CLOSED...My Surname interests in New Zealand

[allycat]

Dear Rootschatters, Hi.

Below is a snapshot of just some of the surnames that I am researching in New Zealand:-

BOOTH
COULTER ...Lanarkshire/lasgow Scotland -->1850
DENLY
DONAHUE/DONAHOE/DONOHUE ... from Co.Antrim 1830
EADIE... ex Plean,Forgandenny,Dunblain,Newhaven Scotland 1800s
EDGECOMBE {arrived via ship "William Bryan" in 1839}
FLEMING
FREETH
HARDING
HARRIS {arrived Wellington via ship "Slaines Castle" in 1840}
HART
HILL
HOMEWOOD ... family tree goes back to 1733 Horne Surrey England.
HUGHES ... NZ ... then back to 1831 Kent England
IMPEY
KINSEY & GARRARD ... Sir Joseph James Kinsey Knight 1852-1936
LOWE
LYONS
MacDOUGAL
MARRINER
McCABE
McKAY
MILLS
OLIVER
PENDER
PETERS
RESNICK ... Russian origins.
RUDD
RUPELL
RUSSELL
SCOWN ... originally 'Scawen'... family carefully documented to 16th Century.
SELMAN
SKINNER
SPARKS
TAMS
TREMAIN
TWAITES
WILCOCKS

Allycat, Queensland, Australia.

[Robert Coble]

Hi Ally,
Your McCabe where from in Australia please I have then too in my Tree. That a new side I am doing.
an this one too DONAHUE.
OzyBob.

[allycat]

Hi there Bob.  Sorry, I don't have any McCABE ancestors/descendants in Australia.   Well, not yet anyhow.

And I'm researching the DONAHUE/DONAHOE/DONOHUE all spelling variations in New Zealand only.  Top of Donohue tree is Hugh Donohue who was a free settler in 1893.

Allycat.

[Burrow Digger]

What do you mean by "first families" in NZ?? 

We dont have such things. 

There was no ONE place where everyone landed like Sydney.

People arrived in NZ at various locations so each  place has its own "first families".

Waitangi was 1840. Dunedin was 1848.

[allycat]

What do you mean by "first families" in NZ?? 

We dont have such things. 

There was no ONE place where everyone landed like Sydney.

People arrived in NZ at various locations so each  place has its own "first families".

Waitangi was 1840. Dunedin was 1848.

Hey there BurrowDigger, ooops forgive me I'm an Aussie.  Shall edit now.  Al.

[Dale]

Hi Burrow Digger
The unfortunate thing is that the NZSoG encourages people to enter their families as "First Families" as seen on their CD. Someone has entered my family, often incorrectly, and they didn't leave England until 1878!
Cheers
Marlene

[Burrow Digger]

I'm not a member of the NZ SOG - never have been.

Since my family did not arrive in Dunedin until the 1860's, and not on the Ship Philipp Laing (I think thats the right name) with William Cargill (who founded Invercargil) in 1848, I know my family is not a "first family." 

I've never heard of anyone being from a "first family"  It is very misleading.
I think its wrong. Those families were no better or worse than the families that arrived after them, IMO.  I do not approve of this "eliteism". 
I shant be joining the SOG. I'm perfectly capable of finding my family for myself.  And I've done very well so far - as per my website.

BD

The first settlers, who arrived in 1848 after a cramped and tortuous passage aboard the John Wickliffe and the Philip Laing, were members of the newly formed Free Church of Scotland which was established after the great split with the Presbyterian Church. They came seeking freedom of worship in a land untouched by religious strife. They were led by two dynamic individuals, the Reverend Thomas Burns, a nephew of the poet, Robert Burns, and William Cargill, of the 74th Highlanders.
http://www.electricscotland.com/newzealand/dunedin.htm

Cool, I still remember my history lessons.

[Burrow Digger]

Hi Burrow Digger
The unfortunate thing is that the NZSoG encourages people to enter their families as "First Families" as seen on their CD. Someone has entered my family, often incorrectly, and they didn't leave England until 1878!
Cheers
Marlene

Maybe I better get my father to buy their CD so I can check for errors as well.

BD

[allycat]

Hi there BD and Dale.  I was getting a bit excited thinking someone had replied to my original 'Surname Interests in NZ'.  Oh well.

But after reading your posted messages, I'm sure the original inhabitants of the Land of the Long White Cloud would have been slightly insulted to learn of the mention of 'first families' on a CD Rom in a future time.  But we all know what everyone means by this generally.  That's where I got the phrase from, a little database.  I think from memory my two CD's cost me approx $60, after I became a member!

And like with all genealogical information, it is very time-consuming gathering all of the data and we all appreciate it when and if any errors are found and they can be corrected.

Plus I have quite a few 'first families' ancestors in the State of Victoria, Australia, in the pandora archives.  It's just a phrase.   

Cheers guys, Allycat.