John HALL, the first son of Andrew Hall and Margaret BLACKBELL, was born 1835 at Selkirk Scotland. He emigrated to Otago on the Robert Henderson in 1860 and worked as a shepherd for Catherine LIVINGSTON whose husband had died 1859 leaving her with 4 small children. The Livingstone family were very early farming pioneers at the Taieri Mouth, Otago, when they had to be taken down to the Taieri by boat. Widows with children were dependent on charity or family to stay alive until 1911 when NZ introduced a widows pension. Read more ...
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Michael Griffin would be keen to hear of any information around his ancestor Michael Griffin who emigrated from Ireland to Nightcaps around the 1870s, married Mary LEEN, and died in 1893. |
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