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PROGRAMME FOR 2016

July 2016 Issue 103

MISSION STATEMENT:

The Dunedin Family History Group’s purpose is to

promote interest in the field of family history through educational programs, to collect and disseminate

genealogical knowledge and information, and to provide

support and guidance to those trying to research all

aspects of their family history.

Unless otherwise stated meetings start at 7.30 pm

St Peter’s Church Hall, Hillside Road, Dunedin.

13 July 2016 WHERE THERE’S A WILL THERE’S A

GENEALOGIST Heather Bray will be speaking about locating

Wills in New Zealand and overseas. And are they worth any value in your

genealogical research. Also guest speaker: Stephen Packer

who has family wills dating back to the 16th Century in England and he is willing to show what he has found and how he found them.

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10 August 2016 EARLY DUNEDIN

SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES The role that schools and churches played in

your family history. This presentation will include many “then and now” photographs.

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14 September 2016 BRICK WALL NIGHT

Send in your queries and we will try and help you on the night.

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USEFUL WEBSITES

LATIN DICTIONARY Latin terms appear often when looking

through ancestral records. In particular wills, parish records and land records tend to be full of Latin terms. The following Genealogy Latin

Dictionary helps you navigate all those unfamiliar terms.

http://www.genealogyintime.com/dictionaries/genealogy-latin-dictionary-pageA.html

NEW ZEALAND UNIT WAR DIARIES

https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/RCDIG1018430/

This Australian website has digitised copies of New Zealand Unit war diaries (not soldiers’

personal diaries). There are quite a few New Zealand diaries on the website that may be of

interest. They cover the day to day happenings in the units and include the names of casualties and those injured.

CONTACT DETAILS FOR GROUP

POSTAL ADDRESS:

Dunedin Family History Group, C/- 28 Milburn Street,

Corstorphine, Dunedin 9012

EMAIL: dfhg@xtra.co.nz

WEBSITE: www.dunedinfamilyhistory.co.nz/

FACEBOOK PAGE: http://www.facebook.com/groups/200384690026745/

This newsletter is copyright to the Dunedin Family History

Group. No part may be reproduced without the permission of the

copyright holders.

NEWSLETTER EDITOR: Heather Bray

MEMBERSHIP OF OUR

GROUP IS FREE

There is a monthly door charge of $2 to cover the rental of the hall and the supper provided

after the meeting.

The Dunedin Family History Group cannot vouch for the

accuracy of goods and services that are advertised in this

newsletter or be responsible for the outcome of any contract

which may be entered into by a reader with an advertiser.

Opinions expressed in this newsletter are those of the authors and not necessarily

those of the group.

Please note postage has risen to $1.00 as from the 1st July.

Therefore any stamped addressed envelopes you provide to the group for newsletters must have a $1.00

stamp attached. We will add, at the group’s cost, a 20c stamp to any

envelopes we currently hold with an 80c stamp attached.

Please note that as from the July newsletter we will only be sending newsletters to those people who have provided us with stamped addressed envelopes or have

provided a donation to the group to cover the cost of postage.

WITH DEEPEST SYMPATHY

Cliff Donaldson

It is with much sadness that I record the death of a very special friend and genealogist, Cliff Donaldson, who passed away 1 June 2016. Cliff was very supportive in the formation of the Dunedin Family History Group and was always keen to contribute information for our newsletters. Sadly ill health meant he could not attend meetings but he liked to keep in touch, by telephone, about all the activities of the group. A special man who will be missed.

PUBLICATION FOR SALE Death Notices, Articles Concerning

Deaths, and Obituaries from the Elgin Courier, 1827-1834

New, from Moray & Nairn Family History Society, Death Notices, Articles Concerning Deaths, and Obituaries from the Elgin Courier, 1827-1834, published in two parts - including an account of the murder of William Ritchie, the hunt for the perpetrator, the capture and trial of William Noble, his confession and execution - the last public execution held in Elgin. The series, in two parts, is available from Moray & Nairn Family History Society (http://www.morayandnairnfhs.co.uk/) at only £6 each, p&p extra. email publications@morayandnairnfhs.co.uk.

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FOR GOD & THE RIGHT ATHOL

DISTRICT ROLL OF HONOUR W. DOUGLAS

D. A. DOUGLAS J. M. McKINLEY H. TOMBLESON

H. H. CONGRIEVE T. HEALY

J. MAHONEY R. BARCLAY D. McLISTER

J. SHIEL J. D. PETERSON H. PETERSON

A. GIBSON J. DOBBIE

A. McLENNAN W. WRIGHT F. PARKER

A. E. BUTSON J. PRICE

G. SOPER E. WOODS

KILLED IN ACTION

S. G. PARKER W. B. GIBSON

R. McLEAN C. P. GARTHWAITE

J. ROWETT A. H. SMITH

Died in Trentham Camp C. H. CHALLIS

GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS

THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS OWN LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS

So Who Were Those Who Died ?

CHALLIS, Cecil Houston, Private 29548 Son of Mary and late Alfred Challis, Lumsden NZEF New Zealand Training Unit Died in the Trentham Training Camp on 5 August 1916. Buried in the Athol Cemetery.

GARTHWAITE, Charles Patrick, Private 25227 Son of John and Margaret Garthwaite, Lumsden NZEF Otago Infantry Regiment Died of wounds in France on 29 July 1918. Name also appears on the Lumsden War Memorial and the Invercargill Cenotaph.

GIBSON, William Butson, Trooper 36056 Son of Phoebe and late William Gibson, Athol NZEF Auckland Mounted Rifles Killed in action in Palestine on 30 March 1918. Name also appears on the Invercargill Cenotaph.

McLEAN, R. - Unable to identify this soldier. Name also appears on the Invercargill Cenotaph.

PARKER, Samuel Cooper, Private 10049 Appears on War Memorial as S. G. PARKER Son of Frank and Rachel Parker, Athol NZEF Wellington Infantry Regiment Killed in action at Somme, France on 17 September 1916. Name also appears on the Invercargill Cenotaph.

ROWETT, Joseph James, Rifleman 19049 Son of Mary and late C. T. Rowett, South Australia NZEF New Zealand Rifle Brigade Died of wounds in Belgium on 10 June 1917. Name also appears on the Invercargill Cenotaph.

SMITH, Albert Henry, Rifleman 19063 Son of late Edward and Mary Smith NZEF New Zealand Rifle Brigade Killed in action in Belgium on 7 June 1917. Name also appears on the Invercargill Cenotaph. Athol is a small town in Southland, located on State Highway 6. It is 55 kilometres south of Queenstown, half way between Lumsden and Kingston on the Southern Scenic Route. In the early 1900s it had a store, Post Office, Saddler’s shop, Railway Station, two Boarding Houses and a school. Farming has always been very important in the district, though in earlier times gold mining, centred on nearby Nokomai, was also significant. In recent decades tourist numbers have grown. The Mataura River is well known for the quality of its brown trout fishing. There is some uncertainty over how Athol received its name. The first record of it is when the township was surveyed in 1863. Several suggestions have been made. One is that it was named after Harry Athol, the proprietor of the first hotel. There is no early record of a person of this name and there may be a confusion with Harry Arthur, who ran the Athol accommodation house in the 1860s. Another is that it was named after the home district in Scotland of early landowner W. B. Rogers. As Rogers was born in New Zealand and his father came from Cumberland, England, this is not likely to be the case. It seems probable it was named after Atholl in Perthshire, Scotland and this might be because the Superintendent of Southland Province at the time of the survey, Dr. James Menzies, came from there. Athol School is now closed. The Admission, Progress and Withdrawal (APW) records (1883 to 1954) are available at the Invercargill Public Library. Email: archives@ilibrary.co.nz Postal address: Private Bag 90111, Invercargill 9840 Phone number: 03 2111573 Fax number: 03 2111438 Website address: http://www.ilibrary.co.nz The Athol Cemetery is located in Carlisle Street, Athol. The headstones have been transcribed from 1887 to 1977 and are available as part of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists Cemetery Microfiche Collection. The cemetery is administered by a Trust. Contact with the Trust is C/- Richard Soper, PO Box 18, Athol 9749. The burial records for the cemetery are available on-line at http://www.southlanddc.govt.nz/my-southland/cemeteries/

Inside the Athol Hall in Southland is a wall-mounted

memorial for those who served in the First World

War. According to the minutes of the Hall

Committee it seems that it was shifted from the

Presbyterian Church in Athol in June 1958, two

years after the Athol Hall was built.

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MACANDREW ROAD SCHOOL Macandrew Road School opened on 9 July 1883. The Otago Education Board made the decision to open Macandrew Road School to help the overcrowding that existed in a triangle formed by the existing schools of Forbury, Kensington and Caversham. It opened with 248 pupils. In 1938 it was decided to open an Intermediate school in South Dunedin. Macandrew Road School closed and Macandrew Intermediate School opened on the same site in 1940. Macandrew Intermediate School closed in 2011 and Bathgate Park Primary school opened on the same site in 2012.

The group has recently been given a transcript of the Macandrew Road School 1916 to 1937 - a total of 3047 entries. We have extracted all the pupils who have a birthdate prior to 1916 (the 100 year cut off point for publishing people’s birthdates). The following is the 1041 pupils at Macandrew Road School during the period 1916 to 1937 who were born prior to 1916. I hope this is of some use to our readers. Because of the size we have broken it down into sections. June’s newsletter is A-G, July issue is H-L, August issue M-P and September issue is R-Z.

H - L SURNAME FIRST NAMES NAME OF PARENT ADDRESS OF PARENT DATE OF FIRST DATE OF OF CHILD OF CHILD OR GUARDIAN OR GUARDIAN BIRTH ADMISSION HADLEE Winifred Alice Thos. White 4 Osmond Street 00.09.1908 19.06.1916 HALL Harry Norman Harry Hall 44 Helena Street 20.11.1910 01.08.1922 HALLIGAN John Urquhart Thos. Halligan 38 Cutten Road 20.08.1914 01.02.1921 HAMILTON John Raymond John W. Hamilton 19 Osmond Street 26.04.1912 04.02.1918 HAMILTON Nerissa Daphne Mrs Evans 2 Cutten Street 23.09.1912 17.09.1919 HANNA Harold Thomas Alexander John Harold Hanna 21 Fitzroy Street 06.08.1910 10.05.1916 HANNA Winifred Mere John Harold Hanna 21 Fitzroy Street 19.09.1907 10.05.1916 HANSON Colin Marshall E. Hanson 15 Nicholson Street 24.01.1914 02.02.1919 HANSON Elsie G. F. Hanson 241 Melbourne Street 14.02.1904 14.08.1916 HANSON George Frederick M. Hanson 140 Macandrew Road 22.10.1910 14.02.1916 HANSON Ronald David W. Hanson 15 Nicholson Street 28.10.1911 30.10.1916 HARDMAN Gwendoline A. J. Hardman 22 Law Street 06.08.1908 21.02.1916 HARDMAN James A. J. Hardman 22 Law Street 29.06.1910 21.02.1916 HARDMAN Marcia A. J. Hardman 22 Law Street 11.05.1907 21.02.1916 HARGREAVES Jean Albert Hargreaves 9 Richmond Street 22.05.1913 05.06.1918 HARGREAVES Marjory Alfred Hargreaves 86 Macandrew Road 20.05.1915 01.02.1921 HARMAN Frederick Lowden E. Harman 26 Baker Street 04.07.1911 03.10.1916 HARNEISS Edgar Robt. Harneiss 39 Cutten Street 09.12.1910 09.07.1917 HARNEISS Frances Robt. Harneiss 39 Cutten Street 19.06.1904 30.07.1917 HARPER Allan Henderson Andrew Harper 24 Bradshaw Street 27.02.1911 06.02.1923 HARPER George Bruce M. Harper 19 Brunswick Street 14.11.1911 05.02.1917 HARREX Iris Victoria James Procter 31 Law Street 00.02.1912 01.02.1921 HARREX Mavis Irene James Procter 31 Law Street 00.11.1915 01.02.1921 HARRIS Brenda Benjamin Harris 40 Fawcett Street 19.11.1912 29.06.1920 HARRIS Nelly Benjamin Harris 40 Fawcett Street 22.05.1908 28.06.1920 HARRIS Roy Applegate Benjamin Harris 40 Fawcett Street 29.04.1912 28.06.1920 HARRIS Sydney Edward Benjamin Harris 40 Fawcett Street 19.01.1915 29.06.1920 HARRIS Edmund Edwd A. Harris 3 Cameron Street 14.08.1913 05.02.1923 HARRIS Gladys Edwd A. Harris 3 Cameron Street 19.06.1912 05.02.1923 HARRIS Noreen Edwd A. Harris 3 Cameron Street 07.03.1910 05.02.1923 HARVEY Doreen Jno. James Harvey 28 Brunswick Street 04.05.1914 00.11.1919 HARVEY Iris Victoria Helen John Harvey 31 Law Street 16.02.1913 06.02.1924 HARVEY Jack John J. Harvey 27 Helena Street 02.03.1907 11.06.1918 HARVEY Lancelot John J. Harvey 27 Helena Street 09.11.1902 11.06.1918 HARVEY Mona Irene John Harvey 31 Law Street 27.09.1915 06.02.1924 HARWOOD Doris Mrs McClure 23 Brunswick Street 24.01.1905 14.08.1917 HASTIE Lily May Thos. Swell Fitzroy and Sussex 21.09.1912 09.03.1924 HATELY Doris Fred Hately 5 Roland Avenue 23.08.1912 00.07.1921 HATELY Fred Fred Hately 5 Roland Avenue 22.04.1915 00.07.1921 HAY Albert John Mrs Wm. Hay 24 Bradshaw Street 13.05.1913 14.05.1918 HAYDEN Charles Henry Victor Chas. Hayden 8 Bathgate Road 03.08.1911 05.02.1917 HAYES Agnes Rose David Hayes 84 Fitzroy Street 23.11.1913 06.02.1922 HAYES Doreen Mary David Hayes 84 Fitzroy Street 01.01.1912 06.02.1922 HAZELHURST Myrtle Irene Tom Hazelhurst 154 Macandrew Road 27.10.1908 06.05.1918 HEALY Annie Mabel Iris Mrs Healy 515 Cargill Road 02.03.1912 07.08.1923 HEALY Nicholas Alfred Mrs Healy 515 Cargill Road 02.03.1911 07.08.1923 HEBBARD Florence Myrtle F. W. Hebbard 13 Sidney Street 11.07.1912 11.09.1917 HEBBARD Loftus Calder T. Hebbard 13 Sidey Street, Cav. 09.11.1915 11.11.1920 HELM Algie Lewis Helm 3 Dick Street 07.10.1911 00.03.1920 HELM Myrtle Lewis Helm 3 Dick Street 04.09.1914 00.03.1920 HENDERSON David D. Henderson 225 Oxford Street 15.03.1910 00.03.1924 HENDERSON Iris Winifred Wm. J. Henderson 48 Alexandra Street 09.12.1914 00.08.1921 HENDERSON James Hugh David Henderson 225 Oxford Street 07.07.1912 07.02.1924 HERBERT Philip Douglas Wm. Herbert 78 Easther Crescent 15.04.1912 15.10.1919 HERBERT Reynolds John Mr Wm. Herbert 19 Nicholson Street 04.10.1910 07.04.1916 HERON David Edward Mrs Heron 32 Cutten Street 05.00.1910 07.02.1916 HESSEY Edith John Hessey 15 Prendergast Street 19.05.1907 14.05.1916 HESSEY Grace John Hessey 15 Prendergast Street 06.05.1910 14.05.1916 HESSEY Matilda Mrs Hessey 37 Douglas Street 27.07.1908 26.11.1917 HEY Heather Jean Sydney W. Hey 20A Nelson Street 06.09.1914 29.06.1922 HEYLAND Ralph Thomas Ralph Leyland 42 Laws Street 06.12.1915 01.02.1921 HICKMAN Alexander Kinloch Edwd I. Hickman 33 Bradshaw Street 24.07.1908 17.04.1916 HICKMAN Colin Edward Henry Edwd I. Hickman 33 Bradshaw Street 29.08.1909 17.04.1916 HILL Bernard S. M. Hill 12 Wesley Street 11.02.1915 01.03.1920 HILL Harry James A. Hill 82 Fitzroy Street 27.02.1912 27.02.1917

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HILL Sybil S. M. Hill 12 Wesley Street 03.03.1915 01.03.1920 HILLIARD Kathleen F. Hilliard 16 Plunket Street 18.10.1910 07.02.1916 HINDE Mona Emily E. J. Hinde 77 Fitzroy Street 20.08.1915 16.09.1920 HOFFMAN Olga Margaret Mrs Hoffman 15 Law Street 14.05.1914 29.11.1920 HOFLAND Nancy Robt. Hofland 17 Nelson Street 17.03.1913 18.03.1918 HOLLAND Ettie Spillett Herbert I. H. Holland 217 Nelson Street 22.01.1911 07.02.1916 HOLMAN Eric Henry Wm. E. Holman 6 Osmond Street 30.06.1912 05.02.1918 HOLT Ivy Christina Mrs Holt 7 Prendergast Street 22.07.1912 00.03.1920 HOLT James Mrs Holt 7 Prendergast Street 08.01.1913 05.02.1918 HOLT Phyllis Irene Mrs Holt 7 Prendergast Street 10.11.1913 00.03.1920 HOLT Ruby Madoline Mrs Holt 7 Prendergast Street 29.07.1911 00.03.1920 HOOPER Edgar Ernest C. Hooper 278 Melbourne Street 08.01.1907 07.09.1916 HOOPER Warren Ernest C. Hooper 278 Melbourne Street 22.05.1905 07.09.1916 HORN Alexander John Mrs J. Horn 2 Prendergast Street 02.09.1912 11.09.1917 HORN Colin Albert Stanley Mrs Horn 2 Prendergast Street 04.06.1915 01.02.1921 HORN James Gordon Robt. J. Horn 374 Cargill Road 20.08.1909 08.05.1916 HORN Lily Catherine Margaret Mrs L. Horn 374 Cargill Road 01.03.1911 15.05.1916 HORN Lionel Robert Roland R. J. Horn 2 Prendergast Street 26.12.1913 02.02.1919 HORN Lionel Robt Roland Mrs Corfield 350 Cargill Road 21.12.1913 23.07.1928 HOUSTON Ngaire Marjory Thos. Houston 11 Brunswick Street 05.04.1914 16.09.1919 HOUSTON William Stuart T. Houston 11 Brunswick Street 25.10.1912 11.08.1919 HOWARTH William I. Howarth 3 Baker Street 29.06.1915 00.08.1921 HOWELL George Wm. Howell 36 David Street 28.06.1906 11.03.1918 HUBAND George James George Huband 499 Cargill Road 30.10.1911 06.07.1918 HUBAND Henrietta George Huband 499 Cargill Road 09.06.1910 06.07.1918 HUBAND Phyllis Ivy George Huband 499 Cargill Road 03.05.1907 06.07.1918 HUBAND Thomas Henry George Huband 499 Cargill Road 12.12.1912 06.07.1918 HUNT Henry Lucas Henry R. Hunt 219 Melbourne Street 11.04.1907 14.06.1920 HUNT Mavis Enid H. R. Hunt 219 Melbourne Street 10.11.1914 20.07.1920 HUNT Muriel Gertrude Henry R. Hunt 219 Melbourne Street 23.09.1908 14.06.1920 HUNT Phyllis Edna Arthur E. Hunt 69 Fox Street 28.09.1912 25.02.1918 HYDE HARRIS Edmund M. S. Harris 35 Helena Street 14.08.1913 02.02.1919 HYDE HARRIS Elizabeth Eileen [Bessie] Mrs E. Hyde Harris 32 Helena Street 15.04.1907 14.05.1917 HYDE HARRIS Gladys Eleanor Edmund Harris 32 Helena Street 19.06.1912 30.07.1917 HYDE HARRIS Mona Jean Mrs E. Hyde Harris 32 Helena Street 09.06.1908 14.05.1917 HYDE HARRIS Noreen Mrs E. Hyde Harris 32 Helena Street 04.03.1910 14.05.1917 IBBOTSON Elsie Rona Percy Ibbotson 99 Macandrew Road 23.07.1915 01.02.1921 IBBOTSON Lurlesie Martha Louisa Percy Ibbotson 99 Macandrew Road 23.04.1914 01.02.1921 IDOUR Victor Deab Idour 213 Oxford Street 23.12.1911 12.07.1917 ILES Lancelot Edward Mrs Iles 574 Cargill Road 15.09.1914 08.02.1923 INGLIS Cyril Wm. Inglis King Edward Road 10.11.1914 12.06.1922 INGLIS Irene Mary Wm. Inglis 205 King Edward Street 10.09.1908 14.06.1922 INGLIS John Alexander John T. Inglis 64 Loyalty Street 08.06.1911 03.07.1916 INGLIS Leonard Wm. Inglis King Edward Road 27.12.1912 12.06.1922 INGLIS Robert Eric Wm. Inglis King Edward Road 09.09.1911 13.06.1922 INGRAM Dorothy Iris F. Ingram 22.08.1909 16.10.1916 JACKSON Allan Frederick Wm. Jackson 25.12.1913 14.03.1921 JACOBS Arnold Jones John Jacobs 26.02.1915 10.05.1920 JACOBS Iris Vera W. C. Jacobs 53 McGlashan Street 27.07.1913 09.07.1918 JACOBS Maurice Arthur Jones John Jacobs 26.02.1915 10.05.1920 JANE Emily Gladys 14 Fawcett Street 25.11.1910 17.04.1916 JAPP Wilhelmina M. Japp 19 Nelson Street 01.03.1911 14.03.1916 JARVIS Maud Harry Jarvis 13 West Avenue 17.11.1913 05.02.1924 JARVIS Prudence Jane Harry Jarvis 13 West Avenue 20.12.1914 05.02.1924 JEFFERY Marion Alice Stephen Jeffery 22.02.1914 11.09.1922 JENKINS Frances Joseph Jenkins 47 Brunswick Street 21.06.1910 17.05.1920 JENNINGS George Albert Jennings 32 Helena Street 16.02.1910 03.04.1918 JENNINGS Gladys Albert Jennings 32 Helena Street 20.03.1909 03.04.1918 JOHNSON Hilda Mary Arthur Johnson 315 Cargill Road 04.05.1908 09.07.1918 JOHNSON Noel Gordon Arthur Johnson 315 Cargill Road 25.12.1911 09.07.1918 JOHNSTON Amy Elizabeth E. M. Johnson Grove Street, St. Clair 12.02.1911 05.03.1917 JOHNSTON Edna Millicent Wm. Johnston 12 Baker Street 30.08.1910 21.06.1920 JOHNSTON Nellie Irene Christina Johnston 16 Waverley Street 28.02.1911 29.02.1916 JOHNSTON Roy Alexander J. A. Johnston 235 Melbourne Street 03.10.1911 05.02.1917 JOHNSTON William Eric Wm. Johnston 12 Baker Street 19.10.1914 21.06.1920 JOHNSTONE Edna Millicent Wm. Johnstone 30.08.1910 20.07.1922 JOLLY Albert James Mrs M. Jolly 4 Carey Avenue 27.11.1905 12.09.1917 JOLLY Arthur Vernon Mrs M. Jolly 4 Carey Avenue 04.01.1909 12.09.1917 JOLLY Ivy Doreen Mrs M. Jolly 4 Carey Avenue 24.01.1910 12.09.1917 JONES Albert Alexander J. H. Jones 46 Helena Street 21.05.1914 07.02.1924 JONES Arnold V. G. Jones 214 Melbourne Street 26.07.1910 28.10.1919 JONES Clement I. M. Jones 136 Macandrew Road 03.08.1915 23.08.1920 JONES Winifred Edith Jas. H. Jones 136 Macandrew Road 05.02.1910 07.02.1916 KANNEWISCHER Oskar Mrs Henry 30 Reid Road 18.01.1909 16.02.1916 KAY Geoffrey Martin Gordon Kay 34 Richardson Street 11.06.1915 01.02.1921 KAY Gordon Gordon Kay 34 Richardson Street 09.12.1913 16.09.1919 KEELER Dorothy Wm. B. Keeler 277 Oxford Street 29.01.1911 13.02.1917 KEEN Ivy Ernest Keen Cargill Road 25.11.1913 28.02.1921 KEEN Joy Ernest Keen 2 Percy Street 20.11.1915 00.06.1929 KEEN Sarah Eliz. Mrs E. Keen 374 Cargill Road 25.07.1913 20.08.1919 KEIRNAN Alen John Mrs Keirnan 43 Nelson Street 22.02.1912 06.02.1923 KENDRICK Arthur Arthur Kendrick 10 Nelson Street 29.12.1907 06.10.1919 KENNEDY Janet May Rebecca John Kennedy 21 Loyalty Street 29.12.1911 04.04.1924 KENNEDY Kenneth Ben John Kennedy 21 Loyalty Street 29.11.1914 04.04.1924 KENNEDY Muriel Maud Jas. Kennedy 278 Oxford Street 22.10.1911 31.07.1917 KER Gordon Thomas Ker 76 Fox Street 02.05.1904 02.08.1917 KERR Aynsley Heather Robt. E. 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KERR Jack Herbison Robt. E. Kerr 41 Bradshaw Street 12.05.1912 05.02.1924 KERR Robert Herbison Robt. E. Kerr 41 Bradshaw Street 17.02.1911 05.02.1924 KERSHAW Sidney Evan Milton Kershaw 23 Nelson Street 22.10.1906 30.10.1917 KERSHAW Thomas Milton Milton Kershaw 03.06.1912 05.02.1918 KERSHAW Wilfred James Milton Kershaw 23 Bradshaw Street 21.02.1908 30.10.1917 KERSHAW William Morris 23 Nelson Street 03.06.1912 05.02.1918 KIRKWOOD Colin George E. Kirkwood 20A Law Street 03.06.1914 10.05.1921 KITTO Dorothy Annie E. H. Kitto 10 Josephine Street 16.02.1912 27.08.1918 KNOX Albert M. Knox 55 Helena Street 13.10.1913 04.02.1918 KNOX Christopher John M. Knox 55 Helena Street 03.05.1911 31.07.1916 KNOX Euphemia McQueen Mrs. Knox 55 Helena Street 00.08.1912 16.09.1918 KNOX Vera Constance John Knox 229 Melbourne Street 00.07.1905 19.03.1917 LAMB Thelma Clara Rosetta Alexr Lamb 45 Baker Street 14.05.1915 06.11.1923 LANGLEY John Mrs Hill 29 Richmond Street 26.06.1914 02.08.1920 LAUNDRY Melba G. Laundry 13 Albert Street 04.08.1914 00.07.1921 LAUNDRY Reuben Mrs Wilson Baker Street and Cargill Road 12.04.1907 05.02.1917 LAUNDRY Robert Mrs Wilson Baker Street and Cargill Road 30.06.1910 05.02.1917 LAWRENCE Leslie John Mr W. J. Lawrence 1 Bradshaw Street 15.04.1910 26.04.1916 LAWRENCE Mervyn Raymond Wm. J. Lawrence 1 Bradshaw Street 18.06.1911 20.06.1916 LAWRENCE Sylvia Victoria Wm. J. Laurence 28 Ravenswood Road 15.03.1915 24.04.1922 LAWSON Vera Elfreda Mrs E. l. Lawson 15 Prendergast Street 05.07.1909 08.10.1918 LAY Clarice Edith Margaret Chas. H. Lay 18 Law Street 11.04.1910 07.02.1916 LEECH Maurice Teasdale John Leech 5 Baker Street 14.06.1914 23.06.1919 LEES Alexander Alex. Lees 44 Glasgow Street 17.07.1907 05.02.1917 LEES Amelia Mabel Alice Lees 28 Glasgow Street 02.08.1913 17.02.1919 LEES Jessie Beatrice Alice Lees 28 Glasgow Street 02.08.1913 17.02.1919 LEES John Raven Alex. Lees 28 Glasgow Street 07.11.1911 04.02.1918 LEES Thelma Cecilia Alex. Lees 46 Glasgow Street 02.07.1906 11.08.1916 LEES William Alex. Lees 44 Glasgow Street 07.01.1909 05.02.1917 LIDDICOAT Ernest Macgregor Arthur Liddicoat 32 Law Street 27.04.1911 05.02.1917 LIDDICOAT William Henry Arthur Liddicoat 32 Law Street 25.11.1903 05.02.1917 LINDSAY James Leslie Jas. Lindsay 37 Law Street 08.05.1911 05.02.1917 LINDSAY John Stanley Jas. Lindsay 37 Law Street 14.05.1913 14.05.1918 LISTER George George Lister 32 Reid Street 28.12.1913 02.02.1919 LISTER Mabel Emily Geo. Lister 32 Reid Road 21.08.1911 05.02.1918 LITTLE Eugenie Winifred A. Little 20 Neville Street 14.09.1912 16.10.1917 LITTLE Lexie May Chas Little 288 Oxford Street 09.02.1911 14.11.1916 LOMBARDI Agnes Winifred Mrs Lombardi 245 Melbourne Street 03.09.1910 03.10.1916 LOMBARDI Angelina Mrs Lombardi 245 Melbourne Street 25.03.1907 02.10.1916 LOUSLEY Elma Lillias Eric Lousley 38 Helena Street 13.02.1913 05.02.1923 LOUSLEY Ivy May Eric Lousley 38 Helena Street 17.06.1915 05.02.1923 LOVE Margaret Hunter Alexr. Love 28 Law Street 15.07.1912 00.10.1921 LOVELOCK George William Chas. Lovelock 48 Brunswick Street 12.04.1913 05.04.1918 LUMB Hilda Lilian Wm. Lumb 17 Cutten Street 01.01.1913 04.02.1918 LUMSDEN Lindsay Eric G. Lumsden 39 Main South Road 08.05.1913 04.06.1918

WEBSITES MENTIONED AT OUR JUNE MEETING

HELPFUL NEWSPAPER WEBSITES

AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPERS: http://trove.nla.gov.au/ NEW ZEALAND NEWSPAPERS: www.paperspast.natlib.govt.nz NEW ZEALAND SOCIETY OF GENEALOGISTS: http://www.genealogy.org.nz/ Gale newspapers (members only) Gale newspaper is also available on computer at the Dunedin Public Library AMERICAN NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES ON-LINE: http://newspaperarchive.com/ WELSH NEWSPAPERS: http://welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk/en/home ON-LINE NEWSPAPERS WORLD-WIDE: http://www.newspaperindex.com/

BIG changes coming to the ScotlandsPeople website The contract for the ScotlandsPeople website was awarded to a new company. It will no longer be managed by the people who run FindMyPast, the British Newspaper Archives and GenesReunited. As a result, there is a process of transition happening. Plans for the switch over are to take place in the early autumn in America (early spring here) and when that happens, we will start to see some of the records belonging to the National Records of Scotland (National Archives) coming online. Currently, some of these - the tax rolls - are available on the sister site to ScotlandsPeople, ScotlandsPlaces. These will migrate over to the new website. As well, the Kirk Session Records will be released and will be available online. Other records will be added over time. There will be a change to the fee structure. The credit system will still be in place for the records currently available on the website, but a subscription system will be added for those wishing to access the new records from the NRS. Like the Kirk Session records. For those familiar with ScotlandsPlaces, this is already in place and the subscription fees are incredibly affordable. Hopefully the new fee structure will be similar.

Don’t laugh. Apparently people are putting their website addresses on headstones.

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A Miracle of Survival: The Barnett Family and the Wreck of the Netherby By Ross Barnett

During the nineteenth century many immigrants had eventful voyages sailing to New Zealand and this was certainly true of my great grandparents! One hundred and fifty years ago my newly married great grandfather and grandmother and their young family

were shipwrecked at night in Bass Strait. Like the other passengers and crew on board the SS Netherby, they were lucky to survive.

On 10 September, 1865 my great grandfather, William Barnett (occupation: engine driver) married Eleonore (Ellen) Kerslake (servant) at Saint Leonards Church, in Shoreditch, in Hackney Borough, London. Just a few months later, on 13 April, 1866, William (28) and Ellen (22), and their two young children, Mary Ann (4) and William H. (1), set sail on the Netherby (944 tons) from the East India Dock in London for Melbourne, calling into Plymouth on the way. After 120 days the ship was wrecked on King Island in Bass Strait on 14 July, 1866. Low cloud and navigational difficulties undoubtedly played a part in the wreck but the decision of Captain Owens to abandon the Great Circle route south of Tasmania and go through Bass Strait probably reflected the Captain’s desire to relieve the passengers of the tempestuous weather they had experienced the previous fortnight.

What is remarkable about the shipwreck is that all 50 crew and 452 passengers were saved. The Netherby hit jagged rocks in dense fog at 7.15pm near present day Currie on the west coast of King Island. Since it was impossible to abandon ship in the dark, passengers were forced to remain on the ship until daylight. A rope was tied to the ship and the rocks which served as a lifeline for the lifeboats which were pulled back and forth from the shore. Once safely on land a rescue party was immediately dispatched to the Cape Wickham Lighthouse on the northern part of the island. Second Officer John Parry led a party of six men, including some passengers, and walked to the lighthouse 48 kilometres away. However, once he reached the lighthouse he must have been dismayed to learn that the cable link with Melbourne had long since been broken so he was forced to use the Lighthouse whaleboat to cross Bass Strait, to the mainland a distance of 165 kilometres. The Government steamers Victoria and Pharos were soon dispatched to pick up the survivors, but the ordeal was not yet over. Since rescue from the wreck site was impossible all the passengers had to walk to the lighthouse to be rescued. Eventually the weary Netherby passengers reached Melbourne where they were housed in the (Royal) Exhibition Building in Carlton.

Most of the Netherby’s passengers had been brought out under the Queensland Government's system of assisted immigration, but many decided to stay in Victoria. This is obviously what William and Ellen did as Alfred, my grandfather, was born in Geelong in 1876. The Barnett family migrated to New Zealand sometime between 1876 and 1881 where their fourth child Frank was born. Why they came to New Zealand remains a mystery. In the 1890 electoral roll William’s occupation is listed as an engineer. They settled in Bradshaw Street, South Dunedin, where I think William was employed at Donaghy’s Rope Works. Ellen died in 1904 and William at the end of the First World War. My grandfather Alfred, who married Annie Krause in 1904, also lived at the same address.

If the reasons for my great grandfather’s migration to New Zealand are uncertain, then this is also true of my grandmother’s parents. Annie’s Parents were Philip W. Kraus (1839-1918) and Esther Patton (1848-1913). Philip was born on 1 January, 1839 in Anspach, Hochtaunuskreis District in Hessen State, Germany. Esther, who was born in Whitby, married Philip on 22 December, 1868 in Middlesborough, England. This was his second marriage. In the 1871 UK Census they, along with their one child, are listed as living in the Parish of St Paul in Stockton in the same area. Why Philip migrated to England is a mystery, but it is likely that he joined the exodus of many other German emigrants who left Germany in the 1860s and 70s for a better life elsewhere. The Census records his occupation as a labourer in an iron works, but it must have been relatively unusual for German labourers to have migrated to England at this time, as most went to the United States. Soon after Philip and Esther migrated to New Zealand, but again why they migrated here is not clear as no family records survive. My grandmother was born in Dunedin in 1884, her parents living at Grosvenor Street in Kensington.

Researching family history and why emigrants left their countries of birth is an ongoing, but very rewarding, task. Both sides of my father’s family had interesting backgrounds before they eventually settled in New Zealand. The same is true of my mother’s side, with the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War producing the incentive to leave Denmark for safer shores, but that is another story. At least they were not shipwrecked!

A reunion will be held on King Island in July, 2016 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the wreck.

Engraving courtesy of the La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria.

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Mabel Frances Smith was born in 1879 in Plymouth, England, the daughter of ex Army Captain Charles Mavore (Mayvore) Smith and Grace Matilda Smith nee Wroughton. (As a complete side note Charles and Grace Smith are the great great grandparents of Daniel Wroughton Craig - or as we know him - James Bond). Mabel Frances Smith married, at the age of 19 years, to 23 year old, Albert Charles Neville on 30 May 1898 in East Preston, Sussex. They had three children all born at Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, England - Evelyn Mabel (born 1901), Charles Chamiere (but went by the name Charles Mavore Neville born 1902) and Meriel Elfrida (born 1909). Albert Neville was a prosperous fish merchant in Berkhamstead. The Neville family left Berkhamstead, for Vancouver, Canada in 1912. After a year or so they moved to Toronto where Mabel’s sister lived and Albert took a job as superintendent of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Office. The reason they were aboard the Lusitania was they were returning to England to see Albert’s brother before he left to take up duties at the front during World War One. Mabel Neville remained in Ireland after the sinking of the Lusitania in a hope the bodies of her husband and children would be found. Eventually she sailed on 24 February, 1916 to America where she recorded she would be staying with her sister, Mrs. A. Edgarton, Delaware Avenue, Detroit, Michigan. Four months later Mabel was in Australia where, on 24 June 1916, in Melbourne, she married Walter Best. She gave birth to a daughter called Peggy Best in 1917, in East Melbourne. When Mabel married Walter Best, their marriage notice in The Argus newspaper in Melbourne recorded - English, Canadian and New Zealand newspapers please copy. So there must have been some connection to New Zealand. The only newspaper which printed the marriage was the Evening Post in Wellington.

The memoriam notice in 1916 was only printed in the Otago Daily Times newspaper. So what was the connection to Otago and why did Mabel place the memoriam notice in the Otago Daily Times? If anyone is connected to the Neville / Smith family can they please email dfhg@xtra.co.nz

VICTIMS OF THE LUSITANIA SINKING

I recently came across this memoriam notice in the Otago Daily Times, dated 6 May 1916. NEVILLE - In loving memory of my dear husband, Albert Charles Neville; also of my three darling children - Evelyn Mabel (14 years), Charles Mavore (13 years), Meriel Eldreda (seven years) - all victims of the Lusitania tragedy, May 7 1915.

I couldn’t help but wonder why the memoriam was in the Otago Daily Times newspaper and what was the connection to this part of the country. Did the Neville family came from Otago? RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner that was sunk by a German submarine in World War I, causing a major diplomatic uproar. When RMS Lusitania left New York for Britain on 1 May 1915, German submarine warfare was intensifying in the Atlantic. Germany had declared the seas around the United Kingdom a war zone, and the German embassy in the United States had placed a newspaper advertisement warning people of the dangers of sailing on RMS Lusitania. On the afternoon of 7 May, Lusitania was torpedoed by a German U-Boat, 11 miles (18 kilometres) off the southern coast of Ireland and inside the declared "zone of war". A second, unexplained, internal explosion sent her to the bottom in 18 minutes, causing the deaths of passengers and crew. In firing on what was officially a non-military ship without warning, the Germans were accused of breaching international laws known as the Cruiser Rules. However it was not possible for submarines to give warning due to the British introduction of Q-ships with concealed deck guns. German justifications for treating Lusitania as a naval vessel centered on the fact that the ship was carrying hundreds of tons of war munitions, therefore making it a legitimate military target, and also that British merchant ships had orders to ignore the Cruiser Rules themselves. The ship had been fitted with 6-inch gun mounts in 1913. The sinking caused a storm of protest in the United States, as 128 American citizens were among the dead. The ship's sinking provided Britain with a propaganda opportunity, which helped shift public opinion in the United States against Germany, and was a factor in the United States' declaration of war nearly two years later. Of the known 1,960 verified people on board Lusitania, 1,193 perished. This number includes 3 stowaways arrested after the ship left New York. An additional 4 people died of trauma related to the sinking shortly afterwards, bringing the total lost to 1,197. Amongst those who perished were the family listed in the Memoriam notice in the Otago Daily Times.

In the Memoriam notice the youngest is listed as seven year old Meriel Eldreda Neville. On the official survivors list of the Lusitania she is listed as Muriel Neville aged four years. In fact her birth name was Meriel Elfrida Neville but it was often misrepresented as Muriel, as on the passenger list above. The only member of the family who appears to have survived is the mother, Mabel Frances Neville.

A painting of the sinking of the Lusitania by an

unknown artist.

Evening Post 31 July 1916

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The cemetery is located in Harris Street, Karitane. It is very well maintained and historically is well worth a visit. The headstones have been transcribed and cover the years 1842-1974. A copy of this transcript is available on microfiche as part of the NZSG Cemetery collection. The names which appear in the Index to 1974 are: DIED AGE ANDERSON Johann 1918 31 years APES Huia 1939 15 months APES Mona Rata 1974 71 years BEAUMONT Norman 1934 77 years BEAUMONT Orpheus Maud 1951 87 years BENSON Mary Jane 1880 5 months BENSON William 1900 79 years BOTTING Ada Elizabeth Lory 1916 28 years BOTTING Garibaldi 1943 81 years BOTTING Mary Elizabeth 1930 64 years COLCLOUGH Wm Caesar Sarsfield 1926 63 years ELLEY Arnold Robert 1962 66 years ELLEY Isla Te Aroha Hannon 1968 67 years HORAN Margaret 1877 32 years JOHNSTON Evelyn Sarah 1949 JOHNSTON Olloff Edward (Ollie) 1960 84 years KAHUTI Hone Kerei 1910 KAHUTI Kerei 1880 MATIU Hoani 1888 33 years MCCABE Michael John Ultan 1994 66 years MCLEAN Dale Louise 1972 44 years MOON Florence Ethel 1986 85 years PARATA Na Henare 1904 86 years RITCHIE Graham A 1997 ROSS John David 1878 5 months STANTON Hera 1974 79 years STANTON Raetai 1942 18 years STANTON Robert Bruce 1926 35 years TE AOHIKURAKI Rawiri Te Maire 1899 91 years TE RAKI Richard 1916 45 years TE WAHIA Fanny 1913 21 years TE WAHIA Hanna 1922 80 years TE WAHIA Hera (Woods) 1922 57 years TE WAHIA Tamati (Woods) 1916 64 years TE WAHIA Tamati Pukurau 1917 16 years THOMAS Elizabeth 1842 40 years THOMAS William George 1842 54 years TUTURE Mitau 1948 81 years WAIRAU Diana 1986 75 years WAIRAU Joseph Tio 1987 61 years WARD Unknown WILKINSON Malcolm Cook 1937 WILSON George Hannon 1938 76 years WILSON Mary Louise (Lulu) 1953 90 years WOODS Charles 1918 29 years WOODS George (Te Wahia) 1919 26 years Allan Steel <asteel@ihug.co.nz> has photographed and indexed the headstones in Karitane Cemetery, along with most of the cemeteries in East Otago. Allan is happy to be contacted by anyone researching in this area.

KARITANE - SITE OF THE FIRST CHRISTIAN SERMON

IN OTAGO 1840 Situated at the mouth of the Waikouaiti River is “Old Waikouaiti” known today as Karitane. In 1837 Messrs Long, Wright and Richards, of Sydney, established a whaling station here. Within a year the firm fell into financial difficulties, and its interests were purchased in Sydney, Australia by Johnny Jones who bought the whaling station and a quantity of land near Waikouaiti for £225. He sent Captain Bruce in the brig Magnet to take possession of the station and cultivation of Jones’ land at Waikouaiti began almost immediately. It was not long before Jones decided to turn his whaling station into an organised settlement. In February 1840 he dispatched the Magnet to Waikouaiti station with thirty three people - ten married couples, eleven children, two single men, some 20 head of cattle, and provisions. By now Johnny Jones had a controlling interest in most southern New Zealand whaling stations. He employed Otago’s first doctor, Dr Joseph Crocome and with the idea of giving stability to the venture Jones applied in 1839 to the Wesleyan Missionary Society for a resident missionary. The board agreed, and on 15 May 1840 the Rev. James Watkin and family arrived to settle the first mission station in the South Island. Rev James Watkin was born in Manchester in 1805. He married Hannah Entwisle in July 1830 and they sailed to Tonga in 1831. In 1837 he left Tonga for Sydney. He had been in Sydney for just over two years when he agreed to come to Waikouaiti. Two days after Rev Watkin arrived with his family in Waikouaiti he preached the first Christian sermon in Otago. This sermon was preached at a site now recorded by a stone cairn adjacent to the Karitane Cemetery. The first chapel at Waikouaiti was not built until July 1843. Rev. James Watkin and his wife were employed to act as clergyman and teacher to the children of the settlers, whalers, and Maori. Jones provided them with a house, chapel, and school. Rev Watkin from the outset took a firm stand against the vices of the whaling community and the savage customs of the Maori, and was in a measure responsible for the subsequent orderly progress of the settlement. The Mission House was described as being 29 feet 6 inches by 20 feet 8 inches divided into four rooms 7 feet 6 inches high, lined throughout partly with Scotch and partly in red pine T & G. It had a shingle roof and a chimney of Sydney bricks. The small cemetery, long since gone, which was attached to the Mission Station, had gravestones of Sydney sandstone. At first Johnny Jones’ settlement was left to its own devices. As whaling was in decline Jones busied himself in general trade, and his schooner Scotia was soon well known along the southern coasts. In August 1843 Jones's family arrived at Waikouaiti and made their home at Prospect Farm, Matanaka, the headland at the northern end of Waikouaiti Bay. Three years later a town council was established. In 1866 the town was incorporated as the borough of Hawkesbury. The town reverted to its original Maori name of Waikouaiti in 1909. In 1844 the ship Deborah brought to “Old Waikouaiti” the Rev Charles Creed, to succeed Rev Watkin, and also the Rev J.G.H. Wohlers, a Moravian missionary who later settled at Ruapuke Island, and laboured for 43 years with the Maori there. Rev Watkin was transferred to Wellington in early 1844 and remained there until 1855 when he returned to Sydney. Apart from a year in Melbourne in 1868, Watkin remained in Sydney until his death in 1886. Back in Waikouaiti Johnny Jones flourished. When the Scottish Free Church settlement was established at Dunedin in March 1848, Jones was able to draw upon his farm for supplies, which he sold at fair prices. As business tended to centre more in Dunedin, Jones moved there in 1854.

Karitane Cemetery

The cemetery with the magnificent view

ABOVE: The view from the cemetery grounds

RIGHT: The beautiful monument on the grave of Ada Botting who died 1916 aged 28 years.

Adjacent to the Cemetery on Mission Hill Lookout is a stone cairn, with concrete top, and a cross on one side with wording

on a metal plaque. The wording reads:

“On this site the Rev. James Watkin preached the first

Christian sermon in Otago 17 May 1840”.

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UP THE COAST - A BRIEF LOOK AT LOCATION, HISTORY AND

NAME The townships dotted along the East Otago coastline from south to north include Waitati, Warrington, Seacliff, Karitane and Waikouaiti. The area has a rich Maori heritage, particularly Karitane which was an important fishing village in the early 17th century. The peninsula there, Huriawa, was the pa site of the principal chief of the Ngai Tahu Tribe. Even after heavy losses at Mapoutahi Pa and in other 18th century fighting, 200-350 Maori lived in the Waikouaiti area. They formed tracks linking Waitati and Karitane to the Taieri, which were later also used by the earliest Europeans. BLUESKIN BAY - Blueskin Bay is an estuary about 25 kilometres north of Dunedin. The name also unofficially describes the rural district which includes the northern slopes of Mount Cargill, the southern slopes of the Kilmog, and the townships of Doctors Point, Waitati, Evansdale, Warrington, and Seacliff. It is believed that it was named in the early days of the Otago settlement after an old Maori resident, Te Hikututu, whose skin was so deeply and thickly tattooed that he was called “Blueskin”. CORNER BUSH - Corner Bush was originally owned by Johnny Jones. He had purchased it in several allotments on behalf of his nephew, Thomas Jones, who lived here until his death in 1869. It was then bought in 1870 by John Reid who, along with his wife and children, set up residence on the Corner Bush Estate. A heavy planting of trees on your right as you leave the Kilmog heading towards Merton marks the approximate location of the Corner Bush Estate. DOCTORS POINT - Doctors Point is located on the south-side of the entrance to Blueskin Bay, 3 kilometres north-east of Waitati. Named because several Dunedin doctors had holiday homes here. EVANSDALE - Evansdale is located on the north-western shore of Blueskin Bay, 24 kilometres north of Dunedin. It was named after an early settler and gold prospector, William Evans, who in 1864 took over the store at nearby Waitati. KARITANE - The seaside settlement of Karitane is located 35 kilometres to the north of Dunedin. Close to the settlement is the site of Huriawa Pā, which was a major fortification in pre-European New Zealand set in a strong position on a rock promontory above the coast. To New Zealanders, the name Karitane is inextricably linked with pioneering paediatrician and psychiatrist Sir Truby King, founder of the Plunket Society. The Plunket Society set up a string of neonatal institutes known throughout the country as "Karitane hospitals", starting in Dunedin in 1907. King worked at nearby Seacliff Asylum in the early years of the 20th century, and pioneered many procedures. The site of the present settlement of Karitane includes that of the pre-European Maori kaik, or undefended village, and also that of the whaling station set up by Long, Wright and Richards in 1837. In 1867 George O'Brien 1821-1888 painted a memorable view looking north from the Karitane waterfront, now in the Toitu Otago Settlers Museum, Dunedin. THE KILMOG - The Kilmog (or Kilmog Hill) is a hilly area approximately 20 kilometres north of Dunedin on State Highway 1. It is more well known for a steep stretch of State Highway 1 where this main state highway traverses a section of these hills between Waitati and Waikouaiti. In the five kilometre stretch from Evansdale, at the northern end of Blueskin Bay, SH1 climbs from sea level to an altitude of 300

Karitane

metres - the highest point on the highway south of Amberley in north Canterbury. Most of the area is prone to slumping, which leads to regular maintenance for the highway. The instability of the land also led to the disgrace of architect Robert Lawson, whose Seacliff lunatic asylum was structurally affected. The hill's name is believed to be a corruption of the Southern Maori word Kilimoko, the name of a species of manuka tree.

LONG BEACH - Long Beach is a small coastal settlement located 15 kilometres northeast of the city centre, between Blueskin Bay and the mouth of the Otago Harbour. The small settlement of Purakanui is located nearby. As the name suggests, Long Beach is situated close to a beach which stretches for several kilometres along the coast from Potato Point to Pilot Point. A line of steep cliffs extends from Potato Point southwards along the west side of the settlement with caves at one end. PURAKANUI (PURAKAUNUI) - Located 23 kilometres north-east of Dunedin. On the west side of Purakanui Bay is a tall cliff known as Te Tauatarawhata, and at its foot a small flat-topped rock, Mapoutahi Island, which was an early Maori fortification. The area is known by the locals as Goat Island and a brief walk links it to Doctors Point beach.

MERTON - Merton is located 9 kilometres north of Waitati in the hills between the Waikouaiti River and the coast. It is believed to have been named after the birthplace of an early resident, a Mrs Brunton who was born in Merton, England. The Brunton family home “The Chesters” was located at Merton.

Purakanui

Long Beach

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WAIKOUAITI - Waikouaiti is located on State Highway 1, 40 kilometres north of Dunedin. Waikouaiti was established in 1840 and was the first European settlement in southern New Zealand to be mainly based on farming. 'Waikouaiti' is said to mean 'the water that decreased', or 'receding water', perhaps referring to a change in the river's course in olden times. It is also stated, however, that the correct name is 'Waikawaiti', one meaning for which is 'little stream of bitter water'. Another suggestion is 'wai-koua-iti' meaning 'braided streamlets'. Which is correct is obscure. Waikouaiti is the site of the first European farming settlement in Otago, and dates from 1840 when whaler Johnny Jones sent pioneers to the area. A school was built on Matanaka where Johnny Jones’ homestead and some of the associated buildings of his colonial manor farm dating from 1843 still stand on Cornish Head. The farm buildings, though not the homestead, are owned by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust and may be visited. They are said to be the oldest surviving farm buildings in New Zealand. Prior to the arrival of Europeans, the area was frequented by Māori, who had a pa at nearby Huriawa, modern Karitane Peninsula and a kaik, or undefended village, on the site of modern Karitane. Beside the latter Long, Wright & Richards established a whaling station in 1837. It has sometimes been said that Waikouaiti was the first European settlement in Otago. In fact there were several earlier but their focus was more maritime. Waikouaiti's distinction is its early focus on farming. The town lies close to the coast and the mouth of the Waikouaiti River. The nearby settlement of Hawkesbury was long connected with a mental health institution, Cherry Farm. Thomas Shepherd's (1779-1835) sketch of the coast north of Otago, made in May 1826, shows the Karitane and Waikouaiti coast. The original is in the Mitchell Library, Sydney. WAITATI - Waitati is a small seaside settlement located close to the tidal mudflats of Blueskin Bay, 19 kilometres north of Dunedin. The small Waitati River flows through the Bay to the sea. It was originally known as Blueskin but now takes it name from the Waitati River.

WARRINGTON - Warrington is a small settlement on the coast of Otago located close to the northern shore of Blueskin Bay. Originally named North Blueskin it was also at one time called Beaconsfield. The railway station was called Whataripuku.

Warrington

Can You Help? We are looking for relatives in New Zealand. My wife’s great grandmother, Mary Henrietta Kealy, born May 6, 1889, left Dunedin, New Zealand in 1901, with her mother and brother, and sailed to the United States. Mary’s parents were James Kealy and Catherine Jones. Her brother’s name was William Walter Kealy. James Kealy stayed in New Zealand and passed away in 1909. We believe that Elizabeth Victoria Potter, a resident of Dunedin and Port Chalmers, maiden name Brown, was a step sister to my wife’s Grandmother. We also believe that she was adopted as a child to James Kealy’s sister. We have no evidence of this. We have a letter written from Elizabeth shortly before she died in 1977. This is the information that we have been able to collect concerning Elizabeth Victoria Potter and her family. Elizabeth Victoria Brown – born May 12, 1884, married Joseph Gotham Potter in 1904, died in Port Chalmers at the age of 93, October 26, 1977. School Teacher. Joseph Gotham Potter – born in April 1884 in Dunedin, married Elizabeth Victoria Brown in 1904, died May 22, 1953. School Teacher Child #1 – Esther Elizabeth Gotham Potter – born February 21, 1905, married William Charles Davis in 1930, died October 27, 1989. Child #2 – Ida Marion Gotham Potter – born August 13, 1906, married Fredrick Henry Bird in 1934, died in 1994. Child #3 – James Joseph Gotham Potter – born March 26, 1909, married Lavinia Chrissie Driver, died August 26, 1985. Child #4 – John Gotham Potter – born July 1910, died April 8, 1969. Child #5 – May Gotham Potter – born July 1912, married ? Luke, died on February 25, 1987. Child #6 – Florence Frances Gotham Potter – born June 25, 1915, married ? Morris, died in 2001. Child #7 – William Gotham Potter – born July 20, 1917, married Sarah Greenway in December 1953, died December 16, 2002. Child #8 – Edith Iona Potter – born in 1922, married ? Geddes, married ? Issac, died January 6, 1994. Child #9 – Joan Gotham Potter Child #10 – Ruby Gotham Potter My wife and I are traveling to New Zealand to do research on this part of our family from Friday, September 16 through Monday, September 19 from Fort Worth, Texas, United States. Any help in locating information would be greatly appreciated. Mark and Cheri Nelson Email: mark3145@gmail.com

MILLIGAN GETS LAST LAUGH ON GRAVE

Comedy legend Spike Milligan has finally got the last laugh, more than four years after his death. It follows an agreement with the local diocese over the wording on the headstone of his grave at St Thomas’s Church in Winchelsea, East Sussex, England. However, the inscription has to be written in Gaelic in order for it to be approved by the Chichester Diocese. Milligan, who was an Irish passport holder, was buried close to his home in Udimore after he died, aged 83, from liver failure in February 2002. Spike Milligan actually decided on his epitaph before he died in 2002. This headstone now bears the words “Duirt me leat go raibh me breoite” or “I told you I was ill”, and the English words, “Love, light, peace”.