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March, John Edwin

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1836 - 1916

Biography

John March arrived in Lyttelton on the John Taylor in 1853, aged 17. He at first worked on farms, and tried his hand at gold mining. He was befriended, in Christchurch, by Edward Jerningham Wakefield. He became a civil servant, at first for the Provincial and subsequently for the central Government, becoming in time Chief Immigration Officer for the South Island. In 1886 he was appointed Steward of Village Settlements in Canterbury, and in 1891 for the whole colony.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

John Edwin March papers

 Collection
Identifier: CCL Archive 0445
Scope and Contents

The papers of John Edwin March includes a poor quality copy of a typescript memoir titled A brief memoir of my life written for the information of my dear wife and family.

The letters are from John March's brother Theophilus (December 1857), from Edward Jerningham Wakefield (January 1878), and from John Ballance (March 1888).

Dates: 1857-1895