Hello Listers Can anyone point me in the right direction for the following information please? Some early marriages of family members from Jacob's River (Riverton) took place in the Mission House on Ruapuke Island in Foveaux Strait, NZ. My great-grandparents, Theophilus DANIEL and Elizabeth née STEVENS, were married there in 1853, with at least one other couple in 1854. As the Mission House is mentioned, rather than the church, I'm guessing that the church had not then been built. I found, some years ago, a photo of the Lutheran Church on Ruapuke. What I'm wondering is this: when was it built. When I'm writing small family stories, for those 'pre-photos', I put in photos of relevant churches, but don't want to add the Lutheran Church on Ruapuke for 1853 and 1854 marriages if it hadn't then been built Is anyone able to help please? Many thanks. Pam Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia

Hi Pam I GOOGLE for everything Pam and surprises pop up from everywhere. To get you started....... Google......nz Mission House on Ruapuke Island and lots of information for your to search and AT THE FRONT GATEThe first building to be erected on site was the original church in 1864 ... Tuhawaiki was a Kai Tahu chief based on Ruapuke Island in Foveaux Strait. ... pacifichistoryassociation.com/at_the_front_gate.htm - 37k - Cached - Similar pages and church ruapuke island nz and Lutheran Church of AustraliaThe Lutheran Church in Australia - History at a Glance ... Missionary J H F Wohlers begins work amongst the Maoris on Ruapuke Island, southern New Zealand. ... www.lca.org.au/lutherans/history.cfm - 17k - Cached - Similar pages "Happy researching and sharing" Sandra Murphy Auckland New Zealand NZSG #19772 Researching OSBORNE, BARTON, MEAKIN, GOWTY, RICKETTS, JEFFERIES, JEFFREYS, BEAUMONT, BIRRELL, MCGUIRE The information contained in this email MAY be confidential or legally privileged. If you have received this message in error please notify the sender and delete message immediately, including attachments. ----- Original Message ----- From: "PMR" <cliveden@acenet.net.au> To: "AUST & NZ Mailing List" <AUSTRALIA-NEW-ZEALAND@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 7:03 PM Subject: [AUSTRALIA-NEW-ZEALAND] Lutheran Mission, Ruapuke Island, NZ > Hello Listers > > Can anyone point me in the right direction for the following > information please? > > Some early marriages of family members from Jacob's River > (Riverton) took place in the in Foveaux > Strait, NZ. My great-grandparents, Theophilus DANIEL and Elizabeth née > STEVENS, were married there in 1853, with at least one other couple in 1854. > > As the Mission House is mentioned, rather than the church, I'm > guessing that the church had not then been built. > > I found, some years ago, a photo of the Lutheran Church on > Ruapuke. What I'm wondering is this: when was it built. When I'm writing > small family stories, for those 'pre-photos', I put in photos of relevant > churches, but don't want to add the Lutheran Church on Ruapuke for 1853 and > 1854 marriages if it hadn't then been built > > Is anyone able to help please? > > Many thanks. > > Pam > Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia > > > > > Queensland Dead Persons Society > Toowoomba www.audps.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUSTRALIA-NEW-ZEALAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >