>From Evening Post, ( N. Z. ) Volume LXXX, Issue 107, 2 November 1910, Page 7 PERSONAL MATTERS. The Auckland Star reports the death of Mr. R. E. FINCH , an old and well-known resident of Auckland. The late Mr. FINCH was born at Reading, Berkshire ( Eng.), in 1837, and left the Old Country for the colonies in 1865, arriving at Adelaide, South Australia, in the ship British Lion. After spending two years there he came across to Wellington and joined the Telegraph Department, being stationed successively at Palmerston North, where he erected the first post office and telegraph installation, at Kawakawa and Castlepoint as postmaster, prior to his appointment as Inspector of Telegraphs. He left the Public Service in 1879, and commenced business in Auckland as a stationer the same year, retiring three years ago, after carrying on business for 31 years. Deceased leaves a widow and grown-up family of eight. This is NOT connected to our research, but, the above-mentioned Mr. FINCH seems to have been Richard Edward FINCH , &, from FreeBMD http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl he married Leah Caroline BROCKS in Oxford, Dec Qtr 1862 3a 999. Leah Caroline seems to have died in 1911 ( from New Zealand BDM ) https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/search/ The New Zealand Newspaper Archives, from where this article came, are at :- http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast Hope some of this helps a researcher.

Thanks - another one for the Berkshire Strays list Margaret Margaret Young projects@berksfhs.org.uk Projects Co-ordinator http://www.berksfhs.org.uk/ Berkshire Family History Society In article <4b8a5.24f6a82d.3b043028@aol.com>, MICHAELCOOMBER@aol.com writes > >>From Evening Post, ( N. Z. ) Volume LXXX, Issue 107, 2 November 1910, Page >7 > >PERSONAL MATTERS. >The Auckland Star reports the death of Mr. R. E. FINCH , an old and >well-known resident of Auckland. The late Mr. FINCH was born at Reading, >Berkshire ( Eng.), in 1837, and left the Old Country for the colonies in 1865, >arriving at Adelaide, South Australia, in the ship British Lion. After >spending two years there he came across to Wellington and joined the Telegraph >Department, being stationed successively at Palmerston North, where he >erected the first post office and telegraph installation, at Kawakawa and >Castlepoint as postmaster, prior to his appointment as Inspector of Telegraphs. >He >left the Public Service in 1879, and commenced business in Auckland as a >stationer the same year, retiring three years ago, after carrying on >business for 31 years. Deceased leaves a widow and grown-up family of eight. > > >This is NOT connected to our research, but, the above-mentioned Mr. FINCH >seems to have been Richard Edward FINCH , &, from FreeBMD >http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl he married Leah Caroline BROCKS >in Oxford, Dec Qtr 1862 3a 999. >Leah Caroline seems to have died in 1911 ( from New Zealand BDM ) >https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/search/ >The New Zealand Newspaper Archives, from where this article came, are at >:- >http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast > >Hope some of this helps a researcher. > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BERKSHIRE- >request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the >subject and the body of the message -- Margaret Young margaret@breadmore.org Breadmore One-Name Study (GOONS 2503) http://www.breadmore.org/