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James Black of Annat
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TitleJames Black of Annat
SummaryJames Black was a farmer, of the farm 'Rockdale' near Annat.DescriptionJames Black supplied this description of himself in the 1903 Cyclopedia of New Zealand:
'Mr. Black is the second son of Mr. Lyttle Black, a leading farmer at Carvanaghan, near Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, where he was born, and was brought up to farming on his father's farm. In 1883 Mr. Black came to New Zealand by the “Tongariro,” on her first trip. After spending about three years in various occupations in Canterbury, he took a lease of about 100 acres of the Canterbury College reserve, at Dunsandel, and afterwards bought the freehold of seventy acres adjoining. On this property he farmed successfully till 1900, when he sold out and bought his present estate of 200 acres at Annat. The land was originally selected by the late Mr. John Moore. It is undulating, and yields good crops of grain. A never failing stream of pure water flows through the property. The residence is a handsome villa on a high natural terrace, well sheltered with trees and shrubberies, and the homestead has all the necessary outbuilding, sheds and graneries. Mr. Black, as the owner of a fine herd of dairy cows, is a large milk supplier to the Annat creamery. He married Miss Hamilton, of Canterbury, and of a family of nine, eight are alive.'
Rockdale was a 200-acre farm situated on the corner of Bluff Road and Watson's Road, near the Hawkins River.First NameJamesLast NameBlackOccupationFarmerDate of Birth1848Place of Death23 December 1930Age at Death 83 Parents or Next of KinIn 1887, James married Rosa Kate Black (nee Hamilton) (7 July 1868 - 18 January 1952), daughter of Julia Biggs Hamilton and Thomas Hamilton, of Riccarton, Christchurch. Rosa is buried in Waddington cemetery alongside James and their daughter Eleanor Elizabeth Black (1891 - 1929)Other Biographical InformationThree of Rosa and James' sons served in WW1 - Martin Cathcart Black (3/1747), a grocer, Robert James Black, a shepherd (33681) and Leslie Albert Black, a farmhand (3/1505).
Their youngest daughter, Gladys Mary Black, married Herbert Armstrong Steel in Christchurch in 1928.EthnicityIrish
SummaryJames Black was a farmer, of the farm 'Rockdale' near Annat.DescriptionJames Black supplied this description of himself in the 1903 Cyclopedia of New Zealand:'Mr. Black is the second son of Mr. Lyttle Black, a leading farmer at Carvanaghan, near Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, where he was born, and was brought up to farming on his father's farm. In 1883 Mr. Black came to New Zealand by the “Tongariro,” on her first trip. After spending about three years in various occupations in Canterbury, he took a lease of about 100 acres of the Canterbury College reserve, at Dunsandel, and afterwards bought the freehold of seventy acres adjoining. On this property he farmed successfully till 1900, when he sold out and bought his present estate of 200 acres at Annat. The land was originally selected by the late Mr. John Moore. It is undulating, and yields good crops of grain. A never failing stream of pure water flows through the property. The residence is a handsome villa on a high natural terrace, well sheltered with trees and shrubberies, and the homestead has all the necessary outbuilding, sheds and graneries. Mr. Black, as the owner of a fine herd of dairy cows, is a large milk supplier to the Annat creamery. He married Miss Hamilton, of Canterbury, and of a family of nine, eight are alive.'
Rockdale was a 200-acre farm situated on the corner of Bluff Road and Watson's Road, near the Hawkins River.
First NameJamesLast NameBlackOccupationFarmerDate of Birth1848Place of Death23 December 1930Age at Death 83 Parents or Next of KinIn 1887, James married Rosa Kate Black (nee Hamilton) (7 July 1868 - 18 January 1952), daughter of Julia Biggs Hamilton and Thomas Hamilton, of Riccarton, Christchurch. Rosa is buried in Waddington cemetery alongside James and their daughter Eleanor Elizabeth Black (1891 - 1929)Other Biographical InformationThree of Rosa and James' sons served in WW1 - Martin Cathcart Black (3/1747), a grocer, Robert James Black, a shepherd (33681) and Leslie Albert Black, a farmhand (3/1505).Their youngest daughter, Gladys Mary Black, married Herbert Armstrong Steel in Christchurch in 1928.
EthnicityIrishPhotograph by Lynda Seaton.
James Black of Annat. Selwyn Stories, accessed 10/12/2025, https://selwynstories.selwynlibraries.co.nz/nodes/view/6180
