News from margaret & TerryWe trust that Christmas 2019 has been a joyful time for you and yours and that 2020 will be full of adventure and happiness. A highlight of our European and UK holiday during August & September was discovering the place in Crown Drive, Inverness where Margaret's grandmother Helen Walker (nee Gordon) worked as a maid in 1901 when she was 16. The McKenzies who own this property were very kind and invited us in and Margaret to view this very special place. This highlight followed another, this time in Hueckeswagen, Germany, where we met and spent some time there and travelling south to Wiesbaden via Cologne Cathedral, with Linda Daniel (from Denver, Colorado, USA) and Sue Heine (from Bechteim, north of Wiesbaden, Germany). These two delightful ladies are sisters and third cousins with Terry. Their Great Grandmother (Anna Maria Hulsen nee Alve) was younger sister of Carl Wilhelm Alve - Terry's great grandfather who emigrated to New Zealand in 1876. Their great grandmother Anna emigrated to Illinois, USA in the early 1880's. As far as we know neither family had contact since parting in December 1875. Undoubtedly our holiday was the highlight of a varied year that included:
The other significant venues for our European holiday were Helsinki where we caught up with dear friends Craig and Malin, William and Ellinor Purdie and saw Finland with a quick trip to Talin, Estonia. Gelsenkirchen where Terry's great grandparents Carl & Maria married on Valentine's Day 1874. In Scotland we met with Margaret's cousins Gilbert and Angus Walker in South Uist and Glasgow respectively and their wives (both Margaret) and some of their families. Stays followed: near Inverness, Aberdeen, the Holy Island of Lindisfarne and Whitby before our final stop in Worcestershire where Terry's 2nd cousins live - we spent a delightful Saturday with Julie and Jane and their partners Dave and Clive exploring the area where grandfather Richard Elcox lived before emigrating to NZ in the 1920's after serving in WW1. Europe & UK in PicturesWith much love from Margaret & Terry,
1 January 2020
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1/1/2020 11:53:59 am
Special thanks for your visit in my Appartement.
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Terry Alve
1/1/2020 01:36:58 pm
Our time in Huckeswagen was very special, the more so because of the lovely apartment you allowed us to occupy there. Have a wonderful 2020 Markus.
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AuthorMargaret & Terry Alve live in Tawa, NZ. Between them they are linked to several families from the UK and Germany who emigrated to Tasmania and Aotearoa-New Zealand between 1850 and 1925. Archives
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