The family moved to Te-Rau-a-moa as Grace's father Oscar Dassler loved the bush and wanted to get back to an area that had bush. His main income was from making strainers, posts and battens by splitting them from fallen totara and rimu trees. A Mr Potts who bought the farm at Ngutunui bought many of the posts etc from him. On one occasion my father had stacked many strainers, posts and battens ready for Mr Potts to collect, but the family had to go away one day and on returning found the pile gone, so presumed Mr Potts had picked them up. That was until Mr Potts arrived a few days later to pick up his supplies and they realised they had been stolen. It was always presumed the perpetrators were neighbours........ // www.teawamutu.co.nz/info/history/grace.html On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 4:56 PM, Bryan P <bryannp@slingshot.co.nz> wrote: > This connection is to the FITZPATRICK family from Cty. Tyrone to > Canterbury and then NZ-wide. > > My Gt uncle William Thomas Fitzpatrick is buried in Hillsborough Cemetery, > Auckland and has a recent marker stating his details and the text "Good > Samaritan and Friend to the Oscar Dessler Family". > > William moved from Koeke to Te Rauamoa sometime after the family farm was > sold up 1915. > > There are Dessler's in the same area. (from threads on this forum) > > Would anybody have a connection to or knowledge of an Oscar Dessler and > the relationship to Wm Thos Fitzpatrick. > > > > > > > Regards, > Bryan > > Sent from Windows Mail > > > 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