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Ashworth, James

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1845 - 1932

Biography

James Ashworth came to Lyttelton in 1853, at the age of 8. In 1859 the family settled at Saltwater Creek, Sefton. The author and his father (also James) pioneered the carrying trade in North Canterbury. In 1869 Ashworth bought farmland near the old homestead Harleston, and gradually acquired more land. In 1878 he bought the homestead itself.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Guy Bernard Cleaver Bliss papers

 Collection
Identifier: CCL Archive 0460
Scope and Contents The papers of Guy Bernard Cleaver Bliss include typescript, manuscript and printed papers, and photographs, chiefly of Canterbury matters relating to military, church and local history.There are two copies of the reminiscences of Lt. Col. Alfred Henry W. Evenden, photographs of him in the Rangiora High School Cadets (ca. 1905), as a soldier (First World War), and a photograph of his father, T.A. Evenden, a lieutenant in the Kumara Volunteer Cadets, 1886. There is a copy of the...
Dates: 1868-1981

James Ashworth recollections

 Collection
Identifier: CCL Archive 0241
Scope and Contents

Typescript photocopy recollections of Mr. James Ashworth of "Harleston", Sefton, as recounted in September 1918. These recollections include a postscript, 18 August 1919.

Dates: 1918-1919

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