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Small black and whitephotograph of Mr Edward Samuel Broughton, modern reprint of an original carte de visite (similar to 1802.3712). Head an shoulders porterait of a man wearing a dark suit and waistcoat over a white shirt and thin bow tie, with slicked up hair and a beard and moustache with no sideburns. Image of man framed with a circular effect in dark brown, and sitter stares to the side of the camera
Edward Samuel Broughton was born in Quebec, Canada, in 1842. He emigrated to New Zealand where he became the proprietor of the Provincial Hotel.
In 1871 Edward married Janet Gibson, although there are no recorded children. Janet died in 1878 aged 48 years, and in December that year Edward went on to marry Harriett Emma Simpson. Together they had one daughter, Jeannette Ellen in 1879, who went on to marry Bernard Francis Scannell in Capetown in 1905.
Brought built a cottage on the river bank near Urqhart Street. He also purchased a ketch named 'Marie Louise' in 1870, and owned 16 shares in another ship named the 'Kaimua' in 1871.
Edward Samuel Broughton died on 13th April 1881 aged 39 years. In 1885 Harriet Broughton built a house named 'Sans Souci' (Without Worry) at what is now 54 Durie Street on Durie Hill. She did not remarry, and died in 1923 aged 68 years.
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