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Research in Other Countries => New Zealand => New Zealand Completed Requests => Topic started by: diabak on Monday 21 May 18 01:30 BST (UK)
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Lots of Kivells in New Zealand, believed to be shortened from Nankivell. One I know of was Sir Rex, (who was the illeg son of a Nankivell) but changed his name to hide it.
The first Kivell birth in NZ was the mod 1850's with a John and his wife Mary Jane with 10 births to the pair.
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Hi diabak,
Can you please tell us what it is you wish to know about the Kivell family..........
Minniehaha.
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The first Kivell birth in NZ was the mod 1850's with a John and his wife Mary Jane with 10 births to the pair.
I am sorry, but I do not know what "the mod 1850's" is.
Sue
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A typo error? Mid 1850's?
Minniehaha.
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Here is a link to a search for "Nankivell" on our newspaper archive website Paperspast:
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01m3e/
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A search for "Kivell" at the same website:
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01m3f/
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A typo error? Mid 1850's?
Minniehaha.
Of course. ::)
Should have realised.
Sue
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Lots of Kivells in New Zealand, believed to be shortened from Nankivell. One I know of was Sir Rex, (who was the illeg son of a Nankivell) but changed his name to hide it.
The first Kivell birth in NZ was the mod 1850's with a John and his wife Mary Jane with 10 births to the pair.
Maybe more than 10 births?
1879/4592 Kivell Charles Ernest Mary Jane John -
1881/16848 Kivell Percy Albert Mary Jane John -
1877/12183 Kivell Margaret Mary Jane John -
1876/7005 Kivell Mary Ellen Mary Jane John -
1872/779 Kivell Walter Bayly Mary Jane John -
1882/14436 Kivell Thomas Arthur Mary Jane John -
1870/18651 Kivell Alfred Mary Jane John -
1874/25342 Kivell Louis Mary Jane John -
1865/10200 Kivell Sarah Jane Mary Jane John -
1863/9396 Kivell Reuben Henry Mary Jane John -
1861/6830 Kivell James Andrew Mary Jane John -
1857/4181 Kivell William John Mary Jane John -
1859/5289 Kivell Edward Mary Jane John
Minniehaha.
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I'm a Nankivell researcher, and some of us believe that Kivell was shortened from Nankivell before or when they went to NZ. I am trying to rule in, or rule out that possibility.
I have all their BDMs from the NZ registers. The first death in NZ from Papers Past was
1861....On the 28th February, William John, eldest child of Mr J. Kivell, aged 3 years and 9 months.
JOHN KIVELL, (with no definite date of arrival in New Plymouth, maybe 1854?) married Mary Jane Old on the 31-12-1855 in St Mary's Church, New Plymouth. John was born about 1827, as he died aged 59 in 1886,
Question is...was John a Nankivell?
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Both those males you mentioned seem to appear here?
http://www.thekivellfamily.co.nz/kivell_history/john_mary_kivell.html
Have you seen this?
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This suggests John KIVELL was from Canada !?
https://www.geni.com/people/John-Kivell/6000000007661773939
Asserted here as well:
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1118394691594295&id=1053211561445942
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Thanks
At least I can stop going up that path, and concentrate on more likely avenues for the Nankivells.
Cheers