The New Zealand branch of the Clan Matheson Society is a quarter of a century old, and to mark this milestone clan members are gathering for lunch in Auckland on Sunday 10 August. Full details are here.
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Joining the Clan Matheson Society gives you access to help with researching your own family history. Margaret Faed does this work as a volunteer for the society in New Zealand, and tells how she got the family history ‘bug’: “How did I get started? My mother-in-law was born Alice Matheson in Whorouly, in Australia. The family
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Back in October we profiled Te Papa’s quest to identify First World War soldiers pictured in photographs discovered in Wellington. One of the subjects was named Matheson. A curator at the museum, Michael Fitzgerald, has now solved the puzzle. You can read the answer here.
The excellent museum at Waipu is collecting information about descendants of the Scottish settlers in the area who fought in the First World War. So far they have more than 600 names, which is pretty amazing given the original migration comprised about 900 men, women and children. Check out their list to look for your relatives,
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If you know anything about John Thomas Mathieson, who farmed near Paeroa about 100 years ago, please comment on this post.
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You can catch up with news from branches of the Clan Matheson Society around the world, in the 2014 international newsletter. Members of the Clan Matheson Society in New Zealand have just received their copies by email.
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If you’re in Auckland on Sunday 23 February you can join fellow clan members for a picnic. Details are on the events page of this website.
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The list of Matheson place names in New Zealand continues to grow as we find more features that bear the family name. I’ve just discovered that the newish development near Wanaka called Albert Town contains a Matheson Crescent. So far this article lists 11 Matheson Roads, and one each of Matheson Bay Road, Mathesons Road, Matheson
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This year sees the beginning of the centenary of the First World War, and all over New Zealand (and further afield) people will be discovering their family stories from this terrible conflict. Auckland Council Libraries have produced an excellent guide for researching First World War family history. Though with an Auckland focus, it’s useful for people
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Peter Mathieson and Mary Mathieson are both descendants of Robert Mathieson — who was apparently the only All Black to have been born on the Chatham Islands. They’d like to find out more about their heritage. Check out their requests on the Family stories of New Zealand Mathesons page of this website, and see if
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