Durey, John
Dates
- Existence: 1833 - 1920
Biography
The Bricks was a landing place on the south bank of the Avon near the present Barbadoes Street bridge. It was named in 1843 when the Deans brothers were obliged to leave bricks for the Riccarton House chimneys there to be brought by cart, as their whaleboats could go no further by river.
It became the site of the Plain's first settlement (four houses and tents) as the picture shows. The early surveyor Edward Jollie lived there, in a grass house originally built by Sydney Scroggs, and in the neighbouring houses were his assistants, as well as John Anderson, blacksmith (later of Anderson's foundry), John Durey, an early settler and farmer, and William Inwood, early settler and miller.
Biography
George and Elizabeth Durey came out on the Sir George Seymour in 1850. George and Alison Warden came out on the Egmont in 1856. Two of the Durey sons, John and George Adams, married two of the Warden daughters, Christina and Alison. Henry and Elizabeth Wooldridge came out on the Mystery in 1862. Their daughter Annie Elizabeth married George Frederick Durey, son of George Adams and Alison Durey. John Durey, 1833-1920, who married Christina Warden, was a farmer and artist.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Durey, Warden and Wooldridge families by Robert Pearson
Undated typescript and manuscript titled Durey, Warden and Wooldridge families by Robert Pearson. Includes photocopies of press clippings and book extracts.
The Bricks: painting of the first settlement on the Plains lithograph
A framed early Christchurch Press lithograph of John Durey's watercolour painting of The Bricks in the winter of 1851.
From the print: "The Bricks was the first settlement on the Plains. During the winter of 1851 the following were the residents there, looking from left to right: Messrs. Jollie, Durey, Anderson, and Inwood".