Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Letter from William Williams to Leonard Williams, March 17, [1845]
Date
1845
Physical Description
4pp on 1 leaf ; 203 x 252mm Folded to 203 x 126mm
Language
English
Collection
Level of Current Record
Child
Is Part Of
Public Access Text
Dated 1844 but corrected to 1845 by an unknown hand.
Subject Notes
William Leonard Williams (1829-1916), known affectionately as Leonard Williams or Mita Renata, was the first son of William and Jane Williams. He completed his secondary education at various mission stations throughout New Zealand, and gained his Bachelors degree with Honours from Oxford University, England. He then offered himself to the Church Missionary Society and was admitted to Deacons Orders in May 1853. Later that same year he married Sarah Wanklyn, a woman he met while visiting his aunt Catherine Heathcote in Southwell, and the pair sailed for New Zealand to take up missionary duties alongside Leonards parents.
[Further reading: Frances Porter. 'Williams, William Leonard', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2010, up September, 2003. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/2w24/williams-william-leonard (accessed 24 March 2018)]
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Last Update
04 Nov 2022
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