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Hampshire & Isle of Wight / Re: WINTER: Ham, Eng to NZL
« on: Friday 22 October 21 16:36 BST (UK) »
Thank you for this reference. There are several articles on him in various newspapers. Giles
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight / Re: WINTER: Ham, Eng to NZL
« on: Friday 22 October 21 10:10 BST (UK) »
Thank you for your reply. I had picked up that the drive for the 2nd colony at Nelson was in 1841 with the immigrants arriving in early 1842. The ship Bolton on which James Winter came was not one of the first three ships that were in this group, as it arrived a few months later.
Yes I am researching the Packards, and am accutely aware that some of the best material on the NZ side of this branch of the family is deposted in the Alexander Turnbull Library in NZ, which I am unlikely to be able to visit. However, I have been able to see the research files kept by Brigadier JJ Packard who visited the family and pulled together an article on the family published in The Nelson Evening Mail on April 18 1981 page 7.
If you are interested in the Packard family, I can provide you with quite a lot of information on the various families - there were three separate branches in NZ. But this might be best handled as a separate topic or on the personal messenger system, not that I know how to use it.
With many thanks and best wishes in your researches
Giles
Giles Colchester
Researching family Packard
Yes I am researching the Packards, and am accutely aware that some of the best material on the NZ side of this branch of the family is deposted in the Alexander Turnbull Library in NZ, which I am unlikely to be able to visit. However, I have been able to see the research files kept by Brigadier JJ Packard who visited the family and pulled together an article on the family published in The Nelson Evening Mail on April 18 1981 page 7.
If you are interested in the Packard family, I can provide you with quite a lot of information on the various families - there were three separate branches in NZ. But this might be best handled as a separate topic or on the personal messenger system, not that I know how to use it.
With many thanks and best wishes in your researches
Giles
Giles Colchester
Researching family Packard
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight / Re: WINTER: Ham, Eng to NZL
« on: Tuesday 19 October 21 16:05 BST (UK) »
Are you still researching James Winter in Bentworth Hampshire and New Zealand? I would be interested to learn whether you established their reasons for emigration - what was the connection to the William Winter whose property was sold in 1837?
Giles Colchester
Researching family Packard
Giles Colchester
Researching family Packard
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Suffolk / Re: Westerfield House
« on: Saturday 01 September 12 17:07 BST (UK) »
I also now realise that my great aunt also lived at Westerfield house - Phyllis Margaret Packard who married Bertram Coleby Ransome. When I knew her, she was living at a different house.
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Suffolk / Re: Westerfield House
« on: Saturday 01 September 12 16:52 BST (UK) »
I have a little information on it as my gg grandfather Edward Packard lived there between the 1850s and 1874. Edward Packard is considered to be one of the founders of the artificial fertilizer industry in 1843. By the time that he moved into Westerfield House, he has made his fortune. During his time at Westerfield he was mayor of Ipswich. If anyone has more information on Edward Packard, I would be most interested.
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