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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: 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: 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: 1792 - 1939

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

Reference: MapColl-CHA-5/10/5-Acc.37945

Description: Identifies: Enforced settlement (marooned sealers); Sealing station; Seasonal and permanent whaling stations; General farming settlement; General trade (flax, spars etc) and shipbuilding. Accompanying material: O L C (old land claim) 833.835 Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on grey linen. Scale [ca. 1:1 584 000] 57 x 44 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

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: 1790-1939

By: Cumbria Record Office

Reference: Micro-MS-0113

Description: Includes 2 printed charts of Cook's discoveries, conveyancing details involving James Wilfred Marsden of Nelson, 1905; correspondence of Stephen Magden, miner of Greymouth 1866, 1972; obituary of Francis Jollie of Peel Forest, 1871 Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: [ca 1795-1922]

Reference: MS-2525-2526

Description: Consist of draft list (incomplete) of shipwrecks, arranged by province. Details consist of name of ships, dates, types of ship, particulars (usually very brief) of the wrecks. Source of title - Transcribed Author unknown Quantity: 2 volume(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript (27cm, dark green cloth)

Date: [1939-1943]

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11310-42

Description: Drafts, research papers and clippings on various topics, mainly Maori and New Zealand history. Includes draft of `The Waikato War. Defence of the Auckland frontier'. A film narrative `Pathfinders and treasure seekers: The story of the land of gold and greenstone'. A draft of `The lightning: A West Coast Iliad' and typewritten research notes relating to the early history of Westland including information about land purchases and excerpts and copies of correspondence by Ngai Tahu chiefs and James Mackay. Newspaper articles relating to South Island land purchases and the biography of John Tikao `The story of a Maori sailor'. Draft chapter `Gun-running in the King Country' and typewritten research papers and copies of correspondence relating to `Captain Mair's battles: His defeat of Te Kooti. 1870. Hard running fight near Rotorua' this includes a copy of a letter from Gilbert Mair to his brother Robert Mair, written from Ohinemutu in 1870 and copies of other letters. Newspaper articles relating to Te Kooti. Draft of `The story of the Mahuhu' which Cowan describes as a Maori-Polynesian immigrant vessel, also includes a copy of a published article by the same title. Typewritten draft of `Urewera notes: The valley of the bellbirds' (annotated by Cowan). Draft of `Little legends of Maori land: The message of the sea-shell. A story of the East Coast of New Zealand' (carbon copy). Arrangement: Contained in bundle 58 in original listing. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1790-1996

By: Nees, Colin Leonard, 1917-1997

Reference: MSX-9286

Description: Genealogy of the Nees family compiled by Colin L. Nees. Includes genealogy of the Nees family in New Zealand, reminiscences, photographs of family members and history of the family business ventures. Source of title - Transcribed Accompanying material - Pasted in front page is letter from Dr Albert C Moore (17 Mar 1997) Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript, Mss (Holograph) Provenance: Family history compiled by Colin L. Nees from contributions by family members. Transfers: From Book Collections - Originally catalogued as P q929.2 NEE NEE 1996.

Date: 1877-1878, 1965-1989

From: Wilson, Derek, 1922- : Further papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11608-76

Description: Contains notes on Wilson family genealogy and several draft family trees. Also letters from Jo, Ken, Godfrey Wilson and Bob. Other material includes typescript of shipboard diary of John Lamb Wilson, who travelled from England to New Zealand aboard the May Queen in 1877-1878. Also undated account of working on a farm in the Awakino area, probably written by Clement Wilson and later published under the penname `Station Manager' (see article in MS-Papers-11608-70). Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter (some photocopies)

Date: 1955-1961

Reference: MS-1940

Description: The volume comprises Elizabeth Colenso (née Fairburn), a biography by her eldest granddaughter, Frances Edith Swabey which covers the years 1819-1904 (45 & 49 pages); an Account of a visit by the Turakina to the Crozet Islands, Feb 1907, by F M Simcox (6 pages); an account of the golden wedding of W H & F M Simcox, 1920, from the Otaki Mail, (3 pages); a dedication of the Simcox Memorial Window in All Saints Church, Otaki, 1930, from the Otaki Mail (3 pages); an incident in W M Simcox's life and poem entitled `Kapiti Island' (3 pages) and a reference to Stratford House at Camp Hill, Birmingham, England. There are two indexes, one for pages 1-45, the other for pages 108-122. F S Simcox compiled this volume in stages, beginning in 1955 when his eldest sister, Edith Swabey, asked him to type Elizabeth Colenso's biography; as time passed additional projects presented which now form part of the volume: accounts of a visit to the Crozet Islands by F M Simcox, of the golden wedding of W H and F M Simcox, a dedication of a stained glass window, an incident in W M Simcox's life and information about Stratford House, Birmingham, a history of which had been written by J W Simcox. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (134 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (red linen) Finding Aids: Indexed (Biography of Elizabeth Colenso, 1819-1875 on pp 45-49; 1876-1904 on pp 50-56). Photographs of Rev B Y Ashwell's cottage at Pepepe; William Thomas Fairburn; family of W T Fairburn, 1891; William and Elizabeth Colenso; Ridley Latimer Colenso, 1880; F M Simcox, 1877; F M Colenso, 1865?, ms map of Norfolk Island and Crozet Islands

Date: 1798-1939

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2725

Description: Selected records from the records and papers of Edgar Allen & Co, the Hall family, Mrs M A Rawson, Bernard Gray, George Hadfield, the Creswick family, the Needham, Veall and Tyzack papers, the Quaker records, the Sorby papers and the Sheffield Literary and Philosophical Society records Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1979

By: Marshall, Edward Major, 1905-2000

Reference: MS-Papers-10928

Description: An account of the ancestors and descendants of Rev George Thomas Marshall and his wife Mary Louisa Brown. Includes a transcript of the diary of Geoge Thomas Marshall written on board the Loch Urr to Auckland in 1880-1881, and includes details of his training in Auckland for the Methodist ministry, and subsequent appointments. Also histories of each member of the family. Relationship complexity - See also 83-279 Edward Major Marshall is eleventh child of G T Marshall Quantity: 1 folder(s) (64 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1791-1951

By: Greenwood family

Reference: MS-Papers-0098

Description: Correspondence and diaries comment on voyage to Nelson on the `Phoebe' arriving Mar 1843, family life and conditions in New Zealand where the family settled at Motueka. Genealogical notes included Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 36 folder(s). 0.36 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and printed matter Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available. Transfers: To Drawings & Prints Collection - Portrait of unidentified females, painted on ivory - To Drawings & Prints Collection - Hand embroidered book cover; piece of gold coloured cloth; 3 black cloth notebook covers (1 includes notepaper with housekeeping details); envelope containing gold leaf have all been transferred to Curios - To Photographic Archive - Originals and copies of Greenwood family members and buildings (after microfilming). Available on MS-Copy-Micro-0194-4 - To Newspaper Collection - Illustrated Examiner: Summary for England. Nelson. Sep 1869 - To Drawings & Prints Collection - Green covered sketchbook containing landscapes in pencil; 3 engravings of children; 9 watercolour portraits of her children by Sarah Greenwood; 3 shilouette profiles of Greenwood children.

Date: 1797-1951

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2686

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1946

By: Willett, Richard Wright, 1912-1974

Reference: MS-Papers-10009

Description: Papers kept by Willett during the exploration to search for uranium Source of title - Supplied Team sent by the director of NZ Geological Survey, Sir Ernest Marsden to search for uranium in the Milford Sound area in 1946 Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Charles Fleming, NZ Geological Survey, Lower Hutt, 1977

Date: 1791-1971

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2726

Description: Comprises selections from Sheffield Smelting Company records, the Wharncliff Muniments, the Wentworth Woodhouse Muniments, and from the Local History Section and records of the South Yorkshire County Record Office Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

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).

Date: 1988

From: Cleave, Laurel Dawn, 1930-1998: Papers relating to Hokianga history

Reference: MS-Papers-10314

Description: Letter from Hokianga Historical Society re Northland and the Mangungu Project; leaflet prepared by NZ Historic Places trust re the Horeke shipyard Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed matter

Date: [ca 1932-1982]

By: Donaldson, James J, 1898-

Reference: MS-Papers-2332

Description: Genealogical notes, tables, newspaper cuttings and photographs trace Donaldson's descent from whaling settlers around Moeraki and Foveaux Strait and local Maori families. Most of the descents are traced from the marriages of Meriana Teitei, daughter of the chief Tahupaahi and Pikirauaho, to John Russell and to William Haberfield Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 folder(s) (102 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, printed matter and photographs (photocopies)