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Channel Islands Lookup Requests / Re: Jersey lookup request Helleur/Amy family
« on: Saturday 20 March 10 01:27 GMT (UK)  »
hi again toni - just received an email from yvonne who said she is blown away by all the information and cant wait to chat to you and your father - i will reply now and give her your email address - just so you know it is not spam when it comes through her address is (*) - my email address is (*) and i will also email you direct if thats okay - my name is ruth coomber, mirella is just my logon id - regards ruth 

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Channel Islands Lookup Requests / Re: Jersey lookup request Helleur/Amy family
« on: Friday 19 March 10 09:29 GMT (UK)  »
think i have it now!!!  have been browsing on the lds site and have found matthiew helleur and susanne alexandre so will track back to them tomorrow - a bit overwhelming at this time of night - thank you again toni, so very much appreciated, will email yvonne and no doubt she will be in touch - but in the mean time will keep chatting to you - its all so fascinating isnt it - regards ruth

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Channel Islands Lookup Requests / Re: Jersey lookup request Helleur/Amy family
« on: Friday 19 March 10 08:47 GMT (UK)  »
thats all terrific toni - thank you so much - will get my head around it and email yvonne later this evening - she will be thrilled - thank you for your email address also, i will pass it on to her.

think i am a bit confused with the info from lisa on this site which refers to francois and esther helleur nee amy - is that another family altogether?

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Channel Islands Lookup Requests / Re: Jersey lookup request Helleur/Amy family
« on: Friday 19 March 10 07:38 GMT (UK)  »
hi again toni - i need to correct a few things in my previous very excited email to you - i meant to say do we know when frederick arrived in new zealand - he was not in australia ever!    yvonne thinks they settled in the akaroa (?) area and all seemed to live around canterbury or dunedin

also i meant to say were his parents francois and esther ?

i saw from one of the other messages that there were three children but they didnt mention frederick - interesting to see one of the sons was a master mariner because yvonne thought her great grandfather was - wondering how to put her in contact with you - not sure she would find this site and move around it easily - thought i would give you her email address if that is ok - will just check with her first - regards ruth 

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Channel Islands Lookup Requests / Re: Jersey lookup request Helleur/Amy family
« on: Friday 19 March 10 07:29 GMT (UK)  »
toni - thank you so very much for your response - feeling really excited that we are making progress now - yvonne will be delighted - she lives in the usa and i am in australia - i dont have any connection to the helleur family but am really interested in helping her with her research - lily helleur born 1870 nz died in rural nsw in 1923

in 1891 she married john stirling taylor and they had the following children
john henry taylor born 1891 (yvonne's father) married minnie margaret oxford in australia where yvonne was born -

alexander norman taylor born 1894 died gallipolli8/8/1915 - his name is inscribed on the nz memorial at chunuk bair turkey

violet mabel taylor born 1896 died manly nsw  1938
leslie stirling taylor born 1898 died ?
allan hood taylor born 1899 died 1978 australia
stillborn child born 1901
myrtle evelyn taylor born 1903 died ?

(have to get a couple of dates of death and marriages from yvonne)

do you know when frederick helleur arrived in australia?  yvonne thought he was a mariner but doesnt know much else except he was french

were his parents those mentioned above on this site - frederic and esther nee amy?

i couldnt find those details on the lds site

do you know anything about eliza harrington?

sorry for all these questions - i am feeling quite excited and will email yvonne straight away

looking forward to hearing from you again - kind regards ruth coomber

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Channel Islands Lookup Requests / Re: Jersey lookup request Helleur/Amy family
« on: Friday 19 March 10 05:13 GMT (UK)  »
hi tony - i am trying to assist my godmother who is in her 80s to trace her helleur ancestry - her grandfather was frederick helleur who married eliza harrington in nz - date unknown - they had the following children
florence b1858, elizabeth b 1860, ellen born 1862, george born c1864, eugenie b 1866, frederick francis born 1868, lily born 1870, rose adelaide b1872, may adelaide b1877, winifred b1882

my godmother is descended through lily helleur who married john stirling taylor in 1891 - they all lived in the canterbury region of new zealand

eliza helleur is buried at le bons cemetery nr canterbury

my godmother yvonne recalls her father john henry taylor telling her that his grandfather frederick used to sing to him in french - they believe he was a mariner/seaman and born in the channel islands but have not been able to trace his parents
does anyone know of this family and if so we would be grateful for any information about how we can obtain information about when they arrived in nz  - many thanks in anticipation - mirella

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