Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1857 – No. 33

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✨ Electoral Roll

NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY.

Published by Authority.

All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official signature, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those persons to whom they may relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.

By His Honor's command,
RICHARD PACKER,
Provincial Secretary.

VOL. IV.] THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1857. [No. XXXIII.

ELECTORAL ROLL

FOR

THE AVON DISTRICT.

1857-58.

Allinson, Josiah, Ashcombe, near Kaiapoi, domestic servant, leasehold, Riccarton

Allison, Charles, Avonside, carpenter, &c., householder, Avonside

Andrews, James, Papanui, farmer, leasehold, Papanui

Ashby, John, Great North-road, farmer, freehold and leasehold, Great North-road

Ayers, Wm., Papanui, bricklayer, leasehold

Bailey, Benjamin, Papanui, laborer, householder, Papanui

Baines, Arthur Cuthbert, Christchurch, gentleman, leasehold, Sec. No. 7.

Barker, Alfred Charles, medical practitioner, freehold

Bealey, John, Christchurch, farmer, freehold, Purarekanui

Bealey, Samuel, Gresford, farmer, freehold, Purarekanui

Beard, George Chantler, Section 139, Avon District, gentleman, freehold

Beaton, Duncan, Great North-road, farmer, freehold, Great North-road

Beechy, Henry, Gloucester street, Christchurch, schoolmaster, freehold, Fendal town

Bidmead, Charles, Great North-road, gardener, freehold, Great North-road

Blackmore, John, Harewood road, farmer, leasehold, Harewood road

Boag, Wm, Burnside, Riccarton, farmer, leasehold, Burnside

Boone, Charles, Palm-tree farm, farmer, leasehold, Avon District, and freehold, Riccarton

Boulton, Richard, Avonhead, farmer, freehold, Avonhead

Bowen, Charles, Riccarton road, laborer, householder, Riccarton road

Bowen, Charles, Milford, gentleman, freehold, section 94

Bowley, John, Avonside, farmer, householder, Avonside

Bowron, George Haywood, Avon district, farmer, freehold section 33

Bowyer, Robert, Riccarton, farmer, leasehold, Riccarton

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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏘️ Electoral Roll for the Avon District, 1857-58

Domain🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
KeywordsElectoral Roll, Avon District, Voters, Canterbury, 1857
👱🏽 Names

23 names identified

Josiah Allinson, Listed on electoral roll
Charles Allison, Listed on electoral roll
James Andrews, Listed on electoral roll
John Ashby, Listed on electoral roll
Wm. Ayers, Listed on electoral roll
Benjamin Bailey, Listed on electoral roll
Arthur Cuthbert Baines, Listed on electoral roll
Alfred Charles Barker, Listed on electoral roll
John Bealey, Listed on electoral roll
Samuel Bealey, Listed on electoral roll
George Chantler Beard, Listed on electoral roll
Duncan Beaton, Listed on electoral roll
Henry Beechy, Listed on electoral roll
Charles Bidmead, Listed on electoral roll
John Blackmore, Listed on electoral roll
Wm. Boag, Listed on electoral roll
Charles Boone, Listed on electoral roll
Richard Boulton, Listed on electoral roll
Charles Bowen, Listed on electoral roll
Charles Bowen, Listed on electoral roll
John Bowley, Listed on electoral roll
George Haywood Bowron, Listed on electoral roll
Robert Bowyer, Listed on electoral roll

👩‍💼 Officials

Richard Packer, Provincial Secretary

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