The Rowe Family

John Palmer LENNARD Senior

  Death Notes:

Microfiche reads (Cemetery Records):
"712 John Palmer Lennard d. April 1922 wife Sarah d. Oct 1935 and their son Thomas d. June 1926"

  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the census in 1851 in Axbridge, , Somerset, England. Class: HO107
Piece: 1936
Folio: 273
Page: 6
GSU roll: 221095
Civil parish: South Brent
County: Somerset

• He appeared on the census in 1861 in Burnham, , Somerset, England. Class: RG9
Piece: 1670
Folio: 129
Page: 11
Line: 3
Civil parish: South Brent
Ecclesiastical District: St Andrews
Parish: Burnham
County: Somerset

• He worked as a Miller in 1861 in Burnham, , Somerset, England.

• He emigrated on the ship Ulcoats on 3 Mar 1865 from Gravesend, , Kent, England. Ulcoats, ships, 671 tons, Potts, from London

• He immigrated the ship Ulcoats on 20 Jun 1865 to Auckland City, Auckland, New Zealand. Ulcoats, ships, 671 tons, Potts, from London

• He was employed as a Farmer in 1870 in Auckland City, Auckland, New Zealand.

• He worked as a Farmer in 1870 in Auckland City, Auckland, New Zealand.

• He trained /owned the horse named Minnie Athol in 1871 in Waihou, Waikato, New Zealand.

• He trained /owned the horse named Sunbeam in 1880 in Waihou, Waikato, New Zealand.

• He trained /owned the horse named Venus in 1880 in Waihou, Waikato, New Zealand.

• He trained /owned the horse named Dewdrop in 1881 in Waihou, Waikato, New Zealand.

• He appeared on the Manukau District electorial role in Oct 1881 in Auckland City, Auckland, New Zealand. Property Type: residential
ResidenceEpsom
Occupation: Milkman

• He trained /owned the horse Vieux Rose (1888, by Hippocampus) in 1888 in Te Aroha, Waikato, New Zealand. Rosarina's daughter Vieux Rose (1888, by Hippocampus), bred by Walters and sold to the Lennard family at Te Aroha, won races and produced two good stakes winners, including Auckland Cup winner Santa Rosa (1905) and daughters that bred on.

• He was employed as a Proprietor of the Harp of Erin Hotel (Ellerslie) on 3 Jul 1901 in Auckland City, Auckland, New Zealand.

• He was employed as a Proprietor on 9 Sep 1901 in Auckland City, Auckland, New Zealand. The license for the Harp of Erin Hotel (Ellerslie) was transferred from Charles Cowan to John Palmer Lennard

• He worked as a Proprietor and had the Harp of Erin Hotel (Ellerslie) license renewed on 9 Sep 1901 in Auckland City, Auckland, New Zealand.

• He appeared on the Manukau electorial role in 1902 in Manukau City, Auckland, New Zealand. Harp of Erin; Proprietor

• He was employed as a Proprietor on 15 Jun 1902 in Auckland City, Auckland, New Zealand. The license for the Harp of Erin Hotel (Ellerslie) was renewed the by Manukaur Licensing Committee.

• Misc Event: Burglary, on 27 Oct 1902, in Auckland City, Auckland, New Zealand. The Harp of Erin Hotel (Ellerslie) was burgled

• Misc Event: Fire, on 20 Jul 1903, in Auckland City, Auckland, New Zealand. The Harp of Erin Hotel (Ellerslie) caught fire and was burnt to the ground. Mr John Lennard and family were spending their last night on the premises, it having been arranged that Mr George Wright, to whom the license had been transferred, should enter into the occupation of the hotel yesterday.

• He was employed as a Proprietor on 5 Aug 1903 in Auckland City, Auckland, New Zealand. The License for the Harp of Erin Hotel (Ellerslie) was transferred from Mr J P Lennard to George Wright.

• He is mentioned in Racing for Gold book in Te Aroha, Waikato, New Zealand which was published in 1987. Pages 38 and 39

...Minnie Athol by Potentate won many races for Mr lennard and the chestnut mare later left Rally, Venus, Sunbeam and Rifleman, all winners.

...Results for the day: Mr Thomas Howes' Marquis won twice, Mr Lennard's Minnie Athol also won twice and Wiropi Taiparai's Keri won the Maori race.

• He is mentioned in Racing for Gold book in Te Aroha, Waikato, New Zealand which was published in 1987. Pages 57 and 58

...On the first day a large crowd witnessed the racing and in the first race, the Railway Stakes, Mr Taylor's Eclipse was 11 lengths clear when the jocky ran inside a post near the Bridge Inn Hotel, leaving Golden Crown an easy winner. mr Lennard's Venus won the Hurdles and Golden Crown was again a winner later in the day, taking the Hibernian Cup for 40 sovereigns.
The second day opened in very overcast weather with Mr Lennard's Sunbeam (a rather inappropriate name on the day) winning the Stakes and Mr Byer's Golden Crown winning the next. Then down came the rain - in torrents.

...The 1881 meeting opened on 22 December in fine weather before a large crowd. The President, Colonel Fraser, acted as judge and the first race ws won by Mr Tom Quinlivan, riding his own horse Redeemer. Mr E. Quinlivan won the second with Derby and Mr Knox's Loafer took the Steeplechase. The fourth saw Mr Lennard's Dewdrop just beating Redeemer and mr E. Quinlivan had his second win of the day with Hone-Werakiko in the last.

• He is mentioned in A Tapestry of Turf book in Te Aroha, Waikato, New Zealand which was published in 1988. Te Aroha Jockey Club

... Not mentioned on the club's comittee or stewards until tha 1900 meeting is the name J. Lennard. But John lennard had raced horses at Te Aroha since before the official formation of the Jockey Club,his family ws to have more than a century's association with the club and his grandson, Laurie Lennard, was president when the club held it centenary in 1980.

• He is mentioned in A Tapestry of Turf book in Te Aroha, Waikato, New Zealand which was published in 1988. John Lennard, whose family was to have a century-long association with the Te Aroha Jockey Club, won many races at Ellerslie but made himself less popular with the Auckland Racing Club during the 1880-81 summer meeting. The flag starts at the meeting were so uneven that Lennard called in a loud voice: "Three groans for the starter!" That was apparently considered decidedly infra dig for the committee met to discuss his action, but took it no further when a written apology was submitted. Two months later, however, the starter, a Mr Roche, resigned.
Among the good winners raced by Lennard was a little chestnut mare named Minnie Athol, whose numerous wins on the flat and over fences included the first hurdle race run at Thames. She became the dam of Rifleman, the first and only winner of the Waikato Derby, 250 sous.
At the Te Aroha race meeting in 1883, three years before the local club was officially formed, Lennard won four races \emdash with two horses! His chestnut gelding Chandler won the first race, the Hurdle Handicap, at two miles, then came out to win the sixth, the Steeplechase at 2 1/2 miles. On the same day, Lennard's mare Dewdrop won the Goldfield Handicap (2 1/2 miles) and the Miners Handicap (1 1/2 miles).
Chandler was a remarkable horse. He completed a hurdles-steeplechase double on the same day three times that season, at the Pakuranga Hunt meeting before and the Takapuna meeting after his Te Aroha feat and wound up the season with 26 starts for 14 wins, three seconds and two thirds. Apart from his same-day doubles at Te Aroha, Takapuna and Ellerslie, he also won the two jumping ng races at the Thames meeting that Christmas. On that occasion the hurdles and steeples were on separate days of the meeting. But on the second day, when Chandler won the steeples, John Lennard produced Kenilworth to beat Rewi by a nose in the Thames Plate (1 1^/2 miles) and then deadheat with the same horse in the Stewards Handicap (1 1/4 miles). Tough days, tough horses!

John married Sarah Ann Dann THAXTER, daughter of Charles THAXTER and Charlotte DANN, on 5 Jan 1870 in Auckland City, Auckland, New Zealand. (Sarah Ann Dann THAXTER was born on 28 Nov 1852 in Fenton, , Huntingdonshire, England, died on 30 Oct 1935 in Waihou, Waikato, New Zealand and was buried in 1935 in Te Aroha, Waikato, New Zealand.)

  Marriage Notes:

Married in the dwelling house of Dr Pierce, Newton, Auckland