My family's surnames
Family names in my direct blood line.
My Mothers side
(maternal England and German)
Brookes
Wode
Gibbson
Steel
Dickson
Cooper
Wiltshire
Maurer
Heiduk
Robinson
Lockwood
Bramley
Kent
Collins
Isles
Bear
Smith
Guyatt
Paternal (USA and Sweden and Switzerland)
Nelson
Nilsson
Moore
Dallenbach
Abplanalp
My Fathers side
Lindbergs
Franzmann
Berzins
Faltman
There are a few more but at this moment in time I can not think of them.
on 2010-01-02 22:18:25
Serena76 , from Australia, has been a Family Tree Circles member since Jan 2010.
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In the pioneer days of early N.Z.
There was a chap called Capt Amos Kent, known by the Tainui Maori as Hamukete.
The arrival of Kent and his ship was a welcome event to the Kawhia tribes,for they now saw a means of obtaining the much cherished new weapon being the musket.
Kent later married Amohia, the daughter of the high chief who was later to become the 1st Maori King of N.Z.
A practices 7 generations later takes place today.
I have MAURER and HEIDUK names in my tree (not related by blood) but connected by marriage to my VOSS families.
Alison
from QLD.
Very interesting Kawhio. Do you have any dates regarding the Kent???
Alison,
Are you refering to Herman Henry Voss who married Cecilia Johanna Maurer. Cecilia Maurer is the daughter of my 4x Great Grandmother, Katherina Carolina's brother, Johan (John) Maurer.
Would be interested in sharing infomation with you.
We are in QLD too.
Would my S.C.line of Coopers fall into this line?My Grandfather was John Cooper my father was Jackie Cooper.My notes aren't handy but will check back.I remember this line.