James Reeve WILKINSON

1857 - 1951  (94 years)

• Name	James Reeve WILKINSON
  Birth	1857	Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	From 1880 to 1901  [2]
  	School Teacher
  Degree	1882  [3]
  	M.A. Canterbury University, Christchurch
  Graduation	1882	Canterbury University, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand   [3]
  Occupation	Between 1914 and 1931  [4]
  	County Clerk, Lowburn, Canterbury
  Retired	1935	Rangiora, Canterbury, New Zealand   [4]
  Death	27 Apr 1951	Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand   [1, 5]
  Probate	12 Jun 1951	Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand   [6]
  Person ID	I8945	NZ Genealogy Project
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Thomas Walker WILKINSON,   b. 1825   d. 08 Jul 1902, Chertsey, Canterbury, New Zealand (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth REEVE,   b. 1833   d. 07 Jul 1880, Chertsey, Canterbury, New Zealand (Age 47 years)
  Marriage	24 May 1855	Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand   [1]
  Family ID	F3059	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine WALKER [Kate, Katrine and Kitty],   b. 18 Apr 1866, Milton, Otago, New Zealand d. 04 Jul 1941, Rangiora, Canterbury, New Zealand (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	13 Jan 1894	Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand   [1, 7, 8]
  Children	+ 1. Kathleen Wave WILKINSON,   b. 14 Jun 1903, Wharenui, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand d. 05 Apr 1987, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F2982	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1857 - Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand Graduation - 1882 - Canterbury University, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand Marriage - 13 Jan 1894 - Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand Retired - 1935 - Rangiora, Canterbury, New Zealand Death - 27 Apr 1951 - Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand Probate - 12 Jun 1951 - Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Documents

  1893 Dress Reform Pamphlet Notes on Dress Reform and what it implies. A 1893 pamphlet by the founders of the New Zealand Dress Reform Association, Kate Walker and James Wilkinson, outlining the arguments for dress reform for New Zealand women.

  
  

  Histories

  1894 Reform Dress Wedding In 1894 James Reeve Wilkinson and Kate (Katrine) Walker were married in Christchurch, New Zealand. Both were strong supporters of dress reform for women. Reports of the wedding attracted considerable attention because of the unusual dress of the wedding party.

  
  

• Sources

  [S329] The Quadrangle, (Christ's College Old Boys' Association Inc., Christchurch). February 2005, Number 33. Page 8. "The Reform Dress Wedding, 1894" by Jane Teal, College Archivist. [S17] David Bryant, NZSG Index, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc., 2005). NZ Gazette Entries [S329] The Quadrangle, (Christ's College Old Boys' Association Inc., Christchurch). [S614] NZ Electoral Rolls, 1853-2010, (Ancestry.co.uk.), none. [S691] Papers Past - The Press (Christchurch), (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), none. Obituary, 30 April 1951, Page 8 [S17] David Bryant, NZSG Index, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc., 2005). Probate record [S17] David Bryant, NZSG Index, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc., 2005). NZ Brides & Grooms Index [S23] Papers Past - The Otago Witness, (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), none. Otago Witness, Issue 2084, 1 February 1894, Page 27 MARRIAGES. Wilkinson - Walker. - On the 13th January, at Aborima, 168 Montreal Street, Christchurch, by the Rev. L. M. Isitt, James Reeve, second son of T. W. Wilkinson, of Chertsey, to Kate, second daughter of Alexander Walker, of Milton, Otago.