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(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...
Port Chalmers (New) Cemetery, William Street, Port Chalmers. Find A Grave .
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...
The arrival of these men surveying Harbours for settlement -
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...
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-...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...