Waterhouse family papers, 1779, 1813-1937

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fonds

1779, 1813-1937

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Ephemera, Photographs

897674

0.7 metres of textual material (3 boxes)
1 glass negative (1 box)

Rev. John Waterhouse (1789-1842) was appointed Superintendent of Wesleyan Missions to Australasia and Polynesia, arriving in Hobart Town with his wife Jane Beadnell, nee Skipsey, and their ten children in 1839. His son, Jabez Bunting Waterhouse (1821-1891), also became a Methodist minister, preaching throughout Tasmania, South Australia and New South Wales. Two other sons, Joseph (1828-1881) and Samuel (1830-1918), served as missionaries in Fiji and also ministered throughout Victoria. Gustavus John Waterhouse (1851-1929) was the son of Jabez Bunting Waterhouse.

References:
Library correspondence file
Australian Dictionary of Biography http://adb.anu.edu.au (accessed 11 February 2015)

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BOX 1

Approximately 130 manuscript sermons, chiefly in individual notebooks, most signed by Jabez Bunting Waterhouse. Some include the date and location in England or Australia, 1847-1872
Notes on the Hebrew language, contained in 3 notebooks, 1844-1848

BOX 2

Previously held containers labelled A-M, with A being a metal cylinder containing large documents which have been flattened and transferred to Box 3.

FOLDER B. Red leather-bound book containing: manuscript letters, pasted in and loose, to Rev. John Waterhouse from correspondents including Rev. Jabez Bunting, other clergymen and two cousins, 1813-1838; two further letters, one dated 1779; printed extract from Halifax Commercial Chronicle regarding the opening of the new Wesley Chapel in Halifax, 1829; Wesleyan Methodist Preachers Plans for London East Circuit 1821, Second London Circuit 1837 and Windsor Circuit 1847

FOLDER C. Manuscript sermons and notes, in notebooks or bound with string, written by Rev. John Waterhouse and Rev. Jabez Bunting Waterhouse, 1823-1836; manuscript, typescript and printed papers relating to education in Fiji, proposals for the establishment of various schools, financial reports of companies in Fiji, an address by the Governor of Fiji and resolutions of the Council of Chiefs, 1917

FOLDER D. Papers relating to Rev. John Waterhouse, his wife Jane and their family, including: notebook with marbled cover, endpaper signed by John Waterhouse and inscribed ‘Begun at Shields 1815’, containing details of his children; various drawings and photographs of John and Jane Waterhouse and of their original grave; letter from Jane Waterhouse with printed copy of her last words; letter from Thomas Skipsey, father of Jane Waterhouse, 1814; memorial card for four children of James P. and Charlotte A. Roberts (nee Waterhouse); manuscript family tree showing descendants of Thomas and Hannah Waterhouse
Papers relating to the John Waterhouse Memorial at Melville Street, Hobart, including photographs
Papers relating to Rev. Jabez Bunting Waterhouse including: letter to Rev. N. Turner with biographical information about Rev. John Waterhouse, 1842; Hobart Town Circuit, Wesleyan Methodist Preachers’ Plan for August to November, 1840; Australasian Wesleyan Methodist Church Preachers’ Plans, Glebe Circuit, Sydney, 1880, with manuscript notes on reverse; registration certificate for the Methodist Preachers’ Annuitant Society for his wife Maria Augusta, 1858; list of dates and locations where he served as minister from 1845 to 1881
Memorial card for Rev. Jabez Bunting, 1858
Pamphlet ‘The Wesleyan junior offering’, containing an account of the funerals of Rev. John Waterhouse and Esther Waterhouse, wife of Samuel, 1857

FOLDER D-(A). ‘S. Churchward to G.J.W.’ Correspondence and other papers relating to publication of the book ‘A brief account of the life and activities of the Rev. John Waterhouse’, 1926-1937

FOLDER E. Letters (6) from Samuel Waterhouse to Jabez Bunting Waterhouse, 1852-1854; letter from Esther D. Waterhouse, wife of Samuel, to Maria, wife of Jabez, 1855; diary of Samuel Waterhouse, possibly written by Esther

FOLDER F. Letters (9) from Joseph Waterhouse to Jabez Bunting Waterhouse, 1849-1861; letter from Joseph Waterhouse to Gustavus (Gussy) Waterhouse, 1874; letters (4) from Joseph Waterhouse to Rev. J. A. Manton, 1853-1862; letters (3) from Elizabeth Waterhouse, wife of Joseph, to Mrs Manton, 1851-1857; extracts from journal of Joseph Waterhouse with note to ‘Dear Parents’, 1851-1852

FOLDER G. Papers relating to Jabez Waterhouse: letter from Jabez, aged 9, to his parents, 1830; birth registration, 1821; diary extract, 1837 with annotations, 1840; letters from Jabez to Rev. J. A. Manton, 1850-1864; letters (20) to Jabez from various correspondents, 1843-1891

FOLDER H. Papers relating to the unveiling of the memorial to Rev. John Waterhouse at Wesley Church, Melville Street, Hobart on 22 November 1925: manuscript and typescript copies of address delivered by Gustavus Waterhouse; manuscript order of service; manuscript and typescript eulogies (2); printed pamphlet seeking contributions to the John Waterhouse Memorial Fund; letter from Gustavus Waterhouse to Rev. S. Churchward, enclosing newscutting; manuscript account of the unveiling
Typescript address given by Athol Waterhouse at the N.S.W. Annual Conference, 1930; manuscript notes by Rev. John Waterhouse, 1830-1832; typescript letters (2) from Mary Waterhouse Rice to Gustavus Waterhouse, 1927; condolence letters to Mrs John Waterhouse on the death of her husband, 1842; letter from Eva to her cousin Gustavus Waterhouse, 1924; family history notes on the Waterhouse family and Thomas Skipsey; manuscript list of stations of Wesleyan Methodist Ministers, 1840-1841

FOLDER I. Correspondence between Rev. Arthur Mather and Gustavus (and subsequently Athol) Waterhouse, 1929-1930

FOLDER J. Correspondence between members of the Waterhouse family and also Rev. C. O. Lelean regarding the family papers and their placement, 1918-1930; postcard photograph, possibly of Fiji: letter from the Public Library of New South Wales to Gustavus Waterhouse acknowledging his donation of forty-five photographs and a letter, 1930

FOLDER K. Letters (6) from John Waterhouse to Athol Waterhouse, with copy of one reply, 1936; manuscript copy, written by John Waterhouse, of foreword to the Rev. John Waterhouse souvenir book

FOLDER L. Letters (5) from John Thomas Waterhouse to Jabez Waterhouse, 1851-1886

FOLDER M. Miscellaneous papers, including possible fragments of sermons

BOX 3

Brown cloth bound folder, ‘Rev. P. M. Waterhouse’ gilt embossed, containing: unsent letter by Rev. John Waterhouse, Hobart Town, Van Diemen’s Land, 31 August 1839; ‘Journal of a voyage etc’ Parts 1 and 2, describing part of Rev. John Waterhouse’s voyage from London to Van Diemen’s Land, 1838-1839; autobiography of Rev. John Waterhouse, written after July 1838

Indenture certificate for William Waterhouse, son of Rev. John Waterhouse, 1831

Certificate of appointment of Jabez Bunting Waterhouse as a Methodist missionary, 1847

‘Instructions to the Wesleyan Missionaries’ addressed to Rev. Jabez Bunting Waterhouse, from the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society

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1 glass negative of a portrait drawing of Rev. John Waterhouse, no date

Copyright status:: In copyright - This collection has multiple rights owners
Research & study copies allowed: Applies only to material in which the author has been deceased for more than 50 years

Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No.2 as part of the eRecords Project, 2009-2010