http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/03/03/voyage-to-new-zealand-100-years-ago/ Mon, 26 Dec 2011 23:10:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/03/03/voyage-to-new-zealand-100-years-ago/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Tracey Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:11:01 +0000 http://newblog.ijhedges.com/?p=162#comment-42 I too found my GreatGrandmother and Grandfather on that site. What a thrill to see their names. I had spent so long trying to find exactly when and how they arrived here. I too found my GreatGrandmother and Grandfather on that site. What a thrill to see their names. I had spent so long trying to find exactly when and how they arrived here.

]]> http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/03/03/voyage-to-new-zealand-100-years-ago/comment-page-1/#comment-41 jmb Sat, 03 Mar 2007 22:12:25 +0000 http://newblog.ijhedges.com/?p=162#comment-41 Me again, I see you are reading the Summer Tree. I hope you enjoy it, there are lots more GGK books out there. My husband just reread the trilogy, which ST begins, after he read Ysabel, GGK's new book. We have them all, amongst the thousands. Regards jmb Me again, I see you are reading the Summer Tree. I hope you enjoy it, there are lots more GGK books out there. My husband just reread the trilogy, which ST begins, after he read Ysabel, GGK’s new book. We have them all, amongst the thousands.
Regards
jmb

]]> http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/03/03/voyage-to-new-zealand-100-years-ago/comment-page-1/#comment-40 jmb Sat, 03 Mar 2007 22:06:06 +0000 http://newblog.ijhedges.com/?p=162#comment-40 Ok, I see exactly how long the voyage took. Your post disappears when one makes a comment, so I forgot. A senior moment, I'm afraid. Regards jmb Ok, I see exactly how long the voyage took. Your post disappears when one makes a comment, so I forgot. A senior moment, I’m afraid.
Regards
jmb

]]> http://blog.ijhedges.com/2007/03/03/voyage-to-new-zealand-100-years-ago/comment-page-1/#comment-39 jmb Sat, 03 Mar 2007 22:04:51 +0000 http://newblog.ijhedges.com/?p=162#comment-39 Hi Ian, This is so interesting to me. You are lucky to have found these details. My grandparents on my father's side left Glasgow in 1912, with their 7 children (my father, the youngest, 7 yrs old) to emigrate to Australia. I have often wondered about that long journey and the conditions they endured on the voyage. When I left Australia, by ship, to go to England in 1960, it took five weeks, via the Suez Canal. I see your relative went by Capetown, which I'm sure was the most common way then, even though the Canal had opened in the late 1860s, I believe. Do you know how long the voyage took? Regards jmb Hi Ian,
This is so interesting to me. You are lucky to have found these details. My grandparents on my father’s side left Glasgow in 1912, with their 7 children (my father, the youngest, 7 yrs old) to emigrate to Australia. I have often wondered about that long journey and the conditions they endured on the voyage. When I left Australia, by ship, to go to England in 1960, it took five weeks, via the Suez Canal. I see your relative went by Capetown, which I’m sure was the most common way then, even though the Canal had opened in the late 1860s, I believe. Do you know how long the voyage took?
Regards
jmb

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