Filer, Alice
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1893 - 1970
Biography
James Filer was a Welsh miner who emigrated to New Zealand during the Depression with his wife Alice, their baby son Hubert (later a Christchurch pianist and teacher) and Alice's brother Tom. They settled first in Millerton, where James and Tom worked in the coal mine there. In 1923 the family moved to Christchurch.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
James Filer letters
Collection
Identifier: CCL Archive 0850
Scope and Contents
Typed transcript of letters in diary form from James Filer written on board the S.S. Borda from the U.K. to Australia.
Copy has title: Letters home. Some of the letters are written by Alice, and there are two letters from Wales, written by James Filer's stepmother, Lucretia Filer.
Dates:
1920-1921