Burwell, Albert

Production date
1886-1888
Description
A collection of letters written by dairy farmer Albert (Bert) Edward Burwell (1865-1931) to members of his family. Bert was born in Liverpool and emigrated to New Zealand on the ship Akaroa in 1886. He farmed on Kaimata South Road and married Gertrude Minchin in 1897, building a church in her honour after she died of influenza druing the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918. The letters were written to his family back in England in diary form with the writing style being conversational and descriptive.

Object detail

Production date

1886-1888

Production period

1880s

Subject person

Albert Edward Burwell

Gertrude Lenora Burwell

Classification

letter/s/(for Archives)

Item list

Part 1

Typescript and photocopy. A collection of letters written by Bert Burwell to members of his family. 1886 - 1889

Part 2

PDF digital file

Accession number

ARC2002-618

Collection type

My shortlist

Subject place

Kaimata Inglewood Taranaki New Zealand Polynesia Oceania North Island

Subject

Family activities Entertainment and recreation Farming Agriculture, fishing and forestry

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