George Hawkes Whitcombe (1854 – 1917)

George Hawkes Whitcombe (1854 – 1917)   Died of old age     Place of Death: Christchurch * Co-founder of Whitcombe and Tombs, now known to us as Whitcoulls. George is buried at Linwood Cemetery, Linwood, Christchurch. The story of Whitcoulls: http://www.peelingbackhistory.co.nz/whitcoulls-130-years/ Photo taken by Annette Bulovic

Whitcoulls Opened – 1883

George Hawkes Whitcombe arrived in New Plymouth in 1870. Being French, George made a career of teaching the language – but there are no clues of what brought him down to Christchurch. He became a bookseller and publisher. In 1883, he joined with George Tombs, a printer and book binder who already had a shop …