Morrinsville Residents from 1852 to 1912

17 May 2010
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Notes:

  • These files were started on 30 September 1990 and updated since then as names and references became available. If you have any family members that you wish to add to the list please leave a comment at the bottom of this page or send us a message through our contact form.
  • Names are listed according to the earliest written record or family information obtained. Not all arrival dates are accurate – in one occasion there were 20 years between the first written record and the actual arrival to Morrinsville.
  • Departure date is either the date of death or the date recorded  as leaving the district.
  • Names marked with (*) indicate that the museum holds further information or photographs of this person.

The references used in the list are as follows:

A Electoral Main Roll 1894 M Newspaper   Waikato Times
B Electoral Main Roll 1898 N Newspaper   New Zealand Herald
C Electoral Main Roll 1899 O Morrinsville Town Boards Rate Book, 1911
D Electoral Main Roll 1902 P Cyclopedia of New Zealand Auckland Ed. 1902
E Electoral Main Roll 1908 Q Newspaper    Morrinsville Star
F Electoral Main Roll 1911 R Book    Early Morrinsville by S Allen.
G Electoral Supplementary Roll No1 1907 S Dated photograph held in Museum collection. eg P/095
H Electoral Supplementary Roll No1 1908 T Newspaper   Weekly New
I Electoral Supplementary Roll No2 1909 U Morrinsville School Reunion Booklet
J Book   Diamond Jubilee of the Piako County V Information from a family member
K Book   Land of Three Rivers W Information supplied by a non family member
L Land Title Records  

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Morrinsville: A Town named after Thomas Morrin

17 January 2010
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The Ngati Werewere people of the Ngati Haua Iwi were resident in Piako when the first trader, John Johnson, came to the district in 1852. Contractors such as Harp and settlers such as Turnbull, Walker, Murray, Horrell and McDonald followed in the 1870s. Thomas Morrin purchased the Kuranui No 1 Block in 1873/4 and founded the Lockerbie Estate.

He built the blacksmith’s shop, manager’s house and a bulk store and donated land for a school. Two years before the railway arrived in October1884, Morrin laid out a town that was to become Morrinsville. The arrival of the railway line saw the first population boost for the town.
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