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Matching & Hatching ~ Michael Gaffaney & Margaret Brosnahan
1Michael and Margaret Gaffaney (date unknown) My great great grandparents, Michael Gaffaney and Margaret Brosnahan, married on December 26th, 1863 at the Catholic Chapel in Christchurch. Michael gave...
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Postcard from… Christchurch, New Zealand
Christchurch Cathedral, Christchurch, New Zealand (date unknown) Prime Minister John Key has requested a two-minute silence around New Zealand to show respect for those fallen and affected by the...
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Margaret (O’Rourke) Gaffaney ~ Sunday’s Obituary
Not long after my great grandparents, Peter and Margaret Gaffaney, moved to Rangiora in North Canterbury, Margaret died “unexpectedly” at the age of 46 (though her death certificate gives her age as...
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Another Gaffaney Plot ~ Tombstone Tuesday
1Peter Dominic & Margaret Gaffaney, gravestone, Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch, NZ In Loving Memory of Margaret Beloved Wife of Peter Gaffaney Died 16th Nov 1931 Also her Loved Husband Peter...
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Competing Cousins ~ Wordless Wednesday
James Brosnahan of Morven and (Michael) Dominic Gaffaney of Waimate - St Bede's College Athletic Sports 1928, Christchurch, NZ Wordless Wednesday is an ongoing series at GeneaBloggers.
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Arohanui, Christchurch
On February 22nd 2011 at 12.51pm (NZDT), an earthquake of 6.3 magnitude hit Christchurch, New Zealand, causing the deaths of 185 people. These postcards are from the album of my grandmother, Agnes...
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Family outing on the Avon ~ Wordless Wednesday
My grandfather and his parents, out on the Avon River in Christchurch, New Zealand. A photograph from a family album. Peter Gaffaney, Margaret (O’Rourke) Gaffaney, and Dominic Gaffaney, on the Avon...
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Martin Burke & Ann Philp ~ Canterbury settlers
This is a copy of a photograph that was shared with me by my third cousin, Margaret. The couple are our great great grandparents, Ann Philp and Martin Burke. But who is the girl with them? Ann and...
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Martin Burke (1840 – 1918) ~ Sydenham Cemetery, Christchurch
Simeon Street entrance to Sydenham Cemetery, Christchurch, NZ While I was in Christchurch last June for the NZSG conference, I was determined to finally discover the resting place of my 2 x great...
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