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Lawry, Walter

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1793 - 1859

Biography

William Arthur (called Arthur) Aldred was born in 1856 in Christchurch. His maternal great-grandfather, Walter Lawry, was a Wesleyan missionary in Tonga.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Aldred family papers

 Collection
Identifier: CCL Archive 0658
Scope and Contents

The papers of the Aldred family include correspondence, photographs, postcards, press clippings and posters. The majority of this collection are letters, with two written in Māori. Most of the letters are by Arthur Aldred, writing from Tonga to his wife in New Zealand during the course of the First World War.

Dates: 1841-1921