My name is Lisa Truttman, and I write Timespanner. But I also welcome guest posts from others interested in our history. My passion is history, research, and stories from the past. It is also my living.
Currently I'm a member of the following societies/groups:
Avondale-Waterview Historical Society (President, 2003-);
Blockhouse Bay Historical Society;
Kinder Society which is based at Kinder House, Parnell);
Pt Chevalier Historical Society (committee member 2010-, vice-president 2011-)
Mt Roskill / Puketapapa Historical Society (2011- )
I serve on the executive committee of NZ Federation of Historical Societies 2007-.
I prepare/edit the following:
Avondale Historical Journal (2001- );
AWHS newsletter (2001- );
Point Chevalier Times (2009-);
Keeping in Touch (for NZFHS);
NZ Legacy (co-edit, member of the editorial board, for NZFHS).
My articles have appeared in Avondale's Spider's Web, Blockhouse Bay's Newstalk, and Rosebank Roundabout. I have completed research commissions for territorial authorities, heritage architects and private researchers from the southern Kaipara area to Taupo, and supply land history information nationwide.
Timespanner began September 2008 -- and to my surprise is still going. If you would like to contact me, my email is waitemata@gmail.com. I don't mind email enquiries at all -- but if you would like a fair bit of research done to answer your questions, there may be an hourly fee involved. Historical research is, as I said above, my living. It keeps the bills paid, a roof over my head, and food on the table.
Hi there, have been doing some research on my family history. A young couple by the names of John & Georgiana Hastie migrated to NZ from London in 1865 and settled in the Whau area (Avondale / Mt Albert). They had 8 children, most of whom remained in this area. Was just wandering if you have come across any mention of the Hastie name in your historical records?
ReplyDeleteHi Fitz,
ReplyDeleteYou may find that the Hastie family settled in West Auckland -- the area of the greater Whau catchment stretched from Richardson Road through to Glen Eden (Waikumete Cemetery streams ultimately empty into the Whau River). I have found a John Hastie at Waikomiti (former name for Glen Eden) in Papers Past -- Auckland Star, 19 May 1891, p. 8. There are no Hasties in the Whau roll for 1875, and none in the Avondale/Mt Albert areas on the electoral roll for 1881.
Hope this helps,
Lisa