Arthur Frederick Gungall
Akaroa and later at The Hawera Studio, Regent Street, Hawera
Arthur Frederick Gungall, born circa 1873, probably in Germany[1],died 13 March 1927, drowned while fishing at Mary's Bay, Ponsonby, Auckland, reg. 1927/675 aged 54 years,buried Waikumete Cemetery, Presbyterian Division D, row 12, plot 24, married 27 May 1896, reg. 1896/1002, Margaret Curry, born circa 1874, reg. 1874/38249, daughter of John Curry and his wife Sarah Murphy, died 31 May 1971 aged 96 years, buried Waikumete Cemetery, Presbyterian Division D Row 12, Plot 24
issue:
Edward Arthur John Gungall born circa 1899, reg. 1899/9359
William Lewis Gungall born circa 1903, reg. 1903/9101
about February 1895 to August 1898
Photography.—A studio will be opened in Mr Black's Building, next Mr
Noonan's, Beach road, Akaroa, where all classes of work will be done at most
reasonable terms. Outside work a speciality.—A. Gungall
Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume XXIV, Issue 1920, 5
February 1895
Enterprise —Mr T. E. Taylor is about to add another department to his
already extensive business, which he will carry on on the same lines as the
rest. The new idea is a photographic studio, for which the order has already
been given, and which will be speedily in course of erection. Mr Taylor has
engaged Mr Gungall, who will give up his present business, and confine himself
solely to the photographic business under the auspices of Mr T. E. Taylor. All
the latest appliances are to be procured and every facility given to successful
portraiture as well as landscape. With nice apartments, first-class appliances,
and a skilled operator like Mr Gungall there is no doubt that Mr Taylor's new
department will be very well patronised
Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume XXIV, Issue 2028, 18
February 1896
... We have already noted each new branch as it has been successfully
established, and it is now our pleasant task to record a new enterprise: this is
the opening of a photographic studio under the able of Mr Gungall. To effect
this object, Mr Taylor has used the upper story of the building, which for a
long time has been idle and useless.
The photographic rooms are reached by a staircase from the furniture
department, the room in which the photographing takes place being a spacious
apartment 24ft by 15ft, lighted by a 12ft by 12ft skylight. This has been put in
on scientific principles, to secure the best light possible for the purpose.
The ceiling and walls of the room are painted in neutral tints, and it is
artistically furnished with suitable furniture, pot plants and scenic
appliances. The room is so arranged that large groups can be taken. New lens and
all latest appliances have been procured, and photographs can be enlarged up to
15in by 12in. The prices are the same as in Christchurch, and every endeavour
has been made to make the results at any rate equal to those attained in the
best city studios. The workshop is 12ft by 9ft, and is nicely papered and fitted
with a bridge outside, to secure the best printing.
The dark-room is 5ft by 12ft, with shifting windows, ample water supply and
every possible up to date appliance. Altogether, the whole suite of rooms are
worthy a visit of inspection, being very complete indeed, and a credit to the
town and the enterprise of its spirited proprietor. This department, and in fact
every ( part of the establishment, is connected by telephone with the shop, so
that in the event of the slightest difficulty the manager can be at once
communicated with.
Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume XXIV, Issue 2043, 10
April 1896
At Akaroa on Friday (the Mail reports) the members of the band tendered a
farewell social to their bandmaster Mr A. Gungall, who was leaving shortly to
start business on his own account in Hawera and presented him with a travelling
bag as a small token of their esteem and gratitude for his painstaking
leadership, and of their good wishes for his future. The chairman, in referring
to Mr Gungal's services, said the band had never kept together before, as it had
under the present bandmaster. When Mr Gungall came to Akaroa, a perfect
stranger, the instruments were lying idle, and spoiling for want of use. They
were in bad repair, and there was a debt of £7 on them. Now through good
management, Mr Gungall had put all the instruments in good repair (costing some
£16) and paid off the debt, and still could show a substantial balance.
Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 4015, 18 August 1898
photograph courtesy of Jan Shuttleworth
Hawera
Succeeded Berry & McAllister 28 August 1898
Messrs Berry and McAllister announce that they have sold their business to
Mr Arthur Gungall, of Canterbury. Mr Gungall, takes possession on 29th inst.,
before which payments of all outstanding accounts is requested.
Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 4019, 23 August 1898
Photography.
Gungall, Arthur Frederick, Photographer and Picture Framer, Hawera Studio,
Union Street, Hawera. This business was established in the year 1892 by Messrs
Berry and McAllister, and was acquired by Mr. Gungall in 1898. The original site
of the business was in Regent Street, but the proprietor, having acquired a
freehold section of over an eighth of an acre, erected the present convenient
studio and residence in 1904. The building is of wood and iron, with a verandah,
and contains a large well-lighted studio; a vestibule with a large show window,
a picture-framing department, a dressing room, and dark rooms and work rooms. In
connection with picture-framing, Mr. Gungall has invented a machine for making
true joints to picture frame moulding, which is simple, easy of application, and
very effective. He undertakes all classes of photography, including portraiture
and landscape work.
The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Taranaki, Hawke’s Bay & Wellington
Provincial Districts] 1908
[1] In Probate records Margaret Gungall stated that her husband was born in
Germany and was brought to New Zealand when a baby by his mother.
[2] Mr. John Curry. An old resident of Banks Peninsula passed away yesterday at his house in Woodville in the person of Mr John Curry at the age of eighty.
[2] Mr. John Curry. An old resident of Banks Peninsula passed away yesterday at his house in Woodville in the person of Mr John Curry at the age of eighty.
Mr Curry and his wife came out to New Zealand in 1863 in the ship "Chariot
of Fame." They arrived in Lyttelton where the eldest child, a daughter was born.
After a short stay about Christchurch Mr Curry and his family came to Akaroa
where he was working for a short time for Mrs Russell.
The family lived later in Dr. Watkin's house close to the old vicarage for
some ten to eleven years. In the meantime Mr Curry had purchased a section up
the Long Bay road and he used to spend his time travelling up and down to the
section felling bush. He took up his residence later on the land where he lived
up to the time he went up to Woodville to take up land there.
He leaves a wife, live sons, including Messrs James and Samuel Curry, of
Akaroa, four daughters, Mesdames Weir, Gungall, Dell and Crawford, and a large
number of grand children. Mr Curry enjoyed excellent health up to the time of
his death, never being bedridden.
He was typical of the old Peninsula pioneers, a hardworking man, who reared
a large family amidst considerable hardship, and as a result of a healthy
industrious life reached the ripe age of 80.
Yesterday afternoon Rev. J. W. Hayward kindly motored Mr James Curry up to
Christchurch to enable him to catch the Wellington boat and be in time for his
father's funeral.
Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume LXXV, Issue 3561, 7 July
1916
1 comment:
Gungall appears to have come to NZ aboard the Lammershagen in July 1875. His will states he was born in Germany and came to NZ with his mother as a baby (he would have been about 2 at the time). His Mother Caroline/Carolina married a Charles Dill in Normanby near Hawera in 1880. This article states that Charles Dill was A F Gungall's step-father https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HNS19090109.2.12
We have a August 1975 baptism record in Patea for a Rudolf Gungall. Mother - Caroline and Father - Herman. No actual birth date so may have been born on ship. This would have been less than a month after a group of German Lammershagen immigrants arrived in Patea. I can find no further evidence for a Rudolf/Rudolph Gungall after this. Herman may have been an error as there was also a son Herman born c.1870. No evidence for any Herman Gungall or Dill at all other than in the newspaper.
The Gungalls and family were very bad at registering births deaths etc.and seemed to have anglicized their names which also confuses things. Caroline had a brother Karl/Carl in Normanby and their mother Wilhelmina Paul (Paul from a 2nd marriage) was also there.Her death is recorded in the newspaper but again there is no official record. A F Gungall appears to have moved away from his troublesome family that often featured in court cases! There is a small chance that his German name was Armande as there is one mention of this name but cannot be sure.
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