This branch is based around the ancestors and decendants of the family of William Augustine Priestley (1871-1937) and Kate Campbell (1872-1945) whose ancestors orignated from England, Scotland and New Zealand; and whose New Zealand origins are from the East Coast iwi of Rongowhakaata and Ngati Porou.
It contains whakapapa, information and links pertaining to the Priestley Whanau and some of their distant blood relatives of Rongowhakaata and Ngati Porou ancestry.
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Certain functions including Search Surnames, Search Places, and Search People are available with limited capabilities. You will be able to see a list of names from the whakapapa but the first names of living people will be initialised and their vital dates suppressed. This gives you the opportunity to see if you or an ancestor of yours may be included on the site prior to registering.
Acknowledgements
This genealogy database wouldn't be possible if it wasn't for you, the whanau. So firstly I would like to thank you all for your ongoing support, patience and understanding.
This database also wouldn't be the invaluable whanau resource it is today if it wasn't for significant contributions made by some individual whanau members...
Bill Paku, for your ongoing mentoring and leadership.
Kay Paku, for your tireless research and ongoing contribution to our whakapapa and whanau history. Kay is a generational family researcher (along with her father Bill), as much of her research stems from the family history her grandmother
Katharine "Kitty" Priestley accumulated during her life.
Robin Hodkinson. It is your passion of our family history and your willingness to share, that really drives this online initiative. Robin herself is a generational researcher as it was her mother Joan Edwards and grandmother Amelia Priestley who steered Robin on her path.
Finally, I'd like to mention my Mum, Thelma Olive Priestley who spent much of her life researching several of my family branches. After her passing she left subtle hints that made me realise that what she was looking for was a vehicle for her work and someone to drive our whanau whanui history legacy.
Most of us know our grandparents, parents, siblings and children, we know their birthdays and have pictures of them. However, most the whanau whanui don't know this information and we don't know theirs.
What we ask is that each of us please share this basic information with the rest of the whanau. If we were to do this, then our whakapapa would be that much more rewarding, and the wairua of the whanau whanui would be that much more complete.
We also ask that burial details of our tupuna be provided as many whanau have no idea where many of them are buried. Providing this information and a photo will allow whanau to visit them (either physically or virtually) to pay their respects.
Our tipuna deserve this as do our future generations. It is a gift that can so easily be given, if only we were each to take a little time to help, with which is essentially "Our whanau legacy"
To add or correct information on your immediate family, you may use the Suggest Tabs.
To submit, update or change profile pics, you can do so through the Submit Photo/Doc Tabs.
To add headstone information and pics, please use the Submit Headstone Facility.
Heritage Overview
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Tipuna Links
Navigate directly to the various tipuna families who founded this branch. Discover your relationship to them and the various families that have since made your family what it is today. You will need to log in to view.
Priestley Whanau History Website (Open Site)
This website features tipuna biographies and tributes as well as indepth articles on various whanau historic events, places and taonga.
Whakawhanaungatanga online. Catch up with the whanau, find out where everyone is and what they are doing. If you want to know how you connect to anybody there, you can come back here to find out
Priestley Whanau (Closed Page) This closed page was started in 2014. It's purpose was to enable whanau to feel more comfortable about sharing, within a closed whanau environment. You will need to request to join this group.
Charles Priestley Family - Aotearoa (Open Page) This public page was started back in 2011. It's intention was to try and find and reunite the Priestley whanau. It did this with great success. This page is no longer used for general whanau discussions but is still luring in whanau, so it is kept online.
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