Talk:Edward Hargreaves

First mayor of Lyttelton
A number of sources claim that we was the first mayor of Lyttelton. He wasn't; those sources are wrong. I sense that the mistake occurred through the obituary published in The Timaru Herald and has been repeated by subsequent publications. It says in that obit:

"He was, if we mistake not, the first Mayor of Lyttelton."

Guy Scholefield, in the 1940 DNZB, is even more wrong:

"On being elected to Parliament he resigned the chairmanship of the Lyttelton municipal council, which he had held since its inauguration."

The first chairman of the Lyttelton municipal council was Dr William Donald, who held the role from the inaugural meeting in 1862 until 1864. Notably, Hargreaves missed that inaugural meeting where they elected their chairman. Hargreaves did take over from Donald in 1865. Hargreaves' membership on the municipal council had a gap as he didn't stand for re-election in February 1863. Hence, he was the second chairman, but not the first mayor.  Schwede 66  00:41, 13 November 2019 (UTC)

Relatives?
Edward Hargreaves was born in Liverpool in 1826 and arrived in New Zealand in 1844, i.e. rather early for a colonial settler. Joseph Hargreaves was born in Liverpool in 1821 and came to New Zealand in the early 1840s (before 1844). Despite these similarities, I have yet to find any family connection.  Schwede 66  17:57, 13 November 2019 (UTC)