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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: Hankey family Dunedin
« on: Sunday 09 August 20 04:46 BST (UK)  »
Oh my gosh!!!  After all the times I have looked at this I never looked to the right!  I assumed the coipy had four marriages on it not 2!  Unbelievable.  This immediately disproves the NZ connection as here he lists his fathers name as Peter whereas later one states his fathers name was Heinrich.

Ive attached the FULL CERTIFICATE.

So hard to read...  am thinking parents are Peter and B....  ?     Interesting that Agnes Stanton lists her parents as William and Mary Stanton.  She was a widow,  born Agnes Brown with parents William and Mary Brown.   

oh Lucy i feel so silly and so delighted at the same time as I can now delve a little deeper!  Thank you so much

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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: Hankey family Dunedin
« on: Sunday 09 August 20 01:52 BST (UK)  »
Im a little confused when you scroll across the image you can see the right hand side.

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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: Hankey family Dunedin
« on: Saturday 08 August 20 04:50 BST (UK)  »
Hopefully it will load this time

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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: Hankey family Dunedin
« on: Saturday 08 August 20 04:05 BST (UK)  »
Hi again Lucy

Here is the photo in full,  Have also attached his death certificate.  Im not sure about the details the next of kin at the time advised.

Has anyone got death details for the NZ Heinrich Henke.  If they do that totally discounts my theory.




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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: Hankey family Dunedin
« on: Friday 07 August 20 06:53 BST (UK)  »
Hi there Lucy!  Yes still following this family.  :-)  Yvonne

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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: Hankey family Dunedin
« on: Tuesday 07 July 20 08:30 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for your lengthy reply Lucy.

As you can see this search for details of Harry Hanks has been a long one.  The name Heinrich Henke was given to us by details on the following page.  http://germanaustralianalianstomilitarism.blogspot.com/2011/09/h-surnames-germanic-emigrants-1870-1920.html     It listed the surname as Hankz.

From written stories by Harry's Eldest daughter he met his wife in Glasgow via his sister Emily.  They were apparently good friends.  Agnes was married at the time and they didnt marry until her husband died.  He didnt talk much about his background but had a distinct accent.  Family though him to be German or Danish.

Below is his marriage certificate and death certificate

Because I found the records of him working aboard ships in Australia and he married in Australia in Victoria I attributed a Naturalisation certificate to him which listed his birthplace as Groseneder.  On closer observation the timeline didnt fit and then I found a death certificate in Bendigo for a Heinrich Henke.  This shows me there was a distinct possibility I was follwoing the wrong Heinrich.

When I found the three Henke families travelling to New Zealand via Glasgow I wondered if there was a possibility not all continued or some returned to Glasgow. 

This of course will prove my theory wrong if Heinrich and Emily came to NZ and records of their lives there exist.

Any help you can throw on this would be appreciated.   I will order his marriage certificate for the second marriage and see if it has any further info but from what I can see he listed his birthplace as Glasgow for all records I have found.

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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: Hankey family Dunedin
« on: Sunday 05 July 20 01:56 BST (UK)  »
Many thanks Lu....

am desperately hoping the Emily and Heinrich children are unaccounted for in NZ at some time after arriving and are the ones Ive been looking for for years!

Cheers

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Europe / Re: German Ancestor search help please
« on: Saturday 04 July 20 02:11 BST (UK)  »
Oh Thank you so much!

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Europe / Re: German Ancestor search help please
« on: Friday 03 July 20 09:01 BST (UK)  »
I have just relooked at this and I think this is not the same Heinrich Henke!

I just found a death burial notice for him in Ballarat and the timeline isnt right so this rules out that he was born in Groseneder.  I found a Naturalisation certificate for him in Ballarat ... a miner... and this form listed the birthplace which is why i mentioned it as no where else does it specify the place rather than a general Westfalen Prussia Germany.

SO Prussia,  Westfalen yes but not necessarily Groseneder.

I also found three Henke families emigrating from Germany to New Zealand which includes a father and son named Heinrich Henke perfectly fitting the birth date but now am unsure if this is the Ballarat Henke or the Western Australia one.

Oh the web we weave  *sigh

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