Tag Archives: New Zealand

Looking for any relatives of Charles William Cowper, Annie Eliza Kelly

Posted on June 2, 2008 by Mary Cowie

I am interested in hearing from any relative of Charles William Cowper and his wife Annie Eliza Kelly late of Wanganui, New Zealand.    My grandmother Annie Cowper (Mrs. Harry Talbot Cowie), was their eldest daughter. I can be contacted at    … Continue reading →

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Looking for relatives of William Henry Priest

Posted on June 2, 2008 by Mary Cowie

William Henry Priest son of William Henry Priest (Master Mariner) of Hobart, Tasmania. His wife was Jane Turnbull. William Henry Priest (Junior) married Bridget Callanan in Hokitika, New Zealand, October 20th 1883. Bridget was my great Aunt. I would love … Continue reading →

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Annie’s (Cowper) Postcard sent from Melbourne to New Zealand

Posted on April 11, 2008 by Mary Cowie

MASTER CHARLES TALBOT COWIE C/- W.E.Atkinson Esq., Bathwick, Preparatry School, River Bank, WANGANUI.  

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Horan Family Tree

Posted on August 22, 2007 by Mary Cowie

HISTORY OF THE HORAN FAMILY OUR STORY OF THE HORAN FAMILY BEGINS WITH: My,  gt.gt. grandparents JOHN HORAN and his wife MARY KILFAHEY or KILFILL, or KILLALLY or KILFOYLE,     both were deceased by 1849.   They lived at Eglish,  (probably),  near … Continue reading →

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Hogan Stories and Photos

Posted on July 19, 2007 by Mary Cowie

On  the old gravestone erected by Margaret Hogan after 1913,  that once stood in the Hokitika cemetery Westland, New Zealand, were recorded the deaths of T H O M A S    HOG A N  native of Birr, Kings County (now … Continue reading →

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