Mason family

Date: 1830-1865

By: Mason family

Reference: MS-Papers-1077

Description: Letters from Joseph Mason in England, and from his brother Robert Mason in Australia and later England, to Lydia Macartney in Nelson about personal matters, 1857-1865. Petition to King George IV from agricultural labourers of Hampshire (1830), at the time of the Swing riots, and notes. The Mason brothers were transported to New South Wales for their part in the riots. Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 folder(s) (20 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and typescript (photocopies)

Date: 1841-1885, 1974

By: Mason, Thomas, 1818-1903

Reference: MS-Papers-0054

Description: Mason's letters to his uncle and aunt, Mr and Mrs Thomas Mason, York, England; also includes family tree of the Mason family, 1758-1974. Subjects include life at Taita in the Hutt Valley and Hawkes Bay, news of the Taranaki war, and political comment and news. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 4 folder(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, Typescripts Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.

Date: 1977

By: Mabbett, H, active 1977

Reference: MS-Papers-10006

Description: A chapter out of the centennial history of Rodney County, 1977. Includes the names of many early settlers. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by H Mabbett, Wellsford, 1977

From: Richmond family : Further papers

Reference: 85-050-5/16

Description: Includes family trees showing descendants of Ellen Mason (nee Carran), Captain Alexander Campbell, Owen family, Murchison family, Phillips family, Richmond family, Richmond-Wilson tree, Firth family, tree showing descendants of William Richmond (annotated), etc Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1984

From: Hedley, William Grant, 1952- :Collection

Reference: 99-177

Description: Comprises photocopies of family trees, charts, birth, death and marriage records and certificates, correspondence and references related to the Hedley, Wallis, Evans, Marter, Rickleton/Rickleben, Steed, Smith, Wilkes, McIntyre, O'Hara, Muir, Autridge, Mason, Neville and Powel/Powell families; includes file of background information to the search, particularly family details relating to C J H Hedley Source of title - Supplied Hedley initially undertook the research between 1984 and 1989 to find out more about his great-great-grandfather, Charles Joseph, Herbert Hedley who disappeared from Manakau, near Levin, or Palmerston North about 1896 leaving a wife and two children Quantity: 1 box(es). 0.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph mss and printed matter (photocopies)

From: Alington, Margaret Hilda, 1920-2012 : Bolton Street Cemetery transcripts, notes and papers / compiled by Margaret Alington and others

Reference: MS-Papers-2260-052

Description: Surnames on headstones: Marten; Thomas; Martin; Brown; Mason; Matthews; Maxwell Names of most individuals added to Name Field Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1870s-1960s

By: Holland family; Fraser, Patricia, active 1999

Reference: PAColl-6026

Description: Photographs, letters, family trees and other documents relating to the March, Booth, Holland, Fossit, Butler and Mason families. The collection falls into two accessions and sections. The first contains material relating to all the families mentioned going back into the 1870s and 1880s. The second relates to the lives of the donor's parents, Carol Booth and Paddy Holland. Most of this section dates from the 1930s to the 1950s Quantity: 1 album(s). 352 b&w original photographic print(s). 3 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Transfers: Baptismal certificates and other papers transferred to Manuscripts and Archives.

From: S P Andrew Ltd :Portrait negatives

Reference: 1/2-035940-F

Description: Studio No. 20454 - Nitrate Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [1858]-1995

By: Holland family; Fraser, Patricia, active 1999

Reference: MS-Group-0852

Description: Papers including letters, baptism and marriage certificates, family trees and other documents relating to the March, Booth, Holland, Fossit, Butler and Mason families, mainly located in the Christchurch area. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 8 folder(s). 1 volume(s). 0.10 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter (some photocopies) Provenance: Donated by Mrs P Fraser, Wadestown, Wellington, Apr 1999

Date: 1899

From: Blackburn, Misses : Photographs

Reference: 1/2-082542-F

Description: Frank Mason shearing a sheep with hand clippers and Jane (pale blouse) Fanny (striped blouse) and Mary Mason (with hat) nearby. Taken circa 1899, probably in Lower Hutt. Inscriptions: Frank shearing sheep. Jane, Fanny, Mary Mason behind. (Transcribed from back of file print) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [ca 1870s-1880s]

From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district

Reference: 1/4-008081-G

Description: Photograph taken by the studio of William James Harding, Whanganui. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - top centre - Manson Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.25 x 3.25 inches Processing information: Record updated 17 October 2022 with correct name written on negative by photographer.

Date: 26 Jan 1888

From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district

Reference: 1/4-005037-G

Description: Photograph taken by the studio of William James Harding, Whanganui. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.25 x 3.25 inches