Chadwick, John, c.1819-1891 (Person)

SummaryJohn Chadwick was born in Liverpool.
He bought the area of land known as Tutarawānanga from Hamiora Tū and named the estate Yatton, after a village in North Somerset.
By 1872 John and his son John Alfred had purchased most of the area between 18th Avenue, Cameron Road, Church Street and the Waimapū estuary.
Sold Victoria Wharf to the City of Tauranga in 1887.
His son John Alfred died at sea, aged 41, in 1886.
He died in Tauranga of Bronchitis in 1891.SourcesYatton Park, Tauranga beauty spot : Somerset man named property after his home village » Bay of Plenty Times, 4 August 1961, Page 14

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John and Hannah Mary Chadwick c. 1870-1889. From Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1656-035.

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Date of Birth1819Place of BirthLiverpool, Lancashire, EnglandDate of Death13 May 1891Place of DeathTauranga, New ZealandPlace of Burial/CremationTauranga Anglican Cemetery

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ChildrenJohn Alfred Chadwick (1844-1886)

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PartnerSarah Chadwick nee Sefton

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Chadwick, John, c.1819-1891 (Person)