (nee DUNNING) (born 1923)

Eldest child of Angus Roderick and Dorothy Dunning. (Pat and Dolly). Married Herbert Collins and had 5 children between 1950 and 1965.

1928

Miss Mary Anne COLTMAN (born 1778)

Mary Anne Coltman was Charles Clarkes aunt (Aunt Anne) and lived in Leicester, England; she was the youngest daughter of John and Elizabeth Coltman and was born in 1778. She is mentioned frequently in "Catherine Hutton and her Friends" and was a close friend of Catherine Hutton. When writing to Clarke she seemed to employ a friend to script the letter on her behalf. A letter from Aunt Anne was written by Miss Cooper. (August 3 1865). Another one was written by Mrs Turlington (December 15 1865). At this time Aunt Anne would have been aged 87. She died in 1871 aged 92

1862

1865

1866

1867

Uncle John COLTMAN (born 1800)

Sarah Coltmans brother.

1862

1865

Alice COMBES

Lives in Auckland. Probably the daughter of Eleanor Combes.

1865

Mr Walter COMBES

Lives in Auckland. Part of the legal firm Combes & Daldy. Husband to Eleanor Combes, daughter of Captain Pulhman.

1866

Mrs Eleanor COMBES (nee PULHAM)

Lived in Auckland with her husband Walter Combes. Her father was Captan Pulham. She kept a diary of her daily life in which she mentions Mr Clarke calling on her several times, coinciding with the same events being recorded in Clarke's diary.

1866

Mr COOK

A farmer visited by Clarke during his stay with the Nicholson family near Elm.

1862

Mrs COOK

Mrs Cook visited Clarke’s home with Miss Austin on 11 August 1904 while he was away at Pakiri.

1904

Mr COOKE

From Leicester

1865

Mr Grattan COOKE

Sheep inspector who visited the Omaha district in November 1892.

1892

1896

Miss COOPER

The writer of some of Aunt Anne's letters to C S Clarke

1865

Miss COOPER

Attended tea, supper, charades and music at Ridlington. This may be the same Miss Cooper who wrote letters for Aunt Anne in 1865, but there is currently not enough evidence to say.

1862

Mr COOPER

An Auckland visitor who had tea at the Clarke household with Revd E. M. Cowie in March 1897.

1897

Mr COOPER

Mr Cooper showed his cinematograph in the Omaha hall on 28 November 1905; Jane and Willie attended.

1905

Mavis Irene COOPER (nee DUNNING) (born 1915)

Fourth child of William John and Annie DUNNING. Married Alan Cooper

1920

1926

1928

Mr COPELAND

He had a very nice garden on the edge of Lake Pupuke/Takapuna.

1866

1896

1898

Mrs MASEFIELD (nee COPELAND)

1895

1896

1898

Mrs COPELAND

1897

1898

COPELANDS

The Copeland household at Ti Point, visited by Clarke. Miss Copeland was associated with Mr Masefield and married him in June 1896.

1895

Tillie COPLESTONE

First mentioned in the diaries in March 1904. Seems to be associated with the Wallaces who live on the North Shore, Auckland

1904

1906

1907

John COSE

Fetched a heifer bought at the Marquis of Exeter's sale.

1862

Mr COULSON

The Rector who officiated at Peatling and had the Revd Dr Goodacre as his curate.

1862

Revd E. M. COWIE

Clergyman

1897

1898

1899

1900

1901

Bishop William Garden COWIE (born 1831)

Anglican Bishop of Auckland from 1869/70 until his death in 1902; visited Omaha in January 1891 with Rev. John Haselden and conducted a confirmation in the hall.

1891

1899

1902

John COX

Worked in the Ridlington garden digging and planting potatoes and peas.

1862

Mr CREAMER

A travelling agent for Mutual Life Insurance.

1907

Samuel CROCKER

A member of the Matakana Butter Factory management committee who signed the factory papers before Clarke in July 1902.

1902

Miss MATTHEW (nee CROKER)

Miss Croker married Sandy Matthew, who gave a social at Matakana for the occasion on 22 May 1906. Henry Clarke attended.

1906

Mr CROWE

A School Inspector

1893

1894

1895

Mr John Alexander CRUICKSHANK (born 1876)

Sometimes referred to as Mr Jack Cruickshank. Son of Alexander Cruickshank. Married Sarah Kate Niccol in 1900.

1897

1899

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1906

Mr George CRUICKSHANK

Brother of Alexander Cruickshank. Married Marianne Wann in 1895.

1892

1896

Miss Emily Ada CRUICKSHANK (born 1887)

One of 5 daughters of Alexander Cruickshank.

1903

1904

1905

1906

Miss Mildred CRUICKSHANK (born 1891)

Referred to as Millie. Youngest of the 5 daughters of Alexander Cruickshank.

1903

1905

1906

Ernest CRUICKSHANK

Son of Alexander Cruickshank. A sibling of Emily and Millie.

1901

1903

Dr John CRUICKSHANK

A medical doctor in Matakana in 1865 and 1866. Unclear if he is related to the Matakana Cruickshank family.

1865

1866

Mr Alexander CRUICKSHANK (born 1844)

Father of Ernest, Emily, Millie and the other Miss Cruickshanks. Ran several stores in the area under the business name "Cruickshank Bros", including at Ti Point / Dacre's Claim, at Big Omaha and at Pakiri. Lived at Matakana. Died in 1916.

1892

1897

1901

1903

1905

1906

Miss Lina CRUICKSHANK (born 1883)

Third daughter of Alexander Cruickshank.

1903

1905

Miss Ethel Julia CRUICKSHANK (born 1881)

Second daughter of Alexander Cruickshank. Married 16 June 1903 at Matakana.

1903

Mr James CRUICKSHANK

Possibly the brother of Alexander Cruickshank.

1902

Mr Malcolm CRUICKSHANK

Malcolm accompanied Mr and Mrs John (Jack) Cruickshank from Matakana on 25 February 1906 and stayed with Mrs Jack until after the show. The following entries call him the boy, suggesting he was their young son; this relationship and the inferred surname need confirmation.

1906

1907

Marianne CRUICKSHANK (nee WANN)

The teacher at Little Omaha School from 1892. Married George Alexander Cruickshank in 1895, at which time she resigned her appointment. Died in 1909. She was the aunt of Eddie Wann who skippered steamers in the area. The Wann family lived at Lower Matakana. She died in May 1909 and was buried at Matakana.

1892

1893

1894

1896

1897

1898

1899

1909

Mrs Sarah Kate CRUICKSHANK (nee NICCOL)

Teacher at the Little Omaha School from February 1897 to August 1900. She boarded as Clarke's house. Sister of Annie Niccol and Ernest Niccol. Married John Cruickshank 8 October 1900 at North Shore. Later lived at Morningside in Auckland (1910). Referred to as Mrs John Cruickshank or Mrs Jack Cruickshank in post-1900 entries.

1897

1898

1899

1900

1901

1903

1904

1906

1907

Miss CRUICKSHANKS

Alexander Cruickshank had five daughters, four of them unmarried in the early 1900s. Clarke often refers to them in plural and It is unclear to whom he is referring to.

1900

1901

1905

1907

CRUICKSHANKS

The Matakana Cruickshank household, connected with the Clarke and Niccol families through visits, entertainments and the marriage of Jack Cruickshank to Sarah Kate Niccol.

1900

1901

1904

1905

CRUICKSHANKS

The Matakana Cruickshank household, closely connected with the Clarke family through visits, entertainments and Jack Cruickshank’s marriage to Sarah Kate Niccol.

1901

CRUIKSHANK

Associated with Cruikshank & Miller, to whom Clarke sent a registered letter.

1897

1898

Miss CULPAN

Clarke met Miss Culpan at Te Araroa on his way back to Auckland. She seemed to have an uncle in Whangarei.

1903

Mr CUMMING

A surveyor at Te Araroa

1903

Messrs CUTHBERTSON & MORTON

Maybe a retainer in Auckland?

1890

1891

Mr Robert CUTTING (born 1845)

Son of Mr Cutting of Leamington. Came to Ridlington in September 1862 to learn farming under Mr Wortley and remained there for several months, frequently accompanying Clarke in farm work and outings.

1862

Mr James CUTTING (born 1808)

A chemist at Leamington whose son came to learn farming at Ridlington under Mr Wortley.

1862

Mr E DALE

Mr and Mrs Dale seem to live in Pakiri. Clarke visits them infrequently. In the 1920s they seem to be living in Big Omaha.

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

Mrs DALE

Wife of E. Dale, associated with the Pakiri district. Visited Clarke with her husband to sign a declaration and stayed for lunch.

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

Lord DALKEITH

A nobleman present at the Northamptonshire Agricultural Society's Stamford Show in July 1862.

1862

Dr DALTON

From Te Arai. A visiting doctor and surgeon to Pakiri and Omaha

1867

Mr DALTON

Probably an English solicitor

1865

Mr DANIELS

A man of Misterton who hosted Clarke and the fishing party for tea.

1862

David Mackey DARROCH (born 1859)

Son of James and Margaret Darroch. Married Vida Meiklejohn and had 13 children. He died in 1949

1889

1892

1893

1898

1901

1902

1904

1905

G DARROCH

1889

Mr James DARROCH (born 1870)

James Darroch married Maria Birdsall 1st May 1893 or a few days before

1893

1898

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1907

Miss DARROCH

1899

1900

1901

Miss DARROCH

One of two unidentified Darroch women who visited the Clarke household for tea after a cricket match in April 1897.

1897

Miss DARROCH

One of two unidentified Darroch women who visited the Clarke household for tea after a cricket match in April 1897.

1897

Miss Ida DARROCH

A Miss Ida Darroch who had tea at Clarke’s home on the evening of a local social in February 1901.

1901

1904

1905

Mackey DARROCH

Mackey, a son of David Darroch, died of lockjaw on the morning of 16 July 1905.

1905

Mrs J W DARROCH

On December 9, at Ponsonby, Mrs. J. W. Darroch aged 62

1892

Jessie Matheson DARROCH (nee NEELY) (born 1886)

Second child of William and Margaret Neely. Married David Watt (Wattie) Darroch and had 4 children between 1912 and 1918.

1901

Jessie Matheson DARROCH (nee NEELEY) (born 1886)

Second child of William and Margaret Neeley. Married David Watt (Wattie) Darroch and had 4 children from 1912 to 1918.

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

DARROCHS

A Darroch household visited by Jane Clarke and Miss Hutchinson for tea in June 1901; the particular family members are not specified.

1901

Fred Charles DAVEY (born 1883)

Fred was born Fred Charles Davey, the third child of Raglan and Frances Davey. Raglan Davey, died about 1886 and Frances remarried Francis Simpson about 1891 Fred and his two sisters lived with their mother in Auckland. Their father died in Australia about 1886 They Lived in Ponsonby. Friends of Clarkes. For further info see Frances Simpson

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

Alice Florence TORKINGTON (nee DAVEY) (born 1879)

Married Harold Torkington in 1904. Before they were married Charles Clarke referred to her using her mother's remarried surname of Simpson.

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

1911

Mr Raglan George Thomas (George) DAVEY (born 1881)

Second child of Raglan and Frances Davey. Known as George Simpson. He is a brother of Alice Florence Davey (Harold Torkington's wife) and a brother of Grace Emily Davey (Willie Clarke's wife) and a brother of Fred Davey. Clarke refers to these people with a surname of Simpson. For further info see Frances Simpson.

1902

1903

1905

Mrs Isabella Gertrude DAVEY (nee REVELL) (born 1888)

The wife of Raglan George Thomas Davey.

1905

1910

Mr DAVIES

unknown

1889

Mrs DAVIES

1892

1894

Dorothy DAVIES (nee TORKINGTON) (born 1904)

Eldest child of Harold and Flo Torkington. Married Jack Davies abt 1925, died 1991

1905

1906

1911

1912

Revd J K DAVIS

1889

1894

Mrs DAVIS

Wife of John Davis.

1862

Mr DAVY

Mr Davy had tea at the Clarkes’ after the Omaha show on 1 March 1905.

1905

Mr DAY

A man from Tamahere, Waikato, who stayed overnight with Clarke to obtain his marriage certificate before marrying Annie Witten at Pakiri on 27 July 1900.

1900

Mr Archie DE LAUTOUR

Owner of the De Lautours Station, Te Araroa

1903

Mr Harry DE LAUTOUR

A Harry De Lautour who joined the hotel dinner at Te Araroa on 26 July 1903.

1903

Mr DEAN

A former Big Omaha schoolteacher who stayed with Robert Williams when Clarke visited in January 1901.

1901

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Samuel DENBY

1893

Mrs DENBY

Wife of Samuel Denby; the couple stayed with Clarke for the annual show and visited again in May.

1893

Mrs Kitty DENNIS

A woman known as Kitty, wife of Charles Dennis, who died at Pakiri on 5 May 1902 and was buried at the Native Cemetery at Omaha on 8 May, with Clarke reading the service.

1902

Mr J. DENNIS

Supplied music for dancing at the Greenwood farewell social.

1907

Mr Tom DERECOURTS

Lived in Matakana

1893

1895

DEY

Associated with Mennie & Dey, to whom Clarke consigned plums.

1898

Mr DIBBLE

1890

1893

Mr DICKINSON

The school inspector (October 1890)

1890

Captain DIXON

The captain of the Elfin Queen that was wrecked near Manukau Heads

1865

DONALD

Named as one of the recipients of eighteen fowls shipped by Clarke on 3 January 1900, apparently through a produce-handling business.

1900

1901

Mr DOUSE

A "good earnest preacher" who lived in Warkworth until September 1889.

1888

1889

C. DOWSON

Fifteen-year-old passenger drowned when the steamer Ruby wrecked on the Mangawhai bar on 31 March 1893.

1893

Mrs Martha WORTLEY (nee DRING) (born 1815)

Edward Wortley's wife. He often refers to her as Mrs Edward, probably to distinguish her from Edward Wortley's mother, who was also a member of the household.

1862

Mr DRURY

Visited Ridlington in July 1862 with his son Thomas; he read prayers there on 6 July.

1862

Thomas DRURY

Son of Mr Drury; stayed at Ridlington with him in July 1862 and travelled with him toward Spondon.

1862

Mrs DRURY

Edward Wortley's sister from the Isle of Man; stayed at Ridlington during March and April 1862.

1862

Miss DUDDING

A singer engaged for a concert celebrating the anniversary of the Pakiri Hall opening in April 1898.

1898

Archdeacon Benjamin DUDLEY (born 1838)

An eminent New Zealand Anglican priest who preached at St Matthew’s Church.

1866

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1896

1897

Mr Percy DUFAUR

A singer who performed two songs at the New Year social in the Omaha Hall in 1902, attended by local residents and visiting yachtsmen.

1902

Mr W. W. DUMPER

A grocer on Ponsonby Road who received Clarke’s eggs and supplied groceries by coastal steamer in 1898.

1898

1899

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1902

1903

1904

Mr DUMPER

Mr Dumper junior visited Clarke in the orchard on 31 January 1906, stayed for lunch and went to the wharf with him. He was seeking business in the district and staying at Mr Joseph Harper’s at Pakiri. His relationship to W. W. Dumper is not established.

1906

Miss DUNCAN

Staying at Mr & Mrs Youngs place at Matakawa Point, Te Araroa.

1903

John DUNMORE

Worked at Allexton and helped spread ashes in the big field.

1862

Charles (Charlie) DUNNING (born 1871)

Fifth child of John and Mary Dunning. Known as Charlie. Married Jessie Matheson in 1901. They had two children: John Angus the Rhodes Scholar and Mary Kathleen.

1888

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John DUNNING (born 1829)

Married Mary McArthur about 1857. They had 10 children. The fourth child was Jim Dunning who married Jane CLARKE. John Dunning died in 1883. The Dunnings family home may have been in the vicinity of Goat Island Rd (See The Rock and the Sky, p115)

1888

1891

1895

James Alexander DUNNING (born 1869)

Also known as Jim. He lived at Whangateau and married Jane Clarke, C S Clarkes daughter. Clarke spent the last years of his life in their house. The 4th child of John & Mary Dunning

1888

1889

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Miss Blanche DUNNING (born 1876)

8th child of John and Mary Dunning

1889

1892

1893

1894

1903

Ivy DUNNING (born 1889)

Died 1892 aged 3 years. Parents were Archie and Catherine Dunning (nee Catherine Matheson)

1892

Mr Archibald McArthur (Archie) DUNNING (born 1858)

The 3th child of John & Mary Dunning. He married Catherine Matheson. They had 8 children. He died in 1930.

1892

1897

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Henry Bond DUNNING (born 1876)

Ninth child of John & Mary Dunning. Jim Dunning's younger brother. Died on 5 August 1905 and was buried on 6 August 1905.

1897

1905

May DUNNING (born 1874)

Mary Elizabeth Dunning, known as May. Birthday may be 25 March. Seventh child of John and Mary Dunning. She never married.

1896

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Mr James DUNNING

Lived in Devonport. Not related to the Dunnings of Omaha. Building the new Steamer for the coastal trade

1891

1896

1898

Mrs Martha MEIKLEJOHN (nee DUNNING) (born 1862)

Married Heber Meiklejohn about 1887. Died around 31 October 1894

1894

Edgar DUNNING (born 1901)

Youngest child of Archie and Catherine Dunning

1901

1912

1920

1924

William John DUNNING (born 1888)

Son of Archie Dunning (Archibald McArthur) Married Ann Harper in 1908. They had 9 children between 1910 and 1924. Known as Bill Dunning.

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Ivy WYATT (nee DUNNING) (born 1895)

Fifth child and 2nd daughter of Archie & Catherine Dunning. Their first daughter who was also called Ivy died at age 2 in 1892. Ivy Dunning married John Charles Edgar Wyatt (Eddie Wyatt)

1905

1907

1911

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1920

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Hector James DUNNING (born 1911)

Eldest child of Jim and Jane Dunning. Married about 1936 to Marie Cullen

1911

1918

Hilda Mary DUNNING (born 1910)

Eldest child of William and Annie Dunning. Married John Duncan in 1947

1918

1928

Elsie DUNNING (born 1911)

Second child of William and Ann Dunning, married Leslie Came.

1911

1915

1918

Gertrude Elsie DUNNING (born 1913)

Died 25 Sep 1915 aged 2.

Alfred DUNNING (born 1899)

Son and 7th child of Archibald McArthur Dunning Brother of Ivy Dunning who was married to J.C.E.Wyatt

1899

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Gladys Irene DUNNING (born 1897)

Sixth child and 3rd daughter of Archie & Catherine Dunning. Sister of Ivy Dunning who married J.C.E.Wyatt. Gladys married Eric Greenwood and had three children.

1897

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1914

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1918

1920

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John DUNNING (born 1873)

Sixth child of John and Mary Dunning. Brother of Jim and Charlie Dunning. Remained single.

1888

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1896

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1907

1913

John Angus DUNNING (born 1903)

Eldest child of Charles and Jessie Dunning. Became a Rhodes Scholar in 1925 and represented NZ in cricket. Married Gwen Smith about 1925. Charles Clarke refers to him as Jack Dunning in the diary.

1912

1925

1928

Angus Roderick DUNNING (born 1891)

3rd child of Archibald (Archie) and Catherine Dunning. Known as Pat Dunning. Married Dorothy Greenwood Sep 1921.

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1911

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Mary Kathleen DUNNING (born 1905)

2nd child of Charles Edward (Charlie) and Jessie Dunning

1905

1916

1924

1925

1927

Archibald McArthur Jnr DUNNING (born 1893)

Fourth child of Archibald McArthur (Archie) and Catherine Dunning. He married Charlena Bond in Jan 1920 and had 2 children.

1907

1911

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1920

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Edward James DUNNING (born 1913)

Third child of William and Annie Dunning. Drowned at Murrays Bay in 1947

1918

1922

1923

1925

1926

1928

1929

Ronald DUNNING (born 1920)

Seventh child of William John and Annie Dunning. Married Ida May Thomson

1920

Winifred DUNNING (born 1916)

Fifth child of William and Annie Dunning. Died of diphtheria aged 5 years.

1922

Nancy May TOMICH (nee DUNNING) (born 1926)

Second child of Angus Roderick and Dorothy Dunning. (Pat and Dolly). Married Ivan Frank Tomich act 1947 and had 7 children between 1947 and 1960

1927

1928

Owen John DUNNING (born 1928)

Third child of Angus Roderick and Dorothy Dunning. (Pat and Dolly). Married Marie Isabelle Ansell and had 3 children between 1952 and 1956.

1928

Mrs Catherine DUNNING (nee MATHESON) (born 1863)

Fifth child of Angus and Jessie Matheson. She married Archibald Dunning and had 8 children between 1888 and 1901. She died in 1941.

1897

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Mrs Mary DUNNING (nee MCARTHUR) (born 1839)

Married John Dunning (who was born in 1829) in about 1857 and had 10 children which included Jim Dunning (Clarkes son in law). She is referred to in the CSC diaries variously as 'Mrs Dunning, 'Old Mrs Dunning' and then later 'Mrs Dunning Senr' She died in 1916 aged 77. (In the TNG ancestors she is I2809)

1888

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Annie DUNNING (nee HARPER)

Daughter of Edward James and Jessie Harper, married William Dunning 1908, they had 9 children between 1910 and 1924. The 5th child, Winifred, died of diphtheria aged 5 in 1922. Although her surname was Harper, after her mother died she learnt that her father wasn't Edward James Harper, but that her mother had been married and widowed before she had married EJ Harper.

1890

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1911

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1914

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1918

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Mrs Jessie DUNNING (nee MATHESON) (born 1876)

11th child and 7th daughter of Angus and Jessie Matheson. Married Charles Edward Dunning (Known as Charlie Dunning). Died 1950

1898

1901

1903

1905

1911

1915

1916

1923

1924

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1929

Dorothy Elizabeth DUNNING (nee GREENWOOD) (born 1893)

Second child of John and Mary Greenwood. Married Angus Roderick Dunning in 1921 and had 7 children between 1923 and 1936. Died April 1982.

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1922

1924

1927

1928

DUNNING BEACH

Temporary entry till we sort out where the Dunning family home was located. See entry for John Dunning Snr (288) and various diary entries referencing 'Dunnings Beach'

1890

1896

1897

1898

1900

1904

1909

1910

1911

1912

1915

1916

Mr Ellis DYER (born 1856)

A son of Philip Charles Dyer. Had an orchard at Pakiri. Sold his farm in 1906.

1889

1891

1892

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1898

1899

1901

1903

1904

1905

1906

William George DYER (born 1847)

Son of Philip Charles Dyer Sr and Eliza Smith. Known as Billy

1866

1867

Philip Charles (Charlie) DYER (born 1851)

Philip Charles Dyer Jr, son of Philip Charles Dyer and Eliza Smith, and brother of William George (“Billy”) Dyer. Died 21 December 1897 from cancer of the lip.

1866

1867

1892

1896

1897

Miss Alice Ruth DYER (born 1888)

A daughter of Mr and Mrs Ellis Dyer. Usually called Ruth.

1900

1901

Harry DYER

Deprecated. Use Henry Dyer #1147

1894

1896

Ralph Neaton DYER (born 1892)

One of Mr and Mrs Ellis Dyer's sons.

1901

Mr Philip Charles DYER (born 1820)

Philip Charles Dyer (1820–1874), Pakiri settler, husband of Eliza Smith and father of the Dyer family. Clarke describes his property as level ground beside a wide, deep creek; he kept the Pakiri post office. He was executed in 1874 at Mt Eden Prison after being found guilty of the murder of his neice Eliza Battersea. See Papers Past

1865

1866

1867

Miss Eliza DYER (born 1845)

Eliza Dyer (born 1845), daughter of Philip Charles Dyer and Eliza Smith of Pakiri; one of the two unmarried Dyer daughters who travelled to the Matakana regatta at New Year 1866–67.

1866

1867

Henry DYER (born 1859)

Henry Dyer (1859–1947), youngest son of Philip Charles Dyer and Eliza Smith of Pakiri; called Harry in the October 1867 diary.

1867

1892

1894

1906

James Edwin DYER (born 1886)

Son of Henry (Harry) Dyer who died at Pakiri on 21 May 1894 of typhoid fever.

1894

Miss DYER

A daughter of Henry Dyer.

1906

Miss DYER

A daughter of Henry Dyer.

1906

Mrs DYER

Wife of Mr Ellis Dyer. The have 2 daughters, Ruth and ?

1891

1897

1898

1900

1901

1904

1905

Mrs Eliza DYER (nee SMITH) (born 1819)

Eliza Smith (1819–1870), wife of Philip Charles Dyer of Pakiri and mother of the Dyer children appearing in the 1865–1867 diary.

1866

Mr W. EARLE

Auckland acquaintance and supplier of groceries; Sarah Wyatt was associated with his household, and three of his children stayed at Clarke’s house in January 1894. Clarke visited him socially in Auckland in July 1894.

1894

1895

Messrs EARLE & MONTGMERY

Retailer in Auckland

1888

1893

Miss EDE

1890

EDINBOROUGH

Named as one of the recipients of eighteen fowls shipped by Clarke on 3 January 1900, apparently through a produce-handling business.

1900

1901

Captain EDWARD

A farmer at a place Clarke records as “Robin a tiptoes”; Clarke and Mr Wortley rode to his farm in September 1862.

1862

John EDWARDS

An Uppingham surgeon.

1862

Mr ELLINGHAM

1890

Mr A ELLIOTT

1890

Mr ELLIOTT

A teacher, met Clarke for the first time at Duncan Knaggs’ on 24 February 1907.

1907

Mr Harry ELLIS

Stayed with the Clarkes after the steamer arrived early on 29 March 1907 and borrowed Empress to ride to Matakana that day.

1907

Mrs ELLIS

Mrs Harry Ellis spent the day with the Clarkes on 22 November 1904 and returned to Matakana that evening.

1904

1907

Edith ENGLAND (nee TORKINGTON) (born 1908)

Second child of Harold & Flo Torkington, Married William England 1930. Died 1993

1911

1912

Revd A ENGLISH

1896

Revd E. G. EVANS

Revd Evans, the new Presbyterian minister from Warkworth, met Clarke at the library on 19 August 1905 and conducted his first Omaha hall service on 20 August 1905.

1905

1906

1907

Mr EVANS

Described as Wesleyan, so presumably a different man from Revd E. G. Evans.

1907

Revd EVERSHED

Revd Evershed officiated at Trinity Church, Devonport, on 19 March 1905.

1905

1906

Marquis EXETOR

A nobleman present at the Northamptonshire Agricultural Society's Stamford Show in July 1862.

1862

Mrs EYRE

1888

1890

Mr FABLING

A farming and hunting acquaintance of Burley. He bought Mr Nicholson's grey horse for £35 and was later seen buying heifers at Boston Fair; Clarke and Nicholson also visited him socially and joined him for hunting and steeplechases.

1862

Revd H. A. FAVELL

Preached at Little Omaha in March and September 1905.

1905

Mr Francis (Alf) FENTON

Collected his marriage certificate on 12 September 1905, immediately before Annie Matheson’s wedding.

1890

1905

Ernest FENTON

Possibly lived in Wangaripo Valley

1894

Mr Francis FENTON

An elderly former resident of Ireland associated with a fortune received by the Oakleys of Wyfordby.

1862

Annie FENTON (nee MATHESON) (born 1875)

10th child of Angus and Jessie Matheson. Married 13 September 1905 to Francis (Alf) Fenton.

1897

1898

1900

1901

1902

1903

1905

Mrs Jessie Elizabeth HARPER (nee FINLAY) (born 1856)

Edward James Harper’s wife. Ran the Cumberland Hotel and general store with her sons after EJ Harper's death in 1907. Post Mistress at the Little Omaha post office.

1890

1891

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1893

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1900

1901

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1907

Mrs Catherine MATHESON (nee FINLAYSON) (born 1826)

Duncan Mathesons wife. Married 1858 in Waipu by Norman McLeod. Died 1914

1867

1888

1889

1891

1892

1893

1897

1899

1905

1910

Archibald FINLAYSON (born 1835)

Was born about 1835

1893

FINLAYSON

A Mrs J. Findlayson from Waipu who visited Clarke with Mrs Archie Dunning on 22 February 1903.

1903

1907

Mr FISHER

Organising secretary of the Farmers Union, who rode through the north and stayed overnight with Clarke while travelling from Monganui towards Pakiri.

1901

Miss FLATT

A pupil teacher at Little Omaha school

1888

1891

George FLETCHER

1889

1890

1893

1894

1895

1896

1901

1902

Mrs FLETCHER

Auckland acquaintance visited by Clarke in July 1894; probably the wife of George Fletcher, whose household he visited during the same stay.

1894

General FLUDYER

A General Fludyer whose garden at Ayston was visited by Clarke and Mr Cutting.

1862

Mr E. FORD

A parliamentary candidate who addressed electors in the Omaha Hall on 15 November 1899 despite rough weather.

1899

Mrs Matilda Augusta FORDHAM

Fordham family mother. Her husband Sydney died in 1880. They had 5 daughters and 2 sons. Their youngest daughter, Laura, died at age 18 in 1887. They were a very musical family. They lived in "Ferndale House, Omaha". Mr and Mrs Fordham arrived in Auckland in 1855. Their house is described in the Daily Southern Cross in 1876 as "one of the finest in the district".

1888

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1898

1899

1900

1901

1902

1903

Herbert FORDHAM

Son of Mrs Fordham.

1889

1890

1891

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1897

1898

1901

1905

Mr Sydney George FORDHAM

Eldest son of Mrs Fordham.

1889

1890

1891

1894

1896

1901

Emily FORDHAM

Daughter of Mrs Fordham.

1892

1895

1896

1897

1898

1901

Miss Clara FORDHAM

Daughter of Mrs Fordham. She was a music teacher and often played the harmonium in church. Her birthday was 3 May.

1888

1889

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1891

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1893

1894

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1899

1900

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Miss Eunice FORDHAM

Eldest daughter of Mrs Fordham. Married Richard James Clark in 1889.

1895

1896

1897

Miss FORDHAM

The Miss Fordhams included Emily, Clara and Eunice

1893

1898

1899

Julia FORDHAM

Julia Fordham was seen with Herbert Fordham at Ngaruawahia on 17 March 1905. Not sure of the family relationship. Needs to be researched.

1905

FORDHAMS

The local Fordham household, associated with music, church services and social life, which sold its property to Archie Dunning and left the district in March 1901.

1901

Mr FORSTER

Attended dinner at Ridlington and the Uppingham School steeple-chases at Martinsthorpe.

1862

Mr FOSTER

One of Clarke’s former Queen of Beauty associates and an important Auckland contact. In 1865 he was in business in High Street and living with the Lovelocks in Edward Street, associated with their ale-bottling business. He regularly forwarded Clarke letters, newspapers, seeds and other items.

1865

1866

Mr FOSTER

A shooting acquaintance who visited Ridlington with Charles Brown of Uppingham.

1862

Mr Willingham FOWLER

Farmer at Hall Farm, Exton.

1862

Edith FOX (born 1854)

CS Clarke's neice, daughter of his sister Anne.

1862

Revd FOX

Revd Fox, curate, preached at All Saints Church, Auckland, on 18 March 1906.

1906

Frank

Ridlington household or farm helper.

1862

Mr FRANKLIN

A Northamptonshire acquaintance of Edward Wortley and Mr Burgess.

1862

Miss FRANKS (born 1803)

A visitor in the Ridlington and Wing social circle who frequently accompanied Nathaniel.

1862

Eva FREARSON

1888

1894

1896

1898

1902

Walter FREARSON

Owned neighbouring property to C S Clarke at Omaha. In 1912 they bought property in Henderson

1888

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Mr FREARSON

Walter Frearson’s father signed his will on 2 January 1904, died early on 12 January and was buried on 13 January, with Clarke reading the funeral service.

1904

Mrs Amy FREARSON (nee LANGDON)

Walter Frearson's wife. They married in December 1902 in Auckland. Amy died in childbirth in Leigh aged 27 on 21 Nov 1905. The child also died.

1902

1904

1905

Frearsons

The Frearson family consisting of Walter and Amy. Amy died in 1905.

1897

1903

1904

1905

Mr FREEMAN

Officiated at Lyndon Church.

1862

Mr FREER

A Birmingham supplier from whom Edward Wortley bought hand-picked seed peas.

1862

Mr H. R. FRENCH

Wesleyan minister

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

Mrs FRENCH

Wife of the preacher H. R. French; her illness prevented him from taking an Omaha service in June 1901.

1901

Miss FRICKER

A Miss Fricker who visited Clarke with Miss Kempt and Miss Niccol and stayed overnight in May 1900.

1900

1903

Mr FRISBY

A sporting acquaintance who joined a large shooting party at Ridlington.

1862

Revd G. FROST

Clergyman

1899

1900

1901

FULSHAW

There was a Fulshaw family at Croft, about 8 miles from Peatling Parva.

1862

Lord GAINSBOROUGH

Mr Wortley's landlord at Exton. His daughter married Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton in 1862, an event celebrated by the Exton tenantry; later in the year Lord Gainsborough accepted Wortley as tenant of Mr Reeves's former farm of about 70 acres.

1862

Ada GREENWOOD (nee GALLIE)

Miss Gallie, Leigh School teacher from May 1904 to April 1906. She married Arthur Greenwood.

1904

1905

1906

1907

Mr Charles GARDENER

A candidate for Waitemata who held a meeting in the Omaha Hall in October 1896.

1896

Mr GARNER

Manager of the Waipu Butter Factory, who advised Omaha residents about starting a butter factory at a Library meeting in June 1902.

1902

Mr GEORGE

Has a farm at Waitakere

1866

Mr GIBBONS

C S Clarke met the two Mr Gibbons at Onehunga during a visit to Mr Philp's place.

1865

Miss GIBBS

A social acquaintance who visited Ridlington for tea and supper.

1862

Thomas GIBBS

Sent Mr Wortley seed of a new variety of mangel wurzel, which was being grown and selected for seed at Ridlington in December 1862.

1862

Mr GIFFORD

Mr Gifford spent the evening and stayed overnight with Clarke on 18 August 1904.

1904

Mr GILL

A wool buyer from Barrowden.

1862

Revd W. E. GILLAN

The clergyman who officiated at St Matthew’s Church in Auckland when Clarke attended on 2 August 1903.

1903

1905

Mr J. GILMOUR

Mr J. Gilmour of Donald & Edenborough.

1906

Mr Thomas GIMSON

An acquaintance seen by Clarke near Walton on 13 August 1862.

1862

Dave GLASS

Mr GLASS

Mrs GLASS

Mr GOATLY

1890

Miss GODFREY

One of two Miss Godfreys who were social acquaintances of the Ridlington household and spent the day there.

1862

Mr GODFREY

Visited Ridlington to inspect the wind engine.

1862

Mr Andrew GOLDIE

A friend of Clarkes who lives at Shoal Bay, North Shore. Mr Goldie came out to NZ on the same ship as Clarke. Andrew Goldie is listed among the passengers who arrived on the Queen of Beauty with Clarke. He is listed on on Lake Rd, Devonport in the 1875-1876 Wise's directory.

1865

1866

1867

GOLDIE

A brother of Andrew Goldie who was living in the Auckland and North Shore area after emigrating to New Zealand.

1866

Revd Dr GOODACRE

A clergyman who served as Mr Coulson's curate and preached at Queniborough Church.

1862

Mrs GOODACRE

A Mrs Goodacre who dined with Dr Goodacre and Mr Coulson at Peatling in August 1862.

1862

Mr John S GOODWIN

A school inspector

1891

1892

Erdie GOODWIN

A returned trooper and husband of Walter Frearson's sister

1901

Annie GOODWIN

1898

1900

Miss GOODWIN

The other daughter of Mrs Goodwin, Walter Frearson’s sister; accompanied her mother and sister Annie in a visit to Clarke.

1898

Mrs GOODWIN

A sister of Walter Frearson. She has 2 daughters, Annie and ?

1898

1901

Gordon

A young acquaintance who accompanied Willie Clarke to a football match after dinner at the Wallaces on 4 July 1903.

1903

1905

Revd F. GOULD

A clergyman who visited Omaha and Pakiri and preached at Omaha and Dacre's Claim in September 1891.

1891

Revd W. J. GOW

Revd W. J. Gow, a Presbyterian minister, preached to about 100 people in the Omaha hall on 12 February 1905.

1905

George GOYAR

A friend of Charles Clarkes son, John

1896

Mr J. GOZAR

A Pakiri recipient of grass seed sent by Clarke through Harry Dyer in April 1896.

1896

1899

1900

Mrs GOZAR

Mrs Gozar senior died on 10 August 1904 and was buried at Pakiri on 11 August, with Clarke reading the service.

1904

Mr GRAHAM

Was in hospital with a cut foot. unknown

1889

1890

1891

Mr Frank GRAHAM

Frank Graham sang Abide with Me as a solo at St Matthew’s new church on 12 March 1905.

1905

Mr S. GRANT

An acquaintance who called on Clarke with Jim Greenwood and stayed for supper during Captain McKinven’s visit in November 1901.

1901

1903

1904

1905

Mrs GRANTS

Probably a boarding house keeper in Hobson St, Auckland

1866

Alfred GRAVATT

1889

1890

1894

1897

1901

1904

1906

Charles Edward (Charlie) GRAVATT (born 1866)

Married Edith Harding in 1897. Died in 1959.

1889

1890

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1894

1895

1896

1897

1898

1899

1900

1901

1902

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1904

1905

1906

1907

Mr Edward GRAVATT (born 1836)

Father of Alfred and Charlie Gravatt. Lived at Pakiri. Died in 1892 aged 58. "For many years a school teacher and layreader in this district"

1888

1891

1892

1901

1903

1906

Ernest GRAVATT

Lived at Coromandel. Was killed by a log rolling on him in 1901, buried in Pakiri. His wife was Jessie Witten.

1899

1901

1903

1906

Trevor Edward Harding GRAVATT (born 1902)

Third child of Charles and Edith Gravatt

1902

Mrs LORD (nee GRAVATT)

Mrs James Lord, a daughter of the Gravatt family, died on 1 November 1906.

1906

Mrs Mary Ann GRAVATT

Mother of the Gravatt family that lived at Pakiri. Wife of Edward Gravatt. She died 9 January 1903 in her 60th year.

1893

1894

1895

1896

1898

1899

1900

1901

1903

1906

Jessie GRAVATT (nee WITTEN)

Wife of Ernest Gravatt who was killed in the Coromandel by a falling log.

1889

1890

1894

1896

1901

1907

Edith GRAVATT (nee HARDING)

One of the Miss Hardings. Married Charles Gravatt in 1897.

1895

1896

1897

1898

1899

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1906

1907

Mrs Mary GRAVATT (nee LLOYD)

Ellen (Nellie) Lloyd's elder sister. Lived at the Lloyd family home at Ti Point before marrying Alf Gravatt of Pakiri.

1893

1899

1902

1906

Elizabeth Jessie GRAVATT (nee WYATT) (born 1900)

Daughter of John Charles Wyatt (Charlie) and Maggie. And sister of John Charles Edgar Wyatt (Eddie), George Wyatt and Jim Wyatt. Married Trevor Gravatt in March 1925

1900

1904

1907

GRAVATTS

The local Gravatt household or property marking one end of road work laid out by Clarke and Charlie in December 1902.

1902

William GREENWOOD

William and Dorothy Greenwood were the senior Greenwoods and had 3 sons and 3 daughters. Another William Greenwood elder brother who was a widower. William Greenwood also leased land at Devonport while he and the sons developed the Omaha property, a land grant of 113 acres next to Kirkbride's section.

1865

1866

1867

1889

1890

1891

1892

1893

1894

1895

1896

1897

1898

1899

1900

1901

1902

1906

William (Willie) GREENWOOD

Son of William Greenwood. He was a frequent visitor to Clarke, carried newspapers/messages, borrowed Clarke’s horse, joined excursions and stayed with Clarke over Christmas 1866.

1866

1867

1904

James (Jim) GREENWOOD

Son of Willam Greenwood. He was sentenced to three years for forgery in March 1891

1866

1867

1888

1889

1891

1893

1898

1901

1904

1906

1907

Joseph (Joe) GREENWOOD (born 1854)

Third son of William Greenwood. Married Isabella Matheson who died suddenly aged 31 in 1890. Joe Greenwood remarried Annie Irving Laybourn in 1892.

1866

1867

1888

1889

1891

1892

1893

1894

1895

1896

1897

1898

1899

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

Sarah WRIGHT (nee GREENWOOD) (born 1866)

William Greenwood's youngest daughter who married William Wright. She played harmonium in church.

1888

1892

1894

John GREENWOOD (born 1865)

A son of William Greenwood Snr. Married Hannah Birdsall in 1891. The couple lived at the top of the Leigh Hill on a sheep and beef farm known as Dovedale and had seven children all of whom either became or married farmers. There is another Greenwood called Johny. Is it #481? He is married to Winnie, see diary entry 16 June 1922

1888

1891

1892

1894

1895

1896

1897

1898

1899

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

Ted GREENWOOD

1889

1890

1891

Miss GREENWOOD

This is possibly Sarah Greenwood.

1890

1892

1893

Martha WRIGHT (nee GREENWOOD)

1891

1896

John GREENWOOD (born 1817)

The brother of William Greenwood senior. John Greenwood died in 1901 aged 84. See the diary entry for Feb 5th & 6th 1901. BDM online reference 1901/538

1888

1901

1902

Mrs Jane HARPER (nee GREENWOOD)

Wife of Joseph Harper of Pakiri, daughter of William Greenwood.

1906

1907

Mrs Alice HANDBY (nee GREENWOOD)

Daughter of William Greenwood. Married Thomas Handby in 1887. Mr & Mrs Handby lived on the old Pakiri road just past the Goat Island turnoff from Leigh. Alice died in 1936 aged 78.

1890

1892

1893

1898

1899

1900

1901

1902

1904

1905

1906

1907

Evelyn GREENWOOD

1893

1895

1897

Joseph Elliot GREENWOOD

Was baptised 5 Nov 1893. Son of Mr Joseph Greenwood

1893

1900

1905

1906

1907

Irwin Dawson GREENWOOD (born 1902)

Fifth child of John and Mary Hannah Greenwood.

1902

1906

1907

Mr C. W. GREENWOOD

Sworn in as a Justice of the Peace at Warkworth alongside Clarke in September 1897.

1897

Ida GREENWOOD

An Ida Greenwood associated with Mrs James Greenwood, who visited Clarke with Jack Greenwood in February 1898.

1898

Jack GREENWOOD

A Jack Greenwood who visited the Clarke household with Mrs James Greenwood and Ida Greenwood in February 1898.

1898

Johny GREENWOOD

Johny came with Mrs John Greenwood and stayed for tea on 1 July 1905. Probably a child of John and Hannah Greenwood.

1905

1906

1907

Mr Arthur GREENWOOD

Married Miss Gallie.

1906

1907

Mr Harry GREENWOOD

Came to register the birth of his twin babies on 29 June 1907.

1907

Miss Dorothy Beatrice (Dora) GREENWOOD (born 1892)

Daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Greenwood.

Mrs Isabella GREENWOOD (nee MATHESON)

Joseph Greenwood's wife - also a Matheson cousin. She died in 1890 aged 31.

1888

1889

1890

Mrs Dorothy GREENWOOD

"Old Mrs Greenwood". Died in 1891 aged 71.

1890

1891

1906

Mrs Anne Irving GREENWOOD (nee LAYBOURN)

Second wife of Joseph Greenwood. Were married August 1892

1892

1894

1898

1901

1906

1907

GREENWOODS PROPERTY

Land grant of 113 acres next to Kirkbrides section

1865

1896

Mr GREGG

A clergyman or preacher heard by Clarke at Syston Church.

1862

Mrs GREGORY

A visitor who called at the Clarke household with Mrs John Charles Wyatt in March 1897.

1897

Mr GRIERSON

An Inspector of Schools who inspected the local school.

1896

1897

Mr GRIFFIN

A young man sharing lodgings with Henry Clarke in London; had travelled with Henry in the Lakes about 1860.

1862

Revd C. GRIFFIN

Revd C. Griffin preached in the Omaha hall for the first time on 23 April 1905. Clarke attended and liked him very much.

1905

1906

Revd Samuel GRIFFITH

A Wesleyan minister who preached at Omaha four times in 1892.

1890

1891

1892

Mrs GRINDROD

An acquaintance of Mrs Fordham who visited the Clarke household with her and stayed for lunch in February 1896.

1896

Mr GUBB

Maybe an ancestor of the people who ran Gubbs Motors in Warkworth

1888

1899

Miss GUBB

A visitor who stayed for tea at the Clarke household in January 1897.

1897

Mr GUILDFORD

A resident of North Luffenham who visited Ridlington socially.

1862

Mr Hamilton HADGES

A member of a musical couple from Auckland who performed at the concert accompanying the Omaha exhibition in December 1900. The surname is recorded as Hadges in the diary.

1900

1906

Mrs HADGES

A member of a musical couple from Auckland who performed at the concert accompanying the Omaha exhibition in December 1900. The surname is recorded as Hadges in the diary.

1900

1906

Mr HADWICK

Lived at Dacres Claim.

1888

1891

1894

1896

1897

1898

1899

1903

1904

Mrs HADWICK

Lived at Dacres Claim.

1889

1906

Mr HAGGAR

A cake manufacturer of Hertford whose agent, Mr Partridge, dealt with Edward Wortley.

1862

Mr HALL

Annie Williams's uncle and Rector of Risley in Derbyshire, at whose home her marriage to Tom Clarke took place.

1862

HALL

Associated with Hall & Perkins, to whom Clarke consigned fruit and butter.

1898

1899

Mr HALLETT

An agricultural experimenter from Brighton who wrote on improving wheat through pedigree selection.

1862

Thomas HANDBY (born 1849)

Friends of Charles Clarke. Thomas died in 1913 when he was knocked off the Leigh wharf road by a runaway horse. Mr & Mrs Handby lived on the old Pakiri road just past the Goat Island turnoff from Leigh.

1888

1889

1890

1891

1892

1893

1894

1895

1896

1898

1899

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

1911

Miss HANDBY

Clarke possibly meant to write Mrs Handby here. It doesn't appear that Mr and Mrs Thomas Handby had any children. "Miss Hanby" (or Handby) appears only once in the diaries.

1894

Mr HANLEY

Possibly a teacher at Little Omaha school.

1867

HANSEN

A crew member of the Isabella

1865

Mr HANSEN

The blacksmith at Te Araroa

1903

Mrs HANSEN

The wife of the Te Araroa blacksmith who, with her husband, hosted Clarke and Henry for an evening on 26 July 1903; Miss Culpan was staying there.

1903

Lady HARBOROUGH

Previous owner of a farm at Leigh purchased by Mr Pochin.

1862

Miss Alice Maude HARDING

1896

1906

Miss Francis Sarah HARDING (born 1869)

A teacher at the school from April 1895 until 1897. One of the daughters of Mary and Charles Harding. She was married in 1903. She is probably the "Miss Harding" referred to after her sister was married as she is the second eldest. Stayed with the Clarke family for Christmas for several years running.

1895

1897

1898

1899

1900

1901

1902

Mary Eliza JACKSON (nee HARDING)

Mary Eliza Harding was the eldest of the Harding girls, so is probably who CS Clarke refers to as Miss Harding, at least prior to her marriage to Samuel Jackson in 1897. Her sister Francis Harding became a teacher at the school in 1895. After this date "Miss Harding" refers to her.

1893

1895

1896

1897

1898

1901

1903

1905

Charles HARDING

Brother of the Miss Hardings.

1894

1895

1896

1898

1899

1900

1901

Mr Charles HARDING

Father of the Miss Hardings. Died in London in 1895. He was a "vocalist" who had toured the colonies with an opera company.

1895

Mrs Mary HARDING

Mother of the Miss Hardings and wife of Charles Harding who died in 1895 in London. Lived in Auckland from 1896.

1894

1895

1896

1897

1898

1899

1900

1901

1902

1903

1905

Miss Hardings

Mary and Charles Harding had four daughters but only two of them are referred to individually by name by CS Clarke. At least three of these daughters were musically talented. They left the district in 1896. They were very friendly with the Clarke girls.

1894

1895

1896

1897

HARDINGS

Mary Harding and her family in Auckland, close friends of the Clarke household and associated with music and social visits.

1899

Mr HARDWICK

1889

1892

1900

1901

Mrs HARDWICK

1889

Mr HARE

A man of Horninghold involved in transporting or arranging cattle for market.

1862

HARE

A son of Mr Hare of Horninghold who collected sheep bought by his father from Edward Wortley.

1862

Edward James HARPER (born 1855)

Cumberland Hotel proprietor and diver. Died in 1907 when diving for treasure from the SS Elingamite.

1890

1891

1892

1893

1894

1895

1896

1897

1898

1899

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

Mr Joseph HARPER

Joseph (Joe) Harper, Pakiri farmer and husband of Jane Greenwood.

1890

1891

1892

1893

1894

1897

1900

1902

1903

1906

1907

Violet HARPER

A Violet Harper who stayed at Pakiri with Minnie Clarke and attended confirmation classes at Omaha in 1898.

1898

1904

Mr William HARPER (born 1886)

Son of Edward James and Jessie Harper.

1890

1905

1906

1907

Mr Edward (Ted) HARPER (born 1884)

Son of Edward James and Jessie Harper.

1890

1900

1901

1902

1903

1906

1907

Miss Maggie HARPER

Returned from old Mrs Wright’s funeral with Annie Harper, the Dunnings and Clarke on 3 December 1906. The entry does not state her parents or relationship to Annie.

1906

1907

Miss Eva HARPER

Probably a daughter of the Pakiri Harper family.

1906

1907

Harpers

The store at the Cumberland Hotel

1902

1903

Mrs HARRIS

A woman honoured at a farewell social hosted by Kiri Brown in the Omaha Hall in May 1901.

1901

Mr Tom HARRIS

Mr Tom Harris and his wife were visiting the Wallaces on the North Shore when Clarke and Fred called on 17 March 1907.

1907

Mrs HARRIS

Mrs Tom Harris was visiting the Wallaces on the North Shore when Clarke and Fred called on 17 March 1907. A possible match to the Mrs Harris associated with an Omaha farewell in 1901 (#1348), but no connecting evidence is given.

1907

Miss HARRISON

A local young lady who played the organ at church. Lives in Bagworth.

1862

Mr Robert HARRISON

Miss Harrison's brother.

1862

Mr HARRISON

A Shorthorn owner or breeder at Oxndon (?) whose sale was attended by John Clarke.

1862

Harry

Associated with the vessel The Dot

1867

Mr HARTLY

Organised a concert at Pakiri attended by the Clarke daughters and Miss Harding in December 1897.

1897

Mr HARVEY

Lived in the district until he moved to Auckland with his wife in August 1895.

1892

1893

1894

1895

1896

1898

Mrs HARVEY

Wife of Mr Harvey.

1892

1895

HARWOOD

An old schoolfellow of Clarke whose father was a Boston lawyer.

1862

Revd J HASELDEN

Reverend J. Haselden. Clarke refers to him as both 'Mr' and 'Revd'

1888

1890

1891

1892

1893

1894

1895

1896

1897

1907

Mrs HASELDEN

Gave an address during John Birdsall’s funeral at Whangateau.

1907

Alexander John HASKELL (born 1864)

Married Evelyn Sullivan in 1896

1888

1889

1890

1891

1892

1893

1894

1895

1896

1897

1898

1899

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

Mary Anne MATHESON (nee HASKELL) (born 1868)

Alexander Matheson's wife.

1890

1893

1895

1897

1905

1907

Cyrus James HASKELL (born 1899)

Son of Alexander and Evelyn Haskell.

1899

Evelyn HASKELL (nee SULLIVAN) (born 1864)

Alexander Haskell's wife.

1895

1896

1897

1900

Ann HASKELL (nee MATHESON) (born 1823)

Married Cyrus Haskell in 1859. Cyrus died in 1885. They had 3 children, the eldest being Alexander (Alex) John born in 1864 who married Evelyn Sullivan in 1896. The youngest was Mary Anne born in 1868 who married Alexander Matheson in 1893. Ann Haskell died in 1901.

1892

1894

1896

1901

HASKELLS

They owned a neighbouring property. The family consisted of Alex Haskell, his sister Mary Anne (she married Alexander Matheson in 1893), their mother Mrs (Ann) Haskell. The father Cyrus Haskell died in 1885. Alex Haskell married Evelyn Sullivan in 1896.

1891

1892

1893

1894

1895

1896

1897

1900

1901

1903

Revd HASLAM

Revd H. A. HAWKINS

A clergyman who travelled to Omaha on the Kapanui to perform Minnie Clarke and Joe Torkington’s marriage on 27 December 1899 and departed on the same steamer afterwards.

1899

1906

Mr HAWTHORNE

A member of the Hawthorne pair who attended a gathering at Mr Peach's of Stoke Dry with members of the Islip family.

1862

Miss HAWTHORNE

A member of the Hawthorne pair who attended a gathering at Mr Peach's of Stoke Dry with members of the Islip family.

1862

Mr Charles Rae HAY

The rector of Ridlington.

1862

Mr HAY

An evangelist who preached at the Maori Hall in January 1901.

1901

Mrs Sophia HAY

Wife of Mr Hay, the rector.

1862

John HAYNES

A thatcher employed to roof the arbour Clarke was building at Ridlington in November 1862.

1862

Mr George HEALD (born 1880)

Mr Heald of Heald Bros station, situated up the Taurangakautuku River, passed the De Lautours station and passed the Maori 500 acre block. Te Araroa

1903

Mr Harold HEALD (born 1883)

Brother of George Heald. Both brothers own the Heald Bros Station, situated up the Taurangakautuku River, passed the De Lautours station and passed the Maori 500 acre block. Te Araroa.

1903

Mr HEALEY

Visited Ridlington for tea and supper; described as intelligent, amusing and strongly interested in politics.

1862

Miss HEALEY

Visited Ridlington for tea.

1862

Mrs HEALEY

Visited Ridlington with her husband for tea and supper.

1862

George HEDGER

1888

1892

1893

1894

HELLABY

The Hellaby suppliers from whom Clarke obtained blood and bone manure by steamer.

1898

Mr HENDERSON

An occupant of the Matakawa Point run after Majors Pitt and Porter and before the Youngs took possession about 1901.

1903

HENEY

The two young Heney family members who accompanied relieving teacher Mrs Heney to Omaha in September 1898 and joined local activities.

1898

Mrs HENEY

A relieving teacher in place of Miss Sarah Niccol who had lost her voice in September 1898

1898

Mrs HENSHAW

Presented the Omaha Library with a dozen coloured pictures in October 1900.

1900

Hetty

Revd T P HEWLETT

Lives at Mt Eden, Auckland

1889

1890

Mrs HILDRED

Woman at Skegness who hosted tea.

1862

Mrs Mary Ann HILHOUSE (born 1815)

Edward Wortley's widowed sister.

1862

Rev J. HILL

A minister from Devonport who conducted the service opening the new Presbyterian church at Matakana in April 1895.

1895

George HILL

A George Hill who visited Clarke for tea with his father and the Rose Casey engineer Mr Avey before a Hall dance in July 1902.

1902

Mr HILL

Father of George Hill, who accompanied his son and Mr Avey on a visit to Clarke before a Hall dance in July 1902.

1902

Mr Sam HILL

Clarke took a bouquet down to the wharf for Sam Hill on 18 October, when the Kawau and Gael called on their way to Auckland.

1904

1905

1907

Mr HILLS

A soliciter in Auckland

1866

Mrs HILLS

Probably Mrs Walter's sister

1889

1891

Miss HILLS

1891

Mr HILLS

brother in law of Mr Walters

1891

Mr HOBSON

Mr Hobson borrowed Clarke’s horse Empress to ride to Pakiri after the smoke concert on 2 April 1904.

1904

Mr C. HOLDER

Chaired a concert at the Omaha Hall held as a benefit for Mrs Thomas Wyatt in September 1901.

1901

1902

Mr HOLGATE

Owner of the "Kawau", a steam yacht built for pleasure cruises between Auckland and Kawau Island.

1892

1895

Mrs HOLGATE

Wife of Mr Holgate, travelling on his steam yacht the Kawau.

1892

Mr HOLLAND

Clergyman at East Ville Church.

1862

Mr HOLMES

Mr Holmes appears in the list of elders accompanying Revd E. G. Evans to Omaha on 21 October 1906.

1906

Mr HOOD

Owner of an entire horse at Warkworth.

1894

1903

Mr HOOPER

One of the proprietors of a moving-picture show exhibited at the Omaha Hall in December 1900, described in the diary as a Keinomatograph.

1900

Mr HOPKINS

A preacher heard by Clarke at church in Wisbech.

1862

Nathaniel HORSFORD (born 1789)

A newphew of Mary Franks, living at Wing.

1862

Mr HOWARD

One of a married couple heard speaking by Clarke at Wisbech.

1862

Mrs HOWARD

One of a married couple heard speaking by Clarke at Wisbech.

1862

Alfred HUDSON

Husband of Elisabeth (Charles Clarke's sister). They lived in Leicester

1862

1865

Mr HUDSON

A lay reader

1867

Edwin HUDSON

CS Clarke's brother-in-law, married to his sister Jane. He was a hosiery manufacturer.

1862

Mr James HUDSON (born 1784)

The father of Alfred and Edwin Hudson, CS Clarke's brothers in law.

1862

Miss HUDSON

A woman who called at Ridlington with Miss Morris as Clarke was leaving for Cambridgeshire.

1862

Mrs HUDSON (born 1787)

Probably Ann Hudson, the mother of Edwin and Alfred Hudson (Clarkes brothers-in-law).

1862

Mr HUGHES

A Solicitor in Auckland

1865

Professor HUGO

A lecturer who spoke on physiognomy in the Omaha Hall in March 1897.

1897

HUNTER

Lived at/near Tamaki Heads, where the Stag discharged Clarke’s cattle on 10 Nov 1866.

1866

Miss HUTCHINSON

A teacher at the Little Omaha school. She took over from Miss Sarah Niccol and arrived with her mother on September 4th 1900

1900

1901

1902

1903

Mr HUTCHINSON

An official who came to Warkworth when Clarke and other local men were sworn in as Justices of the Peace in September 1897.

1897

1899

Mrs HUTCHINSON

Mother of the new Little Omaha teacher Miss Hutchinson. Accompanied her daughter on arrival by the Kapanui in September 1900.

1900

1905

Miss HUTCHINSON

A sister of the Little Omaha teacher Miss Hutchinson who accompanied her on a visit to Clarke’s household in August 1901.

1901

Mrs Jane HUTTON (born 1784)

A widower who was living in Brentingby in 1861.

1862

William HUTTON (born 1844)

Possibly William Selwyn Hutton, born in India, son of Rev Henry Hutton.

1862

Miss Jane HUTTON (born 1808)

Possibly Jane Hutton, who lived with her mother (also Jane Hutton) in Brentingby in 1861.

1862

Henry HUTTON (born 1837)

Possibly Henry Wyndham Powney Hutton, born in India, son of Rev Henry Hutton.

1862

Wyndham HUTTON (born 1841)

Probably Wyndham J Hutton, son of Rev Henry Hutton. He was born in India and emigrated to New Zealand.

1862

Miss INGRAM

A young woman in the local social circle who visited Ridlington with her two younger brothers.

1862

INGRAM

An Ingram household in the Uppingham-area social circle; Miss Ingram and her younger brothers visited Ridlington earlier in July.

1862

Mr William INGRAM

An Uppingham-area acquaintance who went shooting at Tixover with Edward Wortley and members of the Brown family.

1862

INMAN

Supplied Mr Nicholson with a horse on a month's trial.

1862

Mr Walter ISLIP (born 1834)

A farmer at Allexton who lives in The Hall.

1862

Mr Thomas Pickering ISLIP (born 1833)

A farmer from Cambridgeshire. Brother of "Young Islip" and Mr Islip.

1862

Richard ISLIP (born 1848)

A younger brother of Walter Islip (Mr Islip). Probably Richard Islip.

1862

Miss ISLIP

Walter Islip's sister. He had two unmarried older sisters, Mary and Kate.

1862

Jack

Do not know who Jack was except that he was married and lived at Big Omaha.

1865

Mr JACKSON

Storekeeper at Little Omaha from November 1889 - August 1890.

1889

1890

Mr Samuel JACKSON (born 1861)

Auckland musician who married Mary Eliza Harding at St Paul's Church, Auckland, 18 January 1897.

1893

1897

1905

Mr JAMES

Lived in Avondale

1894

Mrs JAMES

Lived in Avondale

1894

Mr JEFFERSON

A young man who read the lessons at a service conducted by Revd G. Frost in the Omaha Hall in August 1900.

1900

Mr JENKINS

A man from Komokoriki who collected the Agricultural Statistics at Clarke’s home in December 1897.

1897

1899

1900

1904

Miss JENKINSON

A Miss Jenkinson who visited Clarke for tea with Ida Darroch on the evening of a local social in February 1901.

1901

Mr Thomas JENNINGS

Son of Mr G. Jennings. Lives at Te Arai. His wife was Miss Annie Young

1897

Mr G. JENNINGS

Father of Thomas Jennings of Te Arai; Clarke and Charlie Wyatt called at his home during a Road Board inspection in March 1897.

1897

Mr Willie JENNINGS

Willie Jennings called for a marriage certificate on 5 September and married Violet Harper at Pakiri on 7 September.

1904

Mrs Annie JENNINGS (nee YOUNG)

Wife of Thomas Jennings of Te Arai, formerly Miss Annie Young; Clarke and Charlie Wyatt dined at their home during a Road Board inspection in March 1897.

1897

Mr JEPSON

A student who conducted an Omaha Hall service in place of Mr French when French’s wife was ill in June 1901.

1901

1902

John

Known as John the Portuguese. Is captain of the Ono

1865

Dr JOHNSON

Dr Johnson is included in a story told by Middlewood Kirkbride to Clarke

1866

Miss JOHNSON

Miss Johnson was staying at Ti Point and visited the Clarkes with Charlie Mayall on 20 February 1905. They picked blackberries and took plums back with them.

1905

Constable JOHNSON

Attended the inquest on Amy Frearson on 22 November 1905.

1905

Revd JOHNSTON

Revd W. H. JOHNSTON

Incumbent of St Barnabas, Mount Eden, who visited Omaha and conducted a service in October 1892.

1892

Mr JOLL

Minister at Friskney Wesleyan Chapel.

1862

Black Charlie JONES

Captain of several ships that brought goods to Omaha, including the "Dot", the "Agnes" and the "Stag". From Shipping records, his surname was Jones. CSC refers to him as Black Charlie or just Charlie.

1865

1866

Mr & Mrs JONES

1888

Mr JONES

Auckland tradesman or firm to whom Clarke took a bullock collar for re-covering on 11 May 1904.

1904

Mrs JONES

Of Takatu Point - sold the Clarkes a Romney ram.

1907

Revd JORY

Revd Jory, described as the new Wesleyan minister, held the afternoon service in the Omaha hall on 29 April 1906. Clarke and Jane attended.

1906

1907

Joseph

A person at Peatling who drove Clarke to Countesthorpe Station on 18 August 1862.

1862

Miss KEARY

1891

Mr KELLY

The constable from Awanui who stayed at McLachlan’s Te Araroa hotel and sang several songs on the evening of 24 July 1903.

1903

Angus KEMPT

Son of Alexander Kempt.

1865

1866

1900

Alexander (Alex) KEMPT

The Senior Alexander Kempt. Died in 1876. Two of his sons, Donald and Duncan, were lost aboard the William Pope in 1861

1866

1893

1895

1900

Mrs Catherine MCKENZIE (nee KEMPT)

A Kempt daughter who travelled to Auckland with Alexander (“Alic”) McKenzie on 15 May 1866 to get married.

1865

1866

1902

1904

Margaret KNAGGS (nee KEMPT)

Hector McGuire had apparently been expected to marry her but instead married Miss McLeod; by Jul 1867 Margaret had married Thomas Knaggs, and the couple came to the district to settle.

1865

1866

1867

1895

1896

1899

1900

1905

Miss KEMPT

A young Kempt lady who was close friends with CS Clarke's children.

1894

1897

1898

1899

1900

1901

1904

John KEMPT

John Kempt owned a block of land adjacent to Clarkes in the 1860s. He married Annie and they lived at Waipu in their later years. John Kempt died in Auckland Hospital, Oct 1907. Annie died in 1902.

1866

1867

1902

1907

Alexander KEMPT (born 1831)

Son of Alexander Kempt Snr.

1866

1888

1889

1890

1894

1897

1900

1901

1902

1906

1907

Miss Jessie KEMPT (born 1830)

Died 20th November 1889

1889

Ellen Marjory Margaret Agnes MATHESON (nee KEMPT) (born 1875)

Wife of Duncan John Matheson, son of Angus Matheson

1893

1894

1907

Daniel KEMPT

Eldest son of Alexander Kempt. Father of William Daniel Kempt who was born 1886

1890

1891

1895

1896

1897

1898

1899

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1907

Alexander Duncan (Alister) KEMPT (born 1869)

Third son of Alexander Kempt. He died in Auckland Hospital in 1892 after an illness of several months.

1892

William Daniel KEMPT (born 1886)

See BDM online. Father was Daniel. Mother was Harriet

Isabella KNAGGS (nee KEMPT)

Wife of George Knaggs, married in 1866. Died in 1915.

1865

1866

1902

1905

1907

Mr Duncan KEMPT

The deceased husband of Old Mrs Kempt and father of the Kempt girls; he had died a few months before July 1865.

1865

Mrs Annie KEMPT

Wife of John Kempt, formerly resident at Omaha and later at Waipu, whose death was reported to Clarke in September 1902.

1902

1907

Miss Johanna KEMPT

A Kempt daughter. See also Miss Kempts.

1907

Mrs Mary KEMPT (nee MORRISON)

An older Mrs Kemp at Little Omaha, mother of the Kemp girls and widow of a Duncan Kempty who had died a few months before her own death in July 1865.

1865

Miss KEMPTS

Collective entry for the unmarried Kempt women who visited Clarke’s household; individual members are not specified in the plural reference. There were 4 unmarried Kempt daughters in 1894, Ellen, Johanna, Florence and Mary.

1894

KEMPTS

The Kempt household in the Omaha social circle, visited by the Clarke family and their friends.

1898

1899

1901

1902

1904

1905

Mr KENSINGTON

unknown

1888

KETTLES

A family or household at Wyfordby visited by Clarke and Willie Hutton.

1862

John KEWENE

Carried out work at Ti Point inspected by Clarke and Charlie Wyatt for the Road Board in April 1898.

1898

Mary KEWENE

A Mary Kewene whose household the Clarke daughters visited.

1898

Mr KING

Husband of Mrs King whom C S Clarke cites as "my friend Mrs King of Brookville"

1865

Mrs KING

Friend of C S Clarke. Lives in Auckland and came from Brookville

1865

Mr J. M. KING

Mr J. M. King, JP, acted as coroner at Amy Frearson’s inquest on 22 November 1905.

1905

Middlewood KIRKBRIDE

After leaving Little Omaha, he bought a farm at Mangere, Was a lay reader and became Vicar of Mangere. A good friend of Clarke's.

1865

1866

1867

1888

1889

1900

Matthew Middlewood KIRKBRIDE

The second son of Mrs Kirkbride and a close social companion of Clarke's early years in New Zealand. In 1902 he defeated O'Rorke for the parliamentary representation of Manukau, which he represented till his death (on 4 Nov 1906). See Wikipedia

1866

1889

1892

1896

1903

1906

Mrs Frances PICKEN (nee KIRKBRIDE)

Frances was the only daughter in the Kirkbride family. She married Captain Picken.

1866

1867

Mrs Faith KIRKBRIDE (nee MIDDLEWOOD)

Widowed mother of three sons and a daughter at Little Omaha; close acquaintance of CS Clarke - sold him butter, lent him books, hosted cricket, cards and social evenings and later religious services at her house.

1865

1866

1867

KIRKBRIDES

The Kirkbride family home at Little Omaha. The family consisted of a widowed mother and three sons and one daughter.

1865

1866

Mr KIRKBY

A hunting acquaintance whom Clarke encountered with the hounds.

1862

Willie KIRKBY

A hunting acquaintance whom Clarke encountered at Leesthorpe.

1862

George William KNAGGS (born 1841)

A local neighbour/settler closely involved with Clarke and the farm; Married Isabella Kempt in 1866. Died 1914 Leigh.

1866

1867

1889

1890

1891

1892

1893

1894

1896

1897

1899

1900

1901

1903

1905

1906

1907

Thomas Wilson KNAGGS

The elder of the senior Knaggs brothers, so probably who is referred to as "Mr Knaggs". Married Margaret Kempt in 1867. Thomas Wilson Knaggs was also the name of one of George Knaggs' sons, who he seems to refer to as just Wilson Knaggs.

1867

1888

1889

1890

1891

1892

1893

1894

1895

1896

1897

1898

1899

1900

1902

1904

1905

Duncan William KNAGGS (born 1868)

Son of George and Isabella Knaggs. Probably lived at Ti Point. Married Eva Clara Rollinson on 25 May 1891 (Online BDM 1891/250)

1888

1889

1890

1891

1892

1893

1894

1897

1899

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

Wilson KNAGGS

This is probably Thomas Wilson Knaggs, son of George and Isabella Knaggs.

1896

1897

1900

1904

1906

Richard John KNAGGS (born 1870)

Married Miss Anna Wilhelmina Caroline Zanders 27 July 1898, probably at Ti Point. She was born 1875, died 1912 There was a house marked 'Zander's House' situated quite close to the actual point at Ti Point. See the "Portion of Parish of Omaha" maps 1887.

1898

1904

1911

John Blythe KNAGGS (born 1900)

Son of Duncan and Eva Knaggs. Born 24 July 1900 BDM online registration number 1900/6008

1900

Mr J. W. KNAGGS

Leonard Gilbert KNAGGS (born 1901)

First child of Duncan and Eva Knaggs who probably lived at Ti Point

1901

Connie KNAGGS

Presumably the daughter of Duncan and Eva Knaggs.

1904

1907

Eva Clara KNAGGS (nee ROLLINSON)

Duncan Knaggs' wife. Died June 1912 from an illness following childbirth.

1891

1892

1893

1896

1898

1900

1901

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

1911

Mrs Anna Wilhelmina Caroline KNAGGS (nee ZANDERS) (born 1875)

Wife of Richard John Knaggs; born Anna Wilhelmina Caroline Zanders and married him in July 1898.

1899

Mrs KNAGGS

Mrs Wilson Knaggs.

1906

Elizabeth Jane WYATT (nee KNIGHT) (born 1842)

Wife of John Wyatt (John the younger). She had 12 children. Often referred to as "Aunt Jane", as she was the aunt of CS Clarke's children.

1865

1889

1892

1895

1898

1900

1903

1905

1906

1907

1910

Mr George KNIGHTLY

George Knightly visited Minnie’s household at Ti Point with his wife on 24 July 1904.

1904

1905

Mrs KNIGHTLY

Wife of George Knightly, visiting Minnie’s household at Ti Point on 24 July 1904.

1904

1905

1906

Mrs Isabel KNOWLES

The school teacher from August 1917 who came to Leigh with her three children and her mother. She wrote and recited a poem in honour of CS Clarke called "The Early Settlers" at Willie and Grace's send off in 1920.

Miss LABOURN (nee TIPLADY)

Married Mark Labourn

1897

Mr LAILBY

Associated with a hunt meeting at Allexton.

1862

Mrs LANE

unknown

1889

Mr W LANE

unknown

1888

1889

1890

1892

1893

1898

Mr LANG

A representative of Donald & Eninborough who took Clarke’s order for one hundred fruit cases in November 1901.

1901

1902

Mr R. LANKEY

A deceased man whose funeral was held at Matakana on Good Friday, 5 April 1901.

1901

Arthur LARKINS

Unknown

1888

Mr C. LAROCHE

A newspaper promoter who called on Clarke while preparing to start the weekly Rodney County Times at Warkworth; Clarke became a subscriber.

1901

Mr Ernest LATHAM

Charles Clarke's great nephew who visited Clarke in 1892. Son of Emily Frances Parkes and Samuel Latham. Emily Frances Parkes was the daughter of CS Clarke's sister Sarah Dorothy Clarke.

1892

Charles LATHAM

Seen at the Leesthorpe steeple-chases.

1862

Mr LATIMER

A preacher who conducted a service at the Omaha Hall in November 1901.

1901

Revd F. LATTER

Clergyman

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

Mrs LATTER

Wife of Revd Latter, living in Ponsonby Road when Clarke visited on 13 May 1904.

1904

Mr LAUCHAU

1890

Revd J LAW

Weslyan clergyman

1862

1893

1894

1895

LAWSON

Gave plants to the Ridlington household.

1862

Adam LAYBOURN

The Adam Laybourn estate

1888

1889

Mr Mark LAYBOURN

Married Miss Tiplady whom Clarke knew prior to meeting he again as Mrs Laybourn

1897

Mrs LAYBOURN

Wife of Adam Laybourn; travelled with him to Omaha in January 1889.

1889

Mr T. LAYBURN

A supplier from whom Clarke ordered flour and woolpacks in October 1889.

1889

Mr C E LEEDS

From Matakana. A banker? Possibly an election official.

1896

1897

1898

1902

Mrs LEEDS

Wife of Mr C. E. Leeds, who accompanied him in explaining the proposed Medical Club to Omaha settlers in July 1898.

1898

1900

Miss LEEDS

An unmarried woman of the Leeds family who performed at the Omaha exhibition concert in December 1900; her first name is unresolved.

1900

Mr LEGGE

1889

Mr LEICESTER

A man at Manton from whom Edward Wortley bought a bullock.

1862

Mr LEPPER

unknown

1889

Jack LEWIS

A visiting singer who arrived on the Claymore and sang several songs at the Omaha social on 2 December 1903.

1903

Miss LIDDELL

Attended an Auckland social gathering at Mr Greenwood's with Mr Liddell.

1867

Mr LIDDELL

Carpenter by trade, living at O’Neill’s Point, and about to go into partnership with Andrew Goldie in Jan 1867.

1867

Mr LIDDELL

The storekeeper at Te Araroa. He is a bachelor.

1903

Mr LINNEY

A man of Thithelton who came with Mr Pickering to value Mr Reeve's old farm.

1862

LIPPIATT

The Lippiatt suppliers from whom Mr Whittaker ordered peach trees for Clarke in 1899.

1899

Mr LIVOCK

Lived at Dacres Claim

1889

Miss Ellen LLOYD (born 1874)

Known as Nellie. She was born in 1874 and died in 1960. Never married. For around 50 years she lived alone in the old farming cottage across the road from Joe and Minnie Torkington at Ti Point.

1893

1897

1899

1902

1904

1913

Miss LLOYD

Friend of Grace Clarkes ie Willie's wife. No relation of the Lloyds at Ti Point.

1911

Captain William LLOYD (born 1844)

The father of Ellen (Nellie) Lloyd and Mary Lloyd. The Loyd family lived opposite Joe and Minnies property on Ti Point road. Captain Lloyd died in 1912 and his wife a few years later.

1896

1902

1905

1906

Mrs LLOYD

The mother of Ellen (Nellie) Lloyd. Mrs Lloyd died about 1914. Lloyds house and property was situated opposite Joe and Minnies property on Ti Point road.

1896

1897

1899

1901

1903

LLOYDS

The Lloyd household at Ti Point, opposite the Torkington home, which supplied Clarke with eggs for setting and exchanged local visits.

1901

Mr LONGHURST

A clergyman who officiated at Bruntingthorpe and was brother to the former owner of Peatling Hall.

1862

Mr LONGHURST

Former owner of Peatling Hall and brother of the clergyman who officiated at Bruntingthorpe.

1862

Mr LOTHIAN

1890

Mr LOVEROCKS

Lives in Edwards St, Auckland

1865

Mr LUCUS

A man near Walton whose house Clarke visited; he grew notably fine grapes.

1862

Miss LUKE

The housekeeper of Mr Liddell, the bachelor storekeeper at Te Araroa, described during Clarke’s dinner visit on 27 July 1903.

1903

Mr LUKIN

Clergyman at Friskney Church.

1862

Revd W. E. LUSH

Clergyman

1898

Mr LYTHALL

An old pupil of Mr Wortley who had a farm near Banbury.

1862

Lord LYVEDEN

A nobleman present at the Northamptonshire Agricultural Society's Stamford Show in July 1862.

1862

E. J. MACFARLANE

The clergyman who officiated and preached at St Barnabas Church in Auckland on 8 March 1903, when Clarke attended.

1903

Mr MACILWAIN

Mr Macilwain gave Clarke a Herald containing a full account of the election while the Kawau called at Omaha on 7 December 1905.

1905

Dr MACKELLOR

1890

1894

Mr Alexander MACKENZIE

A piper brought by Miss McKenzie to spend an evening at Clarke’s home in December 1901, when he played the pipes.

1901

Revd MACKIE

A Presbyterian minister on trial at Warkworth.

1907

Mr MAIMBURG

Henry MAITLAND (born 1842)

First husband of Joanna Matheson

1902

Johanna MAITLAND (nee MATHESON) (born 1827)

Johanna Matheson was the daughter of Alexander and Margaret Matheson. She married Henry Maitland in 1868 with whom she had 2 children between 1863 and 1870. Henry Maitland died in 1884 and Johanna re married George McKay in 1888. She died in Auckland in 1902.

1902

Mr MALIN

An Auckland social acquaintance present at a dinner at Reader Wood's.

1866

Miss MALIN

An Auckland social acquaintance present at a dinner at Reader Wood's.

1866

Mr Francis MANDER

A candidate for the Marsden electorate who addressed Omaha electors in October 1902, received the local Farmers Union’s support and won the local poll recorded by Clarke in November.

1902

1905

1906

Thomas MANTON

A farm worker at Ridlington who ploughed and harrowed fields during 1862.

1862

John MANTON

A farm worker who split back ridges in First Close.

1862

Robert MANTON

A farm worker ploughing the Second Dale with Tom and John Manton in September 1862.

1862

MARSHALL

Mr & Mrs and family

1867

Mr MARSHALL

He owned a saw mill at the junction of Queen & Grey St, Auckland.

1866

Revd G. T. MARSHALL

Wesleyan Minister

1902

1903

1904

1905

Mary

A woman at Langton whom Clarke repeatedly visited or stopped with while travelling between Ridlington and Peatling.

1862

Mr MASEFIELD

1895

1896

1897

1898

MASEFIELD

The household of Mr Masefield and his wife, formerly Miss Copeland, who married in June 1896 and moved into Mr Harvey’s former house.

1896

1897

Mr William Ferguson MASSEY (born 1856)

Parliament candidate and victor of the by-election for the electorate of Waitemata in 1894. Served as the 19th prime minister of New Zealand from May 1912 to May 1925

1894

Mr MASSEY

A Whangarei acquaintance who formerly lived with Mr Fordham and directed Clarke to the Wrights at Vinelands on the Kamo Road on 31 July 1903.

1903

MASSON

A visitor who stayed overnight with Clarke after the fishing excursion and left on the Claymore for Christmas holidays on 17 December 1902, earlier than usual because of illness among the children.

1902

Revd J J MATHER

1888

1889

1890

Angus MATHESON (born 1825)

Second son of Ewen and Isabella Matheson and brother of Duncan Matheson. They sailed the Immigrant ship Spray from Nova Scotia to NZ. Both brothers settled and raised families at Mathesons Bay near Leigh. Died in 1887.

1866

1867

Duncan MATHESON (born 1822)

Eldest son of Ewen and Isabella Matheson and brother of Angus Matheson. They sailed the Immigrant ship Spray from Nova Scotia to NZ. Both brothers settled and raised families at Mathesons Bay near Leigh

1865

1866

1888

1889

1891

Alexander MATHESON (born 1856)

The eldest son and second child of Angus and Jessie Matheson, ie Christina's eldest brother. Owned (or was given or inherited) the block of Matheson land near Goat Island and Cape Rodney. Married Mary Anne Haskell, daughter of Cryus Haskell and Anne Matheson on 30 March 1893. Alex & Mary's children included Angus Matheson who died at Trentham, Cyrus Matheson killed in France during WW1, Annie Whalen, Alexander Jessie Matheson (Sandy), Jessie Birdsall, Roderick Douglas Matheson (Roddy), Rosa Mary Haskell Matheson (Rosa).

1888

1889

1892

1893

1894

1896

1897

1898

1899

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1907

Norman McLeod MATHESON (born 1864)

Sixth child and second son of Angus and Jessie Matheson. Married Mary Bond about 1895 and had 6 children.

1888

1894

1895

1901

1902

1904

1905

1907

1911

Roderick MATHESON (born 1871)

A son of Angus Matheson. He died about 1940

1888

1891

1893

1896

1897

1898

Mrs Jessie MATHESON (nee MATHESON) (born 1834)

Wife of Angus Matheson. Lived at Matheson's Bay. Died in 1900. Had 11 children between years about 1854 and 1887.

1889

1897

1900

Duncan John MATHESON (born 1869)

Sixth child and third son of Angus Matheson

1888

1894

1905

1907

Roderick MATHESON (born 1861)

A son of Duncan Mathesons. He married Eva Cordelia Meiklejohn in 1894. He died 1915

1898

1901

Ian Meiklejohn MATHESON (born 1898)

Born 11 January 1898. Father was Roderick Matheson. Mother was Eva Cordelia Matheson Nee Meiklejohn.

1898

Miss Margaret (Peggy) MATHESON (born 1815)

Born about 1815. Sister of Jessie Matheson, sister in law of Angus Matheson. She never married. Known as Old Miss Matheson or Aunt Peggy. Died early on 16 October 1899.

1897

1899

Mrs Christina SMITH (nee MATHESON) (born 1861)

Paternal Grandmother of Vern Smith. Married John Smith. The Smith family lived at Ti Point and moved to Auckland in August 1898

1896

1898

Miss Christina Ann MATHESON (born 1863)

Daughter of Duncan & Catherine Matheson. Was known as Christy and also as Aunty Chris. Never married. Lived with her mother at Matheson Bay. Later moved to Kamo

1899

1901

1910

Annie Catherine WHALEN (nee MATHESON) (born 1897)

Married Frank Whalen in 1922

Alexander Jesse MATHESON (born 1900)

Known as Sandy, he was the fourth child of Alexander Matheson who in turn was the second child of Angus Matheson. Sandy married Agnes Torkington in 1926

Mrs Margaret NEELEY (nee MATHESON) (born 1859)

Wife of Mr Willliam Neeley. They had 10 children between 1884 and 1901. She died 1923

1898

1900

1901

Miss MATHESON

Led singing at the Omaha church service in the absence of Miss Greenwood. Perhaps Christy Matheson.

1892

1893

Agnes Mary MATHESON (nee TORKINGTON) (born 1903)

Second daughter of Joe & Minnie Torkington and Charles Clarke's granddaughter. Married Alexander Jesse Matheson (Sandy) 1926

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

1911

Frances Eileen MATHESON (nee TORKINGTON) (born 1908)

Fourth child of Joe & Minnie Torkington and Charles Clarkes grand daughter. Married Roderick Douglas Matheson 1927 and had eight children. Died 1988

Mrs Eva Cordelia MATHESON (nee MEIKLEJOHN)

Wife of Roderick Matheson, formerly Eva Cordelia Meiklejohn, whose household received visits from Jane Clarke and her friends.

1901

MATHESONS

The Matheson household.

1903

1906

1907

MATHESONS BAY

1865

1892

1893

MATHESONS PROPERTY

1865

1888

1890

1891

1892

1893

1894

1895

1896

1897

1899

1903

Mr Sandy MATTHEW

An acquaintance of Clarke, known as Sandy Matthew, who visited socially and attended local shows.

1867

1888

1891

1896

1897

1906

Mr Charles MATTHEW

Lived at Warkworth or possibly Matakana

1894

1895

1896

1899

Mr MATTHEWS

Lived at Big Omaha.

1892

1898

Miss MAUNDER

Unknown

1902

May

unknown

1889

Charlie MAYALL

Friend of the Simpsons in Ponsonby

1901

1903

1904

1905

1906

Henry MAYES

A drainage and harvest worker employed on the Ridlington and Allexton land during 1862.

1862

Mr MAYOS

Lived at Drury

1889

Ernest MCCARTHY

Died at Little Barrier Island

1892

Dr MCCREADIE

Summoned for Amy Frearson on 21 November 1905, but she died before he arrived. He gave medical evidence at her inquest on 22 November 1905.

1905

Maggie MCDAVETT

A young woman in the Clarke, Harper and Dunning social circle who visited Clarke for tea with Annie Harper and May Dunning in March 1901.

1901

P MCDEVIT

1894

Mr P. MCDEVITT

Elected to represent Dacre's Claim on the School Committee in April 1891.

1891

Mr MCDONALD

Accompanied Mr Witten on 23 Jul 1867 when they brought home beef Clarke had bought, using Clarke’s horse and McDonald’s mare.

1867

1897

Mrs MCDONALD

A Mrs McDonald who arrived at Omaha by steamer with Mrs Harper and her baby in November 1898.

1898

Mrs Jane MEIKLEJOHN (nee MCGECHIE)

1888

Miss MCGILL

1895

1896

1897

Captain Alexander MCGREGOR

Captain and founder and owner of the McGregor Steam Ship Co. Died in January 1901. NZ Herald 14 Jan 1901 ...Messrs William and Malcolm G. McGregor are sons. ...Allen and Roy McGregor are grandsons. ...John McGregor is a brother. ...Alexander McGregor is a cousin.

Mr William Alexander MCGREGOR

Manager of the McGregor Steamship Co, son of Captain McGregor.

1891

1892

1894

1897

1898

1902

1903

1904

Miss MCGREGOR

A visitor in the Ridlington social circle who travelled to London with Mrs Edward, Mrs Hilhouse and Mary in July 1862.

1862

Captain MCGREGOR

Captain aboard the Rose Casey during its Big Omaha call in October 1892. Is this Captain Alexander McGregor of the Steam Ship Co.?

1892

Mr Malcom MCGREGOR

Son of Captain Alexander McGregor.

1902

Hector MCGUIRE

A shipbuilder living on the shipwrights’ flat, where in 1865 he began building another vessel. By Aug 1866 he had married Miss McLeod.

1865

1866

Mr MCKEE

1893

Miss MCKENZIE

From Waipu. Christened the Banshee.

1865

1901

Captain Kenneth MCKENZIE (born 1825)

A local who owned and captained the schooner Isabella. A cousin of "Red" Kenneth McKenzie. Clarke once refers to him as "Johnny" - perhaps mistakenly. He was known in the maritime industry as 'Kenny Omaha'.

1865

1866

1867

Kenneth (Red Kenneth) MCKENZIE

Known as Red Kenneth. Clarke bought 80 acres of land from him in 1866, after which he went to live in Waipu. Captain McKenzie's cousin.

1865

1866

1867

Mr Dan MCKENZIE

Perhaps married in early 1901. See diary entry 14 May 1901

1891

1901

1907

Mary Liley WALPOLE (nee MCKENZIE) (born 1868)

A daughter of Alexander McKenzie and Catherine Kempt who married Michael Walpole in 1899.

1889

1891

1893

1902

Joanna MCKENZIE (born 1870)

A daughter of Alexander McKenzie and Catherine Kempt.

1889

1890

1903

1905

1906

A MCKENZIE

1890

1891

Alexander MCKENZIE (born 1825)

Married Catherine Kempt

1866

1902

1905

1906

MCKENZIE

Brother of Captain Johnny McKenzie; travelled with him from Little Omaha to Auckland in a clinker boat.

1865

Georgie MCKENZIE

A person associated with the local McKenzie household who helped Joe Wyatt bring one of Clarke's cows home.

1866

Miss Mary Lily MCKENZIE (born 1868)

Deprecated. Use #398

Mr Daniel MCKENZIE

Broke his arm in a fall from a horse at Omaha in November 1892.

1892

Mrs MCKENZIE

The newly married wife of Dan McKenzie, who arrived with him by the Rose Casey in May 1901; her personal and maiden names are unresolved.

1901

Captain George MCKENZIE

Captain George McKenzie’s Devonport home was opposite Mrs Sutherland’s. Clarke had afternoon tea there on 16 March 1905.

1905

Mrs MCKENZIE

A Mrs McKenzie at Little Omaha with whom Miss McLeod was staying; probably the wife of the local Mr or Captain McKenzie.

1866

Mrs MCKENZIE

Mrs McKenzie junior had afternoon tea with Clarke at Captain George McKenzie’s on 16 March 1905.

1905

1906

MCKENZIES

A local McKenzie household where Clarke witnessed a married couple’s signatures for old-age pension business in June 1902.

1902

1903

Revd Robert MCKINNEY

A much respected and energetic minister who carried out his work in Warkworth from 1856 until retirement in 1904. Died in 1905.

1866

1888

1889

1890

1891

1892

1893

1894

1895

1896

1897

1898

1899

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

Mr MCKINNEY

Mr McKinney appears in the list of elders accompanying Revd E. G. Evans on 21 October 1906.

1906

Mrs MCKINNON

Purchased Clarke's land on the hill, 55 acres for £27 . 10 . 0.

1891

1900

1906

Roderick MCKINNON

A man called Roddie McKinnon who went fishing with Willie Clarke and Walter Frearson on 29 August 1903.

1903

1907

Captain MCKINVAN

Captain of the steamer ??

1902

Captain MCKINVEN

A ships officer on one of the steamers that called in to Leigh.

1891

1901

Mr MCLACHLAN

Hotel keeper at Te Araroa. He has a son called Oliver.

1903

1907

Oliver MCLACHLAN

Son of Mr McLachlan the Hotel keeper at Te Araroa. Oliver seems to run the McLachlan Station at Pukeamaru

1903

1907

Mr MCLAUGHLIN

1890

Mr MCLEAN

A passenger on board the ferry

1866

John MCLEOD

Tendered to build a new church / school.

1866

Murdoch MCLEOD

Shipwright/caulker working on the vessel on the Little Omaha beach in Dec 1866. His home was at Waipu; he borrowed Clarke’s horse to go there for Christmas.

1866

Miss MCLEOD

A young woman who had been staying with Mrs McKenzie. Hector McGuire married her in Auckland in August 1866; Clarke notes on 30 Aug that Hector had married her rather than Margaret Kempt.

1866

1901

Miss MCLEOD

A McLeod woman who visited the Clarke household with Williams, Darroch and Gravatt acquaintances after a cricket match in April 1897.

1897

Trooper Rona MCLEOD

A McLeod trooper from Warkworth who attended the welcome for Jim Sadler; probably the Rona McLeod who visited Clarke for dinner the following day.

1902

Mr John MCLEOD

The chairman of the Friendly Societies gathering at Auckland’s Drill Hall on 2 August 1903, attended by the Governor and Bishop Neligan.

1903

Mr MCLIVER

Has a sawmill somewhere on the new road to Pakiri

1865

Revd MCMURRAY

Clergyman at St Marys , Parnell

1897

1899

Mr A. MCNEILL

A representative of the Egg & Poultry Company.

1906

Mr MCQUARRY

A Little Omaha acquaintance who received spars, gave Clarke guano and sold him planks during 1867.

1866

1867

Mrs MCQUARRY

Wife of Mr McQuarry, a Little Omaha acquaintance. She travelled between Auckland and Omaha on coastal vessels and appears socially with her husband in 1866–67.

1866

1867

Revd J. T. MCWILLIAM

Revd J. T. McWilliam stayed with Clarke from 7 July 1904 and conducted services at Pakiri, Omaha and Dacres Claim before leaving on 12 July.

1904

1905

1906

1907

Mr MEIKLEJOHN

Lived in Big Omaha. This was probably John, though its possible it was Jim. See website http://bomht.org/ for history of the Meiklejohn family.

1865

1866

1867

Alexander MEIKLEJOHN

A local from the Meiklejohn family.

1867

1890

1895

1901

Mr Septimus MEIKLEJOHN (born 1847)

A Big Omaha shipbuilder, mariner and orchardist, and a son of James Strange and Catherine Meiklejohn. He was closely associated with Lake Erie (1873), regarded as New Zealand’s first sailing scow, and later served on the Matakana West Road Board and in local agricultural and shipping organisations. He and his wife Jane (née McGechie) lived at Fern Glen, where Clarke visited their orchard in February 1892. Their youngest son Evan Verner Roy died there that June.

1888

1892

1903

1907

Mr John MEIKLEJOHN (born 1834)

Son of James Strange Meiklejohn. He married Cordelia Alley and they had 10 children. He died 5 Nov 1902

1890

1891

1892

1893

1902

Mr W MEIKLEJOHN

1890

Edgar MEIKLEJOHN (born 1875)

10th child of James Strange & Catherine Meiklejohn Married Stella McLeod

1891

1914

Mr Heber MEIKLEJOHN (born 1861)

Married Martha Nahor Dunning about 1887 and they had 3 children. Martha died about 1894. Heber married again to Janet Maud Serjeant in 1901 and they had 1 child.

1891

1900

1901

Kate MEIKLEJOHN

1897

Miss Nellie MEIKLEJOHN

1900

William Alfred Douglas MEIKLEJOHN (born 1864)

Possibly this is the Wm Meiklejohn associated with the Matakana butter factory.

1902

Mrs MEIKLEJOHN

Probably the wife of Alexander Meiklejohn, whose marriage was celebrated at Dacre’s Claim in July 1895; visited by Minnie and Jane Clarke in February 1896.

1896

Leslie MEIKLEJOHN

Elected to the committee managing the Dacres Claim Domain in July 1897.

Robert MEIKLEJOHN

A Robert Meiklejohn who attended a card party at Miss Niccol’s with Clarke and local friends in November 1898.

1898

1905

Mrs MEIKLEJOHN

Wife of Robert Meiklejohn, living in the Big Omaha social circle and visited by Jane Clarke with Mrs Heber Meiklejohn in April 1902.

1902

Janet Maud MEIKLEJOHN (nee SERJEANT)

Married Heber Meiklejohn about Sept 1901 and they had 1 child, Serjeant Frederick.

1901

1902

Dame Nellie MELBA (born 1861)

Dame Nellie Melba GBE was an Australian operatic soprano.

1903

MENNIE

Associated with Mennie & Dey, to whom Clarke consigned plums.

1898

Captain MEUETT

Commanded the Kawau on 4 August 1905.

1905

Mr MILLER

Shipped his goods and moved with his family to Helena Bay in June 1892.

1888

1890

1891

1892

MILLER

Associated with Cruikshank & Miller, to whom Clarke sent a registered letter.

1897

1898

Mrs Emily WYATT (nee MILLS) (born 1852)

Emily Mills married Joseph Wyatt

1891

1892

1893

1896

1898

Mrs T MILLS

Probably a relation of Emily Mills who married Joseph Wyatt

1891

1905

Miss MILLS

Maybe a sister of Emily Mills who married Joseph Wyatt.

1891

1893

1897

1898

1901

1905

Sam MILLS

1895

MILLS

A Mills acquaintance with unknown first name who helped Clarke pick Orleans plums with Joe Wyatt, Albert Wyatt and Beckie Brown in February 1898.

1898

Bella MILLS

A Bella Mills who visited Clarke for tea with Mabel Wyatt in May 1901; her formal first name and precise family relationship are unresolved.

1901

Mr MINCHIN

Mr Minchin, a parliamentary candidate, addressed electors at the Omaha Public Hall on 23 October 1905. Clarke and Jane attended.

1905

William MIREHOUSE (born 1842)

William Mirehouse was the Licensee of the Accommodation House at Little Omaha. He died August 1889.

1888

1889

Mrs Mary Ann MIREHOUSE (nee PETTERSON)

Wife of William Mirehouse.

1889

Miss MITCHELL

Miss Michell seems to have been a companion to Miss Sarah Niccol who also provided domestic help for Sarah.

1898

1899

1900

Mr MITTON

A farmer and frequent social acquaintance of the Ridlington household. His farm comprised about 300 acres, of which only about 70 were ploughed; Clarke and Nicholson toured it in May 1862 and were very impressed with it.

1862

Mr William MOAT

MP for Rodney from 1884 to 1890.

1888

Charlie MOLLER

Captain of the "Stag" in late 1866.

1866

1867

Mr Richard MONK

Represented the Waitemata electorate from the 1886 by-election after the death of William John Hurst to 1890 when he was defeated by Jackson Palmer

1893

1896

1899

1900

Mr Thomas Stewart MONKHOUSE

Came over from England in 1863 with 2 or 3 children. Lived in Little Omaha on flat land near the beach. They also had a land grant next to Kempts 80 acres. Mr Monkhouse was a scenic artist and also painted sets for theatres in Thames. After a few years they returned to England leaving their residence in the possession of Joe Battersby, their manservant.

1865

1866

1867

Joe MONKHOUSE

One of the Monkhouse sons?

Mrs Ellen MONKHOUSE

Wife of Thomas Stewart Monkhouse.

1865

1866

Earle MONTGOMERY

Unknown

1888

Mr MOODY

Seems to be associated with Miss Harding Mentioned in the diary on 7th Mar and 22 July, 1900

1900

1903

1905

Mrs MOODY

Mrs Moody came for tea with her husband on 9 February 1905 and left for Auckland by the Gael on 10 February 1905.

1905

1906

Mr Geo MOOR

A valuer and also a preacher?

1888

1889

1890

1891

1897

Mr MOREHOUSE

unknown

1888

Mr J MORGAN

First name Jac ?? A Matakana orchard owner who hosted Clarke for dinner in February 1896; distinct from the older Mr Morgan whose death was recorded in August 1894.

1890

1894

1896

Mr James MORGAN

A Matakana orchard owner who hosted Clarke for dinner in February 1896; distinct from the older Mr Morgan whose death was recorded in August 1894.

Mr Archie MORLEY

Mr Archie Morley sold fish to Clarke at the wharf on 12 November 1907.

1907

Miss MORRIS

A Miss Morris or Morriss associated with Luffenham who visited Ridlington and hosted Janie and Edwin.

1862

Sarah Anne MORRIS / WILLETTS (nee WYATT) (born 1870)

Fifth child of John Wyatt (John the younger) Married David Joseph Morris 17 Feb 1897 (BDM)

1891

1892

1894

1896

Mr Edward MORRISON

Orchardist. Lived in Warkworth

1888

1890

1893

1894

1897

1898

1900

1903

1905

Mrs MORRISON

Married to Mr Morrison the orchardist.

1894

1898

1900

Miss MORTIMER

Lives in Ponsonby, Auckland

1901

1903

Mr MORTIMER

A member of a Mortimer couple who attended a service at Omaha and spent the day at Clarke’s home with their daughter in January 1901.

1901

1903

Mrs MORTIMER

A member of a Mortimer couple who attended a service at Omaha and spent the day at Clarke’s home with their daughter in January 1901.

1901

1903

Mary Ann WYATT (nee MORTON) (born 1819)

Wife of John Wyatt the elder. Arrived in NZ on the Queen of Beauty with Charles Clarke. Clarke married her daughter Mary Ann Wyatt.

1865

1866

1888

1891

1892

1896

1898

1899

1900

Mr MOUNTSEYS

Lived near Mangere

1889

Mr J M MURRAY

A teacher from Hamilton

1893

MURRAY

An elderly Māori man called Old Murray who died at the pā on Sunday 29 March 1903 and was buried at the Māori cemetery on 31 March; Clarke read the funeral service.

1903

Mrs MURRAY

Mrs Murray, an elderly Māori woman who had lived with Mrs Whitley at Pakiri, died by 21 September 1905. Clarke read her funeral service at the pā on 22 September 1905, when she was buried beside her husband, presumably Old Murray.

1905

Mr MUSSON

A man from Peterborough who brought a prospective agricultural pupil or employee to Ridlington.

1862

John NASH

1889

Mr NASH

A Mr Nash whose house Clarke visited after church in November 1862.

1862

Frank NEEDHAM

A livestock buyer of Manton. In 1862 he bought sheep and cattle from Mr Wortley, including eight beasts and four North Wales runts in September.

1862

Gilbert NEEDHAM (born 1840)

John Needham's eldest son. He appears to have taken a leading role in the family's farming affairs after his father's sudden death, selling cattle to Mr Wortley later that year.

1862

John NEEDHAM (born 1803)

A local farmer and stock owner whose bull Sambo was used for breeding. He died suddenly from apoplexy while in one of his fields on 11 September 1862, leaving a wife and nine children.

1862

William NEEDHAM

A local farmer and social acquaintance whose land was used for shooting by the Ridlington party. A William Needham owned land at Braunston, which was 8 miles from Ridlington.

1862

William NEELEY (born 1855)

Probably William Neeley. Married Margaret Matheson. Should be verified.

1888

1889

1890

1891

1892

1893

1894

1895

1896

1897

1898

1899

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1907

Willena Dawn WYATT (nee NEELEY) (born 1894)

Seventh child of William and Margaret Neely. She married George Knight Leonard Wyatt in 1916 who was killed at Ypres during WW1. They had no children. She remarried William Roland Greenwood in 1933. She died in 1986.

Robert (Bob) NEELEY (born 1884)

Eldest child of William and Margaret Neeley (Nee Matheson). He married Hilda May Darroch and they had 6 children between 1910 and 1920.

1900

1902

1903

1904

Angus Henry (Gus) NEELEY (born 1889)

Son of William Neeley and Margaret Matheson.

1904

1905

1906

1907

Mr Roy NEELEY

Spent 21 January 1907 at the Clarkes’ with Gus Avey while the household picked plums.

1907

Neeleys

The Neeley family. William and Margaret Neeley and 10 children between 184 and 1901

1903

1904

1906

Bishop NELIGAN

The bishop whom Clarke heard preach at St Thomas’ Church in Auckland on 5 July 1903 and said he liked very much.

1903

1905

Mr NELSON

Died on 30 May 1892.

1890

1891

1892

Revd T. W. NEWBOLD

Revd T. W. Newbold took the Omaha hall service in place of Revd Marshall on 26 February 1905. Clarke described his sermon as excellent.

1905

Mr C. NEWMAN

A parliamentary candidate who addressed electors in the Omaha Hall on 3 November 1899, with Clarke in the chair.

1899

Mr Malcolm NICCOL

Brother of Sarah Kate Cruickshank (nee Niccol), the Little Omaha School teacher from 1897 to 1900.

1897

1899

1903

Annie NICCOL

Sarah Niccol's sister

1897

1900

Ernest NICCOL

A brother of the Niccol sisters

1898

1901

Mrs H NICCOL

Possibly the mother of the Niccol sisters and brothers

1900

Miss Jesse NICCOL

A Niccol woman named Jesse in the diary, apparently visiting the schoolteacher Sarah Kate Niccol; left Omaha for Auckland on 2 August 1898.

1898

Dr NICHOLSON

Was a fellow passenger on the "Queen of Beauty". Lives somewhere beyond River Head, Aririmu (?)

1867

Mrs NICHOLSON

Wife of Dr Nicholson, fellow passengers on the "Queen of Beauty".

1867

Mr William NICHOLSON (born 1836)

Thomas Nicholson's brother, living in Cambridgeshire and involved in farming.

1862

Mr Luke NICHOLSON (born 1841)

Thomas Nicholson’s brother; Lincolnshire farmer.

1862

Miss NICHOLSON

An unmarried woman in the Nicholson family circle who visited Wisbech and East Ville with members of the family.

1862

Mr NICHOLSON

Involved in a Warkworth court case with Maimburg in March 1888.

Mrs Mary NICHOLSON (nee OVERTON) (born 1811)

Mother to the Nicholson brothers.

1862

Mr NICOL

Associated with the Patent Building Slip at the Flagstaff, where Clarke attended a soiree in January 1867.

1867

Gus NILSON

A Gus Nilson who visited Clarke with Walter Frearson for dinner and tea in June 1899.

1899

1902

Mark NOBLE

A Mark Noble who came to Clarke on 18 September 1903 to take the oath of allegiance to the King.

1903

Mr Henry NOEL

Mentioned in January 1862 in connection with Mr Burdett's farm. Associated with Cottesmore and Exton.

1862

Rev Baptist NOEL (born 1798)

A well known evangelical leader. His full title was the Honourable and Reverend Baptist Wriothesley Noel.

1862

Mr NOTON

A travelling Salesman

1893

1894

1895

1896

Miss NUTALL

The youngest Miss Nutall who was at Dr Nicholson's place in Ararimu, beyond Riverhead. No other information known.

1867

Esq Stafford O'BRIEN

Owner of Blatherwycke Park, where a steam cultivator was demonstrated.His name is misspelled by Clarke.

1862

Jocelyn OAKLEY

A member of the Oakley family of Wyfordby and a pupil at Oakham School in 1862.

1862

OAKLEYS

A family of Wyfordby whom Clarke knew socially. In January 1862 Clarke heard that they had inherited a large fortune from an elderly Mr Fenton of Ireland, although he was apparently no relation to them.

1862

Mr ORMOND

A sale of his property or effects was held at Ourston.

1862

Mr OTWAY

Surveyed the road up from the wharf in1898.

1897

1898

Mr William OVERTON (born 1803)

Mr Nicholson's uncle.

1862

Mr OWEN

Possibly an Auckland retailer. Referred to as Mr G. W. Owens on the 6th August 1866

1865

1866

Mrs OWEN

Wife of G. W. Owen of Chapel Street, Auckland; Clarke described her as very hospitable.

1866

Samuel PAGE

Worked hassocking in the meadows at Allexton.

1862

Mrs PAIN

Associated with the Salvation Army; addressed a meeting at the Omaha Hall about rescue work in September 1895.

1895

PAINE

A young person named Paine returned to the Wallaces’ for tea with Mr Torkington and Miss Slater after cricket at Devonport on 23 March 1907.

1907

Mrs Lucy PALETHORPE (born 1830)

The wife of Mr Palethorpe. Lived at Stickney Cottage.

1862

Mr Thomas PALETHORPE (born 1829)

A farmer who lived at Stickney Cottage.

1862

Mr PALMER

Worked on the Steamer

1889

Jackson PALMER

MP for the Waitemata electorate from 1890-1893. He unsuccessfully contested a by-election for the Waitemata seat in 1894, which was won by future Prime Minister William Massey.

1893

1894

Miss PALMER

Visitor to Ridlington.

1862

Mr PARKER

Associated with the vessel The Dot

1867

Miss PARKER

Visitor to Ridlington.

1862

Mr PARKER

An Auckland performer who took part in the concert at the Omaha exhibition with the Hamilton Hadges couple in December 1900.

1900

Mr PARKER

A representative of Tooman & Co who visited Clarke’s orchard with Mr Carrie in November 1901.

1901

Mr Charles Henry PARKES

The husband of Sarah Dorothy Clarke, CS Clarke's eldest sister.

1862

1865

Francis William PARKES (born 1862)

A son of Sarah and Charles Parkes. to whom Charles Clarke was godfather

1862

Mrs T PARKINSON

1900

Mr Frank PARKS

Died suddenly at his office after being taken with pleurisy; associated with Sarah and Henry Clarke's family circle.

1862

Revd T. J. PARRY

A newly appointed Anglican home/diocesan missionary recently arrived from Britain.

1906

Mr PARTRIDGE

Agent for Haggaer's Cake.

1862

PASSFIELD

A person from whom Edward Wortley bought an edisp used for cattle.

1862

Mr PATCHETT

A Wesleyan student who preached at Pakiri and the Omaha Hall in 1901.

1901

Mr PATEMAN

A local landholder whose farm was used for partridge shooting by Edward Wortley's party.

1862

Mr PEACH

A recurring social and sporting acquaintance of Stoke Dry.

1862

Mr PEARSON

1893

1894

Miss PEGG

Stayed overnight at Ridlington after the lecture held there on 22 July 1862.

1862

Mr William PERCIVAL

unknown

1888

PERKINS

Associated with Hall & Perkins, to whom Clarke consigned fruit and butter.

1898

1899

Revd PERRY

Presbyterian minister scheduled to hold a service at Omaha Hall on 5 June 1904. Bad weather prevented the service.

1904

1905

PHILLIPSON

1893

Mr J. H. PHILLPOT

Mr J. H. Phillpot brought a concert company from Auckland for the Omaha show concert on 2 March 1904.

1904

Mr PHILP

An acquaintance of Clarkes. Lives in Onehunga and manages a branch of the Bank of Auckland.

1865

1866

1867

Mrs PHILP

Mr Philps wife. They live at Onehunga. He is the Bank Manager. She and her husband hosted Clarke at Onehunga on several occasions in 1865–67; Clarke received invitations from her and sometimes stayed overnight.

1865

1866

William PICKERING

A hunting associate who called for Clarke and Mr Nicholson before the Leesthorpe meet. Probably a relative of the Islip family.

1862

Miss PICKERING

A woman present at Mr Islip's at Allexton with Mrs W. Pickering on 31 July 1862.

1862

Mrs PICKERING

Wife of William Pickering; attended tea, supper, charades and music at Ridlington.

1862

Lady Emily PIGOT

Wife of Sir Robert Pigot. A prize-winning breeder of Shorthorn cattle at Branches Park near Newmarket.

1862

Miss PILCHER

A visitor who came to the Omaha Show in March 1897 and had lunch with the Harding sisters and Charles Gravatt at the Clarke household.

1897

Mr PILCHER

A Pilcher whose home at Rocky Nook Clarke visited with members of the Harding family in January 1899.

1899

PILGRIM

Stephen and Ellen Pilgrim are listed in 1861 census, living at Burbage.

1862

Mr E. C. PILKINGTON

Named as the recipient of tall fescue seed shipped by George Wyatt, including seed in which Clarke held a share, in January 1901.

1901

Mr PIRRITT

Presented the Omaha Library with a rubber stamp in October 1900.

1900

1901

Mr POCHIN

Lived at Edmundthorpe Hall and owned a farm at Leigh which he offered to Mr Burdett.

1862

Mr POND

Clarke was introduced to him at Captain Pulham’s house in Auckland on 1 May 1866.

1866

Miss PORRIT

There were two young Porrits associated with Mrs Dyer

1901

1904

1905

Mr George PORTER

Clarke wrote in his History of Leigh that Mr Porter was a compositor by profession and several times went to Auckland to work on the Auckland newspapers to provide necessaries for the family, He was the first one to plant an orchard or make a flower garden, he also introduced water cress into the creeks. The family left the district in 1866 having sold the place to Capt McKenzie, his next neighbour for £70. Mr Porter seems to work and live in Auckland though he sometimes visits and stays at the Porters' house in Little Omaha.

1865

1866

Mrs PORTER

Mr and Mrs Porter lived close to Leigh Village. Mr Porter often spent time in Auckland for his work as a compositor for the Auckland newspapers. Mrs Porter did laundry for Clarke.

1865

1866

Portuguese Joe

Supplied substantial quantities of firewood for coastal shipment.

1865

1866

Miss POWELL

A temperance speaker who addressed a meeting at the Omaha Hall and stayed with Clarke in November 1898.

1898

William Nathan PRATT (born 1869)

Married CS Clarke's daughter Maud in 1892. One of George and Sarah Pratt's sons. Known as Willie

1888

1889

1890

1891

1892

1893

1894

1895

1896

1897

1898

1899

1900

1901

1905

Charlie PRATT (born 1870)

Charley Pratt. One of George and Sarah Pratt's sons.

1888

1889

1892

1893

1894

1895

Thomas Henry PRATT (born 1864)

The eldest of the 13 children of George and Sarah Pratt. Married Annie Elizabeth Stanton, Feb 24 1891

1888

1889

1890

1891

1892

1893

1899

Miss Sarah PRATT (born 1875)

Daughter of George and Sarah Pratt.

1888

1889

1890

1891

1892

1893

1894

Mrs Sarah PRATT

Wife of George Pratt.

1888

1889

1890

1894

1901

Mr George PRATT

George and Sarah Pratt were born in Warwickshire, England and came to New Zealand some time before 1867. They had thirteen children, twelve of them born in New Zealand.

1888

1889

1890

1891

1892

1893

1894

1895

1898

1899

1901

1903

Fred PRATT

One of George Pratt's sons

1889

1890

1892

1893

1894

1895

1898

1899

Emma PRATT (born 1867)

One of George and Sarah Pratt's daughters.

1889

1894

Mary Ann PRATT (born 1879)

One of George and Sarah Pratt's daughters.

1890

1891

1892

1893

1894

1895

1899

1900

1902

Miss PRATT

This may be Georgina Pratt, who married George Henry Rayner in 1900.

1888

1889

1890

1891

1892

1893

1894

1895

1899

George PRATT (born 1873)

Son of George and Sarah Pratt.

1888

1889

1890

1891

1892

1893

1894

1895

1898

1899

Mrs Sarah PRATT

Deprecated: Use #139. Wife of George Pratt.

Eunice PRATT

1893

1899

Minnie PRATT

Sister of Willie Pratt who married Maud Clarke.

1893

1901

Florence Mary (Florrie) PRATT (born 1895)

Second child of Maud Mary Pratt, eldest daughter of Charles Clarke and William Nathan Pratt.

1896

1897

1898

1899

Horace William PRATT (born 1892)

Eldest child of William and Maud Mary Pratt. Maud was the eldest daughter of C S Clark who died in 1898. Horace was CSClarkes first grandchild.

1892

1893

1894

1895

1896

1897

1898

1899

1900

1903

1904

1915

Frank PRATT

1899

1901

1903

Rupert PRATT

A Rupert who had dinner at Clarke’s home with Mary Ann Pratt and Horace Pratt in October 1900 - surname inferred.

1900

Mr Ernest PRATT

Ernest Pratt brought Henry Clarke a pig dog on 23 May 1906, stayed overnight and joined Henry’s farewell gathering. He went to the steamer with Jane and Clarke to see Henry off on 24 May 1906.

1906

Annie Elizabeth PRATT (nee STANTON)

Thomas Henry Pratt's wife, married Feb 25 1891. Eldest daughter of James Stanton of Auckland.

1889

1891

1892

1893

PRATTS

George and Sarah Pratt were born in Warwickshire, England and came to New Zealand some time before 1867. They had thirteen children, twelve of them born in New Zealand. The family home was on the ridgeline towards Mt Tamahunga. I have a photo of the old derelict house taken about 1960.

1888

1889

1890

1891

1892

1893

1894

1895

1898

1899

1900

1901

1902

1904

1907

Mrs PULHAM

Wife of Captain Pulham; part of the Auckland family with whom Clarke had a fairly warm social relationship.

1867

Captain PULHAM

Clarke visits him in Auckland. He was an officer of the East India Company's Sea Service and "an active member of the Parochial Committee formed in 1853, and was one of the earliest members of St Matthew’s church in Auckland." He died in 1867.

1865

1866

Mr PULHAM

Possibly Henry William Pulham who was a son of Captain Pulham and lived in Warkworth. He was married to a daughter of George Darroch the boatbuilder.

1892

Mr PURCELL

Mr Purcell arrived by the Kawau on 22 November 1905 to sing in the evening concert.

1905

1906

QUICK

1889

Lord RANFURLY

The Governor who attended and addressed the Friendly Societies gathering at Auckland’s Drill Hall on 2 August 1903.

1903

Mr RANGAR

A Te Arai acquaintance who called on Clarke with Dr Dalton in January 1867.

1867

Mr RAQUER

1890

Mr H RAYNER (born 1863)

This is likely George Henry Rayner who married Georgina Pratt in 1900.

1889

1890

1891

1892

1893

1894

1895

1896

1898

1899

Mrs RAYNER

1889

Miss REED

Mrs Suter's sister

1865

Mr REEVE

An Uppingham-area landholder whose former farm was subsequently taken by Edward Wortley.

1862

Miss Elizabeth Georgina REVELL (born 1877)

Lily Revell, bridesmaid for Willie and Grace's wedding at Leigh in 1910 and a good friend of Grace's. Lived at Remuera with a Jonathan William Smith, but never married. Sister of Grace's brother's wife (Isabella Gertrude Revell).

1910

Mr REW

A supplier of groceries to the Clarke household who also received bacon sent by Clarke through the coastal steamer.

1896

1897

Revd I RICHARDS

A visiting clergyman

1889

Mr RICHARDS

A Matakana dental practitioner whom Willie intended to consult for tooth extractions on 23 September 1903; his absence caused Willie to go on to Warkworth.

1903

Mr RICHARDSON

Lincolnshire farming and coursing acquaintance.

1862

Robert

Unknown. May not be Robert Wyatt

Lord Frederick ROBERTS

A British commander in the South African war, named in news reaching Clarke about the capture of Johannesburg and Pretoria.

Mr ROBERTS

A Wesleyan local preacher from Mangawai.

1907

Mr ROBINSON

Fens of Lincolnshire

1889

R ROBINSON

Caretaker of Little Barrier

1896

ROBINSON

Lincolnshire acquaintance at East Ville.

1862

Mr ROBINSON

Accompanied Captain Brown and Clarke in inspecting the Frearson orchard in January 1895.

1895

Miss ROGERS

1892

1893

1894

Mrs ROGERS

1893

1905

Mr ROGERS

1893

1894

1895

1903

Robert ROGERS

Known as Bob. Helped in plum picking Jan 1902

1902

1903

1906

Joe ROGERS

Has been in command of the steamer when the captain is sick.

1902

Mr Stanley ROGERS

Married Miss Stoneham at Harper’s Hotel on 16 January 1907.

1907

Miss ROLLINSON

unknown

Miss Julia ROLLINSON

Sister of Mrs D. Knaggs (nee Rollinson)

1901

1903

1905

1907

Mr Gilbert ROLLINSON

Brother of Mrs Duncan Knaggs (née Rollinson).

1893

1906

Mrs SHEPHERD (nee ROLLINSON)

Sister of Eva Clara Knaggs (née Rollinson); visited Clarke with Mrs Knaggs and a child in July 1898.

1898

Mr John ROOKE

A farmer at Weldon who was having a wind engine put up and visited Ridlington to inspect Mr Wortley's engine.

1862

Mr Samuel ROOKE

Visited Ridlington with John Rooke in July 1862 to inspect the wind engine.

1862

Mr ROOSE

A travelling salesman for the Direct Supply Company (D.S.C.). The DSC was situated in the corner of Queen and Victoria Sts in Auckland. When the company was purchased by John Court it became known as John Courts Ltd. John's brother, George, owned another department store in Karangahape Rd called George Courts Ltd. Roose also travelled for other Stores: Bridgman & Bridgman. By 1905 he had taken over the D.S.C. branch at Warkworth and was taking orders on his own account.

1896

1897

1898

1899

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

Mrs ROOSE

Wife of the travelling salesman Roose. Accompanied him by sulky from Warkworth to visit the Sainsburys at Kaipara Flats while Clarke was staying there.

1900

Mr J. ROPER

A Matakana orchard owner who hosted Clarke and Mr Morgan for tea after an orchard visit in February 1896.

1896

Mrs ROSS

Lived at Dacres Claim

1889

R ROSS

A judge at the 1894 Agriculture Show

1894

Mr John RUNCIMAN

Lived in Grafton Rd, Auckland

1888

1889

1890

1891

1893

Kenzie RUNCIMAN

1889

1890

1897

Mrs RUNCIMAN

1889

1890

1893

1897

1903

1905

Mr RUSSELL

Of Warkworth, conducted service.

1907

Mr G. H. SADLER

Member of the Omaha school committee elected in April 1892. Duplicate. Should be #318.

1892

Mr G H SADLER

Lived near Dacres Claim. Was a lay reader for the Sunday services at Dacres Claim. NB. Clarke also spells his name with a double 'd'

1888

1890

1891

1893

1895

1896

1897

1899

1900

1901

1905

1906

Jim SADLER

Trooper. Was in the Boer war. He has a family

1902

1904

Allan SADLER

A Sadler acquaintance who stayed overnight at the Clarke household in January 1897; probably associated with Mr G. H. Sadler and his sons.

1897

Mrs SADLER

Wife of Mr G H Sadler

1896

1901

Miss SAIGENT

1896

Mr Thomas Cornock SAINSBURY

Of Park Farm, Kaipara Flats.

1892

1893

1894

1900

Mrs Mary SAINSBURY

Of Park Farm, Kaipara Flats. Signed the 1893 women’s suffrage petition

1892

1894

1900

Miss SAINSBURY

1894

John SALT

Jane Madeleine Wyatt's husband - ie. son in law of John Wyatt (the younger). Henry Clarke worked for him on and off in 1890. John Salt and Jane Wyatt were married about 1890.

1888

1889

1890

1891

1894

1896

1897

1898

1899

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

Jane Madeleine SALT (nee WYATT) (born 1865)

Daughter of John Wyatt (the younger).

1865

1888

1889

1890

1891

1895

1896

1898

1899

1901

SAMUELSON

Associated with a reaping-machine service that harvested a heavy barley crop on Mr Lythall's farm near Banbury.

1862

Mr G. SANKEY

Collected agricultural statistics from Clarke in January 1895.

1895

Mr SARAH

Sent beef which Clarke collected at the village store on 24 December 1907.

1907

Mr SAVAGE

Probably Edward Bracey, the father of Clara Savage who married Robert Henry Wyatt, son of John Wyatt the younger.

1888

1889

1893

1895

1900

1907

Fred SAVAGE

Probably related to Clara Savage, the wife of Robert Henry Wyatt, son of John Wyatt the younger

1893

1895

Clara WYATT (nee SAVAGE)

Married Robert Henry Wyatt in 1896.

1892

1893

1894

1896

William SAVAGE

Probably the brother of Clara Savage who married Robert Henry Wyatt.

1896

1900

1904

1907

Mrs William SAVAGE

1896

1899

1905

Mrs SAVAGE

Wife of William Savage who was probably related to Clara Savage, the wife of Robert Henry Wyatt son of John Wyatt the younger

1900

A SCHOLLUM

1895

1896

Mr SEARSON

Visitor interested in Shorthorn cattle.

1862

Mr John Reddish SEATON (born 1827)

Lived in Martinsthorpe. Reported by Mr Wortley to have died on 27 January 1862.

1862

Frank SEATON

A man of Manton who bought a yearling foal from Edward Wortley. Possibly related to John Seaton who died in January 1862.

1862

Hon Richard SEDDON

Palmiamentarian and Premier of New Zealand

1894

1902

1906

Mr SEFTON

A Mr Sefton who apparently photographed the group gathered at Dacres Domain for the farewell to teacher Mr Sheppard in April 1901.

1901

Miss SELWOOD

Either Martha Jane (ID 643) or her sister Elizabeth.

1890

Martha Jane WYATT (nee SELWOOD) (born 1871)

Tom Wyatt's second wife. They married in 1893. In 1892 she took a paternity case against Sydney Fordham. He was ordered by the court to pay child support until the child was 14.

1895

1898

1899

1901

1902

1903

William SELWOOD

A Willie Selwood who accompanied Martha Jane Wyatt to the Clarke household after Tom Wyatt’s death in October 1898; relationship unresolved.

1898

Mrs SELWOOD

Likely Mary Ann, the mother of Martha Jane Selwood.

1892

1898

Bishop George SELWYN

The Bishop of New Zealand who preached at Mrs Kirkbride's house in March 1867.

1867

Mr SHAKESPEAR

Caretaker at Little Barrier

1902

1906

Misses SHAKESPEAR

The Miss Shakespears told Clarke on 16 May 1906 that their grandmother had died in Auckland and was being brought by the Kawau for burial in Leigh Cemetery. Their individual names are not given.

1906

Mr SHAKESPEARE

A Mr Shakespeare who ordered two cases of quinces from Clarke for delivery to the wharf in March 1901.

1901

Mr SHANNON

Worked with Mr Brown laying out the proposed road cutting on 9 September 1907.

1907

Mr SHARP

Occupied land adjoining Wortley's at Martinsthorpe; the annual Uppingham School boys' steeplechases ran over the two properties and crossed the brook between them.

1862

Mr SHEFFIELD

A social acquaintance who called and dined at Ridlington.

1862

J SHEPHERD

1891

M. SHEPHERD

Attended a dance given by the Harding sisters and stayed overnight at the Clarke household in August 1895.

1895

Mr SHEPPARD

A school teacher at one of the local schools. Was it Ti Point? Is this the same man that Clarke saw at Ngaruawahia?

1898

1901

1905

Mrs SHEPPARD

Clarke saw Mrs Sheppard and her husband at Ngaruawahia on 17 March 1905.

1905

Mr SHOEBRIDGE

Mr Shoebridge lived near Hobart. He gave Mr Anderson some carrot seed which he subsequently gave to C S Clarke.

1865

Mr SHOESMITH

Joe Torkington sent for Mr Shoesmith to see Minnie on 23 October 1907 after reporting changes in her mental state.

1907

Mr SIM

Apart from being Mrs Sims husband we know very little about him.

1898

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

Mrs SIM

She played the organ at some of the services that Clarke conducted at the Leigh hall.

1898

1901

1902

1905

Mr SIMKINS

Owned a field near Uppingham on which Thorpe and Barfield were prosecuted for trespassing.

1862

Mr Francis SIMPSON (born 1857)

Born in 1857, probably in Australia. Married Frances Emily Davey (Nee Webb) in 1891 in Australia. Died in 1900 in Auckland. Clarke refers to him as 'Mr Simpson'. They had 1 child - Victor Simpson

1888

Miss SIMPSON

unknown

1889

Victor SIMPSON (born 1892)

Probably born between 1892 and 1900. His parents were married in 1891 and his father died in 1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1907

George SIMPSON

A member of the Simpson family. Same person as #758. References to #1387 should be replaced with #758

1902

Mrs Frances SIMPSON (nee WEBB) (born 1850)

Mrs Simpson was born Frances Emily Webb. She married Raglan Davey in Australia and had three children, Alice Florence Davey, Fred Charles Davey and Grace Emily Davey. Raglan died in 1886 and Frances then married Francis Simpson. They had Victor Simpson in about 1893 and then the six of them moved to NZ. Charles Clarke became friendly with the family and always referred to the two girls by using Mrs Simpsons married surname (ie 'Simpson') in preference to the girls birth name of Davey. It is not known why he chose to do this but it may be to preserve the niceties of the family structure and deter unwanted questioning.

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

1910

SIMPSONS

The Simpson family centred around Mrs Frances Simpson. Her husband Mr Francis Simpson died in 1900. The family included the Simpson girls, Alice Florence & Grace Emily.

1903

1904

Mr J SINCLAIR

1888

Mrs SINCLAIR

Mrs Sinclair of Matakana judged the Omaha flower show on 22 November 1905.

1905

Captain SINKER

Captain Sinker of the Southern Cross gave an illustrated lecture on the Melanesian Mission at All Saints School Room on 18 March 1907, attended by Clarke and the Simpson family.

1907

Mr SIVISZLER

Associated with a Barn Show attended by Edward Wortley on 20 September 1862.

1862

Mr & Mrs SKEATS

They visited Andrew Goldie at the North Shore on 11 Nov 1866 and joined Clarke and the party on a walk to Lake Pupuke/Takapuna.

1866

Miss SLATER

Attended St Matthews Church with Noel, Fred and Clarke on 1 April 1906.

1906

1907

Mr SMALLWOOD

Drowned in the wreck of the coastal steamer ruby. Lived at Mangawai.

1893

SMEETON

A grocery supplier from whom Clarke received flour and a box of groceries by coastal steamer in July 1901.

1901

John Benjamin SMITH (born 1854)

Paternal Grandfather of Vern Smith. Married Christina Matheson. His son Victor married Alma Torkington, CS Clarke's grand daughter. The Smith family moved from Ti Point to Auckland in August 1898

1888

1897

Mr Victor Harvey SMITH (born 1887)

Third son of John Benjamin Smith and Christina Matheson. Victor (known as Vic) married Alma Smith. They had 4 sons, one of whom is Vern Smith, creator of this website.

1918

1929

Thomas SMITH

Farm labourer. Began work for Clarke on 11 Oct 1866 at 10s a week. He had previously worked for Philip Charles Dyer at Pakiri and had lately been living with Maori. Discharged 27 Dec 1866; later re-employed and discharged again on 11 Mar 1867 for insolence.

1866

1867

Mr Alphonso SMITH

Deputy returning officer

1890

Mr SMITH

A cousin of John Cruickshanks

1897

Tony SMITH

May be a cousin of John Cruickshank

1897

Mrs Tony SMITH

Wife of Tony Smith from Matakana

1897

Herbert SMITH

1893

Mrs SMITH

A woman referred to by her husband’s name as Mrs James Smith; stayed at the Clarke household after the Omaha Show in March 1896.

1896

Mr Hugh SMITH

An old acquaintance of Clarke who was travelling to play in a Matakana cricket match in March 1897.

1897

Miss SMITH

An unmarried Smith woman who visited Clarke with Mrs John Cruickshank and stayed overnight in June 1901.

1901

Willie SMITH

A Matakana man who sought to buy Clarke’s sheep for a syndicate shipping livestock to Sydney in August 1902.

1902

Joe SMITH

Probably an uncle of the Wallace family children.

1902

1903

Mr M. SMITH

M. Smith was nominated as one of seven proposed Domain trustees at the 16 January 1904 meeting.

1904

Benjamin Angus SMITH (born 1883)

Son of John Benjamin Smith, uncle to Vern Smith. A keen amateur photographer.

1905

1907

Mr Wallace SMITH

Won the Silver Cup at the Matakana tennis tournament.

1907

Alma Winifred Maud SMITH (nee TORKINGTON) (born 1900)

Granddaughter of CS Clarke. Eldest daughter of Joe and Minnie Torkington. Married Norman Smith in September 1923 who died from peritonitis October 1924. Alma married Victor Smith in June 1926 and had 4 boys, Alvin, Kevin, Ivan and Vernon. She died 9 September 1971

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

1927

1928

1929

Mrs SMITH

An aunt of Noel Wallace. Wife of Joe Smith.

1903

1906

Mrs SMITH

A woman in Leicester with whom Mrs Hilhouse stayed in July 1862.

1862

Mrs SMITH

Seen with Mr Smith at the Leesthorpe steeple-chases.

1862

Mr James SNELL

1890

Mr H. SNELL

A preacher who conducted a service at the Omaha Hall in place of H. R. French and had tea with Clarke.

H. SNOOK

A Mr H. Snook who called at Clarke’s home with Henry Brown on 11 June 1903.

1903

Revd SNOW

Curate who preached at All Saints Church on the evening of 15 May 1904.

1904

Mr Peter SOLJAN

Called about his naturalisation papers in October 1904.

1904

Captain SOMMERVILLE

Lived in Cook St, Auckland

1890

Mr SORDER

Attended tea, supper, charades and music at Ridlington.

1862

Mr SOUTHAM

Visitor who stayed overnight at Ridlington.

1862

Mr SOUTHGATE

Man whose death prevented Revd R. McKinney from preaching at Omaha on 13 May 1894; first names are not established from the supplied diaries.

1894

Mr SOWERBY

An agricultural acquaintance who visited Ridlington with members of the Brown family to inspect the wind engine and Shorthorn cattle.

1862

Mr SPENCER

1888

1901

Miss SPENCER

1897

1898

Mrs SPENCER

Probably the wife of the Mr Spencer whose household moved from Whangarei to Pakiri in 1897; stayed with Clarke when having deeds witnessed.

1898

SPENCER

A son of Mrs Spencer who travelled with his mother and sister from Omaha to Auckland in May 1898.

1898

Mary SPENCER

A Mary Spencer who borrowed Jane Clarke’s horse Empress to ride to Pakiri in May 1901.

1901

SPENCERS

A Spencer family who arrived from Whangarei with their furniture in February 1897, intending to live with Charlie Dyer at Pakiri; landed at Omaha because of heavy seas.

1897

Constable STACY

A police constable who consulted Clarke about whether an inquest was necessary after Magnus Biorklund’s death in October 1902.

1902

Miss STANTON

1894

Mrs STANTON

Woman who stayed overnight with Miss Stanton at Clarke’s house in February 1894; possibly the mother of Annie Elizabeth Stanton, Mrs Thomas Pratt, but that relationship is unconfirmed.

1894

Mr STAUNTON

A young man learning farming in Lincolnshire, formerly a pupil of Mr Burbidge of Thorpe Arnold. He visited Ridlington in March 1862 when Mr Wortley was expecting a vacancy following Mr Burdett's departure, and Clarke later met him at Leesthorpe and Boston Fair.

1862

Miss STEVENSON

A Miss Stevenson who visited Clarke with Mrs Jackson in April 1898.

1898

1907

Mr Angus STEWART

Formerly owned the small improved farm bought by the Kirkbrides after their arrival in Auckland on 23 July 1863. This was lot 17 of the Suburbs of Leigh, which borders on what is now known as Crabb's Beach.

1906

Mrs STEWARTS

Auckland acquaintance in whose house Clarke repeatedly stayed or took meals during visits to Auckland; apparently in/near Barrack Street.

1865

Miss STONEHAM

Married Stanley Rogers at Harper’s Hotel on 16 January 1907.

1907

Mr STORY

A man of Lockington Park near Derby who considered sending his son to Ridlington to learn farming.

1862

Miss STRIKE

An Auckland violinist who performed at an Omaha Hall concert in aid of the Bible Class in October 1900.

1900

Mrs Emma Grace WYATT (nee SULLIVAN) (born 1882)

Wife of Albert Wyatt, she died in July 1910 aged 28. She and Albert lived in Clarke's cottage.

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

Jim SULLIVAN

1901

SULLIVAN

Sister of Evelyn Haskell (née Sullivan); visited the Clarke household with her.

1897

Mrs SUTER

Aquaintence of C S Clarke.

1865

Captain SUTER

Husband of Mrs Suter; Clarke met Captain and Mrs Suter near Onehunga and took tea at their home.

1865

Thomas SUTER

A farmer at Brook Lodge who appears in agricultural and social contexts.

1862

Mrs SUTHERLAND

1891

1901

1905

Mr SWAN

A performer engaged for the Pakiri Hall anniversary concert in April 1898.

1898

Mr SWINNERTON

An exhibitor of a prize Short Horn ox shown at Smithfield, Sparkenhoe, Rugby and the Birmingham Agricultural Show.

1862

Mr SYME

Probably a travelling salesman

1902

Mr TAILBY

Associated with a pack of hounds meeting at Leesthorpe.

1862

Mr TAIT

Mr Tait stayed overnight at the Clarkes’ on 1 March 1905 and left after breakfast on 2 March 1905.

1905

Mrs TAIT

Mrs Tait had tea at the Clarkes’ after the Omaha show on 1 March 1905.

1905

Mr John TAYLOR

Rode with Clarke's party from Boston towards Bennington.

1862

Mr Vincent TAYLOR

Resident of Wrangle.

1862

Miss TAYLOR

Woman in Vincent Taylor’s Wrangle household.

1862

Mr Samuel TAYLOR

Lincolnshire acquaintance of Clarke.

1862

Mr Thomas TAYLOR

A cousin of Thomas Nicholson who accompanied the Nicholson family party at the 1862 International Exhibition.

1862

Mrs TAYLOR

Woman in Vincent Taylor’s Wrangle household.

1862

TE EMERA

A native chief brought from Mahurangi to Little Omaha aboard the Henry Havelock with Te Kiri.

1865

Te Kiri

The Māori chief who originally owned all the land in the district and lived at the Pā at Little Omaha, Pakiri was named after him. His only daughter and heiress was Princess Rahui Te Kiri. A chief of Ngāti Wai, and of Te Kawerau and Ngāti Manuhiri hapū of Ngāti Whāua.

1865

1866

1893

1915

Princess Rahui TE KIRI (born 1830)

Only daughter and heiress of the chief Te Kiri. Died in 1930 in her hundredth year.

1923

Wi Taiawa TENETAHI

Son of Rahui & Ringi Tenetahi. Took the European name Willie Brown. Lived at the Pa in Little Omaha. Owned or operated the scow Ida. Drowned in April 1912 aged 44. A memorial to him was erected at the Pa in 1913.

1888

1889

1890

1892

1893

1894

1896

1897

1902

1925

Mr THOMPSON

He seemed to be a candidate for parliament

1890

1891

1902

1905

Mr Hughie THOMSON

Hughie Thomson had tea at the Clarkes’ after the Omaha show on 1 March 1905.

1905

THORPE

An Uppingham man sentenced to one month's imprisonment for trespassing on Mr Simkins's field.

1862

Mr Edward THRING (born 1821)

A celebrated British educator. He was headmaster of Uppingham School (1853–1887) and founded the Headmasters' Conference in 1869.

1862

Mrs TINDALL

A Mrs Tindall at Matakana for whom Minnie Clarke did dressmaking in July 1899.

1899

Tineti

A local person who brought Clarke two pigs he had bought at the Pa in April 1867.

1867

Mr TIPLADY

unknown

1888

1889

1890

Mr TOLES

Owned land opposite Goat Island

1866

Tom

1889

TOMBLIN

Worked hassocking in the meadows at Allexton.

1862

Miss TOMBLIN

A social acquaintance who visited Ridlington for tea and supper with Miss Gibbs.

1862

Tommy

Mr A. TOOMAN

A fellow judge with Clarke of field, garden and dairy produce and flowers at the Mahurangi Show in February 1897.

1897

Harold TORKINGTON (born 1874)

Fourth son of William Torkington (born 1844) and elder brother of Joe Torkington, Minnie's husband. His wife was Florence Davey. (known as Flo). The familly lived at Ti Point

1894

1895

1896

1898

1899

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

1911

Joseph (Joe) TORKINGTON (born 1876)

Fifth child of William and Eliza Torkington. Joseph married Minnie Clarke, daughter of C S Clarke. Youngest of the three brothers who emigrated with their father arriving in NZ in 1886

1896

1898

1899

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

James TORKINGTON (born 1856)

Brother of William Torkington (born 1844). Married Clara Wright and had 6 children, the last 2 being born at Omaha. The family lived at Ti Point.

1901

William TORKINGTON (born 1844)

Emigrated aboard the Ionic with his 3 sons, Herbert Arthur (known as Arthur), Harold & Joseph. They arrived in NZ in 1886 and all settled at Ti Point.

1894

1896

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

1911

Herbert Arthur (Arthur) TORKINGTON (born 1869)

Known as Arthur. Eldest of the three brothers who emigrated with their father arriving in NZ in 1886

1894

1899

Florence (Florrie) TORKINGTON (born 1880)

Eldest child of James and Clara Torkington. She was born in England

1899

1900

1904

Miss Annie TORKINGTON (born 1884)

Third child of James and Clara Torkington. Was born in Stockport, England

1899

1900

1904

1911

Wilfred TORKINGTON (born 1882)

Son of James Torkington, who was a brother of William Torkington. Never married

1899

1900

1901

1902

1903

William Arthur TORKINGTON (born 1905)

Third child and eldest son of Joe & Minnie Torkington and Charles Clarkes grandson. Married Catherine Mary Haughton (Cath) in 1938. They had no children, but Arthur had a child with another woman before he married Cath (the child was called Elizabeth Rose Torkington, born 1933). He died 1981

1905

1906

1907

1911

TORKINGTON

Mr John TORKINGTON (born 1865)

Brother of William Torkington.

1905

Clara TORKINGTON (nee WRIGHT) (born 1855)

Married James Torkington,

Mrs Clara TORKINGTON (nee WRIGHT) (born 1856)

Married James Torkington, brother of William Torkington about 1879. Their eldest child was Florence.

1898

1904

TORKINGTONS

The local Torkington family of Ti Point, closely connected with the Clarkes through Joe Torkington’s marriage to Minnie Clarke and frequent visits and social events.

1901

1906

Miss TOWNSEND

Seems to be a friend of Maud and Minnie.

1898

Mr TRAGEIR

A surveyor who lived at Mahurangi.

1867

Captain George Henry TRAYTE

Auckland master mariner and South Sea Island trader. Master of the schooner Coral Queen from at least 1862 until she was wrecked at New Caledonia on 31 July 1866. Clarke records Trayte travelling from Auckland to Little Omaha aboard the Stag on 14 October 1866. He subsequently commanded the brig Rita and other Island-trading vessels. Later master and part-owner of the schooner Sybil. Drowned after falling overboard near Manahiki in the Cook Islands in July 1886.

1866

Mr TRENCH

A visiting religious speaker scheduled to hold a service at the Omaha Hall in October 1902.

1902

Mr TRIMNELL

The manager of Mr T. S. Williams’ station at Tuperoa, introduced to Clarke by Mr Young aboard the Herald on 28 July 1903.

1903

Mr TROTTER

Bought the Clarke boys’ bullocks, Snowey and Spot, on 7 December, then drove cattle bought around the district towards Matakana. Perhaps Alexander Trotter who lived at Warkworth.

1892

1895

1898

Mrs TURLINGTON

One of the people in Leicester who wrote letters to Charles Clarke on behalf of Aunt Anne.

1865

Mr TUTIN

1890

Jack UNKNOWN

A man from Pakiri who stayed with Clarke at Little Omaha from 16–18 October 1865 while waiting for passage to Auckland. Left for Auckland aboard the cutter Orpheus on 18 October. Maybe John McLiver the young manager of the Pakiri sawmill?

1865

Mr UPSALL

A Lincolnshire sporting acquaintance who joined a coursing party at Mr Cockin's.

1862

Revd F. VEY

Revd F. Vey arrived on the Gael on 17 September, baptised two Wyatt children, held services in Pakiri, Dacres Claim and Omaha, and returned to Auckland on 19 September.

1904

Mr VICCARS

A Leicester man interested in or dealing in wool.

1862

Mr Ernest VIPOND

A farmer in Whangaripa valley who hosted Clarke and Charlie Wyatt overnight during a Road Board inspection; associated with the Matakana cricket match the following day.

1897

1902

Mr Edward VISE

One of a married couple Clarke met at Peterboro.

1862

Mrs VISE

One of a married couple Clarke met at Peterboro.

1862

Mr W VOICE

1894

C A W

Professor Paul WAGNER

1892

Mr WAITES

Lives in Queen St, Auckland

1865

Mr James WALDEN

Mr Walden Snr

Jack WALDEN

Lived at Whangateau and owned the store. Son of James Walden

1910

Mr WALES

Chaired a Bible meeting at Uppingham in July 1862.

1862

Miss WALKER

Stayed overnight at Ridlington after the lecture held there on 22 July 1862.

1862

Revd WALKER

Revd Walker from St James’ Presbyterian Church, Auckland, conducted services at Omaha and Dacres Claim on 13 May 1906. Clarke praised his sermon.

1906

Alan WALLACE (born 1891)

A son of George Wallace. The Wallace family were friends of Clarke's. They lived in Ponsonby then Devonport.

1904

1905

1906

1907

Mr George WALLACE

Father of Alan, Noel, Ken, Betram and Alma Wallace. Lived in Ponsonby and then Devonport. Manager at the Auckland gasworks.

1903

1905

1906

1907

Ken WALLACE

A son of George Wallace. The Wallace family were friends of Clarke's. They lived in Ponsonby then Devonport.

1904

1905

1906

1907

Mr Bertram WALLACE

A son of George Wallace. The Wallace family were friends of Clarke's. They lived in Ponsonby then Devonport.

1905

1906

1907

Alma WALLACE

A daughter of George Wallace. The Wallace family were friends of Clarke's. They lived in Ponsonby then Devonport.

1905

1906

1907

1911

Mrs Florence WALLACE

Wife of George Wallace, mother of the Wallace family: Alan, Noel, George, Ken, Betram and Alma.

1905

1906

1907

WALLACES

The Wallace family who lived in Auckland and later Big Omaha.

1906

1907

Miss WALLET

Lives in Auckland

1903

1904

1905

Miss Edie WALLETT

Edie Wallett had a shop in Jervois Road, Auckland, which Clarke called at on 7 March 1905.

1905

Mr WALLETT

Mr Wallett lived in Brown Street, Auckland. Clarke and Fred spent the evening there on 8 March 1905.

1905

Mr WALLIS

A Reverend who attended the Jan 1867 social gathering at Mr Greenwood’s.

1867

Mrs WALLIS

Wife of Revd Mr Wallis; she was part of a social gathering at Mr Greenwoods during Clarkes Auckland visit in January 1867.

1867

George WALTER

Son of Mr and Mrs Walter.

1888

1890

1899

Mrs WALTER

Possibly lived at Goat Island with their son George.

1888

1889

1890

1891

1892

1899

1907

Mr WALTON

Owner/breeder of the stock from which a white boar pig purchased by Clarke in June 1867 was bred.

1862

1867

Mr WANN

Miss Marianne Wann’s brother from Matakana, visiting her in August 1892.

Eddie WANN

Skippered some of the steamers sailing around the Mahurangi Coast and up the Puhoi River in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The Wann family lived at what was called Lower Matakana.

1911

1924

1925

Miss Mary WANN

Miss Mary Wann was a judge at the Omaha flower show on 22 November 1905 and left her horse at the Clarkes’.

1905

Mr WARD

An immigrant who came from the area near Ridlington where C S Clarke spent time on Wortley's Farm

1866

Mr Joseph George WARD

Acting Premier of New Zealand who sent an official telegram about the King’s illness and postponement of the coronation to the Omaha Road Board chairman in June 1902.

1902

Jack WARD

An Irishman at Biddle’s station who invited Clarke and John in for lunch when Bob Carswell was absent on 22 July 1903.

1903

Alec WARIN

1892

1893

1897

Mr WARIN

A Warin associated with Warkworth, whose paddock was used for horses during the Mahurangi Show.

1897

1903

WATSON

A Hinckley acquaintance whom Clarke and Tom met while walking near the wharf and Tom's fields.

1862

Mr Charles WAY

Husband of Clarke’s sister Fanny. Clarke received news of his death on 8 August 1907.

1907

Mr WAYTE

A landholder at Great Peatling who jointly employed a gamekeeper with John Clarke and Mr Blucke.

1862

George WEBB

Worked in the Ridlington garden digging and planting potatoes and peas.

1862

Mr & Mrs WEST

Visitors to Little Omaha on 16 Oct 1867.

1867

Mr WESTNEY

unknown

1889

Miss WESTON

Visited Clarke’s orchard with Clara Fordham and stayed for tea in January 1898.

1898

Frank WHALEN

Married Annie Catherine Matheson, daughter of Alexander Matheson (2nd child of Angus Matheson)

Mr WHITAKER

A visitor who asked Clarke to witness his signature in November 1902.

1902

1903

1904

1905

1907

Mrs WHITBY

1889

Mr WHITE

An Auckland performer who took part in the concert at the Omaha exhibition with the Hamilton Hadges couple in December 1900.

1900

Mr WHITEHOUSE

A travelling entertainer who exhibited a phonograph and moving-picture show at the Omaha Hall during Easter 1901.

1901

1903

1905

1906

Mr WHITLEY

A Pakiri acquaintance whose household Minnie Clarke visited.

1896

1905

1906

Mrs WHITLEY

A Mrs Whitley of Pakiri whose household Minnie Clarke visited for dressmaking.

1898

1905

WHITLEYS

The Pakiri Whitley household, visited by Minnie and Jane Clarke; individual members are not specified in the collective references.

1896

Frederick WHITTAKER

A surveying Superintendent involved in the survey of Wyatts and Clarke land at Omaha

1865

Mr WHITTAKER

1894

1897

1898

1899

1902

Mrs WHITTAKER

Had a daughter in Jan 1900

1900

Mr WHITWORTH

A Lincolnshire sporting acquaintance who joined a coursing party at Mr Cockin's.

1862

Revd WILKINSON

A Wesleyan minister who preached in the hall on 11 September.

1904

William

An unidentified farm worker employed by Clarke, present by 7 Apr 1867 and still working there at the end of the surviving diary on 31 Oct. He logs, splits rails, bores posts, works bullocks, digs, harrows and is sent on errands to Pakiri.

1867

Captain WILLIAMS

Was on board a cutter that called in at Omaha

1865

Mr John WILLIAMS

lived at Big Omaha

1866

1888

1892

1896

1897

1900

Mrs WILLIAMS

May be Eliza

1890

Revd Percy WILLIAMS

Probably lived in Auckland

1894

Miss WILLIAMS

Lived in Leigh, but not sure who she is. She has a brother Robert. She seems to be a friend of Janes.

1897

1899

1900

1901

1902

1903

Mr Robert WILLIAMS

Brother(?) of John Williams. Lived at Big Omaha and had an orchard.

1888

1892

1899

1900

1901

1905

1907

William WILLIAMS

A William Williams associated with Tom Clarke and Syston; in August 1862 he was at the Bedfordshire Asylum.

1862

WILLIAMS

The Williams household at Big Omaha, where Minnie Clarke did sewing.

1899

1901

1902

1905

T. WILLIAMS

A T. Williams at Warkworth whose home provided an overnight stop for Jane Clarke when collecting Joe and Minnie Torkington in December 1901.

1901

Mr T. S. WILLIAMS

A station owner at Tuperoa whose manager Mr Trimnell travelled with Clarke on the Herald in July 1903.

1903

Mr Nathaniel WILSON

Road contractor responsible for work on the road from Little Omaha toward Pakiri in 1865. His men were living on the shipwrights’ flat. Tom Wyatt later complained that Wilson still owed him money for road work. Wilson travelled between Auckland and Omaha in June 1865.

1865

1889

1892

1899

1905

Mssrs J WILSON

Messrs J Wilson & Co. Cement works at Warkworth

Mr WILSON

One of a Wilson married couple who joined the dinner guests at McLachlan’s Te Araroa hotel on 26 July 1903.

1903

Mrs WILSON

One of a Wilson married couple who joined the dinner guests at McLachlan’s Te Araroa hotel on 26 July 1903.

1903

Mr Arthur WILSON

Mr Arthur Wilson went with Willie Dunning to Mangawai for bush felling on 3 November 1905.

1905

Lord WILTON

A Lord Wilton whose house adjoined or overlooked Eyerton Park, the ground used for the Melton Show.

1862

Mr WITHAM

A man expected to preach at Omaha Hall on 2 February 1890.

1890

Mr John WITTEN

Mr Witten ran a nursery at Pakiri from which Clarke purchased fruit trees right up to the 1920s. According to Papers Past his property was called "Bankgrove Farm".

1865

1866

1867

1888

1889

1890

1891

1892

1893

1894

1895

1896

1897

1898

1899

1901

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

Annie WITTEN

Daughter of Mr J Witten who supplied Clarke with fruit trees

1889

1900

Frank WITTEN

Mr Witten's son. He and his 14 year old son Jack drowned in a boating accident in Kawau Passage in 1918. He left a widow and 7 children. Papers Past

1889

1904

Mrs Ann WITTEN (born 1835)

Wife of Mr John Witten, the Pakiri nurseryman. She died in 1924 aged 89. Obituary from Papers Past

1865

1888

1893

Miss WITTEN

1889

Burton WITTEN

Possible he is a son of Mr J. Witten

1901

1902

1904

1906

Mrs WITTEN

Frank Witten’s wife was at John Witten’s Pakiri home during Clarke’s visit on 24 January 1904.

1904

Mrs Reader WOOD

Wife of Reader Wood, a banker at the Bank of Auckland.

1867

Mr Reader WOOD

A banker at the Bank of Auckland

1866

Mr WOOD

Visitor to Ridlington.

1862

Mr R. WOOD

Dacre’s Claim resident who came to Clarke to register a child’s birth and stayed for tea in January 1894.

1894

1895

James WOODCOCK (born 1845)

A young man who is apprenticed to Mr Cutting, a chemist at Leamington.

1862

Charles WOODCOCK

A member of the Woodcock social circle at Hinckley or Burbach who visited Tom and Annie with Pathy Woodcock.

1862

Pathy WOODCOCK

A member of the Woodcock social circle at Hinckley or Burbach who visited Tom and Annie with Charlie Woodcock.

1862

Mr Fred WOODCOCK

Stayed with his wife at the Clarke household after the Omaha Show in March 1896.

1896

Mrs WOODCOCK

Wife of Fred Woodcock; stayed with her husband at the Clarke household after the Omaha Show in March 1896.

1896

Miss WOODS

Miss Woods came from Auckland for a ball.

1904

Revd J. W. WORBOYS

1896

1897

1898

Mr A. WORKES

Sworn in as a Justice of the Peace at Warkworth alongside Clarke in September 1897.

1897

Captain WORSP

Captain aboard the Rose Casey during its Big Omaha call in October 1892.

1892

Nathaniel William WORTLEY

A school-aged son of Edward Wortley. He often accompanied Clarke riding, skating and visiting. Clarke refers to him as Whillie.

1862

Mary Jane WORTLEY (born 1850)

The daughter of Edward and Martha Wortley.

1862

Ellen WORTLEY (born 1853)

Edward Wortley's daughter.

1862

Mr John WORTLEY

Hosted cricket and quoits near East Ville or Bennington.

1862

Miss Charlotte WORTLEY (born 1850)

One of the two young daughters of William and Charlotte Wortley of London.

1862

Miss Louisa WORTLEY (born 1852)

One of the two young daughters of William and Mrs Wortley of London who visited Ridlington in September 1862.

1862

Mr William Nathaniel WORTLEY (born 1810)

A William Wortley of London who stayed at Ridlington with his wife and two daughters in September 1862. Edward Wortley's cousin.

1862

Mrs Charlotte WORTLEY (born 1808)

Sister of Edward Wortley and wife of William Nathaniel Wortley (who was Edward's cousin).

1862

WRAGGS

1897

1899

Mr William WRIGHT

Pakiri farmer and practical builder/carpenter. He built the Greenwoods’ new house, sold livestock/produce, had notably good pasture and garden, and in June 1867 shingled Clarke’s house, made a ladder, rebuilt the chimney and altered the doorway. Clarke continues to associate with him through to the 1900s. It is not yet established whether this is the same William Wright possibly a son.

1866

1867

1888

1889

1890

1891

1892

1893

1898

1903

1904

1905

1906

Arthur WRIGHT

Probably the son of William Wright. Lived at Pakiri and later (1903) lived at Whangarei.

1889

1891

1899

1902

1903

WRIGHT

A man from Loddington who bought a Shropshire Down tup lamb from the Ridlington farm.

1862

Mrs WRIGHT

Mrs A. Wright lent £100 to the Hall Committee from October 1899, with a promissory note signed by the committee.

1899

Mrs WRIGHT

Wife of Arthur Wright of Pakiri, who visited Clarke for dinner with Mrs Ellis Dyer in April 1901.

1901

1902

1903

Fanny WRIGHT

A Wright family acquaintance who stayed overnight at the Clarke household in September 1902.

1902

1903

1905

Mrs WRIGHT

A woman of the Wright household at Pakiri, apparently the wife of William Wright.

1867

1906

WRIGHTS

The family of Arthur Wright, whose wife and other family members moved from the Omaha district to Whangarei in June 1902.

1902

Thomas (Tom) WYATT (born 1845)

John (the elder) Wyatts 4th child and 2nd son. The 2 eldest daughters did not emigrate with the Wyatt family and remained in England Thomas is two years older than Mary Anne Wyatt. Tom married Margaret Ann Grant in 1874 who died in 1881 at the Auckland Lunatic Asylum. Tom remarried Martha Jane Selwood in 1893 and they had 3 children. Tom died in October 1898.

1865

1866

1867

1888

1889

1890

1891

1892

1893

1894

1895

1896

1897

1898

John (the elder) WYATT (born 1818)

John Wyatt the elder. Arrived in NZ on the Queen of Beauty with Charles Clarke. In Clarkes early diaries he refers to John Wyatt with the title 'Mr'. In later years John Wyatt became known as John the elder to distinguish him from his son, who was then known as 'John the younger'. Clark, however, continued using the title 'Mr Wyatt' in his diaries right up to John Wyatts death.

1865

1866

1867

1888

1889

1890

1891

1892

1893

1894

1895

1896

1897

1898

Joseph (Joe) WYATT (born 1849)

Sixth child of John Wyatt the elder. Arrived with his parents on the Queen of Beauty. Married Emily Mills

1865

1866

1867

1888

1889

1890

1891

1892

1893

1894

1895

1896

1897

1898

1899

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

1911

John (John the younger) WYATT (born 1842)

John Wyatt the younger. Eldest son of John (the elder) Wyatt. Born in england and came on the Queen of Beauty with his parents. His wife was Elizabeth Jane Knight.

1865

1866

1888

1889

1890

1892

1893

1894

1895

1896

1897

1898

1899

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

John Charles (Charlie) WYATT (born 1863)

Eldest son of John the younger and father of John Charles Edgar. Husband of Maggie Mathieson Baillie Clark.

1888

1889

1890

1891

1892

1893

1894

1895

1896

1897

1898

1899

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

1911

Mr WYATT

A young man contracted to cut survey lines whose father lives at the Kaipara flats. Unrelated to the Little Omaha Wyatts.

1867

Alice Maud Mary YOUNG (nee WYATT) (born 1866)

Daughter of John (the younger) Wyatt. Married James Maxwell Young. Had 8 children between 1894 and 1910. Died 1920

1888

1889

1890

1891

1892

1893

1894

1895

1897

George WYATT (born 1873)

Seventh child of John Wyatt (John the younger) Was married to Maud Anderson on 6 April 1898. They had 5 children, the youngest, Ivy, was born in Oct 1909, 5 months after he died in Auckland Hospital in May 1909.

1888

1889

1890

1891

1892

1893

1894

1895

1896

1897

1898

1899

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1909

Walter WYATT (born 1868)

Fourth child of John (the younger) and Elizabeth Jane Wyatt. Married Rebecca Blanche Birkett 8 June 1898 and had one child (Walter Cyril Wyatt) in 1900.

1888

1889

1890

1891

1892

1893

1894

1895

1896

1897

1898

1899

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1909

1910

Honor ZANDERS (nee WYATT) (born 1880)

Daughter of John (John the younger) and Elizabeth Wyatt. Honor Wyatt married Emile Ludwig Oscar Zanders in 1907..

1893

1895

1896

1897

1898

1899

1900

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

Robert Henry WYATT (born 1871)

Sixth child of John Wyatt (The younger) Married Clara Savage Oct 1896

1889

1890

1892

1893

1895

1896

1897

1898

1904

1906

Alfred Augustus WYATT (born 1882)

Eleventh child and 5th son of John (John the younger) Wyatt

1890

1896

1897

1898

1899

1900

1902

1903

1904

1910

John Charles Edgar WYATT (born 1891)

Eldest son of John Charles and Maggie Wyatt. Married Ivy Dunning in 1918. Died in 1982

1891

1895

1896

1897

1899

1905

1907

1911

Albert James WYATT (born 1881)

Youngest son of Joseph Wyatt. Married Emma Grace Sullivan on 22 September 1903 after which they moved into CS Clarke's cottage. After Emma Sullivan's death in July 1910 he married Violet Emily Ashton.

1893

1894

1895

1897

1898

1899

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

Henrietta Helen WYATT (born 1875)

The youngest child of John Wyatt (John the younger) and Elizabeth Jane Wyatt. Henrietta was known as Hettie.

1891

1892

1895

1898

1900

1901

1903

1907

1911

James Vincent Guthrie WYATT (born 1898)

Known as Jim. Third son of John Charles Wyatt (Charlie). Married Elva Edith Harding Gravatt.

1898

1899

1904

1911

George Knight Leonard WYATT (born 1893)

Called Len by CSClarke (Dec 5 1928) Second son of John Charles (Charlie) and Maggie Wyatt. Married Willena Neeley November 1916 Died aged 24 at Ypres, Belgium 1917.

1893

1895

1896

1897

1899

1905

1911

Walter Cyril WYATT (born 1900)

Registration number 1900/6005 in online BDM Born on 27 June 1900

1900

1904

John Leonard WYATT (born 1919)

Eldest son of John Charles Edgar and Ivy Wyatt (Eddie Wyatt)

1919

Irene Elizabeth WYATT (born 1903)

Daughter born to George Wyatt and Alice Maud Mary Anderson on the morning of 2 December 1903.

1903

1904

Sidney James WYATT (born 1902)

Son of Walter and Rebecca Wyatt.

1904

Miss Mona WYATT (born 1905)

Albert and Emma Wyatt's daughter.

1907

WYATTS

The Wyatt family immigrated to New Zealand on the Queen of Beauty in 1863 with Charles Septimus Clarke. The head of the family John "The Elder" Wyatt and CS Clarke settled on neighbouring properties in Little Omaha. Clarke later married their daughter Mary Ann Clarke.

1865

1866

1892

Mr YORK

A clergyman who had formerly been curate to Mr Belgrave of Preston and read prayers at Wisbech.

1862

Mr J B YOUNG

Lives at Papakura

1889

Mrs YOUNG

Maybe the wife of Mr J. B. Young from Papakura

Jim YOUNG

1891

1893

1894

1895

1898

Mr & Mrs YOUNG

Live at Matakawa Point, Te Araroa. They have a son and a Miss Duncan living there.

1903

1904

Vivian YOUNG

Son of Mr & Mrs Young of Matakawa Point, Te Araroa

1903

George YOUNG

Led a gang of men working on the road up the hill from Clarke’s home in October 1899.

1899

Mr YOUNG

The Herald’s third officer, who entertained Clarke and fellow travellers with sailors’ stories on the evening of 30 July 1903.

1903

Miss ZANDERS

There was a house marked 'Zander's House' situated quite close to the actual point at Ti Point. See the "Portion of Parish of Omaha" maps 1887.

1898

1899

1904

Mr Emile Ludwig Oscar ZANDERS (born 1872)

Married Honor Wyatt at John Wyatt’s on 28 August 1907. Ben Smith photographed the wedding group and couple. Oscar and Honor left that evening for their new home at Warkworth.

1907