PIONEER'S 92ND BIRTHDAY
The 92nd birthday of Mrs. M- A. Whitcombe, of 5S Albert Road, Devonport, was celebrated on Thursday. Born in England in 1818, Mrs. Whitcombe camr to New Zealand at the age of three. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Wells, farmed near New Plymouth until the outbreak of the Taranaki War, when the family was obliged to tak« refuge in the Marsland Hill barracks. Her father was well known as the writer of a history of Taranaki, while her husband, the late Mr. C. D. Whitcombe, was for 11 years commissioner of Crown lands in Taranaki.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23767, 21 September 1940, Page 16
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99PIONEER'S 92ND BIRTHDAY New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23767, 21 September 1940, Page 16
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