Moore - Brickland Family History
Charles Edward WILDBORE
1861 - 1937 (76 years)-
Name Charles Edward WILDBORE Born 28 Aug 1861 Clerkenwell, London, England 
[1] Gender Male Census 2 Apr 1871 Islington East, London England - Role: Son
Immigration- 30 Aug 1874 Wellington, NZ with family on SS Euterpe Immigration 30 Aug 1874 Wellington, NZ on SS Euterpe, Occupation Between 1893 and 1935 Pohangina, Manawatu, Manawatu-Wanganui, NZ Beekeeper Occupation Between 1893 and 1935 Photographer Died 7 Sep 1937 Pohangina, Manawatu, Manawatu-Wanganui, NZ Cause: Respiratory & Circulatory failure, Senility Burial 9 Sep 1937 Block/Row 6, Plot 23 Buried 9 Sep 1937 Pohangina Cemetery, Pohangina, NZ [2] Person ID I355 Moore Brickland Family Tree Last Modified 18 Jun 2021
Father Charles Lee WILDBORE, b. 1 Sep 1833, Kirton in Holland, Lincolnshire, England , d. 14 Jun 1916, Aorangi, Feilding, NZ (Age 82 years) Mother Emma Lydia GUY, b. 8 Mar 1837, Middlesex, London, England , d. 22 Nov 1916, Aorangi, Feilding, NZ (Age 79 years) Married 5 Feb 1861 All Saints Church, Islington, London, England Family ID F12 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Emily Jane DALLISON, b. 18 Mar 1869, Bulls, NZ , d. 6 Mar 1942, Feilding, Manawatu, NZ (Age 72 years) Married 10 Nov 1888 Palmerston North, Manawatu, NZ [3] - Date of 10 November 1888 from Roger Williams.
I had 9 November 1886 from source unknown.
Children + 1. Charles Henry Dallison WILDBORE, b. 5 Apr 1889, Palmerston North, Manawatu, NZ , d. 12 Jan 1944, Christchurch, Canterbury, NZ (Age 54 years)2. Stanley Edward WILDBORE, b. 1890, Palmerston North, Manawatu, NZ , d. 13 Jun 1967, Feilding, Manawatu, NZ (Age 77 years)+ 3. Kathleen Germaine WILDBORE, b. 17 Mar 1892, Taonui, NZ , d. 5 Jun 1922, Waipukurau, NZ (Age 30 years)+ 4. Ruby May Cecilia WILDBORE, b. 9 May 1894, Pohangina, Manawatu, Manawatu-Wanganui, NZ , d. 28 Jul 1968, Wellington, NZ (Age 74 years)+ 5. Percy Dallison WILDBORE, b. 15 Jun 1895, Pohangina, Manawatu, Manawatu-Wanganui, NZ , d. 20 Jul 1967, Feilding, Manawatu, NZ (Age 72 years)+ 6. Owen Dallison WILDBORE, b. 28 Jul 1897, Pohangina Valley, Manawatu, NZ , d. 14 Jan 1983, Greymouth, Westland, NZ (Age 85 years)7. Mana Huia WILDBORE, b. 27 Aug 1898, Pohangina, Manawatu, Manawatu-Wanganui, NZ , d. 5 Jul 1970, Lower Hutt, NZ (Age 71 years)8. Sylvia Jane WILDBORE, b. 4 Dec 1899, NZ , d. 11 May 1970, Raglan, NZ (Age 70 years)+ 9. Baden Hector Archibald WILDBORE, b. 1901, Ashurst, Manawatu, NZ , d. 1973, Te Kuiti, Waikato, NZ (Age 72 years)10. Ivan Cecil WILDBORE, b. 12 Feb 1903, NZ , d. 19 Jul 1971, Napier, Hawkes Bay, NZ (Age 68 years)+ 11. Evangeline Grace WILDBORE, b. 28 Feb 1904, Pohangina, Manawatu, Manawatu-Wanganui, NZ , d. 8 Mar 1982, Auckland, NZ (Age 78 years)12. Reginald Mervin WILDBORE, b. 12 Sep 1905, NZ , d. 9 Dec 1941, At Sea - Mediterranean (Age 36 years)13. Thomas Norman WILDBORE, b. 1910, NZ , d. 1913, NZ (Age 3 years)Last Modified 22 Apr 2006 Family ID F157 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Charles Edward was the eldest and born in London.
Family folklore has Charles Edward being in London at the time of Charles Dickens. In fact, the story gets better ...... Charles used to lay claim to "tending to Dicken's horse" while the great man visited his favourite drinking establishment.
After immigrating to NZ with his family, Charles learnt the art of bee keeping, photography and dabbled in inventing various items.
He is perhaps best remembered for his photography and won international awards for his "Bushfires around Pohangina" a well known image for which the original glass plate is still surviving in the care of Peter Wildbore (a grandson). Early photographic images of life and times of the day are also self portraits with his own family completing the picture ...... refer "The Tinker" whereby Charles is the main subject soldering an old pot and his daughters looking on.
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From: http://www.ourregion.co.nz/theregion.php?regionID=8&articleID=29
Pohangina
Introduction
Originally clothed in dense forest, the European settlers of the late 19th century quickly cleared the forest, exposing river terraces, rolling foothills and dissected hill country to erosion. Good management and farming practise re-clothed the land in pasture, combining with remnant forest pockets, all back-dropped by the Ruahine Ranges to form a strong and attractive landscape, often referred to as 'The Jewel of the Manawatu'. Recently discovered by life-stylers as a desirable place to live, the Pohangina Valley has a mixed dynamic community of traditional farming and commuters, mindful of its history and keen to maintain and promote the special character of the valley for all. Growing locally based cottage industry and eco-tourism supplement the attractions of access the wider outdoors, making the Pohangina Valley a great place for visitors.
History
Even after the bush burns and saw milling of early European settlement days in the hills and valleys of Pohangina, there are still beautiful patches of native forest in this picturesque district. The Totara Reserve, a favourite picnic spot, contains fine specimens of the tree species that once dominated this landscape.
European settlers began arriving in the district from 1886, when an association of small farmers established the Awahou Pohangina Special Settlement. Other blocks were surveyed and sold from the early 1890s- to the Pohangina Farm Homestead Association and the Salisbury Farm Homestead Association (the Utuwai and Umutoi area) , the Delaware Improved Farm Association and the Malton Farm Homestead Association. All these groups were similar to those formed to buy land at Apiti, Kimbolton and Rangiwahia.
Charles Wildbore and his family were among the families who arrived in the Pohangina Valley in the 1890s. Charles was a skilled photographer who recorded the life of the community and the changes in the landscape. A collection of his photographs is displayed at "County Fayre", the former Pohangina County Council offices in the Pohangina township.
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NZ Electoral Roll 1893 (Ex NZSG)
Surname WILDBORE
Given Name Charles Edward
Number 3662
Electorate Palmerston
Voting Qualification Residential
Residential Address Taonui
Occupation Labourer
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Extract from Auckland City Library Website - Photographers Data Base
Name: Wildbore, Charles E
Sex: Male
Studio address: Pohangina 1902-1937
Known years of operation: 1902 1911/12 1915 1925 1932 1937
Sources:
Wise's Buyers and Sellers of Australia, Tasmania and NZ (1911/12), p138;
Wise's NZPO Directory (1915), p2136;
Wise's NZ Directory (1902) p2045;
Wise's NZPO Directory (1925), p2461;
Wise's NZPO Directory (1932), p2276;
Wise's NZPO Directory (1937), p2478.
- Charles Edward was the eldest and born in London.
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