MacGregor, William Cunningham, 1862-1934

Date: 1881-1886

By: MacGregor, Agnes Susan Craig, 1866-1962

Reference: MS-Papers-4275

Description: MacGregor records the family's activities, shipboard events and travel conditions; later entries describe family life in Dunedin and Oamaru and the diarist's impression of herself (15 Jul 1881-6 Jun 1886) Source of title - Supplied title Accompanying material - Accompanied by 3 pages copied from Scholfield, Dictionary of New Zealand Biography relating to MacGregor family MacGregor was born in Scotland in 1866. In 1881 her father, the Rev Dr James MacGregor, left his teaching post at the New Free College at Edinburgh and emigrated with his wife and nine children to New Zealand. One child died during the voyage. The family settled in Dunedin for five months and then Rev McGregor answered a call to St Columba's Church in Oamaru. The diary was written by Agnes as a young woman of 14 on board the `Jessie Redman' which departed Greenock on 15 July 1881 and arrived at Port Chalmers on 24 October 1881. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (62 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy)

Date: 1928-1929

From: Chapman, Eichelbaum and Rosenberg families : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-8670-171

Description: Inward letters from a number of sources. Not all indexed. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1862

From: Morton, Ruth :Photographs of James MacGregor, 1829-1894

By: McKenzie, George, 1827-1897

Reference: 1/2-199113-F

Description: Portrait of James MacGregor (1829-1894), his wife Grace MacGregor (b 1835), and their children Georgina MacGregor (1859-1871), William Cunningham MacGregor (1862-1934) and Duncan MacGregor (1860-1881). Photograph taken 1862 by James MacGregor of Paisley, Scotland. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate copy negative 12.5 x 10 cm