The Wiltshire Washbourns of New Zealand
Documents and Records
There are a number of documents which have been written over the years which record various histories and genealogies of different stages relating to the Washbourn family. These are listed below, approximately in timeline order, with short explanatory notes. Note that not all of these are in print.
The Washbourne Family. James Davenport. Methuen & Co., London. 1906
The standard scholarly reference work, written by a former Vicar of Wichenford. Covers the family
from ca 1250 to the 1800s in Worcestershire, England. Although the book is long out of print,
it is available on a CD in digital form, from Quintin Publications in Orange Park Florida, USA.
Website: www.quintinpublications.com
Washbourn Origins : Letter of Hubert Oscar Washbourn to his Father.
Hubert Oscar [Pete] Washbourn. August 1910. Typed MS.
An account of Pete Washbourn’s searching for the origins of the Wiltshire Branch of the family. His
success paved the way for Richard Washbourn to document the family in the 1960s.
Copies available from various family members in New Zealand.
The Memoirs of Henry Everley Arthur Washbourn
HEA Washbourn. Ca 1942. Typed MS.
Memories of ‘Uncle Ev.’; ‘Hailey’; from early childhood, overseas education at Edinburgh, his career, and concludes at the time of
the death of his wife in Collingwood in 1940.
Copies available from various family members in New Zealand.
Washburn Family Foundations in Normandy, England and America.
Mabel Thacher Rosemary Washbourn. 187 pp.
A scholarly history of the very early ancestors of the Washbourne family in Europe and England.
Wm Mitchell Printing Company, Greenfield, Indiana. 1953. Available only a CD in digital form,
from Quintin Publications in Orange Park Florida, USA. Website: www.quintinpublications.com
Genealogical Notes of the Washburn Family : Descendants of Israel Washburn.
Julia Chase Washburn.
Available only a CD in digital form, from Quintin Publications in Orange Park Florida, USA.
Website: www.quintinpublications.com
The Washbourn Family 1540-1888 : Descent of the Wiltshire Branch.
Richard Everley Washbourn. November 1961. Typed MS. Illustrated.
Documented evidence of the Nelson NZ Washbourn ancestors in England; follows on from Pete Washbourn’s
letter to his father. Copies available from various family members in New Zealand.
Courage and Camp Ovens : Five Generations at Golden Bay.
Enga Washbourn. AH & AW Reed; 1970. 223pp.
An account of the two settler families, the Washbourns and the Caldwells, who lived in the Collingwood
area in the early days of Nelson settlement.
Out of print; copies sometimes available in second-hand sales.
Biographies of the descendants of William Everley Washbourn and Susan Ann Washbourn
[née Hawk].
Compiled by Roger Washbourn. October 1998. 75pp + appendices.
Biographies compiled from mixed sources on the occasion of a family reunion in Collingwood in 1990.
Copies available from various family members in New Zealand.
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We may not be who we think we are - the Washbourn Family and its DNA Story.
A discussion of the results of DNA testing of members of the Washbourn family and some implications.
Compiled by Roger Washbourn. Updated 2018. 9p; Illus.
Copies available from Roger on request.
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There are two publications by H.P. Washbourn, not of family matters but a compilation of miscellaneous
notes contributed to The (Nelson) Mail, dealing with the early days in the Nelson, Motueka, Collingwood and
Takaka districts. These booklets, in A5 format, are now long out of print.
Reminiscences of Early Days. HP Washbourn; 1933. 62 pp. R. Lucas & Son., Nelson.
Further Reminiscences of Early Days. HP Washbourn; 1937. 68 pp. AG Betts & Son, Nelson.
