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Jul 10, 2010 •
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Jabez Foster was 12 when his parents and siblings emigrated to New Zealand from England. He stayed behind to further his education and joined them 9 years later
He married Sarah Ann Penney in 1870 ...
Jul 10, 2010 •
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I would like to know in which town of New Zealand Jabez FOSTER lived. His father was Stovin Foster and his mother was Ann Darnell. Stovin and his family (4 of their then 5 children at the time) emig...
Jul 10, 2010 •
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In October 1862 the vessels HANOVER and MATILDA WATTENBACH arrived in Auckland with the first settlers from England. A number of these settlers established themselves at Port Albert, on the Kaipara Co...
Jul 10, 2010 •
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Chief Te Ururoa was a Maori chief of Whangaroa and brother-in-law of Hongi Hika, a New Zealand Maori rangatira (chief) and war leader of the Ngapuhi iwi (tribe)
He 'married' Patungahere (would like...
Jul 7, 2010 •
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Some early names of Onehunga, Auckland
Waikaraka Cemetery is located at 1 Alfred Street in Onehunga Auckland
The first burial took place in 1890 and the cemetery continues to operate.
The bu...
Jul 4, 2010 •
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Waikaraka Cemetery is located at 1 Alfred Street in Onehunga Auckland
The first burial took place in 1890 and the cemetery continues to operate.
The burial register for Waikaraka Cemetery conta...
Jul 3, 2010 •
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Waikaraka Cemetery is located at 1 Alfred Street in Onehunga Auckland
The first burial took place in 1890 and the cemetery continues to operate.
The burial register for Waikaraka Cemetery conta...
Jun 20, 2010 •
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On Tuesday morning, 3 Feb 1931, at 10.47am the ground in the Hawkes Bay region heaved sharply upward and swayed. A deceptive half-minute pause was followed by a downward motion and violent shaking and...
Jun 15, 2010 •
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Hamilton James WILEY was born 14 June 1806 in Newburgh, Orange, a city located in Orange County, New York, 60 miles (97 km) north of New York City and 90 miles (140 km) south of Albany, on the Hudson ...
Jun 11, 2010 •
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Mary Ellen FARNEY was born in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland in 1846
She was a daughter of Barbara Farney (1822-1898) who later married Robert HUNTER and settled in Kaiapoi, Canterbury
Mary El...
Jun 10, 2010 •
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Charles Hammond BENZIE was born in Kent, England in 1853
- he sailed to New Zealand on the ADAMANT leaving London on 6th May 1874, arriving Nelson 8th August 1872
His future wife Amy Wood was also...
Jun 10, 2010 •
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James CHERRY was born in Sotland in 1863
he married Helen Gardiner COOK in New Zealand in 1881
- Helen was also born in Scotland, in 1864
They had 5 children:
1881-1970 Margaret Patrick C...
Jun 9, 2010 •
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The LESLIEs in Hamilton, Waikato ceeteries:
1903 - 1962 Alan Leslie aged 59
- Location CHRRY-22-04 at Hamilton Park Cemetery
1838 - 1967 Albert Alexander Leslie aged 29
- Location CHRRY-40-...
Jun 9, 2010 •
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Elizabeth Caroline GAZZARD was born in 1868 in Poplar, Greater London, England
She arrived in New Zealand as a 6 year old with her parents Jesse GAZZARD & Sarah Ann WHITMORE and sister Charlotte Eliz...
Jun 7, 2010 •
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Isabella Nelson GRIEVE (1864-1939) married George HUNT (1856-1936) on 21 Oct 1881. She was 16 years old and had 16 children over the next 23 years
Isabella Grieve was born 7 Oct 1864 in Dunedin
Geor...
Jun 7, 2010 •
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Frederick BONNINGTON was born 1844 in Chesterfield Derbyshire England.
He emigrated to New Zealand before 1865 and settled in Nelson, Marlborough.
He married Mary Ann SAYWELL on 21st February 18...
Jun 7, 2010 •
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Piopio (commonly sounded as pew pew) is a small town in the Waitomo District 23km south of Te Kuiti. The Piopio bird was a native Thrush - now extinct.
They were very tame forest omnivores. The Sout...
Jun 6, 2010 •
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William SPINLEY was born in 1868
- he was a Coach Builder in Queen St, Auckland
- he married Emily WILHAM in 1890
- they lived in Auckland
- they had 3 children:
1892-1973 William Henry Bar...
Jun 6, 2010 •
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Edward & Janet HYNES hd 6 children in New Zealand from 1877
- I assume they were immigrants as no marriage in New Zealand has been found. They may have had children prior to emigrating
The chil...
Jun 5, 2010 •
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George Alfred ADLAM was born 14 May 1842 in Westbury, Wiltshire England, one of 9 known children of Nathaniel ADLAM and Elizabeth BULLOCK:
Andrew Adlam
Eliza Adlam
Emma Adlam
Maria Adlam
Nath...