About

Stan Smith · Christchurch

The Timpson Family story told on this website was put together by Stan Smith.

Stan has painstakingly collated the story of the Timpson family, starting with Henry Timpson in 1789. The story goes through to the Timpson family journey out to New Zealand in 1886 and beyond.

Stan welcomes any additional information on the Timpson family story.

John Timpson · Havelock North

John Timpson has funded this website project and is seeking a Timpson family member to take on this funding project into the future.

Contact John: john@timpson.nz

A sketch, entitled "The Gamekeeper (Uncle Henry) with his shotgun" by W H C Groome aged 16.
A sketch, entitled “The Gamekeeper (Uncle Henry) with his shotgun” by W H C Groome

About Census References

Census transcriptions on this site reproduce the original records verbatim, including the enumerators’ spellings, abbreviations and errors. For example “Timson” for Timpson, “Daur” for daughter, and ages as written, accurate or not. These variations are part of the historical record.