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__ Highwic House __ This photo is of Alfred Buckland, the previous owner of Highwic House  Alfred Buckland and Eliza Wallen married in England, and emigrated to New Zealand in 1850. Their first house, in New Zealand was near Otahuhu but they later moved to Newmarket to be much closer to Alfred’s sale yards. On August 9th 1862, they brought a 5 acre property in Eliza’s name and called it Highwic. Here they built a new home, which was supposed to stay in the family for another 116 years. Alfred’s wife Eliza died a tragic death caused by pneumonia, on the 12th of July 1866. She didn’t live for very long at Highwic House, it was her home for 4 years. She and Alfred had 10 children, but one died when it was an infant. Only ten months later though, Alfred married another woman named Matilda Jane Frodsham, who at the time, was only 20 years old. They lived at Highwic together for 65 years. Together, Matilda and Alfred had 11 kids. But sadly, 2 of their children failed to make it to the age of their parents, and died before adulthood. Although all of the children did not live at Highwic House at the same time, by the time Alfred’s last child was born, Alfred was a busy grandfather who had 24 grandkids!!!!- It must have been a busy but fun household!!! Page 4 Return to home page