Charles Thomas Ick
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Charles Thomas Ick was Mayor of Christchurch, New Zealand, from December 1878 to December 1880. Born in Shropshire, he learned the trade of a mercer and draper. The Icks had five children when they em
Portrait of Charles Ick
George Ruddenklau
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John George Ruddenklau JP was Mayor of Christchurch from December 1881 to December 1883. A baker from Germany, he was later the proprietor of the City Hotel. He was very active with a number of organi
Ruddenklau wearing mayoral chains
Hansom cabs and carriages in front of the City Hotel in 1884
The Ruddenklau family grave in Barbadoes Street Cemetery, with the headstone toppled in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake