House located at St George's Bay, Parnell, Auckland. House belonged to the family of Rev John Frederick Churton (1798-1853) in the 1840s and 1850s. In 1860-1861 it was the residence of James Buchanan. In the late 1870s it was the residence of Falwasser family (relatives of the Churton family). In 1879, Mary (widow of Rev John Frederick) Churton died there.
Little Sutton (Auckland, N.Z.)
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Marvin album
Date: [Circa 1860s]
From: Marvin, W G (Captain) :Marvin family photographs
By: Beere, Daniel Manders, 1833-1909; Crombie, John Nicol, 1827-1878; Kinder, John, 1819-1903; Marvin, William, 1834-1915
Reference: PA1-q-320
Description: Album of photographs taken during the 1860s by various photographers. All the images are related to Colonel William Marvin (1834-1915) who came to New Zealand circa 1858 and was possibly attached to the 70th Regiment of Foot during the New Zealand wars. There are many photographs relating to military activity, including military working parties at Fort Britomart; military and naval camps at Maungatawhiri Creek, Queen's Redoubt, Drury, Ngaruawahia and Albert Barracks; a monument to the 43rd Regiment at Gate Pa near Tauranga; Potatau's tomb with a sentry guarding it; and the Auckland cemetery. Many of the images are of Auckland, including `Hale's Boarding House, where I first slept in N.Z.'; `The Masonic Hotel where I was made a mason in 1861'; `My last batchelor home near Constitution Hill green, next door to the Dacres'; `St. Mary's where I was married 4th August 1862'; a long sequence showing Queen Street from different angles in 1866'; and various homes that he knew, including Heaphy's house in St George's Bay, Dillon Bell's House in Parnell, and `Little Sutton' in St. George's Bay. Other images of interest include a mining camp at Coromandel; the tree on which Volkner was hanged, with a seated group of Maori beside a whare; a Maori church that is completely thatched, in the Waikato; and two views of the sailing ship Ida Ziegler [i.e. Zeigler] `In which we returned from N.Z. round Cape Horn, 29th Jany to 1st May 1867'. Photographs in England are all related to Tipner Barracks near Portsmouth, and Malpas Cemetery, Newport Monmouthshire. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with albumen prints. Label attached to cover `Pictures of N.Z. (N. Island) & Tipner with captions by Col. Marvin'. Textured black cover; 30 x 24 cm
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The house "Little Sutton", and garden, with Miss Falwasser, and Mrs Churton
Date: ca 1859
From: Marvin, W G (Captain) :Marvin family photographs
Reference: PA1-q-320-11
Description: The house "Little Sutton", garden, and driveway, circa 1859. Miss Falwasser (left), and Mrs Churton stand on the verandah. Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - "Little Sutton" Miss Falwasser Mrs Churton Room in which Mrs Marvin was born and her daughter 20 yrs, 10 months after Physical Description: Albumen print 18.8 x 25.2 cm, on album page 22.8 x 28.8 cm