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Hi there again Janice.
Didnt know that bit of info abt John Dunn on where he was born and that he was with the 65th either! On my fathers side as well are close ties with the 65th as well! Many were based around Whanganui and the Taranaki Land Wars notably.

Our family bible. Some dumb $#@& actually tore the page out with all the info and from the copy I have [ which was apparently copied ] was sent to a Brian Revell, Red Beach Orewa! Why it wasnt copied and the Bible left intact is a mystery to me! One of my Aunties from way back needed her bum kicked. I can very vaguely remember it but what what is done is done (

This is what is written [ have not put down names that are not applicable to you ]

Mrs Dyer [ presume Ann's mother ] Birth place Ireland    Date of birth Nov   78 years    Date of death 1st Feb    This one as you can see is very incomplete pity no place names and actual DOB and Date of death

Mrs Dunn Birth Place Ireland    Date of birth 48 years  ?   Date of death 2nd Sept 1884

Dear Mother [ presume this must be Ann Dyer as dates match]  Birth Place Ireland   Date of death 26 Sept 1887

Dear father [ this must be Henry Revell ]  dates of birth and death all match.

Question is Mrs Dyer ... was she actually in NZ? Is she actually buried here in NZ? If correct then she would presumably had come out to NZ with some or one of the children. If she was buried in NZ then I can assume New Plymouth or Wanganui ?? Or was she written up in the book as a reference only and she stayed back in Ireland.
Im like you Janice, this Irish connection is all shrowded in mystery and not much to go on. Ann Dyer is much the same. Found her resting place but no one in our family knows anything abt her? Got a photo and thats it.
I smell a rat ))) My mother is no help, and her 2 sisters are long past it so no help there! Will keep on digging, never know what time may dig up

Regards
Rex

Hi there again Mila.
Interesting. To me it is too much of a coincidence that the names all relate. Will do some checking from my end.
My Anne Dyer from what I have so far dug up doesnt add up. On her wedding Cert the number of years in Nz plus her age at dont seem right. No one on either side of the family have any info on her at all.
Will get back to you as soon as I can via here okay. Your info hopefully will throw abit more light on things 

Regards
Rex

Hi there again. So you are a Kiwi
It is very possible that these 2 ladies are related ... esp if they are from the same county in Ireland. From corresponse through here the name Dyer and Higgs isnt common to Queens County. There also is a rumour I heard in the family that my Anne came out to NZ with a sister but like you, never to date have I seen her name on a passenger list. But passenger lists can be abit short on specifics, found a few lists with names listed but at the end has " and 5 others" Really helpful aye !! Something interesting in our family bible as well is a name "Mrs Dyer" .... no one has a clue as to who she is, my bet it could be Anne Dyers mother, but I wouldnt put money on it at this stage.
Would you mind sending me any info you have on your Elizabeth Dyer ..? I can send you what I have on Anne.
Have you done a search on shipping lists? I can remember doing a search and found a few Dyer's but none of them were the one I was looking for. Your one must have come through Lyttlton or Port Chalmers seeing she was at Waimate. My Anne may well of came through there as well ... she had been a resident for a few years before she tied the knot with Henry Revell going by the wedding Cert if you can believe that. My last calculation was that she was in her early teens when she came to NZ so must have come out accompanied?

Cheers
Rex

How did you get on with the Kingcombe connection ? I have a John Kingcombe and Thomasine Kingcombe in my Tree who came from Revelstoke Devon. Any connection ? There is also a Crocker that married into the line as well, they were from the Revelstoke/Noss Mayo/Newton Ferrers area as well.