I am trying to track down details of witnesses at the wedding of my gr great grandparents Adam Moore and Charlotte Richardson. The couple was married in 1864, when aged 44 and 45 respectively at St Matthews Anglican Church. The writing on the church marriage record is not easily decipherable for the witness' signatures especially but it looks like a.. Eleanor Thewlis, laundress, of 3 ?otago cottages Nelson street Auckland b.. and ? george Walker, labourer, Symonds street Are there any directories for circa 1864 which list residents per street? My ancestors lived in Nelson street at the time of their marriage (ref ITM) and i'm curious to see if the female witness was a neighbour or whether she was a connection from Ireland. And secondly was there a building in Nelson street which was named either 3 or 30 and a word that looks like otago cottages please. My search interest is in the residents in either of these streets. Could any listers head me in a particular direction please? Chris in Melbourne

years ago I found my ancestors in a 1866 directory of auckland living in Cook St. (not far from Nelson St). Cannot remember where directory was but check with Auckland City Library. One of those early researches where i did not record all the details of my sources. Shirley On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 7:06 PM ChrisK <ckealy@ozemail.com.au> wrote: > I am trying to track down details of witnesses at the wedding of my gr > great grandparents Adam Moore and Charlotte Richardson. The couple was > married in 1864, when aged 44 and 45 respectively at St Matthews Anglican > Church. The writing on the church marriage record is not easily > decipherable for the witness' signatures especially but it looks like > a.. Eleanor Thewlis, laundress, of 3 ?otago cottages Nelson street > Auckland > b.. and ? george Walker, labourer, Symonds street > > Are there any directories for circa 1864 which list residents per street? > My ancestors lived in Nelson street at the time of their marriage (ref ITM) > and i'm curious to see if the female witness was a neighbour or whether she > was a connection from Ireland. > > And secondly was there a building in Nelson street which was named either > 3 or 30 and a word that looks like otago cottages please. > > My search interest is in the residents in either of these streets. > > Could any listers head me in a particular direction please? > > > Chris > > in > Melbourne > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 Chris This might be helpful. There is a Thewlis (?spelling) listed. http://www.enzb.auckland.ac.nz/document/?wid=2836&page=1&action=null Susan On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 7:06 PM ChrisK <ckealy@ozemail.com.au> wrote: > I am trying to track down details of witnesses at the wedding of my gr > great grandparents Adam Moore and Charlotte Richardson. The couple was > married in 1864, when aged 44 and 45 respectively at St Matthews Anglican > Church. The writing on the church marriage record is not easily > decipherable for the witness' signatures especially but it looks like > a.. Eleanor Thewlis, laundress, of 3 ?otago cottages Nelson street > Auckland > b.. and ? george Walker, labourer, Symonds street > > Are there any directories for circa 1864 which list residents per street? > My ancestors lived in Nelson street at the time of their marriage (ref ITM) > and i'm curious to see if the female witness was a neighbour or whether she > was a connection from Ireland. > > And secondly was there a building in Nelson street which was named either > 3 or 30 and a word that looks like otago cottages please. > > My search interest is in the residents in either of these streets. > > Could any listers head me in a particular direction please? > > > Chris > > in > Melbourne > > >

hi susan, this is a good find thank you. i was hoping to drill down further to find the name of the cottages in nelson street where eleanor and henry thewlis lived.. chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Wann" <wannsusan@gmail.com> To: "New Zealand Rootsweb" <new-zealand@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 9:19 PM Subject: [nz]Re: nelson and symonds streets auckland circa 1864 > Hi Chris > > This might be helpful. There is a Thewlis (?spelling) listed. > > http://www.enzb.auckland.ac.nz/document/?wid=2836&page=1&action=null > > Susan > > On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 7:06 PM ChrisK <ckealy@ozemail.com.au> wrote: > >> I am trying to track down details of witnesses at the wedding of my gr >> great grandparents Adam Moore and Charlotte Richardson. The couple was >> married in 1864, when aged 44 and 45 respectively at St Matthews Anglican >> Church. The writing on the church marriage record is not easily >> decipherable for the witness' signatures especially but it looks like >> a.. Eleanor Thewlis, laundress, of 3 ?otago cottages Nelson street >> Auckland >> b.. and ? george Walker, labourer, Symonds street >> >> Are there any directories for circa 1864 which list residents per street? >> My ancestors lived in Nelson street at the time of their marriage (ref >> ITM) >> and i'm curious to see if the female witness was a neighbour or whether >> she >> was a connection from Ireland. >> >> And secondly was there a building in Nelson street which was named either >> 3 or 30 and a word that looks like otago cottages please. >> >> My search interest is in the residents in either of these streets. >> >> Could any listers head me in a particular direction please? >> >> >> Chris >> >> in >> Melbourne >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 Auckland City Council have their own archives and are very obliging. They are online for email enquiries. Noeleen. -----Original Message----- From: ChrisK [mailto:ckealy@ozemail.com.au] Sent: Wednesday, 14 November 2018 1:27 PM To: new-zealand@rootsweb.com Subject: [nz]Re: nelson and symonds streets auckland circa 1864

Thank you to the listers for information and suggestions. I will contact Auckland libraries to see if they can find additional information. Chris in Melbourne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Noeleen Sutton" <nsutton@xtra.co.nz> To: <new-zealand@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 11:40 AM Subject: [nz]Re: nelson and symonds streets auckland circa 1864 > The Auckland City Council have their own archives and are very obliging. > They are online for email enquiries. > Noeleen. > > -----Original Message----- > From: ChrisK [mailto:ckealy@ozemail.com.au] > Sent: Wednesday, 14 November 2018 1:27 PM > To: new-zealand@rootsweb.com > Subject: [nz]Re: nelson and symonds streets auckland circa 1864 > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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