Just a quick post to let you all know that we have completed the following pages (as we add or complete pages we will send a post out like this one);

1. Laura Stanaway 1869 – 1951 – She was the third daughter from JJ and Sarah’s marriage.
2. We have added further pictures to a number of the pages.

Dont forget to “Leave repy’s” if you have any comments, corrections or additional information on any of these pages.

Why dont you follow us on this web site – it is simple – you will be kept upto date with the latest updates and additions. As we add (I will not say complete) the page for each child or grandchild you can recieve notification via email.

You may have noticed on your screen in the bottom right corner a blue circle with a cross in the middle (similar to this one) and the word “follow” – click on this and follow the instructions.

For those of you who want some reading check out your ansestors last Will and Testament. It is 2.18MB so may take 40-50 seconds to down load.

The Last Will and Testament of John James Stanaway Esq. June 1872.

There is also a link to this on the Kaipara and Tokatoka page.

As the heading suggests, you help is required.

To be able to collect, compile and insert information of the Stanaway family and get this record somewhere near complete, we need your help.

Some of the listed family members we have a lot of information on, and other ‘s very little to none. We are therefore asking descendants of the Stanaway’s to help us fill in the blanks. We have already made contact with some of you but we are in search of more as gems of information and records we know are scattered amongst you, in a box under the bed or in the attic.

So have a dig around and send any information you may have – no matter how small you may think it is it may unlock a lot more, or provide the clue we need to unlock more family history.

Finally – I have started to publish online the results of a number of years research into my 3rd x great grandfather, who settled in New Zealand in about 1839. Initially I was wanting just to know when he arrived and how he came to settle in NZ, but this seemed to grow into what was he doing then into what were his movements, time lines, photographs, stories etc.
In researching my family tree, I have uncovered a multitude of information on Captain John James Stanaway and his descendants. With the advent of the internet and Google searches, information has been easier to obtain than when the Mariners first started the “Tides and Time” family tree book.
Alas, the internet was not around back then it may have made shorter work of the task that faced them. The recent 2013 updated version of the same book is inspiring as well and thanks to Wendy Clarricoats for her time and effort to get as many of these printed as possible.
Details of John Stanaway’s colourful life are recorded in a number of places some of which is conflicting. What is recorded here is a small extract from the records of his descendants, my own research including that published by Mervyn and Alexandria Marriner in 1985 following 30 years of research.
I have tried to piece together his movements around the world, and uncover how he came to settle in New Zealand. I have spent many hours, searching the local museums around Hokianga, and Kaipara, I have visited Probus in Cornwall, trolled through web sites, births marriages and deaths, newspapers, electoral rolls, Government and Council archives. What I have uncovered is a not definitive but more of the likely story of one man’s life.
I have also included where possible details and stories of his children and great grand-children, again these are in no way complete, I know other family members have the missing pieces to this tail and maybe over time it will be completed.
Facebook has also made it easier to communicate and keep track of family and friends, and again thanks to Wendy for starting a page for John James Stanaway http://www.facebook.com/StanawayTidesOfTime

One thing I do want to encourage was for different family members to post any or as many family photographs, stories or documents as they have on this site, to share memories of our family and whakapapa, as it is of no use to anyone remaining in a box to be forgotten.
I have tried to present as much information I have found as possible, photographs, newspaper cuttings, births deaths and marriages, exerts from books and where possible family members memoirs in this web page, and will update as information comes to light.
To those who have contributed I thank you and hope you enjoy.