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Hutt Valley Branch of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists
News & Views July 2016 Issue 346
Evening Meeting: 7.30pm 2nd Thursday, February to DecemberDay Meeting: 10.00am 3rd Thursday, February to NovemberVenue: Petone Community Centre, 7-11 Britannia StreetPostal Address: PO Box 31-024, Lower Hutt 5040Website: www.huttvalleygenealogy.org.nz Convenor: Helene Philpott [email protected]: Anne Martin [email protected] Editor: Helene Philpott [email protected] Meeting: Doors open 7pm. Notices begin 7.30pm. Speakers begin about 8pm (approx. 1 hour)Day Meeting: Doors open 9.30am. Notices begin 10am. Speaker begins about 10.30am (approx. 1 hour). Please note the library does not open until 10amMembers are welcome to contribute to the New & Views, genealogy research, family history stories, ’how to tips’, interesting websites, or information sharing. The first weekend of each month is the deadline for the next month’s issue. Email to Helene Philpott [email protected]
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Branch Meeting Programme for July & August
Thursday 14 July Evening: Soldiers of the Empire; Charlotte Macdonald Professor of History; and Dr Rebecca Lenihan; Postdoctoral fellow; both of Victoria University, Wellington.Who were the 18,000 or so men who served with British army regiments in New Zealand between the 1840s and 1870, and what was the nature of the world in which British redcoats swore obedience to flag and Queen? How were the histories of many of these people linked to events in Crimea, India, Australia and the Caribbean? Charlotte Macdonald and Rebecca Lenihan will discuss their research project ‘Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Settler’: Garrison and Empire in the Nineteenth Century’. More information about the project can be found at www.soldiersofempire.nz They are keen to make contact with people who have family history links to soldiers who served in New Zealand in the 1840s-1870 years.Thursday 21 July Morning: Discover Your World War 1 Soldier; Jeffrey Russell. Members are asked to bring the name of family members who served in WW1 so that their records can be searched.Thursday 11 August Evening: What's New for the Irish; Graeme McVerry. Learn of the developments over recent years that have seen Irish Genealogy go from having the reputation of 'being difficult, if not impossible' (Claire Santry) to 'almost laughably simple' (John Grenham)Thursday18 August Morning: Visit to Te Papa Gallipoli Exhibition If you wish to go please add your name to the list that will be passed around at the July meetings or contact Diane Stinson.
Heritage Centre Volunteers Available AtPetone Library 10am -12pm
On duty for: July, August & September • Wednesday 20 July: Deb Beban & Lois Bartlett• Wednesday 3 August: Diane Stinson & Susan Wilson• Saturday 6 August: Janet Ketchell & Helene Philpott• Wednesday 17 August: Ian Fyfe & Philippa Woolf• Saturday 3 September: Dawn Chambers & Lynly Yates• Wednesday 7 September: Cheryl Dreaver & Avril Roberts• Wednesday 21 September: Marie Perham & Leanna MenchiFor those new to genealogy and/or who want help knocking down those brick walls, this is an excellent time and place to have our experts help you. Our helpers can show you what is available in the library and how to go about finding what you are looking for.
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Family History Month August 2016: Sharing our Stories Family History on the age of TechnologyFamily History Month this year is being hosted by the Wellington Branch. Venue: Connolly Hall, corner Hill St & Guildford Tce (beside the Catholic Basilica), Thorndon, Wellington. Some parking is available behind the hall.Drinks & nibbles from 5.30pm Speaker 6-7pm Entry by KohaProgramme details:3 August: Starting your family history research: using technology to get it right - Mary Shadbolt (Kilbirnie Branch). A case study showing how McDonnell forebears and living extended family were found in New Zealand, Australia, Scotland and throughout the world, starting with two original documents.10 August: Researching family history using Social Media – Jan Powell (Porirua Branch).This presentation will show how social media such as Facebook and Twitter, enables family history researchers to create and share content. 17 August: Publishing your family stories – Suzanne Sutton-Cummings (Hutt Branch). Getting all your family stories written down and out there to be enjoyed now and in the future.24 August: Genealogy Software programmes – a panel of Wellington Branch members.Up to five different software programmes including Legacy and Reunion for Mac will be explained and their functioned outlined.http://tinyurl.com/fhm2016-wgtnNOTE: Wednesday 17 August as the hosting branch assistance will be required from Hutt Branch members to, arrive at 5pm to help set up, be on the door, serve Tea & Coffee; provide simple plated food that does not require heating.Family History Month Raffle: on sale from this month’s evening meeting The following prizes and possibly more are: $2 a ticket or 3 for $5
• One year membership of NZSG (value $100) • One year membership of one of the four host branches (value c.$30) • Genealogy Books: Donated
◦ Family History Made Easy by Kathy Chater (value $25)• Oral History Workshop (value $30)
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What’s on at your Local Branches?
Kilbirnie:Wednesday 3 August – Family Search, ‘Not Just the Highway’ Valerie Hagen-PrattTime/Venue: 10am The Park Bowling Club, Kilbirnie Crescent, KilbirnieKapiti:Tuesday 26 July – Using Facebook for Genealogy, Donna Bridgeman Time/Venue: 7pm Kapiti Community Centre, 15 Ngahina St, Paraparaumu.Wellington:Wednesday 24 August – Family History Month at Connolly HallTime/Venue: 5.30pm Connolly Hall, Guildford Tce, Thorndon Porirua:Wednesday 10 August – Family History Month at Connolly HallTime/Venue: 5.30pm Connolly Hall, Guildford Tce, Thorndon Anita West’s Presentation:
DNA Testing for Family History: My favourite web pagesVery helpful site for New Zealanders and Australians, from Australian genealogist Louise Coakley:http://genie1.com.au http://genie1.com.au/blog/58-which-dna-testing-company The Big 3 DNA Testing Companies:AncestryDNA – http://dna.ancestry.com.au/ Family Tree DNA – https://www.familytreedna.com/ 23and Me – https://www.23andme.com/en-int/ Using DNA Testing in Genealogy and Family History Research Australia & NZ. A Closed Facebook Group moderated by Louise Coakley:https://www.facebook.com/groups/400009620157960/?fref=nf International Society of Genetic Genealogy (ISSOG) Wiki:http ://isogg.org/wiki / https://www.facebook.com/groups/isogg/ (Closed Facebook group)4
Keith Garwood’s Presentation:The links that Keith has found useful for researching our WW1 men are:The Auckland Museum Cenotaph Database: http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph - most useful when you have good information to start with.The Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s website: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead.aspx - useful when you have less information because it only deals with the dead of WW1 and WW2, in other words, a narrower focus than the Auckland Museum website.Archives New Zealand’s Archway website:https://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ - if you can find your person of interest on the Auckland Museum Cenotaph Database you will find a link from there to the Archway website.The Australian equivalent of the Archway website: http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/NameSearch/Interface/NameSearchForm.aspx The Petone and Lower Hutt maps on the Council’s website: http://www.huttcity.govt.nz/ANZAC Hutt Central School Reunion
Hutt Central School established 150 years ago in 1866.The celebrations provide an opportunity for those with an interest in Hutt Central School to join the celebrations and share memories.A summary of the programme is:Friday 21 October 2016: Attendees can register at the Angus Inn from 3.30pm and there will be drinks and nibbles from 5pm.Saturday 22 October 2016: Welcome in the School Hall at 9.00am, followed by classroom visits, reunion photos and Morning Tea. There will be a plaque cere-mony at 12.30pm and closing ceremony at 12.45pm.http://www.huttcentralschoolreunion.com/ for more information & to register.
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Book Review:
That Dear Little Home in the Bay:A Short History of the Taumaru Military Convalescent Home 1916 – 1919By Andrew FrancisThis is a brief resume of this small but very interesting book. It centres on Taumaru, the home in Lowry Bay of Francis Henry Dillon Bell, who offered it to the government as a convalescent home for mostly rank and file New Zealand soldiers who had been wounded at Gallipoli and in other battles of WW1 and was used as a hospital from 1916 to 1919.A smaller cottage on the estate was turned into a workshop for the use of patients.The home was set on a rise and in spacious grounds, which included a tennis court and an orchard. To complete its self–sufficiency there were also four cows - Mrs Cherry Blossom, Miss Cora, Miss Blackberry and Madame Honeysuckle.Sports activities such as cricket, tennis and croquet were available as well as table tennis, snooker and billiards. Fishing was also a favourite pastime. Cricket matches were held between the patients and the students of Wellesley College, known in those days as Croyden College. Tennis and croquet matches were held between the staff and patients.The patients established their own magazine, the Taumaru Trifler and also formed the Lowry Bay Comedy Company.The matron of the hospital was a daughter of the Bells and after the war ended she returned to England. Other staff members moved to various hospitals and the remaining patients were transferred to Trentham and Miramar hospitals.The house was returned to the Bell family and in 1931 was offered to the Red Cross for the use of maternity patients who were evacuated from Napier after the earthquake.Lady Caroline Bell died in September 1935 and in March 1936 Sir Francis Bell died two weeks before his 85th birthday. He received a state funeral and many tributes were paid to him. The Bel’ls three sons – Ernest, Cheviot and William served in the war, William being killed in Belgium in July 1917.In the late 1800s Francis Henry Dillon Bell had owned the whole of Lowry Bay. After his death the estate was sold by auction and divided into twenty lots. In 1963 the property was sold for the last time, the homestead demolished and the land subdivided into a further seventeen sections.6
Several Lowry Bay streets are named after the family – Dillon Street, Lady Bell Grove, Cheviot Road, Walter Road (after the head gardener), Gill Road (after the chauffeur), and the 55- hectare Francis Bell Scenic Reserve. Taumaru Avenue, between Cheviot and Gill roads was named after the Bell family home.Conclusion: Page 45 with permission from the author:In the three years that Taumaru operated as a military convalescent home it provide comfort and sanctuary to approximately 500 men who had experienced the horrors of front-line fighting in the First World War. They arrived physically or psychologically wounded. The staff, which comprised a matron, just two or three qualified nurses, and a team of VAD nurses and cooks, helped the men to recover to the point that they could either re-enter civilian society or be fit enough to return to active service. While the devoted nursing staff provided theatrical entertainment, sport, recreation and picnics, they also provided compassion, comfort and someone with whom the men could share their troubles; an equally important treatment in the men’s recuperation. And the house itself, with its manicured lawns, large pohutukawas, sheltered yet open spaces, and frequent bird- song, had a reviving effect on the men who, through the pages of the Taumaru Trifler, regularly expressed their unwavering gratitude to the staff and ‘that dear little home in the bay’.I enjoyed this book as it deals with an important part of local history.Diane Stinsonhttp://issuu.com/huttcitylibraries/docs/taumaru_book_-_21-04-2015http://library.huttcity.govt.nz/docs/OPAC/PDFs/Taumaru-Book-21-04-2015.pdf
Family Tree Magazine July EditionFocuses on the Battle of the Somme CentenaryWhat did Soldiers Wear at the SommeResearching your Soldier Ancestor at the Somme Remembering Soldier AncestorsAlso a very interesting article about the Boots Family that created the Pharmacy Empire.Family Tree is available in the branch’s collection at the Petone Library
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John BROWN Shunter Upper HuttBy Dawn ChambersJohn, aged 24yrs, joined NZ Railways as a porter at Silverstream about July 1911.1 At a smoke concert in early July 1913, on behalf of the Traffic section, he “considered that the duties of a ‘stationmaster’ were at times of a most trying nature – especially when signing the pay-sheet!”2 When listed in the 1st NZEF Reserve in September 1916 John was a ‘Tablet Porter’ at Silverstream. He married Mildred Mary Hurle on 16 November 1916.3 In June 1917 he was listed in the Eighth Ballot4 and his military call up was gazetted.5 At this time he was a shunter at Upper Hutt.6 On 10 November 1917 the Hutt Valley Independent reported the death of his brother, Gunner Lindsay Brown of the New Zealand Field Artillery, “killed in action in France, October 11.”7 On 29 December 1917 a “list of Upper Hutt Catholic Parish Defenders of the Flag” included John Brown with regard to his serving brothers.8 John died “suddenly of influenza” at his residence in Upper Hutt on 13 November, the “beloved husband of Millie Brown and beloved eldest son of Mr and Mrs J. Brown (NZR Wanganui) late South Dunedin and Oamaru.”9 He was buried at St John’s in Trentham with the epitaph “when we recall fond memories dear which cling to us from year to year of by gone days in lands afar those memories sweet how dear they are.”10John’s paternal grandparents, Hugh (1827-1908) and Rebecca (1829-1897) Brown, were born in Ireland in the counties of Down and Tyrone respectively. Hugh was a furnace man and his second son, John, born in Liverpool in 1856,11 was John’s father. John Senior arrived at Port Chalmers on 27 December 1879 by the ship ‘Taranaki’ and after two or three years, obtained employment at the Hillside Railway Workshops, Dunedin.12 1 AJHR 1912 D3 Railway Employee Listing (01 Apr 1912) J. Brown, Porter, 9 months service2 Hutt Valley Independent 05 Jul 1913 Smoke Concert3 RGO Births, Deaths and Marriages online4 Evening Post 06 Jun 1917 Eighth Ballot5 New Zealand Gazette 1917 page 22316 AJHR 1917 D3 Railway Employee Listing (01 Apr 1917) J. Brown, Shunter, Upper Hutt, 5 years 9 months service7 Hutt Valley Independent 10 Nov 1917 Our Boys8 Hutt Valley Independent 29 Dec 1917 Sedition?9 Death notices: Evening Star 14 Nov 1918 and New Zealand Herald 23 Nov 191810 Headstone transcript – St John’s Trentham11 1871 English Census - Hematite Iron Works, Northside, Seaton, Cumberland12 The Cyclopedia of New Zealand Otago (1905) - Oamaru: John Brown page 511
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He married Janet Little at Dunedin on 26 January 188613 and they raised a family of six sons and one daughter. John Junior, the eldest, was born 27 March 1887 and was educated at Waimate and Oamaru.14 Four of his younger brothers enlisted. The fifth, Robert Little Brown (1901-1966) was too young.Arthur Ernest Brown (1897-1968), a shipping clerk with the Union Steamship Company, was the first to enlist on 09 February 1915. He claimed to be three years older than he was. After serving in Egypt, Gallipoli and France he was declared “no longer physically fit for war service on account of wounds received in action” and discharged on 15 November 1917.15Hugh Brown (1890-1951), declared in a letter dated 05 February 1919, “that I am a New Zealander and left the Dominion in June 1915 for the purpose of enlisting in the Imperial Army. I enlisted with the London Scottish on August 6th, 1915 and served with that unit in France.” Hugh was rejected in New Zealand for medical unfitness, “but with his mate Aitken went Home” to join up.16 Hugh was captured on the first day of the Battle of Somme, 01 July 1916, and was sent to the Dulmen Prisoner of War Camp. He was released on 02 December 1918.17 David Lindsay Adams Brown (1892-1917), a tinsmith of Palmerston North, enlisted at Trentham on 24 August 1915. He married Ivy Leonora Nelson on 28 October 1915. From 30 November to 14 December he was “absent without leave” from Trentham and had 14 day’s pay stopped. His son, William Harold Brown, was born at Palmerston North on 24 April 1916. Lindsay embarked from Wellington on the troopship ‘Navua’ on the 6th of May. He died at Passchendale on 11 October 1917 from multiple wounds received in action and was buried at Duhallow, Ypres.18 His family inserted several “For the Empire’s Cause” memoriam notices in the Otago Daily Times19 and his name is recorded on the Palmerston North War Memorial.2013 NZSG Certificate Collection – Marriage John Brown to Janet Little14 Admission Register Oamaru North School – John Brown admitted 01 July 189515 Military Personnel File - Arthur Ernest BROWN - WWI 2/1391, WWII 472720, 2/18/878 Army - Archives NZ Reference AABK 18805 W5922/9 001870016 Otago Daily Times 03 Jul 1919 Football17 British Army Service Record – Hugh Brown 511538 – National Archives Reference WO36318 Military Personnel File – Lindsay Brown WW1 10564 – Archives NZ Reference AABK 18805 W5530/7 001912519 Otago Daily Times 11 Oct 1923, 11 Oct 1926 and 11 Oct 192820 New Zealand History Website – Palmerston North War Memorial http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/palmerston-north-war-memorial
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William Brown (1889-1956), fitter NZ Railways Dunedin, enlisted at Trentham on 13 January 1916. He was ‘absent without leave’ on the 4th of February and had ‘leave stopped 7 days’. He spent two days in Trentham Hospital with influenza on the 10th and 11th of February. With his brother Lindsay he embarked on the troopship ‘Navua’ and disembarked at Suez on 22 June 1916. He embarked from ‘Alex’ on the troopship ‘Iveria’ and arrived at Southampton on 07 August 1916.He left for France on 24 September and ‘marched out to Division’ on 10 October. The next day, though slightly wounded in the right shoulder, he remained with his unit.21 In December his father received word that William had “been awarded the Military Medal for gallantry in the field.”22 He also “captained his unit’s Rugby team that won the championship of France.”23Lindsay and John Brown, predeceased their mother and Hugh and William left New Zealand never to see her again. Janet Brown died at her residence, No.2 Maria Place, Wanganui on Christmas Eve, 1918, in her 60th year. “A patient sufferer gone to rest.”24 She was buried at Aramaho Cemetery.25 Janet was born at Saline, Fifeshire, Scotland on 19 June 1859 to Janet Lindsay (1827-1905) and John Little (1830-1876).26 She arrived at Otago with her family on the ‘Stormcloud’ in April 1861.27 John Brown Senior, locomotive foreman at Wanganui, was transferred to Invercargill in mid-May 1919.28 In September he advertised in the Southland Times – “Wanted (by elderly man) - board and lodging in comfortable home; no children; near workshops preferred.”29 In 1922 he was living at 95 Crinan Street with his youngest son, Robert Little Brown.30 It is likely that he retired after 40 years of service with NZ Railways in 1923. He married Isabella Tear Sharp on 24 November 192431 and the couple spent the next few years at Stead Street, Otatara.32 By 1931 they had moved to 284 Tay Street33 where John died on the 6th of July 1938 aged 82 years. He was buried next to his first wife at Aramaho Cemetery, Wanganui on 11 July 1938.3421 Military Personnel File – William Brown WW1 10547 – Archives NZ Reference AABK 18805 W5530/8 001929722 Wanganui Herald 26 Dec 1917 Personal23 Wanganui Herald 28 Jun 1919 Personal24 Death notices Wanganui Herald 28 Dec 1918 and Evening Star 31 Dec 191825 Whanganui District Council Cemetery Search http://www.whanganui.govt.nz/our-services/cemeteries-and-crematorium/Pages/Cemetery-Search.aspx 26 Family Search Scotland Birth and Baptisms27 Passenger List ‘Stormcloud’ 1860 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nzbound/stormcloud.htm 28 Wanganui Herald 12 May 1919 Local and General29 Southland Times 24 Sep 1919 Advertisement30 1922 Invercargill Supplementary Electoral Roll31 RGO Births, Deaths and Marriages online32 1925 and 1928 Awarua Electoral Rolls33 1931 and 1935 Invercargill Electoral Rolls34 Whanganui District Council Cemetery Search – Warrant No.5859 http://www.whanganui.govt.nz/our-services/cemeteries-and-crematorium/Pages/Cemetery-Search.aspx
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Sons of John BROWN (1856-1938) and Jane nee LITTLE (1827-1905)John William Hugh Lindsay ArthurBorn 1887 1889 1890 1892 1897Married 1916 HURLE 1929 WILLS - 1915 NELSON 1927 FRASEREnlisted - 13 Jan 1916 06 Aug 1915 24 Aug 1915 09 Feb 1915Occupation Shunter NZR Fitter NZR - Tinsmith Clerk U.S.S. Co.Service No - 10547 UK 5108 10564 2/1391Rank - Gunner L/Cpl Gunner GunnerUnit - NZ Field Artillery 1/London Scottish NZ Field Artillery NZ Field ArtilleryHeight - 5’ 9” 5’ 10½” 5’ 8” 5’ 10½”Eyes - Grey - Hazel HazelHair - Fair - Fair BrownComplexion - Fair - Medium Red?Religion Catholic Presbyterian Anglican Anglican Church of ChristDied 1918 1956 1951 1917 1968Buried Upper HuttSt Johns Dunedin Andersons Bay Auckland Waikumete Duhallows Ypres Karori CremationIrish Catholic Records FindMyPast has just released another 10 million Irish Catholic parish records on its website. This will add substantially to the 80 million Irish records already on there. Ancestry has also released another 10 million Irish Catholic records on its website increasing their Irish records to 55 million. The records cover both Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic. Scottish Death, Burial and Lair Records Visit www.geneosity.com/researching-scottish-death-burial-and-lair-records/ This is a Blog written by Scottish born, and Canadian raised, Christine Woodcock. It has some very good information on it and if you have Scottish roots is well worth a visit.European ResearchIf you have European research, check out the GenTeam website. This site has a large collection of databases and indices, mostly relating to what is now Austria and to neighbouring regions.www.genteam.euThanks to New Plymouth branch
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New Zealand BDMs FindMyPast (www.findmypast.com.au) has also added some 3 million BDM records from New Zealand to their website. The birth and marriage indexes cover records from 120 or more years ago. The death index covers anyone who died at least 50 years ago. These are indexes only and contain only basic information. Ie the birth index contains name, year of birth, mother’s name father’s name and registration number. The official New Zealand government website www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Home/ also gives similar information which can be searched by family name or registration number. Information available is for: Births up to 100 years ago, marriages to 80 years ago, and deaths up to 50 years ago or for anyone who died and is was born at least 80 years ago. Dunedin City Council Burial Records www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries_search Dunedin Cemetery photos have been added up to 31 December 2015, along with photos of Port Chambers both old and new cemeteries. By the end of June 2016 a further 9500 photos will be added to the website for Andersons Bay, West Taieri, East Taieri, Green Island and Green Park cemeteries. Thanks to Nelson branch
Papers Past:Papers Past has released a new “trial” version of the website – beta.paperspast.natlib.govt.nz Search newspapers, magazines and journals, letters and diaries and Parliamentary papers. The improved layout is easier to follow and the search tools have been fine-tuned. Note that this is a trial website and that not all newspaper records are available yet. More features will be added as the website is developed. You can still use the original website www.paperspast.natlib.govt.nz for the most up-to-date range of NZ newspapers.Thanks to Wairarapa Branch
Cornwall Researchwww.cornwall-opc.database.org/search-database/This website was the first of the several existing excellent Online Parish Clerks sites that list births, deaths, burials, marriages etc for various parishes. This one covers parishes in Cornwall.Thanks to Gore branch
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Why do I need a RealMe® Proof of Identity? If you want to search and view historic records held by Births, Deaths & Marriages, the National Library or the Alexander Turnbull Library online then you should have a RealMe® identity. RealMe® allows you to prove who you are when you’re on the Internet. It is a free service but you will need a cell phone in order to complete the setup. To obtain a RealMe® identity follow the online process at – https://www1.logon.realme.govt.nz/cls/register/createmsllogon/createmsllogon?cid=1 then visit your nearest NZ Post shop for your online identity to be linked to you. To see what other online government services are accessible with a RealMe® identity go to - https://www.realme.govt.nz/what-it-is/where-to-use-realme/Thanks to Wairarapa branch
Anzac Pows www.anzacpow.comThese lists the names of Australian and some New Zealand Second World War Prisoners of War (and a few non-POWs) who escaped in Europe or who died while a POW. There are 3,853 names in alpha order.NZSG News:Council of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc 2016-2018President: Robyn WilliamsVice President: TBATreasurer: Peter GibsonCouncillors: Gill Knox; Julie MacDonald; Raewyn Nevin; Mary Shadbolt; Roger Washbourn; and Catriona WilliamsonWanted Expressions of Interest: Members Interests in the Newsletter:Would you like the family names you are researching published in the newsletter? As the newsletter goes out to other branches this is an opportunity to make contact with others researching the same families?Contact would be the branch email address, and forwarded on to you.Your email address would not be published.Helene Philpott, Editor [email protected]
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A Discussion Piece:
Those Three Little Ships: (or should it be four)At our Christmas meeting we held a Quiz. One of the questions was “What are the names of the three first settler’s ships into Wellington Harbour?”To my shame I could not fully answer it. To be brief the vessels were the Tory, Oriental and Aurora. The streets bearing their names run from The Esplanade to Jackson Street. A fourth street, Adelaide also commemorates another vessel. This street runs west to east from Buick Street to Schofield Street.The following information is taken from ‘Valley & Bays’ by Alison Carey, an excellent book on the street names and origins of Lower Hutt.Tory Street: The Tory was the first of the New Zealand Company’s survey ships to arrive in Wellington Harbour, on 20 September 1839. On Board were Captain Edmund Mein Chaffers, First Mate Richard Lowry, Colonel William Wakefield, Ernst Dieffenbach (naturalist), Charles Heaphy (draughtsman), and John Dorset (later to be Colonial Surgeon).Aurora Street: The Aurora arrived on 22 January, which subsequently became Wellington’s Anniversary day. A depiction of the Aurora’s prow features on the exterior of the Wellington Provincial memorial, on the waterfront.Oriental Street: The Oriental was the second immigrant ship to enter Wellington Harbour, arriving on 31 January 1840.Adelaide Street: The New Zealand Company ship Adelaide departed from London on the same day as the Aurora and arrived six weeks after it on 7 March 1840, its voyage taking almost six monthsI feel certain that my statements here will be challenged, and that is as it should be. How else do we learn and progress.Claude N Poulsen; Petone Website:
Acts of Parliament for Genealogists (researching England):http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~framland/acts/actind.htm14
Measuring the ANZACsFind out more about this project to transcribe personnel files of New Zealanders from the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during World War I. Perhaps you can help
H A Sanders New Zealand troops crossing the Ypres Canal towards the front line 18 October 1917 RSA Collection. Alexander Turnbull Library. 1/2-012929-GThe Measuring the ANZACs project brings together an international team of researchers, community connections, and the power of the Zoon verse community to transcribe, explore, and analyse digitised original World War I personnel files from Archives New Zealand. The personnel files were created for the needs of the military at the time. They contain a wealth of information about social connections, economic attainment, and demographic behaviour and experiences, which make them internationally significant for research.Lead researcher New Zealander Evan Roberts (now at the University of Minnesota) will talk about the project and how you can join family historians and scholars from around the world in the Measuring the ANZACs project.http://www.measuringtheanzacs.org/Wednesday 20 July 2016 2:00 – 3:30pm Tiakiwai, Lower Ground Floor
National Library building, cnr Molesworth & Aitken Street, Wellington
Held in conjunction with the NZ Society of Genealogists and Archives NZWatch the national Library website for information about future talks and events www.natlib.govt.nz
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