Hi there
I'm trying to get some information about my maternal grandmother's family. She was born Minnie Todd in (around) Ashington, England in 1904.
From what I've been told her father was a miner. When her mother was widowed she emigrated with her children to New Zealand in the late 1920's.
One of her daughters, my grandmother (Minnie), married a Petty Officer in the Royal Navy: Australasian line. He was named Samuel Paterson and was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1904.
They married in Aukland. My mother was born in Aukland in October 1929 and named Minnie Paterson.
Mother and daughter returned to live at the Naval Base, Bute, Scotland around 1932 / 3. My mother never saw her father again until the early 1950's. They met on one occasion and he died a few months later.
Mother and daughter were separated in 1934 when my mother was 5 years old. She met her mother, on one occasion only, in 1952.
Minnie Todd (Paterson) never returned to New Zealand.
I'm sure she had siblings who remained in New Zealand.
I'm interested to find out more about her and her family.
I hope someone can help.
Patty
