Afternoon. Does anyone know if there was an epidemic or flu or something sweeping Auckland in mid-late September 1854 that would kill several children from the same family, with a week or so of each other? Thanks,  Beth

I tripped over this death notice in the Glasgow Herald 14 Oct. 1872. Reproduced here in case of use or interest to anyone DEATHS. (By Telegram). At sea, on his passage to New Zealand, HENRY HAMILTON DUNBAR. M B., aged 21, third son of Dr Henry Dunbar, Kirkmaiden, Wigtownshire, and grandson of the late Professor Dunbar, University, Edinburgh. -- Friends will please accept of this intimation. Rowan Gibbs

25th February 1943 was the date in history of the POW Japanese Riot at Featherston Camp. sadly many died, and also one of NZ Soldiers died, Private Walter Pelvin, he is buried in his home town, Geraldine, but there is also a memorial at the Layby, Messines Way. Featherston for him, near the Japanese Memorial Garden. I have read that there is to be a Wreath Laying Service on the Anniversary, and if by chance, Winsome reads this, I intend being there, especially to visit the Memorial for Private Walter Pelvin. When ever I am down that way I always stop at the layby to see his Memorial, so he is not forgotten.. Its 74 years this February since the incident. Adele Featherston WW1 Soldiers researcher plus! -- Adele Pentony-Graham Carterton Cemetery Clareville Researcher Carterton Researcher. and Featherston. WW1. Cemetery.

Does anyone have access to the 'Waikato Times' newspaper - 16/18 May - looking for death notice - Owen Ratcliffe died Hamilton 15 May 2016 Thanks Ken

There was very little in the press at the time on the riot. Only a couple of lines. They media sure kept it quiet. I laid a poppy for him. Two and counting! Maybe this memorial will be covered with poppies this month. http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/search/?n=496685 Press 5 March 1943 Page 6 SOLDIER DIES FROM WOUNDS INJURY IN PRISONER-OF-WAR CAMP. March 4. Private W. A. Pelvin died recently from wounds received at a prisoner-of-war camp. He was 34 years of age and his next of kin is his wife, Mrs I. J. Pelvin of Geraldine. Private Walter PELVIN No. 496685 HD N.Z.T.S. Died 28.2.1943 as a result of injuries during the disturbance at the POW Camp, Featherston on 25 February 1943. http://winsomegriffin.com/Pelvin/WalterAllanPelvin.html > 496685 Private Walter Allan Pelvin died at Greytown Hospital on 28th Feb. > 1943, aged 34. Accidental death. Died from wounds from a richochet. Wattie > was born at Waimate. Son of Arthur Ernest Pelvin, and of Rose Anne Pelvin > (nee Humphries), of Totara Valley, near Geraldine. Buried at Geraldine on > Tuesday March 2nd at 2 p.m. The funeral left the residence of J.A. > Willoughby, Talbot St., Geraldine. > He married Ivy Josephine Willoughby in 1938. Their daughter, Patricia > Anne "Patsy" Pelvin was born on 29th March 1939. Nearly 4 when her father > died. >

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Thanks Olwyn, Fascinating and informative. I immediately looked up my gt gt uncle who survived both world wars and found 37 pages of information about him. Service, training, postings, a doctor's letter and some medical things I doubt he'd want others to know like his scabies and other ailments which landed him in hospital but he fought in France and Belgium, survived the trenches and the flu, received a couple of medals and lived until 1975 a happy (I hope) sheep farmer. One of the lucky ones. Best wishes, Jane in Scotland On 14/02/2017 21:44, Olwyn Whitehouse wrote: > Hello Mary and List members, > Thank you for sharing the photo. > Mary's photo is online - it is Alex's service record image 9, but Mary's > copy is far better. > image 10 is a photo of his headstone, a post war grave, with a war memorial > in the background. > Maybe someone will recognize the background. > http://archives.govt.nz/world-war-one > > Glancing at his service record > He enlisted 18 Dec. 1916 at age 36 and 11 months and had been in NZ seven > years. > His will was held at 96 Rochester Rd, Melbourne. So he probably came over > from Scotland to Melbourne to NZ. He was a carpenter. > Had a brother in Victoria and another back in Scotland. > He lived at 28 George St, Rooky Nook, Auckland. > Thomas Murray, a tailor was also living there and > Robert Stuart, pastry cook, 47 Kensington Ave, Mt Eden, Auckland, witnessed > his second will, 10 Aug. 1921. > Their parents were deceased. > > What is interesting is that his rank was a snapper, an engineer, and was in > the 25th Reinforcements. He went over on the same ship as the 5th Tunneling > Company. He picked up Pulmonary TB while in the service in France. You only > get that when in close contact with someone for an extended time. It is > airborne. Was he a tunneller? > Discharged 25th April 1919 no longer fit for war service. > He died in 1921 from a illness acquired in the service. > > > The List Guidelines > > http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Good morning I'm hoping that someone with eagle eyes can help decipher a surname of the bride's stepfather who gave consent for the marriage as she was under the age of 21. The image attached seems to be the best I can manage - in tif format. Marriage was registered in NSW Image attached and reads: The consent of James C? D...antry????? step father of the bride was given . this marriage of Jessica etc Thanks in anticipation Lyn

On 15/02/2017 8:44 AM, Olwyn Whitehouse wrote: > Hello Mary and List members, > > What is interesting is that his rank was a snapper, an engineer, and was in > the 25th Reinforcements. He went over on the same ship as the 5th Tunneling > Company. He picked up Pulmonary TB while in the service in France. You only > get that when in close contact with someone for an extended time. It is > airborne. Was he a tunneller? > Discharged 25th April 1919 no longer fit for war service. > He died in 1921 from a illness acquired in the service. > Sappers dug tunnels under the German trenches and blew them up. To quote(?) Shakespeare - "The engineer, hoist by his own petard". Brian Fleming

I suppose you have already visited this website , Olwyn Best Wishes , Ray http://www.lrdg.org/guestlog_archive.htm

I suppose you have already visited this website , Olwyn Best Wishes , Ray On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 3:46 AM, Olwyn Whitehouse <[email protected]> wrote: > Does anyone have the citation for Eric Ellis recived a MM in 1943? > > Thanks. > > > The List Guidelines > > http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nzlscant/#photo Will delete soon. His story is found in a couple of books. Long Range Desert Group by Kennedy Shaw pages 219 and 220. Published in Y2K Kiwi Scorpions by Brendam O'Carroll. Published in Y2K. THANKS.

I am tracking a family in Australia and there was an article on Trove regarding a custody matter in Auckland Supreme Court. Several questions- would these matters be reported in full in Auckland newspapers, or would there be some sensitivity towards the parties, one of whom lived in Auckland. The court case occurred in 1949. If there were open reporting and someone has access to 1949 newspapers, I will provide more details. And secondly which law applies when relatives retain custody of children say in 1930's and 40's when child protection/child welfare is not involved? Is anyone able to assist with these queries please? Chris Austrlaia

Hello Mary and List members, Thank you for sharing the photo. Mary's photo is online - it is Alex's service record image 9, but Mary's copy is far better. image 10 is a photo of his headstone, a post war grave, with a war memorial in the background. Maybe someone will recognize the background. http://archives.govt.nz/world-war-one Glancing at his service record He enlisted 18 Dec. 1916 at age 36 and 11 months and had been in NZ seven years. His will was held at 96 Rochester Rd, Melbourne. So he probably came over from Scotland to Melbourne to NZ. He was a carpenter. Had a brother in Victoria and another back in Scotland. He lived at 28 George St, Rooky Nook, Auckland. Thomas Murray, a tailor was also living there and Robert Stuart, pastry cook, 47 Kensington Ave, Mt Eden, Auckland, witnessed his second will, 10 Aug. 1921. Their parents were deceased. What is interesting is that his rank was a snapper, an engineer, and was in the 25th Reinforcements. He went over on the same ship as the 5th Tunneling Company. He picked up Pulmonary TB while in the service in France. You only get that when in close contact with someone for an extended time. It is airborne. Was he a tunneller? Discharged 25th April 1919 no longer fit for war service. He died in 1921 from a illness acquired in the service.

Does anyone have the citation for Eric Ellis recived a MM in 1943? Thanks.

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I had trouble with it but managed to upload a photo and information eventually. Mine was WW1 so already on the database. It's not very intuitive. Jeanette Sent from my iPad > On 12/02/2017, at 12:09, Penne <[email protected]> wrote: > > Goodluck with that, after filling out forms, and sending,they arrived blank, after further emails to the museum site,I have them ready to post snail mail. > Visiting family member again tried last week, and after filling in and saving, those same forms, came up blank. Interested if other members have any luck. After they are established on the website, no problems with adding to existing person,I was wanting to add a new person. Mine was WW2 so not already on there. > cheers penne > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Rob" <[email protected]> > To: "Mary Paton" <[email protected]> > Cc: "new-zealand" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2017 9:10 AM > Subject: Re: [nz] Photos from WW1 (Templeton) > > >> Hello Mary >> >> You may like to contribute photos and information on the website : >> >> http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C91474 >> >> Best Wishes , >> Ray >> >>> On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 7:39 PM, Mary Paton <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hello New Zealand, >>> >>> >>> I have just arrived back in Western Australia after 6 years in Scotland >>> and was going through some photos. My gt uncle, Alexander Templeton was >>> born in Auchinleck, Ayrshire, Scotland, died in NZ in 1921 having served in >>> the NZ forces in WW1, and is buried at Waikumete. >>> >>>

Goodluck with that, after filling out forms, and sending,they arrived blank, after further emails to the museum site,I have them ready to post snail mail. Visiting family member again tried last week, and after filling in and saving, those same forms, came up blank. Interested if other members have any luck. After they are established on the website, no problems with adding to existing person,I was wanting to add a new person. Mine was WW2 so not already on there. cheers penne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Rob" <[email protected]> To: "Mary Paton" <[email protected]> Cc: "new-zealand" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2017 9:10 AM Subject: Re: [nz] Photos from WW1 (Templeton) > Hello Mary > > You may like to contribute photos and information on the website : > > http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C91474 > > Best Wishes , > Ray > > On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 7:39 PM, Mary Paton <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello New Zealand, >> >> >> I have just arrived back in Western Australia after 6 years in Scotland >> and was going through some photos. My gt uncle, Alexander Templeton was >> born in Auchinleck, Ayrshire, Scotland, died in NZ in 1921 having served >> in >> the NZ forces in WW1, and is buried at Waikumete. >> >> >> I am wondering if anyone is interested in seeing the few photos I have of >> him while in the NZ forces? They show his colleagues so someone may >> recognise an ancestor. I would love to know more about his time in NZ as >> 1 >> of his 3 brothers died in Melbourne and the other 2, including my >> grandfather, in Scotland. >> >> >> Best regards, >> >> Mary >> >> >> >> >> The List Guidelines >> >> http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > The List Guidelines > > http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks to all who have supplied the requested info, now have what I couldn't find. Glenys 1. Re: Paper cuttings [that you can't find] (Graham Hoult) 2. Subject: Paper cuttings (Ian Grace) 3. Photos from WW1 (Templeton) (Mary Paton) 4. Re: Photos from WW1 (Templeton) (Ray Rob) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2017 14:35:07 +1300 From: Graham Hoult <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: Glenys Savage <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [nz] Paper cuttings [that you can't find] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" On Sat, 11 Feb 2017 Glenys Savage <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> messaged the NZ list > Subject: [nz] Paper cuttings > > Hi All > > I must be the proverbial dumbcluck as I cannot get these references up on > PapersPast: > >> Star 4/7/1886. Ref to G W and Emma Savage. Pg 4 >> >> Waikato Times 22/9/1903 ref to Arthur Edward Savage and Hamilton Town >> Band. >> >> Star April 1882 ref to James Samuel Savage >> >> Grey River Argus 18/4/1873 Birth Notice Savage >> >> Bush advocate Nov 1908 ref to Miss Corrick and Arthur Edward Savage >> >> Ashburton Hort. show March 1884 James Samuel Savage > > Many thanks for your help. > Glenys

Hello Mary , You may like to add a story or photo on this site http://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/alexander-templeton Cheers , Ray On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 7:39 PM, Mary Paton <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello New Zealand, > > > I have just arrived back in Western Australia after 6 years in Scotland > and was going through some photos. My gt uncle, Alexander Templeton was > born in Auchinleck, Ayrshire, Scotland, died in NZ in 1921 having served in > the NZ forces in WW1, and is buried at Waikumete. > > > I am wondering if anyone is interested in seeing the few photos I have of > him while in the NZ forces? They show his colleagues so someone may > recognise an ancestor. I would love to know more about his time in NZ as 1 > of his 3 brothers died in Melbourne and the other 2, including my > grandfather, in Scotland. > > > Best regards, > > Mary > > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >