Henry Stokes Tiffen 1816 - 1896
Henry married twice. No children survived.
In England, when Henry trained to become a surveyor, he boarded with Captain White and his family.
Father. Mark White. 1791- 1849 Mother. Ann Foster 1800 - 1853.The Whites.
Henry fell madly in love with Caroline White. Caroline was born in 1825, in Perranuthnoe Cornwall England.
Caroline married Henry in 1842.
This image below is Henry's second wife Louisa Tiffen (nee White) with a friend. The appearance is that Great grandmother Lucy Tiffen is visiting with her daughter Mary.
The photo is circa 1875
Louisa sadly died in 1875.
The 20th Century family assembled a photo collage posthumously, of Louisa, by including Louisa and her friend outside her house, as it was the only image to find of her. (See my earlier wording below)
They did this with great grandad and sons too, in their formal male portrait.
An accurate photograph of the Tiffen house with women and girls with croquet in the 1962 image in the MTG Book, New Zealand views.
Louisa White
Louisa was born in 1823, in San Servon France. Died Wellington.
Below is a sad account of her intentions to travel direct to America in June. 1875 with Henry.
Henry proposed to Louisa in 1855 and married her in London.
This is brief memorial introduction of Louisa from Ian- St George's writing. * Also, below is an image of Henry's niece, Amelia Randall. Amelia lived a strong well-meaning roll in her community, once she arrived in New Zealand from France in 1876. Her introduction is mentioned below, written up by chronicler, Ian St George. *
This is brief memorial introduction of Louisa from Ian- St George's writing. * Also, below is an image of Henry's niece, Amelia Randall. Amelia lived a strong well-meaning roll in her community, once she arrived in New Zealand from France in 1876. Her introduction is mentioned below, written up by chronicler, Ian St George. *
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* https://onadmiralroad.co.nz/henry-stokes-tiffen/
It includes Voyage Notes by Ian St George.
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Amelia Davenport. France. *
*Note. the Amelia Davenport photograph is in the Tiffen private collection
AHURIRI
History documents the report’s the Government buyer Sir Donald McLean re. the 1851 Ahuriri claim. In 1855 Henry Tiffen settled in Napier as the new city began to emerge. As District Surveyor in Hawkes Bay, he was signatory to the Deed of Purchase of Scind Island (Mataruahou), the site of Napier on 13th of November 1856. Incidentally, he was recorded as one who made a collection of plant specimens that was published in D. Simpson’s Manuscript Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Commonwealth Society. Miss Martha King was the first resident artist to draw these plant specimens. Henry co-purchased the land known as Greenmeadows / Napier.
Anderson Park is another link to the past, particularly to Horse racing.
correctives.co.nz/Amelia and Henry
MTG BOOK PUBLICATION 2023
The MTG placed Amelia is a cluster of stories about women contributors recently in a book (more in CHAPTER FOUR and PAST FAMILY references)
https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2025/hidden-in-history-trailblazing-women-of-hawkers-bay/napier
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/spotlight-on-trailblazing-women-of-hawkes-bay-laura-vodanovich/OMRHCQ5IORG5NCOQNMI6SFXCDU/
I was invited to and happily attended the event.