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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: 1978

By: Wynyard, Nancy Gilbertson, 1911-1997

Reference: MS-Papers-11018

Description: Family history of the Nairn family, descendants of John and Eliza Nairn who arrived at New Plymouth from Devon in 1840 aboard the `William Bryan' with their children, except for Charles, who was already in NZ. After travelling in the South Island Charles took up land at Pourerere, Hawkes Bay. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (22 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Ms B Elizabeth Stead (sister), Waipawa, 1987

Date: 1990

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

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-017

Description: David Lumsden, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, emigrated to Australia in 1889 on the `Tainui'. After two years prospecting at Coolgardie he came onto New Zealand in 1891. He was employed in Hawkes Bay until enlisting for the South African War. On his return he farmed at Kuripapango from 1906 until his untimely death in 1928. He married Marion Olsen in 1911 and the couple had a family of four sons and one daughter. From 1918 to 1921 the family lived at Mangateretere. The essay tells of David's desire for land, his years of toil and determination to conquer nature and his struggles for survival. It tells of the isolation of Kuripapango, the lack of schooling and the primitive living conditions the family had to contend with. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published guide available. Includes photograph of the `Tainui'; David Lumsden taken during the Boer War, 1901; house and farm at Kuripapango, 1936; Lumsden family, 1919

Date: [1795-1936]

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : Further papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6368-3

Description: Includes codicil to will of Benjamin Banks (1795); letter, J D Ormond of Wairarapa re land, wool and other matters (1857); letters from the Canterbury Acclimatisation Society, API, the Canterbury Provincial Council, and letter from Jane Montgomery to Isabel [? Banks]; brochure, Burnes Quoiting Club; telegram; account, Kilpatrick & Co, goldsmiths and jewellers, Melbourne (1872); letters from James Banks, brother of Frederick, from Melbourne, copy of letter, Hanson & Harper to John Philpot re Rissington Estate and copy of proposal for steamer route; and list of inward letters to Banks (1852-1853). Also `East Africa', newspaper 30 Oct 1930 with enclosures re members of the Banks family Webster collection items 845, 846, 847, 848/1, 848/2, 848/3, 852, 858, 861, 862, 866 Quantity: 1 folder(s).