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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]

Mr. John Edmond Russell

Mr. John Edmond Russell, Clerk and Steward at the Sunnyside Asylum, was born in 1860 in Peckham, England, and was educated at Deal College. Mr. Russell came to Wellington in 1878, per ship “Wairoa,” and two days after arrival obtained employment at the Mount View Asylum, Wellington, as clerk where he continued for nine years. Mr. Russell was transferred in July, 1887, to the position he holds at Sunnyside. He was married in 1883 to a daughter of Mr. W. F. Parsons, builder, of Wellington, and has one daughter.