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I tagged a visit to Ypres onto a weekend trip to see friends in Belgium. Having never been, I was keen to see the area where my cousin Peter (first, thrice removed) had fought during World War I and find out a bit about life on the Western Front. After leaving Brussels at midday on…
Wordless Wednesday is an ongoing series at GeneaBloggers.
Wordless Wednesday is an ongoing series at GeneaBloggers.
Wordless Wednesday is an ongoing series at GeneaBloggers.
On February 22nd 2011 at 12.51pm (NZDT), an earthquake of 6.3 magnitude hit Christchurch, New Zealand, causing the deaths of 185 people. These postcards are from the album of my grandmother, Agnes Majella (Burke) Gaffaney, who was born, raised and buried in Christchurch.
My great grandparents Peter Dominic and Margaret (O’Rourke) Gaffaney, along with their son Michael Dominic, moved to Waimate in 1919, where they lived at this house they named “Clonmel” in Mill Road. I didn’t know which number in Mill Road the house was, and couldn’t find it using Google Maps, so when my parents and…
St Patrick’s church in Waimate was opened on October 24th, 1909, replacing the original church that had been built in 1876 of local heart timber. It was renovated in 1954. ( The original church was moved to Washdyke in 1934, where it remains today.)1 Waimate District Council, “Waimate Churches [archived version]“, (http://www.waimatedc.govt.nz/Waimate/Community/waimatechurches.htm : accessed 19…
As it’s St Valentine’s Day, we’re off to 1896 Temuka, South Canterbury, for a wedding – the nuptials of Mr Patrick Dennis Hoare and Miss Mary Brosnahan. A WEDDIGN AT TEMUKA. (From an occasional Correspondent.) Temuka, May 2, 1896. One of the nicest weddings that has been celebrated in Temuka for many years took place…