My Family History Year

This section in my TravelGenee blog is called “My Family History Year”. It is all about events in my ancestors lives on a particular date. The topic will bring to light my family history a day at a time. Yes, it will cover the obvious like births, marriages and death dates, however, these are just the start.

What will be covered all depends on what I discover when researching. I am thinking there are loads of newspaper articles, family events, census data and more to discover when researching my family history. The first post was written on 1 January 2014 and I hope to one day have an event for every day of the year. This might take a while so do come back and check out my blog again in the future.

If you prefer to read the latest addition check out the My Family History Year category or to read by date, use the following index.

My Family History Year Blog Index

Here is a list of dates completed so far:

Date Year Posting
1 Jan 1953 New Years Honours 1 January 1953 Dolph Kitto
6 Jan 1896 Grace Shepherd DOB 1896, January 6th, Keen Gardener
8 Jan 1922 P for Prior – Augustus Stanley PRIOR & Maud Victoria SHEPHERD Marriage
21 Jan 1892 Richard John KITTO late of Albion Park (Trove Tuesday)
24 Jan 1951 E KITTO, part of the crew that won the N.Z. Idlealong championship at Lyttleton
27 Jan 1929 V for Victor Meyrick GIBSON, died age 23, 27 January 1929
1 Feb 1791 Hannah WYARD & Stephen Rice Marriage
7 Feb 1801 B for Bice – One Name Study, verifying research yourself
9 Feb 1892 Trove Tuesday: Kitto Intestate Estate Great Sale
15 Feb 1885 C for Collis – Birth date for Charles Collis DAWSON
1 Mar 1883 What was it like in 1883 – the Evening Post?
7 Mar 1888 & 1930 Great Grandmothers Deathly Coincidence
8 Mar 1939 Herbert Cleveland Eric Kitto DOD 8 March 1939
15 Mar 1881 GenealogyPhotoADay “Mother” – Alex and Mabel Dawson
24 Mar 1910 DAWSON and STONE Wedding 24 March 1910
2 Apr 1913 PapersPast: What did Olive wear to her wedding?
12 Apr 1968 Friday Family History Finds #3 – Wahine Disaster
19 Apr 1997 My Internet Anniversary
24 Apr 1880 A for Amelia – About Amelia and her marriage to Francis Kitto
25 Apr – ANZAC Day – We will remember them
16 May 1880 Edward William Gibson Dawson Baptised
28 May 1966 Upper Hutt Becomes a City
9 Jun 1853 Catholic Station in Nelson, New Zealand
19 Jun 1959 Letter to My Dear Sisters & Brothers From Grace Dawson
27 Jun 1917 Online Newspaper Headline on My Father’s Birth Date
2 Jul 1893 GenealogyPhotoADay Frances Ann Edmonds – Married 2 July 1893
10 Aug 1892 AtoZChallenge Jeffries – More on Flora
15 Aug 1914 Ship sailed with the Samoan Advanced Party, WW1
4 Sep 1957 Ernest – Digging Deeper via Archives
10 Sep 1865 J for JEFFRIES – Fredrick JEFFRIES & Mary MACDONALD Marriage
19 Sep 1893 H for HARVEY – Right to vote in New Zealand
23 Sep 1878 A for Ancestor Jane Gibson
30 Sep 1945 EES KITTO returns from WW2 on the Strathpine
12 Oct 1923 My Grandmother Did Inspiring Things
16 Oct 1841 Mary Ann Harper: Died at Sea 16 October 1841
17 Oct 1911 Similar Interests: Kitto & Son
19 Oct 1903 GenealogyPhotoADay “Mother” – Alex and Mabel Dawson
31 Oct 1966 Nana poses for a photograph with a camel
6 Nov 1924 Mysterious Saxophone Player: Mabel Kate DAWSON
10 Nov 1913 G for GIBSON – Masonic Records
14 Nov 1975 Cemetery Geneameme including the Rona Dawson service held at Karori Cemetery
16 Nov 1923 R for Roman Victor José BYRON—BARHYDT date of death
20 Nov 1924 Trove Tuesday: Headline SCOTTISH BAN RIDICULED
3 Dec 1895 T for Thompson – Catherine THOMPSON & Edward A. G. GIBSON marriage
6 Dec 1954 How did Mum & Dad Meet? & All Dressed up for a Wedding
7 Dec 1909 Dawson – Traveler, soldier & family man
8 Dec 1926 James Miller IRELAND Burial
12 Dec 1918 TravelGenee’s Friday Family History Finds: Pvt F KITTO
16 Dec 1891 Friday Family History Finds: Richard John KITTO’s missing coroners report
25 Dec 1854 M for Monger – Fanny MONGER & William EDMONDS marriage