Living Auckland early 1840's DM
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PPA New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20309, 17 July 1929, Pag
Auckland's First Camellias.
There were two Messrs. Owen in business in Auckland at an early period. One of them, Mr. G. B. Owen, came out in 1841, and, purchasing a cutter, entered into tho coastal trade, principally _in gum. Afterwards lie established himself in business in the city as a general merchant, in partnership with Mr. W. K. Graham, thus forming the old firm of Owen and Graham. Mr. Owen was on the early directorates of the Bank of New Zealand, tho Loan and Mercantile Agency Company and the New Zealand Insurance Company. Mr. Owen's namesake, Mr. G. W. Owen, did not arrive until 1859, and he became the founder of tho firm of G. W. Owen and Company, also general merchants. He was an early member of the Auckland Harbour Board, and was its chairman in 1885. Mr. Owen is given by old residents the credit of having been the first to introduce the camellia to Auckland. It is stated that he brought hither a shrub each of the white Œ and the pink camellia, which were nur- ± tured with jealous care in the garden at Owen's Road, Mount Eden.
PPA Obituary New Zealand Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9314, 25 September 1893, Page 5
MR. GEORGE BURGOYNE OWEN. One of our oldest pioneer colonists died on Friday night, namely, Mr. Geo. Burgoyne Owen, at his residence, Brightside, Mount Eden, at the advanced age of 74. Mr. Owen was a native of Sheffield, where he served his apprenticeship to the cutlery trade. In 1840, he determined to try his luck in the Australian colonies. The voyage was a lengthy one, being over six months, in the course of which he got' shipwrecked. In the following year he sailed for Auckland, leaving his brothers in Sydney, so that he may be said to have seen the rise and progress of Auckland from its earliest days, and with which his own personal interests were bound up throughout a long and eventful life. He first of all purchased a cutter, the Saucy Kate, and ran her in the coastal trade for two years between Auckland and Hokianga, principally in the kauri gum trade. Subsequently he entered as a storekeeper the employment of the old Auckland firm of Williamson and Crummer, in Shortlandstreet. At this period he married Miss Osborne, the daughter of Mr. Osborne, of Newmarket. After some time he entered into partnership with Mr, W. K. Graham, establishing the well-known firm of Owen and Graham, Queen-street, which carried on as general merchants a large business in the colony for a generation. The firm continued business till recently, when Mr. Owen retired from active commercial life. Mr. Owen was a man of considerable culture, and had a great love of the fine arts. Mr. Owen was the first vice-president of the Northern Club upon that institution being formed in 1869, under the presidency of the late Hon. James Williamson, M.L.C. He was formerly a director of the Bank of New Zealand, a director of the Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited), till the removal of the head office to London, and a director of the New Zealand Insurance Company at the time of his death. The deceased gentleman was highly esteemed and respected by those who had his acquaintance. The funeral took place yesterday afternoon and was largely attended by many old friends and colonists. The funeral cortege left the deceased's residence, Mount Eden, for St. Andrew's cemetery, Epsom, the hearse being followed by a large number of carriages, containing the chief mourners, friends of deceased, and the general public. A mortuary service was held in the church, conducted by the Von. Archdeacon Dudley, who also read the remainder of the burial service at the grave. The coffin was covered with a number of beautiful wreaths, sent by friends of deceased. Messrs. Winks and Hall, undertakers, carried out the funeral arrangements. George Burgoyne Owen immigrated to to Auckland in 1841 ESR has 1844.
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