Family history

More material on Mathesons who served in WW1

I’ve updated the material on our website about Mathesons who served in the First World War. There are new pages on: Alexander Mathieson 46751 Alexander Duncan Mathieson 31520 Angus Neil Matheson 51407 Hugh Alexander Matheson 32868 William Matheson 27544 And updated pages on: Alexander George Matheson 15205 John McArthur Mathieson 31519 Much of this additional …

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New Zealand Mathesons in the Second World War

This Anzac Day sees a new section on the Clan Matheson New Zealand website about New Zealand Mathesons who served in the Second World War. Telling their stories is a large exercise, made difficult in part because the WW2 service personnel files have not yet been digitised, unlike those from WW1. To kick this project …

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More publications about Mathesons in New Zealand

I’ve discovered two more publications about Mathesons in New Zealand, and profiled them on the Clan Matheson website. By ‘Chance’ to Victoria is, despite the title, more about New Zealand than Australia. It recounts the stories of the families of John and Elizabeth Matheson and Christopher and Ann McRae. The Paparimu Matheson family tree details …

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Remembering those who served overseas in WW1

The Onward Project seeks to locate and publish a photograph of every member of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force who served overseas during the First World War of 1914-1918.  Each image is captioned with the name and service number of the individual, plus a reference to the source of the photo.  Three volumes in the …

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