Williams, Jane Elizabeth, 1827-1902

Date: 1845-1915

From: Williams family : Further papers

Reference: 75-001-1/08

Description: Diary of Jane Elizabeth Williams of Turanga, 1845; letter/diary of Mary Williams, 1899, and when she went to England (1856); papers relating to land at Patangata Block, Pukekura East and Pukekura West, Papaaruhe and Oero Block; ordaination certificate of Samuel Williams, 1853 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1859-1879

By: Williams family

Reference: Micro-MS-0829

Description: Mainly comprise letters from Mrs Jane Williams to her daughter Mrs Jane Elizabeth Williams providing family news, account of domestic life and social activities in Hawkes Bay Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (ca 600 pages). Physical Description: Positive microfilm

Date: 1859-1881

Reference: MS-Papers-4127

Description: The collection comprises; the letters of Jane Williams to her daughter Mrs Jane Elizabeth Williams, 1859-1879, providing family news, accounts of domestic life and social activities in the Hawkes Bay; miscellaneous correspondence of Williams family members, 1867-1879; and letters from Edward Wanklyn to his brother-in-law William Leonard Williams, 1872-1881. Source of title - Supplied title Jane Williams nee Nelson married William Williams in 1825. They were appointed to New Zealand by the Church Missionary Society almost immediately and settled at Paihia in the Bay of Islands in 1826. Their second child, Jane Elizabeth was born a year later. The Williams' moved to Poverty Bay in 1840, where Jane was the first white woman in the district. Jane Elizabeth married her cousin Henry Williams in 1849 and remained in the Bay of Islands at Pakaraka. Her father was appointed Bishop of Waiapu in 1859 and when Hawkes Bay was included in the Diocese in 1867 he and Jane moved to Napier. William Williams died in 1879, Jane Williams in 1896. There are also 35 letters to William Leonard Williams, (Jane and William's third child) who married Sarah Wanklyn of Westmoreland in 1853. The letters are from his brother-in-law Edward Wanklyn. Quantity: 6 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs Finding Aids: Paper inventory which was previously available in reading room was removed on 5 December 2014 as it contained no extra information. A copy is available in the staff backfile..

Date: 1865-1888, 1865-1870, 1870-1888, 1886

From: Williams family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0069-067

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1848-1868, 1884

From: Hingston, William George Cornelius, 1802-1894 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0043-3

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.

Date: [pre 1895]

From: Williams family : Photographs relating to the Williams family

Reference: 1/2-029564-F

Description: The family of Bishop William Williams, taken at the house `Hukarere' in Napier, pre 1895. Standing, from left to right: Anna Maria Williams (3rd daughter), Lydia Catherine Williams(Kate, 4th daughter), William Leonard and Margaret Mary Williams (Mrs James Nelson Williams). Sitting, from left to right: Mary Williams (Mrs Samuel Williams, Te Aute), James Nelson Williams, Jane Williams (wife of Bishop William Williams), Jane Elizabeth Williams (Mrs Henry Williams Jr, Auckland), Emma Caroline Nelson (Mrs Williams Nelson, Tomoana, Hastings) and Marianne Williams (5th daughter). Seated at the front is Elina Williams (1st wife of Frederick Williams, eldest son of William Leonard). Photograph possibly taken by Frederick Williams as he lived next door to Hukarere. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).