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Hamill, Vernor Hugh, 1900-1994 : Miscellaneous papers

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Date

1879, 1884-1894, [197-]

By

Hamill, Vernor Hugh, 1900-1994Adams, Alfred, active 1908-1909?; Hamill, David, 1856-1938; Hamill, Hugh, 1855-1935

Reference

MS-Papers-2347

Description

Papers include shipboard diaries of David and Hugh Hamill; farm accounts for the period 1884-1894; notes on the Hamill and Adams families by Vernor Hamill; accounts of a religious revival in Maerewhenua during 1908-1909 contributed by Alfred Adams and Aggie Medland; and a description of the settlement of the Catlins district 1884-1918 by W R Adams

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David and Hugh Hamill emigrated to New Zealand aboard the `Hermione' in 1879 as steerage passengers. They settled and farmed in the Maerewhenua district, Otago. David married Mary Adams in 1897.

Quantity: 9 folder(s). 0.09 Linear Metres.

Physical Description: Mss and typescripts (some photocopies)

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9 folder(s), 0.09 Linear Metres, Autobiographies, Diaries, Essays, Financial records, Manuscripts, Personal narratives, Mss and typescripts (some photocopies)

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Manuscript

The Catlins I remember / William Richard Adams

Date: [19--]

From: Hamill, Vernor Hugh, 1900-1994 : Miscellaneous papers

Reference: MS-Papers-2347-09

Description: The Adams' family moved to the Catlins district in 1890 and lived there until 1920. The article describes pioneering farming in this district of Otago between 1884-1920. Quantity: 1 folder(s).