Ann Hatherly

[hathlys@bigpond.net.au]

I am searching for Alexander Christensen who arrived in New Zealand around 1861.  He married Elizabeth Susan Boorer 10th June 1875 at Kaikora (Otane), New Zealand when aged 24.  He died 24th July 1886 at Otaki, New Zealand aged 38 and had lived there for 26 years.  He was a carpenter and owned a sawmill in Otaki.  I have contacted New Zealand Archives and found that he was not naturalized.  The birth certificate of my  grandmother,  Louisa Christensen ( born 24/ 02/1876) states that her father was born in Arendal and that his father was a farmer.  I am trying to find his birth and shipping records.

[Jon Erik Berg-Hansen]

Ann  - I again advice you to change the heading to New Zealand or even better: Alexander Christensen - to New Zealand about 1860.

Even if you don't have any answer to my question(s) - say so - or try following up on the advice.

 

The link provided to the Arendal parish registrers enables you to search these records yourself.

Endret Juni 27, 2020 av Jon Erik Berg-Hansen

[hathlys@bigpond.net.au]

Thankyou Jon, I will do that.  I spent some time looking at the Arendal parish registers but find them hard to read and understand.

[Anne-Lise Hansen]

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Alexander Christensen to New Zealand around 1860