Hi Beth Found name of undertaker . . . . Margaret Alice NEILSON, ChCh Margaret’s death notice in The Press, Friday 4 September 1992, page 39, was inserted by Lamb and Hayward. They are a local firm of undertakers, and are still in existence. I did not find a death notice for her husband Roland Walter NEILSEN who died on Friday, 11 July 1975 despite searching The Press death notices from Saturday 12, through to Monday 14th and Tuesday 15th July. It may be that it was advertised in the evening paper, the Star. It’s likely that Roland's funeral was also conducted by Lamb & Hayward. If you gave them his death date they would be able to confirm yea or nay. I’ll email you a transcript of the death notice. Hope this helps Graham Hoult Kirwee, Canterbury On Thu, 18 Jul 2019 Beth <aotueka@xtra.co.nz <mailto:aotueka@xtra.co.nz>> messaged > Subject: [nz]Finding out the undertaker . . . . Margaret Alice NEILSON > > Gidday. > > I am trying to find out the name of the funeral director for some burials in the lawn section at Waimairi Cemetery in Christchurch. > > The council say they do not have any information that does not already appear on the cemetery database. > > So without having to buy a death certificate, does anyone know then how I would find out the information or even better still, find a newspaper cutting of the death if there was one? > > The lady was Margaret Alice NEILSON, and she died 3 September 1992. > > And her husband was Roland Walter NEILSON, in the same plot who died 11 July 1975. > > I would be grateful for any information. > > Thanks, Beth

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I know it sounds simplistic but packing goods for despatch Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 22/10/2019 20:39, aotueka@xtra.co.nz wrote: > Does anyone know what someone did for an occupation in 1848 if you were listed as being a PACKER? > > They were in Hulme in Manchester, England at the time. > > > Thanks, Beth

Does anyone know what someone did for an occupation in 1848 if you were listed as being a PACKER? They were in Hulme in Manchester, England at the time. Thanks, Beth

I found quite a lot on them yesterday PATON, and Jennings, posted a few things for Elaine to the list. Jenelle. -----Original Message----- From: Yvonne Loughnan [mailto:YVONNE.LOUGHNAN@xtra.co.nz] Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2019 8:09 PM To: new-zealand@rootsweb.com Subject: [nz]Re: Looking JENNINGS births Elaine, Do you want to know about the PATON family?? if so contact me as they are connected to my family -----Original Message----- From: Jenelle McCarrick Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2019 8:55 AM To: new-zealand@rootsweb.com Subject: [nz]Re: Looking JENNINGS births Elaine, What exactly are you looking for on Edith Colville Jennings, her birth? Life in Australia?...What's her father's name. Jenelle. -----Original Message----- From: Tony&Ros Mooar [mailto:thekiwimooars@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2019 5:31 AM To: new-zealand@rootsweb.com Subject: [nz]Re: Looking JENNINGS births *Hello Elaine,* *We have Eliza Mirena Beard who married Henry Jennings in 1863. They had five children, if that is any help.* *cheers* *Tony and Rosalind Mooar* *in Christchurch, NZ* On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 4:48 PM Elaine Hollins <jonel1@xtra.co.nz> wrote: > Edith Colville JENNINGS went to Australia after her Father's death in > Dunedin in 1877. > > Elaine HOLLINS > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > https://www.avg.com > > _______________________________________________ > > The List Guidelines > > http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe > https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/new-zealand@rootsweb.com > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: > https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > community > _______________________________________________ The List Guidelines http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/new-zealand@rootsweb.com Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com _______________________________________________ The List Guidelines http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/new-zealand@rootsweb.com Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community _______________________________________________ The List Guidelines http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/new-zealand@rootsweb.com Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community

Elaine, Do you want to know about the PATON family?? if so contact me as they are connected to my family -----Original Message----- From: Jenelle McCarrick Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2019 8:55 AM To: new-zealand@rootsweb.com Subject: [nz]Re: Looking JENNINGS births Elaine, What exactly are you looking for on Edith Colville Jennings, her birth? Life in Australia?...What's her father's name. Jenelle. -----Original Message----- From: Tony&Ros Mooar [mailto:thekiwimooars@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2019 5:31 AM To: new-zealand@rootsweb.com Subject: [nz]Re: Looking JENNINGS births *Hello Elaine,* *We have Eliza Mirena Beard who married Henry Jennings in 1863. They had five children, if that is any help.* *cheers* *Tony and Rosalind Mooar* *in Christchurch, NZ* On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 4:48 PM Elaine Hollins <jonel1@xtra.co.nz> wrote: > Edith Colville JENNINGS went to Australia after her Father's death in > Dunedin in 1877. > > Elaine HOLLINS > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > https://www.avg.com > > _______________________________________________ > > The List Guidelines > > http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe > https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/new-zealand@rootsweb.com > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: > https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > community > _______________________________________________ The List Guidelines http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/new-zealand@rootsweb.com Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com _______________________________________________ The List Guidelines http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/new-zealand@rootsweb.com Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community

Hi ListAnyone out there with access to Union Steamship company records of vessels Auckland to Fiji in  August of 1885, and is it possible to obtain passenger lists ?Kind regardsFrank   

Hello - the licensee of the Panmure Hotel in Panmure, Auckland, during the 1880's and 1890's was a man named Edward Rogers. He seems to have had some dealings previously with the Duke of Edinburgh Hotel, also in Panmure. The last thing that I can find Edward's involvement in the Duke of Edinburgh is 1874 and with the Panmure Hotel is June 1897. Does anyone have any suggestions as to where I could find more information? The license for these pubs has changed hands at some stage and Edward has disappeared after this mention in 1897. I am trying to trace his movements. Any information or assistance, much appreciated. Thanks, Beth

Hi Roslyn, I'm trying to find information on my Grandfather, Derek Raymond Ankers. Would you please let me know if you still have the book. Please and thank you. Neilani Ankers

A bit more to my below posting:- Edith and Frank so far had 2 daughters:- Florence Maud Vollan PATON b Freemantle, W.A. 1899/1514 Lily Volans PATON b Freemantle 1902/2494 Edith Colville PATON died 1961/325 Perth, W.A. age 84. The BDM Western Australia is on line, google it. Jenelle. -----Original Message----- From: Jenelle McCarrick [mailto:jmac2014@antmail.com.au] Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2019 9:18 AM To: NEW-ZEALAND@rootsweb.com Subject: [nz]EDITH COLVILLE JENNINGS Edith Colville Jennings birth is on the BDM New Zealand born 1876, her father is buried in the Dunedin cemetery. There is also a marriage of an Edith Colville Jennings in Western Australia 1898 to a Frank Vollans PATON, a few stories on the family in trove, they moved around a bit. Jenelle. _______________________________________________ The List Guidelines http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/new-zealand@rootsweb.com Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com

Edith Colville Jennings birth is on the BDM New Zealand born 1876, her father is buried in the Dunedin cemetery. There is also a marriage of an Edith Colville Jennings in Western Australia 1898 to a Frank Vollans PATON, a few stories on the family in trove, they moved around a bit. Jenelle.

Elaine, What exactly are you looking for on Edith Colville Jennings, her birth? Life in Australia?...What's her father's name. Jenelle. -----Original Message----- From: Tony&Ros Mooar [mailto:thekiwimooars@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2019 5:31 AM To: new-zealand@rootsweb.com Subject: [nz]Re: Looking JENNINGS births *Hello Elaine,* *We have Eliza Mirena Beard who married Henry Jennings in 1863. They had five children, if that is any help.* *cheers* *Tony and Rosalind Mooar* *in Christchurch, NZ* On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 4:48 PM Elaine Hollins <jonel1@xtra.co.nz> wrote: > Edith Colville JENNINGS went to Australia after her Father's death in > Dunedin in 1877. > > Elaine HOLLINS > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > https://www.avg.com > > _______________________________________________ > > The List Guidelines > > http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe > https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/new-zealand@rootsweb.com > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: > https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > community > _______________________________________________ The List Guidelines http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/new-zealand@rootsweb.com Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com

*Hello Elaine,* *We have Eliza Mirena Beard who married Henry Jennings in 1863. They had five children, if that is any help.* *cheers* *Tony and Rosalind Mooar* *in Christchurch, NZ* On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 4:48 PM Elaine Hollins <jonel1@xtra.co.nz> wrote: > Edith Colville JENNINGS went to Australia after her Father's death in > Dunedin in 1877. > > Elaine HOLLINS > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > https://www.avg.com > > _______________________________________________ > > The List Guidelines > > http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > Unsubscribe > https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/new-zealand@rootsweb.com > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: > https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > community >

Hello Allan, I found your offer to do look ups for names in Isobel DREAVER’s book. I have found a reference as follows: > NZSG Index members version [Auckland library] = Mary Cowan MEIKLEJOHN; in “The Catlins River Wisp Run, 1857-1994” [book] by Isobel C. Dreaver - Balclutha branch NZSG indexing. I was in New Zealand recently for a month trying to track down MEIKLEJOHN and OMOND families, and would really appreciate your help in trying to understand their lives as settlers in New Zealand. I would also love to know of any other references to those families within Isobel Dreaver’s book - or any other that you are aware fo for that matter. While in NZ, I was able to visit OMOND descendants in Mosgiel, Balclutha and Millers Flat and MEIKLEJOHNs in Mosgiel and Dunedin - so I am aware that they were living in Otago for several generations. I am also interested in any information you can give me about the PULLER family at Owaka and how they might be associated with the OMONDs: > Talking to his daughter-in-law, Betty OMOND née BARRETT, (widow of Allan OMOND of Balclutha) on 20 Sept 2019: "My father-in-law, Herbert OMOND, (wife Rose PICKERING) used to go down for holidays to a PULLER family at Owaka - they were related somehow, perhaps on his wife’s or mother’s side of the family?" Many thanks!! Sincerely, Pip BUCHANAN

Mike, I can possibly help with a photo of Dr.W.H. Hosking, taken ca1870, (would like to compare with the one you have to get a positive id) His Wife Christina, (nee Archer) was my gt-grandfathers sister, she & two young sons were also on board the 'Scimitar'; Yvonne Loughnan(nee Archer): Yvonne.Loughnan@xtra.co.nz -----Original Message----- From: Michael Beith Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2019 12:33 AM To: new-zealand@rootsweb.com Subject: [nz]Dr. William Henry Hosking Is anyone researching Dr William Henry Hosking of Masterton? I am hoping to locate a photo of him circa 1875 or so to help in identifying a picture of a surgeon-superintendent taken on an emigrant ship. Mike _______________________________________________ The List Guidelines http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/new-zealand@rootsweb.com Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community

Edith Colville JENNINGS went to Australia after her Father's death in Dunedin in 1877. Elaine HOLLINS -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com

Please contact Wairapara Archives for this man.. Friend who was related died last year in Masterton.. GarethW@library.mstn.govt.nz <mailto:GarethW@library.mstn.govt.nz> he is the Archivist.. Adele Pentony-Graham Clareville Researcher.

Hello Mike, If you insert a photo not and attachment list members will be able to see the photo. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115610339/william-henry-hosking Olwyn On Fri, 18 Oct 2019 at 06:34, Michael Beith <MikeBeith@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > Is anyone researching Dr William Henry Hosking of Masterton? I am hoping > to locate a photo of him circa 1875 or so to help in identifying a picture > of a surgeon-superintendent taken on an emigrant ship. > > Mike > > >

Is anyone researching Dr William Henry Hosking of Masterton? I am hoping to locate a photo of him circa 1875 or so to help in identifying a picture of a surgeon-superintendent taken on an emigrant ship. Mike

And I fear I might not have distinguished the two Matilda Jane MONTEITH clearly. One was Stewart MONTEITH's daughter who married Robert MONSON. The other In Victoria I feel was Stewart's sister. Peter > On 18 October 2019 at 16:24 Peter Dillon <peter_dillon@xtra.co.nz> wrote: > > > I see I've left off a GV data. > > > What we have for the townland Largybeg is that William MONTEITH was there in 1833, 1834 and 1835 and that Stewart MONTEITH was there on plot 4 in the GV dated 22 Nov 1858 and still there on plot 4 in 1860 but gone by 1864. > > Peter > > > > On 18 October 2019 at 16:20 Peter Dillon <peter_dillon@xtra.co.nz> wrote: > > > > > > I've found out some good information about Stewart MONTEITH the brewer at Reefton, whose surname is now applied to beers being served the length and breadth of NZ Very little had been discovered about his origins up to now except to say that he was from County Tyrone. > > > > His 1921 death registration says his parents were William STEWART & Martha PATTRICK and that he was born at Newtonstewart in County Tyrone and was in NZ 60 years. His headstone at Reefton cemetery says he was 1841. An obituary says he was from Tyrone. > > > > William Patrick Monteith the eldest son may have acquired his middle name from his mother. > > > > Now, Newtonstewart is the main town in that part of Tyrone, and to say that he came from there doesn't necessarily mean that he was actually from the town Newtownstewart or the townland of Newtonstewart. It could mean that he from a townland nearby, and I think that's the case here. > > > > We know that Stewart MONTEITH arrived in Otago in 1861 via Australia, his stay in Australia being less than a week. > > > > > > This message in a Melbourne newspaper is rather interesting. > > > > > > The Argus, Saturday 22 March 1862. page 1 > > Missing friends, Messages, &c. > > STEWART MONTEITH, from Barronscourt, Ireland -your sister wishes to see you. 1 Cambridge street, Collingwood. > > > > > > There were also letters arriving in Otago for Stewart MONTEITH, advertised in the newspapers as unclaimed letters. > > > > > > Barrons court I think means Barons Court townland near Newtownstewart. Griffiths Valuation (GV) has only a couple of occupiers at Barons Court, one of them being the owner, The Marquis of Abdercorn. > > > > The area in question is in Ardstraw civil parish which contains many townlands. A hunt for any MONTEITH in GV brings up only a few in Ardstraw parish and the closest one to Barons Court is Stewart MONTEITH on plot 4 in Largybeg townland. The house on that plot on the GV map happens to be right on the border with Barons Court townland. The date of the GV is 22 Nov. A look at Google Maps shows no house on the site now, and a virtual drive-by in Street View merely passes a ploughed field. > > > > 'Ask About Ireland' reckons the GV for Tyrone was published in 1851, HOWEVER the first page of the volume in which Largybeg appears actually gives 22 Nov 1858 as the date of the valuation. There's a County Tyrone webpage out there that gives all the names in the 1851 GV forall Tyrone, including Stewart MONTEITH, which may be following the lead of 'Ask About Ireland' (exactly the same pages are at Ancestry.com as well). By listing Stewart MONTEITH as being at Largybeg in 1851 it had me second guessing myself for a while, but it's complete rubbish, he was there when the GV was published in 1858, it wasn't published in 1851. I wonder how many other researchers the web page has put wrong? > > > > > > Stewart was still on plot 4 at Largybeg in the Valuation Revision Book of 1860-1864, but his name as occupier is struck through and the name Marquis of Abercorn entered in his place. That's a good match for Stewart who went to the Antipodes in 1861. > > > > > > The Tithe Applotments put William STEWART at Largybeg [Lurgybeg ]in 1833, 1834 and 1835. > > > > As I said, the name Stewart MONTEITH is uncommon, especially in Ireland in those days. In fact, when I look up the name Stewart MONTEITH in the Ireland deaths, only one comes up before 1918, and he definitely isn't the chap who went to NZ or was at Largybeg. I am super confident that William MONTEITH and Stewart MONTEITH at Largybeg were father and son as in Stewart's 1921 death registration. > > > > Stewart's marriage registration says that he and Elizabeth MAHONY were married 1880 at Greymouth at Gilpin's Bar, Mawhera Quay. a was sister to my great-grandmother Annie MAHONY who married Sam FURNESS at Reefton in 1886. Another sister Ellen MAHONY married Mathew LOUBERE. The three sisters from a tiny village killed Kilcommon in North Tipperary arrived in NZ at Nelson on the ship FERNGLEN right at the end of 1879 and went straight to Reefton from there. > > > > Stewart and Elizabeth had a number of children, including Matilda Jane MONTEITH who apparently was the second female solicitor to be admitted to the bar in NZ . > > > > > > Getting back to the sister in Victoria enquiring in the Argus newspaper after Stewart MONTEITH. I think she has to be Matilda Jane MONTEITH who married James Andrew WALLACE in 1865 at Melbourne, "only daughter of the late William MONTEITH, Esq., Tyrone, Ireland." It turns out that her parents were called William and Martha MONTEITH! > > > > > > James Andrew WALLACE a pretty interesting guy. > > > > > > http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1548789 > > The Argus, Sat 14 Aug 1915, Page 16, PERSONAL. > > Mr and Mrs J. A .Wallace of Dunoon, Dudley parade, East Camberwell, celebrated their golden wedding on Tuesday. > > Sergeant Major Wallace was drill instructor in Victoria for many years, and is a veteran of the Indian Mutiny. He served under Sir Colin Campbell, and was at the relief of Lucknow, and is the possessor of two medals, one for service in India, the other for long service in Victoria. He was born in Renfrew, Scotland 80 years ago. Mrs Wallace is a native of Tyrone Ireland. > > > > > > James & Matilda had plenty of children and quite a few married. > > > > > > The one fly in the ointment is that Matilda Jane WALLACEs' death index entry says that her parents were William MONTEITH and Martha KIRKPATRICK, i.e. not PATRICK. But the second part of the name KIRKPATRICK is the same as PATRICK. Of course, informants at the death of death registrations often get details horribly wrong, especially maiden surnames of mothers. The informant at the death of Stewart was someone unrelated who had been "authorised by the Undertaker..." Ihaven't seen the death registration of Matilda, so I don't know who was the informant. > > > > > > I'm not too sure if many on the list will actually be interested in the above, but who knows. Most of the MONTEITH family disappeared to New South Wales circa 1927. There's at least one researcher with a tree at Ancestry but I've already dropped him some messages. Son William remained in NZ looking after things on the brewery side. He was one of the people involved in a merger between the Monteiths brewery at Reefton and some other breweries on the coast to form a Westland brewing group at Greymouth. That was taken over some time ago and is currently owned and renamed the Monteith's Brewing Company by the big brewing chain that owns it now. > > > > One of Stewart's daughters was Martha Elizabeth MONTEITH, known as "Babe," who married Eddie NAHR, son of the brewer William NAHR at Westport. I think a few people are doing them. > > > > > > Peter > > > > > > > >