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1910 By 1911 there were three settlements in the district, at
Enrolments Huntly Central & West, Kimihia in the east and Pukemiro.
Aug-08 1910 S1 FELL Irene Annie The population stood at 1319 people of whom half worked in
Aug-08 1910 P FELL Walter Francis the mines.
Oct-10 1910 P HAMILTON Rebecca Florence Mrs Janet Rogers can remember her childhood at this
Oct-17 1910 P HAMILTON Robert Leslie time. Her father J.T. Holland came to Huntly from
Oct-11 1910 P JOHNSTON Frederick James Lancashire around 1890, when he was only twenty one. He
Jun-13 1910 S3 JOHNSTON Mary May married Janet Neil whose family owned a farm later to be
Jul-18 1910 P JONES Alice
better known as Russell’s.
Feb-07 1910 S4 KURI Charles Mrs Rogers, who was born in 1898, can remember her
Oct-10 1910 P LANCASTER Violet Louie mother carrying milk to cottages in their village. They lived at
Feb-02 1910 P ROWE Edward
Feb-01 1910 S3 TRIMBLE Margaret Kimihia where their father worked in the Holland Mine, an
Apr-18 1910 F2 WILLIAMS Dulcie extension of the Taupiri Reserve. Nine children were born to
Aug-08 1910 F1 WILSON Sarah the family. “Dad used to ride into Huntly to get the midwife,
Teacher: Miss Brown Mrs Jakeman” - a woman who could neither read nor write
1911 and was later taught by her son - “and she would quickly
jump up behind.”
Enrolments
Apr-24 1911 S3 BALL Elsie When she became a young woman, Janet proved a
Nov-14 1911 P BALL Lewis tireless worker for the St John Ambulance. She rode far and
Oct-17 1911 P CONN Agnes Ellen wide around Kimihia on her horse recruiting members. Most
Mar-07 1911 S4 CURLEY Eva oof the community joined. Her efforts, along with others,
Mar-07 1911 F2 CURLEY Nicholas Neal resulted in the establishment of the St Johns Ambulance Hall
Dec-11 1911 F1 GRUNDY Leonard
in Hakanoa Street.
Oct-25 1911 P GRUNDY Reginald Before the Neil’s sold out and moved to Tauwhare
Apr-24 1911 S3 HARRIS Horace
Apr-24 1911 S2 HARRIS Ivy Mrs Holland would put the younger children in a trolley and
push it with a stick all the way along the railway line, to her
Apr-24 1911 S1 HARRIS Vernon
Aug-01 1911 P HOLLAND Alfred parents’ place. There the children were free to gather fruit
May-01 1911 P HUGHES May from the orchard. Soon their own fruit trees would grow, as
May-15 1911 S4 JOHNSTON May Mr Holland, like most of the other miners, worked in the
Nov-14 1911 P JONES Mary mine during the winter and planted crops in the spring and
Aug-28 1911 P MARSHALL Edward Ryan summer.
Jul-17 1911 S4 MARSHALL Elizabeth When World War 1 broke out Tom Leather was
Aug-28 1911 F2 MARSHALL Robert Arthur conscripted, which left his father and sisters to carry on
Feb-18 1911 F1 RALPH Julian looking after the farm. Mrs 0’Brien (his daughter) at 14
Jun-19 1911 F1 RALPH Julian learned to hay-make until the early hours of the morning and
Mar-06 1911 P REA Alexander to drive a team of six horses. At night the girls had to collect
Mar-06 1911 S2 REA Mary
turnips and cut them up to feed the cows.
Mar-06 1911 P REA Sarah “I even learned how to thatch the
May-15 1911 S3 ROWE Beatrice haystacks and of course we had to milk the
Teacher: Miss Brown cows by hand .”
The Perry Cottage, on the lake front, was used for a variety of social events, including this Sunday gathering.
