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Tag: Turnbull

Emily Brouard

By friends on April 25, 2023

Emily Elvina Brouard “she dusted but did not read them” Emily was housekeeper to Alexander Turnbull. Born about 1874 in Guernsey, Channel Islands to Nicholas (a sailmaker) and Selina his…

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Turnbull & Son

By friends on January 30, 2021January 30, 2021

This charming wee house in Mt Victoria came on the market today. It was built in 1910 for Mrs Catherine Gray who is buried at Bolton Street. This house is…

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1895 Watercolour

By friends on December 13, 2020December 13, 2020

Now isn’t this something special. An 1895 watercolour of our wee Shelter at the Cemetery. Painted by Mary Catherine (Taylor) Medley, from the Alexander Turnbull Library. Biography from The National…

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