Biographical note and letters, 1929 [manuscript]. 1929.

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Biographical note and letters, 1929 [manuscript]. 1929.

2 letters with information on the Minchin family and a short biographical note on Alfred Minchin.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8151290

Libraries Australia

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Minchin family.

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Alfred Minchin, a Swan farmer, arrived in WA with his parents in 1829. He married Lucy Martin and they had 11 children. John Byrne was the husband of Eliza Minchin. From the description of Biographical note and letters, 1929 [manuscript]. 1929. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 762849934 ...

Minchin, Alfred, 1825-1907

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Byrne, John, 1949-

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John Byrne was born circa 1866 on a small farm 25 miles south of Dublin near Asford, Wicklow County, Ireland. In 1906 Byrne moved to Los Angeles, California and became instrumental in helping to fund the Irish nationalist movement. Friends of Irish Freedom (FOIF) emerged in California in 1916, becoming the State's primary Irish American organization. Its main purpose was to gain independence for Ireland. John Byrne was the Secretary-Treasurer of the Southern California chapter of the FOIF and wo...