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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 278, 29 May 1895, Page 2 His wife, Jane Lumsden nee Brockie, who had married James after the death of her first husband, did not inherit all of James' estate. The will was explained in a Supreme Court case held on 5 April 1895. Cornishman James Prisk, born in Gwennap in 1842, travelled to New South Wales in 1861.[2]  The National Archives (UK) tna_rg4_0212_0_005 Many members of his family were already based at Nundle, near Tamworth in New South Wales. He didn't stay there for long. By 1868, James had migrated to the Manawatu region of New Zealand. The availability of land was advertised in the Sydney Morning Herald in 1865:  Advertising (1865, November 7). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 6 While the original owners were not averse to selling their property, they did expect their conditions to be observed and they made their position clear in March and April 1866 in both Australian and New Zealand newspapers:  Wanganui - Manawatu Chronicle, 24 March 1866, p3; reprinted as MANAWATU BLOCK. (1866, April 16). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 5. In May 1872, James Prisk wrote to the Land Commissioner in Wellington:  Item ID R24439574, date 1872, Box 22, formerly LS / W2, record number 1872 / 213 National Archives of New Zealand The block was successfully acquired by 1877, as Prisk sought permission to relinquish his day job for the Manawatu County Council fixing roads in order to focus on his land holding.  Manawatu Times, 18 November 1877, p.3  Early Rangitikei, James G. Wilson, 1914 (reprinted 2012), p.16 showing Sanson and Feilding Between 1879 and 1891, Prisk's flock of sheep grew from 200 to almost 700.  New Zealand Sheep Farmers, 1881 - 1918, Find My Past  Sanson School and District Centennial, 1973, p.10 But he had made his mark in other ways, as one of the settlers who established the township of Sanson (Whakari).  Idle Hours, W. J. Croucher, p.2  Idle Hours, W. J. Croucher, p.26  New Zealand Mail, 10 August 1894, p.28 James Prisk was also a donor to the Diocese of Wellington:  The Church Chronicle, Wellington: 1st May 1891. John Kinder Theological Library, https://kinderlibrary.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/784 And his wife's contribution to early Sandon life was not forgotten.  Reminiscences of Early Sandon, W. J. Croucher, 1933 from Chapter 10, Our Mothers  Reminiscences of Early Sandon, W. J. Croucher, 1933, p.8  The Church Chronicle, Wellington: 1st February 1896. John Kinder Theological Library, https://kinderlibrary.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/843 References 1. "South of the Bombay Hills" is described at Bombay Hills. 2. Advertising (1861, February 27). Freeman's Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1932), p. 7. 3. Early Rangitikei, James G. Wilson, 1914, 2012, National Library of New Zealand 4. Sanson School & District Centennial, J. Gravitt, 1973, National Library of New Zealand 5. Idle Hours: Tales of country and village life around Sandon 1871 - 1938, W. J. Croucher, 1940 ? National Library of New Zealand 6. Reminiscences of Early Sandon: Jubilee souvenir, W. J. Croucher, 1933, National Library of New Zealand Acknowledgement I am grateful to the National Library of New Zealand, the National Archives of New Zealand, and the Northern Explorer for sharing their information resources. |
Sunday 28 July 2024
South of the Bombay Hills
A phrase well-known to the inhabitants of North Island of New Zealand, south of the Bombay Hills neatly sums up a divide between rural and urban landscapes.[1] My Australian family made a contribution to both spaces; this story focuses on the southern side of the line.
It took more than 40 years after his death in 1894 for my grandmother Amy Parkins to receive her inheritance from her great-great-uncle James Prisk. In 1936 she inherited a one-twelfth share of £700. Although he eventually married, Prisk did not have any children.
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