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The Database:
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The Families,
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The Surnames,
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The Narratives,
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compiled by Malcolm Ward
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Welcome to my web site!
This site features stories
of, and surrounding the emigration of my ancestors, from their 'old countries'
to New Zealand during the 19th century. These, and other 19th and 20th
century settler's are referred to in Maori as, "te tauiwi" - the
later immigrants, the first being the Polynesian ancestors of the Maori, who had
been living in New Zealand for several centuries. These earlier Polynesian
settlers are in contrast referred to as, "te tangata whenua" -
the people already here.
So, come visit this 'new
land' with my 'tauiwi' by selecting a family or narrative below:
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My paternal 3rd Great Grandparents,
William SIDNALL (SIGNAL), Deborah ALLEN & five (six) children, from
Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, arrived aboard the sailing ship,
"London", at Port Nicholson (Wellington), New Zealand in 1840.
a resume on what I know [or believe I know] about the
immigrant family.
a possible history of the surname, SIDNALL.
a possible history of the surname, ALLEN. |
My paternal 3rd Great Grandparents,
James BRUNGER, Sophia PILE & two children
(a third died en-voyage), from Smarden,
Kent, England, arrived aboard the sailing ship, "Lady Nugent",
at Port Nicholson (Wellington), New Zealand in 1841.
a resume on what I know [or believe I know] about the
immigrant family.
a possible history of the surname, BRUNGER.
a possible history of the surname, PILE. |
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My paternal
Great Grandparents, Thomas
Samuel WARD,
from Sheffield, West Yorkshire, England, arrived, possibly aboard the
sailing ship, "Nourmahal", at Port
Chalmers (Dunedin), Otago, New Zealand in 1858; and his wife,
Jane FALCONER.
a resume on what I know [or believe I know] about the
immigrant family.
a possible history of the surname, WARD.
a possible history of the surname, FALCONER. |
My paternal 2nd
Great Grandparents, James
FRASER (followed by his six children), from
Glasgow, Larnarkshire, Scotland, arrived possibly aboard the sailing
ship, "Viola" at Port Chalmers (Dunedin), Otago, New Zealand in
1861; and his wife,
Elizabeth POLLOCK.
a resume on what I know [or believe I know] about the
immigrant family.
a possible history of the surname, FRASER.
a possible history of the surname, POLLOCK. |
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My paternal 2nd
Great Grandparents, James
FALCONER,
Jane CAMPBELL & six children, from Coupar
Angus, Perthshire, Scotland, arrived aboard the sailing ship, "Prince
Of Wales", at Port Chalmers (Dunedin), Otago, New Zealand in 1863.
a resume on what I know [or believe I know] about the
immigrant family.
a possible history of the surname, FALCONER.
a possible history of the surname, CAMPBELL. |
My maternal
Great Grandparents, James
TAVENDALE, Jessie SUTTIE & their first child, from
Inverkeillor, Angus, Scotland, arrived aboard
the sailing ship, "Cicero", at Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand
in 1875.
a resume on what I know [or believe I know] about the
immigrant family.
a possible history of the surname, TAVENDALE.
a possible history of the surname, SUTTIE. |
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My maternal
Great Grandparents, Sarah
Lucy Rebecca TALBOT & two sons (followed by her two married sons), from
possibly Hull, East Yorkshire, England, arrived at Port Lyttelton
(Christchurch), Canterbury, New Zealand in abt. 1907; and her husband,
Herbert Hopwood CAPES.
a resume on what I know [or believe I know] about the
immigrant family.
a possible history of the surname, CAPES.
a possible history of the surname, TALBOT. |
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To
experience the hardships these hardy soles left behind - and came to
- explore a collection of stories and extracts applicable to the period,
vocation and/or placement of my immigrant settler(s):
An
excellent portrayal from the publication, "The Immigrants", by
Tony Simpson.
An
excellent portrayal from the publication, "The Immigrants", by
Tony Simpson.
This
extract is copied from a paper complied by Paul
MELODY and completed in October 1995.
The document is headed, “The House of SIGNAL, a History of Robert
SIGNAL, Founder of Marton, and his Descendants” – Robert
SIGNAL is my Second Great Grandfather.
The
founding of the 'eight-hour working day, credited to my
3rd Great 'Step' Grandfather, Samuel Duncan
PARNELL, second husband of (Sarah) Sophia BRUNGER, nee PILE - An extract from the publication, "The
Immigrants", by Tony Simpson.
Stories
depicting the men and women who 'tamed' the West Coast.
This
extract is from a journal commenced by Robert Jearrad STEPHENSON,
the third son of George and Ellen who took over the Paringa property in
South Westland on the untimely death of my Great Grandfather,
Thomas
Samuel WARD.
Gold
fever in Otago and on the West Coast during the 1860's onwards. This
narrative is largely attributable to the works by June A Wood in
"Gold Trails Of Otago", Tony Simpson in "The
Immigrants", and Edmund Bohan in "New Zealand, The Story So Far
- A Short History".
An
extract from the publication, "Kapua – The Years Between",
being a history of the Kapua Settlement (incorporating the farm
worked by my Great Grandparents, James & Jessie
TAVENDALE),
1894-1994 and the Arno District; by Jean G Stace.
An
extract from the publication, "The Story of New Zealand", by
Judith Bassett, Keith Sinclair and Marcia Stenson.
A collection of 'thumbnail' texts and accompanying sketchs
illustrating the working lives of New Zealand's pioneers around the turn
of the 20th century. Extracts from the publication, "The
Colourful Colony - Pioneering Life in New Zealand", by James
Sanders. |
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