H J Hall of Motunau Station
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| 1 | Looking for info on H J Hall - don't now his christian names. All I know is that he bought Motunau Station, Hurunui, North Canterbury in April 1881. Trying to expand on this further. Any suggestions please bluecodnz - 2019-08-06 15:24:00 |
| 2 | Ancestry's city and area directories have a Jos. H Hall there in 1901 through to 1907. Joseph? Perhaps look for a probate under that name? http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-AclEarl-t1-body https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/articles/2026 That should get you started! rednicnz - 2019-08-06 15:36:00 |
| 3 | Fantastic, thank you, that's his son J H Hall bluecodnz - 2019-08-06 16:01:00 |
| 4 | Henry Joseph Hall View Add Alternative Information elaine231 - 2019-08-07 14:17:00 |
| 5 | There is a three volume set of books called "Sheep Stations in NZ" or something similar which if included will give you a history of the station. You could also look up his name in the Canterbury Volume of the Cyclopedia of NZ. nbrob - 2019-08-07 15:23:00 |
| 6 | The following I got via google http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-AclEarl-t1-body Edited by nbrob at 3:27 pm, Wed 7 Aug nbrob - 2019-08-07 15:27:00 |
| 7 | Found this too. Henry Joseph Hall was born in 1837 in Belfast, Ireland. In 1859 he arrived in Auckland with his wife Eleanor. Soon after he moved to Christchurch and in 1860 he established a grocery store in Cashel Street. Undated halfpenny and penny tokens depicting wording only were struck by both W. J. Taylor of London and T. Stokes of Melbourne. In response to the Coinage Offences Act of 1867, H. J. Hall began to refuse to accept his own tokens. Action was taken against him at the Resident Magistrates Court. It was ruled that he was not only permitted to but also compelled to redeem tokens of his own issue at full value. At one stage he had 200 worth in circulation. In 1865 H. J. Hall relocated his grocery business to High Street and he sold out to Charles Louisson in 1867. Both H. J. Hall and fellow token-issuer G. L. Beath owned substantial homesteads in Riccarton Road, which were renowned for their extensive gardens, orchids and paddocks. In 1873 Henry J. Hall decided to focus on farming and land acquisition. In 1881 he purchased the 20,400 acre Motunau station in North Canterbury, and by the following year his land holdings were valued at 78,320, making him a rich man. He died suddenly from a paralytic seizure on May 10, 1897, aged 60. He was buried at the Linwood Cemetery and he left behind a widow, four sons and fi ve daughters. Eleanor Hall died on February 11, 1907, aged 73. https://vdocuments.mx/coin-news-2011-11-references-2012-mint nbrob - 2019-08-07 15:33:00 |
| 8 | Additional information here including a photograph of one of his tokens h28skipper - 2019-08-08 15:51:00 |
