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Limerick / Re: Capt. John Franklin b 1745 Limerick
« on: Saturday 21 September 19 00:12 BST (UK) »
I am not looking for anyone in particular. I’m just learning more about the family .
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Limerick / Re: Capt. John Franklin b 1745 Limerick
« on: Friday 20 September 19 22:28 BST (UK) »
From my understanding there is another Richard Franklin who is a surgeon from Limerick - This was not my Great Great Grandfather.
My Great Great Grandfather is Richard Augustus Meier B.1809 Ballyvolane, Limerick D.1870 Auckland NZ . He was the first child of Capt. John Franklin. His siblings are Peter Heyliger Franklin B1813-D.1859 and Jane Anne Franklin B1815.-D1878
Therefore Capt. John Franklin is my G.G.G Grandfather
I am piecing together the full story from when Richard, Isabella (his second wife) , Mary Augusta and Amelia travelled to NZ on the 'Beauty Queen' in 1863. Two years later my G.G. Grandmother Jane Anne Smith (nee Franklin) was born in Auckland. She was my mothers Grandmother.
My Great Great Grandfather is Richard Augustus Meier B.1809 Ballyvolane, Limerick D.1870 Auckland NZ . He was the first child of Capt. John Franklin. His siblings are Peter Heyliger Franklin B1813-D.1859 and Jane Anne Franklin B1815.-D1878
Therefore Capt. John Franklin is my G.G.G Grandfather
I am piecing together the full story from when Richard, Isabella (his second wife) , Mary Augusta and Amelia travelled to NZ on the 'Beauty Queen' in 1863. Two years later my G.G. Grandmother Jane Anne Smith (nee Franklin) was born in Auckland. She was my mothers Grandmother.
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Limerick / Re: Capt. John Franklin b 1745 Limerick
« on: Friday 20 September 19 10:49 BST (UK) »
hi there. I have been doing a lot of research on my family tree and my Great Grandmother is Jane Anne Smith born in 1865 in Auckland to Richard Augustus Meier Franklin and Isabella (nee Bennett) Franklin who travelled with Richards two older daughters Augusta and Amelia to Auckland on "the Queen of Beauty" in 1863. Richard was married to Isabellas older sister Margaret Franklin (nee Bennett) and they had at least 6 children together . Margaret died 1855. He then married Isabella - they travelled to NZ and Jane Anne Franklin was born in 1865. IN 1870 Richard died in Auckland. There is a very interesting story that follows if anyone is interested . I have just discovered Richards two eldest three daughters , a granddaughter and a grandson are all buried in the same plot in Gisborne, NZ. The 4 females all took their own lives - apparently suffering from mental illness. Amelia aged 24, Margaret Jane (who must have travelled over too) age 33, Viola Mary Augusta's daughter aged 28 and then the same year Mary Augusta aged 61. The boy was her son and he died at 16 in a tragic horse accident.
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