Diaries of Eleanor Sarah Combes

Date1 Jan 1855-2 Jan 1872Reference NumberMs 53Collection SummaryEleanor Combes's lived in Auckland with her husband, Walter Combes. Her father was Captain Pulham, who was an active member of the Parochial Committee formed in 1853, and was one of the earliest members of St Matthew’s church in Auckland.DescriptionEleanor was born in Warkworth, Rodney, Auckland, New Zealand in c. 1824 to William Pulham and Francis Burrow. She married Walter Combes in 1851 with whom she had five children.

This small collection of papers includes diaries she wrote between 1855 and from 1872:
-Ms 53/1: Diaries Monday 1 January 1855 – Saturday 16 April 1859. Photocopy of holograph original.
-Ms 53/2: Diary Wednesday 1 February 1865 – Tuesday 2 January 1871. Photocopy of holograph original.
-Ms 53/3: Diary Monday 1 January 1855 – Sunday 17 January 1869. Photocopy of typed transcript.
-Ms 53/4: Diary 3 September 1871 – 2 January 1872. Original. List of names on verso of final leaf.CreatorCombes, Eleanor Sarah, 1824?-1910LevelCollectionExtent5 foldersSourcesEleanor Sarah Pulham family tree on Ancestry

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