Welcome! This website was created on 03 Feb 2008 and last updated on 26 Nov 2009. There are 18736 names in this family tree. The earliest recorded event is the birth of Wadman, William in 1532.The most recent event is the death of Janett, June Mary in 2009.
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About PECK of Taita
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Although Samuel Peck snr was born in Wellington in 1850, his parents, 4 older
siblings and 4 of his uncles arrived on the CATHERINE STEWART FORBES into Port Nicholson
on 24 June 1841, having left Gravesend London on 5th Feb., a journey of 109 days.
The cost was equivalent to 5 months earnings for a labourer - todays comparison would
cost about $12,000 - it was important for the Government to introduce assisted
immigration.
The New Zealand Company sent out the 1st reduced fares passage - the PHOEBE -
which arrived in March 1843.
During the Government Scheme 93% of immigrants took advantage of this, with 100,000
migrants from UK brought to the colony under the scheme
- NZ's first european visitor was Cristoval de MENDOCA in 1521, 300 years before the
first settlers. In 1806 11 convicts from Australia hijacked a ship and sailed to the
Bay of Islands. All the early adventurers, explorers and missionaries at
- Visions of a new-model English society in the southern hemisphere, elaborate and
grandiose advertising, free passage, the aim: promoting the "systematic"
colonisation of a new land and seeing itself as a prospective quasi-government of
New Zealand
- An excellent site by Robbie Whitmore with a search engine, many, many links,
photos, a history forum, watch or learn the Haka, Māori folk songs, tattooing & art,
gold rush days, NZ wars - everything Kiwi from pre European to todays news
Read how Te Rauparaha used an image of his moko (facial tattoo) to sign a deed of sale
- Te Whare Tohu Tuhituhinga 0 Aotearoa - National Archives of New Zealand
- An online version of Te Aka Māori-English, English-Māori Dictionary and Index.
This online Māori dictionary is aimed at providing quick and easy access - just type
in your word top left for a basic search
- All you want to know about our Air Force during the war. Links, photos,
RNZAF Squadrons & Aircraft, visit the Cambridge Museum and there's a forum.
Cambridge Waikato's connections with the wartime Air Force
1950-1957
- New Zealand personnel killed in the Vietnam War - huge, informative site also with
links on Australian, American and Canadian soldiers, memorials and much more ...
Getting Around There are several ways to browse the family tree. The Family View shows the person you have selected in the center, with his/her photo on the left and notes on the right. Above are the father and mother and below are the children. The Ancestor Chart shows the person you have selected in the left, with the photograph above and children below. On the right are the parents, grandparents and great-grandparents. The Descendant Chart shows the person you have selected in the left, with the photograph and parents below. On the right are the children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Your site can generate various Reports for each name in your family tree. You can select a name from the list on the top-right menu bar.
In addition to the charts and reports you have Photo Albums, the Events list and the Relationships tool. Family photographs are organized in the Photo Index. Each Album's photographs are accompanied by a caption. To enlarge a photograph just click on it. Keep up with the family birthdays and anniversaries in the Events list. Birthdays and Anniversaries of living persons are listed by month. Want to know how you are related to anybody ? Check out the Relationships tool.
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