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Date: 1990

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

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-054

Description: Title continues:`...the Wiltons of Wellington'. Story of the Wilton family who emigrated to Wellington from Somerset on the `Oriental' in 1841. They were at the forefront of the development of early Wellington. From here some of the family moved to Masterton at its formation. A suburb in Wellington is named after the family Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published guide available.

Date: 1990

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

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-076

Description: An account of the life and times of the Hopkins family, in particular George and Adelaide who emigrated with five children in 1874 on the Golden Sea. Seven more children were born in Masterton. The writer follows the life of the seventh child Charles, on the land and during World War I, and married life Publication - Essay published in `Our lesser stars' Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published guide available. Family photographs including one of pupils at Kohinui School 1932

Date: 1990

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

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-052

Description: The essay traces the Fissenden family of Birling, Kent, to New Zealand and documents their lifestyles subsequent to their arrival. Beginning in 1875 the Fissendens and their descendants built a new life in New Zealand buying land, opening businesses and raising their families. From Marlborough the descendants of the first nine Fissendens spread to a large part of the upper South Island, later moving to Hawke's Bay and Auckland. Quantity: 1 folder(s) 45 pages. Finding Aids: Published inventory available.

Date: 1957-1974

From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs

Reference: 77-014-3/09B

Description: Story drafts, research papers, precis of radio recordings and correspondence. Includes notes on whaling, articles by Leo Fowler on Te Kooti, Polynesian festival, and manuscripts of "Bethlehem on Paekak," "The taniwha of Tuparoa" and "In the beginning was darkness". Includes a copy of a letter from Fowler to H Te Kani Te Ua regarding Hinematioro, and the precis of radio recordings are relating to Te Kaha and Rotorua. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1908-1909

By: White, William Bertram, 1821-1910

Reference: MS-Papers-4542

Description: The reminiscences mainly concentrate on the period 1842 to 1878 and were dictated to members of his family during the latter part of 1908 and beginning of 1909. They give details of White's mothers family and his father's career as a midshipman. They then go on to describe White's career in New Zealand first as a surveyor in the Horokiwi and Wellington areas, a farmer at Mohunoa (Kapiti) and Wainuiomata, in the volunteer forces which fought against Te Rangiatea, his visits to Auckland and then his later career in Mongonui [Mangonui] holding various government posts including work for the Land Commissioner. The reminiscences give White's impressions of relations between Maori and settler especially in the greater Wellington/Kapiti and Maunganui districts and recount many incidents involving such people as Te Rauparaha, Governor Grey, Fitzroy, McLean, Hadfield and many others. Source of title - title page Quantity: 1 folder(s) (49 leaves). 0 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)

Date: 1990

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

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-020

Description: The story of the Brooke family from Pyrford, Surrey and their immigration to New Zealand in 1910. The two sons, Jack and Cecil, began their farming life in the Kaikoura district as farm cadets. For seven years they farmed at Kaikoura from where the boys went to war and served with the New Zealand Mounted Rifles and later in the 1st New Zealand Machine Gun Squadron. After Cecil Brooke's leave he bought a small dairy farm at Ruakura in 1920 and 5 years later married Dorothy Hutchinson. They farmed at Ruakura for 34 years, and purchased a further 200 acres of peat swamp to break in. Includes family tree showing Cecil Brooke's line of descent back 4 generations and copies of photographs, mainly of life of the farm Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published guide available.

Date: [1914?]

By: Giles, Edmund Douglas, 1853?-

Reference: MS-0832

Description: Reminiscence of his early years in Somersetshire including details of the Giles forbears back to 1772; description of the voyage to Nelson on the `John Bunyan' in 1868; time spent in Westport where his uncle Dr Giles was the Resident Magistrate; gold mining on the West Coast; travel to Queensland via Sydney (includes descriptions of Sydney, Brisbane and Rockhampton); working as a bullock driver and later a ration carrier and drover, etc in Queensland; describes station life and his other outback experiences; Kanaka labourers in Queensland; Tasmania; return to Barcoo, Queensland; aborigines in Queensland; time spent on New Hebrides, Fiji and other islands in the Pacific; return to New Zealand; family and travel in the early 1900s. Edmund Giles immigrated to New Zealand with his brother Edgar on the `John Bunyan' in 1868. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (231 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; red linen)

Date: [1769-1958]

From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs

Reference: 77-014-5/12

Description: Papers relating to Maori history including whakapapa, waiata and correspondence relating to Fowler's novel 'Brown Conflict'. Also includes a copy of typescript `The Storehouse of Hine-mati-oro' also known as 'Te Rakau Tamatea Reke' (p.1 & 4 only); several East Coast genealogies or whakapapa relating to Te Kooti Riki Rangi, Ngati Ira and Ngati Porou. Also an article: `On some Maori place names'; and an outline for `The Road to Whangara'. Also includes a 5 page manuscript [written in an unknown hand] of various versions of the Ngati Kahungunu oriori 'Pinepine te kura', one version is attributed to Te Kooti Rikirangi. Language - Some material in Maori including whakapapa and waiata Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1924-1926, 1937

By: Black, Greacen Joseph, 1850-1932

Reference: qMS-0236

Description: Comprises correspondence between Black and Johannes Andersen (1928) re pieces in this volume, letter from Wm F Wilson discussing photographs showing facets of where Cook died (1926); statement by Capt Aaron C Simerson discussing sites relating to Cook's death (1926); hand-drawn map showing sites, and printed map of Hawaii (1916); six photographs showing places where Cook said to have fallen, Cook Monument at Kealakeakua Bay, place where Cook's flesh said to have been burnt at Kapuhiolono, temple where Cook worshipped as a god, and `Endeavour' gun, now in Gisborne; and article re doubt about fate of Cook's body from `Pacific Islands Monthly' (1937) Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter

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: 1964-1972

By: Gambrill, Reginald Frank, 1890-1975

Reference: qMS-0820-0824

Description: Comprises letters and extracts from personal diaries with notes from family records copied and extracted as a foundation for the preparation of a biography of Major General Sir Andrew Hamilton Russell. Divided into 1772-1895 (vol 1); `Land, 1859-1972 (vol 2); `World War I, 1914-1918 (vol 3); `Civil life, World War II, the declining years, 1919-1960 (vol 4); `Tributes and letters' (vol 5) Gambrill covers all four Andrew Hamilton Russells (though concentrating on the third and fourth) and their lives in NZ. Source of title - Transcribed Other Titles - The Russell family saga Arrangement: Each volume has a contents index at the front Gambrill compiled the saga in preparation for a biography of the Russell family Quantity: 5 volume(s). 0.15 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts and photographs (35 cm, blue linen)

Date: 1934-1947

By: Carrington, Arthur Hugh, 1895-1947

Reference: MS-Papers-0079

Description: Includes correspondence on Marlborough and South Island Maori history, and article by W J Elvy on Maori mythology, articles by Carrington on various topics including the history of Kaiapoi and Hundalee, an incomplete and unpublished typescript biography of Alexander Dalrymple, unpublished typescript biography of John Meares, and working notes on 18th century Pacific voyages, including some notes for "Cooks's lieutenants", another unpublished typescript held by the Turnbull Library Soldier and ethnologist; see biographical page with inventory Quantity: 18 folder(s). 0.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss Finding Aids: Paper inventory which was previously available in the reading room was removed on 24 Nov 2014 as it contained no additional information. A copy is available in the staf backfile..

Date: 1990

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

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-088

Description: The essay gives an account of the Williams family beginning in Wales in 1754 and subsequent immigration to new Zealand in 1873 on the Berar. The story traces the lives of William and Temperance Williams and those of their children. They settled in Auckland. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published guide available.

Date: [ca 1782-1947]

From: Buckingham, Louise, 1937- : Papers

Reference: MSX-7821

Description: Recipe book, begun in 1782, and with later recipes added. The recipes include instructions on making soap and medicines as well as food. Contains index at front. Includes newspaper cuttings of recipes from ca 1858, sketches of buildings and copies of some correspondence, the most recent of which is dated as 1947. The cuttings are from Wanganui newspapers. Many of the pages are encrusted with mud, possibly caused by one of the many floods which have occurred in Blenheim. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss, in several hands Provenance: Given to the donor by an elderly friend, E B Gilberd of Stokes Valley, in 1980s. The original owners appear to have lived in Blenheinm and Wanganui.

Date: [1791-1904]

From: Natusch, Sheila Ellen, 1926-2017: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6045-2

Description: Photocopies of the `Chatham Island chronicle' (1864-1867), `The Korero Pono' (1904), papers and plan re land claim of J Coffee (1868) and part of chart by Lieutenant Broughton of the Chatham Islands (1791). Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1990

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

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-012

Description: The essay traces the family history of James Anderson Brass who farmed at Orphir in the Orkney Isles. In 1863 he emigrated with his second wife and eight children to Southland on `Edward Thornhill' and farmed at Waikiwi near Invercargill for many years. His family eventually grew to 16 and a brief biography of each is included. Includes extracts from shipboard diary kept during the voyage to New Zealand Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1947-1972]

From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs

Reference: 77-014-2/06A

Description: Papers relating to the Maori history of the East Coast particularly around Kennedy Bay, Tolaga Bay and Whangara. Includes legends associated with various Maori place names and iwi histories of the East Coast. Also includes a story written by Leo Fowler "The Knight-Errantry of Tamahae". Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1990

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

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-057

Description: The essay details the German origins of the Hessey family, lives of Nottinghamshire forebears of Joseph and Jane Hessey and family who immigrated to Australia in 1858 on the `Melbourne'. Jane died during the voyage and James married Caroline Stuart, a widow, in Melbourne in 1861. James and Caroline came onto Canterbury in 1862 and settled at Waikuku Creek near to James' daughter Mary and her husband John Ranby. The essay details the lives of all of Joseph Hessey's children who settled in Canterbury and Masterton areas. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published guide available. Includes photographs, one of which is wedding photograph of Grace Hessey and Frank Allsop, taken in Christchurch 1912

Date: 1786-1950

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-1965

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: [ca1920-1992]

From: Leaker, Alice Margaret fl 1992-1995 : Mackenzie family papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5311-07

Description: An essay on the white kiwi, correspondence from Mum to Mary Phelan, land transfer documents, a family tree and miscellaneous documents Quantity: 1 folder(s) (28 leaves). Physical Description: Mss (photocopies)