I have just found my G/ Gran Ellen nee Brown and her birth certificate is on its way to me,''yippie'' so next week or so i will be able to add more to this post and maybe i will find some cousins also belonging to me .....

Well i thought i would have the answer to move on further,but more confused then ever now.the Birth certificate i received came as my G, Grandmothers,mothers maiden name was ..... Cullety...... why when all other official papers state it as ....Collett... now what do i do?i have looked up names and no such name as Cullety....?????

hi wyn,

a frustrating fact that names were OFTEN spelt incorrectly back in the 1800s and recorded as they thought!!
however, there are many CULLETY families, mainly from Ireland which opens new research possibilites for you I suppose

Yippie...Thanks so much

I have now found 5 ways of spelling Culty..culety...cullety...cullett...collett...on certificates all for the same person ....which one do i follow?.....

Up date...Daniel and his wife Margaret nee Culety my 3rd grate grandparents were married in UK ,moved to New Zealand 12th Jan 1865 on the ship Zealandia ....they came with 3 children ...
i do not know the name of their first child born UK ....son no 2 John born 1863 Uk ....son no 3Thomas born UK 1864.......then in NZ they had another son Edward john born 1865 Akaroa then twins Margaret and Ellen born 1867 Akaroa.......Daniel their father Died 19th July 1869 Akaroa NZ..

hi Wyn,
Daniel was the Poundkeeper at Akaroa. The Akaroa and Wainui Road Board received a letter from him handing in his resignation due to ill health, a few weeks before his death

Thank you so much for this extra step into tracing my past,most helpful ...Wyn

Lyttelton Times, 21 Oct 1869
ENTERTAINMENT AT AKAROA - An entertainment was given in the Akaroa Town Hall on Monday evening, the 18th inst., by the amateurs of Akaroa, for the benefit of the widow and orphans(?) pf the late Daniel Brown. The programme of the evening consisted of musical selections, singing, reciting and dancing, concluding with the Farce of "Poor Pillicoddy" which was played with great spirit and elicited roars of laughter. We are pleased to hear that after payment of expenses, a creditable balance will be left for those whom the entertainment was intended to benefit and we have thus to congratulate the ladies and gentlemen who assisted, on the success attending their charitable efforts

ps .. astounds me how there are always "expenses" to be covered in charitable occasions. Surely the hall would have been supplied free, the food & beverage donated on the night by the ladies of the town, the amateurs of Akaroa would have performed free for the benefit of the widow and children ??
Anyway, added in case you don't have this Wyn

the biggest thanks again ...yes you are so right you would have thought it would all be free ...Wyn