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Annie Quayle Townend

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72:. When she was 19 years old she joined her father in New Zealand, living in a large mansion on the Glenmark property. The property was destroyed by fire in 1891 and Townend and her father moved to Christchurch. By this time her father's health was failing and he was losing his eyesight. He passed his business interests to Townend and gave her his 61:) and there was speculation that Moore married her for access to the family wealth. The couple had four children together, however the marriage ended and in 1853 Moore emigrated to New Zealand alone, purchasing what would become Glenmark Estate in the Waipara Valley, 84:
after her childhood home in Tasmania. She had a gatehouse built at the property in a similar style to the mansion at Glenmark, increased the size of the property by nine acres, extended the landscaping and added to the variety of trees and plants. After the
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Townend donated land from the former Glenmark Estate to the Waipara community and funded the construction of St Paul's Church, a 12-room vicarage, and space for a cemetery in memory of her late father. The church was opened in 1907.
104:. She lived there for a time before having the house moved by traction engine to Macmillan Avenue in the Cashmere Hills, where she renamed it Glenhome. She died of a stroke at Glenhome in 1914 and is buried at St Peter's Church in 93:, finished in 1907, she purchased the exhibition's fernery including its plants and had it reassembled in the grounds. She also added a bath-house to the property. The property remains a heritage attraction in Christchurch. 79:
On her father's death in 1905, Townend was the sole benefactor of his estate, and inherited both property and funds. She bought the Karewa homestead and property in Fendalton Road from the Waymouth family, and renamed it
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beside her father. In her will she left gifts to servants, family members and charities including the
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On 15 September 1900, unbeknownst to her ailing father, she married Dr. Joseph Henry Townend,
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and Anne Kermode; Kermode's parents owned the large sheep run that Moore worked on (
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Dod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland
142:. Her stepdaughter Nina (from Townend's first marriage) had married 257: 138:(1847–1902), a prominent Christchurch physician and widower, at 120:. She also bequeathed an orchid and begonia glasshouse to the 68:
Townend was sent to be raised in her father's homeland of
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Townend's birthplace and date have been recorded as
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Index

New Zealand
Sydney
Tasmania
George Moore
Mona Vale, Tasmania
North Canterbury
Isle of Man
power of attorney
Mona Vale
New Zealand International Exhibition
Hagley Park
Sumner
Riccarton
Salvation Army
Barnardo's
Nurse Maude
Christchurch Botanic Gardens
JP
St Barnabas Church, Christchurch
James Ogilvie-Grant, 11th Earl of Seafield
Nina Ogilvie-Grant, 12th Countess of Seafield



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