43 Facts About Edward Bartley

Edward Bartley was a Jersey-born New Zealand architect.

Edward Bartley is responsible for designing more than 20 churches and some of Auckland's most notable buildings.

Edward Bartley was born to Robert Edward Bartley and Elizabeth 'Betsy' Benest in Saint Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands.

The Edward Bartley family lived in a tight-knit community in Saint Helier.

Edward Bartley was the tenth child born to his parents.

Edward Bartley's parents had twelve children only five would survive through childhood.

The Edward Bartley children were well educated according to standards of the time.

Edward Bartley received lessons in drawing, drafting, music, calculation, languages, classics and mathematics.

Edward Bartley acquired a taste for science and technologies which were advancing rapidly at the time.

The Edward Bartley children were well educated, according to the standards of the day.

Edward Bartley received a solid grounding in drawing, drafting, music and calculation, in addition to the languages, classics and mathematics.

Edward Bartley had acquired a taste for the new science and technologies, which were developing swiftly at that time.

Edward Bartley began his career as an apprentice to his father, at the age of thirteen.

Edward Bartley made the decision to leave Jersey due to the flat local economy which had resulted in no further public building projects.

Edward Bartley had contracted tuberculosis, a disease which had already claimed the lives of several family members.

In June 1854, Edward Bartley departed from London with his older brother Robert and his family with their sights set on New Zealand.

The Edward Bartley brothers set sail for New Zealand on 20 June 1854 aboard the Joseph Fletcher.

Edward Bartley noted the extent of freedom allowed to the prisoners laboring on the site and their enterprise, particularly a shoemaker who undertook repairs to the worker's boots, for which payment was lodged with the authorities for collection at the completion of his term of detention.

Edward Bartley became a member of the Royal Rifle Company of Volunteers.

In 1862 Edward Bartley was now foreman for Mr Matthews and was engaged with his employer in demolishing the original St Paul's Anglican Church in Emily Place.

Edward Bartley recalled that Colonel Mould of the Royal Engineers was the architect and the design was highly regarded.

February 1870 saw Edward Bartley moving to a greater degree of independence with the lease of offices in Albert Street, on his own behalf.

Edward Bartley's involvement was to continue for a number of years, both in his capacity as office-holder and as an exhibitor.

Edward Bartley built his family home, which still stands today, on the corner of Victoria and Calliope Roads.

Edward Bartley shared with other men of his generation a sense of duty to his fellow citizens.

Edward Bartley served on the Devonport Roads Board from its first meeting in 1883 and progressed from there to the first borough council of Devonport in 1886.

From his earliest days in New Zealand Edward Bartley had been a supporter of the "eight-hour day" movement.

Edward Bartley was fully in favour of free, secular and compulsory education.

Edward Bartley firmly believed it was the responsibility of the community to provide an opportunity for even the poorest to pass to highest qualification in his chosen trade or profession.

Edward Bartley was to demonstrate his microscope at this venue often, along with lectures and participation in various scientific societies and organisations held in the library or council chambers of an evening.

Edward Bartley served on the board of the Devonport School for 35 years and it was in a room of that school that he began his technical education classes for the boys of the district in 1891.

Edward Bartley served on the building committee and experienced further satisfaction from the exhibits.

In January 1899, as part of the Exhibition, Edward Bartley participated in the "Scientific Conversazione" at the Choral Hall.

Edward Bartley continued in his career as architect in the new century, serving as vice-president of the Institute of Architects in 1902.

Edward Bartley trained his sons Alfred, Arthur and Frederick in his office.

Edward Bartley was a daughter of the German settler Frederick Hannken and his wife Eliza.

Edward Bartley's wife Elizabeth was born in Sydney, Australia in October 1838 and came to New Zealand in 1840 with her mother.

Edward Bartley died at his home in Devonport on 28 May 1919, at the age of 80 and was buried at O'Neill's Point Cemetery.

The late Mr Edward Bartley was born in Jersey, Channel Islands, and was educated there.

Edward Bartley received his early training from his father, who was an architect and builder.

Edward Bartley was diocesan architect for the Church of England, and was widely experienced in church architecture.

The late Mr Edward Bartley was one of the first members of the Auckland Choral Society, established in 1855, and for fourteen years was choirmaster of the Trinity Church, Devonport, where he had resided for many years.

The late Mr Edward Bartley was a devoted lover of science, his scientific use of the microscope having been a hobby for over forty years.