MANUSCRIPT
Joan Tucker - The story of William and Agnes Syme who came to New Zealand in 1875
- Date
- 1990
- By
- Tucker, Joan, active 1990
- Reference
- MS-Papers-4280-062
- Description
William and Agnes Syme came from Dollar in Clackmannan, Scotland in 1875 with seven of their three children in the Forfarshire. Farmed first at Egmont Village and later at Onaero, Taranaki. William helped to build the breakwater at New Plymouth. Most of the family took up farming. Syme's Beach at Onaero is named after them. Includes details of their children and photograph of William and Agnes taken in May 1861, the farm house at Onaero, ca 1896, Amelia and Mabel Syme, Wellington, 1890
Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Finding Aids: Published guide available.
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Part of
- New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection
- Format
- 1 folder(s), Manuscripts
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