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From: "AB" <>
Subject: Re: [CORNWALL-TO-NZ] Re: Intentions to Marry, Pascoe/Williams
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 07:35:56 +1300
References: <OOEGKKCCNCOBFOCJNFFLKEKICEAA.patricia@taggart.co.nz> <001401c2d151$d9b26ae0$05d060cb@ocean> <013501c2de49$ea03ed60$07829aca@5336>

Thanks for the extra info John, thanks to the list I have tracked down all
the info. Elizabeth gave the consent, as her father had died..mother bought
the daughters to NZ.
Thanks
Althea
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Wilson" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 11:18 PM
Subject: [CORNWALL-TO-NZ] Re: Intentions to Marry, Pascoe/Williams


> Hi Althea and list:
>
> The 1881 ITM (Intentions to Marry notice) gives the following time of
> residence in the district (Timaru) for them (previously they may have been
> living in another NZ district, so it may not be the "time res. in NZ")
>
> Ref. BDM 20/26 page 812 No 279: 1881, 14 Feb (notice/cert)
> by Registrar of Marriages Timaru (presumably in his office):
> Benjamin Pascoe Bachelor laborer 21, Timaru 2 y
> Honor Williams Spinster - 18, Timaru 18 mths
> consent by Elizabeth Williams mother (why not the father?)
>
> The Intentions to Marry in Archives (Wellington) are not indexed after
> 1881 (card index), but it is possible to find the entry if the district or
> area is
> known. The RG ref. above is 1881/481, and it is easier to look for the
folio
> no. (481) than for the names post-1881.
>
> PS: most entries for widows/widowers and divorcees have a date of
> attaining that status, and a few have a second (original?) surname for the
> woman.
>
> Yours, John Wilson (Wellington)
>
> To: <>
> Sent: Tuesday, 11 February 2003 11:14
> Subject: Re: [CORNWALL-TO-NZ]my interests
>
>
> > Hi, good to see some activity today, I found the list and subscribed but
> > wondered if I'd done it wrong.
> > I'm new to this but looking for info on particularly Pascoe/Williams
> > families. They appear to have come to NZ to Timaru area en masse. The
> > families had lived in St Just in Penwith for a century or more then
> suddenly
> > a group comes to NZ. Benjamin Eddy Pascoe Married Honor Williams in
Timaru
> > 1881. My goal is finding when they came. Any tips from experts
> > appreciated.
> > Many thanks
> > Althea
> >
>
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