ELSMORE Edwin Genealogy Page
Edwin Edward ELSMORE, wife Mary & children arrived Marlborough, NZ 1876 on board "Howrah",
and son Thomas ELSMORE, wife & children arrived Marlborough, NZ 1878 on board "Gainsborough"
Edwin Edward ELSMORE Collier, Farm labourer (14 Jun 1825-11 Oct 1902)
m.02 Jul 1848 Mary Anne SIMMONS(1821 West Dean, Gloucester-25 Jun 1902 bur.Masterton)
father John WATKINS, mother Camelia SIMMONS
1.Thomas ELSMORE (17 Mar 1849 West Dean, Gloucestershire-12 June 1904 Mt. View Asylum, Wellington, New Zealand)
m.15 Aug 1876 Clearwell, Gloucester Martha Vinetta MARTIN(c.1847 West Dean, Gloucester-30 Jul 1934 BDM 2719 (Fannetta))
Photo of Martha
1.Annie ELSMORE (1874 Forest of Dean, Gloucesterhire, England-25 Juan 1931 Marton)
m.24 March 1897 Fielding William Frederick BENSEMANN (6 Nov 1868 Upper Moutere, Nelson-14 Mar 1931 Marton)
1.Arthur William BENSEMANN (21 Jun 1898-8 Jun 1986)
m.10 Mar 1923 Waverley Jane Olive WALKER (22 Feb 1885-6 Mar 1978)
1.Annie Elizabeth BENSEMANN (4 Apr 1923)
m.15 May 1946 Arnold STANBURY (9 Apr 1924-25 Apr 2000)
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2.William Walker BENSEMANN (30 Jun 1925-13 Sep 1997)
m.1946 Nellie BRUNTON (2 Dec 1924-21 Jun 2006)
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3.Raymond Oliver BENSEMANN (24 Jul 1926)
m.(1) 1947 Patricia Mary THOMPSON
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m.(2) Rita HALLWOOD
4.James Alexander BENSEMANN (17 Mar 1928)
m.19 Mar 1949 Palmerston North Christina Alma LEASK (28 Oct 1927)
daughter of George Ross LEASK & Sarah KERR
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2.Sylvia Grace BENSEMANN (22 Nov 1899 Rangitikei district-1977)
m.1929 Oliver Bertram BRABYN (21 Apr 1897 Rongotea-16 Oct 1961)
son of William BRABYN & Annie Maria PHILPS
3.Lionel Austin BENSEMANN (5 May 1905-March 1974 Auckland bur.Purewa)
m.1932 Aroha Elva DUNSTAN (29 Jan 1907-1990)
2.Emily ELSMORE (01 Feb 1876 Gloucester-07 Nov 1963 Blenhiem)
m.(1) 1894 Grovetown, Blenheim John LANE (-27 Sep 1905 Seddon)
parents Henry LANE & Sarah BARNES
m.(2) 31 Dec 1906 Spring Creek, Blenheim Alfred Christian Theodor SIGGLEKOW (06 Mar 1877 Nelson-29 Dec 1953 Blenheim)
3.Lucy ELSMORE (30 Aug 1879 Grovetown, Blenheim-01 May 1959 Hamilton)
m.10 May 1897 Carterton George Herbert RIDGWAY (09 Jan 1874 Carterton-14 Apr 1955 Hamilton)
4.photo Edwin Davy ELSMORE (Davey)(25 May 1881 Blenheim-28 Mar 1972)
m.(1)09 Apr 1903 Wedding photoWinifred Charlotte SIMMONS (27 Jun 1878 Blenheim-28 Oct 1946 Blenheim)
Davy married as David Joseph Edison when son David Arthur born in 1907
photo circa 1946
photo circa 1922
photo of Edwin and Winifred
photo circa 1972
1.Rubina Winifred ELSMORE (28 Oct 1904 Blenheim-02 Jul 1965 Blenheim)
m.02 Jul 1923 Blenheim James Alfred BARR (26 Aug 1884 NZ-28 Jun 1964 Spring Creek, Marlborough)
4 generations, Winifred, Alison, Nancy & Rubina
2.Gertrude Mary ELSMORE (16 Jan 1906 Blenheim-21 Jan 1972 Gisborne)
m.(1) 1927 Blenheim Herbert James Nolan VERCOE (Mick)(29 Oct 1904-21 Aug 1974 Blenheim)
m.(2) 1956 Frank O'CONNELL (c.1906)
3.David Arthur ELSMORE (28 Jul 1907 Blenheim-1982 Auckland)
m.27 Nov 1934 Helen DEVEY (13 Jan 1910)
1.Brian David ELSMORE (17 Sep 1936)
m.(1) 1959 Barbara COUZENS
m.(2)Lynette Robyn TUOHEY
daughter of Owen Michael TUOHEY wno m.1936 Irene Laura Lydia Beatrice WRIGHT
Lynn previously m.Peter John THORNTON, children Karl, Dean and Rhys
2.Graham Lindsay ELSMORE (c.1944-1979 Registered Taihape) soldier
m.Gail
4.Ernest Herbert ELSMORE (01 Mar 1909 Blenheim-01 Mar 1976 Auckland)
m.12 Jan 1938 Grace Evelyne ROWE (08 Jun 1907 Te Aroha-03 Mar 1986 Papakura)
daughter of Fred Trevanian ROWE & Eveline Maria FOSTER
1.Gillian Evelyn Thorneycroft ELSMORE (20 Feb 1940-2 Oct 1998)
photo of Gillian
m.18 Nov 1961 Terence Patrick HONISS (08 Jun 1938)
1.Wendy Ann HONISS (24 Dec 1962)
m.Brendan Gerardus VAN DIEPEN (15 Jan 1961)
1.Jeremy Johannes Van DIEPEN (7 Apr 1989)
2.Laura Rose Van DIEPEN (28 Dec 1990)
3.Emma Frances Van DIEPEN (28 Dec 1990)
4.Patrick Kess Van DIEPEN (Aug 1993)
2.Christopher Terence HONISS Carpenter (16 Nov 1965)
m.Michelle PRESTIGE
1.Samantha Frances HONISS (3 Nov 1996)
2.Shaun Michael HONISS (9 Jan 1998)
3.Maria Jaqualine HONISS (19 Jan 1968)
1.Timothy Nigel HONISS (19 Apr 1988-20 May 2011)
m.Brian QUIGLEY
2.Rachael Grace QUIGLEY (20 Jul 1991)
3.Belinda Evelyn QUIGLEY (14 Feb 1993)
4.Melissa Jane Catherine HONISS (23 Jul 1969)
m.(1) Paul SORENSON (-27 Oct 1998)
1.Nastassja Jane SORENSON (14 Oct 1989)
2.Bianca Cynthia SORENSON (1 Dec 1996)
m.(2) Geoffrey Stewart HICKEY (21 Jan 1968)
1.Ella Marcia HICKEY (30 Dec 2003)
5.Dulcie Olive ELSMORE (05 Apr 1911-22 Oct 1922 bur.Omaka, Bleheim)
6.Edith Mabel ELSMORE (Edie)(26 Aug 1914 Blenheim birth registered 1913 ?-11 Jan 1988 Christchurch)
m.21 Sep 1932 Ernest James WILLIAMS (Bill)(01 Jul 1914 Deal, Kent, England-Feb 1984)
1.Kerry Edward WILLIAMS PE Teacher (11 Jan 1933 Blenheim)
m.(1) 1952 div Jean Margaret Cordelia LAWRENCE
1.Robyn Margaret WILLIAMS (17 Mar 1953 Christchurch)
m.Murray BROOKS
1.Karl BROOKS (29 Nov 1982 Auckland)
2.Daniel Peter BROOKS (15 Sept 1984 Auckland)
2.Kerrin Joy WILLIAMS (15 Apr 1954 Christchurch)
m.Lennard CURTIN
1.Jody Violet CURTIN (28 Feb 1978 Christchurch)
3.Raelyn Jean WILLIAMS (15 May 1956 Cassey House, Lyttelton)
m.div Peri KARIATIANA
1.Trent John KARIATIANA (11 Feb 1974)
2.Joylyn KARIATIANA (14 Dec 1975)
m.(2)Patricia Maureen WILSON
2.Gwynneth Ida WILLIAMS (31 Mar 1938 Kaikoura)
m.31 May 1958 Opawa Christchurch Robert HESELTINE (10 Dec 1932 Christchurch)
1.Diane Jill HESELTINE (18 Nov 1958 ChCh)
m.20 Oct 1979 CHCh Rodney Norman READ (13 Sept 195? Taranaki)
1.Rebecca READ (1 Mar 1983 Hastings-1 March 1983)
2.Natalie Jane READ (17 Feb 1986 Hastings)
3.Robert Norman READ (2 June 1989 Hastings)
2.Kay HESELTINE (09 Mar 1960 ChCh)
m.28 Sept 1985 ChCh Steven Ross BROWN (24 July 1958 Christchurch)
1.Melaine Kay BROWN (22 Mar 1989 ChCh)
2.Andrew Ross BROWN (16 Dec 1991 Lincoln)
3.Mark HESELTINE (27 Jun 1961 ChCh)
m.14 Feb 1986 ChCh div Donna Marie EDWARDS (18 April)
4.Lynne HESELTINE (22 Apr 1965 ChCh)
m.(1) 20 Feb 1988 ChCh Wayne Alfred GLASSEY (30 Sept 1961 ChCh)
1.Kirsten Leigh GLASSEY (24 Aug 1988 ChCh)
2.Nicola Anne GLASSEY (13 Aug 1990 ChCh)
3.Samantha Rose GLASSSEY (27 Apr 1992 ChCh)
4.Sarah GLASSEY (18 Aug 1993 ChCh)
m.(2) Dennis WINZ
3.Jon William WILLIAMS (07 Apr 1940 Kaikoura)
m.(1) Nelson divJudith COOMBS
Judy remarried Alan BAYARD
1.Darryl WILLIAMS BAYARD (1963 Christchurch)
m.Natalie May
2.Paul WILLIAMS BAYARD (1964 Christchurch)
m.Pamela Jane
m.(2)Dawn Diana WHITLEY
7.Gordon Seddlar Bahr ELSMORE (Tom) (25 Apr 1915 Blenheim-22 Nov 2007)
m.28 Jan 1943 Auckland Brenda Eveline BOOTH (19 Dec 1919 Wolverhampton, England-9 Nov 2010)
parents Harry BOOTH & Dora Annie PAGE
photo Edwin Davey with George Peter and Margaret Anne
1.Paul ELSMORE (3 Dec 1943)
m.(1) Raewyn
1.Anthony ELSMORE
2.Victoria ELSMORE
m.(2) Dayle
2.Gordon Peter ELSMORE (12 Feb 1945)
m.(1) Carol HAWKES
1.Jarrad Gordon ELSMORE (3 Mar 1979)
2.Clayton Leonard ELSMORE (8 Oct 1981)
3.James Alfred ELSMORE (30 Jun 1983)
m.(2) Jillian SHAXRON
m.(3) Mary Catherine NEWLOVE (28 Jun 1950)
previous marriage to Alexander KELLY, issue Siobhan Mary KELLY (1979 Auckland)
1.Michael Gordon ELSMORE (25 Aug 1969 Auckland)
m.Melanie SKINNER (30 Aug 1974)
2.Toni Ann ELSMORE (5 Feb 1972 Auckland)
partner Mark David URWIN (3 Jan 1967)
1.Mikela Jody URWIN (5 Jan 1996 Auckland)
partner Craig Trevor SANDERS (28 Nov 1971 Auckland)
1.Ashley Ann SANDERS (28 Nov 1999 Auckland)
3.Elena Ellen ELSMORE 5 Feb 1972 Auckland)
partner James Patrick FIELD (c.1972 Gillingham, Kent)
partner Murray Earl JUKES (12 Feb 1970 Gisborne)
1.Nathan Murray JUKES (22 Jun 1999 Gisborne)
2.Ryan Matthew JUKES (19 Jul 2001 Tauranga)
3.Shirley ELSMORE (1949)
m.(1) Kevin GREENFIELD
m.(2) Tom SISSON (c.1949 AUckland)
m.(3) Evan MCKAY
1.Joanne McKAY
2.Tracey McKAY
8.Charles Edward ELSMORE (Chic)(06 Jan 1917 Blenheim-04 Apr 1993 Blenheim)
m.15 Nov 1941 Margaret CLINCH (05 Jan 1918-24 Mar 1993 Blenheim)
parents Andrew CLINCH & Margaret HUMPHREYS
1.Margaret Anne ELSMORE (28 Apr 1943)
m.13 Apr 1963 Stuart John BARRETT (14 May 1939)
1.Joanne Eleanor BARRETT (03 Feb 1967 Blenheim)
m.Colin Robert PARK
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2.John Charles BARRETT (11 Jun 1968 Blenheim)
3.Raewyn Joy BARRETT (03 Jan 1970 Blenheim)
4.Peter James BARRETT (08 May 1971 Blenheim)
2.Joy ELSMORE (10 Sept 1948)
m.(1)09 Sep 1967 Timothy George MOOREHOUSE
1.Lynley MOOREHOUSE (09 Oct 1973)
2.Rachel Mary MOOREHOUSE (08 Nov 1975)
m.(2) Dennis FLETCHER
9.Florence Pearl Elizabeth ELSMORE (16 Jul 1920 Blenheim-07 Jun 1984 Grovetown)
m.27 Jun 1944 Grovetown John Henry JENNINGS (20 Apr 1909-19 Sep 1982)
1.Beverley Elizabeth JENNINGS (16 Jul 1945 Blenheim)
m.20 Feb 1965 John GANDER (29 Jul 1942 Kent, England)
1.Wayne John GANDER (12 Nov 1965)
m.Feb 1997 Katrina EDEN
1.Megan GANDER ( )
2.Ethan GANDER ( )
2.Neville Walter GANDER (13 Nov 1967)
m.Helen
3.Shirley Elizabeth GANDER (06 Jul 1969)
m.Linsay BATTERSBY
1.Brooke BATTERSBY
2.Kerri Paige BATTERSBY
2.William Arthur JENNINGS (05 Oct 1949 Blenheim)
m.26 Aug 1972 Kathryn Ruth ANDERSON (05 Nov 1949)
1.Karrin Rachael JENNINGS (03 Sep 1974)
m.Martin Brian BROOKS See ANDRELL pages for Marty's ancestry
2.Sarah Jane JENNINGS (23 Aug 1976)
3.Todd Matthew JENNINGS (28 Jul 1979 Blenheim)
10.George Edwin ELSMORE (13 March 1922-1989 Gisborne)
m.1944 Rene Merl SUTTON (18 Jul 1925)
1.Gary Raymond ELSMORE (02 May 1951 twin)
m.1972 Carol Elaine ASHTON (23 May 1950)
1.Nicole Joanne ELSMORE
2.Sacha Maree ELSMORE
2.Kevin John ELSMORE (02 May 1951 twin)
m.1974 Dawn MIDDLETON (22 Jan 1955)
1.Jason ELSMORE
2.Shaun ELSMORE
3.Shona ELSMORE
m.Michael ARCHER
1.Warwick ARCHER
2.Jonathan ARCHER
3.Timothy ARCHER
4.Nigel Brent ELSMORE (04 Jan 1958)
m.Kerry Elizabeth (28 Nov 1955)
1.Ben ELSMORE
5.Lyndon (Lou) Murray ELSMORE
m.1972 Heather MacDONALD
1.Barry ELSMORE
2.Bridget ELSMORE
m.(2) 1949 Elizabeth COWLEY (Collie) (c.1887 Auckland-23 Nov 1982)
parents Henry McCullough Wellesly COWLEY & Amelia BROWN
previousley m.1907 William James Henry COLWELL
5.Alfred ELSMORE (07 Oct 1882 Grovetown, Blenhiem-11 Oct 1882 Grovetown)
6.Henry Edwin ELSMORE (10 Nov 1883-10 Nov 1883 Grovetown)
7.Milicent ELSMORE (10 Nov 1883-11 Nov 1883 Grovetown)
8.female ELSMORE (27 May 1886-27 May 1886 Grovetown)
9.Edwin ELSMORE (27 Jul 1887 Grovetown-06 Oct 1958 Blenheim) labourer
m.1932 Evelyn Pearl COLEMAN (18 Oct 1896-07 Nov 1946)
daughter of Alfred George COLEMAN & Jane QUINNEY
10.male ELSMORE (01 Mar 1889 Grovetown, Blenheim-01 Mar 1889)
2.Ruth ELSMORE (21 May 1851-26 Sep 1893)
m.05 Sep 1872 Jacob DORRINGTON
West Dean census: 1841 Thomas 40, Sarah 34, Elizabeth 14, Thomas 10, Jacob 5.
1851 Thomas 54 b. Aston upon Trent Derbyshire, Sarah 49 b.Newland, Thomas 20, Jacob 15.
1861 Sarah James 55 widow, Jacob 25.
1871 Sarah James 70 widow mother, Jacob 35
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3.Lucy ELSMORE (21 Jul 1853-25 Sep 1878)
m.12 May 1873 Monmouth Richard MORSE (1850 St Briavels, Gloucestershire-16 Sep)
1.Amelia Jane MORSE (Mary Jane)(16 May 1874 West Dean-07 Sep 1953 Bleheim)
m.16 Sep 1891 Blenheim John Henry ANDRELL (15 Apr 1867 Grovetown-01 Feb 1920 Blenheim)
4.Samuel ELSMORE market gardener (23 Nov 1855 Gloucestershire-11 Jul 1904 Blenheim)
m.29 Apr 1880 Grovetown Mary Anne ANDRELL (ANDREW)(05 Nov 1861 Cornwall, England-28 Apr 1902 Grovetown, Blenheim)
1.John Samuel ELSMORE (05 Oct 1880 Grovetown-08 Oct 1957 Nelson bur.Blenheim)
marriage registered 1913 #7482 John Samuel ELSMERE
m.1913 Esther Baikie MacKENZIE (c.1880 Scotland-3 Aug 1954 Levin)
1.John ELSMORE (1916-1990 bur. Upper Hutt)
2.James Donald ELSMORE (1918-c.1995 bur.Wellington)
m.1946 Daisy Winifred MURDOCH
3.Henri France ELSMORE (9 Mar 1921 Upper Hutt-5 Sept 2005 Auckland)
m.1950 Joy Ellen WILLIS
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2.George Edwin ELSMORE (2 Sept 1882-1957 Palmerston North)
m.1907 Mary Christine EVANS (c.1889-1962)
1.Grace Mary Charlotte ELSMORE (19 Sept 1908-1999)
m.(1) 1928 George Peter HANSEN (c.1872-1942)
m.(2) CHEESMAN
3.Francis Alfred ELSMORE butcher (31 Aug 1884 Grovetown-14 Aug 1969 Napier)
m.1908 Napier Annie CARRUTH (c.1891)
parents Joe CARRUTH & Hannah WOTTON
1.Ruby Blanche ELSMORE (1 Jan 1909 Napier-1976)
m.1936 John Frederick 'Jack' MINETT (c.1912-1991)
1.John Frederick MINETT
2.Francis Alfred (Frank) ELSMORE (4 Mar 1912 Napier-1986)
3.Mima ELSMORE
4.Annie Carruth ELSMORE (29 Apr 1913 Napier-2003)
m.1938 George Robert BURNS (1907-2001)
1.Maxwell BURNS (1950)
m.1983 div.Jillian Gay RENNIE
1.Scott Robert BURNS (1983)
2.Christine Loren BURNS (1984)
1.Jacob (15 Jan 2004)
3.Iain Maxwell BURNS (1986)
5.Stanley William ELSMORE (17 Sept 1914-1997)
m.1940 Bridget Rosa Elizabeth DAY (10 Apr 1913-1982)
1.Kenneth ELSMORE
m.Bronwyn Margaret TEAGUE
daughter of Bernard TEAGUE who m.1939 Louisa HEAVEN
1.Candy ELSMORE
m.Simon BURKE
1.Cairo
2.Bryn
2.Aaron Wayne ELSMORE
partner Annie WHITEROD
1.Zoe
2.Susannah
3.Eddie
2.Murray ELSMORE
3.Suzanne ELSMORE (1951)
m.LADD
4.Graham ELSMORE
6.Ivan Francis ELSMORE (11 March 1916 Napier)
m.28 Sept 1946 Natalie Hunter KING (16 Mar 1921-1997)
1.Phillip Ross ELSMORE (27 Dec 1947 Wellington-27 Dec 1947 Wellington)
2.Warwick Bruce ELSMORE (17 May 1949 Wellington)
m.5 April 1975 Napier Maree Nancy SKITTRUP
1.Craig Matthew ELSMORE (23 April 1981)
2.Paula Maree ELSMORE (19 May 1983)
3.Robyn Elizabeth ELSMORE (26 May 1952 Napier)
m.30 Oct 1970 Napier Mark Richard SNADDON
1.Shane Richard SNADDON (9 March 1971)
2.Scott Troy SNADDON (6 Nov 1973)
3.Heidi Odette SNADDON (20 Nov 1978)
7.Frederick George ELSMORE (7 Sep 1917-1 Aug 1997)
m.1947 Lucy Thelma ROLINSON (21 Dec 1921-2 Dec 1999) b.& m. registered as ROBINSON
1.Lynda Ruth ELSMORE (7 Jan 1949)
m.1968 Dennis ROBERTSON (21 Aug 1947)
1.Donna ROBERTOSN (24 Oct 1969)
1.Sabrina ROBERTSON (19 Feb 2009)
2.Barbara ROBERTSON (12 Feb 1971)
m.Christopher Rhys JEFFCOAT
3.Jon ROBERTSON (19 Dec 1972)
m.Sarah FARRELLY
1.Adam Dennis ROBERTSON (11 May 2007)
2.George ROBERTSON (23 Mar 2009)
4.Sarah ROBERTSON (27 June 1980)
2.Patricia Anne ELSMORE Pat I tried to email you but the message just bounces back
m.Ron NOBLE
1.Simon NOBLE
m.Samantha BURCHALL
1.Oliver Burchall NOBLE (10 Dec 2004)
2.Matthew NOBLE
m.Caroline HOLE
1.Lucy Alexandra NOBLE (20 Jul 2005)
3.Chris NOBLE
4.William James ELSMORE (23 Nov 1886 Blenheim-25 Oct 1962 Blenheim) Market Gardener
5.Mary Ann 'Doll' ELSMORE (02 Dec 1889 Blenheim-Aug 1976 Blenheim)
m.3 Nov 1915 Grovetown Edward Albert SCHWASS (4 Feb 1893-March 1953 Blenheim) Machinist
son of August Friedrich Gustav Chrstian SCHWASS and Johanna Wilhelmina Catherina EBERHARDT
6.Ida Jane Martha ELSMORE (19 Mar 1892 Wairau dist-1987)
m.1916 Phillip Andrew WHALLEY (c.1890-1963)
7.Leila Edith Adelaide ELSMORE (1897 June qtr Wairau dist-1970)
m.1918 Rupert Lennard MATTSON (13 Jul 1900-1973)
son of Lars MATTSON and Christina CHRISTENSEN
1.Les MATTSON
m.Dorothy BURNEL
5.Sarah Anne ELSMORE (17 Dec 1857-22 Jun 1859)
6.Mary Jane ELSMORE (14 Feb 1860-14 Feb 1862)
7.Henry Edwin ELSMORE Farmer (06 Sep 1862 Ellwood, West Dean, Gloucester-24 May 1934 Eketahuna)
email me for more information
m.14 Jun 1888 Blenheim Mary Ann HARDY (1871 Kenneton near Newcastle-on-Tyne, England-09 Mar 1940 Pahiatua)
8.John ELSMORE (21 Dec 1864 WestDean, Gloucestershire-10 Feb 1925)
m.1888 Mary Isabel CANTON (5 June 1864 Nelson)
9.Elizabeth ELSMORE (26 Jul 1865-04 Jan 1926 Nelson bur. Masterton)
m.01 Aug 1887 Carterton Samuel RIDGWAY (07 Mar 1861 Carterton-05 Nov 1931 Blenheim)
parents James RIDGWAY & Mary Ann FIELD
Samuel remarried 13 Feb 1930 Eveline Annie FROST
1.Leah Margaret Goodson Delvin RIDGWAY (9 Mar 1892-1983)
m.1914 William CAMPBELL
Please let me know if you find any errors "chris@reap.org.nz"
OR if you disagree with what I have here OR if you have anything to add on.
Altered Dec 2011