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Welcome to our
website
We sadly announce the
demise of the
SS SOUTHERN CROSS please click on this website for the most complete
site on the story and demise of this fine ship:
www.ssmaritime.com/sthcross2.htm
www.ssmaritime.com/scrossobeached.htm
The purpose of this site is to make contact with
family and friends throughout the world. To make new friends, to share
interests and to exchange information of a common interest.
Bernard was born in Rowley Regis, Staffordshire, England and emigrated to
New Zealand in 1963. He sailed in the 'SS Southern Cross' from
Southampton (via Panama) departing at 3 pm on the 28th May 1963 and
arriving in Wellington New Zealand
at 9am 1 July 1963.
He lived in
Auckland NZ until
1965 and then moved to Christchurch
in the South Island of New Zealand where he still lives.
In 1982 he was appointed a Justice of the Peace by the Minister of
Justice for New Zealand.
Bernard and Faye have four sons who are all
married and have each blessed them with grandchildren.
Faye and
Bernard visited England (and a
quick trip to Paris) in 1992. It was as a result of this trip and a
desire to find their roots that they developed an Interest in
genealogy
and a determination to make a perfect English pork pie. (See the recipe
on this site.)
Family Link
Bernard's Second Cousin Stanley Howard Edge
designer of the famous Austin Seven Motor Car.
Read about it here
We invite you to leave a message in our guestbook
before you leave!
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