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Old 17-06-13, 07:32
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Originally Posted by tenterfieldjulie View Post
I would query the age of Helen ... possibly should be 19 not 9.
If Helen was 9 and b c1842, that was about the time the Reays arrived in Nelson, if Helen was 10 years older there would not be many Europeans around that area then, it is possible and worth a look, but I am wondering if Helen was more of a ward of some kind.

Oops to Oxfordshire Kate, but Cambridgeshire does not help either!
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