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Margaret McKone (nee Heavey)
I have been researching the HEAVEY family who migrated from Ireland to Otago, New Zealand about 1875. Recently I found there was another family member, Margaret, born about 1859 in Mullingar, Westmeath. In 1882 Margaret Heavey married Michael McKone, born about … Continue reading
Site Update
This post is to let you know about recent changes to my website – Chris Korte’s New Zealand Genealogy Project. The Site visitors page was updated using visitor data from Google Analytics. Information for three calendar years is included in … Continue reading
Posted in Locations, McLaren, Rushbrooke, Site Updates
Tagged Awatuna, genealogy, google analytics, ipad, McLernon, recent updates, Scoulton, Visitors
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John Ross Somers McLERNON
I started research on John Ross Somers McLernon after seeing he had missed the Titanic which he was booked on. The following report was published in the Poverty Bay Herald on 3 July 1912. AN EX-GISBORNEITE’S SUCCESS. Word has been … Continue reading
Auckland Weekly News
I have just discovered an online database at Auckland Library that has thousands of historical images from New Zealand – Heritage Images Online. The images are sourced from the Auckland Weekly News photographic supplements published between 1898 and 1943. Photos … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy websites, Rushbrooke
Tagged Auckland Weekly News, genealogy, Heritage Images Online, Matawai, New Zealand, research
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Dr George Redpath (1892-1951)
A new page has been added to my NZ Genealogy Project website, a page with newspaper articles about Dr George Redpath (1892-1951). George was described as a brilliant student, winning scholarships so he could attend high school and medical school. … Continue reading
Posted in Redpath, Site Updates
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Tree Update
Every 2-4 months I update my family tree on Rootsweb. Today the new GEDCOM uploaded to RootsWeb had 14,525 people and 4,762 families. This is a small increase on the upload a couple of months ago, but also includes the … Continue reading
Voyages to NZ
One of the questions we ask is how did our ancestors get from Europe to New Zealand? What ship? How long did the voyage take? What was the voyage like? I have researched the story for Christopher Korte who went … Continue reading
1942 Death – Christian Berkahn
In 1942 Christian A. Berkahn took his daughter and son-in-law to Makotuku railway station to catch the evening train to Woodville. After they had departed, he returned to his car to go home, but the battery was flat. The car had … Continue reading
Eva Jones (1887-1979)
Until recently I had relatively little information about Eva Jones (1887-1979) or her descendants. That changed when Michelle Wratten provided a photo of Eva and information on descendants. Thanks Michelle. Eva had two children, Jack Lynch (b 1915) and Joan … Continue reading
Thomas Morton WALLACE
Thomas Morton WALLACE is mentioned in The Wallace Family History by Doreen Corrick (1988). Doreen noted “Where Thomas fits into the picture or family I do not know, except that Thomas Morton married Elizabeth Whitcombe in 1891.” The marriage notice … Continue reading
