John Shand (1805 – 1874)

John Shand (1805 – 1874)    Died of old age       Place of Death: Christchurch * First owner of the land where the Shands Emporium sits on Hereford Street. * Member of the Canterbury Provincial Council. * Member of the A & P Association * Member of the Avon Road Board. * Member of …

‘Shands Emporium’ Namesake Died – 8th January 1874

On 8 January 1874, John Shand – remembered today in the naming of ‘Shands Emporium’ – died. Widower John Shand and his two teenage boys arrived in Christchurch in 1851. John, a merchant and cotton broker by trade, had decided to make the move to a warmer climate for the health of his eldest son, …