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Date: 2007

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

Reference: MS-Papers-9137-03

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by Leonard Willaim Jury, great-great-grandson of the original owner; history of the Jury family. This history was compiled by Len Jury, ca 1985 and includes a history of the farm as well as information about the William Bryan, the Battle of Waireka, reminiscences related to the family and local history. Copy of article by NZ Historic Places Trust entitled `Archaeological investigations: Jury and Autridge farmsteads, Omata' (2007) The original owner was Elizabeth (nee Hoskin) wife of Jesse (Justinian) Jury. She purchased 46 acres of the Omata Block from the Plymouth Company in 1847. The Jury family arrived in New Plymouth on the `William Bryan' in 1841. In 2007 Leonard William Jury and his wife Heather owned the property at Omata and were 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, printed matter, photographs (photocopies) Transfers: A digital version of some or all of these papers is available at MSDL-0414.

Date: 1788-1852

By: Hursthouse family

Reference: Micro-MS-0449

Description: Correspondence of three generations, with comment on political and social life in England and conditions in Natal. John and Charles Flinders Hursthouse write from New Plymouth 1843-1854, describing conditions, land purchase problems. The latter's `Account of the settlement of New Plymouth...London' 1849, and his lecture tours on behalf of the New Zealand Company are covered. The remainder of the collection fills out information on the family through letters, papers and accounts. The Hursthouse family were the first members came to New Plymouth from Tydd, Cambridgeshire, in 1843; others settled in Natal Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (ca 240 pages). Physical Description: Positive microfilm Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1759-1850,1856 (1876)

By: Cooke, John George, 1819?-1880

Reference: Micro-MS-0201

Description: Family and personal history in England until the settlement in New Plymouth, 1841, with references to Jane Austen and her family (pp 20, 21, 34, 35). General account of the colonization of the North Island, especially Taranaki, and history of relations with the Maoris there; also of Wellington, Auckland, Rotorua, Taupo, Otaki, Manawatu, Wanganui, Waikato, Lakes Tarawera, Rotoaira, 1841-1850 Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive.

Date: 1944

By: Le Fleming, Eliza Ann, 1892-1975

Reference: MS-Papers-5253

Description: The memoirs are those of the daughter writing about her mother's experiences as a settler and pioneer in the Timaru and Taranaki districts. Accompanying material - Accompanied by genealogical chart and notes relating to the Kelland and Le Fleming families Martha Le Fleming (nee Kelland) came to New Zealand ca 1865 and lived first in Timaru and settled in Otakeho, Taranaki, 1881. Her daughter Bessie (Eliza Ann) wrote the memoirs after her mother's death in 1944. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr G C Palliser, Lower Hutt, 1995

Date: 1995

From: Ted Gilberd Literary Trust : Essay competitions

Reference: MS-Papers-5757-25

Description: Story of Samuel Hastings Andrews, schoolteacher. Tells the story of his Andrews ancestors in England and New Zealand; early life and education in Christchurch; work as a quarry manager to Tramway Board; teaching career - Tuahiwi Native School (1916-1918); Papamoa (1918-1919); Otaua Native School at Punakitere (1919-1920); Kohimaramara (1920-1921); Pouto School on Kaipara Harbour (1921-1923; Waimauku School north of Auckland (1923-1936); Otakeho School in Taranaki (1937-1942). Family life, and years of retirement in Auckland. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy), photographs Includes photos of Samuel Hastongs Andrews; Hilda Codling; Tuahiwi School (1919); Pouto School and pupils (1922); Otakeho School house; etc

Date: 1789-1931

By: Lysaght family

Reference: MS-Papers-0449

Description: Correspondence and papers of the family of James Richard Lysaght, who arrived in New Zealand 1874, relating to their life in Mokoia, Taranaki. Also much genealogical material on Lysaght and related families, family financial papers and household inventories Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 19 folder(s). 0.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, mss, printed matter, photographs Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: [ca 1700-1984]

By: Beach family

Reference: MS-Group-1366

Description: Papers of C H (Rex) Beach and his wife A M (Jill) nee Hirst. Comprises mainly papers relating to the Beach and Woodward families and also includes several other related families including Hirst, Millward, Vennell, Lucena, Barnes, Allen, McLean, George, Day, Maxwell, Herdman, Sandbrook, White, Salisbury, Hallen, Solomon, Walburton, MacDonald, Macklin, Stratton, Bracken, Gilbert, Teague, Vaughan, Kito, Maunder, Brann, Horner, Livermore. Also includes Wadestown history; visits to Nigeria and Kaduna by C H Beach; correspondence relating to time spent in Fiji (1939-1940s); Jill Beach's involvement with YWCA; New Zealand Society of Genealogists (Wellington Group); copies of family wills (1870-1979) Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 6 box(es). 2 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, audiocassettes, and printed matter (some photocopies) Transfers: To Photographic Archive - 1 box of assorted photographs, album and negatives (PAColl-8747). Includes photographs

Date: n d

From: McNab, Robert, 1864-1917 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0047-27

Description: Marsden and our first settlement, 1814; how and where New Zealand's early history was unearthed; Captain Cook's landing, 1769; the coming of the first Europeans to Taranaki; the sealer's state; and Banks Peninsula and its neighbours Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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: 2007

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

Reference: MSDL-0414

Description: The papers consist of: Application form submitted by Leonard Willaim Jury, great-great-grandson of the original owner; history of the Jury family. This history was compiled by Len Jury, ca 1985 and includes a history of the farm as well as information about the William Bryan, the Battle of Waireka, reminiscences related to the family and local history. Copy of article by NZ Historic Places Trust entitled `Archaeological investigations: Jury and Autridge farmsteads, Omata' (2007) The original owner was Elizabeth (nee Hoskin) wife of Jesse (Justinian) Jury. She purchased 46 acres of the Omata Block from the Plymouth Company in 1847. The Jury family arrived in New Plymouth on the `William Bryan' in 1841. In 2007 Leonard William Jury and his wife Heather owned the property at Omata and were awarded the New Zealand Century Farm and Station award to mark over 100 years of continuous ownership by one family. Quantity: 79 Electronic document(s).

Date: [1750-1900]

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11310-77

Description: Drafts for books relating to Maori history and culture including 'The life and wars of Te Wera,' and stories from the Taranaki and Rotorua region. Quantity: 1 folder(s).