The Tree - Person Sheet
The Tree - Person Sheet
NameAugustus Florance
Birth28 May 1847, Portland, Dorset, England
Baptism27 Jun 1847, Portland, Dorset, England
Death8 Nov 1897, Christchurch, New Zealand
BurialLinwood Cemetery, Christchurch, New Zealand
FatherDr Augustus Florance (1812-1879)
MotherJane Angel Stone (1825-1856)
Misc. Notes
Name, date and place of birth, date and place of marriage, date and place of death, place of burial, from the biography of ‘Augustus Florance 1847 - 1897’ written by Richard L N Greenaway for the Millennium and for the 150th anniversary of the Canterbury settlement in New Zealand. Added here in June 2020.
https://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Heritage/Pub...Man/AugustusFlorance

The above biography reads, “He [August Jnr] emigrated to Canterbury on the Captain Cook, arriving in September 1863. Although he was assisted by the provincial government, Dr Florance paid the greater part of his passage money”.
“Augustus junior, a Lyttelton times compositor, was, with his father, involved in a flax-milling concern on Ferry Road”.

Result from death search on New Zealand BDM website in June 2020:
1897/6115. Florance, Augustus, died age 50Y

Full date of death of 8 November 1897 confirmed from further searching in June 2020 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the death.

Date and place of birth and death confirmed, from Linwood Christchurch Cemetery Records found in June 2020:
Area 9, Row L, plot 4914:
August FLORANCE, born Dorset, England 28 May 1847, d Christchurch 8 Nov 1897 arrived N.Z. 1860. Also Elizabeth, wife, born Derby, England 29 Mar 1848, d Christchurch 11 June 1925, arrived N.Z. 1856.

Date and place of baptism from the from Church records for the parish of Portland St John in the County of Dorset found in July 2020:
Name: Augustus Florance
Baptism Date: 27 Jun 1847
Baptism Place: Portland St John, Dorset, England
Abode: Easton
Father: Augustus Florance
Father: Augustus Florance
Quality, Trade or Profession of Father: Surgeon
Mother: Jane Angel Florance
Spouses
Birth29 Mar 1848, Derby, England
Baptism23 Apr 1848, Ashford, Derby, England
Death11 Jun 1925, Christchurch, New Zealand
BurialLinwood Cemetery, Christchurch, New Zealand
FatherDavid Wilson Hamilton (1823-1887)
MotherMartha Handley (<1821-1856)
Marriage13 Oct 1872, St Luke’s, Christchurch, New Zealand
ChildrenElizabeth (1874-1950)
 Augustus (Gus) (1878-1957)
 Robert Handley (1881-1966)
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