General Chat

antipodes, I have just tried again to get into archways.archives.govt.nz/ but it wont let me. What am I doing wrong? I have been in there in the past. Come to think of it, I think I saw something somewhere about some website being unavailable while changes were made, was it that one or am I just imagining things? Most frustrating.

Huia.

Hi there antipodes. I wonder why I couldnt find that marriage on the microfiche? I did try spelling the surname both as Mac and Mc. I tried last night to look on Archway but couldnt get into the site. Thanks for looking for it. I would say it is correct.

Huia.

Hi there LittleLost.

I couldnt find your grandfather in the electoral rolls and neither could I find his marriage in 1925 and I looked in 1924 and 1926 as well. Any more clues?

Huia.

I know he was there before 1925 and left 1933. He married in 1925. Not sure if that was in Rotorua. He then moved nearer to Gisborne

Hi there Little Lost. I will have a look if I have time on Tuesday. Was he living in NZ for long?

Huia.

my grand father worked at Rotorua Baths pre 1927. I wonder if he was any electoral rolls. He was AListair McKerrow.

I remember that Huia, lol
I am sure he wouldn't recognise me lol, I used to be a size 10 and dark haired, now I am a 20/22 and grey disguised as blonde lol

He already had a beard and tash so it wouldn't shock me altho it would be grey by now lol

Lizx

NZ marriage certs have age of bride and groom, place of birth, Names of fathers of both (and profession or occupation), names of mothers of both with their maiden names included. And that was as early as 1898, if not earlier.

Huia.

Ah, Liz, you probably would not be as impressed with him now as you were then. I met my old High School boyfriend at our class reunion earlier this year and I didnt care for the face fuzz. Anyway he had his wife with him! And I had my husband with me.

Huia.

Everytime I see the word Rotorua, I get very nostalgic, I had a very very close friend who was a diver for the oil companies and rigs off our coast and further afield, and we were seeing each other 3 years, whenever he was in the UK he would zip up to Norfolk in his MG/GT or I would travel to London, or Epsom, whereever he was living at the time. We somehow lost touch when I bought a house in Norwich and he was buying a property in Little Venice at the same time, and I have never been able to find him since, that was in 1979!!! I have looked on facebook and all sorts of places but can't even remember how to spell his surname, Thomson with or without a p. I would love to know what happened to him, he would be around early- mid sixties now and maybe things would have progressed further and I would have gotten to see N.Z.

Lizx

Hi Huia

I have read your description of the Choral Weekend with great interest. I have been down to NZ 3 times now, 1976, 1992 and 2000.

The OH and daughter spent a year down there in 1992/93, I was unable to take a year's leave of absence, so ended up joining them for just 2 months. We went to Rotorua and did the tour, daughter was fascinated by the weaving workshops, and eventually was accepted to a 3 week weaving class at the school at Rotorua, leanring how to weave grass skirt and baskets. She was absolutely fascinated by the Maori lifestyle, and was lucky enough to be invited to join certain families for the evening..

I well remember that church with the window ............. and like so many people I would have loved to have taken a picture myself. And we went to the Marae at Ohinematu for one of the cultural shows.

We didn't go to a hangi ......... daughter had been working (volunteering) at the Plant Centre at the uni in Palmerston North, and we were invited to a hangi that they had for Christmas. We thought that would be a much better memory, as a spontaneous event.


The name Simon Carrington also struck a note with me ..... my OH went to school with the cousin of another of the King's Singers, so we have been aware of them since they first started singing together while at uni in England.

I wish we had more relations in NZ ...... mine all went to Australia ............. all we have in NZ is my brother's boyhood best friend who has lived in New Plymouth for well over 50 years.


sylvia
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Bridget, if you remember his name you can pm me and I will look up our electoral rolls, although if he has moved away from Rotorua I would have a lot of rolls to look through and if he is a Bill Smith or some other 'popular' name it would not be so easy.

I could ask my son for the address of one of their local papers so you could write. Most of them now have email addresses, I think.

I had a penfriend in England and I have absolutely no recollection of what her name was. I think she was in Sussex but am not even sure of that. I cant have alzheimers, it is the long-ago things that I forget.

Huia.

I haven't read this thread before but it was the mention of Rotarua that intrigued me. Then I saw that Ann in gloc is also adding to the thread, "hello Ann". Ann is a great help to me on my culinary thread.
Many years ago i had a penpal who lived in Rotarua, sadly I cannot remember his namebut he wrote so well and described the surrounding countyside very elequently. I was sad when we lost conntact and have tried hard to remember his name but it evades me.
I do remember that his older brother was a fireman,,,I wonder why that has stayed with me.
My name then was Bridget Farady and we llived in London UK, is there anyway i could send a message, perhaps to a local newsapaper to try an reconnect even just to say how he impressed me about his country and the Maoris. (hope I have spelt that correctly!)

Bridget

goodness I wish ours gave all that info.

NZ death certs in 1893 included parents names, with MMN, when and where buried, where born and how long they have lived in NZ, where m and age on marriage and to whom, ages of living issue, ie M 64, 58, F 60. Not too long after that, the date of birth was included. Of course it is only as good as the knowledge of the informant, but there are still some useful hints there.

Huia.

Marie, the calendar was posted yesterday with my address on the back. You should receive it in the not too distant future.

I went to our Gen. rooms yesterday to see if I could find the cemetery where a man was buried, for another member of GenesR. Unfortunately no luck. The records are of transcriptions on headstones so perhaps he doesnt have a headstone. Some time I will have to go to the NZ Soc. of Gen. rooms in Panmure to see if they have an index of wills, but I cant see me having the time to go for a couple of weeks at least, possibly longer. I am hoping the person will get the death cert as ours give more info than the English ones and it could give more clues.

Huia.

Hi Huia, I am so pleased you had a wonderful trip to the Choral Convention. Did you enjoy the Singing I am sure you enjoyed the company,it must be so nice to be out and about once more you deserve it I am very happy for you.
I too wear a hearing aid it seems to be a part of getting old, you learn to smile a lot when in crowds of people and yes you do get some strange looks.
Huia I enjoyed your post about your holiday, I too would like to visit New Zealand once more as I would like to see more of the Nth Island.
Huia I need to send you the money for the Calendar so I need a Box No. or an address please. My daughter has conjuntivitis also, you do seem to have had it for some time, I hope it clears up very soon and as the girls have said please watch that spot .Kindest Regards Marie from OZ

Night, Huia, sorry, sorry, sorry lol

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Liz, I will forgive you - thousands wouldnt.

Just watch what you say on my threads in future. Or else.

Huia. xx

Oh how I wish I could win the lottery and come and see these places for myself.

Sorry I lowered the tone Huia, but don't worry I lost touch with that friend except for a Christmas card each year lol

Love to all, thanks for sticking up for me Norma.

Lizxx