My thanks to Helen Unfortunately there were at least two other men of the same name in NZ at the same time as our Ebenezer, so weeding them out in the newspapers has been challenging. Louise Gibson Burnie Tasmania On 12/03/2014 2:38 PM, jmnhln@xtra.co.nz wrote: > Hi, > Not sure how much you know about Ebenezer but there are some articles on New Zealands > papers past which may be of interest > Helen J > http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast > /-------Original Message-------/ > /*From:*/ Louise Gibson <mailto:louise4@internode.on.net> > /*Date:*/ 12/03/2014 2:17:34 p.m. > /*To:*/ new-zealand@rootsweb.com <mailto:new-zealand@rootsweb.com> > /*Subject:*/ [nz] Burial Sydenham Cemetery Christchurch > Is there anyone on the list, living in Christchurch, who would check out a grave, and the > burial register at the Sydenham Cemetery please ? > Ebenezer Forsyth died in the Christchurch Hospital on the 3rd of August 1911, and was > buried on the 7th in the Sydenham Cemetery. I have details of his grave Block and Plot > number, and suspect it was in a "paupers grave" and that there will not be a headstone, > but need to check the grave itself and details from the burial register to see what > details were recorded against his burial, and by whom. > Ebenezer arrived in NZ in 1860 with another bloke Robert Pringle, who drowned in the Ohow > River in 1862. Robert Pringle was a younger brother to Ebenezer's eldest sister's husband. > Ebenezer's next younger sister Margaret and her family followed Ebenezer to NZ in late > 1861, and settled in Dunedin. Ebenezer did not keep much contact with his family in NZ or > back in Scotland; did not marry, and was working as a labourer at the time of his death, > aged 77 years. Administration of his estate was granted to the Public Trustee. > His sister Margaret is my great grandmother, and we have been hunting for Ebenezer all > over the planet, even thinking he may have gone to Canada, but details from family letters > have finally shed light on his life, and we can now finally lay him to rest. > Louise Gibson > Burnie > Tasmania > The List Guidelines > http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NEW-ZEALAND-request@rootsweb.com > <mailto:NEW-ZEALAND-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > <http://www.incredimail.com/?id=621159&did=10501&ppd=2820,201206281812,9,1,603702287665135615&rui=150377540&app_test_id=0&sd=20140312> > > FREE Animations for your email > <http://www.incredimail.com/?id=621159&did=10501&ppd=2820,201206281812,9,1,603702287665135615&rui=150377540&app_test_id=0&sd=20140312> > > <http://www.incredimail.com/?id=621159&did=10501&ppd=2820,201206281812,9,1,603702287665135615&rui=150377540&app_test_id=0&sd=20140312> > <http://www.incredimail.com/?id=621159&did=10501&ppd=2820,201206281812,9,1,603702287665135615&rui=150377540&app_test_id=0&sd=20140312> > <http://www.incredimail.com/?id=621159&did=10501&ppd=2820,201206281812,9,1,603702287665135615&rui=150377540&app_test_id=0&sd=20140312> > <http://www.incredimail.com/?id=621159&did=10501&ppd=2820,201206281812,9,1,603702287665135615&rui=150377540&app_test_id=0&sd=20140312> Click Here! <http://www.incredimail.com/?id=621159&did=10501&ppd=2820,201206281812,9,1,603702287665135615&rui=150377540&app_test_id=0&sd=20140312> <http://www.incredimail.com/?id=621159&did=10501&ppd=2820,201206281812,9,1,603702287665135615&rui=150377540&app_test_id=0&sd=20140312> <http://www.incredimail.com/?id=621159&did=10501&ppd=2820,201206281812,9,1,603702287665135615&rui=150377540&app_test_id=0&sd=20140312> > <http://www.incredimail.com/?id=621159&did=10501&ppd=2820,201206281812,9,1,603702287665135615&rui=150377540&app_test_id=0&sd=20140312> > <http://www.incredimail.com/?id=621159&did=10501&ppd=2820,201206281812,9,1,603702287665135615&rui=150377540&app_test_id=0&sd=20140312> > > <http://www.incredimail.com/?id=621159&did=10501&ppd=2820,201206281812,9,1,603702287665135615&rui=150377540&app_test_id=0&sd=20140312> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > <http://www.avast.com/> > > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > <http://www.avast.com/> protection is active. > >