Brother of O Harris/Wanganui - soldier's death
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| 1 | I've no idea where to start, but have this lovely letter that was to my grandfather. Time I did some homework. O Harris, "Devona", Duncan Street, Wanganui East (1917) Looking for somebody - what are my chances of tracking down the writer or writer's family of this letter? This letter was written to my grandfather to thank him for his letter. It seems He wrote to the family to advise the circumstances about a death in their family and the sister has replied. It is signed by O Harris who is married, so no doubt a different surname to her brother who was killed. The letter came from "Devona", Duncan Street, Wanganui East and written on 24 January 1917. It refers to Albert who was killed. I would love to learn more about this and the family. It was written to George Keen who came from Timaru. I'm not sure how to add a photo of the letter. Edited by xxsaffyxx at 4:00 pm, Sun 13 Oct xxsaffyxx - 2019-10-13 15:58:00 |
| 2 | have you tried searching Papers past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/ crab2 - 2019-10-13 16:06:00 |
| 3 | Wises' or Post Office Directories at your library, searching for that address. amasser - 2019-10-13 16:06:00 |
| 4 | these are the 2 marriages to Harris between 1900 and 1917 1912/7297 Olive LUTY/ William David HARRIS crab2 - 2019-10-13 16:42:00 |
| 5 | 1925 Duncan Street possibilities: Source 1925 Electoral Roll stock - 2019-10-13 16:47:00 |
| 6 | there is a Albert Luty death in 1916 aged 30 crab2 - 2019-10-13 16:51:00 |
| 7 | www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/r Albert Luty was the son of Amos and Hannah Luty, of Maxwelltown, Wanganui, New Zealand stock - 2019-10-13 16:51:00 |
| 8 | this is Albert's probate on Family Search crab2 - 2019-10-13 16:53:00 |
| 9 | these are the births for Hannah and Amos LUTY 1870/13833 Luty Mary Hannah Hannah Amos Edited by crab2 at 5:00 pm, Sun 13 Oct crab2 - 2019-10-13 16:58:00 |
| 10 | George Thorburn Keen of Timaru served in France may have been a colleague of Albert Luty. stock - 2019-10-13 17:20:00 |
| 11 | Wanganui Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 13873, 7 January 1913 There is a description of the wedding here: h28skipper - 2019-10-13 18:08:00 |
| 12 | Private Service Number 10241 Died 20/09/1916 Aged 30 2nd Bn. Son of Amos and Hannah Luty, of Maxwelltown, Wanganui. Commemorated at CATERPILLAR VALLEY (NEW ZEALAND) MEMORIAL Location: Somme, France carbs51 - 2019-10-13 18:55:00 |
| 13 | https://www.twgpp.org/photograph/view/1652724 carbs51 - 2019-10-13 18:56:00 |
| 14 | stock wrote:
wow what an awesome write up, never knew that existed crab2 - 2019-10-13 21:40:00 |
| 15 | Hello everybody. So thanks again, it is all very much appreciated! I have been soaking up the new information. xxsaffyxx - 2019-10-17 17:28:00 |
| 16 | when I was searching for a name some time back and in Whanganui, I wrote to the local paper, no sooner the letter was printed I had a phone call, someone in the town knew exactly what I needed for this person I quoted.. so have a go that way, in short it was a student of going back to the 1800s who had won a book written by Charles Rooking Carter, I had to find out more about the student and this person said he had actually researched him and gave me all the information I needed. Luck was in that day! so thanked the paper and the caller.. neich - 2019-10-17 18:19:00 |
| 17 | That's great Neich, good idea. xxsaffyxx - 2019-10-18 16:28:00 |
