Presbyterianism in New Zealand

Presbyterians listed in the online Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Go to http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/  and search using the name below

Aitken, John Guthrie Wood     1849 - 1921 Merchant, mayor, politician, first lay Moderator of the Presbyterian Church.

Alexander, Jessie     1876 - 1962 Presbyterian deaconess and missionary

Allan, John Aitken     1897 - 1979 Presbyterian minister, professor of theology

Anderson, John     1820 - 1897 Blacksmith, engineer, businessman, local politician

Appleton, William     1889 - 1958 Telegraph messenger, accountant, advertising agent, local politician, company director

Bannerman, Jane     1835? - 1923 Presbyterian church leader, philanthropist

Bannerman, William     1822 - 1902 Presbyterian minister

Baxter, Millicent Amiel     1888 - 1984 Pacifist

Begg, Jean     1886 - 1971 Welfare worker and administrator, feminist

Bertram, James Munro     1910 - 1993 Journalist, writer, relief worker, prisoner of war, university professor, editor

Blackie, Jeannetta Margaret     1864 - 1955 Governess, teacher, church administrator

Brash, Thomas Cuddie     1874 - 1957 Dairy factory manager, dairy board administrator, Presbyterian layman Interview with his son, Alan Brash

Bruce, David     1824 - 1911 Presbyterian minister, journalist

Buddo, David     1853 - 1937 Engineer, farmer, politician

Burn, Margaret Gordon     1825 - 1918 Teacher, school principal

Burns, Thomas     1796? - 1871 Presbyterian minister, coloniser, community leader

Burton, Ormond Edward     1893 - 1974 Teacher, soldier, war historian, pacifist, Methodist clergyman, writer

Cameron, Andrew     1855 - 1925 Presbyterian minister, educationalist, community leader

Campbell, William Rickarby     1840 - 1918 Presbyterian minister

Cargill, William     1784 - 1860 Soldier, merchant, coloniser, provincial superintendent

Chaffey, Annie Selina     1877 - 1953 Homemaker, recluse

Chapple, James Henry George     1865 - 1947 Salvation Army officer, Presbyterian minister, Unitarian minister, pacifist, controversialist

Clark, James McCosh     1833 - 1898 Businessman, mayor

Clark, Kate Emma     1847 - 1926 Community leader, artist, writer

Copland, James     1834 - 1902 Presbyterian minister, doctor, writer

Crabb, Helen Priscilla     1891 - 1972 Artist and art teacher

Crowe, Ellen     1845-1847? - 1930 Homemaker, community leader

Delamere, Monita Eru     1921 - 1993 Te Whanau-a-Apanui and Ngai Tahu; rugby player, dry-cleaner, Ringatu leader, community leader

Dickie, John     1875 - 1942 Presbyterian theologian, professor

Don, Alexander     1857 - 1934 Presbyterian minister, missionary, writer

Don, Rachel     1866 - 1941 Church and community worker

Donald, Janet     1819-1825? - 1892 Church leader

Duncan, James     1813 - 1907 Missionary, Presbyterian minister

Fletcher, Henry James     1868 - 1933 Missionary, Presbyterian minister

Fraser, Charles     1823? - 1886 Minister, educationalist, journalist

Fraser, Isabella     1857 - 1932 Hospital matron

Fraser, Mary Isabel     1863 - 1942 School principal, educationalist

Fraser, Philadelphus Bain     1862 - 1940  Presbyterian minister, controversialist, editor

Fulton, Catherine Henrietta Elliot     1829 - 1919 Diarist, community leader, philanthropist, social reformer

Gibb, James     1857 - 1935 Presbyterian clergyman, political lobbyist

Goodfellow, William 1880 - 1974 Hardware merchant, dairying industrialist, company director, philanthropist

Hay, James Lawrence 1888 - 1971 Advertising manager, Presbyterian layman, welfare worker, retailer, businessman, local politician, philanthropist

Hay, Keith Wilson     1917 - 1997 Builder, businessman, local politician, morals campaigner

Henderson, Christina Kirk     1861 - 1953 Teacher, feminist, prohibitionist, social reformer, editor

Henderson, Stella May     1871 - 1962 Feminist, university graduate, journalist

Henry, Annie     1879 - 1971 Presbyterian missionary

Henry, David     1888 - 1963 Engineering businessman, company director, forestry industrialist

Inglis, John     1808 - 1891 Missionary

James, Annie Isabella     1884 - 1965 Presbyterian missionary

Laughton, John George     1891 - 1965 Presbyterian missionary

Lopdell, Francis Cecil     1890 - 1960 Teacher, soldier, school inspector, teachers’ college principal, educational administrator

MacGregor, James     1829 - 1894 Presbyterian minister, theologian

Mackenzie, James Hutton     1849 - 1949 Presbyterian minister

Marshall, John Ross     1912 - 1988 Lawyer, soldier, politician, prime minister

Massey, Christina Allan     1863 - 1932 Homemaker, political hostess, community leader

May, Isabella     1850 - 1926 Temperance worker, suffragist, dress reformer

McCaw, John     1849 - 1930 Farm manager, farmer, land valuer

McGlashan, John     1802 - 1864 Lawyer, politician, public servant, educationalist

McIndoe, John     1858 - 1916 Printer

McKenzie, John     1839 - 1901 Farmer, politician, political reformer

McQueen, Mary     1860 - 1945 Presbyterian deaconess, orphanage matron, social worker

Natusch, Charles Tilleard     1859 - 1951 Architect, quantity surveyor

Nordmeyer, Arnold Henry     1901 - 1989 Presbyterian minister, politician

Pinepine Te Rika     1857/1858? - 1954 Tuhoe woman of mana

Potatau, Hemi     1904 - 1994 Ngati Kahungunu and Ngati Rakaipaaka; Presbyterian minister, soldier, writer

Reed, Alexander Wyclif     1908 - 1979 Publisher, writer

Reed, George McCullagh     1831/1832? - 1898 Presbyterian minister, journalist, newspaper proprietor

Rex, Helmut Herbert Hermann     1913 - 1967 Presbyterian theologian, lecturer

Robb, George Douglas     1899 - 1974 Surgeon, medical reformer, writer, university chancellor

Rua Kenana Hepetipa     1868/1869? - 1937 Tuhoe prophet

Ryburn, Hubert James     1897 - 1988 Presbyterian minister, university college master

Salmond, James David     1898 - 1976 Teacher, Presbyterian minister, religious educationalist Presbyterian Church

Salmond, William     1835 - 1917 Presbyterian minister, university professor, writer

Seelye, Frederick Thomas     1879 - 1962  Analytical chemist, lecturer

Sew Hoy, Hugh     1901 - 1996 Businessman, community leader

Shum, Jim     1853 - 1914 Goldminer

Smith, Frances Hagell     1877 - 1948 Missionary teacher, welfare worker

Stewart, Mary Downie     1876 - 1957 Political hostess, welfare worker

Stuart, Donald McNaughton     1819? - 1894 Presbyterian minister, educationalist

Troup, George Alexander     1863 - 1941 Draughtsman, architect, community worker, mayor, Bible Class movement leader

Waddell, Rutherford     1850-1852? - 1932 Presbyterian minister, social reformer, writer

Whitu, Wi     1908 - 1983 Tuhoe; cook, blacksmith, midwife, exhumer