The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]
Whiteman Valley
Whiteman Valley.
Whiteman, George, Sheep farmer, Whiteman's Valley, Upper Hutt. This old settler, who was born in Sussex, in 1828, accompanied his father and brother in the barque “Gertrude” to Port Nicholson, in 1841. He has gone through all the hardships which the early settlers endured, and has lived on the land he now owns for about twenty-five years. At the age of twenty-two Mr. Whiteman married: his family consists of five sons.
Whiteman, William, Sheepfarmer, Whiteman's Valley, Upper Hutt. Mr. Whiteman, the brother of Mr. George Whiteman was born in 1834 in Winchelsea, Sussex, England, and arrived in Wellington with his parents at the age of seven years. He served in the militia at the Upper Hutt during the Maori disturbances. Mr. Whiteman, who is unmarried, has resided on the estate he now occupies for the past eighteen years.
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