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cricket2
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Limming in Hokitika
« on: Tuesday 06 May 08 06:10 BST (UK) »

Hi All

Have had a letter from Alexander Turnbull Library in New Zealand
I am have been trying to find information on
George Charles Limming in New Zealand
all I have is he was a Landing Waiter Customs also a Immigration Officer in Hokitika appointed in 1st March 1854
This was from The New Zealand Gazette Issue 026 28th 05 May 1872
could anyone help with any other information has this is all I know

Regards John


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Re: Limming in Hokitika
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 06 May 08 06:29 BST (UK) »

Thought this sounded familiar.
See this previous thread:

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,280291.msg1638460.html#msg1638460


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Re: Limming in Hokitika
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 06 May 08 06:41 BST (UK) »

Hi Kea

Yes thats where I found the info and the Library sent me a letter back
but trying to find more about George Charles Limming but how would I find more information on him?
john


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Re: Limming in Hokitika
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 06 May 08 08:13 BST (UK) »

Hi John,

Have you had a look at Papers Past? Alan gave you the link in the previous thread....but here it is again:

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast

There is a lot there about George Limming. In the article about his retirement in 1880 it said he was leaving Westland. His death cert would reveal more but I can't see a probate for him or anyone with that name. Is it possible that he left NZ?

I'm a bit confused about your reference to the Alexander Turnbull Library. Huh

What was in their letter?

Stephanie


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Re: Limming in Hokitika
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 06 May 08 08:30 BST (UK) »

Hi Stephanie

Right the letter a recived from the alexander turnbull library states all the information what you said in your last reply what I am looking for is how do I find where was he born and his death or was there any more LIMMING in new zealand I do not think he was there on his own and where would I start looking any advice would be a great help
john


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Re: Limming in Hokitika
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 06 May 08 08:54 BST (UK) »

Hi John,

OK - Alan also found a marriage for you. You could get the marriage cert but unfortunately pre-1880 certs don't have as much information as later ones.
We know from some of the newspaper articles that he was in NZ as early as 1854. Have you looked at any shipping lists? There are links to these at the top of the NZ board as well as some other great resources.
Have you looked at early censuses in the UK?

Stephanie


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Re: Limming in Hokitika
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 06 May 08 09:08 BST (UK) »

Hi Stephanie

No I do not know if or when he was married all I know about him is that he was a landing waiter in hokitika in about 1854

john


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Re: Limming in Hokitika
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 06 May 08 09:18 BST (UK) »

We do know that he was married because Alamar found this marriage for you and posted it in the previous thread.

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For the record George Charles Limming married Emma E Tydeman in 1869. Ref1869/0979


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Re: Limming in Hokitika
« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 06 May 08 11:28 BST (UK) »

Hi again John

I am afraid you will have to get it out of your head that your man was in Hokitika in 1854. Unlike England, New Zealand is a VERY new country. There was nobody but a few Poutini Ngaitahu maori in the Hokitika area until October 1864 when John Hudson and James Price established a store at the mouth of the Hokitika River following the discovery of gold. Before then there were no European settlers. None whatsoever, only a few visiting explorers and surveyors.

The first European to settle on the West Coast was a chap named Mackley who settled a little further north on the Grey river in 1861. Even the larger town of Greymouth was not founded until 1863, and even then this was only a Govt depot to supply the Government's surveyors in the area.

Even my city of Christchurch was not established until 1850, though there were some notable earlier arrivals.

Sorry for the history lesson but the relative youth of this country is sometimes difficult for those accustomed to much older cultures to come to grips with. That applies especially to the bush covered, wild and impenetrable area that the West Coast was, and in some places thankfully still is.

Alan


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Re: Limming in Hokitika
« Reply #9 on: Tuesday 06 May 08 12:57 BST (UK) »

How about this,

http://www.rootschat.com/links/03dj/ Shocked


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Re: Limming in Hokitika
« Reply #10 on: Tuesday 06 May 08 13:28 BST (UK) »

Hi John, As Stephanie has suggested a perusal of paperspast gives some good information about Mr Limming's career.

A search on a mistype of "Limmimg" brings up his early appointment in the Customs Service in 1854 as a Tidewaiter in Nelson. The first mention of him at Hokitika is as the sole and possibly first rep of the service there in about May 1865.

Regards

Terry


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