*COMPLETED*Thames marriage 1890s CAMPBELL

[carpo]

These are the births reg in NZ to the marriage of
Elizabeth Amelia WELLS Birth: 28 MAY 1879 Death: 18 AUG 1917
Marriage 1898/4403   Elizabeth Amelia    WELLS to William Albert Edward Lorne CAMPBELL


1909/2753   Campbell    Helen Amelia
1899/13046   Campbell    Gladys Viola
1901/13958   Campbell    Lilian May
1904/19045   Campbell    Alexander
1907/2504   Campbell    Amy Pearl
1911/1620   Campbell    Ruth Elizabeth

Graham

[Janoz]

Thanks Graham

It's great to have those names and dates.  Nice to see that the name "Viola"  has persisted - The name of the Campbells' emmigration ship!

Cheers
Jan

[darell]

Hi there - Elizabeth Amelia Campbell ( Wells ) was my great great Grandparents daughter, she died in 1917 the same year that both her parents died. Her brother Thomas was my great grandfather !!!
I am going to Thames next week to do some more research on the Wells family and the 6 daughters and 3 sons , I already know heaps about Frederick Augusta Churcher Wells and his wife Margaret who were Elizabeths parents.
Please contact me if you want more of my information.
Cheers
Darell

[Thamesite2017]

Hi Darell
Welcome to the Thames-ite clan 
If you are coming to Thames Thursday to Sunday, The Treasury is open 11am to 3pm
http://www.thetreasury.org.nz/index.htm

all the resources available, plus pioneer registers/certificates/trees..so hopefully gaps can be filled, plys they love donations of copies of any info you want to share

Do you have any particluar gaps in your research?
Bye
althea

[darell]

Hi Althea, Thank you for your rapid reply !!
Yes I have been to The Treasury in Thames once before. I found they had very little info on Elizabeth's parents and family but that was 2 years ago . I am preparing a pioneer register for my great great grandparents -Frederick and Margaret Wells who died the same year as Elizabeth. My Great grand father Thomas was I believe their oldest child born in Onehunga in Auckland 1866.
So I am trying to confirm the names and dates of all the other children -I only recently discovered that there were 6 girls and 3 boys. Any information in this direction would be great.
From past papers I have discovered a lot about the family and this trip we are going to try to get up to Tararu Cemetery ( the road up was closed when we last tried ) and I want to discover the site of the Butcher shop and house they all lived in on old Tararu Road .
I myself lived in Thames for 5 years back in the 1980s but wasn't interested in genealogy then !!
I have several family items from the old Wells family home -an old wash jug and some china and a riding crop !!
Can I ask where you fit into the family tree and do you live in Thames ??
Cheers
Darell

[Thamesite2017]

I'm just a Thames research fanatic
Did you leave  a picture of the butcher's shop last time you went??
Just I remember the co-ordinator at the Treasury saying that a picture had been donated?? plus a reseracher calling..it may have been you.
I will post back about the current status of the tararu cemetery access

You will find the names of Fred's children in the school records..paper copies available and summary on CD
they also show any movement around the town, birthdates etc

I have put a page on the butcher shop in the THAMES BUSINESS folder..so welcome descendants add ing any information that they have
Bye
Althea

Electoral rolls, street Directories, Burgess Roll (shows property ownership) - will all tell you abut family
I have indexes of alot of info and at The Treasury you will find the paper copies with more info in most cases
http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~althea/index.html
The Treasury old IMAGES folders are great with magnifying glass for finding old shops and houses

[Thamesite2017]

Update:
Tararu cemetery access okay via steps
Lawns mowed this past wednesday and the Wells graves easily locatable

Good luck
Bye
althea

[darell]

Hi Althea -guess what no luck !! The steps up to the cemetery are very narrow, very steep and with all the wet weather impossible for me to go up without huge risk !!! So disappointing -I can't imagine how they would get a lawn mower up !!
Not to worry !!
Tomorrow I go and start more research at the treasury in Thames.
I haven't been able to find the names of 3-4 of Frederick and Margaret's children so that's my next mission!!!
Thanks for your help !!!
Darell

[marshwells]

Hi my name is Marshall Thomas Wells.

I was born in NZ but now live in Perth, Western Australia.

I have started to trace back my family ties in NZ and have come as far as Frederick A C Wells, my Great Great Grand Father. My Great Grand father was his son George Andrew Wells - George's son, Thomas Churcher Wells my Grand Father and ^(*)my Father.

If you have any information on these individuals and their families you wouldn't mind sharing with me it would be much appreciated.

Thankyou.

Marshall Wells
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