Religion
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
FAVEL, Annie Keturah interviewed by Avis McDonald
Record Group — Box 24
Identifier: H0351
Overview
In this interview Annie talks about her grandfather John Gordon, who came to New Zealand, via Australia and married Ann Munro. They settled in Edendale where Annie grew up. She talks of her early relatives and makes some comments on home life, including chores and church.
Dates:
1999
HORRELL, Albert Edwin John interviewed by Avis McDonald
Record Group — Box 55
Identifier: H0621
Overview
Bert Horrell was born in Gore in 1917. Describes how his grandfather emigrated to New Zealand in the 1880s. Talks about their farm across the Mataura River and the difficulty of crossing it to get to school. Mentions how his father, as a child, had learned how to cross the river with a horse and dray full of school children. Talks about his father buying a farm at Mandeville. Describes going to Mandeville school, conditions, teachers Alan Prentice and Miss Barclay and sitting Proficiency....
Dates:
1998