Tobin, William John Henry and Laura
Description
A teacher at Waitara in the 1870's, William (Bill) met Laura, daughter of Major Charles Brown and a keen horsewoman at a hunt at Inglewood, they married 1 June 1878. After spending many years teaching at native schools in Northland they returned to Taranaki where Bill taught at Inglewood and New Plymouth, he retired to Tauranga and died there in 1914.
The collection includes family letters, documents and photographs relating to William and Laura Tobin.
Object detail
Box 1
Folder 1. Correspondence to and from Laura Tobin. Includes letters from her father Major Charles Brown to both Laura and Bill Tobin. 1872 - 1905.
Inlcudes transcripts written by Diana Smith. Photocopies of letters.
Folder 2. Correspondence to William Tobin from Fred Tobin 1890's-1900's. A letter to William from his mother 9 October 1878.
Folder 3. Letters to William from members of the Tobin family. Letters from George Tobin in India 1890's. Correspondence with War Graves Commission re George H W Tobin (d. 15 September 1916).
Copy of 'The Tofuan', March 1916. Printed and published by the Executive of the Tofuan on board H.M. New Zealand Transport no. 48, 1916.
Folder 4. William Henry John Tobin. Letters to William from his mother.
Obituary for Louisa Tobin (mother of W H J Tobin) of Exeter
Correspondence and official documents, birth certificate, education certificates.
Share certificates in the New Swastika Gold Mines Ltd.
Typescript. Details of employment of W H J Tobin 1882 - 1897.
Will of William Henry John Tobin of Tauranga. 10 March 1911.
Research notes. Copied from the London Gazette Bulletin of the Campaign. Account of Captain George Tobin on the ship Andromache of the capture of the French ship La Trave. 1813
Folder 5. Photocopies of letters from Charles Tobin to his parents Laura and William Tobin.1898 - 1902
Folder 6. Wandering through the Years by Freda M. Hartley. 1955. The story of William John Henry Tobin. Photocopy of typescript (location of original not known).
Box 2
Book of newspaper clippings. Annotated inside front cover "To W. Henry J. Tobin from his loving wife & son. Dce. 12th 1879. Waitara East. Taranaki". Includes clippings on Lieutenant Tobin during the Afghanistan War 1880, family births, deaths and marriages. Unveiling of the Jordan memorial in Tauranga Domain (the statue of Canon Charles Jordan, Vicar of Holy Trinity for 39 years, who also served as Mayor of Tauranga for nine years) 1916. Some loose clippings.
Memoir.
Recipe Book. Annotation: /Mrs Tobin Nevis Cottage Tauranga / From Mrs Charles Brown, Taranaki, N.Z. to Laura Brown/. Includes loose clippings and recipes.
Notebook. Contains family research into the Tobin family entered in different handwriting styles.
Book. 'Willis the Pilot'. Has an annotation inside cover /Charlie O'Hara Tobin /August 1890 /with his granny's loving wishes/. (in poor condition)
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