People

SCOTT, SHAW, STEWART & SWAYNE – all these residents are founders of our town, all with land marks and streets around Cambridge named after them.  Find there stories here in the list below of our historic residents, who’s…

This is a list of our historic residents, who’s surnames start with the letter T.  TAYLOR, THOMAS, THORNTON & TUCKER are just some of those Surnames who’s living legacy still reside in our beautiful town. TAYLOR…

VINCENT, VOGEL & VOSPER.  This is a list of our historic residents, who’s surnames start with the letter V. VANES Thomas Thomas Vanes was born on 12 July 1872 and he joined the Duke of Cambridge…

This is a list of our historic residents, who’s surnames start with the letter W.  Some of the Surnames on the list like – WALTON, WEBB, WILSON, WRIGHT & WRIGLEY – living legacy still reside in…

YOUNG James James was born in Dundonald, Ireland on 20 March 1836, where he was later apprenticed to a blacksmith and wheelwright. He arrived in New Zealand on the ‘Northern Bride‘ in 1860. He served in…

ZYLSTRA John John was born 1828 in Holland. He was a miner and 5′ 9½” tall when he enlisted in the 3rd Waikato Militia on 8 December 1863 in Dunedin. He was a Private, Regiment…