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1891 Thames, New Zealand - 1949 Auckland, New Zealand. Known for: Paintings of Maori culture in New Zealand.
Born in Thames in 1891, Vera (Veronica) Cummings parents were pioneer settlers of Scottish and Irish descent. Her father Matthew arrived in New Zealand in 1862 from County Armagh, Ireland. Matthew... Read full biography
Born in Thames in 1891, Vera (Veronica) Cummings parents were pioneer settlers of Scottish and Irish descent. Her father Matthew arrived in New Zealand in 1862 from County Armagh, Ireland. Matthew Cummings served in the First Waikato Regiment during the Waikato and Tauranga campaigns. He was then... Read full biography
Born in Thames in 1891, Vera (Veronica) Cummings parents were pioneer settlers of Scottish and Irish descent. Her father Matthew arrived in New Zealand in 1862 from County Armagh, Ireland. Matthew Cummings served in the First Waikato Regiment during the Waikato and Tauranga campaigns. He was then discharged and settled on land granted by the Government. By 1870 he had moved to Thames and was for many years a member of the Thames Volunteer Fire Brigade. Vera’s mother Annie came to Auckland from... Read full biography
Born in Thames in 1891, Vera (Veronica) Cummings parents were pioneer settlers of Scottish and Irish descent. Her father Matthew arrived in New Zealand in 1862 from County Armagh, Ireland. Matthew Cummings served in the First Waikato Regiment during the Waikato and Tauranga campaigns. He was then discharged and settled on land granted by the Government. By 1870 he had moved to Thames and was for many years a member of the Thames Volunteer Fire Brigade. Vera’s mother Annie came to Auckland from Tasmania as a child with her mother and stepfather, Sergeant James Knox, during the Waikato War. She boarded at the Onehunga Convent for many years. After marrying Matthew Cummings, the family lived in St. Johns Redoubt, Hamilton; and later moved to... Read full biography
Born in Thames in 1891, Vera (Veronica) Cummings parents were pioneer settlers of Scottish and Irish descent. Her father Matthew arrived in New Zealand in 1862 from County Armagh, Ireland. Matthew Cummings served in the First Waikato Regiment during the Waikato and Tauranga campaigns. He was then discharged and settled on land granted by the Government. By 1870 he had moved to Thames and was for many years a member of the Thames Volunteer Fire Brigade. Vera’s mother Annie came to Auckland from Tasmania as a child with her mother and stepfather, Sergeant James Knox, during the Waikato War. She boarded at the Onehunga Convent for many years. After marrying Matthew Cummings, the family lived in St. Johns Redoubt, Hamilton; and later moved to Tauranga. Later they moved to Auckland where Matthew Cummings was employed in the building trade and erected many large timber houses aro... Read full biography