John Deans I, Pioneer Settler, Buried at Barbadoes Street Cemetery

This is the Barbadoes Street Cemetery, the oldest cemetery in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was established in 1851, and when it was first surveyed in 1850, it was set up with three separate areas for different denominations.

If you look around, you can imagine how it was divided. There was Reserve 20, an area east of Barbadoes Street, which was for the Church of England. Then, west of Barbadoes Street, there were two more reserves. Reserve 42 was for Roman Catholics, and Reserve 43, located south of Reserve 42, was designated for Dissenters.

In 1870, the Canterbury Provincial Council passed the Cemetery Reserves Management Ordinance. Following that, in August 1871, a Dissenters Cemetery Board was appointed. This board included George Booth, George Gould — whose son became a well-known businessman — James Jameson, who was Mayor of Christchurch at the time, Francis James Garrick, a former member of the Provincial Council, and Thomas Abbott, a nurseryman.

Many notable people are buried here in the Barbadoes Street Cemetery. Among them are William Armson, an architect who lived from 1832 or 1833 to 1883. There's also Alfred Barker, a doctor and photographer who died in 1873. Lieutenant Colonel James Campbell, who was the Commissioner of Crown Lands and Registrar of Deeds, was buried here after his death in 1858. Thomas Cass, a surveyor, who passed away in 1895, is also interred here. Joseph Colborne-Veel, who was an editor for *The Press* and an educator in Canterbury, died in 1895 and is buried here too. And you'll also find Jane and John Deans.