BRAKE Family

[IreneH]

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

[samanthabrake]

hi,
hope this helps but john and lina brake are my great great grandparents, i have just started researching family history,
john and lina had 4 kids, john, ernest, dora, and edith. ernest died in ww1 at the age of 21, john norman (my great grandfather, married thora schou... they lived in maupi nz, and i think their land up there is still called brake land.
hope this helps

samantha

samantha DOT brake AT hotmail DOT co DOT nz

[IreneH]

Hello Samantha,

Good to hear from you. Lina was my great aunt. With luck I maybe able to give you information to. The stuff you have listed I already have. But that is all the info I have on them, I'm hoping that you maybe able to help me with other information. I'm currently on sick leave and will contact you again next week.

Irene

PS. I'd put this request on here a long time ago and had forgotten about it. Just goes to to show - never give up. Someone out there has the info that you are looking for.

[samanthabrake]

Hi irene,

This is wonderful hopefully we can help each other out

cant wait to hear from you

my email address is samantha DOT brake AT hotmail DOTco DOT nz

[IreneH]

Sorry Samantha e-mail didn't work.

Try mine irene.hall@otago.ac.nz

[Waitabit]

Irene, you could try emailing Samantha by clicking on her username, you will then have here email addy & she'll have yours