James Wareing was born in London, on 18 August 1807, and is the oldest child of George and Mary Wareing. When James was very young their family shifted to Birmingham to support George’s tailoring business, a line of work that James would also enter into after leaving school. Emela Catherine Mewis was born in Birmingham, …
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David Wareing & Mary Winter
David Wareing was born in about 1748 in Preston Lancashire. Records tell us that his father was also named David and was born in about 1720, however, it has proven more difficult to identify who his mother was. Mary Winter was born in approximately 1760. They married on 10 September 1776 at St George the …
George Wareing & Mary Durden
George Wareing was born to David Wareing and Mary Winter 17 November 1780. At the time they were living in Duke St, Lincoln's Inn, London. The street had a distinctive arch at its northern end which provided access to Lincoln's Inn Fields, and was renamed Sardinia Street during the late nineteenth century. Mary Durden …
John Hannan & Margaret Walsh
John Hannan was born in Killarney, Ireland, in 1840 to John Hannan and Margaret Butler (my great great great grandparents) and was baptised Roman Catholic on 6 December 1840. He shifted to Limerick and there he met Margaret Walsh who was four years younger than him. They married and are my great great grandparents. They …
Thomas Mewis & Sarah Rachel Faux
Thomas Mewis was born 6 July 1782 in Hinckley, Leicestershire to Thomas and Elizabeth Mewis. Sarah Rachel Faux was born 7 April 1793 in Aston, Warwickshire and is the oldest child of Richard and Elizabeth Faux. They married on 15 December 1814 in the parish of St Martin, Birmingham, and are my great great …
Joseph Bernard Wareing & Margaret Hoare
Joseph Bernard Wareing was born in Harborne, Birmingham in England in March 1848 and was the fourth son of James and Emela Catherine Wareing. Margaret Hoare was the youngest daughter of Patrick and Catherine Hoare and was born in Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland in 1854. They both immigrated to New Zealand. Joseph came to New …
Richard Hoare & Margaret Sullivan
Richard Hoare was born in approximately 1780, and Margaret Sullivan was born in approximately 1785, in County Kerry, Ireland. There are very few traceable details about them, however, they were married in approximately 1805, and are my great great great great grandparents. Their only child that is on record is Patrick Hoare, who was born …
Patrick Hoare & Catherine Seeler
Catherine Seeler (1805) and Patrick Hoare (1807) were both born in Abbeydorney ("Monastery of the clan of Torna"). This is a village located 9 kilometres north of the town of Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland. They married in 1826 and are my great great great grandparents. The family lived on and worked a 68 acre tenant …
James Osborne Burk & Catherine Josephine Hannan
James Osborne Burk was born in Dunedin in April 1876 to William and Annie Burk (nee Rose). Catherine Josephine Hannan was born at sea. Her parents John and Margaret Hannan (nee Walsh) sailed on the ship “Corona” from London on 22 May 1874 and arrived into Port Chalmers on 28 August. They had their two …
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The Purakaunui Farm
In previous historical accounts of the Woodhouse family there have been numerous references to Purakaunui and a farming connection, this suggesting a need for further research into what this connection or relationship is. To do this first requires a brief history of Purakaunui settlers and then the Woodhouse/Day family connection that began in the early …
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