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Caygill, James, fl 1864 : Voyage to New Zealand / transcribed by Marsha Donaldson
Date: 4 Apr-8 Jul 1864, 2001
From: Donaldson, Marsha Penelope, 1945-: Collection
By: Caygill, James, active 1864
Reference: MS-Papers-7211
Description: Diary attributed to James Caygill from Yorkshire, a married steerage passenger aboard the `Amoor' during a voyage from England to Lyttelton. He describes the ship's progress, weather, shipboard life (interspersed with lines of verse), and his first impressions of Christchurch. Also a poem written by `Speightspeare' (Caygill?) in which he expresses his reason for immigrating Quantity: 1 folder(s) (16 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Marsha Donaldson of Upper Hutt, 2001
Caldwell, Elizabeth Pringle, b 1820 : Caldwell memoirs
Date: 1890 [ie 1958]
By: Caldwell, Elizabeth Pringle, 1819-1907
Reference: qMS-0361
Description: Title continues:`...Colonial experiences in the province of Nelson, and in particular, the early settlement of the Golden Bay district, commencing in the year 1851. Written in 1890 from her diaries covering a ten year period by Elizabeth Pringle Caldwell' The reminiscences include copies of newspaper extracts, a petition to Provincial Council and a letter from T P Caldwell is appended Source of title - Transcribed Relationship complexity - See also Washbourn family papers (MS-Papers-1771) Elizabeth, husband Thomas and their five children came to New Zealand on the `Eden' in Nov 1850. They settled in Nelson where Elizabeth opened a girl's boarding school and took part in musical activities. They later moved to a property at Onekaka, Golden Bay, and then to Tukurua. A lengthy land dispute with local Maori at Tukurua left the family homeless, with Elizabeth and the children living in a disused whare. Copied with permissiosn of Caldwell's grandson, R H O Caldwell, on the occasion of the Nelson City Centennial, 1958 (note by S Northcote Bade) Quantity: 1 volume(s) (31 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (34 cm; blue pam case)
McCaw, John, 1849-1930 : Biography of my life for the benefit of my children
Date: 1929
By: McCaw, John, 1849-1930
Reference: MS-1164
Description: Includes brief description of the voyage to Otago on board the `Oamaru' arriving Feb 1875 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (18 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; blue linen)
Heath, Charles, d 1869 : Letters from Charles Heath of Kaipara and his wife, Lizzie to ...
Date: 1865-1875
By: Heath, Charles, -1869
Reference: qMS-0939
Description: Includes shipboard letters written by Mrs Elizabeth J (Lizzie) Ovenden, a widow with a infant son (Douglas), travelling to Auckland aboard the "Merrington". Lizzie was coming to New Zealand to marry Charles Heath, which had been arranged by his sister, Anne. Lizzie arrived in Auckland on 29 Aug 1867 and married Charles on 3 September `after an acquaintance of just four days'. Letters to Anne from relations Fanny Butcher, Mary Forman, Mary Glover, Grace Lodge, Fanny Marshall and Fanny Stretch in 1867-1868 all enquire after news of Lizzie and Charles. News of the wedding was conveyed in Lizzie's letters to Anne and to her sisters Mary and Grace, and by Patty Chambers in whose house they were married. Subsequent letters describe life at Whakahara, Kaipara where Charles traded in kauri gum. Their happy domestic routine was broken by Charles' death, after an illness, on 20 Nov 1869, leaving Lizzie pregnant and with two small sons to support. She ran her own store until 1871 when she married the Rev Moses Breach and by 1873 they were living in the St Andrew's manse, New Plymouth. In 1874 Lizzie sent two of her children to live with Anne in England. Her final letters reveal an unhappy period in her life as she records her grief at separation from the children and the loss of a still-born daughter in Dec 1874. Source of title - Title page Quantity: 1 volume(s) (156 leaves, 81 letters). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typed transcripts (33 cm; red linen tie case)
Herring, Margaret, b 1838 : Letters
Date: 1861-1870
By: Herring, Margaret, 1838-
Reference: MS-Papers-6902
Description: Mainly letters to family in England from Maggie describing the voyage out on the `Sir George Pollock' in 1861 to Nelson, and her time in New Zealand to 1870. The letters contain references to Bishop and Mrs Hobhouse, Bishop and Mrs Abraham, Rev Thatcher and Richard Barton of Upper Hutt where her husband Rev John Herring was a clergyman until 1870. Accompanying material - Letter from Mr Herring to Rev Oppenheim of St James' Church, Lower Hutt re provenance and family history Transcripts made from poor photocopied typed transcripts held by Mr Herring's cousin living in Perth in 1972, and are not as full as the copy of originals at qMS Relationship complexity - Photocopy of original letters at qMS-0952. The transcripts are not as full as the originals Quantity: 1 folder(s) (20 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typed transcripts (photocopied) Provenance: The donor is the great grandson of Margaret Herring
Selfe, Henry Selfe, 1810-1870 : Correspondence
Date: 1853-1857
By: Selfe, Henry Selfe, 1810-1870
Reference: MSX-8815
Description: Correspondence mainly concerns the Canterbury Association and the settlement of Canterbury Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (27 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (26cm, blue pamphlet case)
Hodgkinson, Samuel (Dr), 1817-1914 : Voyage of the ship Bombay to Nelson
Date: 1842
By: Hodgkinson, Samuel, 1817-1914
Reference: qMS-0972
Description: Extracts from memoirs, includes description of a blood transfusion given to a woman following childbirth on 26 November Transcribed from a typed version lent by Mr A J Sheat, Mt Albert, Auckland, 1956 Hodgkinson was the Surgeon Superintendent Quantity: 1 volume(s) (5 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; grey pam case)
Smith, John, fl 1880-1881 : Diary
Date: 26 Sep 1880-11 Feb 1881
By: Smith, John, active 1880-1881
Reference: MS-Papers-6661
Description: Smith began his account on 26 Sep 1880 when he, his wife Jeannie (Jane) and family embarked on the `Lady Jocelyn' as 3rd cabin passengers. He describes in some detail his fellow passengers and the daily events on board, as well as his first six weeks in Auckland and its environs. Relationship complexity - Similar, but not identical, typed transcript was deposited in 1969 by Mr Allan (MS-1958). Includes dated entry for 16 February, and `Extract from the log of the Lady Jocelyn, 5 Oct 1880-1 Jan 1881' Quantity: 1 folder(s) (26 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typed transcript (photocopy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mrs Bodmin, Katikati, 1999
Fulton, Catherine Henrietta Elliot, 1829-1919 : Autobiography
Date: 1915 (1952)
By: Fulton, Catherine Henrietta Elliot, 1829-1919
Reference: qMS-2069
Description: Catherine describes emigrating with her family on the `Ajax' in 1847, settling in Dunedin, and her marriage to James Fulton and subsequent life on a sheep station near East Taieri. She writes about family members, travel in New Zealand, and social life. Also an interesting account of being followed by `a dangerous lunatic' who `had frightened other women in isolated dwellings'. Accompanying material - At rear are photocopies of photographs lent for copying by Mr J E R Fulton (Wellington) from his copy, one of the original copies, of this manuscript (Acc 83-101, 5 Apr 1983). Photographic copies are held in Photographic Archive. Relationship complexity - Also in `Our fathers have told us' [qMS-1898, pp 224-225] Catherine Fulton's maiden name was Valpy. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (56 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (28 cm; navy buckram)
Harding, John, 1820-1899 : Letters from New Zealand
Date: 1835-1860
By: Harding, John, 1820-1899
Reference: MS-0929
Description: Letters from John Harding of Waipukarau and other members of the Harding family Source of title - Supplied John and Emma Harding came to Wellington as assisted immigrants on the `Birman' in 1842 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (48 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm, red linen)
Parkes, Samuel 1790-1863 : Letters to his sister Mrs Merrion, together with other lette...
Date: 1848-1904
By: Parkes, Samuel, 1790-1863
Reference: qMS-1627
Description: Letters from Samuel Parkes written from Wellington and Wanganui comment on the voyage to New Zealand and life in Wellington and Wanganui. Also letters from Susan Weller, Woolwich to her grandchildren, 1865-1869 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (9 items). Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; blue pamphlet case)
Samson, Augustus Philip, 1844-1888 : 100 days' journal from Jersey to New Zealand
Date: 8 Mar-11 Jun 1875
By: Samson, Augustus Philip, 1844-1888
Reference: MS-Papers-2331
Description: Journal covers describes voyage, shipboard life and landing in Napier Relationship complexity - See also MS-Papers-0367 Samson and his wife came to NZ on the Countess of Kintore to join a group of fellow Jersey Islanders living in Napier Quantity: 1 folder(s) (20 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typed transcript (photocopy)
Wood, Henry A, 1873-1956 : The life of a pioneer farmer
Date: 1873-1953
By: Wood, Henry Alfred, 1873-1956
Reference: MS-GROUP-1988
Description: Autobiography deals mainly with dairying and work on the land, especially drainage of Ngaere Swamp; history of the Rawhitiroa district and the New Plymouth settlement; section on waterfront strike (1913); appendix: Reminiscences written by Mrs Phillipa Wood (nee Inch) of her voyage to New Zealand on the `William Bryan'. She was a child at the time. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 2 volume(s) (112, 11 leaves ie 123 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) (25cm; orange cardboard)
Cooke, John George, ca 1819-1880 : Reminiscences
Date: 1876
By: Cooke, John George, 1819?-1880
Reference: qMS-0542
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). Account of voyage to New Zealand on Amelia Thompson, 1841. General account of the colonisation of the North Island, especially Taranaki, and history of relations with Maori there; also of Wellington, Auckland, Rotorua, Taupo, Otaki, Manawatu, Wanganui, Waikato, Lakes Tarawera and Rotoaira, 1841-1850 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (90 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) (¼ blue morocco, blue buckram; 30 cm)
Embury, Ruth Elfriede, 1926- : Jinxed (Autobiography)
Date: 1926-1984, 1985
By: Embury, Ruth Elfriede, 1926-
Reference: MS-Papers-4305
Description: A frank autobiographical account of life in Germany during and after the war, immigration to Australia, visits to family in East Germany, immigration to New Zealand. Also provides details of employment as waitress, caterer, and as housewife, together with details of her marriages and family. Comprises 20 chapters accompanied by 45 photographs Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 5 folder(s). 0.05 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Transfers: To Photographic Archive - PA Series 14:102.
Hine, T B, fl 1840-1844 : Letters to his brother, John Hine, and his nephew, Vesey Germ...
Date: 1840-1844
By: Hine, Thomas B, active 1840-1845
Reference: fMS-Papers-3503
Description: Includes short descriptions of voyage to New Zealand in the `Martha Ridgway', very brief accounts of settlements in Wellington, New Plymouth and Nelson, and of land sections held by the Hine family in those districts Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres.
Wright, Sydney Evelyn Liardet, 1825-1897 : Journal extract / transcribed by Phyllis How...
Date: 1842-1844, 1989
By: Wright, Sydney Evelyn Liardet, 1825-1897
Reference: MS-Papers-4282
Description: The journal extract covers the period 15 June 1842-26 Feb 1844 and describes the Wrights' voyage to New Zealand and his experiences in New Plymouth and Wellington Accompanying material - Accompanied by a list of ships mentioned in Wright's journal Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - See also MS-2528-2540 for further Wright material Sydney Wright left London on the `Blenheim' on 16 June 1842 and arrived in Wellington on 5 Nov. Later that month he sailed for New Plymouth where he resided until returning to Wellington on 5 Sep 1843. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (41 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)
Bryant, Lewis Robert, b 1849 : Some recollections of my life
Date: 1923
By: Bryant, Lewis Robert, 1849-1938
Reference: qMS-0289
Description: Describes early life in England, voyage to NZ on the Queen Margaret in 1855, life in Waimea county, 1856-1876; contracting for bridge and road building in Palmerston North area, 1876-1903, and life in Kairanga county - including his term as chairman of the Drainage Board. Narrative is sparse from last-mentioned date Relationship complexity - See also 87-135 for further reminiscencces Quantity: 1 volume(s) (27 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) (38 cm; blue buckram)
Adams, Martha, 1815-1906 : Journals of Martha and William Adams
Date: 1850-1852
By: Adams, Martha, 1815-1906
Reference: MS-0005-0006
Description: The diary of Martha Adams gives a daily account of the voyage to New Zealand in the `Eden' accompanied by her husband and two children, with a list of passengers and their destinations. There is a detailed account of domestic and social life in Nelson, with some reference to William Adams' legal activities. The journal covers the period Nov 1850- Feb 1852. The short journal of William Adams is in a pocket at the back of the book and covers the period Nov-Dec 1851. The second volume is a typed transcript Quantity: 2 volume(s). Physical Description: Holograph and typed transcript
Cottle, Henry Wyatt (Rev), 1801-1871 : Account of the voyage from England to New Zealan...
Date: 1863-1865
By: Cottle, Henry Wyatt (Rev), 1801-1871
Reference: qMS-0561
Description: Account of the voyage from England to New Zealand in the sailing ship `Annie Wilson' of Rev Henry Wyatt Cottle, of Harford parish, near Ivybridge, Devon, and his subsequent settlement in Port Albert and Whangarei. The shipboard account is in the form of a letter to his sister Charlotte, dated 18 June 1863 Rev Cottle and his wife Alice were travelling cabin class Quantity: 1 volume(s) (128 f). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (34 cm; green linen)