I am Kiwi, born and bred in Opunake.
Opunake Cemetery contains many relatives; brother, aunts & uncles, cousins, grt aunts & uncles.
Names; Smith, Pepperell, Briscoe, Marsh, Stockman, Robertson, Crann, Hart.
Im currently involved with the Pepperell One Name Study.
On hubbies side; Riddell/Riddle; from Scottish Borders, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The current line goes back to 1744. In 2011, toured Scotland, took photo's, found farms of interest, and came back with Bks and Cd's on burials.
Our family names are scattered over our beautiful Aotearoa, from the tip of the North Island to the bottom of the South Island. Provinces of interest; Auckland, Waikato, Hawkes Bay, BOP, Wairapapa, Te Kuiti, Te Puke, Taranaki, Wanganui, Wgtn, Nelson, West Coast, Southland, Christchurch, Oamaru, and that not counting those ones in the back of beyond. " Go forth and mulitple", - yes these families did.

I am Kiwi, born and bred in Opunake.
Opunake Cemetery contains many relatives; brother, aunts & uncles, cousins, grt aunts & uncles.
Names; Smith, Pepperell, Briscoe, Marsh, Stockman, Robertson, Crann, Hart.
Im currently involved with the Pepperell One Name Study.
On hubbies side; Riddell/Riddle; from Scottish Borders, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The current line goes back to 1744. In 2011, toured Scotland, took photo's, found farms of interest, and came back with Bks and Cd's on burials.
Our family names are scattered over our beautiful Aotearoa, from the tip of the North Island to the bottom of the South Island. Provinces of interest; Auckland, Waikato, Hawkes Bay, BOP, Wairapapa, Te Kuiti, Te Puke, Taranaki, Wanganui, Wgtn, Nelson, West Coast, Southland, Christchurch, Oamaru, and that not counting those ones in the back of beyond. " Go forth and mulitple", - yes these families did.