BOOK
NEARLY OUT OF HEART AND HOPE - THE PUZZLE OF A COLONIAL LABOURER'S DIARY
1888-1925
BY MILES FAIRBURN
1995 AUP - ISBN 1 86940 1182 2BOOK
This book is about James Cox who was born in 1846 in Snodshill, Coate, near Swinton in Wiltshire. He came to New Zealand in 1880 and his diaries from 1888 until 1925 survive. Cox was an itinerant labourer or swaggie, and worked and travelled in Foxton and through to the Hawkes Bay and Wairarapa, especially the Carterton area. It is a good read but be aware some of his comments on people are quite 'truthful'! Not all of the names below occur in the index so a bit of digging is required.
Headstone unveiled at Greytown Cemetery - May 2013
ANDERSON | - | Keepers of the Carter Home, Carterton |
AYLES | Adam | Librarian, Carterton |
BAILLIE | - | Chemist - Carterton |
BARKER | Ellen | Christchurch |
BARKER | Jack | Christchurch |
BARKER | Mary | Christchurch |
BARKER | Rosa | Christchurch |
BARKER | Tom | Christchurch |
BEETHAM | - | Sheep Station (Masterton) |
BERRILL | W J | Timber merchants, Wairarapa |
BIDWELL | - | Pahautea Sheep Station |
BOOTH | W & Co | Sawmill, Wairarapa |
BOOTH | W H | Carterton |
BOOTH | - | Middle Run Station |
BRADDOCK | - | Temperance Hotel, Foxton |
BRAY | James | Labourer - Wellington |
BUCHANAN | - | Station owner - Hawkes Bay |
CAMERON | - | Station owner - Pahaoa |
CAMPBELL | Norman | Flaxmiller, Foxton |
CAMPBELL | - | Sheep Station |
CAMPBELL & COLLIE | - | Flaxmillers, Foxton |
CARTER | Dr | Carterton |
CAVE | Fred | Trocadero Private Hotel, Carterton |
CAVE | Sarah | Trocadero Private Hotel, Carterton |
CAVE | Tommy | Carterton |
CHAPMAN | Jack | Traction engine driver |
COOPER | - | Sheep Station (Masterton) |
COWIE | Dr | Carterton |
DARLINGTON | John | Camp cook |
DARWICK | - | Boarding house - Palmerston North |
DIXON | - | Boarding house - Woolston, Christchurch |
DOBSON | - | Gladstone |
ELDER | - | Sheep Station (Hawkes Bay) |
FISHER | William | Traction engine driver |
FORTUNE | James | Carter Home inmate |
FRANCIS | Arthur | Tobacconist - Christchurch |
FRANCIS | - | Boarding House - Masterton |
GALLIN | - | Dairy farmer - Carterton |
GLEESON | - | Station owner |
GOLLAN | - | Station owner - Hawkes Bay |
GOODIN | Robert | Carter Home inmate |
GREIG (?) | Arthur | Camp cook |
GUNN | Davey | Swagger |
GUNN | Dr | Carterton |
HADFIELD | - | Carterton |
HARDING | Fred | Flaxmill hand - Foxton |
HARDING | - | Station owner - Hawkes Bay |
HAWERA | Family | Mataikona |
HICKEY | - | Boarding House - Hastings |
HOLMES | Mrs | Lodging house, Manchester St, Christchurch |
HONORE | - | Foxton flax dealer |
HOSKINS | Dr | Station owner |
HUNTER | - | |
JACKSON | H E | Dentist - Carterton |
JOHNSON | Sydney | Takapau |
JOHNSTON | Dr | Carterton |
JONES | John | Flax mill owner Himitangi |
JONES | May Mrs | W/o John Jones, Flaxmiller, Foxton |
JONES | Ted | Flaxmiller, Foxton |
JONES, STEWART & LYON | - | Flaxmillers, Foxton |
KENNELL | - | Station owner |
KNIGHT | - | Station owner - Dannevirke |
LYDON | John | Camp cook |
MACKIE | - | Woolwash Company |
MASSON | - | Blacksmith - Carterton |
MAUNSELL | - | Carterton |
McALLISTER | Jack | Trocadero Private Hotel, Carterton |
McKENZIE | Dan | Camp cook |
McLUCKIE | - | Dannevirke |
McMASTER | John | Station owner |
McPHEE | - | Agricultural contractors, Carterton |
McRAE | - | Manager - Tautane Station |
MENKIN | - | Carterton |
MEREDITH | - | Riversdale Sheep Station |
MISKELL | Jack | Flaxmill hand - Foxton |
MORRISON | - | Station owner - Gladstone |
NELSON | John | Carter Home inmate |
NUGENT | - | Boarding House - Maraekakaho |
OGIER | Harry | Furniture shop manager, Carterton |
OGIER | Lizze Mrs | nee CAVE |
PARKER | Dr | Carterton |
PERCY | - | Flaxmill hand - Foxton |
PHELPS | - | Labourer - Greytown Fruit Co |
PHILLIPS | Coleman | Carterton |
POIR | Mrs | Boarding House - Carterton |
POTTS | - | Sheep Station (Hawkes Bay) |
PREDDY | - | Traction engine driver |
PURVES | - | Travelling Scotch vocalist |
RATHBONE | T J | Timber merchants, Wairarapa |
RAYNER | Henry | Carterton |
RAYNER | Jack | Carterton |
RIDDLE | Mrs | Tauwera Storekeepers wife |
ROBERTS | William | Camp cook |
RUSSELL | - | |
SAXBY | - | Station owner - Hawkes Bay |
SHERRAT | - | Asphalting contractor |
SKEY | Ernest S | Carterton |
SKEY | Frank | Carterton |
SKEY | W | Carterton |
SMITH | Charley | Swagger |
SPOONER | Arthur E | Carterton |
SPOONER | A E Mrs | Carterton |
ST HILL | - | Sheep Station (Hawkes Bay) |
STANGER | Mrs | Landlady |
WALLIS | A R | Contractor - Carterton |
WILLIAMS | - | Te Aute |
WILLIAMS | - | Boarding house, Wellington |
WOODLEY | Eli | Agricultural contractor |
WRIGHT | Joe | Flaxmill hand - Foxton |
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