Name 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.

The above biography reads, “Dr Florance, a “cribbage… [and] chess player, a man interested in natural philosophy, a reader of Shakespeare… Cervantes… [and] Desiderus Erasmus”, was a social reformer, endeavouring “to accomplish the Sisyphean task of bringing temperance to the delinquents of Portland””.

The above biography reads, “When his wife died, Dr Florance left his family in the care of relatives and sailed for New Zealand. He lived at the Hutt, near Wellington, produced “primitive” paintings of the area (now held in the Alexander Turnbull Library), married a second time, went back to England and emigrated to Lyttelton as ship’s doctor on the Mersey in 1862”.

Web page found in June 2020:
Florance, Augustus (Dr), 1812-1879
https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22377855
Doctor and artist. Son of Judge James Florance of Chichester. Trained as a medical doctor. Travelled as ship's surgeon and arrived in New Zealand end of 1856 aboard the 'John MacVicar'. He practised medicine in the Hutt Valley for some time, returning to England in 1860 on the `Christopher Newton'. In 1865 he returned to Christchurch aboard the `Mersey', and continued to practise medicine. His son, was also called Augustus Florance (1847-1897). The father is the artist of the naive watercolours in the Drawings and Prints Collection. Dates confirmed by Mrs Diane Florance of Lyall Bay, Wellington (1995).

Date and place of first marriage, name of father, from Dorset Church of England Parish records found in July 2020:
Name: Augustus Florance
Gender: Male
Rank or Profession: Surgeon
Marriage Age: Full Age
Marriage Date: 22 Dec 1842
Marriage Place: Portland St John, Dorset, England
Father: James Florance
Rank or Profession of Father: Surgeon
Spouse: Jane Angel Stone

Year and country of second marriage (to Eliza) from search on New Zealand BDM website in June 2020:
1858/2442. Bride: Eliza Herbert. Groom: Augustus Florance

Full date of second marriage (to Eliza) of 8 May 1858 from further searching in June 2020 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the marriage.

Year and country of death, from death search on New Zealand BDM website in June 2020:
1879/3896. Florance, Augustus, died age 67Y [Therefore born circa 1812]

Full date of death of 22 September 1879 from further searching in June 2020 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the death.

Place of burial from Barbadoes Street Christchurch cemetery records found in July 2020:
Area 4, Row M, 591
In memory of Augustus FLORANCE, died 22nd September 1879 aged 67. “We cannot Lord the purpose see, but all is well that’s done by Thee”. Also his wife, Elizabeth, born April 23 1815, died Dec 6 1906. At rest.

Date of birth from Katia, wife of Tim Grant Oliver, in an email dated 30 June 2020. Tim is the great-grandson of James Alexander Oliver b.1866 and onwards through his son Ivor J C Oliver b.1907.

Place of second marriage, date of marriage confirmed, place of death, from images of notes written by Ivor James Clark Oliver and emailed by Katia, wife of Tim Grant Oliver, on 1 February 2021. Tim is the grandson of Ivor James Clark Oliver 1907-1989.