John Palmer (1816 - 1898)

Born 2 Nov 1816 in Bramford, Suffolk, England

Husband of Mary Ann (White) Palmer — married 16 Feb 1847 in New Zealand

Descendants

Died 10 Aug 1898 at age 81 in Waimea West, Tasman, New Zealand

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John Palmer lived in Waimea West, Tasman, New Zealand.

Biography

Another of our old pioneers, Mr John Palmer, has gone to his long home, a victim to old age and influenza. The deceased came to Nelson in the ship Phoebe about fifty-six years ago, and pitched his camp in the thick forests of Waimea West. He soon began to take a share in the brunt and toil of developing his adopted country, and making it more like a paradise than a wilderness. To meet the wants of the sawyers and settlers, he opened an accommodation house and store on the banks of the Waiiti, and some years after built the large brick premises on the main road. He gradually acquired land, which he carefully cultivated, so that he became one of the largest landowners and producers of hops and cereals of the Waimea. It is many years since he retired from active labors, and had enjoyed very good health till he was seized with the influenza, and even then he kept about till the last day, when he found himself too weak to get about, and gradually sank till he passed away on the evening of the 10th instant, at the ripe age of 82. He leaves behind him a widow and a large family, six sons and six daughters, all of whom are married, also fifty grandchildren and a number of great-grandchildren, to mourn their loss.^[1][2]

Sources

1. ↑ Waimea West.,Colonist, Volume XLI, Issue 9250, 15 August 1898
2. ↑ "Births, Deaths & Marriages Online", (digital index), New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Death record 1898/3817

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