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: Arch 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: Arch 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: Arch 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