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Title: Help or Advice please
Post by: hunnykitten on Thursday 20 September 07 09:03 BST (UK)

Hi All,
My gradfather recently passed away and we found a photocopy of part of a manuscript  by William Tanner, it full title is William Tanner's Voyage To New Zealand September to December 1879 on the WAITIA.
As far as i know the above William Tanner is not a relation to any side of my family.I have established that William's son was Walter Alfred Tanner who was born in Northampton.
The manuscript is a very good read and i am hoping someone may be able to tell me whether the whole manuscript/book is available anywhere.
Also if any one could give me a website etc address for any info that is available for William would be very appreciated.

Thanks

karen

Title: Re: Help or Advice please
Post by: Thamesite2017 on Sunday 23 September 07 01:34 BST (UK)

I WOnder if the ship could have been Waitara Gravesend 7/09/1879 Lyttelton 24/12/1879 109 Cowell
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shipstonz/lyttelton2.html

Can't seem to find anything for WAITIA any period

Just found
http://www.nram.org.nz/record.php?id=2054&parent=searchresults&match=Phrase&format=Long&sort=title&words=tanner
It was Waitara and you can contact Canterbury Museum 28/86
Enquiries about 28/86 can be emailed to docinfo@canterburymuseum.com

Title: Re: Help or Advice please
Post by: hunnykitten on Saturday 06 October 07 06:05 BST (UK)

Hi Althea,

Thank you for the information it was a great help.
Sorry for the delay in replying but i was away.

Thanks
Hun

Title: Re: Help or Advice please
Post by: DotBrennan on Monday 10 November 08 04:48 GMT (UK)

In the interests of good housekeeping, I’ve moved this post to completed.

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