Aaron Ayers
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Aaron Ayers arrived in Christchurch, New Zealand, from England as a newly married man in his mid 20s. He was a hairdresser and tobacconist for two decades before entering the auctioneering business. H
Aaron Ayers wearing the mayoral chain
Ayers, Beauchamp & Co auction building in Cashel Street
The headstone of Aaron and Isabella Eliza Ayers at Linwood Cemetery
James Gapes
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James Gapes was a local politician in Christchurch, New Zealand. He was Mayor of Christchurch on two occasions, and the father of a later mayor, Thomas Gapes. He was the first mayor who was elected by
Aaron Ayers
…Ayers was elected as a councillor at Christchurch City Council in 1878, 1879 and 1882. Ayers and James Gapes contested the Christchurch mayoral election on 24 November 1880, which was won by Gapes. Charles Hulbert and Ayers were nominated for the mayoralty in…
Gapes in c. 1882
Gapes family, ca 1907