Individual Notes
Note for: Helen Burns Tannerhill, -
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Individual Note: Name from Scholefield Papers
Individual Notes
Note for: George Or John Ames, ABT 1838 -
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Individual Note: Name of George, Year of Birth and Unmarried from Scholefield Papers
Name of George from Mary Ann Ames Obituary
Name of John from NSW Birth Registry Records
*New South Wales Birth Registry Records show John Ames, Registration No: V183837 23A/1838, Father's Given Name: James, Mother's Given Name: Mary A, District: None listed*
Individual Notes
Note for: James Henry Ames, 14 OCT 1840 - 28 JUN 1926
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Burial: Date: 6 JUL 1926
Place: Karori Cemetery
Individual Note: Name, Year of Birth and Year of Death from Scholefield Papers
*New South Wales Birth Registry Records show John Ames, Registration No: V1840243 24A/1840, Father's Given Name: James, Mother's Given Name: Mary A, District: None listed*
Latter Day Saints IGI Records shows James Henry Ames, Date of Christening: Dec 1840, Church of England, New South Wales, Father: James Ames, Mother: Mary Ann, Batch No: C310255, Date: 1839 - 1841, Source Call No: 0993953, Type: Film
*Marriage Details Date: 1870, Folio No: 696, Names: James Henry Ames and Sarah Poulton*
The Evening Post 21st June 1907
CITY COUNCIL
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that the salaries of the undermentioned officers be as follows
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J. Ames, clerk, 215 pounds
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The Evening Post 18th July 1907 shows
Mr. James Ames, city valuer, who has been seriously ill of late, is now making a good recovery. He contemplates making a visit to Australia, on a health recruiting trip.
The Evening Post 31st August 1907 shows
Mr. James Ames, Wellington City Valuer, who was granted leave of absence to recruit his health, is still in Sydney. His health is improving and it is hoped that it will be fully restored by the time he returns to Wellington in about a month or six weeks hence.
The Evening Post 17th October 1907 shows
Mr. James Ames, Wellington City Valuer, who has been in Australia for the past three months, will leave Sydney on his return trip next Saturday. His health has improved considerably since he left Wellington.
The Evening Post 24th October 1907 shows
Mr. James Ames, City Valuer, who has been spending a lengthened holiday in Australia, was a passenger from Sydney by the Moeraki last night. His health has much improved since he left Wellington. Mrs. Ames also returned.
The Evening Post 26th October 1907 shows
Mr. James Ames, City Valuer, who returned to Wellington this week after a lengthy health tour of New South Wales, was unfortunate enough to suffer a return of his old trouble on the day that he landed. He had been feeling in excellent health for some weeks until this relapse. It is hoped that the trouble will prove transient, and that Mr. Ames will be about again in a few days' time.
The Evening Post 23rd June 1911 shows
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James Ames, City Valuer for 30 years, and Government Valuer for 20 years
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The Evening Post 18th October 1912 shows
A vigorous protest was made by the City Council last evening at the treatment of Mr. James Ames, the City Valuer, by the Government over the valuation of the city. The facts placed before the council by the Mayor, in reply to a question by Councillor Fletcher, were that in 1900, at the request of the Valuation Department, the City Council agreed to allow the City Valuer, to perform the duties of District Valuer. In the year 1901-2 Mr. Ames prepared a supplementary valuation for the city, and also revised the then existing land tax valuation. He revalued the city in 1903 and again in 1906, and in the remaining years prepared supplementary valuations. The total value of his work was estimated on the basis of a charge made by a private firm fifteen years ago of £650 for a single valuation at £5950 during the past twelve years. Mr. Ames had received by way of salary from the Department during that period £150 per annum, or £1800 in all for work valued at nearly £6000. In addition, the City Council had been supplied with a copy of his valuations from time to time. The present proposal of the Government was not only, not to pay Mr. Ames anything in the shape of a fee for his work, but to charge the City Council with a third of the cost of the valuation about to take place — £700 out of £2100. Under the circumstances Mr. Ames did not feel inclined to take up the work again on such terms. On the motion of Councillor Fitzgerald, seconded by Councillor Frost, who described Mr. Ames as one of the very best valuers in New Zealand, it was unanimously decided to ask the Government to pay Mr. Ames a proper fee, and that the council should stand by Mr. Ames and endeavour to retain his services as City Valuer.
The Evening Post 27th May 1913 shows
Mr. James Ames, City Valuer, has sufficiently recovered from a recent operation to be able to attend at his office for a little while daily
The Evening Post 30th May 1913 shows
Mr. James Ames, City Valuer, has been granted six months' leave of absence. At the meeting of the council last night the Mayor (Mr. J. P. Luke) said that Mr. Ames' health was such that an extended holiday was absolutely necessary
The Evening Post 19th June 1913 shows
Mr. James Ames, City Valuer, who has been granted six months' leave, on account of ill-health, will leave for Australia at the end of the month
The Evening Post 6th August 1913 shows
Mr. James Ames, City Valuer in Wellington, who has been granted six months' leave of absence, to enable him to regain his health, is making the trip from Auckland to Sydney via the Islands by the Tofua. He intends to go on to South Australia before returning to New Zealand.
The Evening Post 23rd September 1913 shows
Mr. James Ames, Wellington City Valuer, who was granted extended leave of absence On account of his health, is at present in the Auckland district. A considerable part of his holiday has been spent in Australia.
The Evening Post 6th October 1913 shows
It is hoped that Mr. James Ames, Wellington City Valuer, who underwent an operation in the Davis-street Hospital just after his return from Australia, will be well enough to go back to his own home to-morrow.
The Evening Post 5th May 1914 shows
Mr. James Ames, City Valuer, is laid up with an attack of influenza
The Evening Post 5th May 1914 shows
A recount of the votes cast in the Wellington City Mayoral election last week is being made under the direction of Mr. James Ames, junior. Owing to indisposition the Returning Officer (Mr. James Ames, sen.) is unable to undertake the work
The Evening Post 23rd July 1915 shows
Mr. James Ames, City Valuer, is confined to bed with an attack of influenza
*New South Wales Registry of Births, Marriages and Deaths shows James H Ames, Registration No: 5475/1926, Father's Given Name: James, Mother's Given Name: Mary A, District: Sydney*
Karori Cemetery Records show James Ames, Date of Burial: 6/7/1926, Aged: 86, Address: 3 Pipitea Street, Occ: City Valuer, Minister: Johnson, Funeral Director: Clark & Son
The Evening Post 3rd July 1926 shows
Ames - On the 28th July, 1926, at Sydney, James Henry Ames (late City Valuer), in his 86th year. Service at St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral, Tuesday, 6th inst., 9.30 a.m. Interment Karori Cemetery
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The Evening Post 5th July 1926 shows
The body of Mr. James Ames, who died in Sydney recently, was brought back to Wellington by the Maunganui today. Mrs. Ames also returned by the steamer
Karori Headstone Reads
Requiescat in Pace. In loving memory of James Ames who died at Sydney on 28 June 1926 in his 86th year. Also his beloved wife Agnes Eva who died 31 July 1952. RIP