Category: Family
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Christopher Christmas Berry – His Birth, Marriage, Children and Travels
To be read in conjunction with: 1. https://bobvinenz.com/2017/09/25/the-three-lives-of-john-christmas-underwoodchristopher-christmas-berry-born-norfolk-england-1796-part-one/ 2. https://bobvinenz.com/2017/09/27/three-lives-of-john-christmas-underwoodchristopher-christmas-berry-part-2-australia-c1837-1840/ 3. https://bobvinenz.com/2017/09/25/the-three-lives-of-john-christmas-underwoodchristopher-christmas-berry-part-3-new-zealand-1840-1851/ In this Blog I have made a serious attempt to clarify the birth details of my two times Great Grandfather, Christopher Christmas BERRY and his family. It has been tricky, but I believe that I have found information that will stand to hold…
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Our new abode in Upper Hutt
Judy and I have taken the plunge and moved back to Upper Hutt after 37 glorious years in Lower Hutt. In fact we have been in our new abode for 4 years now. How did this come about? Well, it all started with daughter Robyn proposing that we should take on inter-generational living with a…
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“An Extraordinary Blanket” crocheted by Prisoner of War, Private Donald S Chalmers, WW2, 6 Field Ambulance
In family history terms an acclaimed “discovery” is usually the result of breaking down a “brick wall” after many years of research to find details of a relative. My discovery this week is quite different from this sense, but is one I would like to share with interested parties as well as those with an…
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David John Vine: 27 April 1964 – 1 April 2023
Celebration of Life, Silverstream Retreat, Lower Hutt, Aotearoa New Zealand, 6 April 2023 David Vine – David Vine.mp4 on Vimeo
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“Starbuck” – What’s in a name?
My wife, Judith Ann TAYLOR has in her Family Tree Rainham, Laura (Ellen) Starbuck a 2 x great aunt. Recently we received a request from the family of Mark STARBUCK whose daughter Laura Ellen STARBUCK had been born in the Otago Goldfields after her parents had migrated from Australia. as to the possibility of a…
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Christmas Greetings from the Vine Family & the Year 2020 in Retrospect
Well, this has been some year. What with the Coronavirus Pandemic and its lockdown stages followed by an Election that has installed a Labour Government with a huge majority in the House. The Nats had to contend with a surge in popularity for the Opposition arising from its Leader’s empathetic fronting of the Christchurch terrorist…
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Christmas 2019 – Greetings from the Vine Family & the Year in Retrospect.
Another year full of memories, family, friends and fun has passed quickly by. This is my Cousin Francis Edwards from Grandma Kruse’s family, in fact her nephew. Francis, obviously a Springbok supporter (he was born in Rhodesia) sadly passed away in Canterbury, Kent on 3 November age 96. A few years back I was delighted…
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Christmas 2018 – Greetings from the Vine Family & the Year in Retrospect
Another year full of memories, family, friends and fun has passed quickly by. Here’s the whole Gang ^ 2 & 3 Generations of Vine Robyn’s Family (Maathuis) David & Family, Mackay and Gladstone, Queensland, Australia. Grace in Palmerston North. James’ Family residing in Wainuiomata Delighted to have Cousins at 80th Bash Highlights of the Year.…
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My Gallipoli Visit, 1999 – Letter to Home
Istanbul (used to be Constantinople) Thursday, 22 April, 1999 Dear Judy and family, Here I am 6.45 am, good clear, crisp Spring morning, with a good night’s sleep under my belt. Fairly good I say as I was forced immediate anal download about 2 this morning by a can of Fanta a few months old,…
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