Fanny WELLS. Family history missing for biracial great grandmother, Australia

[cando]

Perhaps this is one of the possible reasons that the family didn't discuss their ancestry.

Birth
1880/674   
DAVIS    George Joseph    
Father Not Recorded   Mother Elizabeth   

Death
1950/26363   
DAVIS George Joseph       67 Years

Frances' burial record
http://rid.waipadc.govt.nz/cemetery/cemetery_record_view.php?id=9227

and in the next grave - George Joseph - age at death is not an exact match for the birth year but there are no other George DAVIS births that match.
http://rid.waipadc.govt.nz/cemetery/cemetery_record_view.php?id=8416

Cando

[sparrett]

Mmm... So she had a middle name Beatrice that she didn't use and he had a  Joseph.

Sue

[sparrett]

Before his marriage to Frances, George, I think was here-

Regions Wellington, Manawatu-Wanganui, Hawke's Bay
1905-1906
Electoral Roll
DAVIS, George. Waiorongomai.
Station hand

Sue

ADDING-
This link gives some history of the station and the Matthews family who have owned it for generations
http://www.waiorongomai.co.nz/#!the-land-and-the-people/c1xaj


 

[dean.wendy]

Thanks for the further information yes there is definitely some mystery and secrets on both sides. But I think we are getting a bit closer to uncovering details in NZ. We just need to get to the bottom of Fanny/Frances Wells side.

[cando]

Just because the family didn't speak about their ancestry doesn't mean they were hiding 'things'.  Did anyone actually ask?

I can't see any mystery about the WELLS family in Australia or the DAVIS family in NZ. 

You could have found out simply by searching the NZ indexes.  It is also possible that the descendants were not told...or didn't ask.

Just remember that people are not always honest with information on certificates.

Cando

[cando]

Cando can you msg me plz.... re: Wells

lve also done a lot of the aussie tree with my group and think by looking at ur comments you 2 are from my tree 

Hi Possum b

Welcome to rootschat .

I am not connected to your family.  Members of rootschat help one another with their family research and I am simply just one of those members who enjoy the challenge of  sorting out puzzling family histories.  Chatter dean.wendy is your relative

If you make two more posts you will be able to message her using the PM system.
http://www.rootschat.com/help/pms.php

Good luck.

Cando

[dean.wendy]

Hi
Just want to say a big thanks to majm,  Cando, and sparret and others for all the information so far on unraveling the Wells family history, now I need to sit down and try and start piecing together what I have.  I am still waiting on a birth and marriage hardcopy so will see how we go forward from here.

[cando]

It would appear you now have two rellies on rootschat

Do return and type up the info on those certs along with that photo and we may be able to help you further.

I have spent a lot of time attempting to identify William Henry Harrison WELLS on the US census but to date not have any success at all using the information I have found on the web.  Perhaps he wasn't accurate with his age or the informant on his death cert was accurate.  I did find an unsourced tree on a subscription based website that had his mother as Abigail so possibly the owner had purchased a cert of two.

There are a number of William Henry Harrison WELLS in that era in the US.

Cando

[cando]

Questions from previous posts

Have you contacted Kasden?

Did Verdun or William marry?

Cando