Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1855 – No. 17

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✨ Electoral Roll Entries

Christian and Surname | Place of Abode | Calling or Business | Ground on which claim is made

Le Fleming, Michael | Ensdale nook river Robis | stockowner | freeholder, property situated in the Malvern district, on the river Robis, being 50 acres of section No. 72 of Christchurch rural district

Lewis, Thomas | St. Alban’s | carpenter | freeholder

Lingard, James | Brenchley farm | laborer | householder

Lloyd, Joseph | Papanui | laborer | a householder having resided six calendar months in a tenement without the limits of a town, of the clear annual value of £5

Lockhart, George | Kenilworth station | squatter | leaseholder, house and land, run on the Ashburton

Duncan | | | householder

Loder, George | Ticehurst road | laborer | leaseholder, house and land

Long, Samuel | Riccarton | farmer | leaseholder

Long, George | Riccarton | farmer | freeholder

Longden, Joseph | Christchurch | auctioneer | freeholder section 90 river Avon

Longuelonge, Paul | Fendall town | farmer | freeholder

Luck, Isaac | Cathedral-square, section 705 | architect | freehold estate in possession of the clear value of £50, in possession six calendar months

Lovegrove, George | Stoneyhurst | manager of stock station | occupancy of house worth more than £5 a year

Lowe, Thomas | Church bush | sawyer | leaseholder

Lowther, Herbert | Kaiapoi | chemist | freehold

Macdonald, William | Christchurch, Sumner-street | squatter | leaseholder, run on the river Courtenay

Kenneth | Ivanhoe station | squatter | occupier of house, Ivanhoe station river Courtenay

Macdonald, Angus | Ivanhoe station | squatter |

Mackie, Charles | Stricklands, Stanmore road | clergyman | freeholder, Stanmore road Christchurch

Madderson, John | Riccarton cross roads | farmer | leaseholder

Main, James | Buckworth | farmer | leaseholder, Hagley park

Main, David | Riccarton bush | farmers' laborer | leaseholder

Main, James | Riccarton | laborer | leaseholder

Mallock, John Willoughby | Grampian hills | stock holder | householder and occupier of run

Manson, Samuel | Kians Hills station | stockowner | freeholder and leaseholder

Massack, Croft Augustus | Kilmore-street, Christchurch | gentleman | freeholder, lower Lincoln road, section 236, No. 235, section between Mr. Wilson’s and Mr. Creyke’s property, and elsewhere

Mason, George Edward | Waituhi station | stock farmer | runholder

Marsh, George | Christchurch plains, near Riccarton | laborer | occupier of a tenement above the annual value of five pounds, house and land near Riccarton

Marshman, John | The wilderness, Canterbury Association | accountant | lessee of section 76, having more than 5 years to run, and above the value of £10 per annum

Martin, James Henry | Papanui | surgeon and farmer | leasehold estate, in possession of the clear annual value of £10, lease having not less than three years to run

VUW Te Waharoa — Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1855, No 17

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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏛️ Electoral Roll for the District of Christchurch (continued from previous page)

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
KeywordsElectoral Roll, Voter Registration, Christchurch, Canterbury, Freeholder, Leaseholder, Householder
👱🏽 Names

30 names identified

Michael Le Fleming, Freeholder in Malvern district
Thomas Lewis, Freeholder in St. Alban’s
James Lingard, Householder in Brenchley farm
Joseph Lloyd, Householder in Papanui
George Lockhart, Leaseholder in Kenilworth station
Duncan, Householder
George Loder, Leaseholder in Ticehurst road
Samuel Long, Leaseholder in Riccarton
George Long, Freeholder in Riccarton
Joseph Longden, Freeholder in Christchurch
Paul Longuelonge, Freeholder in Fendall town
Isaac Luck, Freehold estate in Cathedral-square
George Lovegrove, Manager of stock station in Stoneyhurst
Thomas Lowe, Leaseholder in Church bush
Herbert Lowther, Freeholder in Kaiapoi
William Macdonald, Leaseholder in Christchurch
Kenneth, Occupier of house in Ivanhoe station
Angus Macdonald, Squatter in Ivanhoe station
Charles Mackie, Freeholder in Stanmore road
John Madderson, Leaseholder in Riccarton cross roads
James Main, Leaseholder in Buckworth
David Main, Leaseholder in Riccarton bush
James Main, Leaseholder in Riccarton
John Willoughby Mallock, Householder in Grampian hills
Samuel Manson, Freeholder and leaseholder in Kians Hills station
Croft Augustus Massack, Freeholder in Kilmore-street
George Edward Mason, Runholder in Waituhi station
George Marsh, Occupier of tenement in Christchurch plains
John Marshman, Lessee of section 76 in The wilderness
James Henry Martin, Leasehold estate in Papanui

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