Brown family

Date: 1841-1983

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-1877

Description: Papers of Charles Armitage and his son Charles (Carlino) Brown, who settled in Taranaki in 1841. They include a notebook containing a shipboard diary kept by Charles Armitage on the Oriental (1841), correspondence and official documents. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: [ca 1800s-1922]

By: Taiaroa, Hori Kerei, -1905

Reference: MS-Papers-10015

Description: Family tree of Joseph Robinson and Kawamu (Meri); Matiwi and Takatua (their daughter Kawamu married Joseph Robinson); William Brown and Ellenor or Harena Robinson Notes on the descendants of Joseph and Ruth Robinson of Kent, and their sons Joseph and James who went to Sydney on the whaling ship, `Thetsis', in 1823, and came on to Wellington five months later; includes some notes on the Peck family A typed copy of this information is also available at 78-256-1, Miscellaneous manuscripts in the collection of the New Zealand Parliamentary Library Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (20 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and typescript Provenance: Likely to have been deposited in General Assembly Library by H K Taiaroa, MP, 1871-1885 Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photos connected with Robinson, Brown and Peck families.

Date: 1790-1999

By: Sladen, Esmeralda Jocelyn Egerton, 1914-2006

Reference: MS-Papers-9132

Description: Papers relating to the Say and Golding families compiled by Jocelyn Sladen include: Genealogical sheets for Mary Mapstone (1810-1905) who married Benjamin Wyatt in 1828; daughter Mercy Wyatt (1839-1875) who married Alfred Say; Alfred Say (1824-1886); Maria Cooper (1812-1886) who married Richard Golding; Samuel Golding (1834-1898) son of Richard Golding; Mary Ann Golding (1840-1924) who married George Dale; George Dale (d 1903); Minnie Gertrude Ellen Say (1863-1959) who married John Golding; John Golding (1858-1920). Newspaper cuttings relating to A H Say (1953), and Minnie & John Golding; arrival of `William Miles' in 1860; Say family memorial plaques at St Mary's church, Yatton, Somerset; Family reunion photos, 1999; family tree showing antecedents of Esmeralda Gertrude Golding (1882-1970); copies of family photographs (originals of some of these transferred to Photograph Archive); transcript of the diary kept by William Miles Maskell on the `William Miles', May-Aug 1860 (original at MS-1564). Diary kept by M G E Golding of Rangiora during trip to England and Europe and home again in 1926. Includes addresses in the back. Diary, 17 Aug-27 Sep 1920, a trip to Fiji and Samoa. Letters to Alfred Say from various Say relatives in Somerset and from his friend William Baber, 1860-1885 (originals and typed transcripts by Annette Golding). Includes `A Guide' for the letters, showing correspondents relationship to Alfred. Facts and information set down by Gordon Leigh Brown of Christchurch, whose parents, Ernest Hannibal Brown & wife, arrived in New Zealand in 1874 on the `Duke of Edinburgh' (on cover - To Jocelyn on her 21st birthday from father). Family tree showing the Brown and Biddle forebears of Jocelyn Sladen. Marriage certificate of Gordon Leigh Brown and Esmeralda Gertrude Golding in 1908. Newspaper cuttings relating to Minne Golding (nee Say), 1905 & 1959 Jocelyn Sladen was the grand-daughter of John Golding and his wife Minnie (nee Say) Quantity: 6 folder(s). 0.08 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, mss, typescript, printed matter, photographs (some photocopies) Transfers: Collection as a whole received into Manuscripts; material transferred to other sections from here - To Photographic Archive - Loose photographs [PAColl-9319].

Date: [ca 1839-1951]

By: Brown, Charles Hunter, 1826-1898; Clifford, Henry Herbert, 1872-1949; Dudgeon, Ellis, 1905-1979

Reference: PAColl-0741

Description: Family photographs of the Hunter Brown family including a portrait of Charles Hunter Brown from 1839. Also included are two montages of Church of England clergy with handwritten keys to their names, an individual portrait of Bishop Sadlier, and a view of the station owned by Hunter Brown at Double Corner, Waipara. Probably linked with album at PA1-o-362, compiled by Lucy Malanta Hunter Brown, in which the handwriting for all the captions is the same as the captions in these four albums. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 9 b&w original photographic print(s). 4 album(s).

Date: 1871-1920

By: Rolleston, Marion, active 2005-2010

Reference: MS-Group-1918

Description: Shipboard diary of two voyages to New Zealand in 1880 and 1884 of Adam Brown. Shipboard diary 1905. Letters from John Hunter Brown of Whakaki station near Wairoa to his father Adam Brown in Scotland, after his return there. Diary of 1897 voyage and travel in New Zealand to Wairoa and Waiheke by Stephen Brown, brother of JH Brown. Letters from Adam Brown and his sister Catherine Hunter to JH Brown Letters from Ashley J Hunter, a young immigrant from London (1871), to his mother and siblings, describing his life and work in New Zealand Workbook of Samuel Blackley at Glasgow University Lease for land, here Here Tai Block, bewteen Teira Areta and George Burton, 1807, with Maori signatories Quantity: 5 folder(s). 2 volume(s). 0.20 Linear Metres.

Date: [ca 1800s-1900s]

From: General Assembly Library : Miscellaneous manuscripts

Reference: MS-Papers-10077-1

Description: Includes a typescript of ‘Journal of a journey from Nelson to the Port Cooper Plains’ (1850-1851) by Edward James Lee, and a typescript of ‘Wakapapa [sic] of Joseph Robinson with explanatory notes, etc’ (1940). Also included is a brief biography of Dr William Chapman, an early physician in Christchurch and a notice of indenture relating to Edward Corner, draper (1837). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Processing information: Description updated 12 July 2023 following information from a researcher.

Date: 1839-1947

By: Brown, Ellinor Jane Hunter, 1840-1929

Reference: MS-Papers-0101

Description: Forthright and articulate letters of a family prominent in Anglican affairs in England and New Zealand. Topics include the 1848 revolutions, an indignant account of the Second Spring of the Catholic hierarchy, the Crimean War, the European War 1914-1918; strikes and most social or religious movements of the time. Also typescript of Catherine Orbell's voyage to New Zealand in the ship "Mariner". Charles's correspondence include his mother Ann, sisters Eliza, Della and Mary, which continue after Charles emigration to New Zealand in 1849, up to June 1855 when Mary wrote to report Dell's death. Ellinor's correspondence deals chiefly with family and religious matters, including letters from her mother Caroline, 1871-1872; sister Annie, 1872-1874, and Mary, 1868-1872; cousin Caroline Abraham, 1868-1872; Alice Lloyd, 1875; Mary Ann Martin, 1872; A M Nihill, en route to England on the Chatham, 1856; Sarah Sewyn, 1867-1868; and Elizabeth Sewell, 1865. Source of title - Supplied title Ellinor met Charles Hunter Brown in Auckland during 1860, where she was staying with relatives Caroline and Archdeacon Charles Abraham. They married on 5 February 1861 and lived in Auckland, Napier and Wairoa, before settling on their property `Long Look Out', at Nelson, April 1866. Quantity: 60 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.

Date: 1859-1861 (1939)

By: Nicholson, Maria, active 1859-1861

Reference: MS-1717

Description: She describes the voyage out on the Eclipse, 1858-1859, and her first impressions of New Plymouth and its inhabitants. Her comments on colonial society are detailed and perceptive Maria came to New Zealand in 1859 on the Eclipse as governess to the family of the Rev H H Brown, a clergyman at Omata, New Plymouth. In 1860 she was evacuated to nelson, and shortly afterwards dismissed from the Brown's service. Unable to pay her fare back to England, she reluctantly worked as governess to Lulu Eyes, the daughter of one of the wealthiest men in the province. Maria stayed with the Eyes family at Wairau for one year, She returned to England, having decided that the shortage of artistic talent together with the burden of domestic work was not to her liking Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; blue cloth)

Date: 1983

By: Bryce, Ruth Standish, 1918-

Reference: MS-Papers-2403

Description: Traces the forebears and descendants of the Standish and Brown families who settled in New Plymouth in 1843 and 1859 and the Gilray family who settled in Dunedin in 1889. Emphasis is placed on the careers of Thomas Gilray, Professor of English at Otago Iniversity and his son Colin, headmaster of Scotch College, Melbourne. Includes family trees, copies of photographs and bibliography of sources Quantity: 1 folder(s) (174 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript and photographs (photocopies)

Date: 1990

From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-031

Description: The essay details the life of Andrew Brown from 1797 to 1854, and his family. Brown migrated from Dundee to Perthshire, and then to London and finally to New Zealand on the Aurora, arriving at Wellington in Jan 1840. It describes the family's life on Kapiti Island in the 1840s, Brown's election to the Wellington Provincial Council in 1853, his efforts to secure title to land; the arrival of his daughters in 1855. Includes information about his 5 children and their descendants and an index to people mentioned. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published inventory available.

Date: 1979

By: Marshall, Edward Major, 1905-2000

Reference: MS-Papers-10928

Description: An account of the ancestors and descendants of Rev George Thomas Marshall and his wife Mary Louisa Brown. Includes a transcript of the diary of Geoge Thomas Marshall written on board the Loch Urr to Auckland in 1880-1881, and includes details of his training in Auckland for the Methodist ministry, and subsequent appointments. Also histories of each member of the family. Relationship complexity - See also 83-279 Edward Major Marshall is eleventh child of G T Marshall Quantity: 1 folder(s) (64 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript

Date: [1860-1880]

By: Brown, Cartwright, 1843-1923

Reference: Micro-MS-0955

Description: Two journals kept by Cartwright Brown when he was farming on leased land at Matapiro, Hawke's Bay, in the 1860s and later, at Cape Runaway, in the 1870s. The first one begins in London before his voyage to New Zealand, and includes a description of his journey; he described his daily routines but also has considerable entries describing the social and political life of the districts as well as farming. He worked on Major Whitmore's run and leased Matapiro run. The second volume includes a description of a visit to Switzerland in 1860, mares for Prince Arthur for 1867, list of letters received and sent, financial records, and then continues with diary entries from 16 Jul 1867 to 6 May 1879 in which he descirbes his daily routines etc. Brown stayed at Matapiro until 1869 when he was declared bankrupt. Until 1874, when he leased Whangaparaoa station at Cape Runaway, he worked in various situations including as a canteen keeper at copnstabulary outposts at Tarawera, Runanga and Opepe, helping other settlers at Flaxmere and managing a boiling down plant at Pakowhai Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 29 Feb 1912

By: Brown, J, active 1912

Reference: MS-Papers-3203

Description: The letter describes the settlement of Upper Hutt through the experiences of the Brown family in 1856 Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1884-1885, 1918

By: Brown family

Reference: MS-Papers-4825

Description: Contains: Letter to Alexander Brown from his cousin, Alexander Miller in Scotland re family matters, 1 June 1885, letter from Alexander Brown to his wife Christina from Hokianga, 8 July 1884 and two letters from Christina Brown to her daughter, Frances, containing references to the influenza epidemic in Auckland, 9 and 23 Dec 1918. Alexander and Christina Brown emigrated to New Zealand from Scotland. Alexander Brown was the proprietor of saw mills in Marlborough and Hokianga. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1946

From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]

By: Haughton & McKeon (Firm)

Reference: Plans-90-1177/1181

Description: Quantity: 5 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo photoprints

Date: 1821-1840

By: Thoms, Eleanor, 1841-1925

Reference: MS-Papers-2683

Description: Facts related by Eleanor Robinson, a daughter of Joseph, who settled at Petone in 1821, where he lived with Māori until emigration began in 1840. Includes recollections of Māori and Pākehā life in the Wellington region. Also includes a covering note from G Scholefield on behalf of the Wellington Provincial Historical Committee to the Library about the papers. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (16 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres.

Date: 2006

From: New Zealand Century Farm and Station Program :New Zealand Century Farm and Station Award applications

Reference: MS-Papers-8640-69

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by George Stewart Brown; history of the Brown family and farm; genealogical material (including certificates); certificates of title and maps; photographs. Original owner was John Thomas Brown who purchased 136 acres at Milford in the Arowhenua Survey District 10 km from Temuka which he named `Melrose' after their home in Scotland. In 2007 the farm was owned by his great-grandson George Stewart Brown and his wife Valerie. In 2006 the property was awarded the New Zealand Century Farm and Station award to mark over 100 years of continuous ownership by one family. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts,photographs, maps (some photocopies)

Date: [ca 1820-1890]

By: Harper, F E, active 1890

Reference: MS-Papers-1505

Description: Sketch of life of Mary Rymill who came to New Zealand 1842 to join the Maunsell family at Waikato Heads, and later family of Archdeacon Brown at Tauranga. Probably written by member of family of Bishop Harper, whose wife she nursed before retiring to Rangiora Quantity: 1 folder(s) (13 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

Date: [ca 1980's-1990's]

From: Binney, Judith Te Tomairangi o te Aroha (Dame), 1940-2011: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11456-21

Description: Contains a small amount of loose correspondence, a rosette featuring a photo of Rueben Brown and his wife Ruahinekino Tamanui that was made for Brown family reunion in 1985, as well as folders titled: "Two articles from Alan Ward re 'Two epistemologies' and problem of writing x-cultural history (1990)" "Grace papers AIM" (photocopies of statistics on Waikato population 1844/1858 and on the Mission Station 1866) "Taiaroa papers" (Photocopy of catalogue of Tairoa papers held in the Canterbury Museum Archives." "Bicultural methodology and consultative processes in research" (discussion paper by Evelyn Stokes, Department of Geography, University of Waikato, 1998) "1889 - The visit" (Photo prints of articles from teh Poverty Bay Herald and Gisborne Star in January and February 1889 relating to Te Kooti's visit to the area) "Film Archive, includes Coubray and Rua" 1983-1991 (Relates to 1928 film by Ted Coubray)

Date: 1918, 1975, 1987

From: McGregor family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11615-6

Description: Contains miscellaneous material relating to the Brown family. Brown is the married name of Raymond MacGredor's sister Jean. There is a certificate of discharge for W Brown a Fireman in 1918 from the ship Marloo in Sydney, a letter from Prime Minister Bill Rowling to Mrs J. Brown of Auckland in 1975 and mail addressed to Mrs and Mrs J and W A Brown of Auckland on 1 April 1987 the first day of New Zealand Post containing first day covers. Quantity: 1 folder(s).