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BRAND, Esther Mary interviewed by Margaret Ann Irving

 Record Group — Box: 8
Identifier: H0236
Overview In this interview Esther recalls family history, life and work on the family farm where her father initially milked 30 cows by hand before the purchase of the milking machine in 1927. She goes onto recall her education, games played and family entertainment which included picnics to Waituna Lagoon and Oreti beach being taken on the back of a truck her father had purchased. Esther goes onto to talk of her marriage to Ben, their family life and life on their 210 acre farm. Ben went to war and...
Dates: 2004

Abstract of Esther Mary BRAND, 2024

 Item — Box: 8
Identifier: H02360002
Abstract H0236 ESTHER MARY BRANDInterviewer: Margaret Ann IrvingAbstracter: Judith ChristieInterview: 25 November 2004 TRACK One00:00 Interview identification. Born in 1915. Parents WILLIAM and EMMA BLONDELL, married in the south of England and came out circa 1870 with three children. Lived in a house in Invercargill near the water tower – all bush in those days.01.20 Father’s parents moved to a farm at LORA GORGE, neighbours of...
Dates: 2024