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Its been a long time since I heard that I had a Chinese Grandfather and a few years ago that his name was Jim Yuan, a few rumours but nothing more. The Andreassends and the Lums seemed to have no other contact with any Chinese in Timaru, I didn`t even know there was a vibrant Chinese community in Timaru. Apart from newspapers mentioning gambling and opium in Timaru nothing much exists on the internet.
20 April 2013 has become a red letter day in my search for the answer who is my Grandfather is. |
One phone call from someone whose family lived in Timaru from 1925 and the window was opened. There are several people who know the history of the community and maybe able to put the pieces together. There are many photos and a person who worked at the Sue Lee Gardens in a rest home in Timaru born at the same time as my Dads mother
There is a rich history waiting to be discovered! Updates Chinese in Timaru |
The darkest day in my Family history
21st November 1954
It punched a hole so deep the impact is still felt 58 years later.
For some it is past history and best forgotten, whereas others have no idea.
Four dead, six injured.
Two drivers, both only sons.
Mum`s brother David Barron and Dad`s cousin Jim MacDonald.............more
21st November 1954
It punched a hole so deep the impact is still felt 58 years later.
For some it is past history and best forgotten, whereas others have no idea.
Four dead, six injured.
Two drivers, both only sons.
Mum`s brother David Barron and Dad`s cousin Jim MacDonald.............more
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Last Saturday my cousin passed away ....
Its easy to lose touch, to be too busy too distracted, to be just be too far away and now she has gone |
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Yesterday has gone
yesterday has just departed And tomorrow hasn't started All what really matters is right now you should live a lifetime in each minute Take the sweetness from within it Yesterday has gone without a sound |
Sneie Farm
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Interior photos of the Sneie Farm in Amotsdal where Kjersti Sigursdatter was born in 1845
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L-R Hazel Lum, Norman, Mary, Charlie Andreassend, Betty Lum
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Marriage of Mary Lum and Norman Whitley 1 October 1936
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Kjearsti`s spinning wheel has been a cataylst in discovering not only her family tree but also the location of the farm where she was born in Åmotsdal, which is now preserved and known as the Sneie Crofters Farm Museum
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John`s headstone is located next to Hannah Lum in the Timaru cemetery. Also interned with Hannah is Gin Lung Ng age 11 months 12 January 1917. Ng is the family name of Charlie Lum and maybe related.
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Merry Christmas & best wishes for the coming year
to celebrate the festive season the painting can be be downloaded for printing or the desktop. |
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Welcome to the new family website just in time for Mothers Day!
There has been major changes, this began as a small project for my Father Jim`s 83rd birthday and is now so much more than just a website for the Andreassend Family in New Zealand. Its time to expand it to include the wider Norwegian families. Four regions each with their own culture, history, stories and families. All to be added in the coming months New Zealand is virtually as far away from Norway as one can go, back in the 1800`s it was a one way trip, never to return, all contact was lost and was till now the end of my Norwegian Heritage. Both of my great grandparents have connections with Norway , Albert from the Arctic North departing about 1891 and Hannah`s mother from Telemark, in the Southern part of Norway immigrating in 1867. |
Stamsund Albert Andreassend was born in Stamsund in Lofoten his father Andreas Buvarp came from Beitstad, Nord-Trøndelag county and mother Elizabet Enoksdatter was born on Engeløya in Steigen. Andreas married Ingeborg Pettersdatter from Kvæfjord, Troms Lofoten
Åmotsdal Hannah was born in Dunedin New Zealand her mother Kjersti Sneie came from Åmotsdal in Seljord. Her father John Clark was born in Bristol in England Thanks to everyone that have encouraged, contributed and most of all enjoyed reading about their Heritage, Culture and Family History. Regards Ronald Andreassend Studio: 5 Rose Road, Ponsonby, Auckland New Zealand ph +64 9 3601909 email p.s All information is welcomed. Norwegian will need English translation as well. If anyone wants to proof read and check all the links it would be really appreciated! |
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Its not everyday that you see your Great Grandmother described in such descriptive terms. This is a story that is so much bigger than the article even mentions, I have no idea where this will lead but it is a story deserves to be told.
The things I have discovered have brought tears over the last 18 months, I never knew it could become this painful. This is not about hurting the memory of anyone, but to create an empathy and understanding of events that brought us to where we all are. I am inviting other artists to participate as well, but I would really like family to be part of this whether involved in the arts or not. The last project I collaborated on with 7 poets, was the Lights of Matariki www.chanandreassend.co.nz/exhibitions which developed into Global Eyes Feet Voice, an art exhibition, poems, performances and a book. www.globaleyes.weebly.com/projects.html. Which gives a hint of the direction. Ronald |
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Postscript: Kjaersti`s Journey to New Zealand1872 from Dave Crankshaw
Fort Lauderdale, Florida "I felt I wanted to write you and tell you that the man who died on the 25th of August from the fumigation was my grandmother's grandfather. I had heard an account of the incident since I was a very young child (I am now 64). Our family did not have many of these details, but the story lived on through the 10 year old boy, Ole Jensen, who became William John Hastie in New Zealand. When he reached adulthood, he went back to Norway and found his youngest sister, Borea Jensen, (1865-1931) who was my great grandmother...........more 
Ole Jensen (Uncle Hastie)
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15 October 2011 The Family Tree has exploded in the last few weeks on Albert Marelius Andreassend both maternal and paternal side.
When I first started the family tree, Albert`s mother Elisabet Enoksdatter was one person who intrigued and sadden me, found in two census, never married and died in the same year Albert was married in New Zealand. She just seemed to be the illegitimate offspring of a liason between two people born on remote farm on Engeløya. Maybe it was just wishful thinking but I just felt she deserved more than this. This time I found the connection, Elisabet was born on the Brunes Farm where her Grandmother had died the previous year. before. Her family tree goes back to 1575 with multiple generations living on Engeløya. Thanks to Vidar Johansen , who use to live on Engeløya, the family tree is now recorded at 5000 people. Looks like the website will need to be rebuilt again! |
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To celebrate Jim Andreassend`s 85th Birthday, a series of pastel and ink drawings based on Albert and Hannah`s Glass Lantern. " As source of illumination it gives a glimpse into the past, revealing the darker corners of family history so that it can be understood and shining brightly on those things that make us proud, its our heritage and it belongs to all of us."
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This series of Ceramic Lights and Handtools
are inspired by Albert and Hannah`s objects. Celebrating the trades as well explores family histories and
connections.
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 Albert and Hannah Andreassend Wedding Day. |
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Kjearsti`s Journey to New Zealand 138th year Anniversary
The Ship Palmerston departed Hamburg, Germany 28th July 1872 along with Kjaersti there were over 270 immigrants heading towards New Zealand on a journey lasting 4 months.
December 24. We left the ship for the Emigrants Barracks, Princes Street, Dunedin and had dancing and music there for Christmas Eve, after a fortnights spell on board with a liberal supply of victuals from Dunedin."
December 24. We left the ship for the Emigrants Barracks, Princes Street, Dunedin and had dancing and music there for Christmas Eve, after a fortnights spell on board with a liberal supply of victuals from Dunedin."
The Andreassend Family and their roots in Norway New Zealand
Every family has their stories, aspirations, connections, celebrations and milestones. As well as the shadows that are sometimes cast over a generation.
Some are from immigration, circumstance, war, culture, mistakes, ignorance and seemingly fate.
Our Family is no exception. The 19th Century was a time of mass migration for thousands Europeans eager to escape to a better life in countries like Canada, USA, Australia and New Zealand.
The trips were dangerous and took several months often leading to death along the way.
John Clark is the first ascendant of the Andreassend Family to arrive in New Zealand in approximately 1861, Kjearsti Sigurdsdatter was the second to migrate here arriving 6th December 1872 on The Palmerston. Kjearsti (also known as Kristi/ Christina) married John Clark and were the parents of Hannah Bertha Clark, their second child, who married Albert Marelius Andreassen, from Stamsund in Norway. They then settled in Timaru New Zealand.
In a time when NZ society aspired to be a better version of Britain, little compassion was shown to those who were outside the norms of society.
Being poor, working class, foreign and in the case of the Chinese undesired.
Sadly even the founding fathers of NZ introduced legislation directed towards Chinese. Including removing Widows Pension1898, Widows Pension 1911 and Family Welfare 1926 for the Chinese whether naturalised or local born and seems to have been applied to their descendants
It was this environment and society, through World War 1 , The great Depression and World War 2 that Hannah and Albert raised their eight children, including their seven Chinese grandchildren, the six Lum Children and my Father Jim.
On the 3rd of January 2010 it was 110 years since the marriage of Albert and Hannah and the beginning of our Family in Timaru.
This website project is to rediscover the stories and record the past for future generations to remember who our forebears were and where we came from.
What began as a blog to celebrate my Dads 83rd Birthday has quickly grown to something so much more, including the wider family, their stories, photos and memories and most importantly reconnect the bonds of family.
Jim Andreassend`s son
Ronald Andreassend
email: [email protected]
November 2009
Acknowlegements I am grateful to Anne Lemon, without her generosity I would never have discovered where to start or developed an enthusiasm for research or find the Family Stories.
From a simple request to learn more about my mother`s Blacksmith Grandfather John Robb, came not only a reply, but research and sources for both sides of my parent`s families
and most of all encouragement.
Extensive research in Norway by Ann Britt Pilegaard-Simeson has revealed present and past generations, her generosity and expertise has revealed so much. Ann lives in Alberts hometown of Stamsund.
The Andreassend Family Tree , was compiled initially by Heather MacFadgen, Janice Clark, David Andreassen. Heather has done a marvellous job searching her contacts and memories as well typing the information several times into new computers! Not an easy job
The Andreassend name is distinctive and very easy to trace, the wider family has a multitude of branches and this has made the task so much easier.
All the contributions from photos, stories, information and memories that family and friends have sent in.
The Family research continues in Norway with the stunning discoveries of Anne Britt who lives in Albert`s birth place Stamsund. She has reconnected the families on opposites sides of the world it appears a a century has past since Albert last had contact.
Note
The web site is still under development
The Family tree layout is based on the idea that every child should be able to see who their Grandparents
are and where they connect in the family. Information is minimised for younger generations unless requested otherwise.
For those who have privacy concerns, the information contained here is minimal compared to what can be obtained through
simple searches on the internet or in a phone book.
Information is as accurate as records allow. Corrections and contributions are welcomed to [email protected]
Every family has their stories, aspirations, connections, celebrations and milestones. As well as the shadows that are sometimes cast over a generation.
Some are from immigration, circumstance, war, culture, mistakes, ignorance and seemingly fate.
Our Family is no exception. The 19th Century was a time of mass migration for thousands Europeans eager to escape to a better life in countries like Canada, USA, Australia and New Zealand.
The trips were dangerous and took several months often leading to death along the way.
John Clark is the first ascendant of the Andreassend Family to arrive in New Zealand in approximately 1861, Kjearsti Sigurdsdatter was the second to migrate here arriving 6th December 1872 on The Palmerston. Kjearsti (also known as Kristi/ Christina) married John Clark and were the parents of Hannah Bertha Clark, their second child, who married Albert Marelius Andreassen, from Stamsund in Norway. They then settled in Timaru New Zealand.
In a time when NZ society aspired to be a better version of Britain, little compassion was shown to those who were outside the norms of society.
Being poor, working class, foreign and in the case of the Chinese undesired.
Sadly even the founding fathers of NZ introduced legislation directed towards Chinese. Including removing Widows Pension1898, Widows Pension 1911 and Family Welfare 1926 for the Chinese whether naturalised or local born and seems to have been applied to their descendants
It was this environment and society, through World War 1 , The great Depression and World War 2 that Hannah and Albert raised their eight children, including their seven Chinese grandchildren, the six Lum Children and my Father Jim.
On the 3rd of January 2010 it was 110 years since the marriage of Albert and Hannah and the beginning of our Family in Timaru.
This website project is to rediscover the stories and record the past for future generations to remember who our forebears were and where we came from.
What began as a blog to celebrate my Dads 83rd Birthday has quickly grown to something so much more, including the wider family, their stories, photos and memories and most importantly reconnect the bonds of family.
Jim Andreassend`s son
Ronald Andreassend
email: [email protected]
November 2009
Acknowlegements I am grateful to Anne Lemon, without her generosity I would never have discovered where to start or developed an enthusiasm for research or find the Family Stories.
From a simple request to learn more about my mother`s Blacksmith Grandfather John Robb, came not only a reply, but research and sources for both sides of my parent`s families
and most of all encouragement.
Extensive research in Norway by Ann Britt Pilegaard-Simeson has revealed present and past generations, her generosity and expertise has revealed so much. Ann lives in Alberts hometown of Stamsund.
The Andreassend Family Tree , was compiled initially by Heather MacFadgen, Janice Clark, David Andreassen. Heather has done a marvellous job searching her contacts and memories as well typing the information several times into new computers! Not an easy job
The Andreassend name is distinctive and very easy to trace, the wider family has a multitude of branches and this has made the task so much easier.
All the contributions from photos, stories, information and memories that family and friends have sent in.
The Family research continues in Norway with the stunning discoveries of Anne Britt who lives in Albert`s birth place Stamsund. She has reconnected the families on opposites sides of the world it appears a a century has past since Albert last had contact.
Note
The web site is still under development
The Family tree layout is based on the idea that every child should be able to see who their Grandparents
are and where they connect in the family. Information is minimised for younger generations unless requested otherwise.
For those who have privacy concerns, the information contained here is minimal compared to what can be obtained through
simple searches on the internet or in a phone book.
Information is as accurate as records allow. Corrections and contributions are welcomed to [email protected]
