Samuel JOHNSON (1827 – 1905)
Name
Samuel JohnsonGender
MaleBirthdate
16 May 1827Birthplace
Manchester, EnglandMarriage(s)
05 June 1848
Glossop, Derbyshire, England
Date of death
06 August 1905Place of death
WaipawaParents
- Thomas Johnson (born 1796)
- Hannah Johnson, nee Cope (died 1831)
Partner(s)
- Thirza Johnson, nee Mellor (1823-19/10/1906)
Children
- Hannah Barrie (1852-23/6/1942)
- Therese Johnson (1861-18/7/1946)
- Francis Thomas Rayner Johnson (1865-5/1/1943)
Primary education
Manchester, EnglandBiography
Arrived in New Zealnd on the ‘‘Matilda Wattenbach”, October, 1862
Started newspapers in Auckland and Blenheim; owned Waipawa Mail, 1883 to 1884
Justice of the Peace, Coroner, Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, Agent for the Public Trustee, Electoral Returning Officer, Chief Almoner for United District Charitable Aid Board for Counties of Waipawa and Patangata, Vaccination Inspector
Member of Masonic Order, Waipawa School Committee, library and building society
Accession number
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