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Photo above: G G Grandfather James Edward EVANS born 13 June 1860, Fernside, North Canterbury, NZ with his children. The older girl in the light dress is his daughter Lucy Jane, b 22 January 1891 at Swannanoa, North Canterbury. She was my Great Grandmother. Another photo of her is further down the page with my mother who was 2 years old. The above photo was taken c1900 at Kaiapoi, Canterbury, New Zealand.
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I use Family Tree Maker 2019. My main file now goes back 15 generations; has 12,308 individuals; 3,909 marriages; 2,439 surnames, over 116,000 text entries and I want to keep feeding it!
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Format - SURNAME, VILLAGE, COUNTY, COUNTRY, YEAR
ANDERSON, Glasgow, Scotland 1753
ARBUCKLE(S), Crumlin, Ant., Ireland 1826
Great GRANDMOTHER Emma ARBUCKLE
Born 12 April 1886, Waimate, NEW ZEALAND
Married 10 November 1910, Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND
To Robert Alexander JOHNSTON
Died 26 March 1961, Christchurch
Buried at Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Christchurch Aged 18 in this photo
Great Grandmother Emma ARBUCKLE
Aged approximately 25 (c1910) in this photos
Emma's grave at Ruru Lawn
Her daughter Doris KENNEDY is buried with her
My Great Uncle PETER
Emma's son Peter1927 -1970
Click photo for his life story
ARNOT(T), Glasgow, Scotland 1800
BLACKADDER, Crumlin, Ant., Ireland 1827
BUCK, Otley, Yks, England 1772
CARTER, Sry, England 1736s
CROFT, Otley, Yks, England 1802
DARBON (DARBEN), Lambeth, Sry, England 1798
DRUMMOND, Glasgow, Scotland 1817
ERSKINE, Mochrum, Wig, Scotland 1888
EVANS, St Mary's, Sry, England 1790
Left to Right
Sarah (nee KITCHENER) 1827-1906 and Robert Evans 1826-1911 married 25 December 1845 St Mary's, Lambeth, London, England
Jane EVANS nee VALE (Roberts mother) b 1803 Lambeth, London, England d 17 July 1886, Christchurch, NZ
Richard EVANS (Robert and Sarah's son, aged 16) 1848-1944photo taken 1864
This line: Robert EVANS and wife Sarah nee KITCHENER, to NZ aboard 'CRESSY' landing at Lyttelton 27-12-1850, settled Rangiora. My G G G Grandparents.
Also Richard EVANS and his wife Jane nee VALE. Parents of the above Robert EVANS (and my G G G G Grandparents) to NZ 1855 aboard CAROLINE AGNES arriving 1855 and settling at Heathcote Valley, Christchurch
GUEST Crewe or Altrincham, Chs, England 1840
G G GRANDMOTHER Sarah ARBUCKLE nee GUEST c1900[Mother of my G Grandmother Emma in previous table]
Born c1859, Crewe (or Altrincham), Cheshire, ENGLAND
Dau. of James GUEST & Eliza BLACKADDERMarried 28 November 1881, Timaru, NEW ZEALAND to James ARBUCKLE
(They are the parents of Emma ARBUCKLE
Died 17 November 1930, Waimate
Buried at Waimate old Cemetery, South Canterbury, NEW ZEALAND with Jamesand later in life...
G G GRANDMOTHERSarah ARBUCKLE nee GUEST
With her grandaughter Noela DUNN on knee c 1929
HAMILTON, Glasgow, Scotland 1823
This line: Alexander HAMILTON and Wife Annie nee MCGUIRE, to NZ aboard 'CAMEO' arriving 11-7-1859 settled Christchurch. My G G G Grandparents
HAND/HANN, Portpatrick, Wig, Scotland 1813
HANNAH, Stranraer, Wig, Scotland 1860
HARVEY, Dover, Ken, England 1780
HOLDER,Yks, England 1780
HOLLY, Greenham, Brk, England 1772
HOOKER, Bexley, Ken, England 1780
HORNOND, Lambeth, Sry, England 1733
JACOT, Switzerland 1687
JAMES, Chs, England 1840
JOHNSTON, St Johnstown, Don, Ireland 1850
This line: Robert Alexander JOHNSTON and wife Isabella nee MCKAI/MCKAY, to NZ aboard 'MARY SHEPHERD' arriving 20-8-1873 settled Dunedin. My G G Grandparents
KENNEDY, Drumafivey, Ant, Ireland 1830
This line: Anthony KENNEDY and wife Mary nee MCCOOK, to NZ aboard 'VARUNA' arriving Lyttelton 27-5-1874 settled Christchurch. My G G Grandparents
KITCHENER, Lambeth, London, England 1800
LAVERIE, Mochrum, Wig, Scotland 1840
LAWSON, Otley, Yks, England 1770
LEES, Stranraer, Wig, Scotland 1850
This line: William LEES and his mother Janet nee HANNAH and his brother Alex LEES to NZ onboard 'Tainui'. Leaving Southampton, England 4 June 1926 and arriving in Wellington.....settled in Christchurch shortly thereafter. My Grandfather, G Grandmother and G Uncle
LEESE, Ireland, 1788FOUR GENERATIONS
G G G G GRANDMOTHER
Jane WORT nee WHEELER
Baptised 20 March 1803,
Newbury, Berkshire, ENGLAND
Died 22 December 1876,
Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND
Buried Barbadoes Street Cemetery., Christchurch, NZHeadstone recorded in 1950 in Friends of Barbadoes Street cemetery records, but no longer exists in the cemetery from from at least 2000.
G G G GRANDMOTHER Rosannah, with second husband Thomas LODGE and G G Aunts
Rosannah [seated] daughter of Jane and George WORT
Born c1831, London, ENGLAND
Died 5 December 1916, Christchurch, NZThomas Seth LODGE (her 2nd husband)
born c1833, Reading, Berkshire, England
Died 18 October 1898, Christchurch, NZ.[Rosannah's first husband William MACE. They married 14 Jan. 1849, Parish Church, St Mary's, Lambeth, London, England.]
Shown with their 2 HAMILTON granddaughters
taken c 1892
Rosannah and Thomas buried together in St Peter's Anglican Churchyard, Church Corner, Riccarton, Christchurch, NZ.Patent for invention by Thomas LODGE
Rosannah's story here
Thomas and Rosannah's grave
St Peter's Anglican Church
Church Corner
Riccarton, Christchurch, NZ
G G Grandmother
Susannah Jane nee MACE/WORT/LODGE daughter of Rosannah LODGE nee WORT & 1st husband William MACE
Born 16 August 1848,Greenwich,Lambeth, London, ENGLAND
Married 14 October 1865
At St Andrews Church, Tuam St, Christchurch, NZ
To Thomas Morton HAMILTON
Both buried in St Peter's Anglican Churchyard, Church Corner, Riccarton, Christchurch but I can find no headstone.
Great Grandmother
Eva Ada nee TURNBULL
Daughter of Susannah & Thomas HAMILTON
Born 27 December 1877 Christchurch, NZ
Died 25 August 1935 Christchurch, NZ
Married 29 September 1899, Fitzroy, Vic, AUSTRALIA
To Henry (Harry) Fitzroy TURNBULL
Henry born 1877, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA and died 1902, Fitzroy.
234 Johnston Street, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia.
This is where Eva and Henry married.
Photo taken Nov. 1996 and at this
time it was a fast food takeaway shop.LODGE, Trinity Gray's Inn Road, Mdx, England 1850
MACLEARY, Armoy, Ant, Ireland 1830
MCBURNIE, Killinchy, Co. Down, Ireland 1815
MCCOOK, Armoy, Ant, Ireland 1800
MCGUIRE, Kilbride, Glasgow, Scotland 1826
MCKAI/MCKAY, Don, Ireland 1820
MCLEES, Stranraer, Wig, Scotland ANY YEAR
MACE, London, England 1828
MACEY, Vic, Australia 1850
MORIER, Vevey, Switzerland 1650
OUSTRY, Vevey, Switzerland 1660
EIGHT GENERATIONS spanning 207 years
1
G G G G GRANDMOTHER
Mary Ann PAWSON (nee LAWSON)
Born c1808 Otley, Yorkshire, ENGLAND
Died 13 July 1880, Canterbury, NZ
Occupation: Midwife
Married 7 January 1827, Calverley, Yorkshire, ENGLAND
To John PAWSON
Born 29 December 1808, Otley, Yorkshire, ENG.
Occupation: Policeman; Carpenter
Died c1865 possibly on the Otago Goldfields, NZ
Mary Ann married secondly
11 December 1865, Parish Church, Akaroa
To Samuel Sharpe CASTLE
2
My G G G GRANDMOTHER Sarah Ann (nee PAWSON)
Born 7 August 1831, Otley, Yorkshire, ENGLAND
Died 23 June 1923, Jubilee Home, Woolston, Christchurch, NZ
Cause of death: Senile Decay, Heart Failure - 10 days
She came to NZ as a 9 year old with her parents aboard the 'Coromandel"
Married 24 April 1855 at Akaroa Registry Office, NZ
To James George STEVENSON
Born 22 November 1832, Bexley, Kent, ENGLAND
Died 21 March 1916
Cause of death: Drowned in Gammons Creek, Oxford, Canterbury, NZ
Grave of Sarah and James,
Oxford Cemetery, North Canterbury, NZ
3
My G G GRANDMOTHER
Frances Fanny STEVENSON
(daughter of Sarah and James STEVENSON)
Born 30 July 1864, Akaroa, NZ
Died 19 November 1918,Christchurch, NZ
Cause of death: Influenza
Married 1 November 1886 Oxford, Canterbury, NZ
To James Edward EVANS
(his parents Robert and Sarah EVANS in photo listed under 'EVANS')
See photo top of this page with his children
James was born 13 June 1860, Fernside, North Canterbury, NZ
Died 10 June 1941, Public Hospital, Christchurch, NZ
Cause of death: Uraemia 6 days, Cerebral Thrombosis 2 wks
Grave of James and Frances,
Vickery Street, Kaiapoi, Canterbury, NZ
4
GREAT GRANDMOTHER
Lucy Jane EVANS
daughter of Frances Fanny and James EVANSBorn 22 January 1891, Swannanoa, North Canterbury, NZ
Died 31 March 1961,24 Andrews Cres., Christchurch, NZ
Cause of death: L & R Sided Heart Failure - 6 mths,
cardiac Infarction - 3 mths ago, Senility
Buried Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch, NZ
Married 6 April 1911, Brides fathers house, Sewell St, Kaiapoi, Canterbury, NZ
To John William KENNEDY
Born 17 August 1888, Colombo Road (sic), Christchurch, NZ
Died 22 October 1963, Ngawhatu Hospital, Nelson, NZ
Lucy shown here with her grand daughter [my mother]. That suitcase used to be full of lollies :)
Lucy's grave,
Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch, NZ
Her son Hugh (1918-1950) is also interred in this grave.
5
GRANDFATHER
John
son of John & Lucy KENNEDY nee EVANSBorn 16 September 1911, Kaiapoi, New Zealand
Died 14 October 1992, Salvation Army Men's Home, Christchurch
Buried Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Christchurch, NZGrandad is to the left in photo with his brother James on the right.
Taken at Bramwell Booth Boys Home, Temuka c1923 [later admitted girls] which is now on the NZ Historic Places Trust Register
Blog post on John and his brother James
6
my MOTHER
aged 25 1/2 with me aged 3 months~ December 1962 ~
at my Great Grandmother Emma's house 119 Chester St. East, Christchurch~ 1964 ~
My brother aged 3
[born 1960, Essex Hospital, Essex St., Christchurch]
and myself aged 1 year
[born 1962, Essex Hospital, Essex St., Christchurch]
7
my CHILDREN
Jessica aged 3 1/2
[born 1984, Timaru Hospital, Timaru, NZ]
and Roy aged 15 months.
[born 1986, Christchurch Women's Hospital, Christchurch]Their sibling Geoffrey was stillborn 23 Feb 1985
~ November 1987 ~
with their baby cousin Sarah Rose CASEY8
my GRANDSONS
Top: Joseph born February 2011 [Photo November 2017]
Centre: Charlie born June 2013 [Photo November 2017]
Bottom: Toby born February 2015 [Photo November 2017]
PAWSON, Otley, Yks, England 1592
This line: John PAWSON and wife Mary Ann nee LAWSON to NZ aboard'COROMANDEL' arriving Port Nicholson, August 1840. Settled in Wellington area then moved to Banks Peninsula. My G G G G Grandparents
PERRY, Glasgow, Scotland 1740
STEVENSON, Swanscombe, Ken, England 1808
SUGAR, WORLDWIDE 1740
TOUGH, Stranraer, Wig, Scotland 1860
TURNBULL, Fitzroy, Vic, Australia 1750
VALE, London, Sry, England 1782
WHEELER, Newbury, Brk, England 1772
WORT/WERT, London, England and WORLDWIDE, 1800
YOUNG, Addingham, Yks, England 1740
FAMILY
DETAILS
Great Aunt Jose JOHNSTON (nee HICKEN) and her first husband Sgt Leonard MOSS.
Len to be laid to rest 28 August 2006 in Holland, 64 years after his death in 1942
Family Births
MISC.
FAMILY TREE LINKS
Remembering Gunner Peter
Johnston of NZ KayForce, Veteran of Korea
Names being researched connected to my ex husband
Names on my computer files
Accumulated Marriage Certificates from my research
Accumulated Birth Certificates from my research
Accumulated Death Certificates and Sightings from my research
Will of my 8 x Great Grandfather
William PAWSON
dated 1753, Otley, Yorkshire, England
Will of my 7 x Great Grandfather
William PAWSON - son of the above
dated 1802, Otley, Yorkshire, England
Will of my 6 x Great Uncle William
PAWSON - son of the above
dated 1827, Otley, Yorkshire, England
My digital photography - Flickr
My digital photography - Fotocommunity
GOOD DEEDS DONE
Sapper Robert HISLOP is recognised as New Zealand's first World War 1 Casualty
Constable Adam George BEGG - died 1926. The Forgotten Policeman
MISCELLANEOUS
Woodend (New Zealand) Rugby Side 1908- Remembrance the Greatest Gift for those lost in the Wars
Thomas Seth LODGE's (My Step GGG Grandfather) "invention patent
application"
PHOTOS OF MY ANCESTORS AND FAMILY
Surnames starting with A
Surnames starting with D
Surnames starting with E
Surnames starting with J
Surnames starting with K
Surnames starting with L
PAWSON ancestry photo album ~ Slow to load - May have to
refresh
SCOTTISH LINKS
Military history of my Great Grandfather John LEES of Leswalt,
Wigtown, SCOTLAND
Wigtown (Scotland) area Ancestral
Site
Portpatrick, Wigtown
The Ruins of Inch Free Church, Wigtown,
Leswalt Parish Church
A view of Princes Street, Stranraer,
Wigtownshire, Scotland...Birthplace of Mary Ross LEES
Stranraer Cemetery ~ Burial place of Robert LEES, died 1894
- from wounds received in scalding at Dunragit Creamery
ENGLISH
LINKS
PAWSEY of Haughley, Suffolk, ENGLAND
CHURCH
LINKS
Links to Churches connected to my
family trees
Partial excerpts of Baptisms St Luke's
Evangelist Church, Christchurch, New Zealand
from 7 June 1874 - 29 July 1874 and 3 October 1886 - 14 November 1886
VARIOUS UNITED KINGDOM LINKS
Workhouses (poorhouses) in England,
Wales, Scotland, Ireland, or a recommended selection
BBC
Television Photo Gallery
Also links to excellent sources for new family historians
WAR RELATED
Ettie ROUT...WW1 Safe Sex campaigner
Wikipedia definition - Memento Mori
Post mortem photography collection - Paul Frecker
"The Last Look" - post mortem photography in Europe
The Burns Archive - Historic vintage photography (death; medical; crime & war)
Memento Mori - 19th century memorial death photos. Also death mask photos of the famous
Guy Etchell's really cool Tombstones & Monumental Inscriptions Page
Ghosts and other Haunts
Cemetery conservation
Article - 'Picturing the Dead by Lianne McTavish
Example of hair wreath - Memento Mori
LINKS I LIKE
Peter Callesen - Intricate Paper Artist
NZ
Collector Services [NZ-CS] - Fantastic business for buying or
selling NZ medals badges coins bank notes collectables war memorabilia.
HIGHLY RECOMMEND, service impeccable
Photographs (many I've taken) uploaded on fotocommunity.com
AWESOME...photography by William Coupon
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