The Life of CS Clarke – It was a very fine day.

The Auckland Years

In 1881 CS Clarke bought Section 28, Lot 60 at 83 Grey Street in Auckland City and he and his wife Mary Ann and his

In 1866 Clarke purchased an 80 acre farm on the south side of the harbour with a small house and cow shed. In 1868 he

CS Clarke kept a diary that he wrote in nearly every day from the age of 19 until just days before he died at the

“The early settlers had a very hard time as there was no regular trader, here no store, no school and no Post Office. Our first

Charles Septimus Clarke was born on the 15th of August 1843, the 7th son and youngest child of John and Sarah Clarke (nee Coltman). Like

In 1865, aged only 19, CS Clarke immigrated to New Zealand on the ship “Queen of Beauty”. As was befitting of his “gentleman” status in