Born in Gillingham, Dorset, and came to New Zealand with his brother William in the 'Berkshire' in 1850. Married Mary Elvins Faull. He took up land at Tataraimaka in Taranaki, but in 1853 moved to Wanganui, where he leased land from Imlays at Balgownie. In 1861, after visiting Gabriel's Gully he bought Newtonlees, a property of 700 acres near Wiritoa Lake, which he worked till 1907. He represented Wangaehu in the Wellington Provincial Council, 1868-1875. He was a member of the first Wanganui Harbour Board, and a member of the first Wanganui County Council. Morgan was a founder of the Wanganui A & P Association and the Okoia Dairy Company. He was also something of an artist with pen and ink (Dictionary of NZ biography / Scholefield). See obituary - Wanganui chronicle, 2 May 1916, p 6.
Morgan, John, 1829-1916
Business papers
Date: 1870-1875, [n d]
From: McLean family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-1001F
Description: Papers are mostly correspondence and accounts relating to land transactions in the Wellington and Wanganui areas. Some names have been entered in the Name field. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Business papers
Date: 1860-1862
From: McLean family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-1001D
Description: Papers are mostly correspondence relating land transactions in the Wellington and Wanganui areas. Some names have been entered in the Name field. Letter from C A Calvert, Registrar of Supreme Court of Canterbury re probates and management of intestate estates with reference to the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Great Britain Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Morgan, Robert R, fl 2002 : Papers relating to John Morgan
Date: 1999-2001
By: Morgan, Robert R, active 2002
Reference: MS-Group-1117
Description: The papers, transcribed and compiled by John Morgan's great-grandson Robert, include extracts from his diaries and reminiscences. They relate mainly to the 1850s and describe life in Wanganui and Taranaki during this decade, including farming, economic activitity, travelling between New Plymouth and Wanganui and relations between the settlers and Maori. Also included is a description of a trip made by Morgan in 1853 droving sheep from Kai-Iwi to Taranaki published in the `Hawera star', 10 Aug 1935 and a brief talk about John and William Morgan given by Robert Morgan. John Morgan was born in Dorset and emigrated to New Zealand in 1849 aboard the `Berkshire'. After a brief period in Taranaki he settled in Wanganui. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 158 kilobyte(s) textual material. 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts
Morgan, John, 1829-1916 :Plan of the coast from Rangitikei to Waitara, showing Maori tr...
Date: 1860 - 1862
By: Morgan, John, 1829-1916
Reference: MapColl-832.2gmbh/[pre-1862]/Acc.244
Description: Photocopy of a map of the coastline from the Rangitikei River to the Waitara River showing settlements, pa sites, tracks, rivers. Fishing spots, ferries and mills are marked. As the names on the photocopied map are hard to read they have been handwritten alongside. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink on photocopy, linen backed, coloured, scale not given, 37.1 x 30.1 cm.
Bolland family : Papers
Date: 1836-1869, 1910
By: Bolland family
Reference: MS-Papers-2004
Description: Chiefly family letters from William Bolland, first minister at New Plymouth, 1843-1847; and from his wife Jane, after his death. Also two letters from Bishop Selwyn, and one from John Morgan, Wanganui to Rev W E Bolland, Norfolk, England, dated 1910 Included are three letters by William Bolland to his mother Sarah Bolland. In two of them William describes his happiness at having married Jane Wright. They were married in 1841, and sailed for Taranaki the same year. In three letters written by Jane from New Zealand she describes their arrival, life as a clergyman's wife, her home, and nursing her son through an illness. A two page sheet entitled `Description of Sunday', was probably also written by Jane. Quantity: 3 folder(s) (18 pieces). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photocopies)
Morgan, John, 1829-1916 : Letter to Mr Robert Caines re road construction proposed by t...
Date: 1874
By: Morgan, John, 1829-1916
Reference: MS-1667
Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s) (1 leaf). Physical Description: Typescript (26 cm; blue pamphlet case)
Business papers
Date: 1863-1869
From: McLean family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-1001E
Description: Papers are mostly correspondence relating to land transactions in the Wellington and Wanganui areas. Some names have been entered in the Name field. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Outward correspondence
Date: 1840-1872, [n d]
From: McLean family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0994
Description: Includes one letter to Donald McLean, 12 Nov 1849 Identifiable correspondents entered in name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).
John Morgan
Date: [between 1856-1889]
From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district
Reference: 1/4-003932-G
Description: Photograph taken by the studio of William James Harding, Wanganui. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.25 x 3.25 inches