Major
Daniel
Henderson
Lusk
Born in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Son of Robert Baillie Lusk I
and Jessie (Hart) Lusk
Husband of
Ellen Henrietta (Butler) Lusk
— married
8 Jul 1864 in Mangonui, Northland, New Zealand
Descendants 
Father of
Robert Butler Lusk III, Percy Butler Lusk, Ellen Butler (Lusk) Kathbone, William Newell Butler Lusk, Alice Mildred Butler Lusk and Mary Olive Butler Lusk
Died
at about age 89
in Helensville, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 23 May 2016
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Biography
Daniel Henderson Lusk was born in 1832, in Scotland. He was the son of Robert Lusk and Jessie Hart.
His mother passed away in 1841.
Daniel Lusk migrated from Scotland to New Zealand.
In November 1849, along with his father and four siblings, he arrived in New Zealand, aged 16, on the Ship Thames.[1]
He was a Surveyor and Civil Engineer, of Grafton Road and St Stephen's Road, Parnell, Auckland. D H Lusk helped to lay out the City of Christchurch in 1851.
He fought in the New Zealand Wars 1860-1861 and was involved in the following Campaigns:
- Taranaki War 1860-1861
- Pukekohe East (14 September 1863)
- Hill's Clearing, Mauku (8 September 1863)
- Titi Hill, Mauku (23 October 1863)
- Campaigns against Te Kooti, 1868-1872
Daniel gained the rank of Major. A photo of him in uniform can be seen here [1].
Marriage and family
On 8 July 1864 at Mangonui, by Rev John Duffus MA, he married Ellen Henrietta Butler the 2nd daughter of William Butler, Esq, MGA, and Eliza Merritt, of Mangonui, Northland, with issue seven children.
In 1919 he was the only surviving son-in-law of Eliza Merritt Butler.
Death and burial
He died suddenly on 11 June 1921 at Helensville, Auckland, in his 89th year. He was buried on 13 June 1921 in Purewa Cemetery, Meadowbank, Auckland, New Zealand. Location: Block A, Row 5, Plot 46[2]
Acknowledgements
Thank you Marc Whitaker for creating this profile on 23 May 2016.
Sources
- ↑ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~shipstonz/PassLists/thames1849.html
- ↑ http://www.purewa.co.nz/view/?id=37342
- Historical Marriage Records: 1864/4770, NZBDM.[2]
- Obituary 1921, NLNZ.
- Auckland Museum Online Cenotaph.[3]
- Find A Grave: Memorial #178175989
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