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
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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