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Hi there,

I am currently researching the families of John FRASER and his wife Janet ALLAN who lived in Croy & Dalcross, Inverness. John FRASER was a carpenter and the family lived in Clephanton. John and Janet had six children (that I am aware of): Charles, born 1839; James, born 1841; John, born 1844; Hugh, born 1847; Janet, born 1849, and Mary/Jessie, born 1853. Son John FRASER (also a carpenter)emigrated to New Zealand about 1874 and died on 8 April 1897 in Timaru, Canterbury.

If anyone can has any information to share on the FRASER/ALLAN families I would be most grateful.

Regards,

Katrina Fraser
New Zealand

LUKS departing from Victoria to NZ:
                               Age:  Ship:                Month/Year       Dest:                                           Fiche:   
LUKS   ---- MR   33   RANGITOTO   AUG   1867   NZ PORTS      AUG   1867   008
LUKS   ---- MR   29   GOTHENBURG   JAN   1868   NEW ZEALAND PORTS   JAN   1868   005
LUKS   ---- MISS   23   MOKOIA           JUL   1901   HOBART AND NEW ZEALAND PORTS   JUL   1901   001
LUKS   ---- MR   29   MANAPOURI   DEC   1896   NEW ZEALAND VIA HOBART   DEC   1896   006

regards
Alison

Hi Alison,

Thanks for this, it is very helpful!

Cheers, Katrina

Hi Terry,

Thanks for sharing your information. What an amazing story, my husband will be intrigued when I show him this message. Do you have any further information about the Luks family? From what we have found out so far they appear to have been very interesting people. We have begun compiling information about the family to include in a book.

Katrina

Hi Barbara,

That is wonderful to hear from a cousin in New Zealand! I am an Australian and moved here to New Zealand so I never expected to have any relatives here until I started looking into the family tree. We are in Taranaki, perhaps we could meet up one day. I am actually doing my husband's tree at the moment but I am always interested to follow up new leads on my own. Actually I wondered how Walter Henry Connelly's marriage might have been perceived by the family, considering the times, that is awful that he was disowned like that. I personally don't know a lot about the family myself, apart from what I've done in research, as it is my father's side and it was always a bit of a mystery. I went to Sydney earlier this year to visit my family and tracked down the grave of John Francis Connelly Snr and Lousia Palmer, it was very grand! I have a photo I can share with you of it if you like. I would be very interested to hear more about the Afghan side, sounds fascinating. I suppose if you have already done research on our family, you would already know about their gold prospecting. I found a book in Australia mentioning John Francis Connelly Jnr's prospecting in Western Australia.

Nice to 'meet' you Katrina

Hi there - do you have any information you can share on this family? From which of their children are you descended? Thanks, Katrina