Octavius Lawes Woodthorpe BOUSFIELD

1830 - 1882  (51 years)

• Name	Octavius Lawes Woodthorpe BOUSFIELD
  Birth	15 Oct 1830	Warborough, Oxfordshire, England   [1]
  Baptism	07 Nov 1830	Bridewell Chapel, Middlesex, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Bankrupted	29 Aug 1868	Woodthorpe, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand   [2]
  Occupation	1880  [1, 3]
  	Surveyor, Matawhero, Gisborne
  Death	19 May 1882	Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand   [1, 4]
  Burial	21 May 1882	Makaraka, Gisborne, New Zealand   [1]
  Person ID	I18274	NZ Genealogy Project
  Last Modified	25 Oct 2020

  
  

  Family	Ann Doris O'BRIEN [Annie],   b. 1829, Mayo, County Mayo, Ireland d. 30 Jan 1893, Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	06 Apr 1860	Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand   [1]
  Family ID	F6167	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 15 Oct 1830 - Warborough, Oxfordshire, England Baptism - 07 Nov 1830 - Bridewell Chapel, Middlesex, England Marriage - 06 Apr 1860 - Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand Bankrupted - 29 Aug 1868 - Woodthorpe, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand Death - 19 May 1882 - Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand Burial - 21 May 1882 - Makaraka, Gisborne, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth
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• Headstones

  Grave - Octavius Lawes Woodthorpe and Ann Doris BOUSFIELD Grave of Octavius Lawes Woodthorpe BOUSFIELD, his wife Annie Doris O'BRIEN, and Edwin Valentine and Elizabeth Luttrell, plus the following children: Clifton and Stratford Luttrell and Wilhelmina E McIntosh. Plot: 86

  
  

• Notes

  BIOGRAPHY Octavius Woodthorpe Bousfield (1830-1882), an early surveyor who arrived in New Zealand in 1851, was a draughtsman with the Survey Department in Wellington from 1852. He became Assistant Surveyor at Wellington in 1857 before shifting to Napier. He was involved with the surveying of Maori land proposed for European purchase in Hawkes Bay and Poverty Bay. With Captain E J Winter he took part in a campaign against Pai Marire and Te Kooti in 1866. He edited the 'Hawkes Bay Times' and was a member of the Provincial Council (Hawkes Bay) from 1863-67. His architectural design ability is demonstrated by a drawing in the British Museum of a building believed to be the Provincial Buildings, Napier. Bousfield is also thought to have designed Christ Church, Taita (1853-54). Obituary DEATH OF MR. O. L. W. BOUSFIELD. It is with a feeling of the most profound regret we are called upon to place on record the untimely death of Mr. O. L. W. Bousfield, one among our oldest, most valued, and most respected settlers. The sad, untoward event happened yesterday afternoon at Makaraka. Mr. Bousfield in his usual cheerful spirits, mounted as he always was on a fine staunch horse, himself the best of horsemen, rode from town to Makaraka, where he had occasion to dismount for a few minutes. On remounting, and before he was quite settled in his saddle, the horse swerved, became restive, threw out his legs and in a second as it were, in the twinkling of an eye, the rider was thrown violently on his head to the ground He was at once carried into the Roseland Hotel, while a mounted messenger was despatched for Drs. Pollen and Burton, who were promptly in attendance. But no earthly ministrations could avail. Mr. Bous6eld was not conscious from the moment he received the fatal fall until he expired last night at the hour of midnight, at the Poverty Bay Hospital, where he was taken. The immediate cause of death was concussion of the brain. The deceased was a gentleman in the most comprehensive sense the term can be used. He was a gentleman by birth, by education, and in his wav of life and thought. He is a brother of Bishop Bousfield, of Pretoria, South Africa. Much beloved by wife and family; much esteemed by his more intimate friends; much respected by all, the death of our old, generous hearted, kindly-intentioned, social and most hospitable settler will be greatly felt by the large circle to whom he was known, and by whom he was looked up to as an authority in very many matters in which differences of opinion existed. The deceased gentleman was 51 years of age; he possessed a magnificent physique and did not look his age by a full decade. We have no doubt but that the funeral cortege will comprise a large following of mourners, deep in their sorrow for losing one they had so long been with in friendly association. The deceased was a very old settler in New Zealand, having arrived about the year 1850, and was for a very long period identified with the Hawkes' Bay Province, where he has numerous friends who share our regret at his loss. The funeral leaves the Hospital for the Makaraka Cemetery at 3 p.m. to-morrow. Source: Poverty Bay Herald, 20 May 1882, Page 2. [3]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1430] Vicky Martin (vickymartin165 ), Ancestry.com - Public Member Tree - Davenport Family Tree, (Ancestry.com). [S192] Papers Past - Hawke's Bay Herald, (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), none. 4 Aug 1868, Page 2: In the Supreme Court of New Zealand. Wellington District. In the matter of "The Bankruptcy Act 1867." I OCTAVIUS LAWES WOODTHORPE BOUSFIELD, of Woodthorpe, in the Provice of Hawke's Bay, Land Surveyor, declare I am unable to meet my engagements with my creditors. Dated this third day of August, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight. O. L. W. BOUSFIELD. Witness:- Joshua Cuff, A Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand. I hereby certify that the above named OCTAVIUS LAWES WOODTHORPE BOUSFIELD has this day filed his declaration of Insolvency, as above attested, pursuant to the terms of the above mentioned Act. Dated this third day of August, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight. JAMES GRINDELL, Deputy-Registrar. 1 Sept 1868, Page 2: In the Supreme Court of New Zealand. Wellington District. In the matter of "The Bankruptcy Act 1867." and in the matter of OCTAVIUS LAWES WOODTHORPE BOUSFIELD, of Woodthorpe, in the Provice of Hawke's Bay, Colony of New Zealand, Surveyor, this 29th day of August, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight. UPON application of Mr. Cuff of counsel for the above-named petitioner, and after reading the petition herein duly verified and filed this twenty-ninth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, it is ordered that the above-named Octavius Lawes Woodtborpe Bousfield be this day adjudicated a Bankrupt pursuant to the provisions of the above-named Act. And it is further ordered that the first meeting of the Creditors of the said Octavius Lawes Woodthorpe Bousfield and for the proof of claims, shall take place at 2 o'clock p.m. of TUESDAY, the eighth day of September, 1868. By the Court, JAMES GRINDELL, Deputy-Registrar. 1 Dec 1868, Page 2: Sales by Mr. Lyndon. THIS DAY, Under direction of the Deputy -Registrar of the Supreme Court, Napier. Wellington District. Tuesday, Ist December, 1868. MR. EDWARD LYNDON Will sell by public auction, at his Rooms, on the above day, at 2 o'clock, unless the claims of the mortgagee be previously satisfied - BLOCK No. 22, Okawa District, containing 103 acres of LAND, together with DWELLING HOUSE and other buildings thereon, the property of Mr. O, L. W. Bousfield. Terms at Sale, EDWARD LYNDON, Auctioneer. [S24] Papers Past - Poverty Bay Herald, (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), none. [S24] Papers Past - Poverty Bay Herald, (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), 20 May 1882, Page 2, none. DEATH. BOUSFIELD. - On May 19th, at the Poverty Bay Hospital, Octavius Laws Woodthorpe Bousfield, late of Hawkses' Bay, aged 51. The funeral will leave the Hospital for the Cemetery at 3 p.m. to-morrow (Sunday). Friends will please accept this intimation.