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Albert John Harper & Lillie Violet Edith MANSHIP
m. 24 Aug. 1922 at Holy Trinity, Avonside.
ages: 44 / 27: widower, 5
May 1913 / spinster: occ:
traveller: born: Woolston / Halswell:
parents: John & Priscilla Harper, nee VESEY,
builder.
John & Edith Blanch
Manship, nee HAMILTON, a dealer.
witness: E.S.Harper, Wellington: G.Black, typiste,
St Albans:
Albert John Harper & Annie SWINTON
m. 12 May 1908 at Holy Trinity, Avonside.
ages: 29 / 33: occ:
clerk: born: both
Christchurch:
parents: John & Priscilla Harper, nee VESEY,
builder.
Thomas & Maria
Swinton, nee GARLAND, engineer.
witness: V.J.Drake, traveller, Christchurch: Maria
Swinton:
Alfred Edwin Harper & Catherine
FORD m. 25 Jan. 1901 at res. Mr Ford,
Colombo st, St Albans.
ages: 24 / 19 occ:
carpenter: born: Linwood / Sydenham,
Christchurch:
parents: Stephen & Jane Harper, nee LLOYD,
tin miner.
James & Mary Anne
Ford, nee CUBBON, carpenter.
witness: James Ford, carpenter, St Albans:
Mary Ashworth, Islington: Samuel Ford,
Springfield:
Edmund Richard Ford: Phoebe Clothier:
Alfred William Harper & Emma Isabella
JAMES m. 14 August 1901 at res. J.F.Johnson,
Kaiapoi.
ages: 44 / 26: born:
Kaiapoi / Newcastle, NSW:
parents: John & Maria Harper, nee STAPLETON,
farmer.
John & Emma James,
nee RAWNSLEY, seaman.
witness: Robert Edward Humphrey Harper,
Kaiapoi: Mary Ashley:
Allan William Harper & May Ellen
Alecia LAWSON m. 3 July 1920
at St Luke's, Christchurch.
ages: 27 / 17: occ:
farmer / waitress: born: Woolston /
Christchurch:
parents: Alfred Benjamin & Elizabeth Charlotte
Harper, nee WELCH.
James Thomas &
Ocean Annie Lawson, nee HAWKER, driver.
witness: George Whitta: G.J.Lawson:
C.R.Harper: Myrtle Harper:
Archibald James Harper & Ethel Maud
STOW m. 4 Oct. 1906 at St Mark's, Opawa.
ages: 25 / 28: occ: tramway
conductor: born: Christchurch / London:
parents: Robert & Agnes Harper, nee HAMILTON,
a slater.
Edgar Walter Stow &
Sarah SHARPE, nee CHILDS.
witness: Leslie Gee, Spreydon: Edith Lily Stow, Linwood:
Arthur John Harper & Mary KEELEY
m. 25 April 1900 at res. William F. Keeley, Kaiapoi.
ages: 28 / 22: occ: farm
labourer: born: both Kaiapoi:
parents: Robert Sizeland & Mary Harper, nee
BENNINGTON, farmer.
Wm Fairthorne & Elizabeth
Keeley, nee RICHARDS, farm labourer.
witness: William Keeley, Kaiapoi: Hannah
Drabble, weaver, Kaiapoi:
marriage dissolved 7 July 1931
Arthur Paul Harper & Marion Florence
CAMPBELL m. 5 April 1899 at St Paul's,
Papanui.
ages: 33 / 29: occ:
Barrister & Solicitor: born: Chch /
Orange, NSW. usual address: Auckland:
parents: Leonard & Joanna Dorothea Dyke, nee TROYTE,
Barrister.
Michael Scott
& Ellen Lucy Campbell, nee TEMPLER,
runholder.
witness: Ellen Campbell, Papanui: Rose
Mary Templer, Avonside:
Benjamin Harper & Frances Elizabeth
PETERS m. 9 May 1883 at Colombo st North.
ages: 23 / 24: occ: clerk /
servant: born: Edinburgh, Scotland /
Christchurch.
parents: Robert & Agnes Harper, nee SIME,
a slater.
George Cornelius
& Elizabeth Peters, nee STONEBRIDGE,
saddler.
witness: Robert Harper: George Cornelius
Peters:
Charles Harper & Ida CARPENTER
m. 8 July 1908 at Knox. Pres. Bealey Ave.
ages: 29 / 27: occ:
blacksmith: born: Pigeon
Bay / Maraetai, Auckland:
parents: John Sizeland & Levina
Harper, nee HUBBARD,
blacksmith.
William & Martha
Carpenter, nee KIDD, farmer.
witness: Amy Carpenter, seaman,
Kaiapoi: Martin Copeland, salesman,
Christchurch:
Charles Harper
& Rose HODGSON
m. 13 December 1919 at the res.Twentyman Hodgson
ages: 38 / 25, occ: shepherd:
b. Canterbury, Kent / Loburn.
parents: Charles & Elizabeth Harper, nee BOURNE, farmer
Twentyman & Sarah Ann Hodgson, nee JUDSON
witness: Twentyman Hodgson, farmer, Loburn:
Barbara A.Hodgson, Waiau, school teacher.
Charles Godfrey Cracroft Harper
& Gladys Helen BLUNDEN m. 23
April 1912 at St James, Cust, Nth Canterbury.
ages: 27 / 25: occ:
farmer: born: Hackthorne, Ashburton
/ "The Downs", Bennetts, Nth Canterbury:
parents: Charles John & Sarah Harper,
nee CRACROFT, farmer.
Reginald & Alice
Blunden, nee MOORE, farmer.
witness: Reginald Blunden, Bennetts, farmer:
Leonard W. Blunden, Bennetts, farmer:
Charles John Harper & Sarah CRACROFT
m. 13 Feb. 1867 at St Mary's. Halswell.
ages: both full: widower /
spinster: occ: gentleman:
witness: Isabella Westernra: Edith
Cracfoft Wilson: G. Macfarlan:
Charles John Harper & Cecilia Anne WILSON
m. 3 July 1861 at St Michael's, Christchurch.
ages: full / minor: occ:
gentleman:
witness: James Wilson: Emily Harper:
Sibella Mary Ross: Rosa Harper: Katherine
Wilson:
Charles Lawrence Harper & Hazel Olive WALTON
m. 8 Jan. 1930 at St Barnabas, Fendalton.
occ: teacher: born: Christchurch /
Aucland: usual
address: Geraldine:
parents: Thomas & Olivia Harper, nee O'ROARKE,
grocer.
Frederick Herbert &
Marion Walton, nee NESS, basket maker.
witness: George Clifford harper, clerk,
Christchurch: Kathleen herd,
Christchurch:
David Harper & Rosetta May GILES
& m. 27 December 1905 at St. Augustine, Clarkville
ages: 28/21, occ:
platelayer: b. Kaiapoi / Clarkville
parents: Robert Sizsland & Mary Ann
Harper, nee BONNINGTON farmer
Edward & Kate
Giles nee CLOTHIER, farmer.
witness: Arthur Edmund Brierly,
Kaiapoi: Minna Rosina Vaughan,
Clarkville:
Edmund Harper & Laura Lind GOSSETT
m. 29 Nov. 1905 at St Mary's, Irwell.
ages: both full: occ:
farmer: born: both New
Zealand: usual address: Fairlie:
parents: George & Agnes Margaret Harper, nee LOUGHNAN,
Barrister.
Charles Hilgrove & Helen Low
Gossett, nee MORISON, clerk in Holy Orders.
witness: H.B.Williams, Christchurch: George E.
Rhodes, Ellesmere: Nellie Rhodes, Ellesmere:
Edward William Harper & Frances Ethel
HOWARTH m. 30 July 1914 at res. Mr
Jas. Howarth, Kaiapoi.
ages: 21 / 26: occ: labourer / millhand:
born: Kaiapoi / Rothwell,
Yorkshire:
parents: Robert Edward Humphrey & Ellen Harper, nee
WRIGHT, labourer.
James & Emma Howarth, nee ABBISHAM,
millhand.
witness: Albert Howarth, weaver, Kaiapoi: Isabella
Elliot -- Kaiapoi:
Elijah Harper & Louisa WHITTINGTON
m. 15 April 1869 at St John the Baptist, Christchurch.
ages: both full: witness: Jacob
Wicks, Christchurch: Frances Eleanor Hoare:
Frank Harper & Violet Simpson FALCONER
m. 20 Jan. 1914 at res. Mr R.M.Falconer, Tuam
st.
ages: 27 / 27: occ: asphalt
contractor: born: Opawa /
Christchurch:
parents: John Albert & Elizabeth Harper, nee HAWKER,
blacksmith.
Robert Morrison &
Mary Falcolner, nee NEILL, gentleman.
witness: Anthony Anderson, bootmaker: Eva
Smith, dressmaker:
Frederick Harper & Margaret Jane STEPHENS
m. 27 Sept. 1900 at Wesleyan Church, Woolston.
ages: 24 / 22: occ: bootmaker:
born: Woolston / Sydenham:
parents: Elijah Wm & Louisa Harper, nee WHITTINGTON
, engine driver.
Frederick & Margaret Jane
Stephens, nee OGAN, contractor.
witness: J. Stephens, a tanner, Woolston:
L.Stephens, Woolston:
George Harper & Agnes Margaret LOUGHNAN
m. 21 Nov. 1871 at Catholic Church, Christchurch.
occ: solicitor:
witness: R.J.Loughnan: Georgina Loughnan:
H.H.Loughnan: J.
Loughnan: R.A. Loughnan:
George Eric Harper & Phyllis May
SMITH m. 25 March 1939 at Baptist
Church, Oxford tce.
occ: comm. traveller: born: both
Christchurch:
parents: Alfred Edwin & Katherine Harper, nee
FORD, carpenter.
Alfred & Amelia May
Smith, nee CLOTHIER, manufacturer.
witness: Eversley May Underwood,
Christchurch: John Kerle Haberfield, Christchurch:
Harold Walter Harper & Edith Annie GUNDY
m. 22 June 1905 at St Mark's, Opawa.
ages: 22 / 21: occ: butcher:
born: Woolston / Akaroa:
parents: Walter & Emma Harper, nee DAY,
labourer.
John & Sarah Gundy,
nee YEWEN, bootmaker.
witness: John Hammond Beckett, bootmaker,
Sydenham: Harvey Victor Boatwood, baker, Linwood.
Hector Stanley Harper & Grace GRAY
m. 25 April 1912 at res. Walter Harper, Lyttelton.
ages: 21 / 19: occ:
carter: born: Woolston / Lyttelton:
parents: Walter & Emma Harper, nee DAY,
George & Emily ELLIS,
nee GRAY
witness: S.J.Ellis, shepherd, Kaikoura:
Flossie Harper, Lyttelton:
Herbert Harper & Elizabeth Ann KINGDON
m. 27 Nov. 1902 at res. Mr Kingdon, Opawa.
ages: 22 / 25: born: Opawa /
Christchurch:
parents: John Albert & Elizabeth Harper, nee HAWKER,
blacksmith.
John &
Margaret Kingdon, nee O'BRIEN.
witness: John Kingdon, picture framer,
Christchurch: Frances Mary Kingdon, Christchurch:
Herbert Horace Harper & Mary Louise EVANS
m. 14 April 1910 at Baptist Church, Oxford Tce.
ages: 34 / 25: occ: grocer
/ grocers assistant: born:
Christchurch / Tring, Herts, England:
parents: Joel James & Elizabeth
Harper, nee SMITH, plumber.
John & Sarah Ann
Evans, nee HANWELL, ironmongers assistant.
witness: Arthur Odering, Selwyn St: Phoebe
Kinley, Ferry Rd:
Herbert William Harper & Catherine CAMERON
m. 31 March 1902 at res. Mrs Mitchell, Peterborough st.
ages: 28 / 26: occ: tanner:
born: Woolston, Christchurch / Scotland:
parents: Wm & Mary Harper, nee ROUND,
a tanner.
Jas. & Elizabeth
Cameron, nee GLEN. labourer.
witness: W.G. Foster, labourer,
Woolston: Isabelle
Cameron, Kowai Bush, Canterbury:
Bertha Harper, Woolston:
Horace Frederick Harper & May STEWART
m. 23 December 1908 at St Mary's, Addington.
ages: 29 / 23: occ: salesman:
born: both Christchurch:
parents: John & Priscilla Harper, nee VESEY,
builder.
Henry & Caroline
Stewart, nee WILSON, gentleman.
witness: V.J.Drake, Christchurch: E.S.
Harper, Woolston:
James Davidson Harper & Grace Ellen Henrietta
LEE m. 7 February 1876 at res. Mr
Moffet, Halswell.
ages: 24 / 20: occ: schoolmaster:
witness: Jennings Moffet, farmer, Halswell: Maggie
Moffet, Halswell:
James Davidson Harper & Grace Ellen Henrietta
LEE m. 9 Oct. 1917 at St Mary's, Addington.
ages: 35 / 32: occ: agent:
born: Gebbies Valley / Halswell:
usual address: Wellington:
parents: James Davidson & Grace Ellen
Henrietta Harper, nee LEE, school teacher.
John Parsons Warburton
& Lucy Jane Lee, nee WARD, farmer.
witness: H.G.Cogan, clerk, Christchurch:
J.T.Cogan: Doris Guthrie, Christchurch:
Joel James Harper & Elizabeth SMITH
m. 29 February 1868 at St John Baptist,
Christchurch.
ages: both full: occ: groom:
witness: Joseph Smith, Christchurch: Catherine Smith:
John Harper & Elizabeth HAWKER
m. 15 June 1871 at St Mark's, Opawa.
ages: of age, underage:
occ: labourer:
witness: James Hawker, wireworker, Christchurch: Henry
Crooks, Christchurch:
John Harper & Catherine MURPHY
m. 15 April 1899 at St Luke's,
Christchurch.
ages: 19 / 17 born:
Pigeon Bay / Sydenham:
parents: John Sizeland & Lavina Harper, nee HUBBARD,
blacksmith.
Thomas Patrick
& Kate Murphy, nee COSTELLO,
blacksmith.
witness: Thomas Patrick Murphy, blacksmith,
Kaiapoi: Alice Beatrice Clemence, Christchurch:
Charles Kingston Band.
John Harper & Henrietta EDMONDSTON
m. 7 August 1915 at St John's, Woolston.
ages: 61 / 49: widower, 14 Aug. 1912
/ widow, 22 Oct. 1912: born:
Christchurch / Geelong, Aus: occ:
carpenter:
parents: John & Elizabeth Harper, nee KING,
farmer.
Laurence &
Elizabeth WEBSTER, nee GOREY,
stockbroker.
witness: Sydney Lawrence Harrison: William Edward Adino
Newenham, soldier:
John Harper & Alice TURNER
m. 11 January 1898 at res. Mrs Harper, Linwood.
ages: 27 / 24: occ: painter:
born: Linwood / Loburn, Nth Canterbury:
parents: Stephen & Jane Harper, nee LLOYD,
mining agent.
John Frost & Ann Turner,
nee KING, farmer.
witness: William Edward Harper, grocer: Emily Turner,
Loburn: William Edward Clothier, bootmaker,
Linwood:
John Harper & Priscilla Wright VESEY
m. 19 July 1877 at Holy Trinity, Avonside.
ages: full /
20: witness:
Alfred Oliver: Ellen E.Harper: A.B.Harper: Susan
Vesey:
John Ferguson Harper & Dionysia Maud HORNBROOK
m. 27 Jan. 1881 at St Luke's, Christchurch.
ages: 32 / 20: occ: Bank
accountant: born: Aberdeen, Scotland
/ Mt Pleasant, Canterbury:
parents: William & Margaret Harper, nee INNES,
farmer.
Alfred & Frances
Hornbrook, nee HEWITT, gentleman.
witness: A.Hornbrook, Opawa, gentleman:
Francis H. Burges, solicitor,
Christchurch: Emily J.A.Mulligan:
John George Harper & Elsie Jane PEARSE
m. 15 Jan. 1908 at St Michael's, Christchurch.
ages: 29 / 25 occ:
storeman / housemaid: born: Abbway,
NSW / Tinwald, Canterbury:
parents: Robert Dawson & Catherine
Harper, nee DEIDRICK, ironmonger.
William & Elizabeth
Pearse, nee ASHTON, a miller.
witness: Wm Anderson, Ashburton: Maggie McIver,
Christchurch:
Leonard James Harper & Rose PATTERSON
m. 27 Dec. 1905 at Baptist Church, Spreydon.
ages: 22 / 20: occ: joiner /
tailoress: born: Opawa / Sydenham, both
Christchurch.
parents: Albert John & Elizabeth Harper,
nee HAWKER, blacksmith.
Peter & Mary Patterson, nee CHAPMAN,
shunter.
witness: Lily Patterson, machinist, Waltham:
J.W.Goddard, St Martins-Opawa:
Matthew Dalgarno Harper & Gwendoline Mabel BURT
m. 3 April 1935 at Knox Pres. Church,
Rangiora.
occ: labourer:
born: Brechin, Forfarshire, Scotland / Waipukurau:
parents: Charles & Jennie Harper, nee DALGARNO,
labourer.
Thomas & Clara Edith Burt, nee COOPER,
farmer.
witness: William Gordon Farquhar, labourer,
Christchurch: Thelma Lilian Burt,
Rangiora:
Norman Robert Harper & Lillie Zanna POOLE
m. 19 August 1914 at St Bartholomew, Kaiapoi.
ages: 26 / 22: occ: surveyor /
assistant P & T.
born: Naseby, Otago / Blenheim:
parents: Benjamin & Frances Elizabeth Harper,
nee PETERS clerk of court.
William Nelson &
Emma Louisa Poole, nee LLOYD, postmaster.
witness: William Nelson Poole, postmaster,
Kaiapoi: George Benjamin Chinnery, dental
mechanic, Christchurch:
Randolph George Harper & Amy WOODWARD
m. 2 May 1870 at St John the Baptist, Christchurch.
ages: both full: occ:
farmer:
witness: John Dons, grocer,
Christchurch: Charlotte Triggs, Christchurch:
Robert Harper & Ambrosine Adelaide
Margaret Ann AUSTIN m. 23 Jan. 1893
at res. Thos. E. Brierly, Kaiapoi.
ages: 24 / 22: occ: labourer:
born: Kaiapoi / Durham, England:
parents: Robert Sizeland & Mary Harper, nee BENNINGTON,
farmer.
James & Margaret Ann
Austin, nee STOKER, labourer.
witness: A.M.Brierly, Kaiapoi:
Thos. Ed. Brierly, spinner, Kaiapoi:
Robert Harper & Agnes HAMILTON
m. 18 Nov. 1874 at The Manse, Christchurch.
ages: 22 / 22: occ: slater.
witness: Alfred Piper, butler,
Christchurch: Alice Mary Piper,
householder:
Robert Edward Humphrey Harper & Ellen WRIGHT
m. 26 May 1886 at res. Mr W.Wright, Kaiapoi;
ages: 24 / 22: occ:
farmer: born: both New
Zealand:
parents: John & Maria Harper, nee SAVAGE,
farmer.
William & Mary Ann
Wright, nee PEARCE, stoker.
witness: W.Wright, Kaiapoi: Emily Wright, Kaiapoi:
Robert Sizeland Harper & Mary BENNINGTON
m. 20 April; 1864 at Parish Church, Kaiapoi.
ages: full / under: occ:
labourer:
witness: John Harper: Isabella Collins:
Robert Sizland Harper & Ambrosine Adelaide
Margaret Ann AUSTIN m. 23 Jan. 1893 at res.
Thos. E.Brierly, Kaiapoi.
ages: 24 / 22: born: Kaiapoi /
Durham, England:
parents: Robert Sizland & Mary Harper, nee BENNINGTON
, farmer.
James & Margaret Ann
Austin, nee STOKER.
witness: A.M.Brierly, Kaiapoi: Thos.
Ed. Brierly, spinner, Kaiapoi:
Stephen Harper & Sarah Elizabeth CHAPMAN
m. 6 Feb. 1890 at Methodist Church, Richmond.
ages: 28 / 23: occ: painter / school
teacher: born: Holywell, Flintshire, Nth
Wales / Fernside, Rangiora:
parents: Stephen & Jane Harper, nee
LLOYD, commission agent:
John & Eliza
Chapman, nee MARTIN,
witness: Robert Arthur Gott, carpenter,
Spreydon: Lillie Chapman,
Fernside:
Thomas Harper & Olivia O'ROARKE m.
19 Sept. 1901 at St Matthew's Church, Fernside.
ages: 31 / 29: occ: labourer /
dressmaker: born: Kaiapoi / Fernside:
parents: James & Sarah Harper, nee BARSON,.
Charles & Jane O'Roarke, nee MAJOR,
farmer.
witness: H.J.Herriott, Christchurch: Miriam
O'Roarke, Fernside:
Walter Harper & Emma DAY
m. 19 Oct. 1882 at The Manse, Christchurch.
ages: 22 / 21: occ:
currier: born: both New Zealand:
parents: John & Elizabeth Harper, nee KING,
farmer.
William &
Selina Day, nee NANKIVILLE, mariner.
witness: Marshall A. Robinson, compositor,
Christchurch: Louisa Harper, spinster, Christchurch:
William Harper & Mary ROUND m.
16 April 1873 at St John the Baptist. Christchruch.
ages: 21 / 21:
witness: John Harper, labourer, Ferry rd:
Elijah Round, Waltham, blacksmith:
William Stephen Harper & Louisa Eileen HAYDON
m. 26 Feb. 1924 at St Andrew's, Christchurch.
born: both Christchurch: occ:
salesman:
parents: John & Alice Harper, nee TURNER,
painter & decorator
Henry & Louisa Ellen
Haydon, nee McNISH, railway employee.
witness: F.Jefferies, Christchurch: A.G.Wass,
clerk, Christchurch:
marriage dissolved 24 August 1944.
William Thomas Harper & Barbara Jane CROSBIE
m. 20 Jan. 1872 at St Mark's, Opawa.
ages: both full: occ: mechanic:
witness: James Harper, wireworker, Ferry rd: John
Harper, Opawa:
Marriages - Brides
Patrick John YOUNG & Ada Harper
m. 1 August 1907 at Catholic cathedral.
ages: 29 / 25: born: both St
Martins, Opawa:
parents: William Young & Catherine
GRAHAM, formerly Young, nee KEARNEY.
John Albert & Bessie
Harper, nee HAWKER, blacksmith.
witness: William Young, Opawa: Sarah Young,
Opawa:
Joseph ANDERSON & Alice Ann Harper
m. 23 Dec. 1894 at St Mary's, merivale.
ages: 28 / 24: occ:
butcher born: Christchurch /
Ashbourne:
parents: John & Mary Jane Anderson, nee PITTS,
cabinet maker.
Elijah & Louisa
Harper, nee WHITTINGTON, wool washer.
witness: Charles Powell: Emma Whittington, Opawa:
Thomas Edmund BRIERLY & Alice Mary
Harper m. 26 Dec. 1883 at Pres.
Church, Kaiapoi.
ages: 25 / 19:
occ: both factory hand:
born: England / New Zealand:
parents: Edmund & Alice Brierly, nee
PICKANANCE, mill manager.
Robert Sizeland & Mary Harper, nee BENNINGTON,
farmer.
witness: Robert S.Harper, farmer, Kaiapoi:
Matilda Elliot, Kaiapoi:
James Henry PULLAN & Amy Louisa
Harper m. 17 May 1913 at Church of Good
Shepherd, Phillipstown.
ages: 23 / 21: occ:
telegraphist: born:
Linwood / Prebbleton:
parents: James & Sarah Ann, nee THOMPSON,
brickmaker.
John & Emma Louisa Harper,
nee WEBBER, fruiterer.
witness: Augustus Alan Wright,
Linwood: John Leonard Harper, Linwood:
William DONALDSON & Ann Harper
m. 13 June 1878 at The Manse, Leeston.
ages: 33 / 28: occ: farmer:
witness: James Lindsay Broom, Leeston:
Jemima Ewenson, Leeston:
John MURCHIE & Annie Maria Harper
m. 2 March 1896 at res. John Harper, Kaiapoi:
ages: 27 / 28: occ:
farmer: born: Woodend / Kaiapoi,
both Canterbury:
parents: Wm Henry (dec.) & Elizabeth CRAWFORD,
formerly Murchie, nee RICHARDS
John & Maria
Harper, nee STAPLETON,
witness: Wm. J. Joy, Kaiapoi: Mary Keeley,
Kaiapoi:
Robert James YOUNG & Annie Maud Harper
m. 11 July 1900 at Salvation Army Barracks.
ages: 22 / 22: occ:
bootmaker: born: both Leeston,
Canterbury:
parents: Thomas & Martha Young, nee GALLAGHER,
bootmaker.
Robert & Grace
Harper, nee FLAWS.
witness: Thomas Young, boilermaker, Dunedin:
Mima Harper, Leeston:
Frederick NEALE & Elizabeth Harper
m. 19 March 1913 at res. Mrs Bickerstaff,
Kaiapoi.
ages: 22 / 22: occ: labourer /
housekeeper: born: Christchurch /
Kaiapoi:
parents: John Henry & Elizabeth Neale, nee DEAN,
Robert Henry Humphrey
& Ellen Harper, nee WRIGHT,
witness: Henry Dean, Belfast: John Henry
Neale, Belfast:
BURNEY & Ellen Miriam Harper m.
31 August 1898 at Pres. Church, Kaiapoi.
ages: 23 / 23: occ: farmer:
born: Hurunui, Nth Canterbury / Kaiapoi:
parents: Edward Burney, sheep farmer, (mother deceased)
Robert Sizeland
& Mary Harper, nee BENNINGTON.
William George Harold BRUCE & Ellen
Culverhouse Harper m. 2 Nov. 1920 at
Church of Good Shepherd, Phillipstown.
ages: 30 / 25: occ: civil
servant: born: Christchurch /
Prebbleton:
parents: James & Sarah Jane Bruce, nee BLACKLER,
marriner.
John Leonard & Emma
Louisa Harper, nee WEBBER, carrier.
witness: John Leonard Harper, carrier,
Woolston: Ernest Randolph Harper, fellmonger, Woolston:
William George Harold Bruce - b. 26 Sept.
1890 to James & Sarah, seaman, St
Asaph St.
John Alfred OLIVER & Ellen Eliza
Harper m. 9 May 1878 at St Mark's, Opawa.
ages: 24 / 20: occ:
tanner:
witness: Randolph Harper, brewer, Phillipstown:
Louisa Harper, Ferry rd:
Charles George TRIPP & Ellen Shepherd Harper
m. 23 Sept. 1858 at St Michael's, Christchurch.
ages: both full occ: barrister of law:
witness: Emily W. Harper: Charles C. Bowen:
C.P.Cox: H.W.Harper: John Studholme:
C.L.Williams: Sarah
S.Harper: Edward Jollie:
John George HENDREN & Elsie May Harper
m. 3 June 1903 at Pro-Cathedral.
ages: 23 / 21: occ:
blacksmith/ tailoress: born:
Lyttelton / Woolston:
parents: John & Rose Hendren nee MACKLE,
a striker.
Elijah & Louisa Harper, nee WHITTINGTON,
engine driver.
witness: Emma Whittington, Woolston: W.
McConnell, boiler maker, Christchurch:
William BRISCO & Emily Jane Harper
m. 20 August 1903 at res. Mr Harper, St martins.
ages: 31 / 28: occ:
farmer / tailoress: born: both St
Martins, Christchurch:
parents: James & Jane Brisco, nee GRANT,
farmer.
John Albert &
Elizabeth Harper, nee HAWKER, blacksmith.
witness: John Albert Harper, St Martins:
Violet Marion Harper, St Martins:
John Barton Arundel ACLAND &
Emily Weddell Harper m. 17
January 1860 at St Michael's, Christchurch.
ages: both full: occ:
Gentleman.
witness: Rosa Harper, Christchurch: Edward
Jollie, Mt Parnasuss:
William James JOY & Emma
Louisa Harper m. 30 June 1896 at
res. John Harper, Kaiapoi.
ages: 28 / 24:
born: Bedfordshire, England / Kaiapoi:
parents: Abel & Sarah Joy, nee RICHARDSON,
gardener.
John & Maria Harper,
nee STAPLETON, farmer.
witness: George Alfred Fantham, farmer, Kaiapoi:
Mary Jane Ashley, weaver, Kaiapoi:
John PHILLIPS & Ethel Blanch Harper
m. 18 Oct. 1900 at res. Mrs S. Phillips,
Christchurch.
ages: 27 / 22: occ: pastry
cook: born: London /
Christchurch:
parents: John Miller & Sarah Phillips, nee GODDARD,
Robert & Margaret
Harper, nee SYMES, a slater.
witness: Robert Harper, slater,
Christchurch: James Golding,
bootmaker, Christchurch:
Cuthbert Henry GRESSON & Ethel
Hope Harper m. 18 Oct. 1904 at St
Michael's, Christchurch.
ages: 27 / 25: occ:
dentist: born: Christchurch /
Southbridge: usual address:
Timaru:
parents: John Beatty & Frances Helen Mary
Gresson, nee GORDON, solicitor:
Walter & Emily
Harper, nee HOPE, Dean of Christchurch;
witness: Walter Harper, Dean of
Christchurch: Emily Reeves, Christchurch:
Cuthbert Henry Gresson b. 18 Sept. 1877 to John
Beatty & Frances Helen Mary, solicitor.
George GIBLING & Ethel May Harper
m. 2 Nov. 1909 at res. Mr R.E.H.Harper, Kaiapoi.
ages: 23 / 21: occ:
driver: born: Clarkville /
Kaiapoi:
parents: Thomas Henry & Margaret Gibling, nee
CROMBIE, farmer.
Robert Edward Humphrey & Ellen
Harper, nee WRIGHT, farm labourer.
witness: Ernest Read, carpenter,
Kaiapoi: Elizabeth Harper, Kaiapoi:
George Gibling - b. 14 Feb. 1886 to Thomas
Henry & Margaret, Kaiapoi Island.
Frederick YEATTS & Florence Edith Harper
m. 15 Dec. 1910 at res. Mr W. harper, Woolston.
ages: 32 / 33: born:
Kaiwarra, Wellington / Woolston: usual
address: Kilbirnie:
parents: Robert & Jane Yeatts, nee GILL,
currier.
William & Mary
Harper, nee ROUND, tanner.
witness: Bertha Ellen Harper, Woolston: George
Harper, Woolston:
James William DAY & Flossie Irene Harper
m. 10 Feb. 1915 at res. Walter Harper,
Cornwall rd. Lyttelton.
ages: 27 / 23: occ:
labourer. born: Ipswich, Suffolk /
Lyttelton:
parents: Alfred & Elizabeth Day, nee HATFIELD,
labourer.
Walter & Agnes Emma
Harper, nee DAY, aerated waterworker.
witness: Hector Stanley Harper, Christchurch:
William Robert Sadler, Lyttelton:
George Johnston BIRCH & Gladys Harper
m. 2 June 1915 at St Luke's, Christchurch.
ages: 39 / 31: occ:
sheepfarmer: born: Rimu, Southland /
Dunedin:
parents: George Talbot & Isabella Birch
nee JOHNSTON, gentleman.
John Ferguson &
Diogenia? Maud, nee HORNBROOK, accountant.
witness: J. A. Harper, accountant, St
Albans: Lorna Harper, St Albans:
Harry ANDERSON & Grace Helen Henrietta Lee Harper
m. 21 Dec. 1910 at St Andrew's Church.
ages: 29 / 27:
occ: engineer: born:
Christchurch / Swannanoa:
parents: Charles Morton & Ann Anderson, nee
HICKLING, surgeon.
James Davidson & Grace Ellen
Henrietta Harper, nee LEE, school teacher.
witness; Annie Campbell, dressmaker: Leslie
Shand, ironmonger, Papanui:
Harry Anderson - b. 2 July 1881 to Charles
Morton & Annie, Sydenham, surgeon.
Stephen Charles Phillips NICHOLLS &
Hilda Alice Harper m. 29 March 1911 at St Mark's,
Opawa.
ages: 28 / 26: occ: lieut. NZTC.
born: Christchurch / Opawa, St Martins:
parents: John & Elizabeth Jane Nicholls, nee PHILLIPS,
farmer.
John Albert &
Elizabeth Harper, nee HAWKER, gentleman.
witness: Frank Harper, St Martins: Bessie
Harper, clerk, St Martins:
John ROBINSON & Hilda Rosina Harper
m. 21 Oct. 1903 at Methodist Church, East Belt,
Christchurch.
ages: 22 / 19: occ: fruiterer / shop
assistant: born: Lyttelton / Woolston:
parents: James & Jane Rundel Robinson,
nee TREVAIL, seedsman.
Alfred Benjamin &
Elizabeth Charlotte Harper, nee WELSH, carpenter.
witness: S.F.Nelson, messenger, BNZ.
Elizabeth Robinson, Christchurch:
William Thomas TRETHEWEY & Ivy Louisa
Harper m. 24 July 1914 at Durham st.
Methodist Church.
ages: 21/ 21: occ: sculptor:
born: both Christchurch:
parents: Jabez & Mary Trethewey, nee WALLACE,
carpenter.
Alfred Benjamin & Elizabeth Harper, nee
WHELCH, carpenter.
witness: Martha Hessel Knight, Christchurch:
Wm Burrows, caretaker, Christchurch:
George ASHLEY & Jane Harper
m. 27 Oct. 1874 at Wesleyan Church, Kaiapoi.
ages: 37 / 22: occ:
labourer:
witness: Geo. Venables, Kaiapoi: Louisa
Venables, Kaiapoi:
Alexander GILLESPIE & Janet Harper
m. 11 March 1878 at The Manse. Christchurch.
ages: 49 / 35: widower /
spinster: occ: farmer:
witness: James Paterson, farmer,
Southbridge: Mary Patterson, Southbridge.
Thomas DOUGLAS & Janet Harriette Harper
m. 10 June 1869 at St Luke's, Christchurch.
ages: both full: occ:
gentleman:
witness: Leonard Harper:
N.Thompson: N.Greeson: Isabelle
Westenra: Gerald S. Harper:
Robert SMITH & Jemima Harper
m. 28 Dec. 1910 at St John's. Leeston.
ages: 34 / 29: occ: striker, in
Govt. workshops: born: Oamaru / Leeston:
parents: Robert Polock & Janet Smith, nee
WARD, engineer.
Robert & Grace Harper, nee FLAUS,
witness: Elizabeth G. Harper,
Leeston: Henry J. Prattley,
Christchurch:
William David MARQUET & Jo Harper
m. 18 Nov. 1920 at St Marks, Opawa.
occ: grocer: born: Wanganui /
Birmingham, England:
parents: Harry & Mary Marquet, nee BECK,
a tanner.
Tom & Emmeline
Harper, nee COY, hairdresser.
witness: Nellie Marquet, Woolston: Harry
Marquet, Woolston:
James Hector MILNE & Kate Lurline
Harper m. 27 April 1927 at
Clarkville.
occ: slaughterman: born: Ashburton /
Belfast, Christchurch:
parents: David & Annie Maria Milne, nee HELLINGS,
David & Rosetta Mary Harper, nee
GILES,
witness: Jas. L. Clarke, bootmaker,
Sydenham: Ada Harper, Kaiapoi:
James JOLL & Lillian Harper m.
21 July 1898 at res. Mr John Harper, Opawa..
ages: 30 / 24: occ:
plasterer: born: Heathcote /
Opawa:
parents: James Clymo & Elizabeth Jane Joll, nee DELBRIDGE,
plasterer.
John & Bessie Harper, nee HAWKER,
blacksmith.
witness: Thos. Joll, clerk, Sydenham: Emily
Harper, St Martins:
Benjamin Joseph PEGLEY & Lillian Emily Harper
m. 6 July 1905 at Church of Good Shepherd, Phillipstown.
ages: 30 / 27: occ: brickmaker /
tailoress:
parents: George & Maria Pegley, nee HODSON,
painter.
Gerald James & Elizabeth
Harper, nee SMITH, plumber.
witness: M.M.Pearce, Christchurch:
John Thomas Pegley, Opawa.
Benjamin Joseph Pegley - b. 3 May 1875 to George
Joseph & Maria, nee Hodson, Christchurch.
James Robert LOUGHNAN & Lilian
Stella Mary Harper m. 25 Jan. 1904 at Pro -
Cathedral.
ages: 31 / 28: occ: medical
practitioner: born: Melbourne /
Christchurch: usual address: Victoria:
parents: Henry Nicholas & Mary Paterson Loughnan,
nee GILLESPIE, squatter.
George & Agnes
Harper, nee LOUGHNAN, barrister at law.
witness: George Harper, barrister,
Christchurch: Edmund Harper, farmer,
Fairlie: Margaret R. Maling:
Harry Thomas PARKER & Lucy Susannah Harper
m. 14 Sept. 1881 at Wesleyan Church, Kaiapoi.
ages: 22 / 21:
born: England / Kaiapoi:
parents: George & Caroline Parker, nee CAISEY,
a tailor.
John &
Maria Harper, ------
witness: Caroline B. Orchard, Harewood: Alfred
Harper, farmer, Kaiapoi:
Charles IVES & Mabel Agnes Harper m.
13 April 1899 at St Matthew's, St Albans.
ages: 22 / 19: occ: shop
assistant: born: both
Christchurch:
parents: George & Sara Ives, nee SHEPHERD,
farmer.
Robin & Agnes
Harper, nee HAMILTON, a slater.
witness: James Edward Allen, shop assistant, St
Albans: Ethel Maud Stow, St Albans: Agnes Harper,
Manchester st:
Victor James DRAKE & Mabel Alice Harper
m. 23 Sept. 1903 at St John's, Christchurch.
ages: 21 / 20: occ: salesman /
milliner: born: Christchurch / Woolston:
parents: James Pottinger & Lucy Marion Harper,
nee MOOR,
John &
Priscilla Harper, nee VESEY, carpenter.
witness: John Harper, carpenter, Woolston: Louis William
Davis, St Albans:
Victor James Drake - b. 14 May 1882 to James Pottinger
& Lucy Marian, nee Moore
Percy George BUDD & Margaret Moffet Harper
m. 27 July 1910 at St Andrew's, Church.
ages: 27 / 24: occ:
auctioneer: born: Christchurch
/ Swannanoa:
parents: Frank James & Mary Ann Budd, nee DEARSLEY.
James Davidson
& Grace Helen Henrietta Harper, nee LEE, schoolmaster.
witness: N.Harper, Spreydon:
H.E.Budd, Fendalton: Jas. D.Harper,
company manager, Wellington:
John Harley GILL & Mary Harper
m. 4 July 1903 at St John's, Christchurch.
ages: 24 / 23: occ: comm.
traveller: born: Centerfield,
Queensland / Oamaru:
parents: Richard William & Martha Marion Gill,
nee GODDING, accountant.
William & Johanna
Harper, nee CONROY, farmer.
witness: Walter Sampson, hotel manager,
Christchurch: Katie Ritchie.Christchurch:
James Henry ASHWORTH & Mary Harper
m. 16 Dec. 1890 at res. Mrs Stephen Harper, Avonville.
ages: 32 / 21: occ:
carpenter: born: both NZ.
parents: James & Sarah Ashworth, nee OMAD?
carpenter.
Stephen & Jane
Harper, nee LLOYD, clerk.
witness: O.T.Clothier, farmer,
Clarkville: M.J.Harper, Avonville:
Arthur Joseph DWIGHT & Mary Ann
Harper m. 29 Dec, 1915 at Knox
Church. Papanui Rd.
ages: 28 / 27: occ: timber
labourer: born: South Melbourne
/ Eglinton, Londonderry, Ireland:
parents: Samuel & Elizabeth Annie Dwight, nee WORKMAN,
labourer.
James & Jane Harper,
nee McMEEGAN, farmer.
witness: Frederick Landery, Merivale:
Michael Dwight:
Charles Robert BLAKISTON & Mary Anna Harper
m. 23 Sept. 1858 at St Michael's, Christchurch.
ages: both full: occ:
Member of Legislative Assembly:
witness: Sarah S.Harper: Rosa Harper: Emily
W.Harper: C.L.Williams: Charles C.Bowen:
Edward Jollie: H.W.Harper:
Robert ROBINSON & Mary Jane Harper
m. 27 Jan. 1881 at St Andrew's Church, Christchurch.
ages: 28 / 19: witness: Wm S.
Taylor, Evangelist Manse: Margaret Jane Robinson,
spinster, Opawa:
Frederick CHINNERY & Mary Graham
Harper m. 28
May 1888 at House of Robt Harper, Lichfield st.
ages: 21/17. b. London/New
Zealand.
parents: George & Kate Emma Chinnery, nee PRENTICE
Robert & Agnes Harper nee SIME plumber &
slater.
witness: Charles Stuart Angus, saddler,
Helen Isabella Harper, both of Christchurch.
William Herbert WALESBY & Mary Thelma
Harper m. 23 Dec. 1926 at All
Saints, Sumner.
occ: driver: born: both
Christchurch:
parents: Arthur Henry & rose Walesby, nee
HENSLEY, ret. dairyman.
George Edwin &
Emily Harper, nee JENSEN, Borough engineer.
witness: L.C.Monkman, Riccarton:
C.Harper, Sumner:
Edwin James COOKE & Olive Mary Harper
m. 26 Dec. 1907 at St Mark's, Opawa.
ages: 24 / 23: occ:
cabinetmaker: born: Papanui /
Linwood, Christchurch:
parents: James & Maria Cooke, nee EARLE,
soapmaker.
John & Priscilla
Harper, nee VESEY, carpenter.
witness: John Harper, carpenter,
Opawa: Horace Frederick Harper, slaesman,
Opawa:
Edwin James Cooke - b. 30 Sept. 1883 to James &
Maria, Papanui.
William Edward CLOTHIER & Phoebe Christina
Harper m. 20 June 1883 at res. Stephen
Harper, Linwood.
ages: both 23: occ: bootmaker:
born: Kaiapoi / Carmarthen, Wales:
parents: Edward & Sarah Clothier, nee SEYMOUR,
farmer.
Stephen & Jane
Harper, neeLLOYD, comm. agent.
witness: William Thomas, shopman, South Town
Belt: Mary Ann Harper, Opawa:
William Edward Clothier - b. 11 May 1860 to Edward
& Sarah, Kaiapoi: bur: 13 April 1938,
age 77.
William James KEY & Rose Hannah Harper
m. 15 April1895 at St Mark's, Opawa.
ages: 21 / 20: occ:
shoemaker: born: Northampton,
England / Woolston:
parents: Frederick & Phoebe Ann Key, nee
HYGHAM, bootmaker:
Elijah William &
Louisa Harper, nee WHITTINGTON. engine driver.
witness: Frederick Harper, bootmaker,
Woolston: Mary Ann Whittington, Opawa:
William James Key - bur: 19 jan. 1927, age 54,
Ferry rd.
Joseph DICKIE & Rosetta Harper
m. 8 Oct. 1891 at res: William A. Cameron, Kaiapoi:
ages: both full: born:
both Kaiapoi:
parents: Willam & Isabella Dickie, nee BEGGS,
labourer.
James & Sarah
Harper, nee BARSON, labourer.
witness: W.A.Cameron, a miller: Clara E.
Haigh: H. Parker:
Thomas DIX & Ruby May Harper
m. 24 April 1905 at Holy Trinity, Lyttelton.
ages: 23 / 20: born: Lyttelton /
Woolston:
parents: William & Mary Jane Dix, nee KENNELL,
bricklayer.
Walter & Agnes Emma
Harper, nee DAY,
witness: Harold Walter Harper, butcher,
Lyttelton: Walter Harper, Lyttelton:
Thomas Dix - b. 29 Sept. 1881 to William Henry
& Mary Jane, Lyttelton.
William CAMERON & Sarah Anne Harper
m.16 April 1873 at Parish Church, Kaiapoi:
ages: full / under: occ: miller;
witness: James Harper: Mary Jane Harper:
Charles Percy COX & Sarah Shepherd Harper
m. 17 Jan. 1860 at St Michael's, Christchurch.
ages: full age / under age:
occ: gentleman:
witness: Rosa Harper, Christchurch:
C.H.Brown, Springs Station:
Arthur George BRIGHTMORE & Theresa
Harriet Harper m. 25 June 1902
at St Michael's, Christchurch.
ages: 22 /24: occ: stone
mason: born: Spreydon / Woolston:
parents: James & Miranda Brightmore, nee
FLETCHER, bricklayer.
Elijah & Louisa
Harper, nee WHITTINGTON, engine driver.
witness: J.J.Brightmore, Spreydon:
E.M.Harper, Woolston:
John Robert William SADLER & Violet
Beatrice Harper m. 1 June 1911 at res. Mr
Walter Harper, Lyttelton.
ages: 29 / 23: born: London /
Woolston:
parents: John Robert & Jane Sadler, nee
LOVE, woodturner.
Walter & Agnes Emma
Harper, nee DAY,
witness: H.S.Harper, aerated water bottler,
Lyttelton: Flossie Irene Harper, Lyttelton:
William RAISEY & Violet Marian Harper
m. 10 Jan. 1907 at res: Mr J. Harper, Opawa - St
Martins.
ages: 28 / 29: occ:
plasterer: born: Wiltshire,
England / Opawa:
parents: John & Adelaide Raisey, nee PENNY.
John Albert &
Elizabeth Harper, nee HAWKER, blacksmith.
witness: Ernest Faulkner, plasterer, Christchurch:
Bessie Harper, Opawa:
Ernest Frank FINE & Winifred Emily
Harper m. 17 Jan. 1922 at St Andrew's Church,
Christchurch.
ages: 27 / 22: occ: drapers
assistant: born: Ladbrooks /
Dallington:
parents: William & Sarah Fine, nee FUSSELL,
farmer.
John
& Alice Harper, nee TURNER, house
decorator.
witness: Emily Rhodes,
Christchurch: - F.A.
Ashworth, carpenter:
Beverley Evans
Christchurch NZ
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