Cornor, William, 1817-1889

Date: 1840-1890

Reference: fMS-256

Description: Mainly land deeds (conveyance, right of way, grants, leases, tenancy agreements, mortgages), includes certificates of New Zealand Company shares Includes discharge certificate from 65th Regiment of Foot for Private James McFadden, 1861 Variations in title - Spine title: Old land deeds of Wellington Quantity: 1 volume(s) (110 pieces). Physical Description: Mss (50 cm; brown linen tie folder) Finding Aids: Calendar of contents available.

Date: 1890-1914

From: Land deeds, land grants and bonds

Reference: MS-Papers-0156-21

Description: Leases between Thomas Windley-Godfrey Jones Phillips, 1890; Thomas Windley-Mrs Mary Ann Smith (widow), 1890; Thomas Windley-Messrs John Thompson & Frederick James Dawes, 1891 (also Hori Pipi & Tiaki Te Wera-William Cornor, 1874); Alfred Luscome-Anthony Wall, 1894; William Bishop, George Fyfe Bishop, John Clumie Bishop-Leonard Webb, 1900; Charles Robert Hewett-Ernest Hastings Snow, 1901; Alfred Lindsay-Winifred Male, 1902; John Wallace Easson & Percy George Easson-Louisa Cresswell (wife of John Cresswell of Wanganui) re land in Porangahau District, 1914; J W Easson-Peter Sharpe, 1914 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (9 pieces).

Date: 31 December 2020

By: Cornor, Janine, active 2020

Reference: MSDL-4727

Description: Electronic document of family history (318 pages with index, bibliography and endnotes) relating to Jane Slarks and William Cornor. Covers both their childhoods and life prior to marriage, including emigration of the Slarks family from England to New Zealand in 1841 and Cornor’s time in the 65th Regiment of Foot of the British Army (1835-1850). This is followed by information about Jane Slarks and William Cornor’s marriage in 1854 and their children. Text is colour coded to disambiguate information about William Cornor, Jane Slarks and their families (in black) from contextual historical information (in blue) but both texts form an interwoven narrative. Title taken from item. Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s). Processing information: Properties of this file were altered, and an access copy created to protect the privacy of the author.

Date: 1875-1878

From: Land deeds, land grants and bonds

Reference: MS-Papers-0156-19

Description: Mrs Mary Scott-Mrs Mary Mason (both widows), 1875; Hemi Parai & others, Charles Heaphy, Commissioner of Native Reserves, Wellington, and Robert Lyon re Te Aro section, 1875; William Cornor-John Quin, 1875; William Cornor-Thomas Windley (2), 1876; James Fenton-Messrs Mace & Arkell, 1876; Messrs Mace & Arkell-Samuel Tansley, 1876; Samuel Gawith-Mr Thomas Wray Hall and Mrs Frances Hall, 1876; Messrs Mace & Arkell-Messrs Michael Hill & James Beaty, 1877 re Club Hotel, Kaikoura; William Ebden-John Morris, 1877; Charles Alfred Spiers-Charles Leach, 1877; Patrick Hanney-Jeremiah O'Brien, 1877; Joseph Lomas-Joshua Partridge, 1878; Thomas Windley-Mr Richard Smith (2), 1878; John Piercy-Karehana Tahau and others re Kaiwhaiki Block, Wanganui, 1878; Joseph Lomas-John Crowthier, 1878; Karehana Tahau-John Piercy, 1878 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (16 pieces).