The DE MALMANCHE family of Akaroa, New Zealand
allycat
Anyone researching these families? It seems they are in my tree due to ancestry of HARRIS descendants.
Alison.
Pertinent websites of interest:-
The Colonisation of New Zealand - French colonists in Akaroa, New Zealand
Akaroa Cemetery
Josephine de Malmanche - Te Ara : The Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
Ship 'Comte de Paris' sailed Rochfort, Bordeaux March 19th 1840 - arrived Akaroa August 13th 1840 MALMANCHIE family...
A toe-hold at Akaroa - French Colonial Aspirations in Nouvelle-Z?alande
Akaroa NZETC
Papers Past - Ceremonies at Akaroa
Comments
allycat on 2011-07-18 20:20:48Bumped up for newbie request. These names are in my husband's family tree although they are not his ancestors.
andreac on 2012-04-19 06:38:18Hi I could probably help you out quite a bit with this since they de Malmanche and Lelievre families are direct descendants.
If you have any questions you can contact me on here.
Cheers
Andrea
berryfields on 2012-09-27 02:14:41Hi "allycat" i could help you to as i am a descendant of Charled deMalmanche on my maternal side. Does the Harris name come from a Bernard and Grace Harris? Grace (nee Prime) and my mother Josephine (Jo) were sisters.
Cheers, Judy
allycat on 2012-09-27 02:58:11Hi Judy. I cannot access my family tree at the moment as I upgraded to Windows7 and am having technical problems with it. However if you search through my HARRIS journals 'here' you might see a connection. I don't recall a Bernard & Grace Harris though.
ngairedith on 2012-09-27 05:09:30hi allycat,
you have on your tree:
Harris, Bernard Orsman
b. 23 Jan 1902
Wanganui, Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand
d. 1978
Auckland, New Zealand
m. Prime, Frances Gracie Eileen (1905-1980) 1923 New Zealand
for France's parents you have:
Prime, Alfred Edward (1869-1957)
m. in 1897 t de Malmanche, Charlotte Roseannah (1877-1962)
and under Charlotte Roseannah de Malmanche you have: (if I may share)
About de Malmanche, Charlotte Roseannah
BIRTH:
DEATH: 1962/23347 Prime Charlotte Roseanna 85Y
The information I have from the de Malmanche reunion booklet titled: The de Malmanche Family in NZ 1840 - 1990 has
Charles Joseph Maria de Malmanche:
Born 19.10.1840
Died 2.1.1927
Married Frances Jane Taylor (Keef) or (Keefe) 8.10.1873
Born 1849 in Britain
Died 5.7.1922 in Levin
My brother Graham has Charles' wife recorded as Frances Jane Ward:
also born 1849 Birmingham
Died 6.7.? Levin.
My guess is that Frances may have been married once or twice before meeting Charles.
My brief research into the Keef family while over at Akaroa, is that they descend from Ngai Tahu, living close by Akaroa at a small village called Onuku.
My great grandmother Charlotte Rosanna Prime (de Malmanche) apparently was very pretty when young and had very olive skin and some would say had Maori like features although nothing was ever mentioned.
berryfields on 2012-09-29 22:43:17I have a photo of Charlotte dressed as a Maori and will put it up if like.
So Charlotte was your gg/mother, are you from Rene, Grace, Ivy side?
berryfields on 2012-10-02 05:33:30Am hoping a Ray Harris reads this as the email address he sent me does not work
zuluspiri on 2013-07-23 23:09:33This is my family also.
And would love to swap info with anyone interested. Contact me here or kyleighmwood@gmail.com