Photographs relating to George Hildebrand Alington (1850-1905) and his son Edward Hugh Alington (1896-1986)

Includes -

Portraits of George Hildebrand Alington (1850-1905), sixth son of Rev John Alington (1801-1883) and his wife Charlotte Sophia Alington (1813-1898) of Candlesby, Lincolnshire, England. The portraits depict George Alington from ca 1865 to ca 1890. These photographs are associated with manuscript series MS-Papers-11146-15.

Members of the Dumergue and Tipping families, ca 1860s-ca 1880s. George Hildebrand Alington's wife was Winifred Beatrice Dumergue (1873-1958), and his brother Charles Sydney Alington's (1846-1932) wife was Gertrude Emma Tipping (fl 1870-1910). These photographs associated with manuscript series MS-Papers-11146-20.

Portraits of Winifred Beatrice Alington, nee Dumergue (1873-1958), William (Bill) Alington's paternal grandmother. One shows her as a young woman in the 1890s, and the other was taken in June 1940. There is also a photograph of her grave in a churchyard, Avonside, Christchurch, photographed in 1999. These photographs associated with manuscript series MS-Papers-11146-20.

Hester Maud Alington (1895-1983), daughter of George Hildebrand and Winifred Beatrice Alington. These photographs associated with MS-Papers-11146-20.

The rest of this collection is about Edward Hugh Alington (1896-1986) son of George Hildebrand and Winifred Beatrice Alington. Includes - Edward Hugh as a choir boy. Edward Hugh in church groups such as a choir picnic and at bible class camps, ca 1908-1914. As a soldier in World War One, training at Trentham Military Camp, with groups of soldiers including a group of military instructors for "Limbless Schools" for disabled soldiers, Surrey, England, 1918. Group of male members of St Stephen's Church, Lower Hutt, 1951. New Zealand Railways board room group including Edward Hugh Alington. Edward Hugh Alington and his wife Beatrice, ca 1980. Sons William (Bill) Alington and Robert Alington, late 1930s-early 1940s. Edward Hugh Alington's sisters, Winifred Louisa Alington (1894-1980) and Hester Maud Alington (1895-1983). Site at Levin where Edward Hugh Alington built a house, photographed ca 1955. Alington graves at Taita cemetery, Lower Hutt where the ashes of Edward Hugh Alington's wife Beatrice, were interred, 17 December 1982. These photographs are associated with manuscript series MS-papers-11146-22.

Quantity: 43 b&w original photographic print(s). 13 colour original photographic print(s). 5 b&w copy photographic print(s).