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My Great-Great-Grandfather on the Stringer side and his family left their home in County Kent England on the 24th March 1874 sailing on The Waikato arriving in Wellington New Zealand on the 11th of July the same year.

Great great grandparents

Leonard (born in Kent in 1837) and his wife Susannah travelled with their 4 daughters and two sons, one of which was 7 month old (on arrival) son Leonard who was my Great Grandfather.

Leonard37
Susannah39
 Susannah15
 Maria13
 Jack11
 Ann10 - later married James Ruff
 Elizabeth6
 Sally 3
 Leonard7 mths

Great grandparents

Leonard the younger went on to raise his own family with wife to be Charlotte, and the pair had 3 children including my grandfather Wilfred (Willie):

Leonard
Charlotte
 Myra
 Thelma
 Wilfred

Grandparents

Willie married my Grandmother Jean (real name Agnus which she doesnt care for) and the two of them had three children, one of which is my father Don (Quixote):

Wilred
Jean (Allen)
 Donald
 Trevor
 June

My immediate family

My father Don was born in the Waikato, my mum Maureen was born not far from here and us three siblins were all hauled into this world at Waikato Hospital.

Donald
Maureen (Philips)
 Dean
 Sonia
 Jared


See Also: Stringer Family | The Waikato | Notes Index