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Last Update:20-07-10

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The Kivell Family

John Kivell, (with no definite date of arrival in New Plymouth, maybe 1854?) married Mary Jane Old on the 31-12-1855 in St Mary's Church, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand.

Richard Old and wife Jane (Liddycoat) arrived in New Plymouth aboard the ship "Essex" on the 20-01-1843 from Cornwall, England with 10 of their 11 children with Mary Jane Old being one of the children.

Links that will take visitors to the sites that contain information on our family's history or to sites that I have found to be useful in furthering a person's knowledge.

This months Webpage

The comet McNaught taken from New Plymouth.

Lieutenant Ralph Dorchel Doughty M.C. and his five day by day diaries written while on active service for the Australian Army between the 5th April 1915 and the 16th March 1917 - covering the the Gallipoli, France and Belgium (Passchendaele) campaigns.

The Butler Family

Born in Aettenschwil, Aargau, Switzerland on the 30 Oct 1860 BUTLER Josef Felix travelled to New Zealand at the age of 24 in 1884.

At the age of 26 Josef married Maria Idda FISCHER who had travelled to New Zealand three years earlier (with her mother). They were married at the Roman Catholic Church Inglewood NZ on 31 Oct 1886.

LET US LIVE IN HOPE OUR FAMILIES NEVER FORGET THE MEN AND WOMEN

WHO WENT TO WAR TO PROVIDE ALL OF US AND FUTURE GENERATIONS

WITH THE LIFE WE HAVE THE BENEFIT OF; OUR FREEDOM

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Dedicated to family members who have sacrificed their lives and served in all wars.

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