Lewis
Hello to everyone, i am looking for a site that can help me know more about my greats
My Koro Friday Lewis had three wives defactos but not sure if info is correct on names.
1st Erna Wharekiri
2nd Te Hirata
3rd Mihi Rautahi.
As the story goes Koro Friday moved from Te Reinga Wairoa to Taranaki he had left his family in Te Reinga
and settle in Taranaki with his aother family but he went back and forwards between his family i dont want to say to much in case i say the wrong thing but i would like to have thing correct about hes partners and children his daughter Titi Polly married Sam Kaa , my Koro Mana married Maata Te Tuku.
Finding any info in nz only is quite hard does anyone have a good site that do my tracing without having to pay out more money.
hi Keitha,
I know you have been looking for a long time and have posted a number of requests for this family, but, THIS site will eventually help
I will tell you how it works
You write a query like the one above and it doesn't just sit here for people to come in and read and you think that when it is no longer on page 1 that people won't see it. It is picked up by Google and is then forever on the net. When someone Googles a name that you mention then info comes up that leads then to the names you have written here
There is a message board on ancestry.com where people are discussing the Lewis & Rautahi family eg...
Lizzie 1884-1918
William James Lewis
George Walter lewis
Mary Ellen Lewis
Archibold Abel Lewis
Alice Magdaline lewis
Laura Lewis
Rudolphus (Lofty) Lewis
Maud Lewis
Claude Hamilton Lewis 1887-1956
that site mentions that Kester Atkenson had all the info you will need on the Atkenson & Lewis side. Spend some time there abd you will find out how to contact all the people researching your names
I also found there...
... in searching the William Lewis I have he was born abt 1832 and was apparently an American Whaler at Mahia and settled in Wairoa. William married in Wairoa, Mihi Rautahi (maybe it is meant to be spelt Ruatahi) born abt 1836 Wairoa
they say that Tiri (you have Tito) was a twin with Henry Lewis but they say the parents were Mihi Rautahi & JOSEPH Lewis
I think you have been there before but the last couple of postings were only last month
I suppose you know about the Whakapapa Club
There is a list of a number of Whakapapa Genealogy Links which includes:
The New Zealand Society of Genealogists has a Maori Interest Group
He Tangata Whenua Whakapapa Roopu. You may have to pay for that one but write and ask them
and there is the site New Zealand Maori Genealogy which has many links like:
that should keep you busy for awhile and I wish you luck in your search. Sometimes, unfortunately, it can take a few years to find what you want. It all depends on when someone else goes looking for the same whanau. The again, sometimes it may only take hours :)
Hi. My direct line of descendants come from Captain Willian Friday Paraire Lewis and Erena Te Wharekiri. Their Daughter Charlotte Harata Lewis married John McKain Torr. I am not sure of the timelines but I think Erena died in 1848 the same year Charlotte was born so perhaps in childbirth? I Have found reference to Williams 3 wives Erena Te Wharekiri, Mihi (or Hine Mihi) Rautahi, and Te Hirata Moea. His children - Charlotte, Archibald James, Toby Tata (aka George Paraire), Ruta (Ruth) Putere (only found mentioned once and not sure who from so may be wrong) Titi Polly, William David (only same place at Ruta) - another site says Mihi had Archibald, Rudolph, Micheal Albert, Anthony Dean.