- BIRTH: 7 APR 1841, England
[S5]
Father: John OLLIVIER
Mother: Elizabeth MORTON
Family 1:
Catherine MACKINNON
- MARRIAGE: CIR 1887, Wollongong, NSW
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_John OLLIVIER ________|___________________
_Claude Nicholas OLLIVIER _|
| | _Louis CARPANTIER _
| |_Elizabeth CARPANTIER _|___________________
_John OLLIVIER ____|
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| | ______ WILBY __________|___________________
| |_Ann WILBY ________________|
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|--Charles Morton OLLIVIER
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| _Thomas MORTON ____________|
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|_Elizabeth MORTON _|
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|_Elizabeth NAYLOR _________|
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Notes
Charles came out with his parents in the John Taylor in 1853. He went with
his brother Claude (#262) on an exploration of the West Coast in 1862.
In giving evidence in a cattle stealing case he said he was managing for
Studholme and Innes in 1862. In 1863 he signed a testimonial to Edward Hebard
licensee of the Royal Hotel, Timaru. He was Hon Sec of the newly formed Chch
Football Club in Aug 1863. They played a Town v College match in Latimer
Square. The first game lasted nearly two hours when Wilson for Town kicked a
goal. F Britten won the second game for College by kicking a goal after 20
minutes. The kicking of a goal concluded the game. He was on the Committee of
the Heathcote Rowing Club in 1866. When the Chch and Canterbury Cricket Clubs
amalgamated and became the "United", he was one of the committee. He was put
on the committee of the new mounted Volunteer Corps in Oct 1864 and was
secretary. Later he was gazetted a coinet(?) of the CYC. At the first regatta
held at Kaiapoi Jan 1868, XXXXXX (Railway Rowing Club) won the principal race
of the day. The crew was 1. J Jameson, 2. H Thomas, 3. W Packard, stroke. C M
Ollivier, cox. A Brunsden.
When John became the Prov. Auditor (1865) he returned from the farm and
from then on Charles and Wilby carried on the auctioneering business under the
name of Ollivier and Co. They were bankrupt in July 1867. In 1869 Charles was
a reporter on the staff of The Press. In 1870 he was in the Auckland Province
engaged in flax milling. In 1871 he had invented a method of cleaning and
dressing flax supposed to be far superior to anything so far produced and he
went to Wellington to offer it the the government for 3000 pounds. This story
was repeated about most flax millers; nothing more was heard of all the
inventions and flax milling ruined most people engaged in it.
In Sep 1871 he was working on the telegraph line to Akaroa and cut his ankle
very severely, cutting some of the ankle bone right through but missing the
joint. He was brought to Akaroa next day. He wrote a description of the
boiling springs in the North Island which as a pamphlet was published by
Hughes of High St.
- ref O.66 G R Mac Donald Dict of Canterbury Biographies, Canterbury Museum
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Notes: Apparently did not go to Christ's College even though he was only
12 years old when he arrived.
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Created on
Fri Apr 12 00:11:22 1996