In 1884 the steam ship Doric departed London for New Zealand. The SS Doric was a British ocean liner operated by White Star Line (the same company that launched the infamous Titanic) and was the ship’s second year of service. The regular voyage took approximately 50 days and sailed via Cape Town. Two of the …
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William Burk & Annie Rose
William Burk was born to John and Mary Burk on 4 September 1822 and is my great great grandfather. He was baptised at St Paul's Church in Deptford, Kent in England. St Paul's Church is one of London's finest Baroque parish churches, opened in 1730, which was then a settlement in Kent but is now …
The Discovery of Gold
The gold discoveries in New Zealand proved tempting and in September 1861 James and Frank Woodhouse sailed from Melbourne to Otago on the “Lightning”, and George Corden sailed on the “Empress of the Sea” with the intention of trying their luck at Gabriels Gully. Miner’s Rights were issued to all three consecutively on 12 October …
Francis Ellis Woodhouse & Elizabeth Anderson Saunders
Francis (Frank) Ellis Woodhouse is the youngest son of Robert Woodhouse and Eliza Ellis. His earliest encounters are detailed in their chapter of the family tree blog and his story continues here at the discovery of gold on the Teviot River. History in its many versions tells us that James and Frank Woodhouse, their step-father …
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James Ellis Woodhouse & Bridget Cordelia Fitzgerald
James Ellis Woodhouse is the oldest son of Robert Woodhouse and Eliza Ellis. His earliest encounters are detailed in their chapter of the family tree blog and his story continues here at the discovery of gold on the Teviot River. History in its many versions tells us that James and Frank Woodhouse, their step-father George …
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Robert Woodhouse & Eliza Ellis
Robert Woodhouse and Eliza Ellis are my great great great grandparents. Robert was the third son in his family and he married Eliza by special licence at St John’s Anglican Church in Preston, Lancashire, England on 27 September 1830, (although Eliza’s family may have been Roman Catholic). Francis (Frank) was born in 1835, and was …
John Nicklin Merry & Eliza Price
John Nicklin Merry was born in England in 1828 and he emigrated to Australia. When he was aged 26 he married 19 year old English woman Eliza Price, on 14 February 1855 in Launceston, Tasmania. They had five children while in Australia - Arthur Henry (1855-1892), Thomas Richard (1857-1947), Mary Elizabeth (1859-1942), Herbert? (1860-?), Eliza …
Edward Lyng & Laura Kate Merry
My great grandparents - Edward (Ted) Lyng lived at home at 36 Hanover St and Laura Merry around the corner in Filleul St. They married in 1899, at the ages of 31 and 29 respectfully, and shifted to 6 Swan St to live with Laura’s dad, John Nicklin Merry who had built the house the …
Thomas Andrew Woodhouse & Gladys Elizabeth Docherty
Thomas Andrew Woodhouse is the son of Thomas and Catherine Woodhouse and the brother of Grandad Frank. He was born in October 1909 in Gore, and married Gladys Elizabeth Docherty in 1931 when he was 22 years old. They lived at 74 Cavell St when unfortunately Thomas was tragically killed in a road accident. This …
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Thomas Woodhouse & Mary Catherine Day
Thomas (Tom) is the ninth child of my great great grandparents – Francis and Elizabeth Woodhouse. He was born on 10 July 1879 at Mt Benger (Ettrick) and spent his youth in Roxburgh and Bannockburn. The earliest records of Tom is after the death of his brother Robert in 1897. It could be …
Our Golden Pioneers 