Goodyear, Canon William, 1850-1914 (Person)

SummaryBorn in Luton, UK, in 1850, William arrived in New Zealand in 1878 aboard the SS Cuzco. He married Catherine Davis in 1881.
He was the last missionary sent out by the Church Missionary Society, spending a year learning te reo Māori in Gisborne. After his ordination, in 1880, he was Vicar of Wairoa, Hawkes Bay, until 1883, when he succeeded Archdeacon Brown as Superintendent of the Māori Missions in the Bay of Plenty, with headquarters at the Mission House, Maketū.
He stood in for Canon Jordan, at times, taking services at the Holy Trinity Church in Tauranga.
In 1896, the family lived in "Taiparirua", built by James A. Mann, at the foot of Eighth and Ninth Avenues.
He officiated at the burials of victims of the Tarawera eruption in 1886.

He died in 1914, survived by his widow and two sons and seven daughters.SourcesGreat eruption, Tarawera memories » New Zealand Herald, 12 June 1936, p 16.Obituary Mrs Catherine Goodyear » Bay of Plenty Times, 9 June 1944, p. 4.Obituary Rev. Canon Goodyear » Bay of Plenty Times, 19 January 1914.

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Canon William Goodyear, c.1893. A crop from Photo 03-004.

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First Name(s)William SurnameGoodyearAlso Known asCanon GoodyearDate of Birth1850Place of BirthLuton, EnglandDate of Death18 January 1914Place of DeathTaurangaPlace of Burial/CremationMission Cemetery at Ōtamataha Pā. OccupationClergyman

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PartnerCatherine DavisDate Married9 June 1881 Place of MarriageAll Saints Church, Napier

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Goodyear, Canon William, 1850-1914 (Person)