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GERTRUDE (BURFORD) RAWLINGS Gertrude was born Gertrude Helen Jane, the eldest child of Benjamin Burford Rawlings and his wife Jane Victoria Keddel, in or about 1873, at Plaisetow, Essex, England. At the age of twenty-nine, under the name of Gertrude Burford Rawlings, she translated in 1902 a french book entitled: "THE BOOKE OF THENSEYGNEMENTES AND TECHNYNGE THAT THE KNIGHT OF THE TOWRE MADE TO HIS DOUGHTERS BY THE CHEVALIER GEOFFROY DE LA TOUR LANDRY" Using the same pen name, Gertrude went on to publish, "THE STORY of the BRITISH COINAGE" in 1905, and then authored and published at least three other books over the next twenty-two years: "THE STORY of BOOKS" in 1917 "THE STREETS of LONDON" in 1926 "OLD LONDON" in 1927 I have been able to source two of them as ebooks and include them here to download as PDF format files...
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| The Journey of the "London" and her passengers
from England to New Zealand in 1842. Thomas & Susannah Chamberlain, together with their four
children sailed aboard the London on this voyage to Port Nicholson. The author is Jenny Robin Jones
a descendant of one of the passengers. The book was published in 2011 by Random House ISBN 978 1
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The Pioneer Story of Robert Wilton and Elizabeth Denman from Montacute,
Somerset, England and continued through their children and grand-children in New Zealand.
Mary Wilton married Arthur Joseph Chamberlain, and this is the story & record of her
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Stories of New Zealand's North Island women of the colonial pioneering
era compiled and recorded for us by author Miriam Macgregor. Two of the women featured in
this book are Susannah Catherine (Bull) Chamberlain and her daughter -in-law (Catherine
McKenzie) Kitty Chamberlain. |
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The true story of an Airedale dog who captured the heart of the city of
Wellington during the dark days of depression. Also captured here is Paddy's association with
Blue Taxicab manager, Merlin Chamberlain. The author is Dianne Haworth, a dog-lover and
editor of Animal's Voice, who lives and works in Auckland. |
On the Trail
of
Parker & Walker
Families
This 2015 self-published family history has been put together by Marjorie Prictor on the trail of Parker and the Walker families who came to New Zealand in the 1860s. Marjorie is a descendant still living in the Northland district of Port Albert where each of these families settled.
Douglas Family
Reunion
1843-1981
A family history of the Douglas Family in Australia, compiled in 1981 for a family
reunion by sisters Grace Douglas & Rosalie Vanstan of Bendigo, Victoria.
Downloadable as file-093 from the Supplements Page.
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