Northcroft, Ernest, 1854–1942 (Person)

SummaryPublic servant, postmaster, telegraph and postal officer. Born in New Plymouth; educated there and later at Wellington College. Entered the telegraph service at Patea (c.1870s), serving 18 months. Postmaster at Hurunui, North Canterbury, for two years. Served several years in the telegraph offices at Blenheim and Wellington as operator, later supervising officer. Appointed assistant officer in charge at the Blenheim Telegraph Office in 1888; held a similar position at Christchurch for four years. Transferred to Tauranga in 1895. Postmaster at Tauranga 1896–1899, remaining in the district until at least mid-1902. While in Tauranga also served as agent for the Public Trustee, officer in charge of the Lands for Settlement Office, and Officer in Charge of Ports and Coastwaiters (Tauranga). Member of the Tauranga Club; interested in athletics; keen floriculturist. Married Olivia Emma Pellow Payne (1892, Wellington). Later transferred back to Blenheim. Died 15 December 1942, Napier.SourcesCyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District], Tauranga (published 1900).

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Portrait within The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District], Tauranga (1900).

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First Name(s)ErnestSurnameNorthcroftGenderMaleDate of Birth1854Place of BirthNew PlymouthDate of Death1942OccupationPostmaster

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MotherNorthcroft, Marth Mary, née Young, 1811-1902FatherNorthcroft, William, 1807-1888

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PartnerNorthcroft, Olivia Emma Pellow née Payne, 1864-1929

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Northcroft, Ernest, 1854–1942 (Person)