Beginnings in Gods Own (The Barratt Family) by Peggy Crawford. A comprehensive chronicle of events of the Barratt family history and their descendants. From 1830 in England to New Zealand in 1842 following the lives of some 50 families into the twentieth century. Cooper-Stretch-Barratt-Craill-Harris-Parker.
Hardback. 196 pages. Secondhand.
Chisholm, Murchison, McRae by Margaret Whitford. The history of the Chisholm and related families in New Zealand.
Softback. 133 pages. Secondhand.
A McIsaac History by Lindsay McIsaac and John Catley. A family history of the McIsaacs from Glasgow to Renwicktown, New Zealand.
Softback. 302 pages. Secondhand.
The Furthest Promised Land by Rollo Arnold. By following New Zealand immigrants back to the hearths, homes and fields of their native villages in England, Arnold throws new light on the dynamics of rural emigration from Victorian England: he is able to enlarge our understanding of the shaping of rural communities of the new land.
Hardback with dustjacket, slight wear. 408 pages. Secondhand.
Longslip Ben Avon, the Station and its People by Adelyn Cameron. Tells the story of the pioneer families and staff who worked on these two stations in the Ahuriri Basin. Includes genealogical tables and lists of employees.
Softback, stapled, illustrated, 1976, 104 pages. SECONDHAND
Awaroa Legacy the Story of the Hadfield Family by Carol Dawber and Lynette Wilson. William and Harry Hadfield arrived at the Awaroa inlet, Nelson in 1863, this book charts their history and the generations who folowed them between 1863 and 1999.
Hardback, illustrated, 352 pages. SECONDHAND
The Sons and Daughters, Tales of the Macfarlanes, Farmers of North Canterbury. Shona McRae describes the history of the eleven children of Catherine Cameron and John Macfarlane who arrived in New Zealand from Scotland in 1840. From poor beginnings they worked to build up six large farming homesteads in Canterbury. Signed by the author.
Hardback with dust-jacket, illustrated, 79 pages. SECONDHAND
Hamblyn Family History, Plymouth to New Plymouth, Fitzroy District 1841-1976 by M.N. Shaw. The author describes the migration of the Hamblyn family to the Taranaki district. Also describes related families, the Hamleys, Hamblys, Hamblyns, George family, the Midhurst settlement, Mills family, Charles Allan, Edith Stock, family reunion list.
Hardback with dust-jacket, illustrated, 312 pages. SECONDHAND
The Family From The Terrace The Robert Wilson Family History. Author Dorothy Taylor describes the pioneer life of Robert Stobo Wilson and the generations who followed him including Bob and Barbara Wilson, and the Mortons of Glen Idyll. Published by the author, 1983.
Softcovers, illustrated, 260 pages. SECONDHAND
