GILLILAND, Rev Thomas M.
fr Redstone USA
Ind Waimana & Opotiki Maori Pastorate 12.3.1992

GILLIN, Miss J.W.
A retired art teacher from Glas, who was visiting NZ, offered to undertake any kind of Miss
serv, preferably in New Hebrides (Vanuatu).  After consulting with the Field Council it was
arranged that she would go to Nguna & Tongoa - for approx 4 mths. (Date not given;
presume it was about the turn of the century.)

GILMOUR, Rev Bryan
From Uniting Church of Australia
Interim Minister Wakatipu Parish (stated Supply)  COP  2001

GILMOUR, Rev William Black             A.C.I.S.
b 20.11.1912
w Ruth Constance b 7.8.1913 m 26.12.1938
Theological Hall, Dunedin 1957-58 (special course)
Ord Assistant Minister First Church Dunedin DnP  2.12.1958
Tokomairiro (Milton ClP) 30.11.1960
St Andrews-St Davids Wanganui WgP  12.11.1969
Assistant Minister St Andrews New Plymouth 3.6.1976, later Associate Minister.  
Ret 21.1.1978 

GILMOUR, Rev William                 B.A.
b 3.3.1879
w Mary Elizabeth b 25.3.1885 m 24.12.1907 d 25.2.1980
Licensed & Ordained by the United Church of Canada Presbytery of Saskatoon 7.3.1920
Served several charges in Canada, came from Vancouver to New Zealand.
Received by the PCNZ General Assembly 22.11.1927
Roxburgh (supply) COP  1927
Ind Balmoral (Edendale) Auckland AP 9.2.1928
Kent Terrace Wellington (now Mt Victoria)  WnP 15.3.1934
‘He exercised a most fruitful a popular ministry.’
Died 28.7.1938 in office, at Wellington.

GIRVAN, Miss June
Deaconess College  Dunedin 1959 (Special Social Service Course)
Married 1960

GLASGOW, Rev Adam Dickie
Born 1815 at Clough, Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland.
w. Jane Thompson (formerly of County Down, Ireland) b. 1822 m. (prior to 1843)
d. 28.10.1912, aged 90 years.
A Minister of the Presbyterian Church of Ireland (PCI) at Berry Street Presbyterian
Church, Belfast.
Having a Brother who was a Missionary in India, he too resolved to offer himself for
Missionary work with the PCI in 1842.
Served for 15 years, (without furlough) at Rajpoot in India until his health gave way
and he was compelled to return to Ireland. Later on he resolved to come to Otago,
in New Zealand :
Arrived in NZ with certificate from the the Presbytery of Belfast. As his health had
improved, he offered his services for the Ministry.
Received by the Presbytery of Otago as an ordained Minister 18.12.1861. 
In March1862 Dunedin Presbytery reported that the Deacons' Courts of First Church &
Knox Church had agreed to secure the services of Mr Glasgow for six months "to meet
the spiritual wants of the numerous body of miners and others located in Stafford Street
and Walker street, and to erect a place of worship sufficient to afford between 400 to
500 sittings". 
He commenced work in a canvas Church, and not withstanding the unsuitability of the
accomodation, the congregation prospered. A new wooden Church was opened for
public worship on the 4th May 1862.
"The Rev Mr Glasgow, glad no doubt to remove from the canvas Church to a substantial
building, continued in charge of the new congregation, and his pulpit ministrations were
highly appreciated. There is no doubt that Mr Glasgow would have been the first ordained
Minister when the Church received the status of a sanctioned charge, but his health again
gave way, so that he was forced to retire from service, and very soon afterwards, in March
1863, he was called away to his rest, leaving behind him the record of a useful life in
many spheres, and much regretted by all those who knew him."
His Brother, Dr James Glasgow, who was also a Missionary for over 20 years, later
became Professor of Oriental Languages at The Presbyterian Church Assembly
College, Belfast.
A son, Mr WT Glasgow, became the Commissioner of Customs for the Dominion, later
residing at "Bishopscourt" (now part of Columba College) in Dunedin.
Died 15 March 1863, aged 48 years, interred in the Southern Cemetery, Dunedin.

GLASGOW, Rev Neville Bruce
b 23.6.1930
w Diana Grace  m 15.5.1954
Theological Hall, Dunedin1963-65
Ord Knox Wanganui 8.12.1965 - resigned 12.12.1967
Assistant Minister Cambridge  WkP  6.2.1968 - resigned 8.9.1969 & withdrew.

GLASSEY, Rev William Boyd              B.A.
b 29.11.1927 at Darfield.
w(1) Gladys Wynne Benton b 1.11.1927 at Dunedin m 12.2.1955  d 30.1.1983
(refer also entry for Sr Wynne Benton)
w(2) Judith Cecilia Hatton b.(?) m. 1989
Completed his secondary schooling at Ashburton District High School, commenced
tertiary studies for his B.A. at Otago University in 1946.
Theological Hall Dunedin 1951-53
Ordained Associate Minister Caversham Dunedin DnP 4.3.1954 (holding particular
responsibility for the newly formed Union Parish of Corstorphine)
St Davids, North East Valley Dunedin  DnP  21.2.1957
Lansdowne Masterton WpP 1.9.1960 - resigned 29.1.1967
Methodist - Presbyterian Chaplain Porirua Hospital  WnP  9.2.1967
During 1975 he took an exchange with the Chaplain of Pentridge Prison Melbourne.
Associate Minister St Andrews Christchurch ChP 7.11.1976 - resigned 31.8.1981
Chaplain Addington Prison Christchurch 29.4.1982
Later served as Chaplain at Rolleston and Paparua Prisons.
Minister Emeritus 7.8.1987
Moved to Wellington in 1999 to enable Judith to take up a teaching position.
Honorary Associate Minister of St Andrew's on the Terrace, Wellington
"Wynne and Boyd shared a love of writing poetry and it was this which sustained him
following her death in 1983. He discovered singing whilst at High School and derived great
joy from his singing and theatrical achievements....
Early influences in his life grew into a compassion for the underdog and the marginalised
in society. Boyd often spoke out when he saw or encountered injustices. It is not
surprising that much of his ministry was spent as Chaplain in the mental health and
prison services. [In 1968] he was introduced to the Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE)
programme and from this developed his enduring passion for psychotheraphy. This not
only enabled him to focus on things that moved him in ministry but provided the
opportunity to pass on his skills and knowledge to others.
Following his return to Porirua [Hospital Chaplaincy] he felt the need to "get out of the
hospital world and back into the community", as training and psychotherapy had given
him "quite a different approach to the scriptures and to the ministry in society in general."
In retirement continued his involvement in the CPE professional organisation (gaining
accredited supervisor status in 1991 and continuing to run courses until moving to Wellington.
He is remembered [at St Andrew's on the Terrace] as a free spirit and an independant
thinker, a valued, caring and often out-spoken member of that community."
[From Memorial Minute]
Died 1st June 2008

GLASSEY,   Mrs W.B.            see                Benton, Wynne

GLEN, Rev Dr FrankGrenfell   
C.F.,A.E.(Air Efficiency Decoration), F.A.I.H.A., Fellow Aust Inst Hist. & Arts), M.Phil.,
Dip.Theol.(NSW), Dip.Soc.Wk.(NSW), PhD.,
w Kathlyn Margaret Eleanor nee Hamilton  m 21.1.1958
Minister of the  Methodist Church of NZ  1958-66
First Church Invercargill (Probationary Minister) 16.2.1958,         
Ordained at Invercargill 2.11.1960 - received into PCNZ at Assembly 1987.        
Minister Methodist Church of  Australia  1967-76 (Chaplain RAAF)
Chaplain Presbyterian Support Services Havelock North HBP  14.3.1985
Thames Union WkP  10.1986 - resigned 30.4.1991
Police Chaplain 1993 -  retired 31.1.1993 (Continued as Chaplain)

GLENNY, Rev  Donald              B.A.
b 23.12.1924
w Anne Marion nee Steven b 1.12.1928 m 18.11.1950
Theological Hall 1951-3
Ordained Te Aroha WkP 16.12.1953
St Stephens ChP 25.5.1961
Hobson Bay AP 7.2.1974
Prof of Pastoral Theology, Theological Hall, Dunedin 3.3.1977
Hillcrest Co-op Hamilton WkP 2.2.1984 
Minister Emeritus 1.2.1989

GLENSOR,  Rev  Peter.E.
Meth Ch  -     Ord 1976
St Lukes Assoc Masterton WpP  2.1976
Taita Union Assoc part-time WnP  2.1988
term completed 31.1.1992

GOFF, Mr Richard
HM East Taieri Outfields DnP 1911
Student Supply Roxburgh  ClP – died tragically

GOLDSBURY, Mr Selwyn       &  Mrs Kathleen
b 6.5.1917 at Taihape
w (1) Kathleen Margaret Gould b 3.11.1916 m 15.7.1944 d 20.12.1980
w (2) Joyce Evelyn b -  m 15.5.1982
Selwyn educated at Marton and New Plymouth. Took a three years’ agricultural
Course at New Plymouth Boys’ High School then farmed for some years.
Maori Mission –
Appointed Manager & Master of the Te Whaiti-Nui-a-Toi (Maori Boys Training Farm)
at Te Whaiti (with Mrs Goldsbury as Matron) 19.7.1944 - resigned 31.1.1965

GOLDSCHMIDT, Jacoba Huberta (Sr Koos)     (Knight of the Order of Nassau)
b 31.1.1921 at Arnhem, The Netherlands.
Parents members of the Dutch Reformed Church. Working for a multinational company
when World War Two broke out. The family were able to continue living at Arnhem
during the war years. The family also took in and hid a Jewish man for two and a half
years despite the considerable risk to themselves. She was taught first hand that one
did not discriminate against people, especially those in danger, and one did what was
obvious and practical. This was no doubt an influence on her decision to give up
Secreterial work and to train in the field of social work.   
Trained for three years as a social worker and youth worker. Thereafter worked for
several years as a group leader in a home for children with educational and other
problems, then seven years as a social worker and youth leader in Brussels with the
French-Flemmish Protestant Church.
While working in Brussels, Koos responded to an advertisement for a Dutch Social
worker to come to New Zealand to take up work with Dutch migrants.
To NZ – Employed by the New Settlers Committee of the PCNZ.
Deaconess to New Settlers, Waikato, Auckland and Northland area 6.11.1961
Duties included liasing with Dutch immigrants and the Dutch authorities, meeting th
immigrants upon arrival, providing valuable practical assistance with assimilation into
NZ life, and also encouraging an ongoing Church interest and involvement.         
To honour Koos’ 20 years work with Dutch settlers in New Zealand, the Queen of the
Netherlands created Koos a Knight of the Order of Nassau in February 1984. This, the
highest Dutch honour, was a richly deserved and highly acclaimed recognition of
Koos’ professionalism, dedication, and sensitivity in her work.
Ordained Minister of the PCNZ 1974
Social Worker Auckland  8.10.1974 - retired 31.10.1982 to Hamilton.
“She was quintessentially Dutch, with that characteristic of straight-forward speaking
which others might interpret as blunt or rude. She would occasionally get frustrated
with the Anglo-Saxon inability to be direct in speech.
For much of her time in New Zealand, Koos struggled with her health. Early in her time
here she experienced a serious car accident…[which led to continuing ill-health].
Koos Goldschimdt brought to her work both as a Deaconess working with the new
settlers and their families, and as an Elder in two parishes, a deep commitment to
people and their wellbeing, a capacity for sustained hard work, common sense and
practicality, warm humour and direct speech, and an open, positive, enquiring and
lively faith. She made her lasting mark on the church and on New Zealand society
through the Dutch people she served and helped to settle in New Zealand, making
our church and society richer and more diverse for their presence.” (from Obit.) 
Died 14 Jan 1999 at Auckland Hospital, aged 79 years.

GOLLAN, Miss Linda
Overseas Worker - Youth with a Mission, Holland 1984

GOOD, Miss Barbara
Overseas Worker - Thailand, with the Overseas Missionary Fellowship
1977-84-

GOODFELLOW, Mr Raymond W.
Missionary - recently Town Clerk Taihape.
Solomon Ilands region - Business Manager to assist Bishop 1985;
Returned to NZ 8.1986 for medical treatment.

GOODSON, Miss Elsie E.
b. 15.1.1900
Missionary to China – appointed  and set apart for Mission service 15.9.1926
Departure delayed because of trouble in China
Arrived Hong Kong 3.1.1927
Invalided home to Wellington on medical advice 31.8.1927
Resigned 31.1.1928. 
Her health did not prove satisfactory and her resignation was accepted from 31.1.1928

GOODWIN,  Mr  Cec  &    Mrs  Lola
Waimarino  Lay  Supply    res  25.12.1993  

GOODWIN, Mr W.A.B.       & Mrs
Maori Miss
Pentland Ave Hostel Ak, Master & Matron 13.2.1961 
res 31.5.1961

GOODWIN, Mrs             see                 Stewart, Marion

GORDON, Rev Clementina M.           B.D.(Lond)
St Isaacs Retreat House, Opononi NP 1980  -  Ord 1960
Listed by NP as Min within bounds.

GORDON,  Rev  Colin  R.               BTh
Theological Hall  1991-3
Ordained  Assistant Minister  Whakatane  BPP  8.2.1994
St. John’s Opotiki Union  BPP Mar 1999
Chaplain, Devonport Naval Base, North Shore, Auckland  NSP  23 July 2003

GORDON,  Rev David             B.A.
b 16.11.1835 Sion Mills, Strabane, Northern Ireland;
He came from a covenanting family who fled from Scot; he did his training at Belfast Univ
& Theol Coll; then called to Conlig, Co Down where he served for about 11 yrs, & then
received an unexpected invitation fr the Col Com to minister in NZ. On the voyage out one
of his children died & was buried at sea.
Ind Marton WgP 11.6.1884 res 8.1.1911 failing health. 
Mod Ass 1894;  Ord 1873; Conv Maori Miss Com for some time; 
Father of Mrs Wm Mawson.
Died 1.11.1915  

GORDON, Rev David                        B.A.
b. Doagh, Ireland 1837
Educated at QCB GC 1844;
Belfast Theological College;
Westminster, London. BA (Qui) 1864.
Licensed at Carrickfergus by the Presbytery of Belfast 1866
Ordained Sion Mills 30.3.1866 to 6.11.1878 
To New Zealand -
Inducted Clinton (Popotunoa ClP)  May 1879 to 1879
Temuka SCP  1.1.1880
St Pauls Invercargill   SP  3.12.1884 - resigned 15.6.1888
To Australia –
Inducted Brighton, Presb. Church of Victoria  25.6.1888 to 1901 (retired)
Died 15 June 1903

GORDON, Rev David Brian                 BTh.         
w Alison Anne  m 31.1.1976
Theological Hall 1982-84
Ordained Paeroa WkP 7.3.1985
Waverley Invercargill  SP  6.10.1991  
Moderator of Southland Presbytery 2002
St Pauls-Trinity Union Parish, Cambridge 1 Dec 2005

GORDON, Rev Denis Gilmour             M.A., M.Th.
w Elizabeth Whiteside  m 2.12.1963
From Northern Ireland  -  Ordained 1962
Inducted to Southbridge-Dunsandel ChP  24.9.1964  - resigned 18.12.1967
Returned to Northern Ireland for a period of 18 months, returning to NZ in 1969.
St Enochs Tauranga BPP 24.7.1969 - resigned 29.8.1977 then overseas.
Kohimarama AP 11.2.1982
Knox New Plymouth  9.7.1992
Minister Emeritus  BPP May 2002 

GORDON, Mrs G.            see                 Stiles, Gladys

GORDON, Mr H.E.
HM Onga Onga 1911-2 

GORDON, Rev Ian Peter
b 10.6.1920; w Audrey Elizabeth b 2.2.1929 m 30.10.1948
Cong Ch - served in Cong Ch Lower Hutt; Napier; Mt Eden; Raglan Union; Green Lane;
Chmn Cong Union 1 yr; served many Coms; recd into PCNZ with Cong Ch at Ass 1969
Green Lane Ak 1969 (when it became Pres with Cong Ch & Mins; he had served here
before.)
St Johns-St Phillips Papatoetoe SAP 22.8.1974  ret 31.1.1981
‘He had great talent as broadcaster, preacher & pastor.’
Died  1987

GORDON, Rev John Campbell             M.A.
b 3.4.1906; w Letitia b 24.12.1915 m 5.6.1945 d 11.10.1983
fr CS Scot,  Ord 8.1930; ministered in Scot 22 yrs before called to Karori Ind Karori WnP
20.6.1952 res 21.6.1959 & returned to Scot; appt to Eng Language CS Ch in Amsterdam;
Mrs G’s health necessitated return to Edin - ret 3.4.1971
Died 5.10.1980

GORDON, Mr J.D.
Maori Miss -  Farm Assist Te Whaiti Maori Boys Farm 1962

GORDON, Miss R.
Overseas Worker - Philippines 1982-4

GORDON, Rev Thomas
b 26.10.1930; w Shirley Delma Sproule m 6.8.1960
Hall 1965-7
Ord Featherston WpP 12.12.1967
Balmoral Balclutha ClP 3.8.1972
Porirua East Collegiate 6.9.1979 res 27.2.1986
Shoalhaven Uniting Ch NSW Aust 15.5.1986
Corrimal NSW  2.1987

GORDON, Rev W.
of Conlig Irel.   Rep 1884: willing to come to NZ & expected to leave mid 1884 for Reefton. 
No further mention.

GORE, Rev Kevin   (Baptist)
Knox – Fitzroy, New Plymouth, TkP  1 Aug 2003

GOREHAM, Rev N.J.              B.A.,B.D.
Meth Ch   -  Ord  1955
West Dn Union, Kaikorai  9.1976

GORRIE, Mrs A.
Maori Miss, Honorary - Te Whaiti 1917
Matahi 1922
Ruatahuna 1925
Matahi 1927
Te Onepu 1930
Kawerau 1932 res 31.10.1934, but still (1939) gives help. fr Petone, Mrs G appt to Te Whaiti
in 1917; res 1919 for trip to UK; returned & took p;ace of Miss Te Kauru at Matahi  1922.
In 1925 she went to live with Sr Annie at Ruatahuna; went to Te Onepu in 1929 where she
built house at own expense, & took charge of school without salary. 
Died  1951

GORRIE, Rev John
fr UP Scot; he was 1st Min lic & ord by PCNZ.
Ord Whangarei 8.1.1862 - 2 Chs built, Mangapai & Kaurihohore; also 2-storeyed Manse,
built by himself on 17 acres of Waitangi property, overlooking Whangarei River.
Died 9.3.1869

GOSLING, Rev Colin Leslie              B.A., B.D.
b 10.4.1913
w. Catherine Campbell b 1.12.1914 m 23.1.1943  d 19.2.2006, aged 91 years.
Brought up at Koromiko, later attending Marlborough College and Victoria University.
During his time in Wellington, he worked as a Journalist Cadet, learning much of the
‘know how’ of publishing and printing.
Theological Hall 1940-42
Ordained locum tenens Waimate SCP 4.3.1943
St Stephens Dunedin DnP 12.4.1945
Dipton SP 11.5.1950
Island Bay Wellington WnP 31.1.1958  
Appointed Editor of the PCNZ Church magazine “The Outlook”, Christchurch 22.2.1968 - retired 11.4.1978
“Acted as Press Officer for each of the Presbyteries in which he served, also being
appointed Press Officer for the General Assembly. Along with the Rev Harold Scott
and Mr H McDougall, they instigated the “News and Views” publication. He also
worked on the production and editing of “Assembly News” which was always
published under some considerable pressure.
Chairman of the Westminster Fellowship, formed in 1950 to re-emphasize our roots
in the Reformed Faith, the primacy of scripture, and the significance, as standards,
of the ‘Confession of Faith’ and ‘The Larger and Shorter Catechisms’. He was the
first Editor of ‘The Evangelical Presbyterian’ – a journal to reinforce these
convictions and stimulate prayer and evangelism and testimony.
There appears something logical and inevitable in the progression of the years
which culminated in his appointment as Editor of the “Outlook”. The Church’s
official magazine in 1968. It was a notable, if at time turbulent period. …in the
face of onslaught from diverse viewpoints, and even from his friends, he resolved
‘since my appointment was a call of God to be offended by nobody and to keep
the pages open to all point of view!’. As to the kind of article and its form of
presentation, his firmly applied standards were governed by his considerations
for the ordinary member of the 450 congregations to whom the journal was
directed. “you write for your readers, not for yourselves!’ he insisted.
He loved to preach and his exuberant temperament was fully expressed in
affirming the riches of God’ Grace in the Lord Jesus Christ in whom he believed,
and to whom he devoted the warmth of his energy. He was an extrovert made
valiant for the truth by the spirit of truth, creating in him a growing appreciation
of the message of the scriptures as relevant for today.” (from Obit)
Father of the Rev LS Gosling
Died 27 April 1998

GOSLING, Rev Leslie (Les) S.               B.Theol.
Theological Hall Dunedin
Ordained 1997
Balmoral (Stated Supply), Balclutha ClP My 1997
Tokomariro Co-operating Parish, Milton  ClP Nov 1999 to 2004
Moderator of Clutha Presbytery 2002, 2003
Minister Within the Bounds Clutha ClP
Minister Within the Bounds DnP  1 Oct 2004
Mayfield AsP
Albury/Pleasant Point SCP 2 Feb 2006
Son of the Rev CL Gosling   

GOSS, Rev Alan Montgomery                Exit Cert.
b 16.10.1922;
w Shirley Margaret  m 23.4.1955
Educated at Port Ahuriri School (1928-1935) and Napier Boys’ High School (1936-1940).  Military Service
during World War Two - served in Italian Campaign 1943-1945 (3rd Survey Battery and 9th Anti-Tank Regiment).
Employed by the State Advances Corporation 1940, 1941, 1946-1950, Hawke’s Bay Education Board 1950-1953,
Presbyterian Church of NZ Youth Staff, Christchurch 1953-1956.
Theological Hall Dunedin 1958-1959 (special emergency course)
Director of Christian Education PCNZ - 1 Mar 1957 to 1965
Ordained, Director Christian Education Department, Christchurch 3.12.1959
Waikaka Valley MtP  19.11.1965 to 1969
Reefton District Union WsP 1970 to 1972
St David’s, Napier HBP 1973 to 1983
Associate Minister St Columba Havelock North 12.11.1981 - resigned 31.1.1985
Minister Emeritus Jan 1985
Tao Fong Shan Ecumenical Institute, New Territories Hong Kong , voluntary service for 6 mths 1985 to 1986
Tamatea Community Church Napier 1987 - resigned 1.6.1989
Retired Port Ahuriri, Napier Dec 1989
Kowloon Union Church Hong Kong – Relieving Minister 6.7.1989 to 21.8.1989
Kansai Seminar House, Kyoto Japan – Voluntary service 22.8.1989 to 21.9.1989
Kowloon Union Church Hong Kong – Relieving Minister 1.1.1990 to 24.6.1990 and 11.3.1992 to 27.8.1992
Community service with the Hawke’s Bay Prisoners’ Aid & Rehabilitation Society and the Hawke’s Bay
Comminuty Work Trust.

GOUDGE, Rev Stanley R.               B.A.
Meth Ch
West Dn Union, Kaikorai  2.1974

GOULD, Rev Herbert Arthur
b 12.1.1882 England
w Ida Emma b 8.1.1884  m 6.12.1911 d 25.5.1960
Formerly a Cabinetmaker. Took training for Mission work in London. Studied
Yiddish and Hebrew for 2 years. Two years Jewish Mission work in East London
under the Anglican Church and two years Foreign Missions work in Tarsus, Asia
Minor (Turkey) under the Armenian Mission [undenominational].
Joined NZ Home Missionary staff 1917
HM Mahurangi (Warkworth NSP) 1918; Ord HM July 1918
Waitara TkP 1920
Apiti WgP 1922 - resigned HM service 1925 to work for the NZ Alliance.
Re-entered HM service :
Clive HBP 1926
Napier South 1930
Fitzroy TkP 1933
Mangapapa-Kaiti GP 1938
Palmerston North Outfields (Rongotea MnP) 1943
3 months leave of absence due to illhealth 1.2.1945 to 30.4.1945 
Retired 12.1.1947
Died 5.3.1960 Napier, aged 78

GOULSTONE, Miss Gertrude D.
PWTI 1924-5  - left end 1st term 1926 intending to serve in China.
No further information.

GOW, Rev Alexander  (Alec)
b 27.11.1870
w Mary R.  b 17.3.1871 m 23.3.1897 d 5.9.1956
He was born in Sydney & came to Dunedin as a child with his parents;
Educated at Otago Boys High School & Otago University.
HM Waikaia MtP 1903-4
Theological Hall 1905-7
Ord Paeroa WkP  14.1.1908
St Andrews Hamilton 7.12.1909 - resigned 30.4.1916  
Waikaka Valley MtP 19.9.1916 - retired 30.6.1921 owing to failing health.
Father of Rev Murray Gow; arduous in Temperance cause.
Died 4.4.1922 Waitara after lingering illness.

GOW, Rev John
fr FC Carmylie Scot; 
Studied at Glasgow University & New College Edinburgh.
Licensed by FC Presbytery of Dumbartonshire 1846 & ordained by FC Presbytery of Arbroath 1848.
Served at Carmyllie prior to leaving for NZ.
Arr NZ 1865
On arrival he was sent to one of the districts in Cant then vacant -
Lyttelton ChP 12.12.1865
Hokitika WsP 9.1.1867 (he ind himself); new Church opened  3.2.1867
St Andrews Dunedin  DnP  10.1871  
Opotiki BPP  22.9.1878 – resigned (retired?) 2 Feb 1892
Editor of the “Christian Record” c.1871 to 1879.
Director of the NZ Bible & Tract Society.
Moderator of Synod of Otago & Southland 1877; Father of Rev W.J. Gow & Hon J.B. Gow
Died 17.1.1901, aged 86 (one record indicates 17.2.1901)

GOW, Rev Murray Alexander
b 20.12.1897 Wairuna, South Otago.
w Christine Jamieson Aldrich b. 29.9.1910 m. 17.8.1936 [or 1946] d. 6.3.1993 
Hall 1921-23
Licesned by Mataura Presbytery 5.12.1923
Ord Waianiwa SP 17.7.1924 (another records gives date as 12.7.1924)
Waikaka MtP  12.7.1928
Grey Lynn – Richmond, Auckland AP 14.6.1934
Waipukurau HBP 5.10.1939
Drury SAP 12.10.1944
Knox Hamilton 22.12.1949
Roseneath WnP 10.7.1958 - retired 12.2.1968
St Andrews Wellington WnP - for 3 years assisted with pastoral work, till ill-health brought this to an end.
A member of the Associated Churches Temperance Committee; Dominion President of the NZ Alliance
(for the suppression of the liquor trade; a member of the Dominion Executive of the Bible Society, and
Dominion Chaplain for the Boy’s Brigade.
Son of the Rev Alexander Gow.
Died 28.9.1972 Tawa at home. 

GOW, Rev William James
b 1.9.1852
w - b - m 18.11.1906 pred h
He was born Carmylie Scotland & came to NZ with parents in 1865; educated at
Christchurch Boys High School, & at Otago University. Spent 11 yrs in business before
entering the Hall.  He was a Northern Church student 1880-81, then -
Theological Hall Dunedin 1882-83
Licensed by Westland Presbytery 1884
Ord Reefton WsP  2.9.1884; supplied here from 12.1883 till Ordination.
Kaiapoi ChP  2.7.1891
St Peters Christchurch 2.12.1900
Northcote NSP 1904
Cambridge WkP  4.7.1905
Maraekakaho HBP 5.5.1916 - retired 28.2.1919
Son of Rev J. Gow
‘The outstanding feature of his life was his transparent goodness; he was a real saint.’
Died 21.10.1937 Papatoetoe

GOWER, Mr Ian Matthews
b. 14.7.1913
w.(?)  b.(?)  m.(?)  d.(?)
Formerly a Grocer and a Salvation Army Officer for 4 years. Completed a Salesmanship
course with International Correspondence Schools (ICS). A student for the ministry
under Mataura Presbytery.
Joined the Home Missions service 1.2.1941
Unordained HM Brydone-Redan MtP 1941 (2½ years)
Belfast-Styx - resigned 30.9.1945

GOY, Rev Christopher  (Chris)
Minister of the Australian Presbyterian Church from Melbourne - retired;  brought
over to NZ to supply while Rev I.W. Fraser was on his Moderatorial tour.
St Stephens Lower Hutt WnP 10.4.1969 to 20.10.1969

GRAHAM, Miss A.B.
Maori Missionar - Rep 1938: At short notice she carried on Mission School at Kawerau 1938,
during absence of Hazell Bruce through illness.
Ruatahuna 1.5.1940  
Matahi Assist 1.2.1941 - resigned 31.8.1945

GRAHAM, Rev Bruce K.                 B.A., B.D.
w Carol Christina  m 11.9.1976
Theological Hall 1987-89
Licensed Mosgiel DnP 4.3.1990
Ordained St Johns Palmerston North MnP  23.3.1990 - resigned  9.9.1993 
Oteramika-Kennington SP 16.9.1994.
To Australia - Lodged Certificate July 1996

GRAHAM, Rev Hugh
b 24.4.1891 Paisley Scotland
w. Alice b 1.2.1892 m 20.6.1923  d 17.12.1991
At age 20 he emigrated to Canada; worked on clerical staff of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
At outbreak of World War One he joined the Army Medic Corps,serving in Hospital Camps in
the United Kingdon.  At last Camp he took classes in theology. On returning to Canada he
studied at Edmonton, Alberta, and took theology at Vancouver BC;
Assistant & then Minister in charge in British Columbia;  Ord 1922. 
In 1927 he was about to return to Scotland, but received an invitation to supply at Roxburgh,
& went to NZ, arr 25.2.1928.
Teviot (Roxburgh COP)  (supply from arrival)  Ind 17.5.1928
Mosgiel DnP  30.4.1931
North Invercargill SP 29.3.1939
St Georges Christchurch  ChP 10.12.1946 - retired 8.10.1952
Died 17.8.1971 Christchurch after several years ofill-health

GRAHAM, Rev John
b 4.8.1904 at Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
w Mavis Jean b 11.3.1909 m 24.6.1934
His Father and Mother both died when he was young. After working on a relative’s
farm for three years he joined the Royal Ulster Constabulary as a Policeman.
Emigrated to New Zealand in 1926, working briefly for the NZ Railways then as a
Traffic Officer and Pointsman for the Auckland City Council. Felt the call to ministry. 
Student Home Missionary Hunua 1.10.1929 (while attending lectures at Auckland
University College).
HM Waiuku SAP  1935
Ordained  Home Missionary by South Auckland Presbytery 1.10.1935.
Also acted as South Auckland Presbytery Clerk for three years.
HM Taumarunui WkP  1939
HM Kaitaia NP 1946
“Mr Graham was a very self-sufficient man and kept a house cow which he used to
milk and also hives of bees for honey.” – Kaitaia Parish historical notes.
Successfully completed a course arranged by the Theological Hall for older men,
being raised to full Ministerial Status by Assembly Nov 1952.
Hellensville AP 18.2.1953
St Enoch’s, Owairaka AP 6.2.1958
Glen Eden AP 26.9.1963 - retired 31.8.1969 to Titirangi.
For several years in retirement he took services at Victoria Hall, Waterview.
“John will always be remembered as a Preacher, his thoughtful sermons pointing
the way to high ideals, and challenging young and old to commit their ways unto
the Lord. Bit it was in his pastoral work that he excelled. In quiet country areas
and in new housing areas of a busy city, he went from home to home, carrying a
message of comfort to the bereaved, hope to the despondent, and friendship to
the lonely. He won the esteem of all sections of the communities in which he
served, and in the sincerity and consecration, men and women saw his Master.”
(from Obit.)
Died 7 August 2002 at home in Titirangi.

GRAHAM, Mr T.W.
HM Eastbrook WgP  1908

GRANT, Miss
fr Ak - Maori Miss ; Te Whaiti, companion & helper to Miss Tweed 1922-3.

GRANT, Mr Alexander
fr CS Scot, came out as stud miss 1877 Hutt, app when Moir asked to be relieved, 1877-9.
No further mention.

GRANT, Rev Alexander
b 18.1.1846,  fr FC in Nth Ronaldshay, Orkney  Is;  7 yrs service in Scot;  Ord 1877;
arr NZ  11.1883 with credentials fr FC
Waipukurau HBP supply since arr 11.1883.
Ind Waipukurau HBP  3.1884
Dannevirke HBP  7.3.1900  ret 30.6.1922
Mod Ass 1914; prominent memb of Hawkes Bay Educ Bd; one of founders of Dannevireke
High School & largely due to his persistent optimism that Iona Coll founded.
‘A strong resolute man, but with the heart of a little child.’
‘The best-known man in Central & Southern Hawkes Bay.’
Died 17.5.1924, aged 78

GRANT, Rev. Carol L.               DipThSt., TTC.
Mt. Pleasant/Heathcote/Ferrymead Christchurch   ChP   Jan 1996

GRANT, Rev David Roy        B.A., B.D., Th.M.(Princeton)
w Alison  m 11.1.1964
Theological Hall 1968-70
Licensed by Presbytery of Dunedin 1970
Ord Locum Tenens Mangere, Auckland AP 11.3.1971 -  overseas 
Knox Feilding MnP  6.2.1973
PD&M Consultant Palmerston North 22.6.1978
PD&M Consultant Hamilton 1.3.1983
Scots Church Hamilton 27.11.1986 - resigned 17.7.1994  to Atlanta, Ga, USA
and then to Cambridge England.
Knox Church, Dunedin DnP Oct 1995 – resigned 2003
Minister Emeritus 2004

GRANT, Rev George
w. (?)
fr FC Scot,  arr Akaroa late 1862
Akaroa  ChP supply  1862
St Pauls Chch 20.4.1864, its 1st Min - resigned 1868 and left in December for UK in poor
health with his wife & four Children in the ‘Matoaka’, but this ship was evidently lost at
sea, as nothing further was ever heard of it. 
‘His ministry left a stamp of evangelicalism on the congregation which it has never lost.’   

GRANT, Mr George
He was a stud miss, as they called a stud who was supplying or in a HM station while he
was studying under the guidance of a neighbouring Min appointed to guide him.
Rep 1880:  This stud has been supplying vacant congs & carrying on his studies under the
WnP since arrival 2 yrs ago.  He is    supervised by Rev J. Moir & has completed his 1st yr
of study.  He will probably take a session under Prof Salmond in Dn. Hutt & district, listed
1879-80 Has there been confusion here with Mr Alexander Grant? They are given only as
A. Grant or G. Grant, & seem to cover the same area (Hutt) at the same time.
Ass 1882 suspended him for 12 mths on a charge of ‘untruthfulness’, but no explanation is
given of its nature or the occasion - simply ‘untruthfulness’ with no further information.
The charge was brought before WnP, but after considerable discussion the Pr made no
decision, but sent it on to Ass as a ‘reference’.  In Ass there was a motion to suspend him
for 12 mths; there was an amendment to suspend him indefinitely; & there was a further
amendment that in view of the publicity it had been given & the suffering it had caused him,
no action be taken.  The motion to suspend him for 12 mths was carried, but there is no
record of the voting. This meant he was unable to preach or serve in a HM station for 12
mths, so he decided to go to Dn to the Hall for 1883 (earlier than he had planned).  He
applied to the Ass in 11.1883 to be reinstated, which was granted. It was reported that G.
Grant went to Edin for study in 1887.  Was this the same man?  No other of that name is
mentioned at that period.  No further mention is made of him..  Did he remain in Scot &
serve his min there? or did he abandon the min?   Was it because people looked askance at
him, or even ostracised him, that he left the country?   Did he feel he could not  continue
his ministry when people silently criticised him, or even openly did so?

GRANT, Rev Gowrie Roderick                M.A.
w Elizabeth Jean  m 17.10.1959
Hall 1960-2
Ord Kaikohe NP 6.12.1962
Mt Maunganui BPP 14.3.1968
Knox Hamilton  4.3.1976
Birkenhead NSP 17.12.1987 
Minister Emeritus 4.2.1994  

GRANT, Rev Ian                B.A.
b 21.1.1914; w Grace Knox b 22.3.1911 m 12.2.1947
Hall 1948-50
Ord Tuakau SAP  12.12.1950
Orakei AP  17.2.1955
Matamata WkP  12.12.1961 Ind 6.2.1962  ret 21.1.1979
Died  5.5.1994.

GRANT, Rev P.H.             B.Mgmt.Studs.
Meth Ch
Taita Union WnP   2.1980

GRANT, Rev S.C.              B.A.,Ll.B.,L.Th.(Hons)
Meth Ch
Greytown Union & Featherston Union WpP  2.1979

GRANT, Rev William     (Chaplain Major 3rd Class, 1st NZEF)
b 27.4.1859 Kirriemuir, Forfarshire, Scotland;
w Isabella Blair b 11.1.1865 m 5.2.1891 d 5.9.1949
He arrived in NZ at age 11 with his family; lived first at Waipukurau then in Napier where
he attended Grant’s School. The family returned to Waipukurau where his Father had entered
business as a sawmiller. William worked as a clerk, bookkeeper, and subsequently as an
Accountant. Family later moved to Ormondville.
Rep 1880: he partly supplied Waipukurau, which is worked  under Rev R. Fraser, and pursues his
studies with him and Dr Sidey.
Hutt WnP Student Preacher 1882
New Plymouth  Student Preacher  1883; he was sent because of his  good work in Hutt and he
resuscitated New Plymouth which had been a declining cause.
Theological Hall Dunedin 1884-85;
To Edinburgh for further study 1886. Studied under Professor Henry Drummond.
St Johns Wellington - locum tenens 1887
Ordained New Plymouth TkP 7.2.1889
Leeston ChP 1.6.1891
Convener of the Presbyterian Church (Northern) Missions Committee
St Andrew’s Gisborne HBP 24.9.1906
Chaplain 1st NZEF; left NZ 1914 - the first Presbyterian Chaplain to offer his services for overseas
in World War One. Appointed Senior Chaplain to the Main Expeditionary Force under the NZ
Mounted Rifles Brigade, with the rank of Chaplain-Major. 
“During the last year of his life, his parish was the training camp, the troopship ‘Orari’, the
Zeitoun camp, and Gallipoli. He met his death in going ‘a little further’ into the enemy trenches,
seeking a wounded man. Ministering to the wounded and dying, performing the last offices for
the dead, cheering and inspiring our fighting men – thus his last days were passed.” 
Convenor of Northern Presb. Church Missions Committee 1895 to 1901.
He was Brother-in-law of Rev Thomas Smaill and Sister of Mrs Helen Smaill.
Mentioned in dispatches.
Refer publication “In memoriam – Chaplain-Major William Grant – His Letters From the Front”, 1915.
Killed on Hill 60 at Gallipoli  28.8.1915, aged 56 years. No known grave.

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GRANT, Rev William
b. circa 1838 at Strathspey, Scotland
w. (?)  b.(?)  d. 1909
Went to Canada about 1842. Educated at McGill College, Ontario.
Ordained and served at Vankleek Ontario 1869 – 1879
To Australia :
Ind. Brushgrove (Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia) Aug 1879 – 14.1.1885
To New Zealand :
Arrived Dunedin, Province of Otago March 1885   
He acted as Minister to a group that broke away from First Church Dunedin due to
the introduction of instrumental music into Church Worship.  
Appt. first Minister of the group which later formed Chalmers Church Dunedin.
Held his first service in the Oddfellows Hall Dunedin 22 March 1885.
Believed also to have been a Gaelic Preacher.
Left New Zealand 31 March 1886 due to “The winters of Otago not being suitable to him”.
Returned to Australia :
Ind. Brushgrove (Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia) 1886 – 1888
Ind. Upper Hunter (Aberdeen) 3.5.1888 - retired July 1908
Retired to Sydney NSW.
Died 11.2.1919

GRANT, Rev W. Kerr
fr UP Ch Scot to Otago early 1893 as prob
Ord Wanaka 28.3.1894   res 31.3.1899