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Information on GOSNEY ANCESTORS   Blake, Carney, Davidson, Flynn, Gosney, Keer, Kerr, Le Mouton, McAuslin, McGregor, O'Connor, Redman, Russell, Shannahan, Shannon, Simpson, Sommerville, Spalding, Straiton, Stratton, Vasselin.

Blake, Carney, Davidson, Flynn, Gosney, Keer, Kerr, Le Mouton, McAuslin, McGregor, O'Connor, Redman, Russell, Shannahan, Shannon, Simpson, Sommerville, Spalding, Straiton, Stratton, Vasselin.

Information on McCRACKEN ANCESTORS   Badham, Chenoweth, Cheynoweth, Crysell, Hayes, Jauncey, Lennox, Matthews, McCracken, Nash, Redmond, Tun, Turner, Whelan, Young.

Badham, Chenoweth, Cheynoweth, Crysell, Hayes, Jauncey, Lennox, Matthews, McCracken, Nash, Redmond, Tun, Turner, Whelan, Young.

Information on WILSON ANCESTORS   Carey, Cole, Coley, Eastman, Easton, Hellyer, Lewis, Massey, Reynalds, Strickland, Surtees, Wilson.

Carey, Cole, Coley, Eastman, Easton, Hellyer, Lewis, Massey, Reynalds, Strickland, Surtees, Wilson.

Information on STANDISH ANCESTORS   Amindeth, Atkinson, Bonnel, Brande, Brock, Brown, Chaffey, Cont, Handley, Hayes, Jacques, Langdon, Miller, Milne, Moody, Morris, Pilson, Radnor, Richards, Ruddock, Standish, Taylor, Vile, Walker, Weare, Wood.

Amindeth, Atkinson, Bonnel, Brande, Brock, Brown, Chaffey, Cont, Handley, Hayes, Jacques, Langdon, Miller, Milne, Moody, Morris, Pilson, Radnor, Richards, Ruddock, Standish, Taylor, Vile, Walker, Weare, Wood.

Information on ANDERSON ANCESTORS   Aitkin, Anderson, Banks, Batchelor, Baxter, Black, Casbolt, Cleland, Collett, Cooper, Doctor, Drew, Drummond, Eastwood, Edwards, Frohock, Froment, Gunnell, Gunnill, Haig, Hanson, Hansson, Harley, Hattley, Heriot, Hunter, Jamison, Lauder, Law, Maile, Male, Marshall, Mason, McCulloch, Morisone, Oliver, Parry, Pearson, Pemberton, Pratt, Proud, Quoy, Quy, Ronaldson, Scott, Smith, Sommervill, Sommerville, Stein, Turnbull, Whitehead, Williams, Young.

Aitkin, Anderson, Banks, Batchelor, Baxter, Black, Casbolt, Cleland, Collett, Cooper, Doctor, Drew, Drummond, Eastwood, Edwards, Frohock, Froment, Gunnell, Gunnill, Haig, Hanson, Hansson, Harley, Hattley, Heriot, Hunter, Jamison, Lauder, Law, Maile, Male, Marshall, Mason, McCulloch, Morisone, Oliver, Parry, Pearson, Pemberton, Pratt, Proud, Quoy, Quy, Ronaldson, Scott, Smith, Sommervill, Sommerville, Stein, Turnbull, Whitehead, Williams, Young.

Information on WERGES ANCESTORS   Ahlart, Archibald, Batchelor, Bell, Bergmann, Bowles, Cleugh, Ewart, Grey, Jackson, Lea, Marten=Jacob, Moorcock, Mulcock, Newman, Nordenholtz, Ongley, Poulton, Randall, Rushfirth, Thomson, Tripp, Walker, Werger, Werges, Whitelaw, Whitlaw.

Ahlart, Archibald, Batchelor, Bell, Bergmann, Bowles, Cleugh, Ewart, Grey, Jackson, Lea, Marten=Jacob, Moorcock, Mulcock, Newman, Nordenholtz, Ongley, Poulton, Randall, Rushfirth, Thomson, Tripp, Walker, Werger, Werges, Whitelaw, Whitlaw.

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McCracken Ancestors

Members of our McCracken Family Tree have been living in New Zealand for several generations now, but our ancestors from these lines originally came from England, Ireland and Scotland. Information about them can be accessed from this page.

This information is presented in two different forms:

  1. Basic Facts

    To view basic facts such as dates for births, deaths or marriages of our direct line McCracken ancestors:

    • Click on this link to see the Personal Ancestral File Web Page Report.

  2. Biographical Information

    To view other details of our direct line McCracken ancestors that are not included in the PAF Report, such as the names of children in each family, and other more biographical information:

    • Read this page for information that summarises which countries and localities of Europe jour ancestors lived in before leaving and immigrating to New Zealand, as well as where they subsequently settled after arrival in New Zealand.

    • Click on the Family Tree Diagram at the bottom of this page [Either the husband or the wife] to view more detailed information about each individual family.

Countries of Origin for our McCracken Ancestors

Ancestors in these lines had at different times lived in the following regions of the United Kingdom:

  • McCracken, Young & Lennox Families- Ayrshire, Scotland.

  • Crysell Families - Essex, England.

  • Turner, Jauncey, Badham & Nash Families - Herefordshire, Kent, Middlesex, England.

  • Hayes, Whelan, Tun & Redmond Families - Kilkenny, Waterford, Ireland; Perth, Australia.

  • Matthews Families - Cornwall, England.

  • Cheynoweth Families - Cornwall, England.

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Regions of Settlement of our McCracken Ancestors in New Zealand

These pioneer families settled in the South Island of New Zealand.

The Turners (1852), Crysells (1856), and McCrackens (1861) sailed to New Zealand to new lives in the Canterbury Settlements at and near Christchurch where they were to become early residents of the small townships of Cust and Rangiora.

Whereas the Hayes (1865), Cheynoweths (1864), and Matthews (1865) chose the more southern location of Otago, in which to settle, possibly attracted by the prosperity of the southern Goldfields.

  • McCracken Family- Christchurch, Rangiora, Canterbury.

  • Crysell Family - Cust, Canterbury.

  • Turner Family - Papanui, Christchurch, Woodend, Canterbury.

  • Hayes Family - Caversham, Kensington, Dunedin, Otago.

  • Matthews Family - Queenstown, Cromwell, Invercargill, Dunedin, Otepopo, Otago.

  • Cheynoweth Families - Cromwell, Queenstown, Otago.

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As far as we can determine, these initial families lived fairly close to these areas throughout their subsequent lives in New Zealand, although their children and grand-children began to disperse.

As well as our ancestors who migrated from their original homelands to New Zealand, it is most likely that other relations of these immigrants would have emigrated to other countries such as Australia, Canada, Argentina, Africa or the USA, while some would have stayed back in Europe. Consequently there may be branches distributed around the world.

We would be interested to hear from anyone interested in any of these family lines. We may be contacted via the link at the bottom of the page, or manually to mgosney@optusnet.com.au

Family Tree of Direct Ancestors

Information that is not included in the PAF Report [see above] can be accessed here by clicking on the family tree diagram below. Click on either the husband or the wife of each individual family.

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