Carrier of Mangaweka who was contracted to carry the steel for the Makohine Viaduct. See 13/12/4 28.6.93. Wrote to Rev henry Ryan from Otunui R D, Taumaurunui in 1938.
Sherson, George William, active 1898-1938
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Manuscript
Inward correspondence relating to youth and dancing
Date: 1937-1938
From: Ryan, Henry (Rev), 1881-1971 : Papers
Reference: 83-230-2/02
Description: Identifiable correspondents in Name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Workers by a tunnel, vicinity of the Makohine viaduct
Date: ca 1910
From: Child, Edward George, 1860-1949 :Photographs of the Ohingaiti district
Reference: 1/2-035463-G
Description: Unidentified shed gang (viaduct construction workers), with their horse drawn rail cart, alongside the Makohine viaduct tunnel. Also shows George William Sherson, carrier, sitting on railway sleepers. Photograph taken by Edward Child, circa 1900. Inscription reads: "(N & T ?) Cement Shed Gang" See 1/2-094252 (Identifical image) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
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Workers by the Makohine viaduct tunnel
Date: ca 1900
From: Cameron, R A :Photographs of Ohingaiti
By: Child, Edward George, 1860-1949
Reference: 1/2-094252-F
Description: Cement shed gang, and carrier George William Sherson (sitting on sleepers), alongside the Makohine viaduct tunnel, circa 1900. Photograph taken by Edward Child. See 1/2-035463 (Identical image) Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative