Shortstuff
10
Journals
4
Comments
Journals
Dec 29, 2012 •
1200 views •
3 comments
Trying to find out how & when the HILTON name came into the family line, I made a sudden discovery that Hilton was not as a surname, but a given name - Hilton Mary VEAL, who married Edward MORAN, a pa...
Sep 18, 2011 •
1550 views •
0 comments
Looking for information about Alex b.abt.1847, & John b.abt.1849, MAY or MAYS of Co.Tyrone, who arrived in Auckland on the "Dover Castle" 14.8.1875, as Assisted Immigrants. They were carpenters. With...
Sep 4, 2011 •
1381 views •
0 comments
George William HALL and Sarah (Sarah Jane)BORTICK/BORTHWICK were married in County Longford, Ireland, in 1863, and were in New Zealand by 1875. George's father is said to have been George John HALL & ...
Aug 11, 2011 •
1247 views •
0 comments
Not an easy family to track, as I have found 19 different variations of the spelling. True! Mostly WOODNOTH in the old records, but sometimes the same family will be "WOODNOTH alias WOODNET", which br...
Aug 11, 2011 •
1426 views •
3 comments
Not an easy family to track, as I have found 19 different variations of the spelling. True! Mostly WOODNOTH in the old records, but sometimes the same family will be "WOODNOTH alias WOODNET", which br...
Aug 11, 2011 •
1116 views •
0 comments
George FRANKLIN =m= Mary DWYER. George listed as a gardener. Known children Annie/Nancy (birth date could be anywhere between 1837-44, but probably abt.1839 d.1912 in NZ); George (23.7.1850- 9.4.192...
Aug 9, 2011 •
1994 views •
0 comments
For people just starting, there is an old 'young adult' book which you can still find online.
"A True Cornish Maid" by G.Norway. (Blackie & Sons)
The hero & heroine are Chegwidden twins - whether t...
Aug 7, 2011 •
1249 views •
1 comments
Have you ever tried the website for "THE WEST BRITON & CORNWALL ADVERTISER" 1836-1887 newspaper ? It doesn't have every year of its publication, and those years available sometimes have only 2-3 mont...
Aug 7, 2011 •
1986 views •
0 comments
THOMAS CHEGWIDDEN (1784-1867) =m= 1813 to Ann(e) CHENOWETH/CHYNOWETH
who d.1873 @ 88yrs. They had at least 13 children. (This inc.3 called Elias. The 3rd one survived.)1812 or13 Constantine;1814 Tho...
Aug 7, 2011 •
1207 views •
0 comments
I have been doing pre-1850 CHEGWIDDEN & COATH (Cornwall& N.Z.) research for years, now branching out to find names CHENOWETH/CHYNOWETH (who seem to figure a lot in the old criminal records), LOWER, SY...