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15-794: For other uses, see Weller (disambiguation) . Weller is a surname. Its origin is from Old English for a well —a hole dug for water—or a spring . People [ edit ] Archie Weller (born 1957), Australian writer Carl E. Weller , American, patented a soldering gun, formed the Weller Manufacturing Company Craig Weller (born 1981), Canadian ice hockey player Dieter Weller , American engineer Don Weller (musician) (1940–2020), British tenor saxophonist Don Weller (painter) , American illustrator and painter Duncan Weller (born 1975), children's book author and visual artist F. Weller (active 1909),

30-619: A 479 ton vessel, the Albion By 1830 Joseph Brooks, Edward, George and his new wife, Elizabeth (formerly Barwise), their parents, Joseph (1766–1857) and Mary (née Brooks) (b.1779), and two sisters, Fanny (1812–1896) and Ann (1822–1887), were all in Sydney. Joseph Brooks Weller interested himself in flax and timber trading at the Hokianga . In 1831 he called at William Cook's shipbuilding settlement at Stewart Island/Rakiura to commission

45-1923: A crowd, killing 10 Hermann Weller (1878–1956), German scholar and poet Jerry Weller (born 1957), American politician Joe Weller (born 1996), British YouTuber and amateur boxer John Weller (disambiguation) , several people Keith Weller (1946–2004), English footballer Lachie Weller (born 1966), Australian rules footballer Lance Weller , American novelist Louis Weller (1904–1979), Native-American National Football League player Louis Weller (footballer) (1887–1952), English footballer Marc Weller (born 1951), French former football goalkeeper Mary Louise Weller , American actress Michael Weller (born 1942), American playwright and screenwriter Michael J. Weller (born 1946), British artist and writer Ovington E. Weller (1862–1947), U.S. Senator from Maryland Paul Weller (born 1958), British singer and songwriter Paul Weller (footballer) (born 1975), English former footballer Paul Weller (politician) (born 1959), Australian politician Peter Weller (born 1947), American actor Ronny Weller (born 1969), German weightlifter Sam Weller (disambiguation) Samuel A. Weller (1851–1925), American pottery manufacturer Stuart Weller (1870–1927), American paleontologist and geologist Thomas Huckle Weller (1915–2008), American virologist and Nobel laureate Walter Weller (1939–2015), Austrian conductor and violinist William Weller (1799–1863), entrepreneur and official in Upper Canada and Canada West Worth Hamilton Weller (1913–1932) American herpetologist, discovered Weller's Salamander Weller brothers , Joseph Brooks (1802–1835), George (1805–1875) and Edward (1814–1893), English whalers, merchants and early settlers of New Zealand and Australia Fictional characters [ edit ] Conrad/Conrart Weller , in

60-481: A trader in leather in Rundle Street , Adelaide , South Australia, around 1909 Franz Weller (1901–1944), World War II German Army officer Freddy Weller (born 1947), American country music singer/songwriter George Weller (1907–2002), American novelist, playwright, and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist George Russell Weller (1916–2010?), elderly Californian motorist who accidentally drove through

75-640: A vessel before visiting Otago in the Sir George Murray , reaching an agreement with Tahatu and claiming territory for William IV . He returned in the Lucy Ann with goods and gear to establish a whaling station, (it is believed with Edward) in November. George and his wife came too, or arrived soon after. The Wellers continued to trade in flax and spars, maintaining operations at the Hokianga even as they developed Otago. At that time and throughout

90-634: A wealthy land-owning family from Folkestone, Kent , they moved serially to Australia, partly to alleviate Joseph Brooks Weller's tuberculosis . Joseph Brooks left England on 20 October 1823. He arrived in Hobart on 4 February 1824 and then went to Sydney . After 18 months he returned to England, and left there for good on 1 January 1827 accompanied by Edward. In the meantime George had already left England and arrived in Australia in March 1826, where he bought

105-517: A whaling station. A measles epidemic greatly reduced the Māori population. New fisheries were established inside the harbour and up and down the coast. The Wellers' ships sailed beyond Australasia and they tested the tax regime preventing direct shipment of whale products to Britain. Edward made strategic marriages to a daughter of Tahatu, Paparu, and after her death to Taiaroa 's daughter, Nikuru. There were daughters, Fanny and Nani, by each alliance. By

120-456: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Weller (disambiguation) Weller is a surname. Weller may also refer to: Weller brothers The brothers, Joseph Brooks (1802–1835), George (1805–1875) and Edward (1814–1893), founded their establishment at Otago Heads in 1831, the first enduring European settlement in what is now the City of Dunedin . Members of

135-472: The surname Weller . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Weller&oldid=1240512606 " Categories : Surnames English-language surnames German-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

150-640: The Japanese series of light novels Kyo Kara Maoh! Sam Weller (character) , in the Charles Dickens novel The Pickwick Papers Tony Weller , father of Sam Weller in The Pickwick Papers References [ edit ] ^ "Weller History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms" . House of Names . Swyrich Corporation . Retrieved 23 January 2024 . [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with

165-656: The Otago Peninsula (at 45°47′52″S 170°42′54″E  /  45.79778°S 170.71500°E  / -45.79778; 170.71500 ), is named after the Weller brothers. In January 2020 Te Runanga o Otakou , the Dunedin City Council and the Department of Conservation joined forces in a project to protect the site from degradation. " Wellerman " is a ballad (often erroneously referred to as

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180-495: The Wellers keeping Māori hostages in Sydney, reverberations from earlier conflicts ( Sealers' War ). Joseph Brooks died at Otago in 1835, and his brother Edward shipped his remains to Sydney in a puncheon of rum. At 21 Edward became the resident manager while George maintained the Sydney end of the business. At this time there were 80 Europeans at Otago which had become a trading, transshipment and ship service centre as well as

195-473: The decade they were the only merchants regularly trading from one end of New Zealand to the other. A fire soon destroyed the Otago station, but it was rebuilt. Edward was kidnapped by Māori in the far north and ransomed. Whale products started flowing from Otago in 1833 where Joseph Brooks based himself and European women went to settle. Relations with Maori were often tense, the establishment being ransacked and

210-565: The end of the 1830s, exports of whale products ( southern right or humpback whales) were at a peak, the station taking about 300 southern right whales on the first season, as was the resident European population. Anticipating British annexation the Wellers started buying land and settling it. But a sudden decline in whales saw Edward's exit at the end of 1840 followed by the firm's bankruptcy. He and George lived out their lives in New South Wales. The management of Otakou whaling operations

225-485: Was taken over in 1840 by Charles Schultze (1818–1879), who had married the Weller brothers' sister Ann Weller, and an employee, Octavius Harwood (1816–1900). The settlement of Otago reached a nadir in 1842 but ultimately revived, remaining the centre of port operations in the area until after the establishment of Port Chalmers and Dunedin. As " Otakou " it is now a suburb within the boundaries of Dunedin. Weller's Rock, also known as Te Umu Kuri, near Harington Point on

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