Sunday 30 September 2012

MOORE, Charles

(m. Isabella CANNELL)
  • Born 2 October 1799 in Leitrim, Ireland
  • Royal New Zealand Fencible
  • Who were Charles's parents and where/when did he and Isabella marry?

MacPIKE, John

(m. Mary DUNN in 1819 in Ireland)
  • Born 1794 in Argylasle (or Arigal), near Garvagh, Derry, Ireland
  • Royal New Zealand Fencible
  • Who were John's parents and where/when in Ireland did he and Mary marry?

MacNEILL, Ellen Jane

(m. Thomas SCRIMAGER 31 July 1868 in Craigs, Ballymena, Antrim, Ireland)
  • Born circa 1849. Her father was William McNEILL. Who was her mother?
  • Marriage certificate (by licence). Ellen was a spinster aged under 21 and resided at Drumrankin. Witnesses were John Woodrow & Anna --?

LINTERN, Samuel

(m. Ann ["Hannah"] Mary GIBBONS 9 August 1867 Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand)
  • Where and when was Samuel born and who were his parents?
  • When did he immigrate?

GIBBONS, Ann ("Hannah") Mary

(m. Samuel LINTERN 9 August 1867 Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand)
  • Birthday 24 June (as written in family bible).
  • Where and when was Hannah born and who were her parents?
  • When did she immigrate and did she immigrate with her family?
  • Was she the Anne Mary Gibbons born to Sills John GIBBONS & Ann, nee CROOKES on 24 June 1847 in London, England and christened on 28 July 1847 in St Andrew by the Wardrobe, London?
  • On her death certificate, why were her parents cited as Sills John GIBBONS, merchant of London and Ann, nee CROOKES?  Sills John Gibbons was an alderman and one-time lord mayor of London.  He, his wife and daughter Ann Mary Gibbons show in England censuses at the time Hannah was living in New Zealand and married to Samuel Lintern.
  • Who gave the informant (the undertaker) Hannah's parental information for her death certificate?  How would they have known Hannah's alleged mother's maiden name of CROOKES?

GEAR, Charles

(m. Sophia Ann Bates MOORE 19 July 1873 Westport, Buller, New Zealand)
  • Did he change his surname from WARNER or WERNER?
  • Did he "jump ship" at Westport?
  • Where and when was Charles born and who were his parents?
  • When did he immigrate?

BARTHOLOMEW, Ellen

(m. John DUNLOP 8 December 1875 Kirkinriola, Ballymena, Antrim, Ireland)
  • Born circa 1851. Her father was William BARTHOLOMEW. Who was her mother?
  • Marriage certificate (by licence). Ellen was a spinster of full age (over 21) and resided at Tullygarley. Witnesses were William Dunlop & Mary McCauley.

The Ghosts in your Genes

The other night I watched a doco called "The Ghost in your Genes".  It was about how trauma and diet of a grandparent can affect their grandkids years down the line, even if they've never met or experienced that trauma or bad diet.  Apparently genes have a memory.  Makes me realise just how little control we actually have over our own bodies.  Health we can control (to a degree), but our genes - no.

Saturday 29 September 2012

Do you recognise these women?

Believed to be MUDGWAY womenfolk. Any help would be appreciated.



Friday 28 September 2012

Who were Samuel LINTERN and Hannah GIBBONS?

Neither Samuel nor Hannah can be found in ships' passenger lists and no newspaper archives exist for Samuel before 1867.  Did they arrive separately or come out as a couple?  Their New Zealand 'Intention to Marry' document states 25 year-old Samuel to have been resident for six months, and 22 year-old Hannah for twelve months, both of Oamaru (this points to her being born circa 1845).

There was an Anne Mary Gibbons christened on 28 July 1847 at St Andrew by the Wardrobe, London, England, daughter of Sills John & Ann Gibbons (nee Crookes).  Our family bible has Hannah's details entered as "Hannah Mary" born 24 June 1847, which fits in with the above christening entry.  If this is correct, then she was aged 20 upon marriage, not 22 as stated on the 'Intention to Marry' document and would have been a minor requiring parental permission to marry (they were married by special licence).  According to the marriage certificate, she was a spinster of full age (over 21).

Where would the informant (the undertaker) on Hannah's death certificate have gotten Hannah's alleged mother's maiden name of CROOKES?  Even if Hannah had fancied having a one-time Lord Mayor of London as her father and 'taken' the name Ann Mary Gibbons, how would she have known Ann Gibbons' maiden name, unless she was family?

On Samuel's probate document, Hannah is named as Ann.

This is the couple frustrating the heck out of me.  Would love some help with this one!