Sarah arrived in New Zealand in 1859 with her brother Edward and sisters Ellen and Mary Moorhouse. She lived under the care of her brother William Sefton Moorhouse until she married William Barnard Rhodes in 1869. She was prominent in the Order of St John. She lived in "The Grange", Wadestown, Wellington. In her will Mrs Rhodes left £11,000 to the Wellington Boy's Institute to build a hostel for working boys who were orphaned or whose parents were unable to assist them financially during the years of their apprenticeship. It was known as the S A Rhodes Home for Boys. Mrs Rhodes is buried at Bolton Street Cemetery, Wellington. Died in 1914 aged 77 years.
Rhodes, Sarah Ann, 1837?-1914
Moorhouse, Sarah Ann, 1837?-1914, Moorhouse, Sarah Anne, 1837?-1914, Rhodes, Sara Ann, 1837?-1914, Rhodes, Sarah Anne, 1837?-1914
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Clere & Richmond Architects :"The Grange", Wellington. Proposed alterations and additio...
Date: 1892
By: Clere, Frederick de Jersey, 1856-1952; Clere & Richmond (Firm); Swan, Francis Herbert, 1885-1958
Reference: Plans-80-0498/0500
Description: Plans showing alterations to the two-storied house in Wadestown, The Grange, built by William Barnard Rhodes. 80-498 shows ground and first floor plans, with new stairs, bathrooms and bay windows marked in red, and new drainage in blue; 80-499 shows the roof plan and an underground water tank; 80-500 shows details of balustrades, handrails, gables, windows and tanks. Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet Quantity: 3 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink on linen, sizes vary Provenance: Donation: Mrs F H Swan, Wellington, 1958 Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives -.
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Photo Engravers, Wyndham Street :[Three half-tone zinc printing blocks. 19--?]
By: Photo Engravers; Cable Price Downer; Brierley Investments Ltd
Reference: Curios-021-011/013
Description: Includes blocks for images as follows: Row of bells, the closest of which is engraved (to the memory of?) S A Rhodes and William Barnard Rhodes; the bells in place in a belfry; and a large cylinder tank made by Wm Cable & Co Ltd. Mrs S A Rhodes died in 1913. Quantity: 3 curio(s). Physical Description: Zinc plates on wooden blocks, sizes ranging from 105 x 157 mm, to 82 x 109 mm. Transfers: Part of Cable Price Downer papers, donated by Brierley Investments in 1998..
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Wellington Boys' and Girls' Institute: Records
Date: [ca 1891-1982] - 2000-2007
By: Wellington Boys' and Girls' Institute
Reference: ATL-Group-00305
Description: Comprises minute books of the Institute, and of its various activity committees, newspaper clippings, annual reports, historical notes, pamphlets, other printed material and records relating to the establishment of a Wellington Boys and Girls Institute youth cafe in Spinks Cottage. Source of title - Supplied title Commenced as the Wellington Boys' Institute in 1891. In 1914, the organisation acquired permanent premises and a gymnasium in Tasman Street. Their name was changed to Wellington Boys' and Girls' Institute in 1981. Quantity: 9 box(es). 3 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Various loose and mounted photographs PAColl-2124 - To Serials Collection - Annual reports - To Book Collections - Royal Life Saving Society handbook of instruction, 1966; St John's Young Men's Bible Class Jubilee History, 1888-1938; Sir George Troup, his work for the Wellington Boys' Institute, 1938.
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Illuminated address presented to Mrs S A Rhodes
Date: Mar 1911
From: Early Settlers and Historical Association of Wellington : Records
Reference: 2002-282-17
Description: Illuminated address presented to Mrs S A Rhodes, President of the District Nursing Guild of St John Wellington by the St John Ambulance Association: District Nursing Guild of St John on the eve of her departure from Wellington to visit the United Kingdom Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and printed matter
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Clere & Richmond Architects :The Grange, Wellington. Proposed alterations and additions...
Date: 1892
From: Clere & Richmond Architects :"The Grange", Wellington. Proposed alterations and additions for Mrs Rhodes. 1892.
Reference: Plans-80-0500
Description: Plans showing alterations to the two-storied house in Wadestown, The Grange, built by William Barnard Rhodes. Shows details of balustrades, handrails, a bell system, gables, windows and tanks Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink on linen, 577 x 436 mm
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Grave of Elizabeth Moorhouse and the Rhodes family, plot 5312, Bolton Street Cemetery
Date: [Between 1965 and 1969]
From: Shotter, P J E :Negatives and albums (with index) of graves in the Bolton Street and Sydney Street cemeteries, Wellington
Reference: 35mm-25602-7A-F
Description: The grave of Elizabeth Moorhouse and the Rhodes family at plot 5312 Bolton Street Cemetery. It was photographed in the late 1960s by the City Sexton, P J E Shotter, prior to its being dismantled to make way for the Wellington motorway. An original print from this negative is at PA1-o-046, page 62. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) individual frame on 35mm strip. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative
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Grave of Elizabeth Moorhouse and the Rhodes family, plot 5312, Bolton Street Cemetery
Date: [Between 1965 and 1969]
From: Shotter, P J E :Negatives and albums (with index) of graves in the Bolton Street and Sydney Street cemeteries, Wellington
Reference: 35mm-25513-40-F
Description: The grave of Elizabeth Moorhouse and the Rhodes family at plot 5312 Bolton Street Cemetery. It was photographed in the late 1960s by the City Sexton, P J E Shotter, prior to its being dismantled to make way for the Wellington motorway. An original print from this negative is at PA1-o-046, page 62. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) individual frame on 35mm strip. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative
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Clere & Richmond Architects :The Grange, Wellington. Proposed alterations and additions...
Date: 1892
From: Clere & Richmond Architects :"The Grange", Wellington. Proposed alterations and additions for Mrs Rhodes. 1892.
Reference: Plans-80-0499
Description: Plans showing alterations to the two-storied house in Wadestown, The Grange, built by William Barnard Rhodes. Shows the roof plan and an underground water tank, side and top views. The roof plan includes glass to be inserted in one section Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink on linen, 445 x 510 mm
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Clere & Richmond Architects :The Grange, Wellington. Proposed alterations and additions...
Date: 1892
From: Clere & Richmond Architects :"The Grange", Wellington. Proposed alterations and additions for Mrs Rhodes. 1892.
Reference: Plans-80-0498
Description: Plans showing alterations to the two-storied house in Wadestown, The Grange, built by William Barnard Rhodes. Shows ground and first floor plans, with new stairs, bathrooms and bay windows marked in red, and new drainage in blue Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink on linen, 471 x 672 mm
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President's Stall at a fair at the Old Drill Hall in Maginnity Street, Wellington
Date: [ca 1907]
From: Ferguson, A P (Mrs), fl 1967 :Photographs of military forces, Wellington and the members of the Wellington Kennel Club
Reference: PAColl-0045-04
Description: Group of men and women gathered at the President's Stall at a fair in the Old Drill Hall in Maginnity Street, Wellington. The man on the far left is J F Studholme and on the right is his wife. The woman in the centre may be Sarah Ann Rhodes. Taken by an unidentified photographer, circa 1907. Note on back of file print reads: Bazaar at the Old Drill Hall ca 1907. Left to R: J F Studholme, S A Rhodes, W H and S M, Mrs Studholme. Noted 28 Sept 2000 that the identification on the file print could be incorrect... S A Rhodes may refer to the woman in the centre. This could be Sarah Ann Rhodes nee Moorhouse. J F Studholme's mother was also a Moorhouse. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.2 x 20.2 cm