Clara's Album






This photograph album was owned by Jack Thomas Frederick Baker until his death in 2003. It was previously owned by his mother Clara Elizabeth Harris (1873-1945).
The album has a date - May 1890, so it may be a birthday present to Clara.


page 1
no photograph

page 2
left: Jessie Susan Harris, born 21 March 1868 Christchurch, 
died 13 June 1923,  Hororata aged 55

right: Alice Margaret Wright, born 12 October 1872 Kaiapoi, died 10 August 1930 Washdyke
 photo by Eden George, Christchurch.

page 3
 left: Henry Richard Harris, born 21 March 1868 Christchurch, died 20 February 1935 Timaru Hospital
right: Sidney Robert Wright born 9 April 1868 Kaiapoi, died 23 August 1948 Christchurch aged 80, son of Robert Marshall Wright and Matilda Ann Baker of Ohoka. He married Jessie Susan Harris on 2 December 1890 at St  Mary’s Church, Timaru.
photo by Eden George - Christchurch
page 4
left: Clara Elizabeth Harris 
right: Harriett Annie Harris
photo by Eden George Co. Ltd - Dunedin and Christchurch
Dates probably after June 1890 when Eden George formed his business into a limited liability company.

page 5
Henry Richard Harris
(born 21 March 1868 died 20 February 1935)

 photo by Eden George Co. Ltd - Dunedin and Christchurch
Dates probably after June 1890 when Eden George formed his business into a limited liability company.


page 6
 Annie Harriet Harris
(born 7 March 1880 - died 16 July 1950)
and her cousin born in the same month
Agnes Mary Joseph Duncan
(born 17 March 1880 - died 30 April 1953)

photo by Charles Henry Manning, 150 Colombo Street, Christchurch


page 7
Clara Elizabeth Harris
(born 18 May 1873 - died 25 June 1945)

photo by Gamble & Co., 218 High Street, Christchurch, probably about 1886.
 
page 8
not known 
left photo by Morris, 175 George Street, Dunedin, photo right by Peter Schourup, Colombo Street, Christchurch

page 9
photo left by Adam MacLay, Christchurch, dated 24 January 1892.
above right: Mary Lord nee Meng friend of Clara Elizabeth Harris (Belinda Lansley) 
photo by Charles Henry Manning, 150 Colombo Street, Christchurch

page 10
left: possibly Henry Gudsell "Harry" born 2 September 1871 Weedons, died  18 September 1937 Public Hospital, Christchurch.
 photo left by Adam MacLay, Christchurch, dated 24 January 1892. 
 photo right Charles Henry Manning, 150 Colombo Street, Christchurch.

page 11left: photo by Eden George Co. Ltd - Dunedin and Christchurch

right: Clara Elizabeth Harris
photo by C. H. Manning , 150 Colombo Street, Christchurch


 page 12
left: William Gudsell (born 20 June 1860 - died 28 December 1888)
right: Jessie Duffull (1861-1938) Walter Robert Duffull (1863-1943) and Mary Jane Duffull 1859-1885)

 page 13
Agnes Mary Joseph Duncan
(born 17 March 1880 - died 30 April 1953)
photo by William Sherlock, Oxford Terrace, Christchurch

page 14
photo by P. P. De Loree
 
page 15
left: Katherina Meng known as Kate, sister of Mary Meng (Belinda Lansley)
right: Walter Robert Duffull
(born 17 December 1863 - died 20 September 1943)

photo by P. P. De Loree

 
page 16
left: possibly Thomas Firman
photo by Adolf Fischer, Timaru
right: possibly Grace Firman nee Harris
photo by Eden George Co. Ltd - Dunedin and Christchurch

page 17
not known
photo by Eden George Co. Ltd - Dunedin and Christchurch

page 18
 photo by Eden George Co. Ltd - Dunedin and Christchurch
"I wonder whether the photograph on page 18 is my great grandfather Frederick Edward Harris, Clara's younger brother, born 6 August 1877 (Ohoka), died Masterton, 8 May 1908."

 [Frederick Edward Harris, born 6 August 1877 Ohoka, son of Sarah Ann Duffull and Nathaniel Harris,  died 8 May 1908 Masterton Hospital, buried plot 27, Clareville Cemetery, Carterton aged 30 years]

 

 
Star, Issue 923, 9 May 1908, Page 4
  
The death occurred at the Masterton Hospital on Friday evening last of Mr F. E. Harris, a well-known settler of Mungaterere Valley. The deceased was thirty years of age, and leaves a widow and four children. The funeral will arrive at the Clareville store from the Masterton Hospital at 3 p.m. to-day, and will proceed thence to the Clareville Cemetery.
Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9086, 11 May 1908, Page 4

Also see Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9610, 2 October 1909, Page 3

 

page 19
Alice Palmer
photo by Charles Henry Manning, 150 Colombo Street, Christchurch
page 20
Mary Grace Harris
wife of Thomas Pierson Firman

(born 19 June 1871 - died 9 December 1932)
 photo by Eden George Co. Ltd - Dunedin and Christchurch
page 21
 photo by Eden George, Christchurch

page 22
Henry Gudsell
(born 2 September 1871 - died 18 September 1937)
and his sister
Sarah Ann Gudsell
(born 5 December 1867 - died 16 December 1934)

photo by Eden George Co. Ltd, Dunedin and Christchurch.


page 23
unknown
left: possibly Clara Elizabeth Harris
 photo left by Alpheus Aldersley, Rangiora, he died 24 June 1893, photo right by Easter and Wallis, Colombo Street, Christchurch.

page 24
 right: Henry Gudsell "Harry"
(born 2 September 1871 - died 18 September 1937)

photo left by Eden George,  Christchurch, photo right by John Spiller, 179 Colombo Street,  Christchurch.
page 25
 left: Mary Grace Harris or Jessie Susan Harris
photo by M. Heslop, Colombo Street, Christchurch.
  right: Edward Duffull
born 23 February 1850 Dulwich, Surrey
died 17 August 1906 Springston

photo by Christchurch Fancy Bazaar, Colombo Street,  Christchurch.
page 26
left:  Sarah Ann Duffull with her twin children,
Jessie Susan Harris and Henry Richard Harris
  Sarah Ann Duffull
born 16 June 1844 Croydon, Surrey
died 3 August 1923, 27 Archer Street, Timaru
she married Nathaniel Harris in 1867

photo by Christchurch Fancy Bazaar, Colombo Street,  Christchurch.

right: Clara Elizabeth Harris

page 27
 left: could be Sarah Ellen Anderton (Belinda Lansley)
photo by John Spiller, Christchurch
right: Edward Duffull
born 23 February 1850 Dulwich, Surrey
died 17 August 1906 Springston


page 28
  Clara Elizabeth Harris
photo by Gamble & Co., 218 High Street, Christchurch, probably about 1886.


page 29
above left: could be Sarah Ellen Anderton (Belinda Lansley)
page 30
both photos by Eden George Co. Ltd - Dunedin and Christchurch

page 31
Henry Richard Harris
 photo by Eden George Co. Ltd, Dunedin and Christchurch.

page 32
 photo by Eden George Co. Ltd, Dunedin and Christchurch.


page 33
no photograph
 page 34
George Gudsell
(born 13 August 1865 died 30 March 1931)

photo by Eden George Co. Ltd, Dunedin and Christchurch.

page 35
Thomas Gudsell (5 December 1831 to 5 July 1923) and
Sarah Gudsell nee Franks (10 June 1833 to 12 May 1895). These are the great uncle and great aunt of Clara Elizabeth Harris.
photo by Eden George Co. Ltd, Dunedin and Christchurch.
page 36







This is the Memorial Card of William James Lindsey or Lindsay who died at the residence of Thomas Gudsell, Weedons on 4 August 1891 aged 14 years. William is buried in a grave near to the Gudsells in the Weedons Cemetery. 

William's birth was registered in 1877 number 10971; his parents were shown as Samuel and Mary. His father was a butcher living in Weedons. 

This card was found inside Clara's album.




 Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7933, 5 August 1891, Page 5



 Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7935, 7 August 1891, Page 8

photo - Selwyn Kete











7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thank you for this, it is my G.Grandmothers family, she is shown in the album.
She is Clara Harris

Vicki

Early Canterbury Photography said...

Thomas Gudsell was my great great grandfather

Bel said...

To Early Canterbury Photography. I've just discovered this page and you have a photo in your album of my Great Great Grandmother Mary Lord nee Meng. I've never seen this photo of her but it is definitely her! She is on the 8th page down next to a man I don't know. She was best friends with Clara Elizabeth Baker nee Harris. I have many of the same photos you have in this album and also some different ones. Please email me on belinda dot lansley at yahoo dot co dot nz and I'll send more to you!

Brian SPEAR said...

What a great collection. William GUDSELL was my g g grandfather. He met an untimely end while driving a train near Masterton.
Brian SPEAR

Anonymous said...

Thank you for your blog - great to record all these early photographs.
I wonder whether the photograph on page 18 is my great grandfather Frederick Edward Harris, Clara's younger brother, born 6 August 1877 (Ohoka), died Masterton, 8 May 1908.

Annsley

Early Canterbury Photography said...

Hello Annsley, I don't know myself if this is Frederick Harris, but it is possible. Do you have other photos of him?

Anonymous said...

There is only one photograph in his late 20s that my family has - I will try to get a good image of it when I am next in New Zealand. This one does resemble my grandmother, his daughter.
Annsley