John Parker Marshman
1823–1913
Surveyor, farmer, author, emigration agent, and railway engineer. Born in Bristol. Emigrated to New Zealand in 1848. Employed by the Canterbury provincial government. Portrait painted by Samuel Butler in 1861. Emigration agent in London for the Canterbury provincial government, 1862–7; produced in London handbooks about Canterbury for prospective emigrants. General manager of railways in Canterbury, New Zealand, from 1868; lived in Christchurch.
Sources
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna O Waiwhetū (89/162; cf. https://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/blog/collection/2017/05/portrait-of-john-marshman-by-samuel-butler accessed 16 August 2018)
Post Office London directory 1863–8.
UK, civil engineer records, 1820–1930 (Ancestry.com, accessed 16 August 2018)
Bibliography
Post Office London directory: Post-Office annual directory. … A list of the principal merchants, traders of eminence, &c. in the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark, and parts adjacent … general and special information relating to the Post Office. Post Office London directory. London: His Majesty’s Postmaster-General [and others]. 1802–1967.
