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Rhodes, Valerie June, 1932- : Spencer and Rhodes family histories
- Date
- 1996-2007
- By
- Rhodes, Valerie June, 1932-Rhodes, Alan Geoffrey, 1932-
- Reference
- MS-Group-1719
- Description
Family histories of the Spencer and Rhodes families, compiled by Valerie Rhodes. The Spencer family history are in red binders and include digital copies of many of the World War I letters of Gordon Spencer, while the material relating to the Rhodes family are in blue binders and include reminiscences by Alan Geoffrey Rhodes, husband of Valerie Rhodes. The collection is profusely illustrated with digital copies of photographs.
Quantity: 9 volume(s). 0.30 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Mss, typescript, photographs (scanned)
- Use/Reproduction
- Photocopying requires the permission of the donor
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 9 volume(s), 0.30 Linear Metres, Family histories, Autobiographies, Photographs, Certificates, Manuscripts, Mss, typescript, photographs (scanned)
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The Spencer/Saunders saga. Volume Two - Part 3
Date: 2006
From: Rhodes, Valerie June, 1932- : Spencer and Rhodes family histories
Reference: MSY-6679
Description: Story of Valerie Spencer's life entitled `My story, 1932-2006', and her memoirs of her grandparents and parents, marriage to Alan Rhodes, their children and grandchildren. Quantity: 1 volume(s).
The Spencer/Saunders saga. Volume One - Part 5 & index
Date: Sep 2007
From: Rhodes, Valerie June, 1932- : Spencer and Rhodes family histories
Reference: MSY-6678
Description: Family history of the Spencer and Saunders. Family register of Edmund and Anne Spencer's grandchildren and great-grandchildren - Nine branches of the Spencer family. Sections include: Susannah Ann Saunders who married Enoch Tonks; Harriet Ann Spencer who married George Thomas James Maslen; Thomas Spencer who married Emma Murch; Jane Spencer who married William Prince; Elizabeth Ann Spencer who married Herbert Joseph Hill; Edmund Spencer who married Susannah Stuart Wilkinson; William John Spencer who married Louisa Elizabeth Bromwich; Enoch Spencer who married Harriet Hitchens; Mary Alice Spencer who married George Luke. Family names added to name field. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Finding Aids: Surname index at back.
The Rhodes/Vizer records. Part Two - Reminiscences of Alan Geoffrey Rhodes
Date: Aug 2001
From: Rhodes, Valerie June, 1932- : Spencer and Rhodes family histories
Reference: MSX-8196
Description: Reminiscence of this early years growing up in Mount Victoria, Wellington, and teenage years spent in Lyall Bay, Wellington. Describes the family homes at Derby Street and Kent Terrace, Mount Victoria; holidays at Hihitahi; childhood entertainment; war years and visit of the Pamir; hobbies (reading, model-making); years at Clyde Quay School (includes photo of Std 1 taken in 1939) and time spent at Otaki Health Camp. Move to Queens Drive, Lyall Bay and years at Wellington College. Discusses first years of his working life and ends with his move to Upper Hutt as an optometrist with Cocks & Newall, and meeting his wife Valerie Spencer in 1954. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Finding Aids: Surname index at back.
The Rhodes/Vizer records. Part Three - The Vizers & Morrells
Date: May 1998
From: Rhodes, Valerie June, 1932- : Spencer and Rhodes family histories
Reference: MSX-8197
Description: Family history of the Vizer and Morrell families. Section A - The Vizers (Another start in a new land & London churches associated with the families); Section B - The Vizer family register; Section C - The Morrells (Sarah Morrell, her parents and siblings). Surnames of the main families have been entered in the Name Field. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Finding Aids: Surname index at back.
The Spencer/Saunders saga. Volume One - Parts 1 - 4
Date: Sep 2007
From: Rhodes, Valerie June, 1932- : Spencer and Rhodes family histories
Reference: MSY-6676
Description: Family history of the Spencer and Saunders. Part 1 - Edmund Spencer and his ancestors, his marriage to Anne Frost Saunders, and service with the 65th Regiment. Part 2 - Ann Frost Saunders. Part 3 - Two fictional conversations with Edmund and Anne Spencer. Part 4 - The New Zealand Spencers (nine branches of the Spencer family). Family names added to name field. Quantity: 1 volume(s).
The Spencer/Saunders saga. Volume Two - Parts 1 & 2
Date: Oct 2007
From: Rhodes, Valerie June, 1932- : Spencer and Rhodes family histories
Reference: MSY-6677
Description: Family history of the Spencer and Saunders families. Part 1 - Henry Gordon Spence, his military service during WW1 and letters he wrote home from Featherston Military Camp, England and France, marriage to Gladys Emily Collins, their family and descendants. Family names added to name field. Quantity: 1 volume(s).
The Rhodes/Vizer records. Part Four - The Steere & Dew families
Date: Sep 1998
From: Rhodes, Valerie June, 1932- : Spencer and Rhodes family histories
Reference: MSX-8198
Description: Family history of the Steere & Dew families - Mary Alice Vizer's maternal line. Section A - The Steere family (of Leatherhead, Surrey who travelled to NZ in 1855 on the `Caroline Agnes' with the Dew family); Section B - Churches associated with the Streere and Faulkner families in London & Surrey); Section C - The ancestors of Temperance Faulkner; Section D - The Dew family. Surnames of the main families have been entered in the Name Field. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Finding Aids: Surname index at back.
The Collins/Hands history
Date: 2006
From: Rhodes, Valerie June, 1932- : Spencer and Rhodes family histories
Reference: MSY-6680
Description: History of the Collins and Hands families (the maternal ancestors of Valerie Rhodes (nee Spencer), who came to New Zealand from Birmingham in Warwickshire and Belbroughton and Bromsgrove in Worcestershire. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Finding Aids: Surname and place index at the back.
The Rhodes/Vizer records. Part One - The Rhodes & Beeby families
Date: Aug 2001
From: Rhodes, Valerie June, 1932- : Spencer and Rhodes family histories
Reference: MSY-6675
Description: Family history of the Rhodes and Beeby families. Section A - Yorkshire to New Zealand. The ancestors, descendants and relatives of Alan Geoffrey Rhodes documented by his wife Valerie. Dr Clarence Edward Beeby was Alan's first cousin once removed; Dorothy Neal White was also a cousin. Surnames of the main families have been entered in the Name Field. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Finding Aids: Surname index at back.