Hi there, My Grandmother was Mary Maru and the photo dated the 19th Jan 2019 looks like Jessie, Mary & Amy with James (Jim) standing. While I have done the Sowerby family tree, I haven’t gone far back with the Marus, although knew some of Mary’s sisters and brothers and her parents. I recently told me daughter that we had Indian in our family and she was very interested, so it has started me looking again now at this family tree. Aileen
Hi Aileen,
I haven’t done any research on the Maru family as they are not in my direct line but I know they were in the Bendigo Ballarat area of Victoria. When you get into the research, feel free to ask me for any clues or help.
The man standing behind Jessie, Mary and Amy is Frank Robert Maru who was my father. I have other photos which were taken of the above people at the same time.
Helen,
Thanks for the updates on the information for the photos in this post. I have now corrected them so the right people and their relationships to Selina and Alladean is mentioned.
Hi Helen
My aunt married an Owen Frank (or Ernest) Maru from Raetihi in around 1973/74. She died in October of 1974 so it wasn’t a long marriage. I’ve not found out a lot about him except that his father was Frank Robert Maru too and passed away in 1997. Does Owen connect in to this family tree too do you know?
Hi Jess,
I checked my tree on Ancestry and noticed an Owen Frank Maru with a sister called Audrey Maru. Their father was Frank Robert Maru. So yes, your uncle Owen is connected to this Maru tree.
Sue
Hi Sue
That’s nice of you to look! I’ve seen that too but it’s a wee mistake – because Audrey was my mother’s sister. Her name and dates are correct in Ancestry but she married Owen sometime between 1972-74. They would only have been married briefly. Looks like from what you have said though that this Owen is the same one. Thank you 🙂
Hi again,
It occurred to me, does that mean Helen and Janine who have posted here are Owen’s sisters?
Thanks for your blog and reply by the way!
Cheers
Jess
Hi there, My Grandmother was Mary Maru and the photo dated the 19th Jan 2019 looks like Jessie, Mary & Amy with James (Jim) standing. While I have done the Sowerby family tree, I haven’t gone far back with the Marus, although knew some of Mary’s sisters and brothers and her parents. I recently told me daughter that we had Indian in our family and she was very interested, so it has started me looking again now at this family tree. Aileen
Hi Aileen,
I haven’t done any research on the Maru family as they are not in my direct line but I know they were in the Bendigo Ballarat area of Victoria. When you get into the research, feel free to ask me for any clues or help.
The man standing behind Jessie, Mary and Amy is Frank Robert Maru who was my father. I have other photos which were taken of the above people at the same time.
Helen,
Thanks for the updates on the information for the photos in this post. I have now corrected them so the right people and their relationships to Selina and Alladean is mentioned.
Hi Helen
My aunt married an Owen Frank (or Ernest) Maru from Raetihi in around 1973/74. She died in October of 1974 so it wasn’t a long marriage. I’ve not found out a lot about him except that his father was Frank Robert Maru too and passed away in 1997. Does Owen connect in to this family tree too do you know?
Hi Jess,
I checked my tree on Ancestry and noticed an Owen Frank Maru with a sister called Audrey Maru. Their father was Frank Robert Maru. So yes, your uncle Owen is connected to this Maru tree.
Sue
Hi Sue
That’s nice of you to look! I’ve seen that too but it’s a wee mistake – because Audrey was my mother’s sister. Her name and dates are correct in Ancestry but she married Owen sometime between 1972-74. They would only have been married briefly. Looks like from what you have said though that this Owen is the same one. Thank you 🙂
Hi again,
It occurred to me, does that mean Helen and Janine who have posted here are Owen’s sisters?
Thanks for your blog and reply by the way!
Cheers
Jess