Farmer and runholder. Arrived in Wellington in 1845 and farmed in the Wairarapa and later at Patangata in Hawke's Bay. Purchased Elmshill Sation in 1859. Younger brother of Henry Stokes Tiffen. (See `Early stations of Hawke's Bay' by Miriam Macgregor, 1970)
Tiffen, Frederick John, 1828-1911
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Tiffen, Frederick John, 1828-1911 : Papers
Date: 1807-1954
By: Tiffen, Frederick John, 1828-1911
Reference: MS-Papers-1348
Description: Journals and other records of farming activities in Wairarapa and Hawke's Bay after arrival in Wellington on the `Louisa Campbell' in 1845; land transactions in Hawke's Bay; records of Elmshill Station, purchased 1859. Also `Frederick John Tiffen...' compiled by A M Andersen, 1959; genealogical material on Tiffen and Monteith families. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 34 folder(s). 0.34 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and typescript Finding Aids: Inventory available.
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Tiffen, Frederick John 1828-1911 : Letter, Homewood, [Patangata, Hawke's Bay, to] Belin...
Date: 7 Feb 1857
By: Tiffen, Frederick John, 1828-1911
Reference: MS-Papers-3786
Description: Letter to Tiffen's sister in England describing a horseback journey from Homewood, at Patangata, Hawke's Bay to Taupo, Rotomahana, Whakatane and back. Describes in detail the landscape, particularly in the thermal areas, and the people he met along the way, mostly Maori but also the family of the Rev Seymour Mills Spencer. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (18 leaves). Physical Description: Typed transcript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Mr G S J Read, Lower Hutt, 1983
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Manuscript
Inward letters - Surnames, Tho - Tod
Date: 1846-1871, nd
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0604
Description: Correspondents: Joshua Thorp, Auckland & Thames, 1848 (3 letters, includes reply from McLean); F J Tiffen, Te Kopunga, 1863 & 1867 (2 letters); H S Tiffen, Napier & Te Aute, 1850-1871 & undated (12 letters); Tisard Bros, Parnell, Auckland, 1856 (1 letter); Major William St Clair Tisdall, Colonial Store Office, 1869-1870 (2 letters); R Tod, Nelson, 1846 (1 letter). Quantity: 1 folder(s).