Collinson, Mary Ellen (Nellie)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1898 - 1994
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
COLLINSON, Mary Ellen Wenham (Nellie) interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau
Record Group — Box: 24
Identifier: H0377
Overview
Nellie was 95 at the time of this interview. She talks about her parents coming to New Zealand from the UK and arriving in Bluff. Her father was involved in the building part of the hospital in Invercargill when it was sited in Dee Street, the Mataura freezing works and the Royal Mail Hotel in Lumsden. Her mother, Grace Wilson, was very good at needlework. Nellie talks about her school days and games played as a child. On leaving school, Nellie went to work for H&J Smiths. She then nursed...
Dates:
1993
Mary Ellen (Nellie) Collinson
Digital Image
Identifier: DH03770003
Dates:
1918
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
Mary Ellen (Nellie) Collinson
Digital Image
Identifier: DH03770002
Dates:
1993
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
Mary Ellen Wenham (Nellie) COLLINSON, 1993
Item — Box: 24
Identifier: H03770002
Mary Ellen Wenham (Nellie) COLLINSON, 1918
Item — Box: 24
Identifier: H03770003