Album

	Descendants of the Berkshire Bints				Charlotte Allman's Photo Album
	THE NEW ZEALAND BINT FAMILY THE VOYAGE CHARLOTTE'S ALBUM AN 1898 LETTER FROM HOME GEORGE BINT PHILIP BINT & ELIZA DAY EDWARD HAYWARD & CHARLOTTE BINT WALTER & LILLIAN BINT SYDNEY SMITH & CATHERINE BINT JAMES BINT & ELLEN STRATFORD LESTER & ROSA BINT WILLIAM & ROSE BERTHA BINT COUSIN ARTHUR SOANES & 1880s TARATA THE RAWLINSONS IRENE HANNAM'S LETTERS LORNA SMITH'S STORY TARANAKI MIGRANTS
					Philip, Charlotte and Catherine at Tarata
					Out of all the information I have received about the New Zealand Bint family, I personally find this album, with penciled notes added by her daughter Kate and inherited by Stephanie, to be the most exciting with all its previously unpublished photographs. It's first page shows Ongar in Essex where their daughter Charlotte met her new Hayward in-laws in 1896. That was the year she married Edward, returning to New Zealand a short time later. It seems that Kate Bint added some of the the clippings and the hand-written notes after Charlotte's death. Please excuse my 'rough and ready' display. I could have made some of the pictures smaller for neatness but see no harm in showing them as close as technically possible to the images I received from Stephanie. I will be making more notes to each photo as data becomes available and also will be reproducing them on their individual family pages. Tom My sincere thanks to Stephanie for sharing this unique treasure with us.


	George & Annie Bint

	George Bint on the Flying Fox at Purangi
	Purangi, a little settlement in the heart of inland Taranaki, was always a challenge to get to. When the first European settlers hacked their way into their pre- purchased blocks of land, they carved out an eight-foot track that was suitable for sledging and pack horses only. But then they had the problem of crossing the deep river. Near the new settlement at Purangi, there was a ford across one part of the river and this was marked by large willow trees growing on each side, but the bank was steep and the clay slippery. Another way to cross was to almost fly over in a special chair. The settlers made a wire rope pulley system with a seat made from boards that was pulled back and forth high above the water. A reporter visiting in 1895 recommended it for travellers. "Unless in exceptionally fine weather, tourists had better not attempt the ford as a great risk is incurred of being detained on the other side as the river rises very rapidly when rain sets in. The better plan is to leave your horse at Purangi and walk the rest of the journey, crossing the river on what is called the chair on a rope." The chair was fastened to a rewarewa tree on one side of the river and a post on the other. The passenger was seated on a wooden plank hung by chains, which they used to pull themselves across. It was hard work and the sensation of being 80 feet (24.4 metres) in the air was something to get used to. "It is to be hoped that a bridge will be built before long as the present means of crossing are both dangerous and may lead to loss of life," wrote the nervous reporter. Taranaki News 15th of May 2010




	Will and Rose Bint and their family. The photo on the right appears to be taken at a family wedding and Charlotte is in the centre.

	Will Bint on the Zig-Zag trail
	Beyond Kaimata, Junction road continues for about five miles, and passes over a most picturesque zigzag to the settlement of Tarata, between which and Inglewood there is daily communication by coach. Originally, the site of the village of Kaimata and of the surrounding settlement was covered by dense bush, most of which had been cleared away by the year 1893. It is undulating well watered country, and is in the hands of industrious and prosperous settlers. The Manganui river flows through the settlement, which is in the Huiroa survey district of the Taranaki land district, and is a part of the Moa riding of the county of Taranaki. Early 20th Century account



	Walter's daughter Edina Bint's marriage



	Laundry Staff - Charlotte in centre?

Charlotte Allman aged 24

If the age given for Charlotte is correct, this portrait must have been taken at the studio of Danish born photographer Peter Schourup (1837-1887) at 150 Colombo Street, Christchurch in 1877. She and her family had arrived at Christchurch in January of that year.

Photographic.— Mr Schoroup, photographer, Colombo street, has adopted a new process for improving the appearance and durability of photographs. It is both simple and effective. After a photograph has been mounted, it is placed in a solution of gelatine, which imparts a beautiful glaze to the surface, alike improving the appearance of the picture and affording excellent protection to it from the air. - The Star, Issue 2305, 6 August 1875


	Ann Dickson (nee Lailey) Philip's step-sister


	Edina Cuff's cottage at Masterton

	The Rawlinson's house on Tariki Road






	Walter Bint's daughter Freda




	Bertha's son Philip Gallagher
	Charlotte's son Philip Hayward
	Sydney Smith with the Prince of Wales


	Nellie Savage daughter of James & Helen Bint

	Emily Hine (nee Allman) - Charlotte's sister



	Gladys Jenkin (nee Hayward)


		The Bint siblings assembled in older age - I have yet to identify them all - Catherine is in the centre and Will is the one with the bushy moustache I believe - haven't yet tried matching the other faces but no doubt Lester and or Walter is probably there. Stephanie

	A 1910 postcard to Charlotte from Brainerd Hayward - It took a while but below it is 100 years later and a Railway Station!

	One hundred years later, the Britomart Centre today with entrance to the Railway Station.

	Philip Bint and sons producing building planks at their saw-pit near Tarata

	A more mature Charlotte Bint

	Young Kate at Tarata School - top row- third from right.


	Bertha and Kate at Tarata with milking cows




	Walter Bint at Tarata



	From Charlotte's album. Undated but New Plymouth had its first trams in 1916.

	The Park first opened in 1876. The style of dress on this postcard suggests it was photographed pre-1914? Walter Bint's father in law Henry Rawlinson and daughter Florrie


	Charlotte's mother Eliza Edwards (Allman)		Charlotte with Sydney Smith, Kate & Lorna


	Walter Bint, Lily and baby Charlie (Henry Charles) in 1904


			Edward Hayward and daughter Bessie
	James & Helen Bint's boys


	Sydney G Smith and Catherine Bint with chief bridesmaid her sister Bertha


	Purangi Bridge opened in 1899


	'Ongar', Hayward's house at Esplanade Road, Mt Eden