John Henry Menzies (*1840) and Frances Elizabeth Butler (*1842)


The ship "Motueka" that made numerous voyages from Liverpool to New Zealand.
Young John Henry travelled on this ship in 1860 (from FHM).


Lyttelton Harbour, engraving from 1863. From Internet.


Part of map (ca. 1900) of the NW part of Banks Peninsula, showing Lyttelton (far left)
and, with two names, MackIntosh Bay / Menzies Bay (far right).


From: Hochsetter, 1864.


Farm Spar Bush near Ryal Bush (~1865-1874). From FHM.


Farm Ringway north of Riverton, Southland (1874-1878). From FHM.


Photos from FMR


Photo showing MackIntosh Bay, later Menzies Bay, and the house "Glen Mona" (from FMR).


Loading fat lambs at Menzies Bay (from FMR).

FHM: "Family History" by J.H.Menzies (*1840), illustrated with numerous drawings by himself. The book gives the ancestry and history up to 1877. Republished in 2003, ISBN 1-877242-26-8
FMR: "The recollections of Frances Elizabeth Menzies", ISBN 1-877212-27-6

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