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I'm looking for Anna Sophia CAMPNY (sometimes spelt 'Campney', nee MILLS) who was buried at Ngongotaha-Kauae Cemetery in 1911, at the age of 80. She married James Campney, a hotel keeper and widower in 1867 (he died 1886 and was buried with his first wife in Symonds Street Cemetery).

Does anybody live in Rotorua that might be able to assist me please? 

Also, was a death notice published about Anna's death?

Many thanks
Rachel

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I'm searching on behalf of my step-mother for a Neville CAMPBELL, who was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, around 1927. He also worked at the meatworks there in the 1940s.

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Rachel

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I was wondering if some kind person would please be able to visit the St Clements Graveyard and find a gravestone for me?

I'm trying to find Ellen COULAM (formerly NEWTON, nee JOSE).
Ellen was born about 1865 in Truro or Shortlanesend. She married James NEWTON (born about 1851, died 1893 in Truro) sometime between 1881 and 1885. Then her second husband was the widower, William Whetter Coulam (born about 1836 in Gorran, died 1923 in Truro).
William was a publican in Churchtown, St Clement, and I'm told that the pub is near the graveyard.

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Rachel

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I have this death record which I downloaded from the Dept of Justice, Victoria, Australia website.
I'm having difficulty reading the "Cause of Death" and "If Burial Registered" columns for Mary Ann Woodcock, age 4. Where was she buried? I'm also trying to trace her father, Annely (but I've already started a post for this question of mine on both the Australian and NZ boards)

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Rachel

[NB: I have posted this message on the Emigrants to Australia list, but have been advised to post it here as well]

I have an Annely Woodcock, born about 1832 in Solihull, Warwickshire, occupation: Labourer. He emigrated to New Zealand in 1852 on the same ship as his sister Jane FELTON (nee Woodcock) - the "William Hyde".
The "William Hyde", 533 tons, barque, sailed from London 21 Oct 1851 and arrived Lyttelton 5 February, 1852 with passengers and cargo and later proceeded to New Plymouth, arriving there in early March.
Annely is under "Assisted Steerage" on the shipping list as: Wooduck Anneley 20 M Ag. Laborer

Today I found out that he then moved over to Victoria, Australia, and married in 1855 an Irishwoman named Margaret SINNOT (daughter of Michael Sinnot, farmer, and Mary MURPHY). Annely must have emigrated to Australia between 1852 and 1855 (but I haven't found details about the ship yet).
They had a daughter, Mary Ann Woodcock, b 1855 - d 1859 (I've seen her birth record on the Dept of Justive, Victoria website, but decided to purchase her death record instead; also Mary Ann's birth record has her father's name indexed as 'Annealy' and mother's maiden name as 'Sinnott'. Her death record has her father's name written as 'Annely' and mother's maiden name as 'Sinnot').

I've lost all trace of Annely post-1859, and haven't found a death record for him on the Dept of Justice, Victoria, website. I've also checked online catalogues in other states of Australia for his death, but no luck there. There is a possibility that he returned to NZ (because he had two sisters and one brother here), or to the UK (for this was his country of origin and his mother would have been alive until 1872) - though I haven't found any passenger lists yet confirming either of these theories.

Does anyone know what became of Annely and his wife Margaret Woodcock (nee Sinnot)? What ship did he come to Australia on? Where did he die? Where to from here?

I also have him on the 1841 England census with his parents (in High Street, Solihull) as "Annerley, age 9", and on the 1851 census as an Agricultural Labourer in High Street, Solihull, Warwickshire.


Many thanks
Rachel