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Jul 10, 2010 •
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The following lyrics belong to a song called "Little Brown Jug" and it is one of the songs that my g.g.g.great-grandfather, James CLIMO would sing, with a playful nudge & wink directed to my g.g.g.gre...
Jul 10, 2010 •
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Ann PHILLIPS (nee COX or COCKS) was born in Cornwall England in 1805. Ann had married John PHILLIPS in St. Teath, Cornwall on 19 April 1819. Both John and Ann signed their marriage certificate with an...
May 16, 2010 •
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WILLIAM POPE: William, the first child of Elizabeth Catherine and George Whiting POPE was born in Taranaki in 1859 and went on to marry Agnes Cuthbertson MAULE of Christchurch. After working twenty ye...
May 16, 2010 •
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Henry – or Harry POPE as he was known to the family – was the second child of Elizabeth Catherine and George Whiting POPE. He was born at Havelock on 21 June 1862 and he grew up to the sounds of bush-...
May 16, 2010 •
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James, the youngest child of James and Jane CLIMO, was born at Picton on 22 February 1862. He spent all his childhood in the Marlborough Sounds, eventually becoming a bushman and saw-mill worker, like...
May 16, 2010 •
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Louisa Ellen CLIMO was 15 years old when she left the Sounds for Wellington to work and live with friends of her family. On 31 December 1875 she and John ARCHER were married. John was a railway constr...
May 16, 2010 •
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Robert CLIMO was born in New Plymouth on 16 July 1857, the ninth child of James and Jane CLIMO. In 1860, when Robert was 3 years old, the family were evacuated to Nelson during the Taranaki wars and i...
May 16, 2010 •
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Jane was born in New Plymouth on 18 February 1855, the eight child of James and Jane CLIMO. In 1860,when Jane was 5 years old, her family were evacuated to Nelson during the Taranaki wars. She attende...
May 16, 2010 •
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Samuel Samson CLIMO was born at New Plymouth on 31 March 1854, the seventh child of James and Jane CLIMO. His early years were spent at the family farm at Tataraimaka but in 1860 the family were evacu...
May 16, 2010 •
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Emily was born on 11 June 1852 in New Plymouth and she was the second daughter of James and Jane CLIMO. She lived with her family at Tataraimaka until the evacuation to Nelson in 1860. By the time of ...
May 16, 2010 •
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The third son of James and Jane CLIMO, George was born at Auckland, where he became the first of their family to be officially registered in the new Colony. At this time his father James was working i...
May 16, 2010 •
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The only record relating to Richard CLIMO's birth is that of his baptism on 21 March 1849 at St. Peter’s Church in Onehunga, Auckland (official records in New Zealand were not kept until 1850). The ne...
May 16, 2010 •
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John CLIMO was born on 19 April 1846 whilst, it is assumed his parents were living in Kawhia. He was the second child (and eldest son) of James and Jane CLIMO. It is more than likely that he had been ...
May 16, 2010 •
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Elizabeth Catherine CLIMO's father James could, without a doubt, proudly claim that his first-born child was the first Pakeha baby born in the new settlement of New Plymouth on 05 November 1841. Eliza...
May 16, 2010 •
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James and Amelia returned to Inglewood after their marriage but for how much longer they stayed in Taranaki is not known as they eventually made their way back to Marlborough. Amelia had a stabilising...
May 16, 2010 •
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By 1882, James and Jane were in Halcombe, helping Richard , who was now a well-established contractor in the township, with his now mother-less family. However, the decision was made to return to Tara...
May 16, 2010 •
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In 1876 Ormond was little more than a well-planned town in the making, situated in a massive Kahakitea forest, through which flowed the Waipaoa River, 15 miles from the mouth at Turanga (now modern-da...
May 15, 2010 •
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When James, Jane & their family settled in Pelorus Sounds in August 1860, they found themselves in the company of the Honourable C.H Mills, on that gentleman's first visit to the area. Upon landing, t...
May 15, 2010 •
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In true pioneer fashion, James and Jane went to work establishing their farm with the help of neighbours whom they helped in return. It seemed the perfect spot with magnificent Mt.Egmont towering behi...
May 15, 2010 •
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Jane Climo gave birth to Elizabeth Catherine Climo (my 3rd great-grandmother) on 05 November 1841. Elizabeth Catherine's birth was a great event in the New Plymouth settlement and in the lives of Jame...