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Little, James

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1834 - 1924

Biography

James Little arrived in Lyttelton on the Zambesi, at the age of 21. A year later he was joined by Jane Farrer. They were married in Christchurch, and settled at first in Yaldhurst. In 1867 James opened a blacksmith's shop in Woodend, and this became a flourishing business, later taken over by two of his sons. The smithy was on the site of what is now the Woodend garage.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

James Little shipboard diary

 Collection
Identifier: CCL Archive 0527
Scope and Contents

Two bound typescript copies of James Little's shipboard diary aboard the on the Zambesi in 1863, which was rewritten by him in 1910, and copied without alteration by Michael Stanley Thomas, his great-great grandson, in June 1972.

The diary includes passenger lists, photocopies of genealogical table of descendants of James Little and Jane Farrer and of press and other articles of historical and biographical interest.

Dates: 1863-c.1972

Margaret Suzanne Starky research essays and notes

 Collection
Identifier: CCL Archive 0730
Scope and Contents

Essays on James Little, James snr. and James jnr. Ashworth, Edward and Arthur Dudley Dobson and Mary Rolleston, written by Margaret Suzanne Starky for The Dictionary of New Zealand biography between 1987 and 1990.

Dates: 1987-1990