Forum: New Zealand Genealogy

George Maxwell McKay was born 1877 in Roxburgh, Otago, New Zealand. In 1897 he married Lily Guy at the Registrar’s Office in Dunedin. Their son George Colvin McKay was born in October of the same year. George then seems to disappear off the face of the earth. Lily re-married in 1906 but, no, I...

I am trying to trace the descendents of Patience Carr (maiden name Downing) and her husband Alexander Carr, Patience was my grandma's cousin. Alexander & Patience had 5 children and here is what I know so far, does anyone have access to the CD on births and marriages in NZ or is there anyone...

hi everyone, i have been searching my family history for a while now but there is a few links that seem impossible to fill,what i know is that margaret sloan dob 11/feb/1897 may have married unsure and possible moved to new zealand after 1940 but can confirm nothing about her,also her sister ann...

I'm trying to trace the decendants of a John and Lina BRAKE (nee HALL). Lina was born in Lepperton Taranaki in 1868 to a George and Catherine HALL (nee REARDON). She married John BRAKE in 1886. Any info would be helpful. Irene

John leece Moore Married Ellen Stiven at Lawrence in 1884 we are trying to track any info on the family of these 2 individuals, Especially Ellen Stiven whom we believe to be of Scottish Descent. Also trying to Track any Family of Violet Glen 1889 - 1960 The Glen History is a little sketchy as to a...

HERBERT EDWARD HOTHERSALL, from Preston Lancashire, AKA, EDWARD JOSEPH HOTHERSALL in New Zealand Edward ( possibly also known as Ted) was born 13th November 1893, at Lightfoot House Farm, Broughton near Preston, to Edward Gregory Hothersall & Elizabeth Heyes. Around this time his father...

My g grandfather, Robert George Naish (age 36yrs, blacksmith) died suddenly of a heart attack on the 12th August 1902 in Springston. He left a wife and 5 young girls. His father died in the same way at much the same age. There was an inquiry as the death was so sudden and I have a copy of the...

Hello folks, In September 1877 George Holmes was buried at Riccarton. The Rev C Bowen officiated, the service according to the rites of the Church of England. A few months later Holmes' son died in New York and was returned for burial in "the family vault". Googling around, I can see...

Is there any kind Kiwi who can see if there's a marriage for Leslie Foster Thompson and Caroline Walker around 1900 or thereabouts, they arrived in Oz 1908 and they had a son Richard (Henry) Thompson, Place of Birth: Paeroa, New Zealand, I can't find their marriage here in NSW so I thought they...

Hi looking for a lady called Janet, i found a message she left on a rootsweb site about 10 years ago ive only just come across it the other day, I tried to reply to the email address she left but it is no longer in use. Janet lives in Taranaki New Zealand. http://...

We are doing some research on behalf of a friend, whose family this is. Following some very helpful work on a related thread from contributors to the Australia Forum, we have looked in the NZ indexes and found the following: Marriage. 1882 Augustus John COUSINS to Minnie McSWEENEY Births. 1883...

I am looking for any living family of the about. Laura Brown went to New Zealand on holiday in 1912 and met either on voyage or there William , married him in 1913 , shee died 1932 and he remarried. But i know of two children Mary born 1914 but she had no children as far s I know, Also a Betty...

I have made a previous post on William James Guy on a thread with the same name. Perhaps a mod can link them. That post helped me a lot but it is very long and convoluted.I know about his life but it is really his death/ disappearance that is a mystery. William James Guy was my uncle. He was born...

Can anyone with a readers card please help me out in checking a divorce in 1917? It just may help in finding a long lost relly. She needs to be back in the Family fold. ( I need her to be back in the family fold).

|angel|Merry Christmas everyone!|angel| Now, no-one even has to think about this until after Christmas, I'm just following a line of enquiry today because I've been out shopping all morning, it's 34 degrees or thereabouts in Melbourne and climbing, so I'm having a little veg-out and a coffee...

Pretty sketchy at the moment but can someone please expand upon the following: Thomas Wilson Marshall born 1834 in New Norfolk Tasmania c.1834. Marries Mary Emma Hodges (?) and has a child, John Boyd Marshall. This man marries Clara Elizabeth Fogarty. Clara dies in NZ in 1938 and John Boyd dies...

The Kiwis on this site are my best bet I think as these are New Zealanders. Two things 1) How can I find "birth" dates for adopted kids. Plus the name of one of them. I known the names of the adoptive parents and the names of one of the kids. But not "birth" date. 2) A death for a great aunt...

Two of my great great grandparents married in New Zealand in the 1860s, according to 2ggf's death certificate and their daughter's marriage certificate. But the marriage is nowhere to be found on the NZ BDM site. I've also tried Eng&Wales, Scotland, Ireland and Australian state searches, and...