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Wartime Love Letters found in Taranaki!
« on: Tuesday 19 January 16 05:32 GMT (UK) »
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FLEMING,   Ireland
DUNNELL,  England
PAULSON,  England
DOUGLAS, Scotland, Ireland, NZ
WALKER,   Scotland
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Re: Wartime Love Letters found in Taranaki!
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 19 January 16 08:06 GMT (UK) »
"We analyse the evidence to draw a conclusion. The better the sources and information, the stronger the evidence, which leads to a reliable conclusion!" Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk.

MATHEWS, Ireland, England, USA & Canada, NZ
FLEMING,   Ireland
DUNNELL,  England
PAULSON,  England
DOUGLAS, Scotland, Ireland, NZ
WALKER,   Scotland
WATSON,  England, Ayrshire, Scotland, NZ
McAUGHTRIE, Ayrshire, Scotland, NZ
MASON,     Scotland, England, NZ
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Re: Wartime Love Letters found in Taranaki!
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 19 January 16 08:48 GMT (UK) »
Wow. I love these stories and the challenge of finding living descendants. I'll be following this thread with interest.

There is no mention of this couple returning letters to the family - I think they should, and hope they do.  :)

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Re: Wartime Love Letters found in Taranaki!
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 19 January 16 09:11 GMT (UK) »
Yep, they did Ruskie - I would hope this means that they would also hand the letters over to a descendant!

"James and Renae are keen to find out more about the couple and would like to hear from their descendents, as they are hoping the couple will have grandchildren or other relative who would be interested in the story and could tell them more about the couple".

We are hoping to find some of their descendents, there must be some family connection,"said Renae.

"I've had a bit of a look online at ancestry.com and that kind of thing. They had three children and two of them were girls. One of the daughter, Suzanne, I think she was a nurse in New Plymouth. The other children wee Joy and Peter."

This paragraph is at the bottom of the article, but can't seem to pick it up it up on the copy and paste.

I've looked in the Stratford White Pages, there are a couple of P. Gower names, but a bit late to call tonight.

What a wonderful thing for the descendants - if they can be located!


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FLEMING,   Ireland
DUNNELL,  England
PAULSON,  England
DOUGLAS, Scotland, Ireland, NZ
WALKER,   Scotland
WATSON,  England, Ayrshire, Scotland, NZ
McAUGHTRIE, Ayrshire, Scotland, NZ
MASON,     Scotland, England, NZ
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Re: Wartime Love Letters found in Taranaki!
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 19 January 16 09:53 GMT (UK) »
Yes, I noticed what you have quoted, but they don't specifically mention passing the letters to descendants, just that they would be interested in hearing from descendants. That's how I understood it anyway - I may be wrong. What we are reading is just the paper's interpretation of the story. As we know papers often get it wrong.  ;D

 

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« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 19 January 16 10:21 GMT (UK) »
Well Ruskie, fingers crossed!  As I said in my first post, I hope this means they would hand them over!  :)
"We analyse the evidence to draw a conclusion. The better the sources and information, the stronger the evidence, which leads to a reliable conclusion!" Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk.

MATHEWS, Ireland, England, USA & Canada, NZ
FLEMING,   Ireland
DUNNELL,  England
PAULSON,  England
DOUGLAS, Scotland, Ireland, NZ
WALKER,   Scotland
WATSON,  England, Ayrshire, Scotland, NZ
McAUGHTRIE, Ayrshire, Scotland, NZ
MASON,     Scotland, England, NZ
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Re: Wartime Love Letters found in Taranaki!
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 19 January 16 10:32 GMT (UK) »
Lets hope that descendants can be found and more importantly, that they are interested in taking the letters. I know I would be!  ;D

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Re: Wartime Love Letters found in Taranaki!
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 19 January 16 11:00 GMT (UK) »
Wow...wouldn't we all love something like this to turn up in our family...hope they are returned to the family.
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Re: Wartime Love Letters found in Taranaki!
« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 19 January 16 15:34 GMT (UK) »
A couple of ideas........

Hopefully someone may be able to do a newspaper death notice look up for Carlyle Winston GOWER,* as this may reveal more about the family e.g. married names of his daughters.

Also someone with local knowledge could approach funeral directors in the area as it is possible they will hold records with family information.

*Known as Dan. Date of death, 1.7.1977.

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