1860 Militia

Alphabetical list of all Persons, between the ages of 18 and 60 years, residing within 15 miles from the Land Office, at Christchurch, and liable to serve as Militiamen for the year 1860-61 (ending 31st March, 1861) in the Militia District of Christchurch. The list which follows was extracted and transcribed from The Lyttelton Times, June 3rd, 9th, 13th and 16th 1860, with columns inserted for clarity. In the original, the issue for June 3rd listed Abbott to Edwards, James; June 9th: Edwards, Joseph to Luck; June 13th: Luke to Stanton; June 16th, Stapleforth to Zouch. The use of lower-case for street, terrace etc, and the spelling of ‘laborer’, is as the original. Occasional out-of-sequence surnames are also as in the original. At the end of the list in the June 16th issue is: “The above list of persons liable to serve as militiamen for the above district of Christchurch, in the province of Canterbury, has been duly prepared at an adjourned meeting of Justices of the Peace residing within the said district, held this 14th day of April, 1860. J.W.HAMILTON, J.P. W.G. BRITTAN, J.P. THOMAS CASS, J.P. Notice is hereby given, that all objections to the above list will be heard and determined at a meeting of the Justices of the peace, on Tuesday, the 26th day of June, 1860, at the Resident Magistrate’s Court, or at any time before the 26th day of June, by the Justices who have signed the list. Any names accidentally omitted from the list will be added upon information being furnished to the Clerk to the Bench at Christchurch. J.W. HAMILTON, J.P. The following are the exemptions as taken from the X. and XII. Sections of the “Militia Act, 1858”:- The Judges of the Supreme Court, Members of the Executive Council of the Colony, Members of the General Assembly, Superintendents of Provinces, Members of Provincial Councils during Session, Clergymen, Priests, Ministers of Religion, and Catechists. Also, all persons who are afflicted by lunacy or unsoundness of mind, or deafness, blindness, or by any other disorder that may render them unfit for active service in any such Militia.” *************** What is the Militia? “The militia was a compulsory ‘home guard’ of European settlers, which could be called out in emergency for local defence… Authorised under the provisions of the Militia Ordinance 1845 – a response to the outbreak of hostilities in the north – it embodied all able-bodied European men between the ages of eighteen and sixty, who were liable to be called out by the Governor for training or actual service within forty kilometres of their town… The Militia Act 1858 made militiamen liable for service anywhere in their militia district, although this was later restricted to within twenty-four kilometres of the district post office. The Militia were divided into three classes according to age and marital status (with the first class consisting of single men between the ages of sixteen and forty years)… Such service was ‘extremely unpopular’, in no small part because of the economic dislocation communities suffered when the Militia were called out. The low pay of militiamen was a further disincentive… In more secure districts…Militia service was limited to occasional drills. By 1869 only the Taranaki Militia were still on duty… Elsewhere the Militia had gradually decayed, with the most enthusiastic joining Volunteer corps… Provision for a Militia was not finally removed from the statute books until 1950.” [Oxford companion to New Zealand military history, edited by Ian McGibbon. Oxford University Press, 2000, pp331-332] A ABBOTT, Robert Jackson road, Lyttelton Laborer ABRAHAMS, Henry Prebble town Laborer ABRAHAMS, Thomas Winchester street, Lyttelton Stonemason ADAMS, Thomas Kinnersly Montreal street, Christchurch Sheep Inspector ADAMS, William Oxford Terrace west, Christchurch Ginger beer maker ADAMS, William Heathcote river Laborer ADAMS, William James Sumner road, Christchurch Cordwainer ADER, Hammon Great North road Laborer ADLEY, Antill Charles street, Kaiapoi Shopman AIKMAN, John Campbell Ferry road Wharfinger ALDRIDGE, Edwin Heathcote river Laborer ALDRIDGE, James South Christchurch road Gardener ALEXANDER, Alexander Sneyd Town, Kaiapoi Laborer ALEXANDER, George Piraki street, Kaiapoi Baker ALFREY, George Stanmore road, Christchurch Farmer ALLCHIN, Henry Manchester street, Christchurch Laborer ALLEN, Andrew Godley Quay, Lyttelton Accountant ALLEN, Frederick Tuam street, Christchurch Laborer ALLEN, George St. Asaph street, Christchurch Farmer ALLEN, Magnus Jackson road, Lyttelton Shipwright ALLEN, Richard Henry Manchester street, Christchurch Laborer ALLEN, Robert Tuam street, Christchurch Milkman ALLEN, Robert Exeter street, Lyttelton Shipwright ALLERSON, Josiah Avonside Laborer ALLISON, Charles Oxford Terrace east, Christchurch Carpenter ALLISON, James Dampier’s bay, Lyttelton Carpenter ALLISON, John Dampier’s bay, Lyttelton Carpenter ALLOTT, William Heathcote valley Farmer ALLWRIGHT, Henry St. David street, Lyttelton Painter ALPORT, Augustus James Exeter street, Lyttelton Merchant ALPORT, Herbert Edward Market Place, Christchurch Storekeeper ANDERSON, Alexander Church bush, Kaiapoi Sawyer ANDERSON, David Cashel street, Christchurch Stonemason ANDERSON, David Clark Colombo street, Christchurch Watchmaker ANDERSON, James Charles street, Kaiapoi Blacksmith ANDERSON, James Kaiapoi bush Bushman ANDERSON, John Cashel street, Christchurch Blacksmith ANDERSON, John Hereford street, Christchurch Gardener ANDERSON, Joseph Korotueka bush Sawyer ANDERSON, Thomas Hereford street, Christchurch Blacksmith ANDREWS, James Papanui Farmer ANDREWS, James South Christchurch road Laborer ANGOOD, Edward Lower Lincoln road Farmer ANGOOD, Robert Ilam farm Laborer ANGUS, John Crail Cashel street, Christchurch Saddler ARNOLD, James Oxford street, Lyttelton Police constable ARTHUR, Zacariah Jackson road, Lyttelton Mariner ASHBY, Edward Lower Lincoln road Miller ASHBY, John Papanui road Farmer ASHBY, John Riccarton Gardener ASHBY, Joseph Riccarton Tailor ASHBY, William Hoon hay road Carter ASHBOULT, Thomas, senr Riccarton Groom ASHBOULT, Thomas, junr Riccarton Groom ASHTHORPE, George Ferry road Brickmaker ASHTON, John London street, Lyttelton Laborer ASHTON, John Riccarton Laborer ASHTON, Philip South Christchurch road Farmer ASHWORTH, James Sneyd street, Kaiapoi Carpenter ASKEW, Thomas Lower Lincoln road Laborer ASMUSSEN, Carl Colombo street, Christchurch Watchmaker ATACK, William Montreal street, Christchurch Carpenter ATKINSON, Charles John Salisbury street, Christchurch Storeman ATKINSON, John Salisbury street, Christchurch Cordwainer ATKINSON, Thomas Cashel street, Christchurch Carpenter ATTWOOD, William Colombo street, Christchurch Cordwainer AUCKLAND, John Whately road, Christchurch Carpenter AUSTIN, Benjamin George Colombo street, Christchurch Butcher AYERES, Thomas North road, Kaiapoi Bricklayer AYERES, William North road, Kaiapoi Bricklayer B BADGE, John Fendall town Farmer BAIGENT, Edward North road, Kaiapoi Gentleman BAILEY, Benjamin North road, Kaiapoi Farmer BAILEY, Joseph Sumner road, Christchurch Barman BAILEY, Joseph Henry Durham street, Christchurch Butcher BAIN, Thomas Brown Papanui road Clerk to Resident Magistrate’s Court BAINBRIDGE, George Mash Christchurch Gentleman BAINES, Arthur Cuthbert Rural section, No. 7, near Christchurch Farmer BAINES, John William St. Asaph street, Christchurch Butcher BAINES, Richard Stanley Sewell street, Kaiapoi Laborer BAKER, Charles Ferry road Carpenter BAKER, George Evans Papanui Laborer BAKER, Henry Jackson road, Lyttelton Printer BAKER, Henry Francis Antigua street, Christchurch Painter BAKER, James London street, Lyttelton Laborer BAKER, James Kaiapoi Farmer BAKER, John Holland Riccarton Surveyor BAKER, John William Kilmore street Christchurch Carpenter BAKER, Richard Kaiapoi Laborer BALESTIEE, John Norwich Quay, Lyttelton Painter BALL, Robert Whately road, Christchurch Blacksmith BALLARD, John Frederic Colombo street, Christchurch Hotel keeper BALLANTINE, James Chester street, Christchurch Laborer BAMBER, John Salisbury street, Christchurch Laborer BANKS, Enoch Henry Colombo street, Christchurch Shopman BANKS, Frederick Heathcote Merchant BANKS, James Market Place, Christchurch Publican BANKS, James Salisbury street, Christchurch Carpenter BARCLAY, James Cridland street, Kaiapoi Blacksmith BARGROVE, Joseph Salisbury street, Christchurch Laborer BARKER, Alfred Charles Worcester street, Christchurch Gentleman BARKER, Enoch Kilmore street, Christchurch Gardener BARKER, George Hereford street, Christchurch Groom BARKER, James North road, Kaiapoi Joiner BARKER, Joseph Manchester street, Christchurch Carpenter BARKER, Robert Fendall Town Gentleman BARLOW, James Edwin Manchester street, Christchurch Groom BARNARD, Richard William Kilmore street, Christchurch Paperhanger BARNARD, Thomas Charles Cashel street, Christchurch Watchmaker BARNARD, William Sewell street, Kaiapoi Carpenter BARNARD, William David Cashel street, Christchurch Auctioneer BARNES, Thomas Harewood road Laborer BARNES, Thomas Heathcote river Laborer BARNES, William Henry Chester street, Christchurch Laborer BARRETT, Charles St. Asaph street, Christchurch Stockowner BARRETT, Edward South Christchurch road Gardener BARRETT, Jacob Lower Lincoln road Stockowner BARRETT, John Lower Lincoln road Laborer BARRETT, John St. Asaph street, Christchurch Carpenter BARRETT, Joseph St. Asaph street, Christchurch Stockowner BARRETT, Robert St. Asaph street, Christchurch Laborer BARRETT, Robert St. Albans Laborer BARRETT, Thomas Lower Lincoln road

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