A New Zealand Look up, please

[DELLA]

Hello Kentishkiwi
thank you for your advice. I will look on google as you suggest. It certainly sounds like it could be the right family. I did google a couple of things but probably needed to r-word the search format.
Thanks again

[Janette]

Have a play round with PapersPast using variations like full name and intials and names

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=q&q=&e=-------10--1----0--

Cheers Janette

[DELLA]

thanks Jeanette

[Janette]

Looking at the death notice for the mother Sarah Ann it appears the 4 girls may have all had pet names
 Sarah Ann Louisa seems to have been known as Louisa
 Florence Ellen was Nellie
 Gertrude Isabelwas Tot
Alice Muriel may have been Ethel

A genie's nightmare

Cheers Janette

[Janette]

Here is Susannah's death notice

 http://www.rootschat.com/links/01f40/

Cheers Janette

[Janette]

The cemetery records for Thomas and Susannah are here

http://rid.waipadc.govt.nz/cemetery/plots_list.php?fname=&lname=chapman&cemetery=OHAU&B1=Submit

Cheers Janette

[Janette]

Thomas died suddenly leaving a wife and 3 sons

 http://www.rootschat.com/links/01f3z/

Cheers Janette

[Janette]

It appears that some online tree are incorrect this looks like Thomas and Susannah's marriage

Surname     First name(s)          District     Vol     Page
Marriages Sep 1858   
Chapman    Thomas        Stourbridge    6c   203   
Mountford    Susanna         Stourbridge    6c   203   

The district Stourbridge spans the boundaries of the counties of Shropshire, Staffordshire, West Midlands and Worcestershire

Cheers Janette

[DELLA]

Thanks again Janette. you hsve all been so helpful