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colin12
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Hi to everyone,
My uncle the above named arrived in New Zealand in 1925, as part of the 'Flock House' scheme. He died in Auckland in 1974. Any ideas where I can find out where and what he did in those 49 years, he must have paid taxes etc. Any help greatly appreciated
Colin
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althea
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Are you in NZ?
If so you could look at Electoral rolls
old telephone books at Auckland libraries
Did he have children? find them via sites such as old friends
What cemetery is he buried at, check records, burial records etc
Bye
Althea
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Pascoe, Williams, Rowe, Matthews, Eddy: St Just-in-Penwith, St Keverne, Cornwall. Varcoe, Collicoat, Chapman: Roche area,Cornwall Cornes & Graham: Ireland/Shropshire, Barker, Palin: Shropshire McDougall, Morren: Ireland, Earl, Redgen, Steward: Suffolk Info: Thames, New Zealand Genealogy Resources: http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~althea/index.htmlNZSG Mem#18951 CFHS Mem#13723 Info: Breage, Germoe & Godolphin Cornwall : http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~althea/index.html |
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colin12
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Althea and Bunny, Thank you both for your imput, I am firmly fixed in Hull, UK so unable to visit the Auckland or Wellington Libraries, also looked at Archway, but they will not release info until 2039, the I would be exactly 100!!
Cheers Colin
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althea
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do you know the cemetery he is buried at?
Bye
Althea
on the burial locator index only name match is 1944, so sadly not yours
found it
Waikumete
http://www.waitakere.govt.nz/cnlser/cm/cemeterysearch/cemeterydetails.aspx?id=147609
there is a funeral director mentioned that may have more info
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Pascoe, Williams, Rowe, Matthews, Eddy: St Just-in-Penwith, St Keverne, Cornwall. Varcoe, Collicoat, Chapman: Roche area,Cornwall Cornes & Graham: Ireland/Shropshire, Barker, Palin: Shropshire McDougall, Morren: Ireland, Earl, Redgen, Steward: Suffolk Info: Thames, New Zealand Genealogy Resources: http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~althea/index.htmlNZSG Mem#18951 CFHS Mem#13723 Info: Breage, Germoe & Godolphin Cornwall : http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~althea/index.html |
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Lucy2
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Hi Colin 
I'm guessing that you may already have some information concerning the Flock House Scheme, but if not, then a "google" search, will turn up quite a lot of helpful information.
"Flock House - was set up in the Manawatu region by New Zealand sheep farmers as a debt of gratitude to British seaman. The scheme benefitted 635 boys and 123 girls, the children of British seamen either killed or wounded in the First World War, who came to NZ to train as farmers" :
The Manawatu region however ... is a long way away from Auckland, and whilst your uncle died there, it may not necessarily have been the place where he spent his working life ??
Possibly, as he had received training in farmwork, then that was the vocation he followed ? But between his time at Flock House, and at Auckland, he could have lived in any rural community within the country ?
For Electoral roll searches (as suggested earlier) we need to know, where a person lived.
There are directories which have surname listings for the whole of NZ, but these don't list every male in the country ... and
there is difficulty if there are numerous persons of the same intials, christian names / surnames. (I mention these things, because the impression may have been given, that it was a fairly easy task to locate information, by having someone simply just visit a library ).
Do you know if Charles married ??
Lu
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Eyesee
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Think the Flock House records are available too somewhere.
There was an article in the latest NZSG magazine about Flock House and the origin of its name, plus another short article about the records. Can't remember exactly what, as I am at work. Will check tonight if nobody beats me to it.
Ian C
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CLAPHAM, Leeds and London
TOMLIENS, Herefordshire and Southwark
CLARKE, Sussex, Cambridge and Shropshire
FAULCONER, MANNINGTON, RICHARDSON, TICEHURST, BROOK, ELPHICK, All Sussex
UDY, CLEMENCE/CLEMENTS,WHITE, COITE, COBELDICK, Cornwall
BROOKING, Devon, India
FERNANDEZ, London, Somerset, Herefordshire
RUSH, CARTER, GIBSON, REMINGTON, London and Surrey
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Lucy2
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No, we won't beat you to it, Ian ... by all means, go ahead.
[Just a quick "google" revealed "an Official Flock House" website (a bit slow to download, so I lost patience) ... and also something at the "Old Friends" site).
Lu
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Eyesee
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Found the article.
It appears that the majority of records are actually photographs, transferred from the Flock House library to Archives NZ.
There is a list of them on Archway.
Ian C
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CLAPHAM, Leeds and London
TOMLIENS, Herefordshire and Southwark
CLARKE, Sussex, Cambridge and Shropshire
FAULCONER, MANNINGTON, RICHARDSON, TICEHURST, BROOK, ELPHICK, All Sussex
UDY, CLEMENCE/CLEMENTS,WHITE, COITE, COBELDICK, Cornwall
BROOKING, Devon, India
FERNANDEZ, London, Somerset, Herefordshire
RUSH, CARTER, GIBSON, REMINGTON, London and Surrey
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colin12
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Hi Ian C & Lu,
Thanks for your input, have looked at archway and will soon be asking the Wellington Archives for assistance, sorry have not thanked you both before, just got back from a short break
Regards
Colin
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Eyesee
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Just found some more info from Flock House - A History, published in 1962.
CH BISHOP was in the No 5 Draft and arrived on the SS Hororata in 1925. Gives his home town as Portsmouth.
Ian C
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CLAPHAM, Leeds and London
TOMLIENS, Herefordshire and Southwark
CLARKE, Sussex, Cambridge and Shropshire
FAULCONER, MANNINGTON, RICHARDSON, TICEHURST, BROOK, ELPHICK, All Sussex
UDY, CLEMENCE/CLEMENTS,WHITE, COITE, COBELDICK, Cornwall
BROOKING, Devon, India
FERNANDEZ, London, Somerset, Herefordshire
RUSH, CARTER, GIBSON, REMINGTON, London and Surrey
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colin12
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Hi eyesee,
Many thanks for that, nice to know that people are still looking out for me.
Thanks
Colin
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