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Christchurch Street Names: T to V Current name Truman Road Former name Truman Street Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Source Further information Named after Harry S. Truman (1884-1972). Bryndwr Truman was the 33rd President of the USA 1945- 1953. One of a small group of streets named after politicians. Truman Road and Attlee Crescent were formed on what had been the Bateman farm. Name suggested by the chairman of the Waimairi Council Council, W. W. Laing, on 22 April 1948. Truman Street first appears in street directories in 1950. Becomes Truman Road in 1951. Christchurch City Libraries Page 60 of 95 8 August 2013 Attlee Street, Bevin Place, Eden Place, Evatt Street. Also Bateman Road. Waimairi County Council minute book, January 1947- February 1949, p 571 held at Christchurch City Council archives. "Waimairi County street names", The Press, 23 April 1948, p 6
Christchurch Street Names: T to V Current name Trumble Lane Truscotts Road Tuam Street Former name Albert Street Origin of name Suburb Additional information See Source Further information Named after Louisa Mary Trumble (1874- 1955). Named after William Truscott. Named after the Irish (Anglican) bishopric of Tuam. Huntsbury Louisa Trumble nursed at the Cashmere Sanatorium. She was matron of the Military Sanatorium 1920-1929 and matron of the Tuberculosis Institution 1929-1935. Named in 1993. Heathcote Valley Central city, Phillipstown Re-named in 1933. Truscott, a farmer, is a resident. Named by Captain Joseph Thomas (b. 1803?) and Edward Jollie (1825-1894). One of the original streets of Christchurch named in 1850. The names were taken from Christchurch City Libraries Page 61 of 95 8 August 2013 Broad Oaks Spreydon/Heathcote community board special meeting 2 December 1993 “Street names” The Press, 15 October 1932, p 14 “Street names”, The Christchurch Times, 1 February 1933, p 3 Sumner to Ferrymead: a Christchurch history, p 209 Reproduction of Edward Jollie's 1850 map of the proposed city. Department of Lands and Survey, Christchurch. Up the hill: Cashmere Sanatorium and Coronation Hospital, 1910 to 1991. “Miss Trumble honoured,” The Press, 28 June 1935, p 2 G. R Macdonald dictionary of Canterbury biographies: J169 & T144 “Obituary”, The
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