Alexander Francis Henry von Tunzelman

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About Alexander Francis Henry von Tunzelman

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_von_Tunzelmann



First NZer and possibly the first person to set foot on the Antarctic Continent

Alexander's ancestors were the von Tunzelmann family who migrated from Prussia to Estonia where they were members of the Baltic German Ritterschaft or nobility. Two brothers and a sister from the family settled in New Zealand.

He was born in Nelson, and died in Invercargill. He had five children: Ronald, Isobel, John, Francis and Gilbert. His father was Johannes Emanuel von Tunzelmann, later commonly known as John (1839–1898), a younger brother to Nicholas von Tunzelmann (1828–1900).[2]

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Alexander Francis Henry von Tunzelman's Timeline

1877
June 15, 1877
Kawai Street Nelson
1906
December 27, 1906
Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
1909
September 8, 1909
Invercargill, Invercargill City, Southland, New Zealand
1911
October 5, 1911
New Zealand
1913
August 29, 1913
1957
September 19, 1957
Age 80
Invercargill, New Zealand
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