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Boyden, Ian Hamilton William, 1915-2001 : Reminiscences and family histories
- Date
- 1988-2000
- By
- Boyden, Ian Hamilton William, 1915-2001
- Reference
- MS-Group-0995
- Description
Three histories of the Boyden family compiled by Boyden, and Boyden's reminiscences, `Rua Roa; one man's memories' in which he describes the pioneering settlement of Ruaroa and its development from the time his father, William Boyden, settled there in 1908 up till 2000 when the memoirs were completed.
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Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Typescripts
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- 2 folder(s), 0.03 Linear Metres, Autobiographies, Family histories, Manuscripts, Typescripts
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Three histories of the Boyden family
Date: 1988
From: Boyden, Ian Hamilton William, 1915-2001 : Reminiscences and family histories
Reference: MS-Papers-10468
Description: The story of the Boyden family as told by Ian Hamilton William Boyden, the grandson of William Boyden who came from Penkridge, Staffordshire to New Zealand in 1879 on the Zealandia Quantity: 1 folder(s) (46 leaves).
Rua Roa; one man's memories
Date: 1988-2000
From: Boyden, Ian Hamilton William, 1915-2001 : Reminiscences and family histories
Reference: MS-Papers-7091
Description: Reminiscences of Boyden describing the pioneering community of Ruaroa, a settlement near Dannevirke, in which he lived for 58 years. He was given information on earlier times by senior members of his family and the story begins with an historical summary of the area's development. Subjects covered include his father's arrival arrival at Ruaroa and his development of land won in a ballot, bringing bush into pasture, hunting, transport, the back country, school, pioneer women, local industry, roads, weather, Hunter's Mill, Nellie Evelyn White, Graham's Mill, the 1914-1918 war and livestock. He goes on to describe the first milking machines and the dairy industry, the Spanish flu, mail and delivery services, firewood and logging, characters and itinerants in the district, entertainment (including tin canning), the Country Women's Institute, radio, telephone, power, the car, health, the visit of Lord Bledisloe, storms, disasters and wind and the Second World War From 1945 he writes of changes in farming, utilities, dogs, education, local events and activities, sport, local celebrities and has reproductions of 27 labelled photographs Accompanying material - Funeral service leaflet for Boyden Quantity: 1 folder(s).