Individual Details
Richard Owen JARRETT
(6 Apr 1869 - 18 Aug 1938)
Richard was a Physical Instructor using the Sandow system of training
introdued PE into NZ Schools. The originator of ther Sandow system in the
North Island. Originator of breathing exercizes for school children in NZ
schools. He was the first to use the crouch start in ruiniing in NZ. He
introduced basketball to NZ. He also had something to do with Boxing. He
had a chest expansion of 10 inches. He was a poultry farmer and used to
show roosters in NZ competitions as well as the USA. He entered Hen
laying competitions.
He lived in many places including Wanganui, Lansdowne, Oxford St
Masterton.
Occupation Iron Moulder in Wanganui.
introdued PE into NZ Schools. The originator of ther Sandow system in the
North Island. Originator of breathing exercizes for school children in NZ
schools. He was the first to use the crouch start in ruiniing in NZ. He
introduced basketball to NZ. He also had something to do with Boxing. He
had a chest expansion of 10 inches. He was a poultry farmer and used to
show roosters in NZ competitions as well as the USA. He entered Hen
laying competitions.
He lived in many places including Wanganui, Lansdowne, Oxford St
Masterton.
Occupation Iron Moulder in Wanganui.
Events
| Birth | 6 Apr 1869 | Mayfield, Sussex, England | |||
| Marriage | 1 Jul 1891 | Maria Jennerson PEACHEY | |||
| Death | 18 Aug 1938 | Masterton, New Zealand |
Families
| Spouse | Maria Jennerson PEACHEY (1872 - 1942) |
| Child | Annie Louise JARRETT ( - 1973) |
| Child | Myrtle Annie Ruth Cole JARRETT (1892 - 1973) |
| Child | Owen George JARRETT (1894 - 1918) |
| Child | Claude Peachy JARRETT (1896 - 1969) |
| Child | Herbert Richard JARRETT (1897 - 1917) |
| Child | Ivy Helen JARRETT (1902 - 1971) |
| Father | Richard JARRETT (1842 - ) |
| Mother | Annie COLE (1853 - 1891) |
| Sibling | Harriet Annie JARRETT (1874 - 1874) |
| Sibling | Flora JARRETT (1875 - 1875) |
| Sibling | James Edward JARRETT (1875 - 1949) |
| Sibling | Frederic Obed JARRETT (1877 - 1955) |
| Sibling | Sydney Arthur JARRETT (1878 - 1968) |
| Sibling | Madaline Elsie JARRETT (1880 - ) |
| Sibling | Owen Edwin JARRETT (1890 - 1895) |