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In the News (Fri 27 Nov 09)

  
  DNZB / BIOGRAPHY
James Busby took up a grant of 2,000 acres in the Hunter River district and began to experiment with vine-growing; in 1825 the first of his several papers on viticulture was published in Sydney.
Busby's landholdings were threatened by the decision to move the capital to the Waitemata, by Hobson's proclamations that all land purchased before January 1840 would be subject to investigation and by the subsequent decision to limit each claimant to 2,560 acres.
James Busby, a well-read man of considerable ability, had welcomed the challenge of his appointment as British Resident, but it was evident from the outset that he would encounter difficulties.
www.dnzb.govt.nz /dnzb/Essay_Body.asp?PersonEssay=1B54&related=false   (1897 words)

  
 Information about Busby Family of Cassilis, NSW, Australia
Busby's sons, like many other early pioneers, pushed out in search of new country, and selected Cassilis as promising greater advantages of soil and climate than any other district they had seen, and their selection has since proved to have been a wise one.
Busby's first proposal was to pump water from the swamp at Waterloo to a reservoir at Hyde Park, driving the pump either by steam-engine, a water wheel, or a treadmill propelled by convicts; he favoured the water wheel.
Busby succeeded in grabbing two of the ruffians by the back of the neck and bringing their heads together with such force that one at least was effectively disabled, and the other..hors de combat temporarily.
www.busby.net /bret/JohnBusby/JohnBusbyFamily.html   (3701 words)

  
 James Busby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
James Busby (February 7, 1801 - July 15, 1871) was an author of the Treaty of Waitangi and is widely regarded as the "father" of the Australian wine industry, as he took the first collection of vine stock from Spain and France to Australia.
He was born in Scotland, the son of English engineer John Busby, and the family emigrated from Britain to New South Wales in 1824.
Busby proposed that New Zealand should have a national flag, after an unregistered New Zealand ship was seized in Australia.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Busby   (475 words)

  
 Bret's web page about James Busby of the Treaty Of Waitangi of New Zealand
Busby, however, was dissatisfied when he was superseded by William Macpherson, and on 10 January 1831 drew up a statement of his claims and went to London to bring his case before the colonial office.
Busby's position was abolished in May 1839, but he remained on the spot, and when Captain Hobson (q.v.) became lientenant-governor of New Zealand in January 1840, Busby worked with him and actually drafted the famous Treaty of Waitangi with the Maoris.
Busby's speech to the house of representatives of New Zealand on 1 August 1856 was printed in that year as a pamphlet under the title The First Settlers in New Zealand and their Treatment by the Government.
www.busby.net /bret/JohnBusby/JamesBusbyTOW.html   (2515 words)

  
 Property Sales Pokolbin Hunter Valley: Kelman Vineyards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
James had studied viticulture in France and he is generally regarded as the founding father of Australia's wine industry.
While James Busby had planted the original vines it was William Kelman who managed the vineyards and managed the wine making operation.
James, the eighth son of William and Katherine Kelman, married Matilda Lindeman from the famous wine family.
www.kelmanvineyards.com.au /myrtle.html   (257 words)

  
 Biographical Sketch 1905: James Fraser of Bay City, MI / Bay-Journal
JAMES FRASER, deceased, one of the original proprietors of Lower Saginaw, Michigan, and one of the original promoters of Bay City, was born in Iverness, Scotland, February 5, 1803.
When James Fraser was quite young, he engaged in business for himself, early showing those qualities which enabled him in later years to overcome successive reverses and rise triumphant to a station among the foremost financiers of his section of the State.
James Busby was a native of Somersetshire, and was reared on a farm.
bay-journal.com /bay/1he/writings/fraser-james-1905bio.html   (1295 words)

  
 The British Resident
Bourke had told Busby to use his authority to convince Maori to create a “settled form of government”, and this James set to with vigour, perhaps realising it was the one thing he could perhaps achieve.
On the 20th March 1834 James held a meeting a Waitangi of the northern Maori chiefs, in which they chose a national flag for the independent tribes of New Zealand, which was recognised by the British Admiralty.
James went to Sydney to defend the sale, and he was to spend the remainder of his life arguing with authorities.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/new_zealand_history/58936/2   (501 words)

  
 James Busby: ZoomInfo Business People Information
Busby, and the Roman Catholic bishop in canonicals, his massy gold chain and crucifix glistening on his dark-purple-coloured habit; on the right of His Excellency were the members of the Church of England mission, in plain fl dresses.
Busby addressed the Natives to the effect that the governor was not come to take away their land, but to secure them in the possession of what they had not sold; that he (Mr.
Busby, hitting on an expedient, proposed calling them singly by their names as they stood in his (private) list, in which list the name of Hoani Heke (known, too, to be the most favourable towards the treaty) happened to be the first,at least, of those who were this day present.
www.zoominfo.com /people/busby_james_50906068.aspx   (927 words)

  
 James Busby High School Facilities - 07/03/2001 - PRIV
James Busby High School is classified as a disadvantaged school under the Federal Government's disadvantaged schools program.
James Busby High School is in an interesting position in the Liverpool area.
However, because of the growth in new release areas, James Busby High School is now in the centre of the residential area and in fact has many more students attending it than do the other high schools in the area.
www.parliament.nsw.gov.au /prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3Key/LA20010307014   (1059 words)

  
 The colonisation of New Zealand - New Zealand in History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
James Clendon was a witness to the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, and a member of the first Legislative Council 1841 -1844.
In part, James Busby's orders were to organise the Māori chiefs into a united body, capable of controlling the growing instability of the situation in New Zealand concerning unregulated land sales and settlements.
Busby put forward the idea of voting on a national flag, so that ships built and registered in New Zealand would fly the Independent Tribes flag and therefore be recognised according to maritime law.
www.history-nz.org /colonisation.html   (1259 words)

  
 BUSBY, James - 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
James Busby was the second son of John Busby, a surveying engineer of Northumbrian extraction resident in Edinburgh, and his wife Sarah, née Kennedy.
Busby was supplied with a prefabricated small two-roomed cottage, but he had to pay the freight to New Zealand out of his own pocket and buy the covering and lining timber as well as the land on which to build it.
Busby went to Sydney to assert the validity of purchases made prior to the Treaty of Waitangi, but he had no case in law, and eventually, instead of some 10,000 acres which he claimed at the Bay of Islands, he was granted 2,090 acres.
www.teara.govt.nz /1966/B/BusbyJames/BusbyJames/en   (2267 words)

  
 The Despatches of James R Clendon US Consul
Busby was to state in later years that on the occasion when Cooper brought the rough notes to him that 'Hobson was so unwell as to be unable to leave the ship'.
Busby, in assessing the causes and effects of Hobson's shipboard situation, seems to have proffered the suggestion that Hobson occupy his two-room cottage at Kororareka.
James Stuart Freeman, Hobson's private secretary was in attendance at events of the 3rd and 4th of February, although was probably, otherwise engaged in preparing despatch letters for Sir George Gipps.
www.treatyofwaitangi.net.nz /Clendon'sDespatches.htm   (17371 words)

  
 Te Papa - Tai Awatea / Knowledge Net - James Busby (1802-1871)
Nevertheless Busby was determined in his work to commit his 'whole strength' to his duties.
Busby became personally, and almost fatally, entangled in outbreaks of tribal warfare in the Bay of Islands in 1836-37.
The result of this was that Busby was tied up for the next quarter of a century seeking redress for his land.
tpo.tepapa.govt.nz /ViewTopicExhibitDetail.asp?TopicFileID=0x000a43d0&Language=English   (863 words)

  
 Shackelford Clan Magazine Vol 12 # 5
She was married to James Busby, in Albemarle County, Va., marriage bond dated March 4, 1790.
James Busby was born in Virginia, probably Albemarle County, May 2, 1754.
James Busby first moved to Monongalia County, Va., now West Virginia, and the two daughters Cynthia and Patsy were born there.
members.tripod.com /~wvgal/clan12-5.htm   (2061 words)

  
 The C.L.R. James Institute: "The C.L.R. James Institute and Me" by Jim Murray
James pursued her for several weeks, calling her almost daily at her job as a researcher for Granada Television, where she was working on a series about immigration to Britain.
James died in May 1989, but I date the next period in the trajectory of the Institute from 1987 to 1995, because of the work on the four books in the Blackwell series.
James himself would appreciate that idea, not because he was modest but because he thought people should not limit their reading.
www.clrjamesinstitute.org /clrjime.html   (3305 words)

  
 Busbybios.html   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The former [Lewis] married Eliza McClannahan, of Kentucky, and settled in Missouri in 1835.
James Hance settled at the Virginia lead mines, Franklin County, in 1838, where he married Evelina Hurst, and died soon after.
They had one son, James R., who was born after the death of his father, and is now an enterprising merchant of Montgomery City.
www.lampmanlanding.com /Gregs/Busby/Busbybios.htm   (851 words)

  
 Leonardo Andrea Collection   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
JAMES BUSBY a plat for 26a in Lexington County surveyed 21 Oct 1831 by John M. Seay on Wateree Creek by the lands of Ulrick Slice, Mr.
NATHANIEL BUSBY a plat for 95a on Hollinshed Creek in Orangeburg District surveyed by George Harbirt 25 Jan 1789 and by the lands of NEEDHAM BUSB, George Strother and William Coogerl.
SHERROD BUSBY a plat for 25a of land on the Broad River and a part of an island in said river surveyed 5 Jun 1795 by George Harbirt.
www.busbygenealogy.com /andrea2.htm   (943 words)

  
 Key People
James Busby of Australia was assigned the position in 1832 and took up office in New Zealand in 1833.
Hobson, upon arrival, relied heavily on the experience of Busby when drafting the Treaty of Waitangi and Busby acted as secretary when the final English draft was written on the 4th of February 1840.
Compelling evidence suggests that the final draft was also written at the home of James Reddy Clendon, in the presence of William Hobson, James Busby and other advisors.
www.treatyofwaitangi.net.nz /KeyPeople.html   (1359 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Obituaries -- Eileen Rose Busby; writer, world traveler and antiques expert
Busby was scheduled to speak later this month at a San Francisco convention on chintz china, one of her areas of expertise.
Busby was born on Aug. 15, 1922, in Two Harbors, Minn., a town on Lake Superior, northeast of Duluth.
Busby held jobs as a waitress at the Bali Hai; a secretary for San Diego schools and as a typing teacher.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/obituaries/20050409-9999-1m9busby.html   (768 words)

  
 Busby Genealogy Web site: Homepage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Variants of the Busby name are believed to include the names Busby, Bushby, Busbee, Buzby, Buzbee, Busbice, Busbay, and Buskeby, to name a few.
If you are a male with a family name that is Busby or one of its variants, you are welcome to apply.
If you are female and your maiden name is Busby or one of its variants, if you have any living male close direct relatives, e.g., brother, father, first cousin, they are welcome to apply.
www.busbygenealogy.com   (737 words)

  
 The Busby Family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
According to the marriage license James was a Paper Mould Maker, a little known but major industry in the village of North Newington being paper manufacture, later James seems to have been employed as a Keeper at Broughton Castle nearby.
James married Susannah Moorby, daughter of Edward Moorby an Inn Keeper (sensible chap).
James B. appears in Broughton quite suddenly in 1812 when he married Susannah, William appears in Banbury at his first marriage (Selina was from his second).
www.btinternet.com /~dave.r/busby/busby.htm   (271 words)

  
 Loscon 32 - Program Participant   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
James Busby is a child of the space age.
James Busby appeared in a cameo role as one of the designers of the Lunar Module in the Apollo-9 episode “Spider”.
James was employed by the Space Frontier Foundation as Director for Lunar Programs, and ran two International Lunar Conferences in Las Vegas.
www.loscon.org /32/guest86.html   (490 words)

  
 James Garland – Busby's Total Fitness – Austin, Texas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
James is an expert in nutrition and specializes in healthy weight-loss and nutrition /fitness for diabetics.
James Garland is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (NSCA) with a bachelor's in Kinesiology.
His idea was that if he were to take the same science and performance-optimizing strategies he would use with an elite athlete and apply them to folks who are overweight or diabetic, truly great and positive results could be achieved.
www.busbysfitness.com /personal_trainers/james_garland   (179 words)

  
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Notes for Christian R. Busby: Christian Busby enlisted in Co. I, 21st Ala.
James and Lucy are buried on the campus of U of NC Chapel Hill in Chapel Hill, N.C. Children:
He is survived by his parents, Walter J. Davis and Bernette Clements; sisters, Katherine A. Whitney and Brenda K. Smith; a brother, Walter Ray Davis; grandparents, Corinne Busby and Iris Lathan and other relatives.
members.aol.com /largecents/busbydoc   (3949 words)

  
 James Busby: ZoomInfo Business People Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Before joining Gallagher & Kennedy, Busby practiced in the state and local tax area as a senior manager at Deloitte and, prior to that, as a manager at Andersen.
Busby argued and settled cases for the Department, advised the Director on tax policy issues as a member of the Uniformity Committee and acted as liaison to the Attorney General's office.
Busby received his J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from Arizona State University and his B.A. degree from Brigham Young University.
www.zoominfo.com /directory/Busby_James_371350895.htm   (407 words)

  
 My Family
Fredrick William BUSBY was born in 1892 in Waverley, Sydney, New South Wales.
George BUSBY was a miner and coalmaster in Stamford, Northumberland..
Harold Oscar BUSBY was born in 1878 in Kiama, New South Wales, Australia.
users.tpg.com.au /users/gkroger/d9.htm   (662 words)

  
 Ben Busby
JAMES died 7 Mar 1966, buried: Antioch CM, Wayne Co., MS.
JAMES died 1970, buried: Whitehouse CM., Clara, Wayne Co., MS.
JAMES died 8 Jul 1937, Mobile, Mobile Co., AL.
home.comcast.net /~baygents/bbusby.html   (3849 words)

  
 JBusby
James Busby, a familiar figure in the musical life of New England, is in demand as a vocal coach, collaborative pianist, and organist throughout the North East.
A native of Jackonville, Florida, and an alumnus of New England Conservatory, James studied piano with Julius Chaloff and Kyriena Siloti and organ with George Faxon and Max Miller.
In addition to accompanying some of Boston’s finest voices, James is organist and choirmaster of S. Stephen’s Church in Providence, Rhode Island, located in the heart of the Brown University Campus, a post he has held since 1993.
www.intermezzo-opera.org /Artists/JBusby.htm   (329 words)

  
 Chapter 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Yet further of Busby’s letters and despatches to his superiors in Australia or Britain were available on microfilm at all the main city centres and universities of New Zealand.
This second section was written on the 4th of February or one day after Busby wrote the rough draft wording of the upper section.
Busby had forgotten to mention the British settlers in his 3rd of February drafting attempts, but this mistake was rectified a day later and the text changed to read, ‘to the chiefs and tribes and to all the people of New Zealand’…just as Article II of the Maori version reads.
www.celticnz.org /TreatyBook/Chapter02.htm   (1244 words)

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