Daughter of Colonel Balneavis, she married John McEffer Shera in 1873. Wrote to Sir Donald McLean in 1870s. Died in 1907 aged 59. [Source: Online historical BDM]
Shera, Jemima, 1848?-1907
Balneavis, Jemima, 1848?-1907
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Manuscript
In-between lives
Date: 2000-2004
From: Binney, Judith Te Tomairangi o te Aroha (Dame), 1940-2011: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-11115-132
Description: Research notes, including correspondence and photocopies of documents, for 'In-between lives'', an essay by Binney included in 'Disputed histories, Imagining New Zealand's pasts' published by Otago University Press in 2006. Quantity: 1 box(es).
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Manuscript
Inward letters - Surnames, She - Sid
Date: 1854-1875, nd
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0571
Description: Correspondents: R Shephard, Wellington, 1870 (1 letter); J Shepherd, Waiuku, 1860-1861 (3 letters); Thomas L Shepherd, Wellington & Dunedin, 1861-1876 (4 letters); Thomas V Shepherd (109th Regiment), Auckland & India, 1874, 1876 & undated (3 letters); Jemina Shera, undated letter. Richard A A Sherrin, Napier, 1876 & undated (2 letters); Thomas Shields, Whiritoa, 1854 (1 letter); C H Shinholtz, undated letter re teaching salary; Edward Shortland, Plymouth & Auckland, 1865 & 1870 (2 letters); Thomas William Shute, Masterton, 1871-1872 (2 letters); Rev David Sidey, Napier, 1873, 1875 & undated (3 letters). Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Jemima Balneavis
Date: ca 1870
From: Moore, Peter album 2
Reference: PA1-q-161-16-3
Description: Jemima Balneavis, circa 1860s. Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Jemima Balneavis Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 8.3 x 5.1 cm (visible image), on album page 22.5 x 30 cm
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Jemima Balneavis
Date: 1867
From: Haines, Bernard Gilpin, b 1842 :Photographs compiled while on active service with the 18th Royal Irish Regiment during the New Zealand Wars
Reference: PA1-f-027-44-2
Description: Portrait of Jemima Balneavis seated at a table, Auckland, 1867. Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Miss Balneavis 1867 Auckland NZ Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 13.7 x 10.2 cm, mounted on album page 37.8 x 26.6 cm
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Moore, Peter album 2
Date: 1865 to 1866
By: Webster, Hartley, -1906; Dalton, Edward, active 1855-1867; Bishop, G W, active 1860s
Reference: PA1-q-161
Description: Album containing 121 cartes de visite portraits, all identified, at least by surname. They include Bishops Selwyn, Abraham, Patterson and Williams, members of various British regiments, and a large number of women related in some way to the soldiers. Not all the people identified in the album are listed in the name entries above. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Carte de visite album with embossed black leather cover, red watered silk end-papers; 31.0 x 23.5 cm Provenance: Purchase