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Thomas and Hardy-Johnston families : Papers

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Reference NumberMS-3705CreatorThomas familyHardy-Johnston familyDescriptionThis collection consists mostly of correspondence and financial records of T.M. Hardy-Johnston and E.G.T. Thomas. Other items include papers relating to dancing, personal papers, ephemera, and a small number of photographs.
Only a small part of this collection is digitised and available through Digital Collections. Information about other items can be found on the Hākena catalogue, through the Library Catalogues link above.History / BiographyThomas Masterman Hardy-Johnston was born in Belfast in 1817. An engineer, he worked on railways projects under Isambard Kingdom Brunel from 1847 to 1856 and was later Engineer to the Madras Railway Company. He came to New Zealand in 1873 and lived mostly in retirement in Christchurch (from obituary, Star [Christchurch], 25 September 1894, p.1). One of Hardy-Johnston's daughters, Emma Charlotte Lena Hardy-Johnston, married Dunedin businessman Edward George Turnbull Thomas. Another, Alice Louisa Hardy-Johnston, married Trevor Grant (later the fourth Baron Strathspey).

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G. & T. Young, Dunedin, billhead

W.A. Scott billhead

W. Strange and Company billhead

Charles Begg and Company billhead

A.J. White letterhead

Peacock and Geaney billhead

A.J. Bloxham and Company billhead

Thomas and Hardy-Johnston families : Papers

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NamesThomas, Edward George Turnbull, c.1867-1945Hardy-Johnston, Thomas Masterman, 1817-1894Thomas familyHardy-Johnston familyPlacesDunedinChristchurchSubjectsFamily lifeBusiness

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