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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]

Mr. George Waldock Ell

Mr. George Waldock Ell was born in London in 1835, educated at various private schools in Bedfordshire, and brought up as a butcher and farmer. After some years' experience at the Cape of Good Hope, in Adelaide, and in India during the time of the Mutiny, he visited Mauritius, then came to Melbourne, and was at the Port Curtis “rush” in the northern districts. Mr. Ell arrived in Lyttelton in 1858, and after working at his trade for two years, bought his employer's business in 1861. In 1863, he entered into partnership with Mr. R. Waterton, under the style of Waterton and Ell, and a year later bought his partner's interest and conducted the business on his own account in Cashel Street till 1868. Subsequently, Mr. Ell had a boiling-down establishment near Sunnyside, and in 1870 commenced business as a stock and land dealer. During the following nine years, he had large transactions and considerable dealings with the firm of Messrs. Hanmer and Harper. Out of the events which happened at that period, the law suits of Ell versus Hanmer and Harper arose. After that much of Mr. Ell's time was spent in endeavouring to make good his claim against the Government for the alleged wrong-doing of certain public servants, and a sum of £200 was refunded to him to recoup certain expenses which he had incurred. He was married in 1861 to a daughter of Mr. R. Atkins, of London, and has six sons and two daughters.