Guinness Family of Tauranga, 1908-

SummaryThe Guinness Family in Tauranga are well known for their business, the "Guinness Brothers Limited" which started in 1908 when they purchased 'The Bond Store' on The Strand from James Alexander Mann.

The Guinness Family Limited’s original directors were brothers Sidney Oswald Guinness and John (Jack) Arthur Daniel Guinness, along with their mother Jessie and step-father John Green. The brothers are indeed descendants of Arthur Guinness, founder of the famous stout brewery at St James’s Gate in Dublin. Jack and Sid’s grandfather, Francis Hart Vicesimus Guinness, was the grandson of Arthur Guinness and after a number of years living in India, Francis and his wife Catherine (nee Richardson) brought their family out to New Zealand to start a new life in 1852.

Francis’s fourth son, Frank Hart Guinness, met and married Jessie Bannatyne, whose family was in the hotel business in Otago. Together, they were the licensees of several Dunedin Hotels. Frank died aged 44 at the Douglas Hotel in Dunedin, leaving wife Jessie and seven children. She remarried John George Green and they had one son, George Leslie Green 1902. The family moved to Christchurch in 1903 where they were again in the Hotel business and by 1908 they were on the move again. They left Christchurch on the vessel “Ellingmite” en route to Tauranga with the youngest six members of the family.

With the boys’ future in mind, Jack being 24 years and Sid 22 years, Mr Green purchased a business from Mr J.A. Mann that consisted of the direct importing business, a wholesale wine and spirit licence, farm machinery and a retail store selling general hardware, groceries and petrol.

As importers, producers and stockists of agricultural equipment, Guinness Bros. played an essential role in the development of the Bay of Plenty's agricultural industry. They did considerable business in the backblocks, extending from east of Opotiki to west of Waihi.SourcesObituary - Mrs J. G. Green, Te Puke Times, 26 August 1932, Page 2Obituary - Mr F. H. GuinnessSmith, Rod. Guinness Down Under – The famous brew and the family come to Australia and New Zealand. Tauranga; Eyeglass Press Ltd. 2018. Tauranga City Libraries 926.4 GUINGuinness J. A. (Jack). Obituary Bay of Plenty Times 4 April 1962

Photographs

Tauranga from the Redoubt

Mr Sid Guiness - Bottle top collection

Jack Guinness Memorial Rose Bowl on display at Tga Bowling Club's pavilion

Mr S.O. Guinness. Christmas gifts for blind.

Guinness Bros c. 1960s

Archive Collections

Records compiled by Mann & Company and Guinness Brothers Limited at No. 1 The Strand, Tauranga

Correspondence of Guinness Brothers (Firm), 1939-1940

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Guinness down under : the famous brew and the family come to Australia and New Zealand
Author: Smith, Rod - Te Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries 926.4 GUIN

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MotherBannatyne, Jessie Barbara 1855-1932FatherGuinness, Frank Hart 1850-1895Other GuardianGreen, John George 1855-1944ChildrenGuinness, Frank Hart 1877-1946Guinness, Marion (Minnie) Crosbie 1879-1968Guinness, John (Jack) Arthur Daniel 1883-1962Guinness, Sidney Oswald 1885-1969Guinness, Jessie Alice 1890-1981Guinness, Ruby Constance 1892-1970Guinness, Cecil George 1894-1917Green, George Leslie 1902-1965

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Guinness Family of Tauranga, 1908-