Early last year I began a series of posts on the Brosnahan family. Well, “one” of the Brosnahan families, as there were a few that settled in South Canterbury, New Zealand, around the same time. My great great grandmother, Margaret Brosnahan, emigrated to New Zealand with her older brother John in 1862, travelling aboard the…
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After reading John Brosnahan’s will, I was curious to know what was in his father James’s will. I hadn’t found it on Archway when I initially looked, as I was searching under the name ‘Brosnahan’. Remembering that John’s parents were buried under the name of Brosnan, I searched again and found the reference to James’s…
At the beginning of this month, I decided I would challenge myself to post on this blog every day. It almost killed me, but I did it! Today I’m reposting a photo, one that’s become quite special to me. It’s a close up of John and Hanorah Brosnahan celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary with family…
James and Ann (Collins) Brosnan are my 3 x great grandparents. I’m not sure why they used that particular spelling of their surname here – they seemed to have used a couple of spellings interchangeably, but ‘Brosnan’ is now etched on their gravestone. The rest of the family all appear to have consistently used ‘Brosnahan’….
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…
The caption on the frame containing this photo says the occasion for the gathering was John Brosnahan and Hanorah O’Driscoll’s Golden Wedding anniversary. John and Hanorah were married on March 31st, 1865 in Christchurch, NZ.1 This would date the photograph to 1915. But the clothes don’t seem to match the period – just looking at…
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…
Obituary MRS. BROSNAHAN, Temuka Yet another of the fast diminishing numbers of early settlers has passed away in the person of Mrs Brosnahan, relict of the late Mr James Brosnahan, whose death (says the Temuka Leader) at the age of 86 is announced. The deceased lady was a resident of the district for the past…
Interestingly, a John Brosnahan appears in The Cyclopedia of New Zealand, which I posted about yesterday. Could this be my John? Brosnahan, John, Farmer, Levels. Mr. Brosnahan was born in County Kerry, Ireland, and came to New Zealand in 1862 by the ship “Exchange.” He engaged in various pursuits until 1865, when he became a…
A great resource from the New Zealand Electronic Text Centre – a searchable full-text edition of all six volumes of The Cyclopedia of New Zealand. The Cyclopedia of New Zealand was published in six volumes between 1897 and 1908 by the Cyclopedia Company Ltd. Each volume deals with a region of New Zealand and includes…