Tag: Family

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…

Celebration of Life, Silverstream Retreat, Lower Hutt, Aotearoa New Zealand, 6 April 2023 David Vine – David Vine.mp4 on Vimeo

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…

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…

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…

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.…

by Harriet Taylor “The Treasury Journal” Volume 6 2013  

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,…

The stage has been set. We now move on to assemble as many of the family who are within reach and to organise their contributions to an afternoon on the Big Day, in our Backyard. Those across the other side of the “Ditch” have not however been forgotten and just yesterday Judy arranged with their…

Updated October 2025 The Christopher Christmas Berry period of residence in Australia opens with an  entry in the “Register of Seamen 1835-6” held at the Public Record Office in England: “No. 3854. Name: Christopher Berry. Age 30. Place of Birth: Yarmouth. Ship belonging to: Orissa of Grangemouth. Quality: Mariner.” It will be noted that In…