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dont worry, no rush :)

Sue, still going through all the information. Very sick at the moment, so I haven't forgotten you and very aware I am dragging the chain.

Cheers.

Sue, still going through these Norris's. Robert's grandfather and some of the brothers went to NZ. Could be a connection through any of them. Honywood is another name and the area of East Coulston, Wiltshire, although they ended up in Gloucestershire. Getting there.

Cheers.

Im doubtful on the connection via australia. But the somerset would be quite likely. Although i haven't found that name yet.

He might have been a friend of the NZ Highfields and that is how he came to know the Selby/Tinkers. Although to know them only through a friend and hae never met them would be quite a strange thing to decide to write a letter to.

All over the place here, have you got a connection to Victoria, Aust. or Wells, Somerset??? Just a few bits and pieces showing up.

Sue, haven't forgotten. Lots of info. I just need to refine it. Found 2 more children, so Robert is one of 13, possibly more!!!!

Ok thank you so much for your help so far. You've been great :)

Just off to bed now, but I will list the children for you tomorrow and more about the family. I have sighted the birth cert. for Elizabeth Norris, so I will take info. from that. Looks like Bob's grandmother was born in Creswick Victoria, Aust.

Goodnight.

11 children! My word i might be connected via any one of them haha. Looks like i've got a lot of work to do. Still have no idea at what point they would possibly be connected and who through. I know the Highfields start in our family between a samuel Highfield and a flora tinker in 1904. One of their children was the one who used to write from new zealand to my grandmother or my great grandmother. So that is where the new zealand connection first seems to start. However how we get from Highfield to Norris is still confusing. The Children - Flora Jnr. and Lewis were born in 1908 and 1910.

I wonder if the connection is either bobs mother or flora jnr? If his mother and fathers information is not recorded could that be because they were born in the UK?

Beryl Caroline Scott:

1946 - living Wellington - Hutt region Y.W.C.A. Hostels, Woburn, spinster
1949 - living Wellington - Karori region, 10 Mowbray Street, Karori, spinster

Robert "Bully" Norris:

1935-1938 Manawatu-Wanganui region, 150 Main St. Palmerston North, tinsmith

1946-1949 Wellington - living 20 Kensington Ave. Petone, tinsmith

1954-1957 - Beryl and Robert living 20 Jessie St., Petone - still metal worker

1963 - Western Hutt, Wellington, both living 7 Deckston Grove, Taita, sheet metal worker

1969 - same address, but Beryl is now deceased and Robert now pensioner

1972-1978 Eastern Hutt same address, Robert pensioner

1981 Eastern Hutt, same address listed as Superannuant.

"Bully" has come from another tree and no children are listed that I can find.

No parents listed for Beryl and only Robert's mother Elizabeth Norris listed. Robert is one of 11 children.

Cheers.

I have found an Ancestry tree belonging to chris15982 with some details:

Robert Norris b. c1909 Palmerston North, NZ
death Levin aged 86 years - Levin is 90 kms. north of Wellington, so it would seem he went back to live near his home town in the Manawatu-Wanganui region.

Married Beryl Caroline Scott in 1950 NZ - 1919-1969 died Upper Hutt aged 50 years. This would fit with Electoral Rolls from 1946-1981. I will include those in next post.

I have searched NZ cemeteries that have online database, but have not found burial/cremation so far.

Sounds like this Robert Norris is your man. I will get those addresses up for you. Cheers.

thank you guys you are being a big help! :-D

We have some relations (now lost contact with) in new zealand one was called beryl, and as i've noticed alot with my family tree they liked to repeat names through the generations.

The letter was sent while he was at war. Very short, just explaining that he was "still stuck in england" and that he was sending a "photo to scare the baby".

This letter was to my great-aunt who had at that point recently had a baby. We know he wasn't her husband and she was living in the UK and his uniform has the NZ cap badge on so he wasn't a member of the english troops.

It's all rather bizarre. Im going to have to look at the dates and check it all see if i can find him anywhere as a cousin or a family member line i haven't gone down as much as i should have with.

It can get very confusing, i've found i have to keep just putting the laptop down and having a break and then try again when i haven't gone and confused myself anymore.

I followed Robert Norris, the Tinsmith/metal worker all the way through to 1981 where he is listed as a pensioner in East Hutt. He was married to a Beryl Caroline at some stage and she disappears from the Roll.

I think he may have lived past 1983 in the Wellington/Hutt Valley area.

As I said, it was the only record I could find. Marriage records for NZ are only available up to 1931 online. There is another Robert Norris b. 1909/19597, mother Elizabeth and father not recorded.

This is a curly one. Hope some of this helps.

Does the letter indicate his occupation?

Probates from Archway (NZ archives online)
NORRIS Robert Peter - Te Awamutu - Mechanic d. 1983 (b. 1908)
NORRIS Robert - Christchurch - Painter d. 1972 (b. 1892)
NORRIS Robert Charles, Westport, Nightwatchman d. 1956 (b. c1902)

Sue this is the only record I can find that might fit:

Robert Norris, Army No. 30633, Pte., 4 A. Tk Coy., single, Enlisted at Palmerston North, occ. Tinsmith, last address Palmerston North, NZ, next of kin is Mrs. A. Henderson, looks like 574 Main Street, Palmerston North (sister).

This is from the NZ Army WW11 Nominal Roll 1939-1948, Roll 2 1 April 1940-30 June 1940.

Electoral Rolls for 1935 and 1938 show Robert Norris, Tinsmith living at 150 Main Street, Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui District.

You can check NZ BDM - just google.

May not be him, but you never know. Good luck.

Thank you Gwyn :-D

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ok i have sent an email to a possible member. Can a member still read the messages if they are not a paying member?

thank you, i've found it.

does anyone know of any free New Zealand online record searches?