Thomas Halbert
Looking for Thomas Halbert had 6 wives in New Zealand he was of Newcastle Tyne Anglo Scottish descent, his parents are Robert Halbert and Mary Hart, he has a brother James and a sister Janet.
Thomas drowned in Gisborne 12 Apr 1865...im looking for information more so on his parents and sibblings, but any information would do.
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Dear Maori14, Kia Ora and Hello.
Dictionary of New Zealand Biography - has 7 biographies mentioning your Thomas HALBERT.
Maori Interest Group - may have more information.
New Zealand Society of Genealogists - may have more information.
And have you checked out your local library? Auckland City Libraries
FamilySearch.org search for Thomas Halbert, died New Zealand, and lots of records will be there, including many of his marriages.
Rootschat.com - England - Northumberland Lookup Requests - what to do here is at their homepage, signup as a free member - have the same username maori14 in case other researchers are looking for you, then goto to this link again, post a new topic like a journal here, and rootschatters perhaps can find his original birth record in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.
Rootsweb World Connect Project - HALBERT this is a link to a family tree on the internet that I found belonging to DK Smiler email: smilerthesequel@hotmail.com (if email is still current). This person is a descendant of Thomas Halbert and his (4th wife?) Riria MAUARANUI.
Phew, that's all I could find at present. Got to wash up the dinner dishes!
Alison.
hey , my dads mum was a halbert and we are from glasgow ,scotland her dad was george halbert of govan, glasgow . dont no if this is any help in any way . k goodall
can any one help me find my family tree
im from Gizzy and here is one of his wives.
union with Piki- Horo who had a son Tapui who married hinetotorirangi who had Matenga Ruta Toti who married Mere or Meri tiwata or tewata who had arapera toti who married the great WI PERE in Gisborne the first Maori MP...if you want more email me jtu26@uclive.ac.nz
Ka kite
Joey
sorry that information is incorrect. i was looking at the wrong whakapapa:
Here it is he had a Union with 6 maori women one of whom is Riria Mauaranui and they had a son Wi Pere who is my great great grandfather.
sorry for the mix up
joey