Born Dunedin. Attended Otago Girls High School. Married Albert George Kinsman.
Kinsman, Mary Louisa, 1905-1997
Chisholm, Mary Louisa, 1905-1997
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Interview with Mary Kinsman
Date: 13 Oct 1994
From: Greater Green Island oral history project
By: Kinsman, Mary Louisa, 1905-1997
Reference: OHInt-0616/26
Description: Mary Louisa Kinsman (nee Chisholm) born Dunedin 1905. Recalls getting the strap on first day at school for writing with left hand. Describes influenza epidemic (1918). Talks about World War I and recalls farewell concerts, socials and church services for men leaving from Green Island. Other memories recalled include: household chores; Opening of Concord school Sep 1915; High school, with reference to teachers, Miss Dallaston and Mrs Kerr; marriage 1927; lack of electricity; birth of twin girls; entertainment which included movies on Saturday nights in the old town hall; fire at Cement works 1912; Depression and rationing during World War II. Mentions a younger cousin, Alistair Duthie, who went on the Wyatt Earp on a Southern Polar expedition. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Interviewer(s) - Grant Rule Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-010106-010107 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3375.