Dr. John Danforth Greenwood

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Dr. John Danforth Greenwood

Birthdate:
Birthplace: City of London, Greater London, England (United Kingdom)
Death: June 13, 1890 (87)
Motueka, Tasman, South Island, New Zealand
Place of Burial: Motueka, Tasman, South Island, New Zealand
Immediate Family:

Son of John Greenwood, Jr. and Mary Ann Greenwood
Husband of Sarah Greenwood
Father of John Greenwood; Frederick Daw Greenwood; Graham Lord Greenwood; Mary Field Greenwood; Ellen Sarah Greenwood and 8 others
Brother of Frederick Symmes Greenwood and Frances Harriet Greenwood

Immigration to New Zealand: Phoebe, 29 March 1843
Managed by: Simon Leech
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About Dr. John Danforth Greenwood

Dr. John Danforth Greenwood was a physician born on January 04 1803 in London. He married Sarah Field in 1831 and retired from practicing medicine due to ill health in abt 1838. The family lived briefly in Paris before returning to London and raising money to buy land in the Wellington, Nelson, and Motueka regions of New Zealand. Dr John Danforth Greenwood secured a position as Surgeon Superintendent on the ship Phoebe ensuring free passage for his wife and eight children. The family departed Gravesend on the 16th of November 1842, arriving in Nelson, New Zealand on the 29th of March 1843 with nine children as their son Alfred was born en route.

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Dr. John Danforth Greenwood's Timeline

1803
January 4, 1803
City of London, Greater London, England (United Kingdom)
1832
February 18, 1832
London Borough of Croydon, Greater London, England (United Kingdom)
1833
January 22, 1833
London Borough of Croydon, Greater London, England (United Kingdom)
1834
March 14, 1834
Mitcham, Surrey, England (United Kingdom)
1835
July 18, 1835
Croydon, London Borough of Croydon, Greater London, England (United Kingdom)
1837
February 19, 1837
Greater London, England (United Kingdom)
1838
April 18, 1838
Charenton-le-Pont, Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France, France
1839
August 31, 1839
Charenton-le-Pont, Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France, France
1841
February 27, 1841
Charenton-le-Pont, Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France, France