AUDIO
Interview with Elsie Harris
- Date
- October 1988 - 01 Oct 1998
- By
- Harris, Elsie, 1901-1989; Jones, Jennifer, active 1988-2003
- Reference
- OHColl-0721/1
- Description
Elsie Harris was born in 1901 in Pauatahanui, Wellington. Talks about her grandparents, her grandfather Jones, a whaler who bought land from the New Zealand Company. Recalls Jones farm in Pauatahanui in 1848, the 1855 earthquake, and an interaction with Maori. Mentions her grandfather's reception visiting family in England, family history, allocation of family wills, the Galloways, the Stewart family (from Ireland), the Taylor family (from Scotland) who owned the Johnsonville Hotel, and the Pauatahanui Hotel owned by her grandfather. Mentions first settler child who came ashore at Petone Beach. Mentions houses, orchard and transport by horse and car. Mentions Mr Plimmerton's influence when land was surveyed for the railway line. Mentions people walked to Wellington for work before Cobb's Coach existed. Recalls a child kidnapped from her grandparents by parents, 14 years after being left with them. Mentions work done by children, and recalls death of four year old sent to herd cows. Mentions school, trains, and the building of roads. Recalls grandfathers whiskey distillery, and talks about the naming of Moonshine Valley.
Abstracted by - Linda Bevan Smith
Interviewer(s) - Jennifer Jones
Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-011373 ; OHLC-005688
Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 35 Minutes Duration.
Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3950.
Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Jennifer Jones and H Spencer Harris
Search dates: 1840 - 1940
- Additional description
Original recordings not available for playback. Surrogate copies will be provided.
- Use/Reproduction
- Public use requires written permission Copyright: H Spencer Harris
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted material
- Format
- 1 C90 cassette(s), 1 printed abstract(s), 1 interview(s), 35 Minutes Duration, Oral histories
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All Rights ReservedInterview with Elsie Harris, printed abstract
Date: 01 October 1998 - 01 Oct 1998
From: Interview with Elsie Harris
Reference: OHA-3950
Description: Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s).
Interview with Elsie Harris, tape one
Date: 01 Oct 1998
From: Interview with Elsie Harris
Reference: OHC-011373
Description: Arrangement: Tape sequence - tape 1 of 1 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 35 Minutes Duration.