Dear A Logical Genie etc
Re William COSTELLO, b. ca. 1840 in/near Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland
arrived (Bluff, Southland,?) New Zealand, possibly via Melbourne, Australia
d. 17 January 1908, at "Clonmel" (Farm), Costellos Road, The Peaks, North Canterbury
Annie COSTELLO, b. ca. 1841 in/near Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland
arrived (West Coast,?) New Zealand, possibly via Melbourne, Australia
m. Raymond POSCHICH - ca. 1825, Fiume, Croatia (Austrian Empire)
- d. 1912 Barrytown, New Zealand
Annie/Anastatia/Anastasia Costello ("Costellor") POSCHICH
- d. 1917 Cobden, New Zealand
Both buried - Barrytown Cemetery, 86 Cargills Road, Barrytown, West Coast
Michael COSTELLO, b. ca. 1840 in/near Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland
arrived (West Coast,?) New Zealand, possibly via Melbourne, Australia "with sister?"
- detained 1852 (aged "12")
- supposeedly Michael accompanied Annie to New Zealalnd
- owned 50 acres farmland adjacent "Clonmel"
- 1884: taken by Crown as an asylums estate
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My Grandmother Kathleen Dwyer COSTELLO (Temuka, 1895 - Christchurch, 1998), m. Thomas Christchurch, 1921, widowed 1951. Lived in Masons's Flat 1897 - 1953. Went on a trip to Ireland in the late fifties, early sixties and found "two old men" still living in the family farm.
Some Costellos have travelled out to see the New Zealand branch, the latest a Priest in about 2006(ish?). I did not meet him.
MICHAEL findings
in next posting - bit long?!
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Cheers from Nelson, New Zealand