Denniston, John Thomas (Jack), 1872-1969 (Person)

SummaryJohn (Jack) Thomas Denniston, was born in Waikoukou, north of Auckland, in 1872.
A bricklayer by trade, in the late 1880s Denniston sought work at the gum fields in Hikurangi.
He then settled in Waitekauri, near Waihi, and worked in the gold mines for 10 years.

He married Maud Meehan and had two sons, Bill & Chum, and a daughter, Nell Hume.
In 1908 he settled down in Tauranga.

He built the beacon at Stony Point at the foot of Mount Maunganui.

He built the retaining walls at the Otamataha Mission Cemetery, and built the font at the Holy Trinity Church with his son Chum (George).

He worked on the old Wairoa Bridge and the Matapihi Railbridge.

A photo of him at No. 2 Shaft, Waihi mine, (he is on the right holding a pipe) appears in the book "New Zealand's Northern Goldfields', by W. Beattie & Co.SourcesNo place for weakling says 90-year-old of early life » Bay of Plenty Times, 9 May 1962.tober 1983Rowing, Harris Cup Competition » Bay of Plenty Times, 27 November 1935, p 2.Left memorials to his industry » Bay of Plenty Times, 10 November 1969Mrs Mary Wright nee Fielding, aka Mrs Meehan (Mother-in-law)) Obituary » Death notice & Obituary. 7 June 1933.

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Mr J. T. Denniston

City Councils pioneers lunchen. Mr J. T. Denniston, M.P.G. McIntosh

Taiparoro - 11, 15th Avenue

Boating party on Wairoa River

Our People (authority)

Denniston, George Arthur (Chum), 1904-1989 (Person)

Denniston, William John (Bill), 1903-1996 (Person)

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Notebook of John Thomas (Jack) Denniston

Jack Denniston boating on the Wairoa River, 1920s. Cropped from Photo 03-246.

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ChildrenDenniston, William John (Bill), 1903-1996 (Person)Denniston, George Arthur (Chum), 1904-1989 (Person)

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Denniston, John Thomas (Jack), 1872-1969 (Person)