Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Aunt Adeline McKay
Place
Date
1910s
Physical Description
149 mm. x 107 mm. (print)
233 mm. x 176 mm. (mount)
Collection
Level of Current Record
Child
Is Part Of
Media/Materials
Technique
Subject Category
Classification
photographic prints/positives/photographs/AAT Visual Works
Provenance Details
Two versions offered by Pamela McKay:
Elizabeth Tepoona Crapp gave the trunk of photos to donor's father Paumea McKay
Elizabeth Kakuna, Gilbert Mair's daughter gave the collection to donor's father Paumea McKay [Both Elizabeths are the same person, Elizabeth TePoono Crapp nee Mair daughter of Gilbert Mair and Anahera Patara]
Content
"Definitely is Aunt Adeline McKay = Stewart (incorrect - P.H. Stewart Shuker- Jan '96. Jonathan McKay = Irihapeti hahau - Albert McKay - Adeline McKay, Marian McKay. Charles Stewart = Awhiahua - Albert Stewart. (Ron Stewart says yes it is 1999)."
Subject Notes
Adeline was the daughter of Albert Horton McKay who was a Maori interpreter and Celia Greening.
Adeline Celia McKay married Albert Stewart the son of Charles Stewart and his first wife Lily Awhiahua Teta.
Adeline and Albert's children were Horton Oliphant, Bertrand, Charles, Hiraina (died infancy) Hineroa, Florence, Donald, Robert (died in WW1) Vivienne, Leslie and Pauline.
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Last Update
11 May 2023
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