Marks/Inscriptions: G.206 Gould , George (1823-89) was born at Hambleden on the Thames Bucks. rock in O8fooled . His father , Joseph Gould, was lock keeper at Hambleden. He 1 received a good education and went into the employment of the Gt. Western Railway Coy. He married Hannah Lewis at St. Georges, Hanover Sq ware, 27.4.50 and they came out in the Camilla soon afterwards . The 12.12.50 Camilla touched first at Wellington and they stayed in the ship and went up to Auckland in her. at Auckland he put to gether his frame house which he brought down to Canty. according to Strouts map of Ch.Ch ('7) the Land Office ie Worc. St. was the first Wooden building in Ch.Ch. and George Could 's frame house and store combined in Armas St. near the Golden Fleece was the second. Geo. Gould and c.w . Bishops organs ed the first Canty. Anniver sar y Sports in Dec. 51 . They had a lot of trouble in getting two pige for the catching the pig event and even found it hard to get sacks for the sack race CC.w . Bishop T. 6.12.64) His Armagh Street store was open for business in May 51. By July '53 he had taken over from C.W. Bishop the agency Ds ages for the Lylt. Times (then printed in Lyttelton) He was Offering for sale bricks. timber, roofing Shingles and had notices of houses to let, sections for sale. The first notice of his fam. inf. : Acland : Scholefield 1: Cyclop N.Z ii . V. Gould : LT. 17.4.89 : P.29.3.89 : 25.10.30. LT. 2.7.53 : a larva Mail; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: G.406 Geo. Gould 2. partnership with Grosvenor Miles appeared in the Lylt. Times 1.7.54 ; their bus ness premises were in Colombo St on the westside between Anaheim + Glos. Streets. and they announced diss. of part. in Jan. 60. Geo Gould moved across to the comer of Glos. St. and Arnagh St ( present State Theatre site) and opened the first Cook ham house which sold boots and clothing 1is June 59. He engaged Th os. Chisnall and his son Geo. T. , both Highly skilled bootmaker s to lock after this business. Thos. CAusally died in Nov. 60 and Geo. T. recommended his brother - in-law ota J.H. Stewart to take Thomas's place. The business increased so quickly that Geo Gould built a much larger shop and race house further up Colombo St. on the same side. In '73 Geo. Gould sold Chisnall and Stewart the business with stock at £14000, which pard - in elven years. In Nov. 66 the of Lice with sco d off new Cook ham House was burnt down in the fire which destroyed the Golden Fleece. It was estimated that the los was £27000 of which £ 14000 was covered by insurance, Geo Gould set to work to write out orders for new stock while the building was still burning and caught the English mail the next moming . Geo T. Chisuall said that Cook ham boots were shipped at r2t- per pair and sold for 22t and they would never LT. 1.7.54 : 15.10.59 : G.T. Chisnall Ruins.; LT. 7.11.66 :; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: get enough to satisfy the demand. Geo. Gould did not get the sole agency for them until ' 67. He leased his old shop on the Glos. St. comer to Alfred Gee for a bake house. He bought the section where he made his permanent home , on the comer of the North Belt and springfield Rd, from Alexander Lean in Iac. 55. It was 5 acres , part of R.S. 257 and he paid £ 12 an acre. He built small house there for himself and a cottage for his father and mother and sister who arrived by the Westminster 7.6.56 . Also on the ship were Whincop and his wife and and Mrs Bigs and 4 children (Mrs Biggs and Mrs whincop were sisters of Geo. Gould I. He named this place Ham olden. .The cottage was named Rem enam - another Thames side name (as was Cook ham) . a second and Larger house was built by John Rutland in '66 Gould and Miles were among the firms that issued token coms owing to the shortage of silver currency In '59 they first advertised themselves as shipping agents. In ap. 60 he was one of the prominent merchants of Ch.Ch. who were called before a committe of the Prov. Coun. to give their views on the proposed Lylt. Ch. Ch railway ; he like most of them was satisfied for the time beny , 2 annes, L15.: a Chisnall fam inf LT. 15.10.59 : June 56 : 28.4.60 : 18.4.80; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: G. 406 Ahe "4 with service up the Heathcote River o f small steamer, George Gould was married in the C. of E. but some years afterwards was not satisfied with it, The Rev. John Aldred who became his friend and neighbour on the Springfield Rd said that he joined the Wesleyan Church in Ch.Ch. in '55. In May '60 he was taking subscriptions for the rebuilding of the wes Ryan church in Lylt. yet he was a church Warden of St Michaels in 1860. His first wif e Hannah Lewis died at Hambleden 23.9.60 aged 38 and he married (2) at Dunedin her sister Elizabeth Lewis, 16.11.61. Family information is that he left the C. of E. because that church would not marry him to Elizabeth Lewis From this time onwards he became a power ful supporter of the Wesleyan Church. He was treasurer of the Building Find which raised the money for the new church in Durham St. and , the wesleyan contributed largely him self . His family did not follow him into. His Church laugh hirs were married in both the Wesleyan and the C. ofE . Churches. There are various theories about his os rise to weath , which was remarkably rapid. He had many interests but probably his large scale shipping of wool was the most important. This gave him finds in London which he was able to invest in goods for which he had a good sale in Canterbury LT. 28.4.60 : 18.4.60 : 28.7.60 : 5.5.60; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: also G. 406 so0 he got not only his normal commission on the sale of the Wool but the sale of the profit on the goods which he bought with the Wool money. This also brought him into contact with the big grazer e of Canterbury and he was often the agent f r sale of farms and stations; and from this it was just a step to financing them. Springfield d fell into his hands as a mortgage and it turned out a highly profitable station. In the s 60's he owned the beautiful farm on the Lincoln he early 6 Rd which is now Mt Magdalene Fornaio but which used to be known as The Grange. He started importing psd pedigree sheep and cattle and won mary prizes at the Ch.Ch Show . He imported 20 Eng. Leic. ewes and 10 rams from the flock of T. Brown of Norfolk which were descended from Bake ells sheep. In the Ch.Ch . Show of 65 he was first prize for a bull of any age with his bull Cromwell; also o prize with his cow Cherry and first with his heuer Lily , beating Mrs Deans heifer; and he did even better neat year. He was very fond of fowle and ducks and also pigeons with which he won many prizes. In '64 he won the two principal Fairy cow Awards. He had a sale of his pedigree short hom cattle at his paddock opposite the Spreydon Hotel , Dec. 68 LT. 23.12.68 :17.11.65 : 23.12.68 : 17.12.68 : 25.10.64; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: Geo Gould G. 406 He close the day of the first Spreydon stock Fair , so there was a good crowd. He had a very good farm on the Selwyn caller Folly Far , of 1000 ac. which he leased to William Miles. He was devoted to his garden and always had a good gardener. I.F. . qv. Arnst ong who was a leading botanist of Ch.Ch was an early gardener. He used to have collections of fms in Geo Goulds glass houses with which he wald malle a great show at the Horticultural Shows. Alexander Davidson q.v. followed Armstrong . Inspite of these two high class men he never won Wynn William 's prize for the best garden in Ch.Ch. Besides sheep and cate prizes , he t o won p ri2es a pai of carriage hors. Charles Wood remembered the big parties for children at Hambleden when the could strawberries o were ripe ; they were allowed a free gin and they wee allowed s cat as much as they wanted. He was an original director the Canty. Steam Navigation Co. He was treas. of the Taramakau Relief Find in July 60 . He took a leading part in opening up the Kowai Coal Field and was a member of the provisional comm. appointed to take steps. He was an ongnaldiretor of the Provincial Investment Soc. He was gradually directing moe and more of his time to acting as agent LT. 28.7.60 : Chas. wood Ramones. LT. 28.7.60 :; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: Geo. Camld G. 406 for rum holders. He reported the sale of O rari Gorge station of 54000 ac with 300 ac. of freehold and 10734 sheep for £ 24000. (This was when Tripp sent out directions from Eng. for his station to be sold) Ine 64 he was treas . of Ch.Ch. Hoop. ; also treas. to the Acclimat ration Soc. He was chairm of the Canty. Bd. of the Lindon + Lancashire Ins. Co And his brother- in - law. John Lewis was provincial agent. He was gazetted a member of the Bd. of Educ. Feb. 66 and al so a member of the Park Dor s Bd. In '67 besides his usual large Wool shipment, he shipped 1000 sacks of wheat in the Matoaka. owing to the good clop in Aust. , Canty wheat gr owners could not get inor ( than 3t, local price . His shipment, bought at about - brought 66- a quarter (813 a bushel) on the Landon market. It was thought at. thes ting wheat t had to be Kiln - dried before t was shipped. He did a sure to farmers that wheat , properly ripe, could safely be shipped in sacks ; and he published a posit and loss account of the whole transaction . This encouraged marry famers to ship on their own ace out. He was famous for his liberslity . He particularly liked giving boos to Abras whereby working men would be able to widen their minds , Education was a subject which aroused his enthusiasm . When the Literary Irsthule LT. 13.2.66 : 9.11.67 : 14.1.63 : 20.10.63 : 30.1.64 : 20.2.64 : 26.4.64 : 13.2.66 : 7.11.66 :; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: 8.406 Geo Gould 8 (later the Public Le barry) was at a low ebb in the late 60's he continually made large prevents of books and also bought all the lose shares which he could get hold of and presented them to the comm. They were hanging lilies mill stones round the Institutes neck ( Dr Powell speaking ab a presentation Mary, '74) He continually supported the Y. M.C.A. No library appealed to him in vain and the books he gave were always well bound. The Musee in particular was a object of his generosity . Haast appealed to him time after time and never in rain. He was " the veritable Manassas of the Museum . He gave all the plaster casb 5 in the statuary room. He was a Governor of Canty Coll till he had to retire owing to deafness. When the first Ch.Ch. Min rc4pal Conn was elected he became a member and a perusal of the minutes Shows that he was a very active member indeed, But his increasing deafness gradually shut him out from such activities. He was an original director of the N.Z. Shipping Co and a large subscriber and his son Joseph was the first Sec. After a fa years he disagreed with an action of the Booed and resigned He was the second chairman of the Canty. C A + P. Assoc a4ed remained chairman for 5 years . When the Assoc. was in low water he announced that LT. 13. 5.74 : Ch. Ch. Min. :; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: G. 106 Geo Gould he would subsidise any gifts pand for pound and in gratitude the committee had his port ait painted to hang in the comm. room In 1869 the Springfield estate fell into his hands and he appointed Duncan Cameron his manager . He had intended to sell it when opportunity offered but Camer on, finding how good the place was persuaded him not to and promised that he would put all his own savings £1700) . They went into partner ship and Springfield and Longbeach became rivals for the wheat growing supremely of Canty. When Geo. Gould died. Fit was decided thet his trustees and Cameron should Kander for the balance of the estate. Camerons tendered £65000 as against the trustees £6o 000 and Springfield became his property and he made one of the faw Canterbury fortunes. The pro its from have Springfield mist made a considerable part of Geo. Goulds large income. He was once asked to finance the building of a private hotel or boarding house in the Market Square and he consented to do so on easy terms, provided that a clause be inserted in the lease that no license for selling liquor should ever be attacked to the premises June '81. In '84 he gave 180 well bound volumes to the Methven Library and in the same year gave a racing fom- var bout to the Rowing Club as a First prize for the regatta of 84. LT. 22.6.81 : Acland : LT. 22.6.81 : 11.3.84 :; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: G1og Geo. Gould 10 He helped to build the first Wesleyan Church in High St. and helped the Durham St. Church on a con side able scale, and shortly before his death gave £s00 to help ext merch the debt on the building . The Working Mens Club owed him large presen t of books and financial help. He was president of the Poultry Asc. the huron Rowing Club and the Horticultural Assoc. He took part in promoting building societies and ismail socit is and helped marry struggling bodes He was often found to behind big property deals in Ch. Ch. He was the agent when Wm. Pratt bought Clarksons dia peryman business and again when Pratt sold to Ballantyne. He st described him as " a slim, brisk. young fellow with a pair of bright sparkling Eyes and a refined manner, but stronger than he looked a quiet modest ian and very deaf , happy with his books and garden . he lived a retired private life. " Later photographs of him show a grave dignified hands one man with a grey beard ; but photographs of him when young give a different impression strong vitality , alertness, personal attraction. Eyes magnetic. Ie was not at all the typical Vic brian father of the family feared by the fail sons and giving reluctantly. He endowed each of his daughters when they married with an income of £1000 a year and started Haast.; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: G. 406 his sons off with proportionally more. Nor did he try to influence his sons on their plans for life. He seemed to be proof against the temptations of weath and the waring of character which it us n ally parodies. wife His second Elizabeth d. 25. f and he marr. (3) 17.11.70 Jane, 2' dau ) James Lucas of Hobart. she was his housekeeper and his family probably died not approve. home of them signed the Marr. Reg. which was signed by his gardener. He was delicate man the last part of his life and was much troubled with deafness. When he died the notices in the papers were of a length an d distributed an amount of praise that was unprecedented . Wynn Williams once said in a speck that le two most highly esteemed names in Canty were C.C. Bowen and Geo. Gould. He d. at Hambleden 28.3.89 ag. 65. He was Pres. Canty So. of arts Sept. 82 Although Geo. Gould + Grosvenor Miles advertised the dis. of their part. they continued to be connected in some way . Gailey + Miles sold out to water Allen Sheppard q.v. + Geo. Percy q.v. 1.1.65 His father Joseph d. 21.12.71 ag. 84 at Ramen kam Cottage Hambleden mother Susan d. 2.2.74 " 78 buried in Bigs plot Barbadoes St. Cem. G. Ca gave many prizes to X ' Coll where his three sos were Educ. LT. 1.1.65. 19.9.82; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: G.406 Geo Gould 12. family. eldest son Joseph q.v. Charles q.v. dau. Jessie marr. 14.7.91 (ag. 35) Rev. Charles Stuart Bowden ' son Major H. Bowden , Dun fies f Scot. 22' Cheshire Reg.t. 4 He was Vicar of Ricc. Lydia e marr. 10.1.78 Alfred Sclanders Offer son. of Nelson. gop photo o Annie marr. 16.12.85 John Sinclair Thomson manager National Bank of N.Z. Dunedin, Gertrude at Hambleden Rev. John Aldred Ronald Macintosh Macdonald eldest son far. ) of Wm. Kenneth Macdonald of Orari son George Educ. X's Coll. 80-83 marr Helen dau Wm.H. Lauch of Ch.Ch. He d. 26.5.41. mabel chairman Rine " fam. marr. 30.11.96 Hon. H.A. Hannan of Eng. His father was a haw Lord. comed Greineder Geo. Gould took to bowling in his old age and enjoyed it very much The Bowling Cub benefited accordingly.; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer