How do I find out who lived at/owned 121 VenusStreet, Invercargill in 1920? NAT

nat103 - 2019-08-10 12:22:00

1920 Wise´s New Zealand Post Office Directory
Barker Thos A. farmer

stock - 2019-08-10 12:26:00

1919 Southland Invercargill electoral roll
Barker Thomas Albert, 121 Venus st Georgetown Invercargill farmer
Barker Jeanette Louise,121 Venus st Georgetown Invercargill married

stock - 2019-08-10 12:30:00

Thanks Stock, your help appreciated. These are my grandparents, but I always thought they lived on the farm. How do you match up the address with the name? do you check through Wises Directory first?
Thanks again, NAT

nat103 - 2019-08-11 17:04:00

Ancestry.com
Wises Directory about 1921
Smith (or any popular name you like) Invercargill
Ancestry's display is in street name order.
Find Venus Street
Find 121

Edited by stock at 8:36 pm, Sun 11 Aug

stock - 2019-08-11 20:35:00

Papers Past is another possible option. But to add confusion in this case there was a sale of household furniture on the instructions of Jno Morton there in 1918.
Maybe Morton was to sell the property to the Barkers?
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ST19180816.2.48
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stock - 2019-08-11 20:40:00

If you are trying to identify the property, be wary of street renaming / renumbering since 1920.
The 1920 Venus Street list starts at Oteramika Road (where on map now?), Centre Street crosses Venus between 59 & 69 and 54 & 68.
Last on the right is 121 and last on the left 102

Today Centre crosses at 99 & 101 and 92 & 108.
In 1920 Mr T A Barker was selling by auction his "splendid residence" on the corner of Venus & John Streets.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ST19200710.2.68
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Edited by stock at 9:19 pm, Sun 11 Aug

stock - 2019-08-11 21:19:00

In 1930 Centre Street intersected Venus at (almost like today's numbering) 99 & 101 and 92 & 114.

stock - 2019-08-11 21:30:00

THANKYOU!!!!!! :)

nat103 - 2019-08-13 17:55:00

Oteramika Road is now Tweed Street.
The houses probably had to be renumbered because of infill development. Venus Street was originally half acre sections but most of them were further subdivided in the early 20th century.

cadastral - 2019-08-26 21:48:00