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Welcome to the Wynyard Family Web Site
The Aotearoa version
This is a blog site which has been established to build the knowledge of the Wynyard family since the arrival of Robert Henry Wynyard in Aotearoa in October 1845.
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Mary Ann Wynyard (daughter of Gladwyn and Mary Anne)
According to our local expert (Natalie) the trail of Mary Ann, the second child of Gladwyn and Mary Anne has been hard to pin down in her...
Barbara Gaston
Jul 3, 20231 min read
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Connections with California
Thanks to Natalie, here is a newsletter from Friends of the Marysville cemetery who were responsible for the restoration of William Henry...
Barbara Gaston
Aug 26, 20221 min read
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Gladwyn Wynyard
Gladwyn John Richard Wynyard 12/1/1831 to 11/2/1871 I have found Gladwyn’s story the hardest to get to the bottom of. Gladwyn was the...
Barbara Gaston
May 7, 20211 min read
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Family stories
Families always have stories that get passed down through the generations. Here is one. I have read a family story that was conveyed in a...
Barbara Gaston
May 7, 20211 min read
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Ruapekapeka Commemoration
The battle at Ruapekapeka was huge for the Wynyard family. RH Wynyard was second in command of the British army and on the other side...
Barbara Gaston
Dec 21, 20201 min read
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The evidence
This post includes the supporting evidence for the previous post. It is interesting that Robert (RHW) felt the need to set the record...
Barbara Gaston
Dec 12, 20201 min read
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In his own words
This document was written by RH Wynyard in 1858. It is a justification of why he held 3 of the most important posts in the colony at the...
Barbara Gaston
Dec 12, 20201 min read
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The story of Marore
This will be of particular interest to whanau in Taranaki. I don't have the details of who wrote it or when it was published though. I...
Barbara Gaston
Nov 23, 20201 min read
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Wynyard Coat of Arms
If you would like to have the Wynyard Coat of Arms printed and put on your wall (or whatever) then this version will print well. Worth...
Barbara Gaston
Oct 27, 20201 min read
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Commentary of RH Wynyard and the 58th Regiment
This is a somewhat pompous but interesting description of Robert Henry Wynyard written by Captain H. Eyre-Kenny in 1913 when he was a...
Barbara Gaston
Oct 26, 20201 min read
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RH Wynyard's Diary 1819-1863
Robert Henry Wynyard kept a diary but I think it is safe to say it is fairly minimalist. Some of the comments are quite brutal in their...
Barbara Gaston
Oct 25, 20201 min read
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Meeting at Patapata, Coromandel
I am uncertain who wrote this account of the meeting, but it was included in P. Werry's Masters thesis.
Barbara Gaston
Sep 21, 20201 min read
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Letters relating to the Covette of the Republic, l'Alcmene
Below are the letters sent to RHW in relation to his part in helping the crew of the shipwrecked French ship the Covette de Republic,...
Barbara Gaston
Sep 20, 20201 min read
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Major General Robert Henry Wynyard - his life in Aotearoa
Amongst the many family documents I have recently come into possession of is a thesis about RHW's contribution to the early government in...
Barbara Gaston
Sep 16, 20201 min read
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Useful links to family information
This is not so much a blog post as a collection of links to information about the family on line. Also stories that are relevant to the...
Barbara Gaston
Nov 18, 20191 min read
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The Wynyard Reunion 2018
The Wynyard family reunion was held at Waitangi in November 2018. It was a lovely event which brought parts of the wider whanau together...
Barbara Gaston
Nov 8, 20192 min read
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