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Bown family : Correspondence and personal memories
- Date
- 1857-1862 [ca 1900], 1968-1970
- By
- Bown familyBown, John, 1830-1913; Wilson, Hannah, active 1860
- Reference
- MS-Papers-8869
- Description
Correspondence between Bown and his mother, 1857-1862; Bown's memories of growing up in England and his first years in New Zealand up to 1858 and memories of his daughter, Lily, of growing up on the family farm in the Pelorus Valley up to ca 1900
John Bown emigrated to New Zealand from England in 1857. After short periods working with survey parties and gold mining he settled on a farm in the Pelorus Valley in Marlborough district.
Quantity: 4 folder(s). 0.04 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Mss and typescripts
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Use photocopies in MS-Paper-8869-2.
- Use/Reproduction
- May be copied for private research. Other use requires permission of donor.
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 4 folder(s), 0.04 Linear Metres, Manuscripts, Mss and typescripts
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John Bown - Correspondence with Hannah Wilson (typescripts)
Date: 1857-1862
From: Bown family : Correspondence and personal memories
Reference: MS-Papers-8869-3
Description: Typescript copies of three letters written by Bown to his mother. The first dated 10 May 1857, but written mainly in June 1857, describes to his voyage from England to New Zealand and his arrival in Auckland; the second letter dated 23 May 1861 and written from Picton describes settling in Marlborough and the third letter, dated 21 September 1862, written from the Pelorus Valley, describes farming there and gives an account of a period of four months he spent on the Otago gold fields. Also typescripts of two letters written by Hannah Wilson to Bown, 16 December 1858 and 12 March 1860. They contain news about family and friends in England. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typed transcripts
John Bown - Correspondence with Hannah Wilson (mother)
Date: 1857-1862
From: Bown family : Correspondence and personal memories
Reference: MS-Papers-8869-1
Description: Three letters written by Bown to his mother. The first dated 10 May 1857, but written mainly in June 1857, describes to his voyage from England to New Zealand and his arrival in Auckland; the second letter dated 23 May 1861 and written from Picton describes settling in Marlborough and the third letter, dated 21 September 1862, written from the Pelorus Valley, describes farming there and gives an account of a period of four months he spent on the Otago gold fields. Also two letters written by Hannah Wilson to Bown, 16 December 1858 and 12 March 1860. They contain news about family and friends in England. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss
John Bown's and Lily Bown's personal memories
Date: [ca 191-], 1968-1970
From: Bown family : Correspondence and personal memories
Reference: MS-Papers-8869-4
Description: John Bown's personal memories recorded by an unknown hand. They describe his childhood in England, emigrating to New Zealand in 1857, working with a surveying party in Northland and then travelling to Nelson in October 1857 where he worked with another party surveying land in the Pelorus Valley where he bought land in 1858. Includes copy of newspaper obituary for Bown, 1913. Also personal memories of the Pelorus and Canvastown narrated by Miss Lily Bown (daughter) during 1968-1970 to her nephew, Frank L Ward. They describe growing up on her father's farm and contain an account of life in the Pelorus district up to ca 1900. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript
John Bown - Correspondence with Hannah Wilson (photocopies)
Date: 1857-1862
From: Bown family : Correspondence and personal memories
Reference: MS-Papers-8869-2
Description: Three letters written by Bown to his mother. The first dated 10 May 1857, but written mainly in June 1857, describes to his voyage from England to New Zealand and his arrival in Auckland; the second letter dated 23 May 1861 and written from Picton describes settling in Marlborough and the third letter, dated 21 September 1862, written from the Pelorus Valley, describes farming there and gives an account of a period of four months he spent on the Otago gold fields. Also two letters written by Hannah Wilson to Bown, 16 December 1858 and 12 March 1860. They contain news about family and friends in England. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss (phtotocopies)