Places

Date: 1872-[ca 1887]

By: Mortensen, Hans Peter, 1862-1946

Reference: MS-Papers-3595

Description: Reminiscences describe the conditions on the voyage to New Zealand on the `Hovding' and conditions that confronted the Scandinavian settlers and their settlement of the Norsewood area. Source of title - title page Mortensen came from Oslo on the ship 'Hovding' in 1872 and settled in the Norsewood district Quantity: 1 folder(s) (11 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy)

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: 1826-1935

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2991

Description: Comprises photographs of the Smith family, details of the Paddy Henderson fleet, passenger lists 1871-1880, various shipping papers, family correspondence, all relevant to Australia and New Zealand Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 30 Sep 1874-20 Jan 1875, 2001

From: Donaldson, Marsha Penelope, 1945-: Collection

By: Hilliker, George, active 1874

Reference: MS-Papers-7084

Description: Account of voyage from Gravesend to Port Chalmers on the vessel `Margaret Galbraith'. Hilliker was travelling in the single men's compartment and his brief daily entries record the ship's progress, vessels sighted, weather and events on board. He arrived at Port Chalmers on 9 Jan and took the steamer to Oamaru, his final destination, arriving on 20 Jan 1875. The account is written in the form of a letter which was probably posted back to relatives in England Quantity: 1 folder(s) (12 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typed transcript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by M Donaldson, 2001

Date: 27 Aug-24 Dec 1879

By: Couchman, Charlotte, 1829?-1902

Reference: MS-Papers-4174

Description: This letter to Couchman's family is written in the form of a diary and covers the period 28 August 1879 to 24 Dec 1879. Couchman describes the trip out to New Zealand, the family's initial job and living situation when they arrived in Wellington and then Bulls. The covering page includes some genealogical information. Source of title - Supplied Charlotte Couchman came to New Zealand on board the `Arethusa' along with some members of her family. They landed at Wellington but travelled on to Bulls. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (11 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)

Date: 1995

From: Ted Gilberd Literary Trust : Essay competitions

Reference: MS-Papers-5757-10

Description: Story of the Cook family of Northern Ireland and Springburn, mid Canterbury. William Cook senior and his wife Mary Jane immigrated to NZ on the `Varuna' in 1874. It is also the story of a blacksmith shop (McFarlane and Cook, Lyndhurst) from 1887-1976. For most of this time (1890-1969), William Cook junior, and his family were involved in the business. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Photographs and family tree

Date: 1837-1850, 1896, 1933

By: Thompson, Thomas John, 1814-1900

Reference: qMS-2016

Description: Biographical notes on Thompson compiled by L H Sheat, 1933 (5 pages); typescript notes on John Wallis Barnicoat and Frank Ward (with ms annotations); letter to Thompson from J W Barnicoat on occasion of Thompson's Golden Wedding, 6 Jul 1896; Thompson's British Museum reader's ticket; letter to Thompson from C S Dubourg, Jul 1844; his surveyor's certificate, Dec 1879. Diary 1837 (written during a tour from London to Switzerland and back via France); diary, 1840-1841 before embarkation; letter-diary dated 26 Jan 1841, and diary re his voyage to New Zealand on the Lord Auckland, 22 Sep 1841-5 Feb 1842; diary, 1848-1850 (Richmond, Nelson); Mrs L H Sheat's transcript of 1840-1841 diary (all diaries and transcript are in back pocket) Thompson was surveyor for the Waimea Road Board and subsequently MPC Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph (34 cm; blue boards)

Date: 22 Sep-9 Nov 1887

By: Clulow, John William, 1854-1927

Reference: MS-Papers-6223

Description: Diary of the voyage from London to Wellington on the ship Ruapehu; gives details of shipboard life, notes on progress made. Includes notes on travel to Eketahuna by railway and coach, as well as accounts of auction sales of what appear to be farms in Staffordshire. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donation, Mrs S P M Argue, 1998

Date: 1832-1838, 1984

By: Armstrong, Max G, active 1975-1996

Reference: MS-Papers-3943

Description: Letters and journal of Anne Catherine Wilson, edited by M G Armstrong, with appendices, list of mss and printed sources consulted, genealogical notes re Wilson and Hawker families, photographs (photocopies) of family members and residences. Photocopies of holograph letters of Anne to her husband, 1835-1838; and photocopy of Anne's shipboard diary for 1832. Anne Wilson was the wife of the missionary, John Alexander Wilson who was attached to the Church Missionary Society. The couple left England on board the `Camden', a convict vessel bound for NSW in 1932, and arrived in the Bay of Islands in 1833. Anne spent most of the next five years at the mission station at Puriri, near Thames, with other missionary wives involved in raising her children, school teaching and household chores. She was constantly separated from her husband who spent long periods travelling through troubled areas of Tauranga, Matamata and Roturua. The harsh life took its toll on Anne, and after a long illness she died at Tauranga in Nov 1838. Source of title - Supplied title Other Titles - My hand will write what my heart dictates... Quantity: 4 folder(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photocopies) and typescripts

Date: 1878-1879

By: Macauley, Samuel, 1861-

Reference: MS-Papers-4339

Description: The diary was written on board the Lady Jocelyn which departed from Belfast in May 1878 and arrived at Auckland in Aug 1878. Eleven leaves of the diary concern the voyage, the remaining entries are a `brief retrospective of his life'. Also includes a partial record of temperatures, 16 May-19 Jun 1878, recorded by the surgeon superintendent; abstract of the ship's log, 21 May-17 Aug 1878; partial list of single men on board; copy of printed brochure re Katikati settlement Samuel Macauley was born in 1861 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He travelled to New Zealand with his parents and sisters in 1879. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (29 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and printed matter(photocopies) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Mr R Macauley, Kohimarama, Auckland, Sep 1990 (A90-290)

Date: 1841-1949

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2847

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1844-1853

By: Thomas, Godfrey John (Sir), 1824-1861

Reference: Micro-MS-0285

Description: Journals 1846-1853, contain comments on public and private affairs and copies of letters written by Thomas, including those to his half-brother, Sir George Grey. Source of title - Supplied title Relationship complexity - Photocopy held at MS-Papers-2428 Thomas held government appointments in South Australia, 1844-1846 and in Auckland and Wellington, 1846-1852, including the post of Secretary to Governor Sir George Grey, his half-brother. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive. Physical Description: Holographs and printed matter (microfilm of photocopies) Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1888-1915

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2291

Description: Comprises annual reports 1888-1898 and cuttings 1882-1915 Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1960, 1993-1998

By: Lash, Max D, active 1940-1997

Reference: MS-Group-0875

Description: Papers relating to Edwin and Ann White who settled in Waimea South, Nelson Also comprises corrected account of E Ireland's family history (qMS-1040), and Palmer family history, `The Palmer family of Milton Malzar' by Lash, in which he describes the history of the family before emigration, their voyage to New Zealand on the `Olympus' and their arrival in Nelson in 1842 and subsequent settling in Waimea East. Also copy of an article in an English newspaper written by Edwin White describing his experiences as an immigrant to New Zealand. Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - Another copy of E Ireland's `Family history' at qMS-1040 Quantity: 3 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, mss, typescripts and printed matter (photocopies)

Date: 1967-1969, 1973

From: New Zealand Labour Party Research Unit : Background notes on various issues

Reference: MS-Papers-9993-4

Description: Comprises notes on NZ's financial situation; social security benefits; overseas investment company takeovers and amalgamations; notes on immigration subsidy scheme; and Manapouri Power Project, preservation of scenic attractions Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1918-1921

By: Torlesse, Elizabeth Henrietta, 1835?-1922

Reference: MS-Papers-1143

Description: Memoirs of Elizabeth (Lizzie), wife of Rev Henry Torlesse, covering period from departure from Ireland in 1852, up to 1921. Includes description of the voyage to Canterbury on the `Minerva' 1852-1853, early days at Okains Bay, Banks Peninsula; also general Torlesse family matters, with genealogies and some newspaper cuttings. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (24 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, typescript and printed matter (photocopies)

Date: 14 Feb-14 Sep 1857, 23 Dec 1859

By: Herapath, Philip, -1892

Reference: qMS-0950

Description: Diary of voyage to Auckland on the Harkaway, kept by Philip Herapath who was travelling as a saloon passenger with his wife Emma. He gives a full description of events during the voyage and fellow passengers. Also description of Auckland, social conditions, predictions of the future of the country and the import of gold at Coromandel Letter by John March (? possibly John Marsh), 23 Dec 1859 describes voyage on the Flora to Mangawai (? Mangawhai) near Bream Tail, Northland, and thence to inspect allotment of land at `Te Iha Arunganui'. Relationship complexity - Original copy of journal held at State Library, New South Wales, (see scan and transcript at B 127, digital order no. a1350004 and a1350279) Quantity: 1 volume(s) (431 leaves). Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) (35 cm; green buckram) Processing information: Archivists notes - John March previously identified as John Marsh.

Date: 6 Aug 1849-16 Jan 1850

From: Donaldson, Marsha Penelope, 1945-: Collection

By: Slatter, George, 1806-1859

Reference: MS-Papers-7078

Description: Shipboard diary kept during a voyage from London to New Zealand aboard the Pekin, 6 Aug 1849-16 Jan 1850. Before arriving at Nelson he also described time spent at Port Chalmers and Wellington. The voyage entries mainly describe the ship's progress George Slatter, his wife Sarah and their five children, emigrated as steerage passangers aboard the New Zealand Company vessel Pekin Quantity: 1 folder(s) (18 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typed transcript

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: 30 Nov 1853

By: Schaffter, Albert, active 1853

Reference: MS-Papers-4214

Description: Letter was written nine months after Thompson's arrival on the `Minerva' and describes the topography, settlements and people of Canterbury with comment on local issues and conditions together with advice on emigration Source of title - Supplied title Accompanying material - Typed transcript, biographical information on Schaffter and letter, 25 Jan 1988 from donor; also biographical information on Thompson from Canterbury Museum, Christchurch Thompson was a teacher, businessman and Canterbury Provincial Councillor, 1861-1862. He met Rev Schaffter while Vice-Consul in Leghorn (Livorno), Italy and Schaffter requested information about Canterbury from him. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (7 leaves). Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - R D Simonds Jr, New York, 1988