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Mrs Sylvia Russ of Camerons..eldest daughter of Annie Willton - family geneology.
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DescriptionMrs Sweetman,Alfred, Lillian, Kelly,William, Annie Gage, Arthur, Fred,Annie(Walton),William Kells,Mrs Harthorne,Sylvia Russ.
The Wilton Family arrived on the ship Oriental, in Wellington on the 22nd October,1841.Robert with his wife and six sons.His oldest son came later to Wellington with his wife and family of six children and settled in Berhampore, Wellington in 1855..7 more children were born.
Mrs Sylvia Russ of Camerons..eldest daughter of Annie Willton is a Grandaugher of Robert.Annie Mrried William Kells of Wellington.Mrs Russ Was born in Wellington.Map[1] ContributorSue Dixon
The Wilton Family arrived on the ship Oriental, in Wellington on the 22nd October,1841.Robert with his wife and six sons.His oldest son came later to Wellington with his wife and family of six children and settled in Berhampore, Wellington in 1855..7 more children were born.
Mrs Sylvia Russ of Camerons..eldest daughter of Annie Willton is a Grandaugher of Robert.Annie Mrried William Kells of Wellington.Mrs Russ Was born in Wellington.Map[1] ContributorSue Dixon
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Date Created28th March 2022CommentsJanine Norcliffe
I knew a Malcom Sweetman went to kaiata school in omoto road .Greymouth ..mid sixtys.
Karlene Jane Batchelor
Janine Norcliffe Allan Sweetman lives in a wee Blue Cottage in Taylorsville his Brother lives next door in their Parents home.
Their Father was a coal miner.
Janine Norcliffe
Karlene Jane Batchelor my father was a coalminer at Dobson coalmine
Sue Dixon
Karlene Jane Batchelor They are different Sweetmans.Our ones are the Cobden ones
Sue Dixon
Janine Norcliffe They are different Sweetmans.Our Sweetmans are the Cobden ones.
AnneErrol Blocksage
Thank you for posting this photo & the history of the family when they arrived in New Zealand.
Have added a little colour & tried to enhance it.
Cheers
Sue Dixon
AnneErrol Blocksage That looks so cool in colour Errol.I have had this photo for many years.Pleased I put it on fb.
Keith Funnell
Snap Sue Dixon. However I am not sure why this exact same photo is in the family collection. Unless Jenny Forrest might have an idea of whether it might be from the Kells family connection, I thought this was part of the Samuel Hill collection, as of … See more
May be an image of 9 people
Jenny Forrest
Keith Funnell ,I have removed the photo from the Hill family collection.it is the Kells family.
Sue Dixon
Keith Funnell I am sure it is from the Kells family connection.
Sue Dixon
Jenny been round this morning and I have got photos of your mum when she was little.Jenny going to get some for you.Small world aye.
Reply1h
Keith Funnell
Sue Dixon … thanks to you and cousin Jenny for sorting out my confusion. Now successfully transferred to the Kells family archives …. Now, just 6,473 other photos to interpret and understand
Glenys Malone
Not so sure this is Kells family Looks a bit like Grandpa Kells but I don’t recognise anyone else
Jenny Forrest
Glenys Malone Definitely the Kells family.It is the family of William Henry Kells(1848-1935)and Annie Kells née Wilton .
William Finnimore Kells 1876-1950 (Kells Hotel) their son ,Sue Dixon’s Grandfather,my Great Grandfather.
Glenys Malone
Jenny Forrest OK Thanks Have you any other photos
Terry MJ
Would that be the Kells family who owned the Cobden Hotel in Bright St. After that it was taken over by a MR. Jack Hinton, a Victoria Cross winner from WW2 who was a friend of my Dad.
Sue Dixon
Terry MJ William Kells had the Kells hotel in cobden.He was my grandfather.
Terry MJ
Thanks for that, I thought it would be the same family as Kells is not a common name. Was my Dads second home, haha !!!!
Sue Dixon
Terry MJ And my dad's too.lol
Shirley Gould
Barry Bullimore. Wilton....
Yvonne Jean
what a great family photo
Sue Dixon
Thats so sad.Our maiden name was Paterson from Cobden.Was Bob your dad?Hope and pray your life is much better now.
Sue Dixon
Janine Norcliffe Don't know if my message came through never had your name on it.That is so sad.Our maiden was Paterson from Cobden.Eas Bob your father. Hope and pray your life is so much better now.xx
Robyn Kelly
Hi Some of the names are wrong. The back row are mainly Sylvia siblings. Annie Maude Sweetman, Lillian Kell, Frances Minnie Gage & Florence Violet Hartshorne are sisters to Sylvia Evelyn Anne Russ. William, Arthur and Frederick Kell's where Sylvia brothers. Sylvia had a daughter she named Lillian Annie who married Alex McConnon. Alex also had a sister called Lillian who married a Keith Kelly. All lived in Camerons as neighbors. Attached photo of Grandmother Sylvia Russ, back Lillian Annie McConnon, Lillian Kelly (nee McConnon), Grandmother Hannah McConnon. child Alan Leslie McConnon.
I knew a Malcom Sweetman went to kaiata school in omoto road .Greymouth ..mid sixtys.
Karlene Jane Batchelor
Janine Norcliffe Allan Sweetman lives in a wee Blue Cottage in Taylorsville his Brother lives next door in their Parents home.
Their Father was a coal miner.
Janine Norcliffe
Karlene Jane Batchelor my father was a coalminer at Dobson coalmine
Sue Dixon
Karlene Jane Batchelor They are different Sweetmans.Our ones are the Cobden ones
Sue Dixon
Janine Norcliffe They are different Sweetmans.Our Sweetmans are the Cobden ones.
AnneErrol Blocksage
Thank you for posting this photo & the history of the family when they arrived in New Zealand.
Have added a little colour & tried to enhance it.
Cheers
Sue Dixon
AnneErrol Blocksage That looks so cool in colour Errol.I have had this photo for many years.Pleased I put it on fb.
Keith Funnell
Snap Sue Dixon. However I am not sure why this exact same photo is in the family collection. Unless Jenny Forrest might have an idea of whether it might be from the Kells family connection, I thought this was part of the Samuel Hill collection, as of … See more
May be an image of 9 people
Jenny Forrest
Keith Funnell ,I have removed the photo from the Hill family collection.it is the Kells family.
Sue Dixon
Keith Funnell I am sure it is from the Kells family connection.
Sue Dixon
Jenny been round this morning and I have got photos of your mum when she was little.Jenny going to get some for you.Small world aye.
Reply1h
Keith Funnell
Sue Dixon … thanks to you and cousin Jenny for sorting out my confusion. Now successfully transferred to the Kells family archives …. Now, just 6,473 other photos to interpret and understand
Glenys Malone
Not so sure this is Kells family Looks a bit like Grandpa Kells but I don’t recognise anyone else
Jenny Forrest
Glenys Malone Definitely the Kells family.It is the family of William Henry Kells(1848-1935)and Annie Kells née Wilton .
William Finnimore Kells 1876-1950 (Kells Hotel) their son ,Sue Dixon’s Grandfather,my Great Grandfather.
Glenys Malone
Jenny Forrest OK Thanks Have you any other photos
Terry MJ
Would that be the Kells family who owned the Cobden Hotel in Bright St. After that it was taken over by a MR. Jack Hinton, a Victoria Cross winner from WW2 who was a friend of my Dad.
Sue Dixon
Terry MJ William Kells had the Kells hotel in cobden.He was my grandfather.
Terry MJ
Thanks for that, I thought it would be the same family as Kells is not a common name. Was my Dads second home, haha !!!!
Sue Dixon
Terry MJ And my dad's too.lol
Shirley Gould
Barry Bullimore. Wilton....
Yvonne Jean
what a great family photo
Sue Dixon
Thats so sad.Our maiden name was Paterson from Cobden.Was Bob your dad?Hope and pray your life is much better now.
Sue Dixon
Janine Norcliffe Don't know if my message came through never had your name on it.That is so sad.Our maiden was Paterson from Cobden.Eas Bob your father. Hope and pray your life is so much better now.xx
Robyn Kelly
Hi Some of the names are wrong. The back row are mainly Sylvia siblings. Annie Maude Sweetman, Lillian Kell, Frances Minnie Gage & Florence Violet Hartshorne are sisters to Sylvia Evelyn Anne Russ. William, Arthur and Frederick Kell's where Sylvia brothers. Sylvia had a daughter she named Lillian Annie who married Alex McConnon. Alex also had a sister called Lillian who married a Keith Kelly. All lived in Camerons as neighbors. Attached photo of Grandmother Sylvia Russ, back Lillian Annie McConnon, Lillian Kelly (nee McConnon), Grandmother Hannah McConnon. child Alan Leslie McConnon.
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West Coast New Zealand History (30th Mar 2022). Mrs Sylvia Russ of Camerons..eldest daughter of Annie Willton - family geneology.. In Website West Coast New Zealand History. Retrieved 6th Apr 2026 06:59, from https://westcoast.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/30822