Can anyone here help David, please? the Walker family who came to NZ were part of the Ainslie family too. But Rob Walker is dead now and I think I may be able to find his wife but will need a bit of time. Pat From: David Luke Sent: Monday, February 16, 2015 5:19 AM To: Pat Frykberg Subject: Re: Walker family in New Zealand ?Thank you for your prompt reply Pat, and for the links to the NZ Society. It is of interest that a number of "my people" started off in the Eastern Cape and moved to Durban around the 1880s. It is interesting that you mention Bedford. My 2g grandfather, William McGregor, emigrated from England in 1873, apparently to Port Elizabeth. The next information I have is that he died in 1880, in Bedford. Do you have any idea what was happening in or around Bedford that would have drawn him there? David -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Pat Frykberg <patfryk@clear.net.nz> Sent: February 14, 2015 10:49 PM To: David Luke Subject: Re: Walker family in New Zealand I doubt it David. My lot (not my family but a friend whose family i helped trace) were Eastern Province of the Cape. Bedford to be precise. Very early settlers. My Walker family, Rob and Noelle came to NZ in 1952. May I suggest that you write to the the NZ Society of Genealogists. They have wonderful records or may put this in a query column. email cemeteries@genealogy.org.nz. or researchservice@genealogy.org.nz Sorry not to be of closer help. Good luck with this Patricia Frykberg From: David Luke Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 2:37 AM To: Patricia Frykberg Subject: Walker family in New Zealand Hello, I picked your name from a 2005 thread on South African Walkers on Rootschat. I have a Herbert Bertram Walker born about 1874, probably in South Africa. He married my great aunt Katherine Alice McGregor Luke in Durban 9 Aug 1911. They then emigrated to New Zealand. I have them in Lower Riccarton in 1917. They had a son Henry Luke Walker born about 1912, apparently in Durban, and died in 1975, in New Zealand. Are these people any relation to your Walkers? I hope this is still an email address you use! Regards David Luke -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1434 / Virus Database: 4257/8609 - Release Date: 02/14/15