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Aotearoa New Zealand Shipping Index: This project aims to catalog the first generation of European immigrants to Aotearoa New Zealand during the 1800s (19th century arrivals), and to organise them by the ships they arrived on (dates used are the ones that the ship arrived in New Zealand on). Please add your pioneer ancestors to the project by going to their profile, click "actions" click "add t...
Bromley Cemetery opened in 1918 because there was a need for burial places for the great number of victims of the influenza epidemic who perished in the last months of that year. It covers approximately 10 hectares to the east of the city centre. Although it is approaching capacity, it is still open for burials in pre-purchased plots and second interments only. The cemetery is located on ancien...
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,...
Cemetery Name: Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial* Cemetery Location: Mesen, West-Vlaanderen,Belgium* NZ Casualties: 828* Total Known Casualties: 828* Listed Casualties: 828=====Image right By Wernervc - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, ==Location Information:==The Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial to the Missing is situated within Messines Ridge British Cemetery, which is located 9.5 kilometres...
From Henry Sewell in 1856 to Jacinda Ardern in 2017, Aotearoa New Zealand has had 40 prime ministers and premiers. In the 19th century these political cabinet-makers were usually known as ‘premiers’ but since 1906, beginning with William Hall-Jones, all the leaders of New Zealand have been sworn in as ‘prime minister’. Photograph : Michael Joseph Savage the first Labour Prime Minister of New ...
Kia ora! Welcome. This project is to document the genealogies of notable people who were born in or lived in Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand Premiers, Prime Ministers and Politicians Governors George Grey Captain William Hobson Keith Holyoake New Zealand Creative Artists Creative arts include drama or theater, music, film, creative writing, graphic design, photography and ...
Cemetery Name: Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial* Cemetery Location: Somme, France* NZ Casualties: 1205* Total Known Casualties: 1205=====Image Right Courtesy of CWGC ==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 distanc...
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...
1918 lnfluenza Pandemic: New Zealand Fatalities In 1917 and early 1918, the H1N1 strain of influenza swept the world, reaching New Zealand in early summer. It was carried home by soldiers returning from Europe at the end of the First World War. Over 8,000 New Zealanders died. The influenza epidemic became New Zealand’s forgotten disaster, as people tried to forget the horror of the First World...
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 kaupapa...
Katikati is a town located in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand’s North Island between Tauranga and Waihī. The Uretara Stream flows next to the town and into the northern end of Tauranga Harbour. The area was first settled by tangata whenua, and the following marae can be found nearby; • Te Rereatukahia marae located in Katikati. The principal hapū is Ngāi Tamawhariua of Ngāi Te Rangi i...
Omaka cemetery consists of three individual cemeteries: New Cemetery (No.1 Lawn), Old Catholic (No.2 Lawn) and No.3 Lawn which is the newest part of the cemetery. This historic cemetery, with graves dating back to European settlement in the Wairau Basin, has predominantly burial memorials (ie; very few ash memorials) spread throughout the various divisions, which include Catholic, Paupers', RSA...
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 Cemetery, whi...
The present cemetery was established around 1866, at the time Lawrence was proclaimed a municipality. The old cemetery on the hill on Ardrossan Street behind the Commercial Hotel was closed in 1867 and the consent of relatives of persons interred there was obtained to allow the remains to be moved here. It is the resting place of many early settlers and gold mining pioneers, including George an...
The arrival of these men surveying Harbours for settlement -
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) connectin...
North Shore Memorial Park (aka Schnapper Rock Cemetery), 235 Schnapper Rock Rd, Auckland: North Shore Memorial Park covers 90 acres of landscaped rolling hills that border Lucas Creek leading into the Waitemata Harbour. When several other North Shore suburban and church cemeteries began reaching capacity, land was cleared in 1973 to begin the construction of a new cemetery to cater for all the ...
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 Crowe, Russell Curtis, Cliff Gadsby, Jon (1953-2015) Henwood, Dai James, Billy T. (1948-1991) Lawless,...
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 | Private User | Charlene ...
Clareville Cemetery is located on Chester Road on the outskirts of Carterton (Taratahi). The first burial took place on 26 July 1866.
Marton, Rangitikei District, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand.St Stephen's Anglican Cemetery lies alongside the Mount View Cemetery on State Highway 1, Marton.
This page is intended to stand as a memorial to the victims of murder in New Zealand. Please add names by year and then by date of murder. Please note that this page is a work in progress. There are separate pages, indexed on this page, for New Zealand mass murders (defined as the murder of four or more people at one time). Links New Zealand Cemeteries Index New Zealand Mass Murders N...
There is no sense to the killing of our children, and each case seems slightly different, but these children have been failed by us all. My heart broke while adding the over 250 profiles to this project with the knowledge that more would come, and that right now, somewhere in Aotearoa New Zealand, a child is being hurt and no one is hearing their cries - or someone is ignoring them. I wonder at...
Talvik, Leirbotn, Årøy, Langfjordbotn, Kåfjord, Alta, Rafsbotn This project contents 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, Tr...
* Country: France* Locality: Nord* Identified Casualties: 2145=====Image By Wernervc - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, ==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-Ly...
New Zealand national rugby union team=The New Zealand national rugby union team , called the All Blacks , represents New Zealand in men's rugby union, which is known as the country's national sport. The team won the Rugby World Cups, in 2011 and 2015 as well as the inaugural tournament in 1987.* Nickname: All Blacks * Emblem: Silver Fern* Union: New Zealand Rugby Union * Head Coach: Ian Foster ...
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....
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 km's, ta...
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 Amiens, turn imm...
This project will collect the profiles of WW-1 New Zealand casualties and their next of kin. The profiles to be imported are created from New Zealand and World War One Roll of Honor . Casualties will be added also to project WW1 Roll of Honour - New Zealand .As the imported data concerning next of kin is free text and parsed automatically, some errors may be present in imported profiles for the...
Ovaj projekt je o iseljenim Splićanima i njihovoj migraciji u Argentinu, Australiju, Chile, USA, New Zealand / This is project page about of emigrants people from a Split, who were migrated and immigrated to the Argentina, Australia, Chile, USA, New Zealand. Izvor : Članak od gđa. Branka Bezić-Filipović, Hrvatska matica iseljenika-Podružnica Split: Splićani izvan Splita , BAŠTINA 34 121-142, ...
The fine ship Bank of England - one of the line of Messrs. Willis - arrived early yesterday morning, after a somewhat lengthy, but remarkably pleasant passage of 111 days. She left the Downs on the 7th Sept., and on the 8th Oct. crossed the Line, in long. 30 W. In lat. 1 north, one of the passengers, a miner, named William Hoskin, while amusing himself, with others, on the forecastle, fell over...
Marton, Rangitikei District, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand. Mt View Cemetery is located on State Highway 1 (SH1) 0.5kms north of the Calico Line corner.
Memorial Park Cemetery in Ruru Road, Bromley, Christchurch, opened in 1956, is located on ancient sand dunes and has views to the port Hills. There is a Muslim burial area on the eastern side of the site where the graves are aligned facing to Mecca (14 degrees west of north), a Māori burial area or urupā near the Ruru Road entrance, and a Russian Orthodox area to the western side and a Pacific ...
Port Chalmers (New) Cemetery, William Street, Port Chalmers. Find A Grave .
Omahu is 18 kilometres south east of Thames and about 4 kilometres north of Hikutaia. The cemetery is on Wharepoa Road, Omahu, which is a turning off SH 26. Burials started in 1901.Address: 17 Wharepoa Road, Hikutaia, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato, New Zealand Military headstones:
435 State Highway 2, Kutarere, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand. Many urupā (Māori burial grounds) are traditional burial grounds and are of family, spiritual, cultural and historical importance. Kutarere marae is located in Kutarere, about 18 km west of Ōpōtiki. Its principal hapū is Te Ūpokorehe of Whakatōhea iwi. The wharenui is called Te Poho o Tamaterangi and the wharekai is Ani-i-...
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 Intermediate Passengers *Abbott **Edward M. E. *Calvert ...
The Pepperell family tree is a mess thanks to contradicting information on MyHeritage.com. I am hoping together we can fix it.
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...
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 Oslo ...
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 ren...
(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 story...
Sharks are beautiful wild creatures that are an important part of our ocean ecosystem but are sadly in decline due to human activity. This includes the abhorrent practice of shark finning, which causes the death of 38 million sharks per year for shark fin soup. Once the fin is removed the shark is thrown back into the ocean to asphyxiate and slowly die. Out of 530 different species of shark, 74...
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 Americi]...
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...
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 Parsons (1848...
My great X2 grandparents were Joseph and Catherine Davies. Joseph was born on The Azores one of the islands of Portugal, Catherine was Irish, they meet in Victoria Australia had 2 children and then married. The family then moved to Dunedin where they has more children. Grandpapa Joseph then had an Italian Architect design and build a hotel, The Albion's which grandpapa ran until his death in 18...
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. Sva...
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.WELLINGTONBLAKER Mr . George Blaker Blaker Mrs Jane Blaker Blaker Children (2) Caroline-Ann Blaker Elizabeth Ennerdale Blaker Dickson CharlesDickson R.W.Source: The Southern Cross, 21 April 1849 (transcribed by J...
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 Zea...
Almost 1000 people completed this remarkable migration to New Zealand. They set about the task of establishing a close knit and highly successful Gaelic speaking community in Waipu. On leaving the Highlands of Scotland after the infamous Highland Clearances, the settlers first formed a community at St Ann’s in Nova Scotia. On this productive land the Scots built a strong community, despite cold...
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 city, an...
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.) - T...
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 Stan...
The Bougainville campaign was a series of land and naval battles of the Pacific campaign of World War II between Allied forces and the Empire of Japan, named after the island of Bougainville. It was part of Operation Cartwheel, the Allied grand strategy in the South Pacific. The campaign took place in the Northern Solomons in two phases. The first phase, in which American troops landed and held...
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...
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
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 be ...
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 him to ...
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 (lat. Chacich...
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...