tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976018571850164390.post8547217157672383232..comments2024-03-28T16:19:14.279-07:00Comments on Rustlings in the Wind: From Cairo to Ngatimoti, or Around the World in a Hundred Years - the WWI postcard that lost its way.Annishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02367569632016734415noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976018571850164390.post-90892485197957065682016-01-22T22:29:21.776-08:002016-01-22T22:29:21.776-08:00Hi Denise and Neil
Thanks so much for the interes...Hi Denise and Neil<br /><br />Thanks so much for the interesting additional info. How cool to think that you have Tom & Ida Strachan's old homestead! I think you will be right about the house dating from 1906 as Tom and Ida lived up at the "Manawatane" estate on Strachan Road with old Mrs Strachan (Tom's widowed mother, Jean) for a few years after their marriage. There were two houses on the Strachan property, and at that stage Alec Strachan and his family lived in the other. Mrs Strachan died in October 1905. <br /><br />Sections in the Greenhill subdivison were offered for sale at the end of 1905. This subdivision was part of the old Johansen Estate originally known as 'Lower Woodstock" which was broken up, with a number of blocks of various sizes sold at auction on 2 December 1905. The Greenhill sections went a bit later, during 1906. Greenhill Road was put in around this time as well.<br /><br />My feeling is that Alec Strachan was possibly buying his siblings out of "Manawatane" following his mother's death. At any rate, Alec bought Lot 7 of the Greenhill subdivision (34 acres 2 roods 73 perches) and it went to his brother Tom -perhaps in lieu or part payment for Tom's share of "Manawatane". The official date of the transfer of title for Lot 7 was 16 November, 1906. Tom Strachan added Lot 8 of 3 acres at some point and that is where Ed Stevens' house is today.<br /><br />The name spelt "Glenburnie" does make more sense given that the small stream or "burn" running through your property is such a notable feature, You obviously had the same thought when you named it "Bannockburn". I don't know who built the home, but all the Strachans worked as carpenters as a sideline so I Tom Strachan may well have built it himself, maybe with a bit of help from his brothers.<br />Several homes in the area around that time were built by the Tomlinson brothers, so that's another possibility. Albert (Alb) Tomlinson was another of first purchasers of lots from the Greenhill subdivision - he bought Lot 5.Annishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02367569632016734415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976018571850164390.post-4995232160310356882016-01-18T16:34:06.111-08:002016-01-18T16:34:06.111-08:00Hello Anne, thank you for writing this - we found ...Hello Anne, thank you for writing this - we found it most interesting. The photo of Ida Strachan was taken by our lounge door, if we stand on that spot (and discount the trees etc in the way) we are looking at White Rock in the background. Douglas Strachan (Thomas and Ida's son) lived here until the 60's. We always thought the house was built in 1906 as we found pieces of newspaper used as packing in the sash windows which were from that year. However Ida and Tom were married in November 1902, so we may be wrong about the date the house was built and it looks very well established in that photo. The photo looks like it could be her wedding photo, but maybe not - perhaps she was a matron of honour for one of her sisters at a later date? The postcard would have been sent to her here. I believe the spelling was "Glenburnie" - that is how it is listed in the 1920 NZ Sheep Register. Had we known about the name at the time we would have called the property Glenburnie, not Bannockburn. We will definitely follow up with a visit to the museum some time to look at the postcard, and try to do some research into when our house was built. Thanks, Denise and Neil McQuarrie.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03268053311116954059noreply@blogger.com