Estates (Law)

Date: [1970]-1995

From: Wills Johnson, Kate Miria, 1929-1995: Papers and photographs relating to the Chatham Islands

Reference: 2000-068-20

Description: Correspondence on personal and Chatham Islands affairs; includes letter from Lorraine of Sandringham, Auckland; sketch map showing location of properties on Chatham Island; letter from Kathy; correspondence re estate of Joseph Dix; correspondence re Chatham Islands land blocks, Kekerione and Wharekauri; account of Mahaki flax mill by Frank Walls; and note from Eileen Quantity: 1 folder(s). Processing information: Previous access statement 'Restricted - Content cannot be accessed without permission" was removed in May 2022.

Date: [1928-1933]

From: Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944 : Papers

Reference: 73-128-060

Description: Correspondence, case files, record of diary notes re Richards v Richards case and other papers relating to claim of separation and divorce between Hinemoa Richards and David Richards; also correspondence relating to the Stewart estate. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 13 May 1877

By: Bagnall, Karen, active 2012- 2023

Reference: MS-Papers-12932

Description: Probate of will for Thomas Laslett who passed away on 06 April 1887. Comprises a large hand scripted document entitled 'Probate of the Will of Mr Thomas Laslett deceased Dated May 13th 1877' which is a copy of the "last will and testament" of Thomas Laslett. Includes another smaller probate document, attached by an enclosed wax seal which lists the executors of his estate. Document bears stamps of the Bank of England and the London and Westminister Bank. Title supplied by Library. see other material related to Thomas Laslett at reference numbers: -MS-Group-1408 Laslett, Thomas, 1811-1887 : Journals; -MSDL-2285 Laslett, Thomas, 1811-1887: New Zealand journal (4) / transcribed by Meri Low; - fMS-Papers-8417 Lasslett, Gordon, fl 2005 : Papers relating to Thomas Laslett and the HMS 'Buffalo'. Donor Karen Bagnall is a descendant of Thomas Laslett. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Two handwritten probate documents, 55 x 70 cm and 35 x 25 cm. Provenance: The probate was held by the mother of Karen Bagnall at her home in England until it passed to Karen. Prior to this it had been in the possession of Karen Bagnall's paternal great grandparents at their family home in England.

Date: 1955 - 1965

Reference: MapColl-832.4794gbbd/1960/Acc.37617

Description: Map showing lots on Glen Road numbered 6-19, and the boundary lines of the newly subdivided sections of the adjoining Thomson Estate (Part 66), showing sewer drains and manholes. Written on map: SV 127. BAS, 28/1/[19]60. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy, scale [1:480], 47.6 x 26.3 cm.

Date: 1926

By: Seaton, Sladden & Pavitt (Firm)

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Kh/1926/Acc.9296

Description: Cadastral map, part surveyed, of Cashmere subdivision, Khandallah, Wellington, showing Sections 1-9 Ranui Road and 1-44 St Lawrence Cres, Awa Road (Indus Street) and Raumati Terrace. Several sections have the letter 'G' annotated in ink. Three sections are marked sold, some are marked bought, some are highlighted, and some contain notes that are hard to decipher. Land blocks II, III, IV, V, VI, VII and VIII, and the streets Kupe Terrace and Moera Road are marked. Includes a locality plan showing the Khandallah Station, Kaiwarra (Kaiwharawhara) Station and Stream, and the land blocks in question. Stamped A Leigh Hunt, Wellington. Written on map: HD3/166/84; 9 Mar 1933; File 2/34/90 Written on map: A Leigh Hunt, real estate agent, Dominion Farmers Institute, Wellington Stamped Return to records Written on reverse: 15 Inscriptions: A Leigh Hunt; Return to records Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy, linen backed, scale [1:1 584], 41 x 43 cm.

Date: 1843

By: Fitzgerald, Thomas Henry, 1824-1888; Boulton, Joseph Edward, 1912-1997

Reference: MapColl-834.2gbbd/1843/Acc.7937

Description: Copy of a manuscript map of land owned by Mr J Toms at Te Awaiti, showing Jackson's Bay, Sawyer's Bay and the village of Te Awaiti. Rivers, trees and the location of Mr Toms's house are also shown. Positive photocopy from original in possession of Mr Jo Boulton, Pauatahanui. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Positive photocopy, scale [1:3960], 50 x 37 cm

Date: 1911 - 1912

By: J H Bethune and Company Ltd; James MacIntosh & Company

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/A/1912/Acc.2991

Description: Cadastral map showing the estate of the late Mr W H Quick, being 38 Wellington Terrace and 21 and 23 Bolton Street, Wellington. Land is surveyed, numbered and shows acreage. Written on map is: 'To be sold by auction on Wednesday 20th November l/12 at 2.30 pm in J H Bethune Co's auction rooms, Featherston Street, under the instructions from the Public Trustee, J H Bethune & Co, James MacIntosh & Co, joint auctioneers'. The sale notice, with notes about the properties and sale information, is glued along the top left edge of the plan. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, 28 x 21 cm

Date: 1946 - 1956

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Cr/[1951]/Acc.11575

Description: Cadastral, surveyed map showing subdivision of Crofton Downs Estate, along Silverstream Road, Lots 1-25. Shows acreage and price; most are marked 'sold'. Shows parallel proposed road (Spencer Street), western access highway (Churchill Drive), suggested train station site, and the Wellington to Johnsonville Railway. Includes details of financial terms. Written on map: Crofton Downs Estate Ltd. Leigh Hunt and Son. Sole agents, Dominion Farmers Institute, Wellington, P O Box 753, Tel 42710. Title from map and catalogue card Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 21 x 33.5 cm

Date: [1711]-1809

From: Crooks family : Papers

Reference: fMS-Papers-6243-2

Description: Documents comprise (1) renunciation and obligation by James Cruiks to Janet Fulton his spouse (1750); (2) Heritt bond of corroboration, William Gibson to John Harper (1737); (3) trust dispostion and settlement, John Crooks (1809); and (4) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1950

By: Seaton, Sladden & Pavitt (Firm); Gordon Harcourt Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4798gbbd/1950/Acc.9936

Description: Cadastral map of the area between the Mawaikakuna Stream, Barton Crescent and the Main Hutt Road. Includes Sutherland Avenue and Camp Road which adjoin the Main Hutt Road. A proposed new road is shown between the twenty four numbered sections which include acreages and boundary measurements. Includes deposited plan numbers for nearby sections. The name of Tripp is handwritten in pencil on the map. Note above title refers to approximate areas and measurements which are subject to correction on completion of survey Note on verso: Barton Estate, Heretaunga Other Titles - Plan of town of Gower, Extension Number, being proposed subdivision of Part Section 88, Hutt Registration District, Block 1, Rimutaka Survey District Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink, pencil and watercolour on paper, coloured, scale [1:1 584], 48.1 x 48.3 cm. on sheet 50.6 x 50.6 cm.

Date: [ca 1869-1898]

From: McLean family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-1034

Description: Most of the papers in the folder relate to R D D Maclean and include correspondence and other papers relating to finance, farming, business, legal matters, insurance, land matters, wool industry and trade, membership and appointments, copies of letters re the Raukawa block, NZI pocket calendar and other papers. One letter is from a Madeline Bedingfield, lamenting her situation as an aunt having the responsibility of looking after her niece and nephew while she is ill and unemployable, and thanking R D D Maclean for his assistance. Identified persons entered under Name. Also includes letter to Donald McLean re the estate of R W I Carver and bankrupt (1869) Includes letter to Rev D McInnes of Oban from John G Campbell, Manse of Tiree re suitable stone for headstone, 1875 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased from Sotheby's in 1969

Date: 1816 - 1820

From: Taylor, Richard, 1805-1873 :Richard Taylor, the gift of his Father. 1816-1824, 1832, 1849.

Reference: E-383-027

Description: Shows a very large house in a country estate in Welbeck, England, home of the Duke of Portlands in 1819. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - title in the hand of the artist Richard Taylor's father was also Richard Taylor. Quantity: 1 drawing(s) on album page. Physical Description: Pencil on page, 168 x 203 mm

Date: 1959

By: Martin & Dyett (Firm)

Reference: MapColl-832.47981gbbd/[1959]/Acc.10645-46

Description: The main map is a cadastral map of numbered subdivisions 12 to 67 in Larsen Crescent and Huia Street, Tawa Flat. Two sheets comprise this map. Acreages and measurements of boundaries are included. Some subdivisions are prominently marked. Two identical locality maps include The Drive, Mascot and Ngatitoa Streets, Lyndhurst Road, Cambridge Street, Main Road, Oxford Strret, Kereru Bend. The anglican church is marked, as is Tawa Flat P.O., the railway line and directions to Porirua and Wellington. Note under map states: Areas & measurements are subject to slight alteration on completion of Survey Office check Quantity: 3 manuscript map(s) on two sheets. Physical Description: Ink and pencil on card, linen backed, scale [1:960], 32.8 x 39.3 cm. on sheets 32.8 x 20.5 cm.

Date: [1912-1973]

From: Megget, Ronald Calverley, 1913-1996 : Papers and sound recordings

Reference: MS-Papers-7655-13

Description: Legal papers relating to estate of John Frederick Weeber, some financial papers, specifications of house to be built in Wright Street, Vogeltown, and other papers Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1900 - 1910

By: Gordon Harcourt Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/Kh/[ca.1905]/Acc.14384

Description: Cadastral map showing estate of Cotter, and the resulting subdivision of sections on Khandallah Road, Ngatoto Street and Neely Street (also annotated on map as Nikau Street, but now called Swansea Street). Sections are numbered and show acreage. Seven sections are highlighted in pink, one in brown. Includes note on part of map: [Sections] 4 to 10 not included in Mrs Cotter's block. Some properties have been sold, to Wilson, Baker, Savidge, Simmonds. Several sections have pencil annotations, such as showing a dwelling or survey measurement. Two streams are indicated. Some prices are shown in pounds sterling, one property is marked sold. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink, pencil and watercolour on dressed linen, scale indeterminable, 41.5 x 44 cm

Date: [1867-1890]

From: Muir, William McIntosh, 1843-1927 : Papers relating to his business

Reference: MS-Papers-6219-09

Description: Accounts, receipts, wages sheets, pay sheets, list of cheques paid and other papers relating financial matters. Includes the Pines estate, the estate of A Muir and the estate of Rockell. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1955 - 1965

By: Truebridge, Callender, Beach & Company

Reference: MapColl-832.4794gbbd/[ca 1960]/Acc.37616

Description: Cadastral map showing numbered residential lots on part of Horoeka and Glen roads and the new unnamed road (Kopara Road), some surveyed and with acreage. Shows survey markings for Kopara Road, underground streams, existing watercourse, water mains and kerb lines. Deposited Plan numbers listed include 14871, 18568, 18568. Other Titles - Plan of proposed subdivision of Part Section 66, Hutt District for Thomson Estate, Stokes Valley. Note on map: Costs £12,960 sterling and legal, interest and selling costs. Includes typical street cross sections reference. Drawn by KFT. See also MapColl-832.4794gbbd/[ca.1960]/Acc.37615 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy, scale [1:480], 53.5 x 69.8 cm.

Date: 1945

From: Field family : Field and Hodgkins family papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0113-01/60

Description: Identified persons entered under Name. Also includes letters from Georgia and George written from Mexico City (may be Georgia Wilford), telegram from M Woods from Blenheim, papers re the estate of William J P Hodgkins, and request from Marion Wilkie on behalf of her husband, Robert, to purchase land owned by Isabel and Willie Field in Waikanae (with plan). Quantity: 1 folder(s) 16 (pieces). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: [1897-1900]

From: Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944 : Papers

Reference: 73-128-046

Description: Correspondence and other papers relating to Susan Hoggard's estate and proposed right of way; also includes costs to J Hoggard Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1917 - 1920

From: W B Chennells :Collection of maps

By: Masterton Public Library

Reference: MapColl-832.4595gbbd/[1917?]/Acc.36549

Description: Cadastral map of sections 1-40, bounded by South Road, Vivian and Donald Street, Masterton. Includes acreage and some survey information. 'Dr Beard's Estate South Road' has been written on the map in blue pencil. Several blocks (41-43) and sections (21-36) are also marked in blue pencil, indicating his land to be subdivided. Of this, block 43 is marked 'sold'. Thought to be Dr Spencer Francis Beard, Masterton. Other Titles - Doctor Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Pencil, part coloured on tracing paper, scale indeterminable, 24 x 23.6 cm.