Birth of Bob at Matapara
An extract from my Uncle Les Mankelow talking to Murray Story in the 1970s. Murray had been a teacher at Ngaroma School and was researching the District's history for an Anniversary of the School in 1975? (someone can correct me on this)
Murray Story was asking Les about when the family moved into Ngaroma after my Grandmother, Sarah Mankelow had won a ballot in 1912 for a farm lot at Ngaroma. The family had moved from Honikiwi to Matapara - end of the road, start of the 'Taupo Track' when Sarah gave birth prematurely to her seventh child ...
Murray Story was asking Les about when the family moved into Ngaroma after my Grandmother, Sarah Mankelow had won a ballot in 1912 for a farm lot at Ngaroma. The family had moved from Honikiwi to Matapara - end of the road, start of the 'Taupo Track' when Sarah gave birth prematurely to her seventh child ...
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