for Sybil Mary Beauchamp born about 1918, I have birth place as Waihoanga, but not sure if this is correct or where it is Cheers Jenny Visiting the cold Waikato from Brisbane

I am helping a friend who is trying to research his family tree. He is looking for information regarding Paterson Fyfe Hall and his wife Elizabeth nee Meldrum/Maldrum.Paterson arrived approx 1924 and Elizabeth approx 1925. Looking for passenger lists. They were married in New Zealand in 1925. They were both born in Scotland and they settled in Dunedin. Any help would be appreciated. Michelle Cook

> http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=EP19240308.2.17&e=-------10--1----0-- On 5/07/2014 6:15 p.m., Angela Reynolds wrote: > 7 March 1924

Earlier today, Adele wrote: >> There is a post card for sale which is off interest to me as says 5000. >> school children formed the Union Jack in Newtown. W'gton, March 1924.the >> what would this have been for please. its on the normal trademe site... I recall my late parents telling me that they and some of their siblings took part in this event on 7 March 1924. My mother was only six years old at the time and her memory of the event was somewhat hazy however my father, who was a few years older, remembered it clearly and spoke of it to me on a number of occasions. It was definitely nothing to do with the British Empire Games which were first held in 1930. The only Empire Games held in NZ were in Auckland in February 1950 and my parents attended those Games, I have many of their photos. The Commonwealth Games (which succeeded the Empire Games) were held in Christchurch in 1974 and Auckland in 1990. I was lucky enough to attend the Games in 1990. Those interested in the 1924 display at Newtown Park, Wellington, will find a write-up on the PapersPast website in the Evening Post, dated 8 March 1924, page 9, or you could search PapersPast for "Living Union Jack". Adele, because of the distances involved I very much doubt that any schoolchildren from the Carterton-Clareville area were involved in this 1924 Wellington pageant but I guess one never knows. Angela

If anyone was going to the library would they be prepared to do a look up from the card index for me? Any costs are on me. Barbara Far North

Anyone with an interest in the COUCHMAN family of Opunake please, c 1890-1940 or so? Thanks, jo ____________ Jo Broad

I am currently reading a biography of Queen Victoria's son, Prince Albert who became King Edward. The book is "Bertie, A Life of Edward VII" by Jane Ridley. He was born in 1841, and gained a reputation of womanising. That of course was pre-pill, and there were consequences.... The book mentions one woman & her family being sent to New Zealand, with money & possibly land, presumably to avoid scandal. The family name was GREEN, and it would have been before 1861. Mr GREEN returned to England demanding further financial assistance about that time, leaving his wife in NZ.  The book seems very well researched, with the author having access to many archives that would not normally be available to family historians. Fascinating! I'm interested to know if anyone has GREEN family with a family legend they are trying to substantiate, or have already sorted out? It's possible of course there was a name change involved. Cheers, jo    ____________ Jo Broad

All seeking help for a nephew please, re his great grand-mother Harriett Ann DRIVER (aka WILSON). She arrived in Lyttleton with her daughter Georgina Harriett DRIVER aboard the "British Empire" in Sep1864 & settled out at Kowai Bush near Springfield, Canterbury. They were from Surrey, Harriet born 1829 Croydon & Georgina born possibly Q1 1859 Lambeth. Georgina married George James Brown, had many children, & died in Christchurch 1940. I am wondering if there is any local history booklet or info assembled that someone would look up please? I am interested in these questions: 1. What occupation did Harriet have to keep her & her daughter? 2. She was buried in same plot at Kowai Pass as Alexander Johnston d. 14/02/1887 aged 69. Who was he? 3. Is it known which land/property she lived on, and who owned it? Anyone with an interest in this family? Cheers, jo ____________ Jo Broad

Thank you to all who wrote to help me.  I think my big problem was that Google was having big problems and that reflected on my search as it is now working properly.  Google was in a real mess yesterday causing all sorts of problems. June >________________________________ > From: Chris L. Patterson <chrislp@xtra.co.nz> >To: NEW-ZEALAND@rootsweb.com; NEW-ZEALAND-L@rootsweb.com >Sent: Saturday, 5 July 2014 3:16 PM >Subject: [nz] Fw: The Return of Freeholders 1882 B is on wayback Access difficulties > > > > >From: "Chris L. Patterson" <chrislp@xtra.co.nz> >Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2014 3:14 PM >To: "June Keating" <junesgenealogy@yahoo.co.nz> >Subject: Re: [nz] The Return of Freeholders 1882 B is on wayback Access >difficulties > > >

From: "Chris L. Patterson" <chrislp@xtra.co.nz> Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2014 3:14 PM To: "June Keating" <junesgenealogy@yahoo.co.nz> Subject: Re: [nz] The Return of Freeholders 1882 B is on wayback Access difficulties Hi, You need to click on the picture of the first 25 and last 25(anywhere near the arrow), then after a brief pause (could be 5 to 10 seconds) you will get the whole section beginning with that letter. Scrolling with your mouse after it has loaded will then take you backwards and forwards through the whole section beginning with that letter. Cheers Chris > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "June Keating" <junesgenealogy@yahoo.co.nz> > Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2014 1:45 PM > To: "Olwyn Whitehouse" <olwynbw@gmail.com>; "new-zealand" > <NEW-ZEALAND@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [nz] The Return of Freeholders 1882 B is on wayback > >> Have you tried getting to the complete list? I have tried many times >> without success. Your link only gives the first 25 and last 25. >> >> June >> >> >>>________________________________ >>> From: Olwyn Whitehouse <olwynbw@gmail.com> >>>To: new-zealand <NEW-ZEALAND@rootsweb.com> >>>Sent: Friday, 4 July 2014 3:32 PM >>>Subject: [nz] The Return of Freeholders 1882 B is on wayback >>> >>> >>>http://web.archive.org/web/20120314065955/http://freeholders.co.nz/freeholders-of-new-zealand-1882-surnames-b/ >>> >>> >>>The List Guidelines >>> >>>http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ >>> >>>------------------------------- >>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>NEW-ZEALAND-request@rootsweb.com 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 >> NEW-ZEALAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

June, you have to go to the letter you want, and then to the printed list at the bottom of the page. Click on "Expand" and then use the arrows in the header to move between the pages. Jeanette Have you tried getting to the complete list? I have tried many times without success. Your link only gives the first 25 and last 25. June >________________________________ > From: Olwyn Whitehouse <olwynbw@gmail.com> >To: new-zealand <NEW-ZEALAND@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, 4 July 2014 3:32 PM >Subject: [nz] The Return of Freeholders 1882 B is on wayback > > >http://web.archive.org/web/20120314065955/http://freeholders.co.nz/freeholders-of-new-zealand-1882-surnames-b/ > > >The List Guidelines > >http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >NEW-ZEALAND-request@rootsweb.com 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 NEW-ZEALAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Think I have answered my own question, history of the Empire Games? have googled more... and let the seller know as well.. see what others come up with.. thanks. Adele -- Adele Pentony-Graham Carterton Cemetery Clareville Researcher Carterton Researcher. and Featherston. WW1. Cemetery.

There is a post card for sale which is off interest to me as says 5000. school children formed the Union Jack in Newtown. Wellington, March 1924. what would this have been for please. its on the normal trademe site. Would have been spectacular seeing all the children taking part and wearing the red white and blue. what was to happen in 1924 to get all these children together to form the Union Jack? Thank you Adele

An ancestor passed the "Class D" Teachers Examination in March 1915. Can anyone tell me what a "Class D" was? Paul Parker, Auckland

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Have you tried getting to the complete list?  I have tried many times without success. Your link only gives the first 25 and last 25. June >________________________________ > From: Olwyn Whitehouse <olwynbw@gmail.com> >To: new-zealand <NEW-ZEALAND@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, 4 July 2014 3:32 PM >Subject: [nz] The Return of Freeholders 1882 B is on wayback > > >http://web.archive.org/web/20120314065955/http://freeholders.co.nz/freeholders-of-new-zealand-1882-surnames-b/ > > >The List Guidelines > >http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NEW-ZEALAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

Hi folks, back again after a lengthy absence. I am now looking for Shirley Kendall who was a frequenter of this list. She is a distant cousin of mine... We were in contact a few years ago, but I have now lost all her details and would like to meet up with her again. Could anyone help me out here, or let her know I am searching please? A special hello to Adele as well. TIA Les Fox (a member of the Almond, Potter, Mathieson and Fox clan)

Hi folks, Re adoption in the early period of NZ settlement. My grandfather was born in 1879 and the story handed down was that his birth mother was a member of an entertainment troupe travelling to Aust and NZ (ie the forerunner to J.C.Williamson or its ilk) The birth father had refused to marry his girlfriend, no doubt prompted by his father who didn't want his son marrying a 'showgirl' The birth mother kept the child but found it difficult maintaining her job with the theatre company once the child reached the toddler age. Reluctantly she handed him over to a young couple disembarking from the ship at Bluff and they settled in Invercargill. The couple then had a baby of their own and found caring for two small children at the same time too confronting so they arranged for the Migration Officer, H.V.Lillicrapp (not sure of spelling) He then arranged for another couple to care forl the child and I understand that regular payments arrived from England to assist the family with the costs of raising the child. The couple who took on the child then discovered they were expecting a baby of their own and after the birth of their child they found it too difficult having two babies. The problem was resolved when Mr Lillicrap arranged for the child to be placed with Mr & Mrs William Stroud - migrants from Scotland who had one teenage daughter of their own. James subsequently went off to the UK after leaving school but we're not aware if he was able to locate his birth parent(s). He joined the British India Army in the early 1900s and then at the end of his term with the Army he and his English bride moved to NZ to start their new life. I am unsure if he was 'officially' adopted by the Stroud family but on his marriage certificate (from Bombay, India) it states his father as being Stroud from Invercargill, NZ Cheers Ainslie (in Adelaide. Sth Aust) ps Interested in the McDonald connection - the McDonalds were very close friends of the Stroud family and this has continued down through subsequent generations.

Hello, Has anyone got access to this list "A Return of the Freeholders of NZ" Looking for Henry Smith Benger Hugh

To Ailsa and list... Have just found this site which shows crew lists for both "Ajax" and "Achilles" http://www.hmsajax.org/#/the-battle-of-the-river-plate/4559373096 -----Original Message----- From: new-zealand-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:new-zealand-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of hilton doidge Sent: Friday, 4 July 2014 1:12 p.m. To: NZ L Subject: [nz] HMS " Achilles" crew list during time of Battle of River Plate Is there an, easily accessible, online crew list of New Zealanders on board "HMS Achilles", Dec 1939? Thank you Hilton Doidge