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My mother said "when you go to visit a cemetry you take a bunch of flowers. BUT when you go to the one in ASHHURST you TAKE BUCKETS AND BUCKETS OF FLOWERS. talofa
With genealogy, do you just follow one line down, eg Father and mother, then son an...
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MCGREGORS, MCKENZIES, MONTGOMERIES, PATONS, YULES
Looking for Dorothy Smith or relative of, who was Living in Hermiston Place Tokoroa in the late nineteen fifties.
Surnames:
SMITH
Her mother was called Isabella McGREGOR too and was only 15 years old when she had her daughter. No known father. ANY ADVANCE BACKWARDS ON THIS FAMILY LINE.
My mother said we were related to Rob Roy McGREGOR b 7 March 1671.
talofa
I HAVE ALEXANDER McKENZIE AND MARY GOLLAN DOWN TO THE PRESENT DAY, NOW I NEED TO GO BACKWARDS.
HIS FATHER WAS RODERICK McKENZIE B 1763 D 1862 m ISABELLA McDONALDb 7 AUG 1772
HIS FATHER WAS JOHN McKENZIE m MARY McDONALD 15 Oct 1726 or 17 Nov 1726, I...
Charles Henry ZABELL (1832-1905) was born in Danzig, Pomorskie, Poland. He married Mary Jane FRANCIS in 1866 in Waihi, Coromandel. Mary Jane was base born to Sarah Ann Francis (1824-1906) who later married Stephen SWAN, in Lower Hutt in 1848, had abo...
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ALEXANDER, CHAPMAN, DEW, FRANCIS, GULLY
and 9 more
The only info i have on my great grandfather is : his name is CLEMENT, and he has a son William.
they moved to peterborough cir. 1870. william married ethel crouter. clement guerin married mary manard- she was from quebec also .
My contact is : e...
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CHARRON, GUERIN, MANARD
Looking for decendents of John Green, Oundle, Northamptonshire UK. He was born 1839 died 1909.
Looking for decendents of James Andrew Young, born Nelson Creek, New Zealand ; died 1952 NSW Aust.
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GREENYOUNG
Trying to trace ancestors from the New Zealand branch back to County Armagh, Northern Ireland. My GGG-Grandfather John RANKIN married Elizabeth WILLIAMSON but died before coming to New Zealand. Elizabeth came to New Zealand with two sons; John, (le...
Bessie Solomons born 1887 in Dunedin, New Zealand, daughter of Emanuel Solomons and Evelina Marks.
Bessie is said to have married a David Cohen in New Zealand and there were 4 children of that marriage. However, I can find no record of this marri...
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FITZSIMMONS, SOLOMONS
Information Journal.
Groom: Charles FRAMPTON.
Bride: Susannah BOYD.
Year married: 1851.
Place: Melbourne, Victoria.
Possible death for Charles is 1876 in Victoria.
Age: 53 years.
Charles birth place given as London.
Parents named as Rob...
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BOYD, CAREY, FRAMPTON, JAMES, KING
and 6 more
If anyone can help with the birth parents / grand parents of Robert Chambers born New Brunswick in 1804 I'd be grateful.
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CHAMBERS
I have come to a standstill on this family, the furthest i can go back is John Henry Cowdrey born 1882 in Highworth Wiltshire,served in the military , married Eva Lillian Rudman Dec 25 1905 and i have all the family from there on.
But unable to trac...
The information I have is: John McKENZIE m Mary McDONALD 17 Nov 1726. Roderick McKENZIE b 1763 d 1862 m Isabella McDONALD (all in Scotland) Alexander McKENZIE b 1803 Scotland d 1876 NZ m Mary GOLLAN. Colin McKENZIE b 1845 Scotland d 1889 NZ m Helen Y...
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ALEXANDERMCKENZIE, ANDCOLINMCKENZIE
My great-grandmother was Mary Caroline Christmas who married J. W. Kelly. Her father Henry C. Christmas, His father Thomas Christmas. Where did Thomas come from before his settling in Louisiana. Possibly Tennessee or North Carolina...any help apprec...
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CHRISTMAS, KELLY
Hello, I am descended from these people: Hugh PAYNE > Hamilton PAINE aka Hamilton PAYNE. It's possible that a wife of Hugh PAYNE was Elizabeth GRANT-- possibly a 1st or 2nd wife. My branch of the PAYNEs went to Dundee, Scotland during the Irish Fam...
Surnames:
PAINE, PAYNE
Hi,
I am researching the PAYNE/PAINE Family of Dromore, Co. Down, Ireland & Dundee, Scotland. Our family originated in Dromore, Co. Down and emigrated to Dundee, Scotland at the time of the Irish Famine.
My Grandparents came to the USA in the ...
Surnames:
PAINE, PAYNE