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Title: Help needed for New Plymouth Location Please.COMPLETED.
Post by: gereon on Tuesday 29 April 08 00:10 BST (UK)

Hi,would anyone on the board know the whereabouts of Barrett Road New Plymouth.Is it in Omata?My reason for asking,Ihave two photos of my Gt grandfathers house,one taken in 1881 when it was a small cottage,the other taken in 1911 I think they are both the same house although its hard to say as so much has been built on.I know that the cottage was in Omata,but the 1911 Taranaki Electoral Roll has my Gt grandfather and family living at Barrett Road.The family eventually moved into the city to live at 19 Vivian St.Hope someone can clear up this small matter for me.Cheers.Gereon. :)

Title: Re: Help needed for New Plymouth Location Please.
Post by: lil growler on Tuesday 29 April 08 00:24 BST (UK)

Hi Gereon

Shall I send you a map. Barrett road is the last Road on the left on the outskirts of town before heading towards Omata and around the coast. Any idea where the cottage may have been, there are a few rundown places out that way. As you turn into Barrett Road now you pass through a newly developed area called Whalers Gate. About a mile or two past that you leave the residential area and its all country  :) Send me a picture if you like of the homestead and I shall go and have a look exactly where it is. Have you any picutres of 19 Vivian Street?

Regards

lil growler

Title: Re: Help needed for New Plymouth Location Please.
Post by: gereon on Tuesday 29 April 08 01:18 BST (UK)

Hi lil growler,thanks for that.Photos on their way,No,I dont have photos of the Vivian St house but I understand its still there and is close to St Marys Church.Cheers.Gereon. ;)

Title: Re: Help needed for New Plymouth Location Please.
Post by: harvoid on Tuesday 29 April 08 05:53 BST (UK)

do you know the address in barrett road,in 1880 this area would have been known as omata

Title: Re: Help needed for New Plymouth Location Please.
Post by: gereon on Tuesday 29 April 08 07:04 BST (UK)

Thanks for that harvoid.No.I dont have the number of the house,but it seems you are right and the area was in Omata.Cheers.Gereon.

Title: Re: Help needed for New Plymouth Location Please.
Post by: gereon on Thursday 01 May 08 02:03 BST (UK)

Hi,to those who may be interested,I have posted the 1911 photo of my gt grandparents home at Omata on the Photo Restore page.Cheers.Gereon. ;)