| The de'Ath family - from left,
Eileen, Leslie, my maternal grandmother
Maude
Grandpa George holding Mona, Grandma Sarah holding
George, Phoebe, Alice and Edna on right was born 1899 I think.
Grandma Sarah was born Sarah Mulholland in Edin County Derry Ireland
about 1862. She was married at 24 to George Death at Manawatu NZ in
1886 and died in 1947. |
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| I think this is Laura Whyman b 1889. |  |
| This faded photo is of Kate
Edgerley b 1887 who taught at
Auckland Girls Grammar. Bio notes page 1 and page 2
on
Kate by Dr E J Godley Original here |
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| I think this is Edna de'Ath b 1899 | 
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| My paternal grandmother's family, the O'Donnells, outside Tongaporutu Post Office, just after 1900. My grandmother, Annie Elizabeth Catherine b 14, March, 1887 is the taller girl in centre. Her father Richard is carrying Arthur b April 1899. Richard was born in India about 1861 and his wife Elizabeth Ann (nee Barrett) was from Cornwall, they were married in New Plymouth in 1882. Richards father, Michael O'Donnell, with army hat and Crimean medals was born ~1818 in Ireland and came to New Zealand, presumably from India probably in early 1860's. My aunt Mrs Jean Smithson is the source of this photo and she has listed all names and birth dates plus given me several registry certificates relating to family members. | 
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| From Tainui Museum Calendar,
photo from Alf Lovell, titled Tongaporutu Regatta before the bridge was
opened in 1902. I think this photo was taken on the same day
as the family group above. In my opinion, Harold O'Donnell is on
the far left, Len O'Donnell is the child on far right, William is
the shorter boy in dark coat and pants. |
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| William John
Henry
Arthur b 1880 with Billy the horse at his Fairfield (Melbourne)
home.
Good likeness to his younger brother Edward, (my
Grandfather)
in picture below. Photo sent to me by Paul and Valerie Mudie.
Valerie
b 1946 (see 1940's) is a grandaughter of William who had twelve
children.
Valeries mother Clara corresponded for years with her Uncle Eddie in
New
Zealand. Valerie has told me that Samuel and Alice Arthur, the parents
of
William and Edward both died of TB in 1899 and their older
brother
George Samuel b 1875 was killed in an electrical accident at
work.
She believes Edward went to live with people called Hughes after
his
parents died and took the name that way. |
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| In 2011 I searched Victorian outward passenger records
and found that our Grandfather E.W.A. Hughes may have travelled
by ship to Western Australia in March 1902 when he was 18.
A search produced this line - Surname - age - Ship Name - HUGHES 18 PERTH MAR 1902 ADELAIDE BBURY FMANTLE GERALDTON MAR 1902 002 Later I will check WA lists online and see if his name is recorded there. There is a photo of the SS Perth | |
| My paternal grandparents, Edward Walter Arthur Hughes b 1884 and Annie Elizabeth Catherine O'Donnell b 1887, probably at the time of their wedding 1907. I have no record of him arriving in NZ. Here is the Arthur-Hughes family tree. | 
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| Richard O'Donnell holding child in photo five up. |  |
| Photo identified on back by my mother as Mrs Turner. Any help as to how she fits into the family would be welcome. |  |
