Josiah HOWARD (1836 – 1919)

Name

Josiah Howard

Gender

Male

Birthdate

1836

Birthplace

Manchester, England

Date of death

06 January 1919

Place of death

Tikokino, Central Hawke's Bay

Parents

  • John Howard (born 1809)
  • Eliza Howard, nee Fletcher (1809-1857)

Biography

Arrived in New Zealand, 1862
Worked as machine joiner in Otago and Dunedin
Came to Hawke’s Bay, 1866
Sheepfarmer, Smedley, Tikokino
Bequeathed his estate to the government for the advancement of agricultural education
Named the “Howard Agricultural Institute”, later becoming “Smedley Station”
Never married

Accession number

592619

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