| Rutherford's
Ancestors
John Campbell
 AAS Publications, 1996
ISBN 0-473-03858-7
58 pages.
Soft Cover.
27 illustrations embedded within the text.
Purchasing Details
NZ$20 (NZ$25 if it is to be posted to outside of New Zealand).
Order directly from the publisher by sending cheque and postal address to
AAS Publications, PO Box 31-035, Christchurch, New
Zealand. Enquiries to books (at) ask-a-scientist.net
My Comments on This Book.
This book tells the story of the families of Rutherford's mother and father; their
background in England and Scotland, why they emigrated, and their early life as pioneers
in New Zealand. For example it tells the story of the earliest two of the lucky breaks for
Ernest Rutherford: that his grandfather was 2nd reserve as a sponsored emigrant to New
Zealand but two other applicants withdrew; and that his mother was sent to Nelson as a
refugee from the Taranaki Land Wars and would otherwise never have meet his father. This
work required considerable research in original archives in Scotland, England and New
Zealand and it had the blessing of the Rutherford family in both England and New Zealand.
I published this as a separate book because no publisher wanted such detail in a major
biography but I wanted the detailed information made available to the public prior to the
appearance of the main biography, Rutherford Scientist Supreme. Nelson Pine
Industries Ltd donated a copy to the library of every school in the Nelson Education
District.
Errors Noted
p40 The Bank of England arrived in Auckland in Dec 1855.
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Contents
| Author's Notes |
|
ii |
| Contents |
|
iii |
| Illustrations
|
|
iii |
| Patrons
of the Research |
|
iv |
| Foreword |
Jim
Rutherford |
v |
| Prologue |
|
vi |
| Chapter
|
|
|
| 1 |
Settling
New Zealand |
Scotland
to 1842 |
1 |
| 2 |
The Sea Journey |
1842-1843 |
13 |
| 3 |
The
Rutherfords at Motueka |
1843-1844 |
21 |
| 4 |
The
Rutherfords in the Waimea |
1845-1871 |
33 |
| 5 |
Martha Thompson's Background |
England and Taranaki to 1871 |
39 |
| Epilogue |
|
49 |
| Sources
of Information |
|
55 |
| Index |
|
57 |
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Reviews
New Zealand
| Taranaki Daily
News |
Aug 1996 |
Kim Batchelor |
| New Plymouth
Midweek |
21 Aug 1996 |
Angus Fisher |
| New
Zealand Herald |
12 Oct
1996 |
Gordon
McLauchlan |
| Nelson Evening
Mail |
26 Oct 1996 |
Mary Gavin |
| Otago Daily Times |
7 Dec 1996 |
Ron Tyrrell |
| Chem NZ |
v65 43 1996 |
Kelvin Chapman |
| Historic Places |
v69 Jul 1998 |
Hugh Wilson |
| Australian and NZ
Physicist |
v33 244 1996 |
Colin Keay |
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