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Family History Beginners Board / James Smith to NZ 1873
« on: Monday 05 July 10 05:15 BST (UK) »My Great Grand Father was James Smith, he came out to NZ in the late 1870's aboard the sailing ship Lutterworth. I have all his / our info on down from there. But everything going back from him is pretty much a mystery. His parents names were Charles & Myra Smith and apparently he was from Warwickshire. He was about 18 - 20 years old when he made the voyage.
He died in 1931 after having lead a full life in the Hokitika area of NZ. He was survived by his wife Maggie & numerous children the last of whom passed away in 1983. he being Eric Smith my grand father.
The point of this post is to hopefully learn more about Charles & Myra Smith my great great grand
parents
This is my first post here so please excuse this being somewhat disjointed.