SummaryA Tauranga businessman whose career reflects the town’s transition from a small port settlement to an established commercial centre in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Born in County Tyrone, Ireland, he arrived in Tauranga as a young man to work for his uncle, J. Wright, in a drapery on The Strand.
By 1899 Teasey had purchased his own drapery business and established premises in central Tauranga, expaning to bicycles in 1908, later operating from Devonport Road as the commercial focus of the town shifted inland from the waterfront. From the early 1920s he worked as a land and estate agent (through Maxwell & Teasey from 1921), maintaining offices in Devonport Road and commissioning the construction of Teaseys Building in 1939.
Portion of group photo in either 1911 or 1916 enhanced for clarity (original inset). See "Postcard" in sources.
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MotherTeasey née Wilson, Matilda, 1844-1911FatherTeasey, Robert, c.1828-1876SiblingsTeasey, Sarah Jane, 1868-1942Teasey, Anne Elizabeth, 1869-unknownTeasey, Robert James Jackson (Rev), 1873-1958ChildrenTeasey, Harry Joseph, 1903-1999Teasey, William Wilson, 1907-1980
Partner
PartnerTeasey née Brain, Ada Kate, 1874-1950Date Married1888