MANUSCRIPT
Welch family : Papers
- Date
- 1867-1915
- By
- Welch familyWelch, George Henry, 1859-1906; Welch, Arabella, 1871-1928; Welch, William Kemble, 1886-1964; Elder, Eileen, 1890-1975
- Reference
- MS-Group-0016
- Description
The collection comprises diaries kept by George on the farm for the period 1900-1903 which describe daily events in detail, such as family outings, household chores, trips to Wellington etc, as well as family letters
Accompanying material - Accompanied by biographical notes, an obituary for George Welch and 2 family photographs
George Henry Welch was born at Taita, in the Hutt Valley in 1859. He moved to Wairarapa in 1883 and farmed sheep and cattle during the 1880s and 1890s. He married Annie Kemble in 1885 and the couple had four children, William Kemble, Claude, Eileen, and Kathleen. The family homestead was at Miki Miki, north-east of Masterton and was called `Te Mara'. After years of ill health and depression George committed suicide in 1906.
Quantity: 2 folder(s). 3 volume(s).
Physical Description: Mss
Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Provenance: The papers were evidently found in an attic of the Te Mara homestead by Mrs Wright, a subsequent owner of the property.
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 2 folder(s), 3 volume(s), Diaries, Manuscripts, Mss
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Correspondence and invoices
Date: 1904-1915
From: Welch family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-3904
Correspondence
Date: 1884-1906
From: Welch family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-3918
Description: Includes letters to Kemble, Doll and Eileen from George Henry Welch, mainly written from Te Mara homestead, 1884-1906; letter from W K Welch to his father, 1894; two letters addressed to Sarah Arabella Hedley, Kemble's grandmother, written by cousins in England on the occasion of a death in the family, 1867 and 1869 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
George Welch - Diary
Date: Jan 1900-Jan 1902
From: Welch family : Papers
Reference: MSY-6129