MANUSCRIPT
Vicki Joy Fissenden - Success or defeat? An immigrant's account
- Date
- 1990
- By
- Fissenden, Vicky Joy, active 1990
- Reference
- MS-Papers-4280-052
- Description
The essay traces the Fissenden family of Birling, Kent, to New Zealand and documents their lifestyles subsequent to their arrival. Beginning in 1875 the Fissendens and their descendants built a new life in New Zealand buying land, opening businesses and raising their families. From Marlborough the descendants of the first nine Fissendens spread to a large part of the upper South Island, later moving to Hawke's Bay and Auckland.
Quantity: 1 folder(s) 45 pages.
Finding Aids: Published inventory available.
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Part of
- New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection
- Format
- 1 folder(s) 45 pages, Manuscripts
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