Hi every one, I found this book in our NZ libraries hoping that it may help me break a few walls down, but unfortunately they are of no relation. So here is a few details - they may help some one else. Know it is long so forgive me for that. Pam http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shamere/index.html William STRONG b. 1752 England, m. 26 Oct 1786 Bishops Waltham Hampshire England, D. Dec 1837 (aged 85 years) Elizabeth JONES bpt 6 Dec 1765 Bishops Waltham. Children: William STRONG Bpt 20 July 1787 Portsea St Marys, d. Dec 1859 (aged 72 years) Thomas STRONG Bpt 24 Dec 1788 Bishops Waltham, d. Feb 1831 (aged 42 years) Mary Kernott STRONG Bpt 14 May 1790 Portsea St Marys Rebecca Emma STRONG Bpt 17 Sept 1793 Portsea St John Catherine STRONG b. 29 march 1795, Bpt 12 May 1795 Portsea St John Augusta Bloodworth STRONG b. 29 Mar 1797, Bpt 5 Jan 1802 Portsea St John Samuel STRONG b. 25 Oct 1801 Bpt 5 Jan 1802 Portsea St John, d. Nov 1876 Joseph Thompson STRONG b. 3 June 1803, Bpt 21 June 1803 Portsea St John. d. May 1872 Allen Gardener STRONG b. 24 Nov 1807, Bpt 22 Dec 1807 Portsea St John Francis Fairfax Moresby STRONG b. 6 Mar 1810, Bpt 12 Jan 1815 Portsea St John, d. July 1866 ********************************************* William STRONG Bpt 20 July 1787, d. 18 Dec 1859 Kingston Portsea Island, m. 12 Feb 1834 Alverstoke Hampshire, Louisa HORN b. 1807 Portchester Hampshire, d. 14 Jun 1864 Landport Portsea Island. Children: James William STRONG, Bpt. 7 Mar 1830 Portsea (as James William HORN son of Louisa HORN) m. Mary Ann ---- (children) Luisa Mary STRONG, Bpt 31 July 1853 Portsea. Louisa Elizabeth Augusta STRONG, Bpt 1 Feb 1835 Portchester William Francis STRONG, Bpt 16 Oct 1836 Portsea, d. 3 Feb 1837 Portsea. Anna Rebecca STRONG, Bpt 28 Feb 1838 Portsea Alan Moresby STRONG, b. Ap/Jun 1840 Portsea, d. 7 Sept 1850 Portsea Alfred Nicholson STRONG, b. Jul/Sept 1842 Portsea Joseph Trounsell STRONG, b. Oct/Dec 1845 Portsea, d. Oct/Dec 1899 Pontypridd Wales Charles Thompson STRONG, b. Oct/Dec 1847 Portsea. ******************************************* Thomas STRONG, Bpt 24 Dec 1788, d. 4 Feb 1831 Swanage Dorset, m. 24 Jun 1817 Studland Dorset Sarah TALBOTT, Bpt 6 Apr 1795 Studland Dorset. Children: Thomas Yrounsell Talbott STRONG, Bpt 17 Sept 1820 Studland Dorset Richard Sidney Charles STRONG, Bpt 11 May 1825 Swanage Dorset. ********************************************** Catherine STRONG b. 29th Mar 1795, m. 9 Apr 1839 Portsea Richard Adams NICHOLSON *********************************************** Augusta Bloodworth STRONG b. 23 Feb 1797, d. 12 Apr 1882 Taunton Somerset, m 12 Aug 1834 Portsea William DEWEY Bpt 23 AUg 1801 Fareham Hampshire, d. 5 Jan 1864 Islington Middlesex. Children: Catherine DEWET Bpt 28 Jan 1836 Portsea Elizabeth Augusta DEWEY b. Apr/Jun 1838 Portsea, m. Oct/Dec 1863 George F. SINGLETON b. 1839 (children) Elizabeth SINGLETON b. Jan/Mar 1865 Taunton. William Francis DEWEY, Jan/Mar 1839, d. 17 Sept 1915 Middlesex, m. 19 Aug 1873 Coventry Warwick, Emily Gibbon MARSTON b. 1849 (children) Annie Augusta DEWEY b, Jul/Aug 1873, d. Oct/Dec 1873 Leicester - Margaret DEWEY b. Jul/Sep 1874 Islington - Marston DEWEY b. Oct/Dec 1875 Inslington - Bessie DEWEY b. Apr/Jun 1877 Islington - Allan DEWEY b. Oct/Dec 1878 Islington - Edward William DEWEY b. Oct/Dec 1879 Islington - Leonard DEWEY b. Jul/Sep 1881 Islington. ********************************************************** Joseph Thompson STRONG b. 3 Jun 1803, d. 6 May 1872 Islington, m. 30 Oct 1830 Hamble Hampshire Anna S. AYLING b. 1802 Hamble d. Jul/Sep 1881 Hackney London. Children: Anna Ayling STRONG Bpt 5 Feb 1832 Hamble, d. 19 Nov 1836 Portsea Frances Lucy STRONG Bpt 1 Jul 1833 Portsea, d. Jan/Mar 1892 Hackney. Sarah Elizabeth STRONG Bpt 23 Jun 1835 Portsea, d. Jul/Sep 1906 Hackney Jessie STRONG b. 1839 Sheppey Kent, d. Oct/Dec 1866 Chichester Sussex Ellen B. STRONG b. 1842 Sheppey Kent, d. Apr/Jun 1922 London Francis William STRONG b. Jan/Mar 1843 Taunton, Jan/Mar 1881 Thornbury, m. Jan/Mar 1874 Islington Jane DAVIS b. 1841 Paddington, d. Jan/Mar 1929 Islington (Children) Sidney William STRONG b. Oct/Dec 1874 Islington, d. 3 Mar 1931 Islington, m. Jul/Sep 1901 Hackney Grace MILTON b. 18 Jan 1880 Islington, d. Jan/Mar 1975 Chichester (children) Francis Milton STRONG b. Jul/Sep 1902 Islington, m. Gwyneth PATERSON (child) Dilys STRONG m. Ewart LOUCKS (children) Sandra LOUCKS m. Peter NOVAK (child) Chelsea VOVAK - David LOUCKS - Helen STRONG b. Jul/Sep 1907 Islington. ********************************* Francis Fairfax Moresby STRONG b. 6 Mar 1810, d. 19 Jul 1866 Poplar London, m. (1) 5 Jan 1837 Portsmouth Southampton Frances Anne LONEY Bpt 5 Mar 1813 Portsea. m. (2) 30 Mar 1863 Stepney Middlesex Mary Elizabeth TOMPKINS. ****************************************** Samuel STRONG b. 25 Oct 1801 Portsea, d. 11 Nov 1876 Bognor Sussex, m. 1 Sep 1831 Southampton Emma HARFORD b. 21 Sep 1809 Gillingham Kent, d. 8 Jul 1865 Monken Hadley Middlesex. Children: Emma Marianne STRONG Bpt 27 Oct 1832 Monken Hadley, d. 14 Apr 1905 Ipswich Sufflok Elizabeth Frances Georgina STRONG Bpt. 29 Dec 1834 Monken Hadley, d. 2 Nov 1865 Taunton Somerset Lavina STRONG Bpt. 2 Jul 1837 Monken, d. 28 Oct 1903 Ruishton Somerset, m. 11 Jun 1872 South Bersted Bognor William BUSWELL, (children) William Frederick Rdward BUSWELL b. 31 Mar 1873 Chertsey Surrey, Lavina Mary BUSWELL b. Jul/Sep 1876 Guisbro Yorkshire Henry Harford STRONG b. 11 Jan 1840 Monken, d. 13 Sep 1882 Tel-el-Kebir Egypt. m. 25 Sep 1872 Kent Mary Isabel LLOYD (children) Henry Stuart STRONG, b. Oct/Dec 1873 Birkenhead Cheshire m. 1904 Subbington Hampshire Margaret Ellen FOSTER, Frederick Lewis Harford STRONG b. Ap/Jun 1875 Bognor m. 1903 Alverstoke Margaret Frances MEADE. Mary Mabel STRONG b. Jan/Mar 1877 Alverstoke, d. Jul/Sep 1925 ALverstoke.Ernest Edward STRONG b. Apr/Jun 1879 Alverstoke, James Douglas STRONG b. Jan/Mar 1881 ALverstoke Clara Worthey STRONG b. Jul/Sep 1843 Monken, d. 1 Sep 1928 Grundisburgh Suffolk. m. 16 Apr 1874 Bognor Henry ROUND-TURNER Catherine STRONG b. Jan/Mar 1847 Minken, d. 19 Dec 1882 Bognor Sessex Samuel Edward Harford STRONG b. 6 May 1852 Monkrn, d. 23 Jan 1922 Auckland NZ. m. 8 Nov 1884 Sydney Australia Catherine Agnes KELLY b. 1863 Aberdeen Scotland, d. 31 oct 1944 Auckland NZ (Children) Clara Catherine STRONG b. 17 Jul 1886 Auckland NZ, d. 14 May 1964 Auckland NZ. m. 13 oct 1913 Arthur Walter Theodore POOLEY, Samuel STRONG b. 15 Nov 1887 Herekino NZ d. 6 Jul 1962 Adelaide Australia m. 17 Apr 1912 Agnes PETERS b. 1882, d. 26 Mar 1962 Adelaide Aust. Nora Emma STRONG b. 24 Jan 1890 Mongonui NZ, d. 21 Sep 1973 AUckland NZ, m. 14 Apr 1919 Victor OGILVIE b. 26 Ju; 1884 Dendigo Aust d. 22 Nov 1943 Auckland NZ, Henry Harford STRONG b 13 Sep 1891 Mongonui NZ, d. 15 Sep 1916 France.Lavina Maud STRONG b. 22 Apr 1894 Mangonui NZ, d. 18 Feb 1969 Auckland NZ, m. 24 Nov 1920 Maurice Robert O'CALLAGHAN b. 26 Jun 1895 Christchurch NZ d. 1 Mar 1959 Auckland NZ, Albert Edward STRONG b. 23 May 1895 Mangonui NZ , d. 16 May 1966 Auckland NZ, Sydney John STRONG b. 22 Dec 1896 Mangonui ! NZ d. 4 APr 1977 Auckland NZ, m. 3 Jan 1921 Mildred Florence KIMPTON b. 12 Jan 1898 St Albans England, d. 27 Nov 1988 Auckland NZ, Emily Ellen STRONG b. 5 Jun 1899 Mangonui NZ, d. 10 nov 1976 Auckland NZ, m. 27 Dec 1922 John Douglas MACKINVEN b. 1898 Rosario Argentine, d. 1968 Auckland NZ.