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Avis Ramsden née McEwin from Ikamatua, Waiuta, Roa and Blackball.
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DescriptionWords on back “The man in the picture is not with us so please don't get a wrong impression ha! ha! Isn't Jo getting fat. I look awful” (anything but, I think she looks gorgeous)Map[1] ContributorPauline Healey
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Location (city or town)WellingtonPersonAvis RamsdenEvent Avis Ramsden née McEwin from Ikamatua, Waiuta, Roa and Blackball.
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Date Created21st February 2021CommentsBarb Rodway
Avis was my Nana Richards cousin
Brian McIntyre
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I met an Avis Ramsden sister of Garth, when we baby sat at 101 Blake St Blaketown around very late 1950s. But she would have been younger than the one in this photo
Sharryn Mountford-Gibbs
Brian McIntyre this is Avis and Garth’s mother
Lynda Bellaney
That’s my dear Nana Ramsden. How beautiful
Barb Rodway
Nana was Joan’s mother, also called Florence Avis nee Russel whose mother was a McEwin
Helen Joan Forrest
We are related to McEwen on Mums Mother’s side of the family. Might be McEwin. Will haveClare McDonnell
Stunning
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Brian McIntyre
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I met an Avis Ramsden sister of Garth, when we baby sat at 101 Blake St Blaketown around very late 1950s. But she would have been younger than the one in this photo
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Sharryn Mountford-Gibbs
Brian McIntyre this is Avis and Garth’s mother
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Brian McIntyre
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Sharryn Mountford-Gibbs thanks that would be more like it to me. Which one is she.
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Sharryn Mountford-Gibbs
Brian McIntyre on the right.
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Sharryn Mountford-Gibbs
Brian McIntyre Garth and Avis both live in Masterton
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Brian McIntyre
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Sharryn Mountford-Gibbs thank you. I was picking her to be the other one by memory of as I remember the Avis I knew
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Brian McIntyre
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Sharryn Mountford-Gibbs if youre in contact say hello from me but she probably wont remember me
Sharryn Mountford-Gibbs
Brian McIntyre, I will. She is my Auntie. Her older sister Patsy was my Mum.
Brian McIntyre
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Sharryn Mountford-Gibbs I only met Avis once and worked alongside Garth in my Greymouth Post Office days
Helen Joan Forrest
Brian McIntyre . That house used to belong to my Nana Florence Richards. Maybe that is why Avis was there visiting. ???
Jamie Caroline
Brian McIntyre i will pass on to mum.. Avis Ramsden/Jamieson. Daughter of Avis and Syd.
Brian McIntyre
Jamie Caroline thank you
Brian McIntyre
Helen Joan Forrest she was visiting Johnny and Joan. Avis was baby sitting and Joan was match making
Lynette Pauline
Classy
Kirsty Crook
WogandKellie Ramsden any relation to grandad?
Jamie Caroline
What a stunner Nana was.!! Thats where all our good looks come from!!
Helen Issy
Jamie Caroline. Gosh she certainly was gorgeous.
Helen Issy
Pauline also shared this one. Nana looks so tall and so elegant.
Jamie Caroline
Helen Issy she does huh.
Ceol Mhor NZ
Hey Cuzzys, send this pic of to Garth, he can show Avis.
Sharryn Mountford-Gibbs
Ceol Mhor NZ Garth is now a member of this group.
Barb Rodway
Avis was my Nana Richards cousin
Pauline Healey
Barb Rodway I have this photo, which I think I got from you. Taken about 1914, it shows Avis as a child. Seated next to her is Avis’s grandmother Mary Elizabeth McEwin (née Griffiths). Standing above Mary Elizabeth is another granddaughter Florence Avis Russell (your grandmother) and on Florence’s right is Mary Elizabeth’s daughter-in-law (and mother of Avis) Mary “Meb” McEwin (née Lawn). Sorry, this all sounds a bit complicated!
May be an image of 3 people, child and people standing
Max Vicki Messenger
Met young Avis through Garth. Worked with Garth and socialised with him in Greymouth and again in Wellington. Both involved with hockey in Greymouth and in Upper Hutt
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Jock Allen
The Ramsden Family lived on the Main road in Blackball Johnny Pam Shirley Patsy Garth Avis Dad Syd and Mum Avis Fairhall
Jock Allen
Not Fairhall Sorry
Elinor Tibbles
Jock Allen remember the Ramsden family so well from my days in Blackball. Syd was a good friend of my dad's.
Sue Lucas
Remember Avid and Sid Ramsden well. My parents took us to Blackball many a Sunday to visit them. That would be about 70 years ago.
Avis was my Nana Richards cousin
Brian McIntyre
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I met an Avis Ramsden sister of Garth, when we baby sat at 101 Blake St Blaketown around very late 1950s. But she would have been younger than the one in this photo
Sharryn Mountford-Gibbs
Brian McIntyre this is Avis and Garth’s mother
Lynda Bellaney
That’s my dear Nana Ramsden. How beautiful
Barb Rodway
Nana was Joan’s mother, also called Florence Avis nee Russel whose mother was a McEwin
Helen Joan Forrest
We are related to McEwen on Mums Mother’s side of the family. Might be McEwin. Will haveClare McDonnell
Stunning
· Reply · 21m
Brian McIntyre
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I met an Avis Ramsden sister of Garth, when we baby sat at 101 Blake St Blaketown around very late 1950s. But she would have been younger than the one in this photo
· Reply · 14h · Edited
Sharryn Mountford-Gibbs
Brian McIntyre this is Avis and Garth’s mother
· Reply · 14h
Brian McIntyre
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Sharryn Mountford-Gibbs thanks that would be more like it to me. Which one is she.
· Reply · 13h
Sharryn Mountford-Gibbs
Brian McIntyre on the right.
· Reply · 13h
Sharryn Mountford-Gibbs
Brian McIntyre Garth and Avis both live in Masterton
· Reply · 13h
Brian McIntyre
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Sharryn Mountford-Gibbs thank you. I was picking her to be the other one by memory of as I remember the Avis I knew
· Reply · 13h
Brian McIntyre
badge icon
Sharryn Mountford-Gibbs if youre in contact say hello from me but she probably wont remember me
Sharryn Mountford-Gibbs
Brian McIntyre, I will. She is my Auntie. Her older sister Patsy was my Mum.
Brian McIntyre
badge icon
Sharryn Mountford-Gibbs I only met Avis once and worked alongside Garth in my Greymouth Post Office days
Helen Joan Forrest
Brian McIntyre . That house used to belong to my Nana Florence Richards. Maybe that is why Avis was there visiting. ???
Jamie Caroline
Brian McIntyre i will pass on to mum.. Avis Ramsden/Jamieson. Daughter of Avis and Syd.
Brian McIntyre
Jamie Caroline thank you
Brian McIntyre
Helen Joan Forrest she was visiting Johnny and Joan. Avis was baby sitting and Joan was match making
Lynette Pauline
Classy
Kirsty Crook
WogandKellie Ramsden any relation to grandad?
Jamie Caroline
What a stunner Nana was.!! Thats where all our good looks come from!!
Helen Issy
Jamie Caroline. Gosh she certainly was gorgeous.
Helen Issy
Pauline also shared this one. Nana looks so tall and so elegant.
Jamie Caroline
Helen Issy she does huh.
Ceol Mhor NZ
Hey Cuzzys, send this pic of to Garth, he can show Avis.
Sharryn Mountford-Gibbs
Ceol Mhor NZ Garth is now a member of this group.
Barb Rodway
Avis was my Nana Richards cousin
Pauline Healey
Barb Rodway I have this photo, which I think I got from you. Taken about 1914, it shows Avis as a child. Seated next to her is Avis’s grandmother Mary Elizabeth McEwin (née Griffiths). Standing above Mary Elizabeth is another granddaughter Florence Avis Russell (your grandmother) and on Florence’s right is Mary Elizabeth’s daughter-in-law (and mother of Avis) Mary “Meb” McEwin (née Lawn). Sorry, this all sounds a bit complicated!
May be an image of 3 people, child and people standing
Max Vicki Messenger
Met young Avis through Garth. Worked with Garth and socialised with him in Greymouth and again in Wellington. Both involved with hockey in Greymouth and in Upper Hutt
· Reply · 1h
Jock Allen
The Ramsden Family lived on the Main road in Blackball Johnny Pam Shirley Patsy Garth Avis Dad Syd and Mum Avis Fairhall
Jock Allen
Not Fairhall Sorry
Elinor Tibbles
Jock Allen remember the Ramsden family so well from my days in Blackball. Syd was a good friend of my dad's.
Sue Lucas
Remember Avid and Sid Ramsden well. My parents took us to Blackball many a Sunday to visit them. That would be about 70 years ago.
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