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Research in Other Countries => New Zealand => New Zealand Completed Requests => Topic started by: Cockneyrebel on Sunday 29 May 11 12:45 BST (UK)
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I'm looking for the above who was born in London city 6/1/1887 and is rumoured to have married Mabel Aspinall but of no date.
However, it is said that he emigrated to Kerekeri in NZ and either before or after the emigration he married a Samoan 'princess'. I've had no luck trying to find his marriage, wife's and children's details or death dates for any of them.
I found what appears to be him on the 1935-1946 NZ censuses living in Kerikeri with Mabel and various other Ritchies' but don't know who belongs to whom.
He appears to be an orchardist.
Can anyone please help?
CR
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Hi CR,
He died
1960/25628 Ritchie Herbert Percy aged 73Y and there is a probate for him at Archives
http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=963242
Cheers Janette
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Thank you Janette for that information; however I cannot seem to get to the probate order-is there a knack to it?
Do you know his wife and children's details-or am I missing the point?
CR
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Hi CR,
His probate/will is held at Auckland Archives,it may have his children and wife's names,if you put another thread requesting someone to request to see it and take photos of it for you
Cheers Janette
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Thank you again for that idea-I'll give it a go.
CR
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Can some kind person look and photograph the probate record for the above who died in 1960.
The probate record is held at:
http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=963242
Living in the UK I cannot do it and would like to know his wife and children's details.
CR
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Hi Cr,
I will get a moderator to move this to the active board of NZ, where it will be seen and replied to. Might pay you to modify your title a bit and add in "Auckland Archives" after the date.
Cheers
KHP
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Thanks for the advice KHP-like the cats paw movement!
CR
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Topics merged.
Spades
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Hello,
Herbert Percy Ritchie bn London 6th Jan 1887 d 2nd April, 1960 and his gracious lady Mabel (nee) Aspinall born Lotipo 11th Sept 1892 died 1st June 1982. Loving parents of.....Herbert,Alan,Lorna and Hugh
This is the inscription on their headstone in the grounds of St James Church, Keri Keri.
Lotipo sounds as though it could be a place in one of the islands, or a Pacific Island on its own.
Wow, a great headstone full of info.
Hinton
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Oops, got distracted in my reply.
Never heard of Lotipo.
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Hello
The Samoan birth register has Mabel being bn at LOtopa, Apia,Upolo, Samoa.
Father RJ Aspinall. Mother`s name Sifaga.
Hope this helps. Sending pm
Regards, Hinton
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Hello hinton,
Thank you so much for all that wonderful information, amazing that a gravestone has so much on it there.
I wonder if there are any Ritchies' in Keri Keri researching the tree as well?
All I need now is the children's dobs, etc and their doings.
Once again many thanks for confirming the rumour of the Samoan, as to whether she was a princess remains to be seen!
CR
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Hello, Herbert and Mabel Richie are my great grandparents.
My grandmother was Lorna Mabel Richie, who married Dennis Rothwell Bowden. They had 4 children, the second eldest is my father.
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Hi Kristina,
I'm in contact with Dael in Australia regarding your family and the Ritchies' in general.
CR
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Hi Hinton & anyone else looking for connections :-)
Richard Pembridge Aspinall Sr, an Accountant / Treasurer, who made his home in Samoa had three children to Sifaga Aspinall:
Mabel (Kerikeri, NZ), Robert (America) and Richard Jr (Samoa). The youngest son of William Gregson Aspinall Sr (Merchant) & Caroline Hudson both of Liverpool, Lancashire, England, U.K.
My grandfather is Richard Pembridge (Jnr) Aspinall. My mother is Violet Leota (nee Aspinall) 13th child out of 14 of my grandfather Richard Pembridge (Jr) Aspinall.
Hope the above information is helpful? We certainly would love to meet Robert Aspinall & Mabel Ritchie's families sometime soon as they are the only 2 siblings of my late grandfather Richard Pembridge (Jr).
The children/grandchildren/great grandchildren & great great grandchildren of Richard Pembridge Aspinall (JR) holding our 1st ever family reunion here in Auckland,NZ December 2015.
Hope to hear from anyone connected to the Aspinall lineage especially through from Richard Pembridge Aspinall (Snr) & Sifaga Aspinall.
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Replied by pm.
cr
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Hi Aspinall05 and welcome to RootsChat. ;D
Best wishes for your family reunion in 2015. ;D
I fully understand and support your need to explain the family origins but are you able to confirm that all those individuals you mentioned above are deceased?
I mention this because RootsChat has a policy of withholding the names of living and possibly living persons to protect their privacy.
Regards,
Spades
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Hi Aspinall05.
Still waiting for you to contact me via pm; I've a lot of Aspinall and Ritchie guys who would like to know more about your reunion.
Cr
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Hi Cr
Aspinall05 will need to post a couple more times before the PM system is available
Cheers Janette
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Hi All,
Yes I can confirm that all names I have mentioned have passed on even my dearest mother Violet Leota (nee Aspinall) who passed July 2011. Our 1st Aspinall Reunion of my late Grandfather Richard Pembridge Aspinall (Jr) who is the son of the late Richard Pembridge Aspinall (Snr) kicks off in Auckland, NZ on the 17th December 2015.
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Hi Cr,
Just saw your latest post. If you could PM me please? Apologies for the late reply. Just for clarification purposes: The Aspinall Family Reunion that is held in Auckland,NZ is for those issues from Richard Pembridge Aspinall (JR) his 14 children (whom are now all deceased) - Grandchildren & so forth.
Our next step is we would LOVE to have a big Reunion with my late great-grandfather (Richard Pembridge Aspinall Snr) his siblings and their children, grandchildren etc,etc,
Thank you :-)