Discover The Delights Of Peeling Back History
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Drains Anyone?
There was no way to get a great photo of this but gotta get points for trying right? On Fairfield Ave in Addington, they have built a replica of Christchurch’s earliest brick drainage systems. Christchurch was the first city in New Zealand to have this in the 1880’s. At the time, the city was being …
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Rev. Octavius Mathias
Rev. Octavius Mathias 1805 – 1864 Buried in Barbadoes Street Cemetery, Christchurch Read the story of Rev. Octavius Mathias: http://www.peelingbackhistory.co.nz/octavius-mathias/ *Photo taken by Annette Bulovic*
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Jessie Cooper Rhodes
Jessie Cooper Rhodes nee Clark 1865 – 1929 Died of a Cerebal Haemorrhage Died in Tai Tapu Married to Sir Heaton Rhodes Buried at St Paul’s Anglican Church, Papanui, Christchurch Read the story of Jessie Cooper Rhodes: http://www.peelingbackhistory.co.nz/jessie-cooper-rhodes-1865-1929/ *Photo taken by Annette Bulovic*
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J.C. Watts-Russell
Christchurch Cemeteries: Filling You In On Our Buried Past – John Charles (J.C.) Watts-Russell Date and Place of Birth: 1825 at Ilam Hall, Staffordshire, England Date and Place of Death: 2nd April 1875, Cathedral Square, Christchurch (after short severe illness) A Canterbury Association Settler: Arrived on the ‘Sir George Seymour’ – 17th December 1850 – …
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