14th April 2023 marks the 111th anniversary of RMS Titanic striking an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean. There were no known New Zealanders on Titanic but we have found…
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Joseph Parker
‘The Greatest Editor’ Joseph was born in Nelson in 1873, the son of Joseph, a carpenter and his wife Ann Boyes. Ann was widowed in 1875 and moved with her…
Edwin & Sarah Silk
Edwin was born in 1837, the son of coachbuilder Robert and his wife Sarah. The family lived in Longacre, London. Edwin arrived in New Zealand in the 1850s and at…
Arthur Delaney
What is their connection? Can you follow it along? Arthur J. Delaney died 1913 aged 47 years Also William Thomson died 1912 aged 82 years And Margaret A Parsonage died…
Emily Brouard
Emily Elvina Brouard “she dusted but did not read them” Emily was housekeeper to Alexander Turnbull. Born about 1874 in Guernsey, Channel Islands to Nicholas (a sailmaker) and Selina his…
Henrietta Mason
Henrietta Emma Rex was born in a tent at Stawell, Victoria in 1859 to William and Dorothy Rex (see previous story). Henrietta married Harry Brooks Mason who was a printer…
William & Dorothy Rex
William Rex – “another link in the chain of early colonists has been severed by the death of Mr William Rex” William’s obituary described him as being of a roving…
William Corfield
electrocuted at Miramar William, aged 24, was driving a lorry belonging to his employer John Keir along Evans Bay Road on 3rd November 1906. He was carting timber from Miramar…
Thomas William Rose Porter
Thomas William Rose Porter (1843 – 1920) and Major, the War Horse. We were lucky to meet a family member of Thomas William Rose Porter who told us some stories…
Constance Annie de Bathe Vaughan
‘she gave her life for her child’ Widely known as Miss Connie Brandon prior to her marriage, born in 1869 she was the eldest daughter of Henry Eustace de Bathe…