Born in Scotland; in 1839 he emigrated to Australia to join his brother George at Adelaide where he worked for a short time as a surveyor before sailing for Wellington in Sep 1840. He engaged in commerce before going to Nelson in 1842 as Clerk of the Magistrates Court and Native Interpreter. During this time he also carried out surveys at Golden Bay. He took part in several exploratory expeditions and in 1850 discovered the route for the road between Nelson and Pelorus Sound through the Rai Valley. In 1851 he took up the Weld's Hill Run in partnership with his brother Robert. Later, having sold his interest to his brother, he took up sheep farming in the Amuri district, occupying Lynden Run from 1859 to 1884. He served on the Nelson Provincial Council, 1859-1860, and was Chairman of the Amuri County Council in 1881. In 1881 he co-founded the Canterbury Frozen Meat Company. He endowed the John Tinline Scholarship for English Honours in the University of New Zealand, and also scholarships at Nelson College. [Source: The Pioneer land surveyors of NZ / C A Lawn (qMS-1138, p 267)]
Tinline, John, 1821-1907
Tinline, John, 1821-1907 : Journal
Date: Sep-Dec 1856
By: Tinline, John, 1821-1907
Reference: MS-Papers-10344
Description: Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy)
Tinline, John, 1821-1907 : Papers
Date: 1834-1901
By: Tinline, John, 1821-1907
Reference: MS-Papers-0026
Description: Papers relating to Maori land claims at Riwaka, Nelson and miscellaneous correspondence Language - Some papers in Maori, including waiatas, deeds of sale, letters etc Quantity: 6 folder(s). 0.07 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.
Tinline, John 1821-1907 : Papers
Date: 1844-1903
By: Tinline, John, 1821-1907
Reference: Micro-MS-0790
Description: Reflect duties as native interpreter, surveyor and sheriff in Nelson Province. Land purchase disputes with Maori, reports on wreck of "Phoenix" 1846, road linking Nelson and the Wairau, anchorage at Golden Bay, correspondence concerning Whakapuaka Block. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (62 pages). Physical Description: Positive microfilm
Tinline family : Papers
Date: 1836-1942
By: Tinline, John, 1821-1907
Reference: Micro-MS-0652
Description: Papers ca 1859-1886, include deeds, accounts, sheep returns, etc relating to Lyndon Estate. Papers 1869-92 mostly relate to Lyndon, NZ Loan and Mercantile, and John Tinline's association with Jedburgh in Scotland. Murray papers 1863-1942 are a selection of correspondence, papers, biographical and genealogical material and letterbooks, relative to the Tinline family. Also a 3 page typescript by C W Adams `Maori canals in Marlborough' (PRG 259 Item 51) Quantity: 8 microfilm reel(s) negative. Physical Description: Mss, typecripts and published material
Business papers
Date: 1844-1849
From: McLean family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-1001A
Description: Papers are mostly correspondence relating to land transactions in the Wellington and Wanganui areas. Some names have been entered in the Name field. Includes letter from M Richmond re proposal to unite the Office of Commissioner with that of Registrar of Supreme Court, 1846 Includes letter re rental properties damaged by the 1848 Wellington earthquake, 2 Jul 1849 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Deed of compensation to Golden Bay Maori
Date: 3 May 1846
Reference: MS-Papers-5891
Description: Comprises deed in English and Maori re compensation paid to Golden Bay Maori for land acquired in 1839 and subject to investigation by Commissioner Spain; several signatures appended Language - Deed is in English and Maori; transcript at MS-Papers-5891-1 Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and typescript
Tinline, John, 1821-1907 : Journal of a trip from Nelson to Wairau by way of Pelorus
Date: Jan 1850
By: Tinline, John, 1821-1907
Reference: Micro-MS-0789
Description: Journal describes expedition with John Barnicoat to find a suitable land route between Nelson and the Wairau Valley Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive (34 pages).
In search of Brunner (pages 322-412)
Date: [1970s]
From: Host, Bent Svitser Muusfeldt, 1918-2000: Collection related to research by Bent and Emily Host
Reference: MS-Papers-7190-4
Description: Part IV, Marriage, Those mischievous letters, The Hoax, Innocence accused, Runholders, Brunner - expert witness, Bizarre and Bazaar, Death and Epilogue. A bibliography and detailed listing and extracts from sources follows. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Personal inward correspondence - R-W
Date: [1840s-1870s]
From: McLean family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0990
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Tilby - Tregear
Date: 1868-1888
From: Haast family: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-0037-141
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Charles Augustus Vallance - Catherine Drummond and Donald Drummond estates
Date: [ca 1852-1859]
From: Levin & Company Ltd : Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1347-5/17/8
Description: Marriage settlement of Charles Vallance and Catherine Drummond (widow of Donald Drummond of Evans Bay), 1852; letter from Catherine's sister, Mary, 1859; papers relating to the management of the Donald Drummond Estate of which Vallance was a trustee. Includes correspondence from George Fyffe, manager of either the run or the flock on Drummond's run at Kaikoura. John Tinline and George McRae re the same. London and Liverpool insurance policy on Ghuznee Street property Quantity: 1 folder(s).
John Tinline
Date: ca 1890?
From: Matheson, A H :Photographs of the South Island
Reference: 1/2-032589-F
Description: John Tinline (probably John Tinline 1821-1907), photographed by Henry E L Brusewitz, circa 1890, probably in Nelson. Note on back of file print reads "Mr John Tinline, prominent early runholder in the (Amuru ?) County. ca 1890? Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative