Auckland (inhabited place). Oceania - New Zealand - North Island - Auckland. Longitude: 174.7833. Latitude: -36.9167.
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letters and specifications concerning Auckland harbour lights, New Zealand., 1869.
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Identifier: Acc.10706/661
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
These papers contain the business archive of the Stevensons from the late 18th century to the mid 20th century. They consist mainly of letterbooks, incoming correspondence, reports, memoranda, maps and plans, with a large number of printed pamphlets and reports by the Stevensons and others, concerning all the civil engineering works with which the family was involved. The main interest lies in the material relating to harbours and to lighthouse construction, and to the work of the Northern...
Dates:
1869.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Business papers, notebooks, diaries, maps and plans of Robert Stevenson and Sons, civil engineers.
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Additional papers, correspondence, reports and drawings of Robert Stevenson and Sons.
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Reports, costings and specifications, mostly concerning lights and lighthouses.
Letters of Chrissie Jamieson, emigrant in New Zealand, to Peggy Greig, and a related photograph.
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Identifier: Acc.13114
Scope and Contents
Chrissie and Walter Jamieson lived at Dover and Torquay during WWI. Walter was in the army during the Great War. In March 1919 they sailed on the KMS `Tanui` through the Panama Canal to New Zealand. By 1926 they lived at 42 Calgary St, Auckland. They had four sons, two of whom, Eric and Ian, born March 1926, were twins. After demob Walter Jamieson went back to housebuilding, because the farms being offered to former servicement were poor land.
Dates:
1917-1926.