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SMITH Thomas – Auckland – Settler 1940 – 1940 agency series accession box / item record partalternative no.BBAE 1570 Box490 566/1940

Dear Hugh, I saw your name on the Wexford Surnames List and don’t know if this family might be familiar to you. William SMITH (presumably b. ca 1780)of Tara Hill HouseBarony of ShemaliereCo. Wexford m. C. GILLof St. John’s on 2 June 1805 Children:Frances SMITH, b 23 April 1806 (m. John BROWNE, emigrated to Canada)William [...]

HBH 1890 October 18 65th REGIMENT The following story is going the rounds: – The 65th Regiment was 20years out of sight, till at last the London Punch discovered it to bein NEW ZEALAND. That island (says a writer in the Sydney Morning Herald) at the time-from 25 to 35 years ago was the very [...]

Fwd: Dempsey in Wexford

———- Forwarded message ———-From: Marjorie Hankins <mandf.hankins@sympatico.ca>Date: 26-Oct-2005 11:40Subject: RE: Dempsey in WexfordTo: hugh@xtra.co.nz It is a long time since I did the research, but my records have:Kew Record Office, WO12 Folios 8193-8197 for 1807 to 1817.I don’t have the address for Kew but they are doubtless on-line now. WO isthe class of records that [...]

Date: 22-Oct-2005 03:52Subject: Irish in British Regiments Dear Hugh, THe Irish have always loved fighting and make great soldiers. Most BritishRegiments had Irish in them. Irish loved fighting so much they joined otherarmies and fought for other countries like Spain, France (and the FrenchForeign Legion) and America. Some served in the Indian Army. You never [...]

Fwd: [WEX] Dempsey in Wexford

———- Forwarded message ———-From: Alan and Mary Cooper <almaathome@btinternet.com>Date: 21-Oct-2005 23:36Subject: Re: [WEX] Dempsey in WexfordTo: hugh@xtra.co.nz Hugh,This is interesting as we have a written account of how one of Mary’santecedents was an English soldier – time span about right. There arealso Dempsey lurking in there somewhere as well, but please don’t getexcited as there [...]

Name SMITH, MARGARET Details F: died 20-11-1941: aged 70 Place Hillsborough Location Area 10 Block D Lot No 84

Name SMITH, THOMAS Details M: died 29-08-1940: aged 71 Place Hillsborough Location Area 10 Block D Lot No 84

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Smith Family Photo at Te Kopuru. c 1910.

Descendants of William John Smith, Wexford, Ireland 1 William John Smith 1837 – 1883 +Catherine Mary Hayes 1840 – 1928 2 Thomas Smith 1869 – 1940 +Margaret Davern 1871 – 1941 3 Evelyn Elizabeth Anne Smith 1895 – 1956 +William Ernest Darke Christian 1890 – 1963 3 Catherine Margaret Mary Smith 1896 – 1965 +Claude [...]

Part of the land info of John Hayes from National Archives 1840 

William John Smith Born 25 Dec 1837 Wexford, Ireland Ship and Arrival 1854 Ship “William Miles” Army BET. 1850 – 1854 55 th Regiment Occupation Soldier, Blacksmith Religion Roman Catholic Married Issue:m 14, 12, 10, 4, 2 F 8, 6 Died 1 19 Sep 1883 Whangaroa, NZ Sletthusus Pulmonilis-2 years Buried 23 Sep 1883 Totara [...]

Descendants of John Daly Hayes Generation No. 1 1. JOHN DALY HAYES was born 16 June 1810 in Ireland, and died 9 September 1873 in Whangaroa. He married SARAH MARY SIMPSON Abt 1839 in Pompallier, Russell. Notes Land Claim 43/650 Reference OLC 1/1881 No 366 John Daly Hayes Wangarra Claimed from Haipepa Alleged purchase 1835 [...]

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