Adamson, Catherine (1868–1925)

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Adamson, Catherine (1868–1925)

New Zealand diarist. Name variations: Catherine Mary Ann Friend. Born Catherine Mary Ann Friend, Oct 13, 1868, in Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia; died on Aug 9, 1925, in Hokitika, New Zealand; dau. of Samuel Friend (laborer) and Ann Elizabeth (Langham) Friend; m. Robert Adamson (farmer), 1888; children: 5.

Traveled with family to New Zealand as infant (1866); went to Volis station with husband to farm heavily forested land; kept diary that recorded daily routine of pioneers (1895–1906).

See also Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (Vol. 3).

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