Box 62
Container
Contains 29 Results:
Walter Robert John RIDDELL and Myra Murison (daughter) at the time of the interview, 1998
Item — Box: 62
Identifier: H05110004
Dates:
1998
Oral History Interview of Walter Robert John RIDDELL by Edith RUDDENKLAU [27 October 1998], 1998
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: H05110001
Dates:
1998
FOSBENDER, Selwyn Philip interviewed by Cathy Macfie
Record Group — Box: 62
Identifier: H0627
Overview
In this interview, Selwyn talks about his family and his connection to the land in Otatara where he has lived all his life. He talks about his grandparents moving to Invercargill and then to New River Ferry on the Oreti River from Germany. Selwyn's father leased land at Sandy Point to fatten cattle and travelled extensively around Southland. Selwyn talks about his mother and growing up, schooling and work life. He joined the Territorial Army, worked in roading and at the freezing works. He...
Dates:
2023
Oral History Interview of Selwyn Philip FOSBENDER by Cathy MACFIE [3 October 2023], 2023
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: H06270001
Dates:
2023
Abstract of Selwyn Philip FOSBENDER, 2023
Item — Box: 62
Identifier: H06270002
Abstract
H0627 Selwyn Philip FosbenderInterviewer: Cathy MacfieDate: 3 October 2023Abstracter: Maree HaggertyTRACK 100.0 IntroductionTRACK 200.00 Joseph and Elizabeth Fosbender, Selwyn’s GRANDPARENTS, came out from GERMANY and settled on Bay Road. Selwyn’s father reported he was born there. Selwyn does not recall how many children there were, but that ‘there was quite a few of them.’ They then moved to NEW RIVER FERRY...
Dates:
2023
Oral History Interview of Meri Eileen LEASK by Vanya BAILEY [26 November 2022], 2022
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: H05930001
Dates:
2022
KILLEEN, James Columbian interviewed by Madeline McGilvray
Record Group — Box: 62
Identifier: H0446
Overview
In this interview James gives details of his parents' backgrounds, the village in Galway, Ireland where he was born in 1906 and why he came to New Zealand. James describes leaving Galway in 1929 and his impressions of Invercargill on arriving in 1930. He describes working at the Fortification sawmill before labouring on buildings in Invercargill. He describes working on the Te Anau to Milford highway in very difficult working and living conditions. He notes that three hundred men worked on the...
Dates:
1999
LINDSAY, Edna Jane Smith interviewed by Madeline McGilvray
Record Group — Box: 62
Identifier: H0448
Overview
In this interview, Edna, who was born in Myross Bush in 1923, gives details about her parents and their occupations. She discusses school, punishment, going to town (Invercargill), first Pakeha settlers, the Fergusons, Reverend Bethune, sports days at John Kerr's, the Post Office at Mrs Baird's, church and Sunday School, the bus service and food supplies. She talks about draft horses, ploughing matches, harvesting, rabbits, card evenings, the community ball, building the Memorial Hall, the...
Dates:
1998