Macdonald Dictionary Record: Adam Edgar

Maker
George Ranald Macdonald
Production date
1952-1964
 Description
One record, handwritten in ink on rectangular card, with biographical information for Adam Edgar. Written by George Ranald Macdonald for the Macdonald Dictionary of Canterbury Biography project, 1952-1964.
 See full details

Object Detail

Maker
Production place
Christchurch
Collecting unit
Library
Production role
Author
Named collection
G R Macdonald Dictionary of Canterbury Biographies
Associated person
Related information
Help us transcribe names in the Macdonald Dictionary. Join the Zooniverse crowdsourcing project.
Current rights
No known copyright restrictions
Current rights code
No known copyright restrictions
Other id
E42
138/64
604
E42
Catalogue number
E42
Marks and Inscriptions
Marks/Inscriptions: F 42 Edgar, Adam (1838- was born in Berwick shire , Ic ot. and was brought up to farming . He came to N.Z. by the Quee of the Mer sey in '62, and first worked for Ser J. Cracroft Wilson as a shepherd. He was then a shepherd at Acton Station, Rakaia for 2 years. He moved about the S. Island, visited the gold fields in the West Coast and went in for contract cropping . In '75 he started farming at Rangitata on 500 ac. He was a member of the local sch. Comm. marr. '7 Selma Barn harn of oxford shire , Eng. 4 daus 2 sons He made the lorg journey to Caes Ie with the Hewson family - see H. Hewson. Cyclop N.Z. 11; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer

Colours

Subject Auto Tags

Share

Comments

Can you add to our information about this item? Click Add Comment to share your knowledge and help enrich our collection. Have a question about this item? Please email info@canterburymuseum.com.

Be the first to comment.

To order a copy of this image please contact Canterbury Museum images@canterburymuseum.com

Unless otherwise stated, or an author is acknowledged, Canterbury Museum holds copyright to all information on Collections Online. All efforts have been made to trace copyright holders. Please contact the Museum with any queries on this matter info@canterburymuseum.com

The information on this page was created from historic documentation and may not reflect the best available knowledge about the item. If you have information or questions about the objects on this website, please contact us. Images may be subject to copyright laws and are therefore not of reproduction quality.