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The Awamutu File
This file contains a list of Te Awamutu residents and early settlers that have been extracted from the book "Frontier Town - A History of Te Awamutu" 1884-1984 by Laurie Barber - published 1984. The names have been sorted into alphabetical order and against each name is given their title, if any, some information about their trade or business and in many cases the page number reference. The file also quotes the year so that the reader may gain some idea of the time scale during which any person was involved with the affairs of the town of Te Awamutu.
This data has been extracted by members of the Genealogical Computing
Group of the NZ Society of Genealogists, P.O.Box 35-020 Browns Bay,
Auckland 10.
Source: BBS Index compiled by NZSG Genealogical Computing Group
10th October 1988.
1888 G.M. AHIER Member of Town Board
1890-04 George M Aubin AHIER Member of Town Board Storekeeper, Merchant & Bank Agent.
1915 George M.A. AHIER Borough Councillor
1925 M ALEXNADER Director Te Awamutu Co-Op Dairy Co P.87
1938 Henry M ANDREW Borough Councillor
1900 J.F. ANDREW Member of Town Board
1830c G.F. ANGAS Encountered Maoris on Waikato River
1886-89 A. ARMSTRONG Engineer
1917 L.G. ARMSTRONG Borough Councillor
1941-44 L.G. ARMSTRONG Mayor
1919-29 Leonard George ARMSTRONG Mayor Drapery business
1941-44 Leslie Stephen ARMSTRONG Borough Councillor
1925 G.J. ARNOLD Manager Dairy Company
1947 Harold G. BABBAGE Borough Councillor
1965-68 R.C. BARTRUM Borough Councillor
1962 W.H.B. BENSON Borough Councillor
1867 T. BLAIN Pres Minister For Waikato West P. 130
1918- BLUNDELL Francis Doctor
1878 .... BLUNDEN Dr Town Physician P.133
1904-08 D. BOCKETT Member of Town Board
1912-46 Dudley BOCKETT Town Clerk
Allen BOND Town Board Member Farmer
1917-19 Francis R. BOULD Borough Councillor
1896-08 C. BOWDEN Town Clerk
1909-12 C. BOWDEN Town Clerk
1910 C. BOWDEN Member of Town Board
1910-12 C. BOWDEN Chairman Town Board
1972-76 ... BRADLEY Father R.C. Priest
1880's C. BRADY Reverend Vicar of Te Awamutu & Forces
Chaplain
1884 John Wickett BRIDGEMAN Member of Town Board
1938 A.C. BROOKES Borough Councillor
1929-35 Andrew BROWN Borough Councillor
1929 William BUTTERWORTH Borough Councillor
1950-53 Arthur BYGRAVE Borough Councillor
1921-23 Charles BYGRAVE Borough Councillor
1927 Charles BYGRAVE Borough Councillor
1873-75 H. BYRON Waipa Councillor P.139
1884-88 J. CARLEY Member of Town Board
1956-62 G. CARTER Borough Councillor
1925 Alan CAVE Building Contractor of Hamilton P.87
1947 F.D. CHUNN Borough Councillor
1925 G.E. CHURCHES Director Te Awamutu Co-Op Dairy Co P.87
1915-21 Sidney CLARK Borough Councillor
1912 F.W. CLARKE Reverend Vicar of St Johns P127
1944 G.S. CLARKE Borough Councillor
1931-50 R.H. CLOSE Foreman
1885 .... CLOTHWORTHY Caught rum running
1884 Isaac COATES Contracted to build 15 miles railway
1940-2 ... COLGAN Father RC Priest
1906 H.J. COLLINS Member of Town Board
Herbert Yeoman COLLINS Solicitor
1830c John Vittoria COWELL Of Te Rore - P.23
1876 E.C. COX Member of Waikato Hunt Club P.155
1925 E.H. CRAWFORD Director Te Awamutu Co-Op Dairy Co P.87
1911c .... CUTFORTH Nurse Waipa Nursing Home P.92
1952-60 J.R. CUTHBERT Engineer
1877 James DALEY 1st Patient in Waikato Hospital
P.133
1941 George DALTON Borough Councillor
1925 F.C. DANIEL Architect Designed factory building
1941-44 Victor Arthur de COEK Borough Councillor
1962 James DEAN Borough Councillor
1921-23 Cecil G. DOWNES Borough Councillor
1929-35 Cecil G. DOWNES Mayor Solicitor
1921 N. EDGE Father P.128
1876 George EDGECUMB Member of Waikato Hunt Club P.155
1906 F. EDGECUMBE Member of Town Board
1931 G.A. EMPSON Borough Councillor
1878 D. FALLON second railway contractor P.58
1959-62 A.J. FEAR Borough Councillor
1864 John FEATON Journalist in Waikato Wars
1929 Charles Arnold FINCH Borough Councillor
1974-80 C.P. FIRTH Borough Councillor
1953-56 W.J.H. FISHER Borough Councillor
1956-59 A.G. FREEMAN Borough Councillor
1962-77 Alfred Gordon FREEMAN Mayor
1950 Jack FREEMAN Borough Councillor
1964-70 P.F. GALL Engineer
1892-00 F.R. GIBSON Member of Town Board
1935 J.G.B. GIFFORD Borough Councillor
1927-31 James Gavin Bradshaw GIFFORD Borough Councillor
1929 Frederick James GILBERT Borough Councillor
1885 .... GILLIES Constable P.72
Hugh GOODFELLOW Farmer
John GOODFELLOW Farmer
1861-63 John GORST Civil Commisioner for Upper Waikato - Photo P.80
1913 Raymond GRACE Special Constable Of Pirongia P.106
1864 D. GRAHAM Civilian Sawyer Contracted for timber for camp P.47
1902 H.J. GREENSLADE Parliamentary Candidate P.141
1860c Walter HARSANT Doctor P. 131
T.M. HAULTAIN Colonel CO 2nd Waikato Militia P.50
1898 J.H.A. HAYLL Reverend P.122
1914-19 A. HENDERSON Dr Town Physician P.133
1917 Dr. HENDERSON Borough Councillor
1941 Alan Rupert HILL Borough Councillor
1953 E. HOPPING Borough Councillor
1944-50 Edward HOPPING Borough Councillor
1902 J. HOSKING Parliamentary Candidate P.141
1880 Dinny HOURIGAN Flautist P,55
1890 W.J. HUNTER Built saleyards. P.83
1883 C.W. HURSTHOUSE Railway Surveyor P.64
1959 A.J. HUSBAND Borough Councillor
1910 A. HYDE Member of Town Board
1904 H. IRVINE Member of Town Board
1904-05 IRVINE H. Chairman Town Board
1965-71 J.E. IRVINE Borough Councillor
1977-83 J.E. IRVINE Borough Councillor
1880 Frederick JACKSON Major Toastmaster at Railway dinner P.63
1832-99 William JACKSON Major Forest Rangers & Constables. Photo
P45
1953-62 C.F. JACOBS Mayor
1921 William JEFFERY Borough Councillor
1925 William JEFFERY Borough Councillor
1935 G.O. JOURDAIN Borough Councillor
1908 J.G. KIRKHAM Member of Town Board
1953 R.A. KIRKUP Borough Councillor
1959-68 Eric LAIRD Borough Councillor
1902 F.W. LANG Parliamentary Candidate P.141
1933 James LANGMUIR Borough Councillor
1904 M.S. LAURIE Member of Town Board
1908 M.S. LAURIE Member of Town Board
1950-52 J,C. LEE Engineer
1866 Henry LEWIS Hotel Prop. Of Russian/Polish origins. P.69
1911c .... LODGE Nurse Waipa Nursing Home P.92
1971-75 E.B. LUPTON Engineer
1913 John LUXFORD Special Constable Solicitor P.104
1894-96 P. LYNCH Member of Town Board
1908 Thomas LYNCH RC Father P.128
1880 A.V. MacDONALD Railways Gen. Manager P.63
1889 J. MacDONALD Reverend Presbyterian Minster P. 131
1876 R. MacLAURIN Reverend first school teacher inm town P.134
1871 William Gilbert MAIR Armed Constabulary P.70
1914 E. MANDENO Miss Nurse in Europe in World War I
P.112
1872 J.F. MANDENO Congregational Min. P. 130
1894-00 J.H. MANDENO Chairman Town Board
1884 John Howe MANDENO Member of Town Board
1894-98 John Howe MANDENO Member of Town Board Owned 400 acres.
1915 A.F. MANNING Dir of Recruiting in No.4 Military Area . P.113
1974-83 A.J. MARSHALL Borough Councillor
1830c Charles MARSHALL Of Mangapouri
1927 John MARSHALL Borough Councillor
1917-19 James K. MARTIN Borough Councillor
1893 J.J. MATHER Methodist Minster P.130
1900-06 S.C. MATTHEWS Member of Town Board
1910-12 S.C. MATTHEWS Member of Town Board
1885-87 W.T. MAUNDER Town Clerk
1933-38 Ino Alexander MAXWELL Borough Councillor
1923-25 J.W. McCARROLL Borough Councillor
1933 William McCREADY Borough Councillor
1925-31 W.D.R. McCURDIE Engineer
1923-25 B McGECHIE Borough Councillor
1915-17 Benjamin McGECHIE Borough Councillor
1885 McGOVERN Sergeant of Police P.72
1948-67 ... McGRATH Father RC Priest
1933 Thomas McINNESS Borough Councillor
1864 .... McKENNA Colour Sergeant 65th Regiment - won V.C
1875- E.G. McMINN Waipa Councillor P.139
1884 H.H. METCALFE Engineer to Isaac Coates P.66
1925 C.S. MEXTED Director Te Awamutu Co-Op Dairy Co P.87
1980-83 M.R. MEXTED Borough Councillor
1915 John MIDDLEBROOK Borough Councillor
1854-39 Nelson MIDDLEBROOK Borough Councillor Butcher
1946-49 T.H. MILLAR Town Clerk
1895 E. MOELLER Bandmaster P.77
1923-27 John Cecil MONTEFIORE Borough Councillor
1935-38 John Cecil MONTEFIORE Borough Councillor
1841-63 John MORGAN Reverend Pioneer Missionary to Te Awamutu
b.1811
1913-15 W. MUNRO-WILSON Engineer
1944 S.J. NOBES Borough Councillor
1860c T. NORRIE Pres. Minster P. 130
1890-04 W. NORTH Member of Town Board
1910 W. NORTH Member of Town Board
1900-02 William NORTH Chairman Town Board Farmer & Bricklayer ^ J.P.
1923-31 William James NORTH Borough Councillor
1935-41 William James NORTH Borough Councillor
1919-21 James OLIPHANT Borough Councillor
1971-83 J.D. OLIVER Borough Councillor
1941 Ernest Robert OLSEN Borough Councillor
1879 Thomas ORAM Builder of Auckland Built school house in 1879 P.134
1915-22 Osaac OWSLEY Turncock & Foreman
1886 T.W. PAIRMAN Dr Town Physician P133
1949-51 J.W. PALMER Town Clerk
1925 A.H. PARISH Director Te Awamutu Co-Op Dairy Co P.87
W.G. PARK Farmer at Rotorangi
1941-44 F. PARSONS Borough Councillor
1950-53 F. PARSONS Mayor
1953 Fred PARSONS Borough Councillor
1965-83 A.L. PATTERSON Borough Councillor
1921-23 Philip W. PEATE Borough Councillor
1918 J.S. PHILLIPS Mrs. Former Matron Auckland Hospital
P.120
1883 W.A. PIERRE Railway Surveyor P.64
1888 J. POTTER Member of Town Board
1947-50 T.P. QUICK Borough Councillor
1929-35 Herbert Charles RAINEY Borough Councillor
1912 J.G. REEKIE Member of Town Board
1913 John Slingsby REEKIE Doctor P.107 & P.133
1973- R.A. REID Town Clerk
1927 Charles A. REILLY Borough Councillor
1962 C.J.C. RICKIT Borough Councillor
1951-73 A.D. ROBERTS Town Clerk
1944 A.H. ROBERTS Borough Councillor
1853-31 Robert William ROCHE Journalist, Freemason.
1950 L.S. ROGERS Borough Councillor
1930's Lindsay ROGERS Doctor
1950s Lindsay Sangster ROGERS Doctor Died 1963. P.133
1888-92 T.J. ROGERS Member of Town Board
1890 T.J. ROGERS Member of Town Board
1938 Alf ROWAN Borough Councillor
1974-80 E.J. RUSSELL Borough Councillor
1947-56 Jack RUSSELL Borough Councillor
1876 W. RUTHERFORD Member of Waikato Hunt Club P.155
1860's William James RUTHERFORD Captain Volunteer Cavalry
1971-77 J.M. RYAN Borough Councillor
1914 W. RYDER Colonel Ex Anglo-Boer War P.109
1953-59 Bill SANDERS Borough Councillor
1983 W.J. SANDERS Borough Councillor
1931-33 W.C. SAVILL Borough Councillor
1880 Mr SHANAGAN Cornpean player P.55
1947-56 G.D. SHEPHERD Borough Councillor
1888 S. SHORT Member of Town Board
1887-94 H.T. SIBLEY Town Clerk
1880 Mr SIBLEY Cornet Player P.55
A.J. SINCLAIR Pioneer dairy farmer in Te Awamutu
1925 A.J. SINCLAIR ex Scots Lawyer Ass Manager NZ Co-Op Dairy Co P.87
1965-68 R.S. SINCLAIR Borough Councillor
William SLOANE Chemist Town's first chemist
1911 Mr SMEDLEY Lamplighter P.89 Also Town Hall caretaker
1962-83 Jonas E. SMYTH Borough Councillor
1938-41 Cuthbert James SPIERS Borough Councillor
1944-50 G. SPINLEY Mayor
1925 G.S. SPINLEY Director Te Awamutu Co-Op Dairy Co P.87
1915 George SPINLEY Borough Councillor
1919-31 George SPINLEY Borough Councillor
1935-41 George SPINLEY Mayor Insurance Agent, landowner,
1956-59 T.G. SPOONER Borough Councillor
1938 John STERRIT Borough Councillor
1830c James STEWART Shipwrecked mariner of Waipa - P23
1878 Mr STEWART District Engineer P.60
1925 Alan STOREY Buyer of first wireless set P.159
1971 C.E. STOREY Borough Councillor
1830c C.L. STRAUSS An Austrian of Whatawhata P.23
1879 John SULLIVAN Railway striker - two months prison
1946 Martin SULLIVAN Reverend Vicar from 1936-1946
1927 William SWAIN Borough Councillor
1920- Henry Augustus SWARBRICK Solicitor Died 1967 P.136
1917-19 E.J. TAYLOR Borough Councillor Got burnt by Fireworks in 1919.
P.121
1900's William TAYLOR Town Benefactor
1915-17 William TAYLOR Borough Councillor
1912 William Innes TAYLOR Member of Town Board
1890 J.B. TEASDALE Member of Town Board
1896-08 J.B. TEASDALE Member of Town Board
1902-04 J.B. TEASDALE Chairman Town Board
1905-10 J.B. TEASDALE Chairman Town Board
1912 J.B. TEASDALE Member of Town Board
1884 John Burgess TEASDALE Member of Town Board 1866-1927
1920 Bill TEDDY Blacksmith P.122
1860's William TEMPLE Dr. VC Served Te Awamutu garrison
1975- G.B. THORPE Engineer
1923-25 TOOGOOD & JONES Engineer
1880 Mr TRISTAM Trombone player P.55
1925 A.H. TRUBSHAW Director Te Awamutu Co-Op Dairy Co P.87
1830c William TURNER Shipwrecked mariner of Waipa - P23
1962-74 Robert O. VAILE Borough Councillor
1977- Robert O. VAILE Mayor
1925 F.H. VILE Borough Councillor
1870's Edward WADDINGTON Dr MD from Edinburgh - arr Auckland
1864
1902 E. WALKER Parliamentary Candidate P.141
1908-12 A.S. WALLACE Member of Town Board
1912-15 A.S. WALLACE Chairman Town Board
1915-19 Andrew S. WALLACE Mayor
1935 Douglas WALLACE Borough Councillor
1947 W.G. WALLACE Borough Councillor
1882 Horace WALPOLE Manager Cheese Factory P.85
1884-94 J. WALTON Chairman Town Board
1884-92 James WALTON Member of Town Board Chemist
1925 A.G. WARBURTON Editor Waipa Post P.87
1908-09 Arthur George WARBURTON Town Clerk Editor of Waipa Post est 1911
1965-68 P.C. WARD Borough Councillor
1864 H.E. WEARE Brevet-Colonel CO 50th Regiment. P.42
1910c S.H. WEST Prop. Waipa Carriage Factory - P.122
1910 G.H. WHITE Member of Town Board
1884 J.R. WHITE Member of Town Board
1879 F.A. WHITTAKER Waipa M.P. P.139-140, died 1887
1865 Horatio WILLIAMS Captain Punished for slack on absentees. P52
1947 M.H. WILLIAMS Borough Councillor
1983 S. WILLIAMS Borough Councillor
1960-64 M.T. WILLS Engineer
1894 W.H. WILSON Reverend P.126
1880 Billy WINTON Concert Singer P.55
1913 F.D. WOOD Swimming Coach P.78
1944 W.F. WOODWARD Borough Councillor
1971 B.E. WRIGHT Borough Councillor
1884 J.R. WRIGHT Member of Town Board
1921 James G. WYNWARD Borough Councillor
1915 Alexander YOUNG Borough Councillor
1919 Alexander YOUNG Borough Councillor