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New Zealand Shipping Index: This project intends to catalog the first generation of immigrants to New Zealand in the 19th century, and to organise the information and place them into the ships they arrived on. Please add your pioneer ancestors to the project by going to their profile, click "actions" click "add to project". Please make sure the profile is set to public. All Kiwis are welcome to...
Croatian Emigration indicates that of the Croatians who were reported to have "emigrated", at least 30% eventually returned to their homeland. Hrvati izvan domovine / Croatians outside the homeland Adresar trgovaca, obrtnika i drugih uglednijih pripadnika iz Hrvatske, Dalmacije i Istre nastanjenih u Americi, Africi, Aziji i Australiji iz popis hrvatskih družtava i hrvatskih novina u Ameri...
Profiles related to the Otago Somervilles Branch. The "OTAGO SOMERVILLES" branch has been documented by Lee Somerville in a 1972 and 1997 book - the 1997 book is updated for the Family Reunion held of the same year. They were on the ship "BLUNDELL" with other families, Begg and Law. (Isabella Somerville married Adam Begg, and someone married John Law - give me time i'll have this info soon.) ...
In the mid-1800s Kashubians migrated for economic reasons. After the Franco-Prussian War and the unification of Germany under Bismarck, Kashubians were met with institutionalized hostility. Life was very harsh for the Kashubs. It was illegal to use Polish or Kashubian in public, especially in church. Many priests were imprisoned or exiled. Churches were left with no parish priests. As a result,...
World War I ( WWI ) was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. It was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until the start of World War II in 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter. It involved all the world's great powers, which were assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (based o...
Kia ora! Welcome to the Tangata Whenua o Aotearoa project. The goal of this project is to bring together New Zealand researchers and help them discover their whakapapa links, and to provide a meeting place for discussion on corrections and additions to our shared whanau and Tupuna. Please feel free to contribute! Kia ora. Naumai ki te kaupapa Tangata Whenua o Aotearoa. Te mea nui o tenei kaup...
Kia Ora! Welcome. This project is to document the genealogies for notable people who were born in or lived in Aotearoa New Zealand. Prime Ministers List of New Zealand Prime Ministers Henry Sewell (1856-1856) Sir William Fox (1856-1856) Sir Edward Stafford (1856-1861; 1865-1869; 1872-1872) Alfred Domett (1862-1863) Frederick Whitaker Frederick Weld
Kia ora! Welcome to the Aotearoa New Zealand Portal. This is the gateway for New Zealand users for resources and information to aid you in your search for your ancestors, and to promote cooperation in building the New Zealand shared family tree on Geni. For assistance with building your tree feel free to contact New Zealand Curators: Jason Scott Wills , Private User , Charlene Newport , P...
1918 Influenza Pandemic - New Zealand: Fatalities 1918 flu pandemic (January 1918 – December 1920) was an unusually deadly influenza pandemic, the first of the two pandemics involving H1N1 influenza virus. It infected 500 million people across the world, including remote Pacific islands and the Arctic, and killed 50 to 100 million of them—three to five percent of the world's population—making...
From Henry Sewell in 1856 to Bill English in 2016, New Zealand has had 39 premiers and prime ministers. In the 19th century these political Cabinet-makers were usually known as ‘premiers’. But since 1906, beginning with William Hall-Jones, all our leaders have been sworn in as ‘prime minister’. Picture : Michael Joseph Savage the first Labour Prime Minister of New Zealand. He was given the ti...
This project contains genealogical information about people born in Alta area and Talvik area, Finnmark, Norway. Genealogy / Slektsforskning, wikipedia Norwegian immigrants to United States. Goldminers in Alaska. Shipwrecks along the Norwegian coast. Genealogyproject on Geni . Northernlights route, pictures and history, Tromsø University Northernlights observatory on Haldde - Alta - N...
A project to connect the Haldeman relations - dating back to the Swiss Mennonite family in the 1500s. Feel free to connect yourself, and your family. This is becoming more of a "CONNECT THOSE RELATED TO US" project, than a HALDEMAN project, so i'll create a seperate one detailing the actual swiss family and wives/kids etc. This is those that are related, and those connected in the recent and pa...
See Dalmatia is and has always been a part of Croatia. In the 1880s when the first Dalmatians came to New Zealand, the Austro-Hungarian empire ruled Dalmatia, and this is why they were often mistakenly called ‘Austrians’ in New Zealand. After Austria-Hungary was defeated in the First World War, Dalmatia was incorporated into the new Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. In 1929 this was rena...
Add your current and ancestral profiles here! For example if your relative or profile LIVED in, WAS BORN IN or DIED in Dunedin - add them! Currently there are no suburb projects, so the current profile photo is of Dunedin's southern suburb, Caversham. Photography by Kieran Haldeman-Somerville. . Dunedin (/dəˈniːdən/ (About this sound listen); Māori: Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the So...
London to Auckland (19 Apr 1849) Under Captain Balliston (109 days) AUCKLAND Clark C. Commons Mr Commons Mrs Fletcher Mr Fletcher Mrs Hooper C. Reid Mr Reid Mrs Stretton H. WELLINGTON BLAKER Mr . George Blaker Blaker Mrs Jane Blaker Blaker Children (2) [ Caroline Ann Gowing-Wood Caroline-Ann Blaker] [ Elizabeth Ennerdale Bodley Elizabeth Ennerdale Blaker] Dickson Char...
Bolton Street Cemetery is the oldest cemetery in Wellington, New Zealand. Dating back to 1840, it commemorates many early pioneers and important historical figures from the 19th century. It was closed in 1892, except for burials of close kin within existing family plots; this was due to inadequate space as the city grew. In 1978 the name “Bolton Street Memorial Park” was adopted to emphasise th...
Wellington has a long and colourful history. Maori legends date back as far as 950 AD when Kupe first discovered Wellington. In the 1840s european settlers began to arrive and colonise the region. Later the seat of government of New Zealand would move from Auckland to Wellington, to become the capital city as it remains today. Naming of Wellington The harbour that surrounds Wellington c...
The Parkhurst boys were juvenile offenders from the Isle of Wight's Parkhurst Prison, who were transported to the Australian and New Zealand colonies between 1842 and 1861. Under the scheme, the boys were to be granted pardons under certain conditions such as permanent exile from England and, in the case of younger boys, undertaking apprenticeship in the colonies. 1,499 boys are recorded as bei...
Presbyterian Church of Aoteraroa New Zealand A project dedicated to tracing Presbyterian Ministers across new zealand in heritage. The Presbyterian Church of New Zealand formed in October 1901 with the amalgamation of churches in the Synod of Otago and Southland (which had a largely Free Church heritage) with those north of the Waitaki River. Presbyterians had by and large come to New...
Project concerned with establishing the origins of Captain Charles Alfred Auckland Kellett, famous for having sailed the Chinese junk Keying from China, around the Cape of Good Hope to the United States and England between 1846 and 1848. Charles Alfred Kellett b. 25/11/1818 in Plymouth, Devon, England. m. Jane Kellett in Liverpool, 1840 Charles Kellett Louisa Jane Kellett Sydney ...
Cemetery Name: Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial* Cemetery Location: Turkey* NZ Casualties: 850* Total Known Casualties: 850==Location Information:==The Anzac and Suvla cemeteries are first signposted from the left hand junction of the Eceabat- Bigali road. From this junction travel into the main Anzac area where you will encounter a right hand turn at 7.6kms. Follow this road for a further 6....
New Zealand is rich in the creative arts which include drama or theater, music, film, creative writing, graphic design, fashion design, photography and visual arts. This project is for profiles of those that fit into this category. Please add alphabetically by last name. Actors Russell Ira Crowe Cliff Curtis Jon Gadsby (1953-2015) Dai Henwood Billy T. James Lucy Lawless Minola...
Cemetery Name: Twelve Tree Copse (New Zealand) Memorial Cemetery Location: Turkey NZ Casualties: 179 Total Known Casualties: 179 Location Information: Twelve Tree Copse (New Zealand) Memorial is in Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery, which is in the Helles area about 1 kilometre south-west of the village of Krithia. Take the road opposite the Kabatepe Museum to Helles/Alcitepe. After 14.2 k...
Cemetery Name: Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial Cemetery Location: Somme, France NZ Casualties: 1205 Total Known Casualties: 1205 Location Information: Longueval is a village approximately 13 kilometres east of Albert and 10 kilometres south of Bapaume. The Memorial is situated on a terrace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, which lies a short distance west of Longueval, on ...
The SS "Høvding" sailed from Kristiania/Christiania (now Oslo), Norway on May 31, 1872. It arrived Napier, New Zealand, on September 01, 1872, after a voyage of 93 days with 365 Norwegians and 11 Danes on board. The passengers settled in New Zealand. Norsewood cemetery co, Høvding emigrants Migrations from Scandinavia to New Zealand, TeAra govt.nz Emigranter 1872 med ss "Høvding" fra Os...
(Any of the text is written in Norwegian). In this project it is stories about people mostly in the US (United States of America) who immigrated from Norway. It is added stories from Norway and Norwegians abroad. In the profiles added to this project one find the stories about the specific person. Each person has his or her own story, and this story is unique for each and personal. The st...
Cemetery Name: Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial* Cemetery Location: Mesen, West-Vlaanderen,Belgium* NZ Casualties: 828* Total Known Casualties: 828* Listed Casualties: 828==Location Information:==The Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial to the Missing is situated within Messines Ridge British Cemetery, which is located 9.5 kilometres south of Ieper town centre on the Nieuwkerkestraat, a r...
The Medal for the Best Shot in the British Army, Infantry , was instituted by Queen Victoria in 1869 and was awarded annually from 1870 to 1882 to the best shot of the Infantry of the British Army, including the Royal Engineers and the Colonial Corps. In 1923, the medal was re-introduced by King George V and designated the King's Medal for Champion Shots in the Military Forces . It could now ...
Lost and found in New Zealand This project is designed to re-unite families to lost individuals on the tree. You may have known someone, and never known their family, or, you may be looking for someone missing from your tree. They can be added here as an individual, until they are researched or found. How many times in your research do you find someone, who, is a mystery, you want to add ...
Cemetery Name: Grevillers (New Zealand) Memorial Cemetery Location: Pas de Calais,France NZ Casualties: 446 Total Known Casualties: 446 Location Information: Grevillers (New Zealand) Memorial is situated in Grevillers British Cemetery. Grevillers is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 3 kilometres west of Bapaume. From Bapaume take the RD929 in the direction of Ami...
Cemetery Name: Hill 60 (New Zealand) Memorial Cemetery Location: Turkey NZ Casualties: 183 Total Known Casualties: 183 Location Information: Hill 60 (Kaiajik Aghyl, or Sheepfold of the Little Rock), on the 60 metre contour line, is the end of a range which runs south-eastward to Hill 100 between Kaiajik Dere and Asma Dere. Hill 60 (New Zealand) Memorial is situated in Hill 60 Cemete...
Country: France Locality: Nord Identified Casualties: 2145 Location Information Armentieres is a town in the Department of the Nord, on the Belgian frontier, 14.5 kilometres north-west of Lille. From the town of Armentieres take the D945 to Estaires. Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery is signposted off this road just before Erquinghem-sur-la-Lys. There is a level crossing situated app...
RODOSLOVLJE OBITELJI KAČIĆ (Kachich,Kacich,Kacic,Cacich) Ovo je projekt o povijesti, podrjetlu i rodoslovlju obitelji prezimena Kačić, njenim precima, potomcima i srodnicima. Cijelo rodoslovno stablo obitelji pl. Kačić se može pogledati ovdje Rodoslovno stablo obitelji pl. Kačić | The whole family tree pl. Kacic can be found here Family tree of the Noble family Kacic Povijest Kačići (la...
New Plymouth, Taranaki's only city, was the region’s first Pākehā settlement and has always been the largest. Originally called Ngāmotu (the islands), the site of New Plymouth was occupied for hundreds of years by Māori. Pākehā traders set up a trading station at Ngāmotu in 1828, but it was not until 1841–42 that planned settlement by the Plymouth Company brought 868 immigrants from Devon and C...
Ship: 700 tons, Captain: Thomas Atwood, Surgeon Superintendent: W M Turnbull M D, Sailed Gravesend 2nd January 1842 - arrived Port Nicholson 1st May 1842 Cabin Passengers Attwood Susanna Wife of Captain Attwood Kelham James Georgenia Empson Charles Sheppard Mrs William Torre Mrs Henry Wills Mrs Margaret Interme...
Cemetery Name: Buttes New British Cemetery (N.Z.) Memorial, Polygon Wood Cemetery Location: Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium NZ Casualties: 378 Total Known Casualties: 378 Location Information: The New Zealand Memorial to the Missing is located within Buttes New British Cemetery, 8 kilometres east of Ieper town centre, on the Lange Dreve, a road leading from the Meenseweg (N8) co...
The Queen's Medal for Champion Shots of the Air Forces was instituted in 1953, as an Air Force version of the Queen's Medal for Champion Shots in the Military Forces. One medal each can be awarded to the champion shot of annual small arms marksmanship competitions held by the Air Forces of the United Kingdom and those member countries of the British Commonwealth whose Governments desire to take...
Calling all Parsons! Let's link our family trees together. Parsons (surname) Parsons as a surname has an occupational meaning, and refers to a parson's servant or a person that worked in the parson's house. Another meaning of the surname is the parson's son . Notable people with the surname of Parsons include: Alan Parsons (born 1948), British musician and record producer Albert Par...
Hi and welcome! This page is for those who are descended from the Franičević family who migrated to New Zealand in the early 1900s. If you have information such as family stories you are more than welcome to add them by starting a new discussion and feel free to ask questions. Pozdrav i dobrodošli! Ovo je stranica za one koji potječu iz obitelji Franičević ili su povezani na neki način. S...
B Hector Bolitho 1897–1974 Henry Braddon 1863–1955 C William Colenso 1811–1899 T Edward Robert Tregear 1846–1931 W George Marsden Waterhouse 1824–1906 Wikipedia New Zealand people of Cornish descent