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The Olsson and Burnett family trees, photographs, volume one
Date: [1880-2002]
From: Olsson family :Photograph albums
By: Olsson family
Reference: PA1-f-266
Description: Photographs and historical documents chronicling the establishment of a branch of the Olsson family in New Zealand and its later link with the Burnett family. Begins with the arrival from Sweden and settlement of Hans Olsson in 1871; he became a toll collector in the Manawatu Gorge, 1891 until early 1900s. Shows the contemporary Gorge area. Includes photographs of wife Anna Stina (nee Stenberg) and their two sons Alfred and Joseph Gottfred. Among these are school photographs and later home in Woodville. Documents Alfred Olsson's overseas service as rifleman in the New Zealand Rifle Brigade during World War I. Contains images of his marriage to Louisa Emma Lacey and their life together in Woodville from 1920s to late 1940s. Includes photographs of Alfred and Emma's children: Bertram Henry, Arthur Leslie and Edna Louisa Olsson. Shows family home in Woodville. Contains photographs of Bert Olsson as a young man and his involvement with the Young People's Fellowship and his marriage to Monica Burnett at the Terrace Congregational Church, Wellington in 1944. Shows house in Fairlie Terrace and children: Waveney Helen, Derek Arnold and Janet during 1940s and 1950s. Also includes photographs taken in England and Scotland during Monica and Bert's visit there in 1953. Shows later holidays with family and friends, as well as later home in Devonport until 2001 when Monica and Bert moved to Peka Peka property. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Dark blue album with gold metallic corners on front cover and title in gold letters, 35 x 36.5cm