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| Photo taken at Old Napier Cemetery 5 years ago |
Last time we visited Napier in the north island of New Zealand we stopped by the old cemetery to meet my mum's Scottish grandparents who lived there during the 1800s. I'm one of those people who likes to take photos of old things especially cemeteries and this headstone that fallen over near the entrance caught my eye.
This one belongs to a Captain William Russell, born 12th November 1838 in Berkshire, England to parents Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Hamilton Russell and Elizabeth Howlett. He married Harriet Hodgskin on 7th July 1867 and they had 10 children; William, Harold, George, Cara, Charles, Lionel, Hugh, Walter, Violet and Marjorie.
Apparently he was a well known politician in the area but passed away after an unsuccessful operation on 24th September 1913.
btw I'm interested to know if anyone out there knows of any Norwegian/Swedish or Danish bloggers, if so please leave a comment. 😃
Linking up with Tuesday Treasures, Happy Tuesdays and Wordless Wednesday.
2 comments:
Well, you know me in Sweden... But I have to say I have not come across many other Scandinavian bloggers over all my years of blogging and don't think I have any among my present blogging contacts. Do you have family roots going back to this part of the world?
Yes I have Norwegian and Swedish ancestry.
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