Monk family
Correspondence - Acland-Coates
Date: [1942]
From: Coates, Joseph Gordon, 1878-1943 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1785-214
Description: Most correspondents identified and entered in the Name field; also includes letter from Alex, The Bungalow, Farnham, Knaresborough, Yorks Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Bryant, Agnes Ruth Maude b 1896 : Reminiscences and reflections about Reikorangi
Date: 1876-1910, [ca 1983]
By: Bryant, Agnes Ruth Maude, 1896-1988
Reference: MS-Papers-3899
Description: Reminiscences cover the period 1876 to roughly 1910. They consist of: Robert Greig's story as told to Agnes, recalling Robert's early life in and around Wellington and its environs; Phoebe Monk's story, also written in the first person, telling of her experiences dealing with life in the bush; Agnes' account of her childhood in Reikorangi and her account of the Reikorangi district with reference to religion, school, sport, doctors, roads, sawmills etc. Accompanied by genealogical charts of the Monk and Greig families, with annotations, probably in Bryant's hand. Source of title - cover title Agnes Greig was born in 1896. She grew up in a large family, the eldest of twelve, living in the isolated bush near Reikorangi, south east of Waikanae. Agnes' father, Robert Greig, had come to New Zealand in 1876. He had spent his boyhood in Wellington, leaving home in his early teens in search of work. He found employment on the railways, as a general farm hand, and as a bush labourer clearing and felling bush between Makara and Waikanae. In 1895 Robert married Phoebe Monk, who had grown up in Makara and they set up home near Reikorangi. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (41 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms and typescript (photocopy)
Memorials - Surnames Mil-Moo
From: Alington, Margaret Hilda, 1920-2012 : Bolton Street Cemetery transcripts, notes and papers / compiled by Margaret Alington and others
Reference: MS-Papers-2260-054
Description: Surnames on headstones: Milne; Minifie; Crease; Mitchell; Miller; Moar; Wright; Moffitt; Middleton; Monk; Neill; Monteith; Moody; Grady. Names of most individuals added to Name Field Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Looking towards Ranana, taken from Waipapa
Date: [ca 1880s]
From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district
Reference: 1/2-011676-F
Description: A view looking towards the settlement of Ranana showing a white house centre left. A whare can be seen in the middle ground. Photograph taken from Monk's property in Waipapa, ca 1880s, by William James Harding. The white house on the left centre was the residence of George Haami Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).