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Hewitt, Helen Verity, fl 1998 : Henry John Sealy and Emma Booker Askin; A Family History
Date: 1998
By: Hewitt, Helen Verity, active 1998
Reference: MSX-4762
Description: Family history based on the diaries written by Henry John Sealy between 1858 and 1878. Relationship complexity - A copy of John Sealy's dairy located at MS-Copy-Micro-0046 Sealy emigrated to New Zealand in 1858 with his younger brother Edward Percy (b.1839). He worked as a land surveyer in both the Hawkes Bay and Canterbury Regions. He retired and died in Sydney, Australia. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Helen Hewitt, Australia, 1998
Adams, Martha, 1815-1906 : Papers
Date: 1815-1970
By: Adams, Martha, 1815-1906
Reference: qMS-0026
Description: Reminiscences of early days in Marlborough written in 1857; copies of verse and satire by the family; copy of letter and verse by Henry Harper on Martha Adam's death, plan of family home, Redwood; biographical details from the Cyclopedia of New Zealand and newspaper clippings concerning her husband and eldest son; and sketches she made as a girl in England. Describes her English childhood, marriage to William Adams in 1840 and emigration to Nelson 1850. She describes the `mud hovel' in which the Adams family first lived when taking up a Marlborough run in 1852, and recalls the islolated life which at times found her coping alone with house and farm work, sick children, food shortages and vagrants. Her account ends with the family's move to a new property `Langley Dale', on the Wairau River. Source of title - Supplied title Other Titles - Cyclopaedia of New Zealand Quantity: 1 volume(s) (51 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript, printed matter (photocopy) (37 cm, red buckram) Includes sketches of Salop, England
Vicki Joy Fissenden - Success or defeat? An immigrant's account
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.
Whyte, David b 1865 : Forty years after, A tale of pioneer life in New Zealand / by Ben...
Date: 1928
By: Whyte, David, 1865-
Reference: MS-2393
Description: Reminiscences of farming and pioneer life on the East Coast and Hawkes Bay Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (260 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (26cm, maroon buckram)
Watkins, Rees 1864?-1926 : Letters
Date: 1890-1904
By: Watkins, Rees, 1864?-1926
Reference: MS-Papers-1408
Description: Written to mother and father in Wales, first from Napier, where Rees worked for railways, and later from Ashley Clinton, Hawke's Bay, where he took up land. Gives details of farm life, clearing land, shearing. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (38 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs
McGreal, John, 1881-1964 : Diary
Date: 13 Feb 1928-17 Apr 1929
By: McGreal, John, 1881-1964
Reference: MS-Group-0847
Description: Diary kept by John McGreal, who farmed at Weymouth near to Manurewa on the Manukau Harbour. Brief daily entries describe farm life and social activities, many of which revolved around the Roman Catholic Church. Includes references to family, friends and neighbours. Also `Summary of the background history of the family derived from Jane Moran, Henry Kevey family, and Edward Roger family', 31 Aug 1993; `The Kevey/Rogers connection', 27 May 1993 Accompanied by letter from donor providing explanation to names and dates written on inside front cover, etc Quantity: 1 volume(s). 1 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and typescripts (photocopies) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Maurice McGreal, son, Glenfield (A99-218)
Godfrey family : Journals and financial accounts
Date: 1867-1874, 1900-1903
By: Godfrey family
Reference: MS-Papers-1926
Description: Details of farm life at Woodbourne estate, Marlborough, including accounts 1867-1874, by Henry Godfrey and others; history of the area and social life, written 1900-1903 by Eliza Prichard, Godfrey's widow; memories of early Marlborough, the Godfrey family and the Woodbourne estate Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 3 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photocopy)
Potts, Geoffrey, 1852-1929: Diary
Date: 1 Jan-31 Dec 1877, 1876
By: Potts, Geoffrey, 1852-1929
Reference: MS-1787
Description: Daily entries of activities on South Canterbury sheep farm, with extra notes for 1876 and 1877 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (53 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; grey linen)
Lyon, John Holt 1872-1956 : Literary papers
Date: [ca 1950?]
By: Lyon, John Holt, 1872-1956
Reference: MS-Papers-2135
Description: Historical articles chiefly concerning central North Island, based on personal pioneer experiences at Utiku [ca 1890-1908]. Also articles on miscellaneous topics of New Zealand interest Farmer at Utiku, Matiere and Inglewood Quantity: 4 folder(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts Processing information: Not yet described to folder level.
Christensen family : Papers
Date: 1882-1958
Reference: MS-Papers-2243
Description: Papers include letters to Denmark, a history of the Scandinavian church in New Zealand 1865 - ca 1900 by Mads with a translation and history from 1928 by Ansgar, sermons and diaries of Ansgar Christensen, 1928-1957. Also includes Clem Koch's history of the Lutheran Church in New Zealand Source of title - Supplied Mads Christensen was sent to New Zealand by the Inner Mission Board of Denmark in 1886. He was ordained and inducted to the Mauriceville Parish in 1886; from 1893 he served in Palmerston North. From 1928 to 1958 his son, Ansgar, served in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Palmerston North. In 1928 his son Ansgar took up his father's responsibilities for the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Palmerston North which he served for the next thirty years Quantity: 56 folder(s). 0.50 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Margaret Joy Kempton - Minnie and Frank Kempton
Date: 1990
From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection
Reference: MS-Papers-4280-006
Description: Title continues:`...a house at Sunrise, 1910-1930'. Elizabeth and Thomas Kempton junior's youngest son Frank Valentine took over the `Elm Grove' property of approximately 600 acres. He and Minnie had two children, Victor and Maisie. The number of cows milked increased to 90, a large herd for those times. The story concludes by recording Frank's death in 1952 and the progression of `Elm Grove' from 1865-1987. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Dorothea Kenney - Of British descent
Date: 1990
From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection
Reference: MS-Papers-4280-020
Description: The story of the Brooke family from Pyrford, Surrey and their immigration to New Zealand in 1910. The two sons, Jack and Cecil, began their farming life in the Kaikoura district as farm cadets. For seven years they farmed at Kaikoura from where the boys went to war and served with the New Zealand Mounted Rifles and later in the 1st New Zealand Machine Gun Squadron. After Cecil Brooke's leave he bought a small dairy farm at Ruakura in 1920 and 5 years later married Dorothy Hutchinson. They farmed at Ruakura for 34 years, and purchased a further 200 acres of peat swamp to break in. Includes family tree showing Cecil Brooke's line of descent back 4 generations and copies of photographs, mainly of life of the farm Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published guide available.
Thompson, Thomas, 1814-1900 : Journal
Date: 1868-1897
By: Thompson, Thomas John, 1814-1900
Reference: MSX-8322
Description: The journal contains brief entries by Thomas Thompson of his daily activities on his farm near Richmond and the weather conditions. Included in the diary is a draft letter to an unknown correspondent Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr W Sheat, Lower Hutt, May 2006
Jackson family : Papers
Date: [1882]-1884, 1922-1932
By: Jackson family
Reference: MS-Papers-1299
Description: Diary kept by Thomas Jackson of Jacksons, Westland, ca 1882-1884, recording farming activities, weather, local visitors, swaggers and travellers. Three letters, 1922-1932, contain genealogical information and reminiscences Jacksons was a staging post for coaches travelling to and from the West Coast Quantity: 1 folder(s) (4 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photocopies)
Duppa, George, 1817-1888 :[Plan of St Leonard's Station?, Amuri?] [1860s]
Date: 1860 - 1869
By: Duppa, George, 1817-1888
Reference: Plans-80-0713
Description: Plan view of a house Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour
Middleton, Thomas, d 1900 : Correspondence from Benmore Station
Date: 1873-1874
By: Middleton, Thomas, -1900
Reference: MS-1637
Description: Signature incorrectly transcribed as J Middleton Quantity: 1 volume(s) (107 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; green linen)
Rowe, Betty : Account of Life on Arapawa Island
Date: 197?
By: Rowe, Betty, active 1970s
Reference: MS-Papers-4038
Description: An account of an American family who emigrated to New Zealand to escape the rigours of life in the USA. After farming at Te Anau for several months, they came to live on Arapawa Island, Queen Charlotte Sound and became involved in attempts to conserve the island's sheep and goats. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 2 folder(s) (254 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)
Williams, George Alexander 1861-1938 : Letter book
Date: 1891-1892
By: Williams, George Alexander, 1861-1938
Reference: qMS-2220
Description: Correspondence covers sale and purchase of stock and farm business; also obituary Source of title - Transcribed `Alick' Williams, grandson of Archdeacon Henry Williams, was manager of Pourere Station, Hawkes Bay Quantity: 1 volume(s) (122 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (28 cm; ½ red calf, black boards)
[Smith, Hannah Stephenson] 1813-1891. Attributed works :Okoaro, cottage of J. Stephenso...
Date: 1842 - 1857
By: Smith, Hannah Stephenson, 1813-1891; Brooks, Vincent, active 1850s-1880s; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967
Reference: A-256-039-a
Description: Mount Taranaki on the left in the distance. Two cottages in a clearing backed by tall trees in the middle ground, with fenced in gardens. In the foreground a field with sheep and cattle and hay being hauled on a cart by oxen. The artist is very likely to be Hannah Stephenson Smith who drew views of a later family home in Taranaki, and was also the sister of the author of the book in which this view appeared as the frontispiece. Extended Title - From: Hursthouse, C. New Zealand or Zelandia, the Britain of the South. London, 1857. Frontispiece. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, 90 x 150 mm on sheet 120 x 180 mm
Phillips, Henry, 1851-1871 : Journal kept at Rockwood and The Point
Date: Jul 1855-May 1871
By: Phillips, Henry, 1804-1877
Reference: qMS-1645
Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s) (156 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (33 cm, green linen)