The McPhersons from Inverkeithny in New Zealand, 1770-2014

The McPhersons from Inverkeithny
in New Zealand, 1770-2014
Formerly The McPhersons of the Far North of New Zealand, 1770-2013
Reynold Macpherson, 26 August 2014
Compiled in collaboration with Aroha Amai, Kath Brass, Heather Carey, Julia Catterick, Jan
Dixon, Jo Edwards, Donna Farrell, Ethel Yelavich, Raunu Hohaia, Kath and Ian MacNee,
Betty and Marilyn McPherson, Eddy and Keri McPherson, Natalie McPherson, Sonia Neho,
Caryn Rhodes and Anita Tepania.
Francis ‘Frank’ McPherson, about 1875-1922 and Morehu Rebecca Pene ‘Butu’ McPherson ex Berghan née
Arano, about 1887-1959, the earliest photographs found in New Zealand in this family.
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Contents
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................ 1
Oral History about Frank McPherson ..................................................................................................................... 1
Morehu Rebecca Pene ‘Butu’ Arano ...................................................................................................................... 4
Mary and Waata Tepania ........................................................................................................................................ 7
Kennedy and Mereanna Tepania........................................................................................................................ 7
Bub Tepania and Hec Busby.............................................................................................................................. 7
Edward and Marlene Tepania ............................................................................................................................ 7
The twins Alex and Joseph Tepania .................................................................................................................. 8
Jane Tepania and Ron Aro ................................................................................................................................. 8
James Tepania .................................................................................................................................................... 8
Wati and Robin Tepania .................................................................................................................................... 8
Aubrey and Elaine Tepania ................................................................................................................................ 9
Benjamin and Barbara Tepania .......................................................................................................................... 9
Michael Tepania ................................................................................................................................................ 9
Phoebe Tepania .................................................................................................................................................. 9
George and Mary Tepania ................................................................................................................................. 9
Dorothy Tepania and Peter McKay ................................................................................................................... 9
Allan and Nellie McPherson ................................................................................................................................. 10
Kathleen Arona ‘Moosey’ McPherson and Robert Ivan Smith ....................................................................... 10
Frank ‘Scotty’ and Betty McPherson ............................................................................................................... 11
Allan ‘Boob’ and Ellen McPherson ................................................................................................................. 12
Barney and Mary McPherson .......................................................................................................................... 13
Ron and Miriam McPherson ............................................................................................................................ 16
Big John and Blossom McPherson .................................................................................................................. 16
Mary and Logan McPherson ............................................................................................................................ 16
Taare ‘Dollie’ McPherson and Charlie Hohaia .................................................................................................... 17
Rauna and Tangiwhenua Hohaia ..................................................................................................................... 17
Noble Hohaia ................................................................................................................................................... 17
Sam and Colleen Hohaia .................................................................................................................................. 18
Maurice and Kathleen Hohaia ......................................................................................................................... 18
Mary Hohaia and Bill Amai ............................................................................................................................. 18
Aroha Hohaia and Eddie Strickland ................................................................................................................. 18
Alec and Bub McPherson ..................................................................................................................................... 19
Janice McPherson and Jack Bergerson ............................................................................................................ 20
Ethel McPherson and Bob Yelavich ................................................................................................................ 20
Sandy McPherson and Errol Brown ................................................................................................................. 21
Arlie and Raewyn McPherson ......................................................................................................................... 22
June McPherson ............................................................................................................................................... 22
Heather McPherson and Wayne Carey ............................................................................................................ 23
Caryn McPherson and Keith Rhodes ............................................................................................................... 23
Kath and Ian Macnee ............................................................................................................................................ 24
Concluding Note ................................................................................................................................................... 25
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The McPhersons of the Far North of New Zealand, 1841-2012
Compiled by Reynold Macpherson in collaboration with Aroha Amai, Kath Brass, Heather Carey née
McPherson, Jan Dixon, Jo Edwards, Donna Farrell, Ethel Yelavich, Raunu Hohaia, Kath and Ian MacNee, Betty
and Marilyn McPherson , Eddy and Keri McPherson, Natalie McPherson, Sonia Neho and Anita Tepania.
Introduction
This document reports the origins and descendants of Francis ‘Frank’ McPherson from Wardwell Farm in the
Parish of Inverkeithny, Banffshire, Scotland, and his wife Morehu Rebecca Pene ‘Butu’ McPherson ex Berghan
née Arano, of Te Rawara, Ahipara, New Zealand. It clarifies the oral traditions in the McPherson family
concerning Frank’s beginnings and the current understandings concerning Butu’s background. It explains that
Frank and Butu raised a family of four; Mary, Allan, ‘Dollie’ and ‘Alec,’ married in 1921 thirteen months
before Frank died in 1922 aged 44, and how Butu went on to adopt a fifth child, Taupiri Tamati ‘Bela’ née
from 1934, later known as Kath, and a sixth whangai (adopted) child Noble Hohaia from 1938. It then traces
over 300 descendants of Frank and Butu that are scattered today across New Zealand and Australia.
Oral History about Frank McPherson
There are many stories provided by McPherson kuia (senior women) today concerning Frank’s arrival and
family. The first story, derived from his grandson Frank ‘Scotty’ McPherson’s research, made four claims.
Frank arrived in New Zealand from Scotland with his brother John. John is buried in the Otahuhu Cemetery.
Frank and John’s sister later visited relatives in Dunedin without ever coming to the Far North. Frank was the
first person to bring a wood burner to Ahipara. It is shown below that Frank had two brothers, Alexander and
John, and a sister Jessie, but there is no evidence available that they visited New Zealand or that Frank brought
the first wood burner to Ahipara.
A second story in the family made six claims. Frank’s proper name was actually Francis and that he came
from Edinburgh where he had been teaching. He had two older brothers called Allan and Alex that he named
his own sons after. His sister Mary Margaret or Margaret Mary was an author and visited members of ‘the
Clan’ in Dunedin. While his proper name was Francis, the other names could be residual memories of earlier
family members but there is no evidence of prior teaching.
A third story made three claims. His wife Butu insisted that Frank’s proper name was Francis. His other
nickname ‘Scotty’ was transferred to his grandson to avoid confusion. Frank is buried next to the Snowdens or
Pukeroas at the lower level of the Pukemiro Cemetery at the Ahipara northern end of Roma Road. The first two
claims are probably true but there is no record concerning Frank’s burial location.
Scotty’s widow, Betty, found the picture of Frank on the cover of this document in the spine of Scotty’s album
(B. McPherson, 2011, p. 3). By comparing it with photos of his two sons Alec and Allan taken at various ages,
it was probably taken when he was in his early 30s, probably before he left Scotland. Since his grandson Scotty
died suddenly when he was 50, his son Allan when he was 55 and his other son Alec when he was 54, all of
undiagnosed heart disease, it is likely that Frank suffered the same fate.
Frank’s bereavement notice appeared in the Northland Age dated 22 February 1922.
His family thanked the undertaker in Mangonui, where the County hospital was in
those days, indicating that he had died there a few days earlier, about 20 February
1922. Since some of his male descendants suffered badly from late onset asthma as
well as heart disease, it suggests that they should monitor their health very carefully.
Scotty and Betty toured Scotland in 1966 and visited the Clan Macpherson Museum
in Newtonmore in search of Frank’s origins. Despite their total immersion in the
culture (see right), Scotty’s research predated online databases and proved
inconclusive. His eldest daughter Dr Marilyn Brewin née McPherson and I have
since constructed the family tree online with the help of the collaborators listed
above.
The Facts about Frank McPherson
Frank probably came to New Zealand from Scotland via
Sydney. A search of passengers from the UK to Australasia
between 1900 and 1915 found a Francis McPherson; a single
‘Scotch’ labourer on the Orient Line ship Ormuz (see right) that
departed London 19 August 1910.
Frank became an itinerant teacher of English in the Far North
of New Zealand, mostly in the Ahipara area, although he is also
remembered in the Udjur family visiting Ngataki School. Oral
history recalls that “Morehu Arano married a Mr McPherson an
English teacher and they had four kids; Mary, Tape (two girls), Allan and Alex (two boys)” (Seymour, 2002, p.
3). It is shown below that Mary came from a previous relationship, Tape was actually Taare (Dollie), Alex was
actually Alec, the parents married three years after their youngest child Alec was born and that Frank died
thirteen months after marrying.
The certified copy of Butu and Frank’s marriage certificate (see
right) shows that they were married at Kaitaia’s Church of
England on 6 January 1921. Frank’s age on marriage is given as
43, which provides a birth date of about 1878. Since he died 13
months later, about 20 February 1922. He was about 44 when he
passed on.
Frank’s place of birth is given as Bamshire Scotland, an
approximate spelling of the county of Banffshire, Scotland. A
search of all births in Scotland for 1878 plus or minus five years
proved fruitless, suggesting that his birth was not registered and
therefore possibly illegitimate (meaning born out of wedlock and
therefore not having inheritance rights in law; perhaps explaining
why he married late before dying to secure property rights for his
own sons in Ahipara).
Most importantly, the certificate gives Frank’s father as John
and his mother as Annie Allan. A search of all marriages in
Scotland for 1878 plus and minus 10 years also proved fruitless,
suggesting that his parents may not have registered their marriage.
Nevertheless, Scotland’s Census conducted on 3
May 1881, established (see extract right) that John
McPherson Snr., a widower (aged 37 and born about
1844), was living with his unmarried housekeeper
Annie Allan. She was born nearby in Grange,
Inverkeithny and aged 24 (born about 1857) (Census,
1881). The four McPherson children present were
Alexander McPherson Jnr. (a farm servant aged 15
and born about 1866), John McPherson Jnr. (a
scholar aged 8 and born about 1873), Francis
McPherson (a scholar aged 6 and born about 1875),
and Jessie McPherson (aged 4 and born about 1877).
They were living in a three-windowed house on a property
called Wardwell in the Parish of Inverkeithny, Banffshire.
This means that Francis McPherson of Ahipara’s father John
McPherson Snr. was partnering Annie Allan, farming 80 acres
with his eldest son Alexander. and a labourer, and that Francis
and his older brother John Jnr. were probably attending
Inverkeithny’s school (see right).
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Ten years earlier, the Census taken 2/3 April
1871 (see right) showed that Wardwell was being
farmed by the same John McPherson Snr. ., then
aged only 27 (Census, 1871). Resident at the same
address was John’s mother Janet ‘Jessie’
McPherson née Barratt, his three older sisters
Mary McPherson, Margaret McPherson and Ann
McPherson, his eldest son Alexander McPherson
Jnr. and a farm servant Robert Dyker aged 23.
Mother Jessie was a farmer’s widow aged 59, born
about 1812 in Forgue, a village a few miles south
of Inverkeithny. John’s oldest half sister, Mary
McPherson, was a general servant aged 42 born
about 1829 in Inverkeithny. His second half sister
listed (actually his oldest half sister) was Margaret McPherson, a dress maker inaccuaretly recorded as being
only 33, born in Huntly, Aberdeenshire. John’s youngest sister, Ann McPherson, was also a general servant
aged 32, born about 1839 in Inverkeithny. John’s eldest son Alexander. was 5, born about 1866 in Mortlach,
Banffshire.
Ten years prior to that, the Census taken 7/8
April 1861 (Census, 1861)(see right) reported that
Wardwell
was being farmed by Alexander
McPherson Snr. aged 69, born about 1792 in
Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Francis McPherson of
Ahipara’s paternal grandfather. Alexander’s wife
Janet ‘Jessie’ McPherson née Barratt must have
been his second partner–she was 20 years his
junior, born about 1812 in Drumblade,
Aberdeenshire, and only six years older than
Alexander’s eldest daughter Margart by his first
wife.
Alexander. and Janet’s eldest resident daughter was Margaret McPherson, aged 43 and therefore born about
1818, in Huntly, Aberdeenshire. Their second daughter was Mary McPherson, aged 33 born about 1828 in
Inverkeithny, Banffshire. Their eldest son Francis McPherson Jnr, was present aged 29, born about 1832 also in
Inverkeithny, after whom Frank McPherson of Ahipara may have been named. Their next child present was
Jessie McPherson, aged 25 and born about 1836 in Inverkeithny. Next came their daughter Ann McPherson
aged 21 born about 1840 in Inverkeithny. Finally was their youngest child (and Francis McPherson of Ahipara’s
father) John McPherson aged 17, born about 1844 in Inverkeithny, who took over the farm 30 July 1870 when
his father Alexander Snr. died (SR, 1870). Also resident was Alexander Snr.’s grandson Alexander McPherson
Jnr. aged 8 born about 1853 in Forgue, which is just over two miles fron Inverkeithny.
Mary’s birth on 20 May 1827 was formally recorded when her father Alexander had his whole family baptized
on 10 June 1843 (OPR, 1827). The record of the mass baptism confirms that Alexander’s first wife Margaret
McPherson née Simpson was the mother of Jane baptized 14 March 1824, their son Alexander baptized 14
May 1826, their daughter Mary baptized 20 May 1827, their son James baptized 26 May 1829, and a son
Francis McPherson Jnr. baptized 20 September 1830. The winesses to this bass baptism were John Rice and
William Sim both of Auchingoul Farm, Huntly, Aberdeenshire.
The entry also recorded that Alexander and his second wife Janet Barrett baptized a daughter Jessie 20 July
1834, a daughter Ann on 15 March 1839, a daughter Helen on 10 June 1841, and a son John McPherson on 10
June 1843. It also recorded that Isabel McPherson had an illegitimate son with Moriston Lawson baptised as
Alexander Lawson, as witnessed by Alexander McPherson and James McPherson.
Ten years earlier, in 1851 (Census, 1851), Alexander was 58 and farming Wardwell. His second wife Janet
was 38 by then, their daughters were Mary 33, Margaret 32, Isabel 29, their eldest son Francis 20, Ann 12,
Helen 9 and John 7, with a farm servant Alexander Lawson 10.
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Ten years before that, the 1841 Census (1841) recorded Alexander and his family as being resident at
Wardwell Farm. He was 45, his second wife Janet was 25 and his resident children were listed as Margaret 20,
Alexander Jnr. 15 (who is absent in subsequent censuses), Mary 14, James 12, Francis 10, Janet 7 (also absent),
Ann 2, and Helen 6 months.
When Alexander died 30 July 1870, aged 78 at Wardwell, after 12 months suffering from heart disease, the
Statutory Record (SR, 1870) noted that his wife was Margaret (actually Janet/ ‘Jessie’) McPherson née Barnett,
his father was recorded as Frances McPherson Snr. and his mother was Margaret Smith (SR, 1870). This key
record can be the basis for further research into his McPherson forebears.
In sum, the evidence to this point is that Francis ‘Frank’ McPherson of Ahipara was probably named after his
great grandfather and his deceased older brother. He came from a large family farming in Inverkeithny,
Banffshire. Like the generations before him and his siblings, he was raised on but had to leave Wardwell Farm
in search of prosperity, possibly training as a teacher in Scotland before emigrating to New Zealand. While
there are still huge gaps in our knowledge about his life prior to Ahipara and relatively little known of his life
and works, the Scottish geneology of the McPhersons of the Far North is now clear (see Figure 1 below).
Follow up research is now warranted.
Figure 1: The McPhersons that farmed Wardwell Farm, Inverkeithny
Francis McPherson Snr.,
Crofter, married
Margaret Smith
Alexander McPherson Snr., married again about 1833 to Janet
'Jessie' Barratt who was born about 1812 in Drumblade,
Aberdeenshire. Alexander died 30 July 1870
Alexander McPherson Snr., born about 1792 in Huntly,
Aberdeenshire, first wife Margaret Simpson
Margaret McPherson,
born about 1818 in
Huntly, Aberdeenshire,
unmarried dress maker
Jessie McPherson Snr.,
baptized 20 July 1834
Isabel McPherson, born
about 1836 in
Inverkeithny, baptized
illegimate son Alexander
Lawson 18 May 1850,
father Moriston Lawson
Jane McPherson,
baptized 14 March 1824
Alexander McPherson
Jnr., baptized 14 March
1826
Mary McPherson,
baptized 26 May1829
Ann McPherson,
baptized 15 March 1839
in Inverkeithny
Helen McPherson,
baptized 10 June 1841
John McPherson, born
about 1844 in
Inverkeithny, who took
over the farm when his
father Alexander Snr.
died, partnered
housekeeper Annie Allan
who was born in Grange,
Inverkeithny
Alexander McPherson
Jnr., born about 1866
John McPherson Jnr.,
born about 1873
in Inverkeithny
James McPherson
baptized 26 May 1829
Francis 'Frank'
McPherson, born about
1875, emigrated to
Ahipara, New Zealand,
and married Rebecca
Pene 'Butu' Arano
Francis McPherson Jnr.,
born about 1832 also in
Inverkeithny, probably
died young and the name
used again
Jessie McPherson Jnr.,
born about 1877
Morehu Rebecca Pene ‘Butu’ Arano
Butu’s formal name was Rebecca Pene Arano. Butu and Frank’s 1921 marriage certificate above does not use
‘Morehu.’ Morehu is not actually a first name but a Māori title that means ‘of the Ratana faith’.
Butu’s age on her marriage day with Frank was given as 33, which gave her a birth date of about 1888.
According to her gravestone stone in Pukemiro Cemetery in Roma Road, Ahipara however, ‘Morehu Rebecca
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McPherson’ died 21 February 1959 aged 73, which
gave her a birth date about 1886. Her birth date is
therefore provisionally determined to be about 1887
while awaiting better evidence.
Butu’s parents were recorded on her marriage
certificate as Hariata Arano neé Hehana and Pene
Arano, otherwise known as Hemoata Pene Mehana
and Pene Allan (see right). Pene Arano died 10
September 1915 aged 54 and is also buried at
Pukemiro.
Hariata and Pene lived in Ahipara. Butu was their
eldest child (Seymour, 2002, p. 3). Her six siblings
were Dolly Arano who lived in Pakipaki, Koti
Arano, Puki Arano, John Arano who lived in
Huntly, Ngaranoa Wahapu née Arano
(otherwise known as Aunty, Granny or Nanny
Fly) who lived in Wreck Bay (Yelavich, 2011)
and married Eruera Wahapu and had about
seven children (J. Hohaia, 2011).
The
youngest, Emily Mangai Udjur née Arano
married Mate Udjur and had nine children (see
right) (Seymour, 2002).
Butu brought her daughter Mary to her
partnership with Frank from her previous
relationship with Edward Berghan (born 25
November 1884 and died 4 September 1965 in
Ahipara). Mary was born 23 January 1910
and died about 1990 in Kaitaia. Butu also had another earlier child with Edward Berghan also named Edward
who apparently stayed with his father.
Butu and Frank then had three children of their own. Allan was born 22 September 1915 in Ahipara, died
about 7 January 1969 in Auckland and was brought home to be buried in the Wainui Cemetery, Ahipara. Taare
‘Dollie’ was born in 1916 in Ahipara, died 13 September 1972 and was buried alongside her mother in the
Pukemiro Cemetery. Alexander ‘Alec’ McPherson was born 21 October 1918, died 13 March 1973 and was
buried at the Kaitaia Public Cemetery.
In sum, Butu and Frank’s partnership started sometime after 1910 and before 1915, they had three children
between 1915 and 1918, married in early 1921 and it ended when Frank died suddenly early in 1922. Mary,
then just 10, was raised as a sibling of Allan (7), Dollie (6) and Alec (4) (see Mary and Dollie right, about
1933).
In 1934, twelve years after Frank’s death, Butu
accepted her first whangai child; Taupiri ‘Bela’
later ‘Kath’ Tamiti (see right). Butu registered
Kath’s birth when she was 10, defining herself
as her ‘Unty.’ Kath was raised by Butu in 81
Cook Street, Auckland as Taupiri Selwyn
because her then partner was Eddie Selwyn.
Kath’s birth certificate gave her mother as Puti
Tamati, a “Māori of Full Blood” of Te Rarawa.
Kath also recalls being told that she had a twin
and that Puti had 13 children and died of TB
when she was about 50 (Macnee & Macnee,
2011). Kath’s search for her siblings continues.
During WW2 Butu ran a sly grog shop for
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American servicemen. She also raised another whangai child, Noble Hohaia, who was born about 1945 to
Dollie McPherson and Charlie Hohaia. Noble completed military service, see right, married, had children and
died about 2006. Details are awaited.
In 1952, Butu attended Scotty and Betty’s wedding (see below) and although a shy person, clearly enjoyed
herself. From left are Hera (Sarah) Murray (Betty’s grandmother),
Morehu McPherson, John McPherson Jnr., Scotty McPherson, Betty
McPherson (née Murray), Dave Brass, Noble Hohaia, Herbert
Murray, and Scotty’s parents, Nellie McPherson née Brass and
Allan McPherson.
Butu lived out her days in Auckland (see below right). Her squint
was due to being blinded in her right eye. She had been playing
with a dog in the backyard when it got over excited and accidentally
scratched her eye (Yelavich, 2011).
Kath recalled that Butu was strongly of the Ratana faith and wore
earrings with the Church’s half moon and star emblem. When she
died in 1959 her jewellery went into her casket, including her
greenstone (Macnee & Macnee, 2011). She was buried at Pukemiro
as Morehu Rebecca McPherson, and in 1972, her youngest daughter
Taare (Dollie) was buried alongside her. We now turn to Butu’s
eldest daughter, Mary.
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Mary and Waata Tepania
Mary McPherson married Waata (Walter) Tepania, born 24
August 1903 and died 20 January 1969. They had 14 children
and at least 61 mokopuna (Amai, 2011; Tepania, 2011). Mary
and Waata are pictured right.
Most of Mary and Waata’s children living today were at
Kathleen’s ‘Bub’s’ 80th birthday at the end of 2010, see below
(excluding Joseph who was ill at the time). Standing left to
right are Michael Tepania, Ben Tepania, Dolly Tepania, Hec
‘Wally’ Busby (Bub’s husband), Wati Tepania, Edward
‘Eddie’ Tepania, George Tepania, Aubrey Tepania and
Phoebe Tepania. Seated are May Matiu, Kathleen ‘Bub’
Busby née Tepania, and Mary Tepania (the wife of the late Kennedy Tepania Snr.).
Kennedy and Mereanna Tepania
Mary and Waata’s eldest, Kennedy., was born 2 June 1929 and died in 1996. He married Mereanna Wara and
had six children; Terry , Kennedy Jnr., Patau , Eru , Aorangi and Alec (Tepania, 2011).
Terry married Francis and they had Victor , Martin , Robyn and Johnny . Victor married Michelle. Their
children are Jordan Parker (whose maternal mum is Lana Parker), Havyn , Charmah , Waikohu , Te Houtaewa
and the youngest, Vee-Jay ‘VJ’ . Martin married Emma and they had Hemi Tepania. Robyn and her partner
Stephen have three children; Jesse-Lee, Levi and Jade. Johnny and his partner Jody have no children of their
own although Jody brought Reuben and Jesse from a previous relationship. Details and photos are awaited.
Bub Tepania and Hec Busby
Mary and Waata then had Kathleen ‘Bub’ Tepania on 29 November 1930 who married Hec Busby and had nine
children; Walter (who married Frances Busby née Sinclair and had Timothy ), Alex (who married Doris Matiu
and had Peter , Ratahi and Thomas ), Steven , Hector Jnr., Selwyn , Peter , Margaret , Moira and Robert Busby.
Details and photos are awaited.
Edward and Marlene Tepania
Mary and Waata’s third child, Edward, born 14 March 1934, married Marlene McSheffrey (1940-2006) in 1959.
They had five children. Photos are awaited.
Glen James Tepania was born in in 1959. He partnered with Tania Millar and had two sons, Jarred in
1987and Tamiti in 1989. He then partnered with Pam Cleverly and had Ruby in 1992 and Rewa Tepania in
1994. They are no longer together.
Daryll Edward Tepania was born in 1960. He and his partner Cheryl Henderson had two daughters. The first
was Karla Lorraine Tepania born in 1982. She and her partner Lesley Norton had Leighton in 1999, Cody in
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2001, Seth in 2004, Trinity in 2005, Cassidy in 2005, and Xaiver Norton in 2007. Darryl and Cheryl’s other
daughter is Sarah Kathleen née Tepania born 1986. She married Daniel Neilson and they have no children.
Colin Micheal Tepania was born in 1962. He and his partner Christine Williams had a son, Orren Scott
Tepania born 1982. Colin then married Fiona Whyte in 2001 and had another son Tane Tepania in 2000.
Kathleen Denise Tepania was born in 1963. She married
James Brass in 1988. Their first child was Rangi Melissa
Goodman née Brass born in 1985 who married James
Goodman in 2009 and had Adrianna Katrina Goodman in
2007 and Cyprus James Goodman in 2009. Adrianna and
Kath are pictured right at the Macpherson Family Reunion,
25-27 February 2011.
James Edward Tepania was born in 1967. He had Tori
Kathleen Tepania 2005 with Tracey Collins, as well as Paki
Bruno Tepania in 1992, Emma-Lee Morehu Tepania in 1998
and Adrianna Tui Alana Tepania in 1999.
Scott Walter Tepania was born in 1969. He partnered with
Tracey Cooper and had Nathan Scott ‘Scott’ Tepania in
1998 and Rylie-Grace Tepania in 2000. Scott then married Debbie.
The twins Alex and Joseph Tepania
Mary and Waata then had twin boys. Alex was born 30 November 1935 and died in 1936 while Joseph Tepania
flourished, married Frances Berghan and had eight children, although not all of their mokopuna have been
traced; Noeline (who had Benjamin), Ben , Diane (who had Haley and Paula), Joe , Ronald , Walter Jnr.,
Tracey (who had Harley, Jessie and Jordan with Andrew) and Michael . Joseph died 25 December 2010.
Details and photos are awaited.
Jane Tepania and Ron Aro
Mary and Waata’s sixth child was Jane , born 27 February 1937, who married Ron Aro and had Marlene and
Elizabeth. Details and photos are awaited.
James Tepania
Mary and Waata’s seventh child was James , born 26 October 1938 and died 1997. James was a Malayan
veteran who had Adonnis . Details and photos are awaited.
Wati and Robin Tepania
Mary and Waata’s eighth child is the widely respected Malayan veteran and bus driver, Wati Alexander
Tepania, born 2 June 1940. Wati married Robin Alice Gardiner (born 2 March 1945) and had Sonia Milly Neho
née Tepania born 20 October 1966, Phillip Edward Tepania born 8 January
1968, Anita Jane Tepania born 17 August 1972 and Richard Charles
Tepania born 31 July 1973.
Sonia married Eric James Neho born 10 April 1965 and had Darcy Robin
James Neho, born 7 May 1987, Jay Neho born 7 November 1989, Ramoan
Neho born 28 February 1991, and Tyrone Neho, born 21 February 1995.
Sonia is pictured right at the Macpherson Family Reunion, 25-27 February
2011, and assisted with the development of this document.
Phillip married Kathleen ‘Mandy’ Tepania née Rogers and had Arnika
Rose Anita Tepania and Trinity Waata Tepania. Arnika and her partner
Chance Pipitolu had a daughter named Charvel Diaz Hartlee Lena Tepania
Pipitolu born 27th August 2010, Wati and Robin’s first great grandchild.
Anita had Harlym. Richard and Amy Barry had Nikau and Riley Tepania. Details and photos are awaited.
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Aubrey and Elaine Tepania
Mary and Waata’s ninth child was Aubrey Francis Tepania, born 2 April 1942, a highly regarded Vietnam
veteran. Aubrey married Elaine Pure and had Dorothy . Dorothy had two children; Taina Mere Tepania born 6
June 2006, and Evan Anthony Tepania born 8 March 2010. Details and photos are awaited.
Benjamin and Barbara Tepania
Mary and Waata’s tenth child was Benjamin Joseph ‘Ben’ Tepania born 21 November 1943. He married
Barbara Way and had Daniel and Maureen . Maureen has four children; Ida, Ryker, Sonya and Taniora. Details
and photos are awaited.
Michael Tepania
Mary and Waata’s eleventh child was Michael Tepania born 26 December 1945. Details and photos are
awaited.
Phoebe Tepania
Twelfth born was Phoebe born 7 January 1949 who had Lisa Ann Katherine Tepania born 5 August 1973. Lisa
had Blake , Jamie and Brody Cranch with Ross Cranch. Details and photos are awaited.
George and Mary Tepania
Mary and Waata then had George born 1 June 1950 who married Mary Poata and had Audrey Tepania, Rita
Deborah Tepania and Vallance Tepania. Rita had Santana and Rewi Morning with Matua Morning. Details
and photos are awaited.
Dorothy Tepania and Peter McKay
Finally, they had Dorothy born 14 November 1952 who married Peter McKay and had David and Michael .
Details and photos are awaited.
In sum, there are likely to many more that can be added to this preliminary listing of Mary and Waata’s over
60 mokopuna.
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Allan and Nellie McPherson
Frank and Butu’s eldest child was Allan McPherson. He was
born 22 September 1915 in Ahipara. His first name may have
came from his paternal grandmother, Annie Allan. He died about
7 January 1969 in Auckland and was buried at the Wainui Urupa.
His first name has been used in every generation since.
Allan was a gumdigger in the gum fields above Ahipara, fluent
yet not literate in English, Māori and Dalmatian, although he
could sign his name to his cheques (see below left, aged about
25).
He married Katerina ‘Nellie’ Brass who was born about 1916 in
the Gumfields. Allan inherited 11 acres above the Wreck Bay
road at Ahipara from his mother Butu. He and Nellie lived in the
old McPherson house there for some years (see right above). Nellie died about 19 August 1982 at St. Stephens
College, Bombay Hills, and was also buried at Wainui. They had eight children.
Allan, his wife Nellie and the six of their eight children that survived to adulthood are also pictured below, in
1965, at John McPherson and Blossom Snowden’s wedding; Kathleen, Scotty, Allan Jnr., Barney , Ron and
John McPherson Jnr.
However, when the price of kauri gum gradually collapsed in the late 1940s and early 1950s, Allan and Nellie
led a family migration to Auckland, leaving their youngest surviving son John .on the farm, with some going on
to Australia to find work.
Kathleen Arona ‘Moosey’ McPherson and Robert Ivan Smith
Allan and Nellie’s eldest child was known as Moosey. She was born 10 July 1932 in Ahipara and died 5th
February 1996 in Middlemore Hospital, Auckland. She married Robert Ivan Smith who was born 8 November
1932 in Herekino and died 12th May 2004 also in Middlemore Hospital. Robert was a dairy farmer. They had
five children.
First born was David Smith born 11 October 1952. Details and photos are awaited.
Second was Roderick ‘Roddy’ Smith who was born 1 October 1953 and who had Donna Smith, Mary Smith
Robert Smith and then Michael ‘Mikka’ Smith who was born 8 September 1954. Mikka married Patricia
Gallagher, formerly of Tauranga, on 18 June 1976. They had three children; Tina Smith born 12 December
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1975, Shane born 18 March 1977 and then Jason born 6 May 1982. Tina married Jason Hetherington of
Rotorua. Mikka’s partner is now Carol Norman, born 25 September 1966. Details and photos are awaited.
Moosey and Robert’s third child was Maureen Smith born about 12th November 1956. She married Robert
Taylor from Pangaru who was born about 1960. They had David in 1986, Courtney in 1988, William in 1991
and Leslie about 1993. Details and photos are awaited.
Fourth born was Audrey born about 3April 1957 who married Rolly, an Australian, and had two boys
Christopher and Michael. Details and photos are awaited.
Fifth was their whangai child, Robert, born about 1977. Details and photos are awaited.
Frank ‘Scotty’ and Betty McPherson
Allan and Nellie’s second child, Frank ‘Scotty’ McPherson was the
famous principal of St. Stephens College. He was born 20 August
1933 in Ahipara. He was supported by the family to go to Ardmore
Teachers College for primary school teacher training in 1952 and
1953. On 31 May 1952 he married Betty Murray, born 31 October
1934 in Whangape, at St Barnabys Church in Mt Eden, Auckland
(B. McPherson, 2011). Scotty’s grandmather Butu attended their
wedding (see right).
Scotty’s career was meteroic. His first teaching job was at Te
Araroa District High School, East Cape from 1954-1957 where he
and Betty built life-long links with Ngati Porou. From 1958 to
1961 he taught at St. Stephens School, Bombay Hills. He then won his first
leadership post, aged 29, as a Head of Department at Papatoetoe High School,
from 1962 to 1968. In 1969, aged 36, he was appointed Deputy Principal of
Penrose High School. In 1973, aged 40, he was appointed principal of Opotiki
College, and a year later, selected to lead St. Stephen’s College. In 1966 he
completed his Master of Arts thesis on the impact of unemployment on young
people at the University of Auckland to add to his Bachelor of Arts gained earlier
(see right). He was given a scholarship to go to the University of London in 19791980 where he became an Associate.
On 12 May 1984, after 10 years as principal of St. Stephen’s College, Scotty
suddenly died of undiagnosed heart problems, aged 50. Many hundreds of
mourners attended his tangi at St. Stephens, including the Māori Queen, Dame Te
Atu-i-rangi-kaahu. He was buried in Ahipara at the Wainui Urupa.
Scotty and Betty had eight children (B. McPherson & Brewin, 2011). The first born, on 5 December 1952 in
St Helens, Auckland, was Marilyn Tangi Ina McPherson. On 31 August 1974 she married Peter ‘Kris’ Brewin,
born 11 March 1953. They had three children in Auckland; Jonathon Kyle Te Rau Aroha Brewin, born 11
October 1975 and died 21 July 1985 of a rare blood disorder; Kate Hineio Brewin born 21 May 1990; and John
Kris Te Rau Aroha Brewin born 11 November 1993. Marilyn and Kris divorced in 2009. Marilyn has a PhD
and is today Coordinator of Research in the National Institute of Research Excellence for Māori Development
and Advancement located in the Waipapa Marae Complex of the University of Auckland.
Scotty and Betty’s second child was Frank Ronald McPherson, born 9 February 1954. Frank first married
Karen Duane January 1976 and had Chanon Frank McPherson 1 July 1980. He married again in February 1986
with Julie Elizabeth Haines, born 2 September 1958, on Maraetai Beach. Frank and Julie had four children;
Nicola Francis McPherson born 3 July 1987, Manu Robert McPherson born 22 June 1989, Evan Eru McPherson
born 31 December 1991 and Ruby Siniea Nellie McPherson born 29 July 1995.
Third was John Patrick ‘Little John’ ‘Nugget’ McPherson, born 17 March 1955 in Waipiro Bay, East Coast,
and died 24 March 1991 in Auckland. In August 1976 he married Yvonne ‘Dickie’ von Ravenstein, born 22
August 1956 in Holland. They had Daina McPherson on 13 March 1977 and Joshua McPherson on 8 April
1980 in Waitakere, Auckland. Daina had two children; Marcikira McPherson born 9 January 2002 and
Hinemaia McPherson born 26 February 2004. Daina and her partner Kane born 14 November 1975 have two
children; Katie born 10 December 2006 and Kai born 3 May 2009.
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Scotty and Betty’s fourth child was Pauline Karen McPherson, also born at Waipiro Bay, on 21 July 1956.
She completed a Bachelor of Science at the University of Auckland in 1977, added a postgraduate teaching
diploma in 1978 and currently works for Learning Media in Wellington. She married Darrell Robert Waiti, born
19 July 1956, and had four children; Danica Aroha Waiti born 30 July1976, Jordan Aromoana McPherson Waiti
born 22 July 1982, Raukura Caleb Waiti born 15 May 1990 in Hamilton and Rawhiti Tukotahi McPherson
Waiti born 22 July 1993.
Fifth born was Elizabeth Anne McPherson, on 1 October 1957, also at Waipiro Bay. On 9 January 1982 she
married Leo De Beurs at St. Stephans. He was born 27 January 1957 in Bergen, The Netherlands. They had
Jacob Raumati De Beurs, born 13 November 1982 in Auckland, Scot McPherson De Beurs born 12 April 1989
in Kaitaia, and Nina Betty De Beurs born 30 July 1997 in Pukekohe East, Franklin.
Scotty and Betty’s sixth child was Christine Ross McPherson born 23 November 1958 in Pukekohe East,
Franklin. Last born were the twins born 12 September 1968; Mark Stephen McPherson and Paul Douglas
McPherson, the latter marrying Brenda Jane McPherson née Watt born 9 July 1968 in Devonport. Paul and
Brenda had Mark John Ngarimu McPherson born 5 May 1997 and Grace Elizabeth Roimata McPherson born 2
December 2002.
Kuia Betty is pictured below in recent times with six of her many mokopuna and the poupou carved by Scotty.
Left to right are Mark McPherson, 13 (son of Paul and Brenda (née Watts) McPherson), Kate Hineio Brewin, 20
(daughter of Marilyn née McPherson and Kris Brewin), Rawhiti Waiti,17 (youngest son of Pauline neé
McPherson and Darrel Waiti), Betty (née Murray) McPherson holding Grace McPherson, 8 (daughter of Paul
and Brenda (née Watts) McPherson, John Brewin, 17 (son of Marilyn neé McPherson and Kris Brewin), and
Nina De Beurs, 13, (daughter of Elizabeth née McPherson and Leo De Beurs).
Allan ‘Boob’ and Ellen McPherson
Allan and Nellie McPherson’s third child was named Allan after his father and known as Allan ‘Boob’
McPherson to avoid confusion. He was born about 1934 and died 6 July 1997. He married Ellen Puru born on
11 November 1940 in Waima, Hokianga. They had five children in Auckland.
Boob and Ellen’s first born was Logan McPherson born 20 September 1958. Logan married Barbara and they
adopted Elizabeth on 14 May 1992 and then had Alice 20 September 1993. Second born was Betty ‘Betso’
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McPherson born about 6 December 1960. Betso married John Shepherd and they had a son Bronson Shepherd
about 1988. Third born was Andrew McPherson born about 1962. Fourth born was Yolande Melody
McPherson born about 1978. Yolande and her partner Cody have a son, a daughter called Jasmine and a son,
Tyrone. Fifth born was James McPherson Jnr. born about 1980. James and his partner are also known to have a
son. Photos, names and dates are awaited.
Barney and Mary McPherson
Allan and Nellie’s fourth child was Barney
McPherson (see right 1988), born 5 May 1936 and
died 10 February 2005 in Ahipara. He married
Maryann 'Mary' 'Tata' McPherson née Matthews (see
right, 2011) who was born 1 July 1928 in Pangaru,
Hokianga. They had a full life (Matthews, 2011; E.
McPherson & McPherson, 2011).
Barney went to Kaitaia College and then worked to
help support his brother Scotty
through teachers college. He and
Mary then moved to one of the first
state houses in Ellerslie, Auckland.
He found work in the Westfield
and Hellaby’s Meat Works. They
moved to Sydney in 1972 where
Barney became a fitter on Garden
Island and Mary worked in child
care. They returned to Auckland in
the late 1980s.
The photo right of Barney and his
boys was taken in 1991. Left to
right are Peter , Eddy , Joey , Jason
, Robert , Allan McPherson Jnr.
and Noble with Barney in front.
Barney and Mary actually started their family with two whangai children and then added 10 of their own.
Their first whangai child was Lucy Kenneth née McPherson born about 1948, seen with Shannon in the photo
left below, taken in 2011. Lucy married Martin Kenneth, an Englishman, seen in the second photo below, also
taken in 2011. They had two children; Christopher Kenneth and Shannon Kenneth, seen in the third photo
below, taken in 1998. This family lives in Sydney.
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Barney and Mary’s second whangai was Marama Patricia
‘Pat’ Panapa née McPherson born about 1951 who married
Colin Panapa in Dargaville. She lives in Ahipara today.
Barney and Mary’s eldest child, Peter Barney McPherson,
was born 12 October 1954 in Auckland and died 13 May
2008. He married Pixie Ihaka Rakich and had four children;
Desmond Alexander 'Dez' McPherson born 11 February 1976
and died 1 March 1995, Martha McPherson born about 1976,
Adrian McPherson born about 1978 and Maryann McPherson
born about 1980. The photo of the family right, less Pixie,
right to left by age, was taken about 1994. Peter and Pixie
may have since had grandchildren. Details are awaited.
Barney and Mary’s second child, Joseph Aloysius 'Joey'
McPherson, was born 28 December 1955. He was a mechanic. He married Anna Ihaka. They had Joanna, who
married Tommy from the Coromandel and had Liam and Harangi, Tania who had three sons with her partner
Lewis – Anthony, Jeff (son Leon) and Peter (two sons, the oldest Hayden), and Joseph ‘JJ’ who married Melissa
and had Trey, Lishanna and McKayla.
Barney and Mary’s third son was Edward Soloman 'Eddie’ McPherson
(see near right), born 5 February 1957 in Rawene, Hokianga. Eddie
married Evermore Louise 'Keri' McPherson née Christensen (see far
right) who was born 22 January 1961 in Taumaranui, King Country.
They helped compile this document and have three children.
First born was Eveleen Fontane McPherson on 31 October 1978 in St
Helens, Auckland. She had two children with her partner Leslie Jacob
‘Les’ Pereira, born 9 May 1979; Joaquin Jacob Pereira born 6 April 2003 and Indie Jedi
Pereira born 11 March 2009. Second born was Colin Edward McPherson on 19 October
1981. He and his partner Teri-Ann Gill (born 17 June 1984 in Blenheim) had Caleb
Maximus McPherson born 29 April 2004 and Lexi Evamore McPherson born 5 June
2007 (see right). Third born was Nicholas Soloman McPherson who was born 22 July
1987 in Auckland. The photo below, taken in 2008, includes Leslie Pereira, Nicholas
McPherson, Lexie McPherson being held by Teri-Ann Gill, Colin McPherson, Eveleen
McPherson, Keri McPherson and Edward McPherson, with Joaquin Pereira and Caleb
McPherson in front. The two recent photos below right are of Indie and Lexie.
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Barney and Mary then had their first girl, Mary Anne McPherson (seen
right with Mary and Pat in 1988). Mary was born 4 July 1958 and first
married Fred Kaeo from Manaia, South Taranaki. They had two children;
Elijah Kaeo born 1980 and Brooke Kaeo born about 1983. Mary Anne
then married Karl Kreiger and had Tobias on 24 February 1998.
Barney and Mary’s fifth child was Robert
Patrick 'Robbie' McPherson born 30
November 1959 (see left about 1993). He
was murdered in Sydney on 28 January
1998, brought home and buried in Wainui
Urupa. Robbie’s partner Tammie had Teela
Jane McPherson in 1990, pictured second
right with her Aunty Lucy in 2011.
Barney and Mary’s sixth child was Nopera
(Noble) McPherson born 16 June 1961. He is pictured
third right with his mother Mary in 1993. He lives in
Ahipara with his partner Patrina (see fourth right).
Barney and Mary’s seventh child, Nellie Kathleen
McPherson, was born in 1962, had Aaron Kaeo, Megan
Kaeo and Edmund Kaeo Jnr. with her first partner,
Edmund Kaeo Snr., and then Paul with Sipoe ‘Joe’
Muller. Nellie is pictured bottom right with Maryanne in
1989.
Barney and Mary’s eighth child was Allan Christopher ‘Pene’
McPherson (see fifth right). He had Jasmine McPherson with his
first partner Fiona in Australia. He had a daughter Harmony
McPherson and a son Arana McPherson in Houhora with his second
partner Noni. He then had another son Tane McPherson in 2007
with his third partner, Kathleen (see sixth right), in Auckland.
Barney and Mary’s ninth child was Sharon McPherson born 12
May 1965 (seen bottom left). She and her partner Alan Gordon
have two children; Marcel Jamie Gordon, born 3 September 1985
and Allan Jnr. ‘Flash’ Gordon born 20 November 1990. Allan, Sharon, Noble and Marama all now live in
Ahipara where they regularly visit their mother Mary.
Barney and Mary’s tenth and last child was Jason Leslie Joseph McPherson born 28 December 1971. He died
aged 22 in a car accident on 16 August 1993. He is pictured centre below in 1992 at his 21st birthday.
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In 1988, Barney and Mary held a family reunion at their home in Kelston, Auckland. The photo below records
the occasion.
Mary and Barney are seated in front. Left to right standing are Sharon, Nellie, Maryann, Marama, Lucy, Peter,
Joseph, Edward, Robert, Noble, Allan, Christopher (nephew) and Jason. That completes the record of Barney
and Mary McPherson.
Ron and Miriam McPherson
Allan and Nellie’s fifth child was Ronald ‘Ron’ McPherson born in Kaitaia in about 1942. He married Mirian
Silver from Auckland and they had four children; Ronald ‘Flick’ McPherson born about 1962 in Whakatane,
Bay of Plenty with the others born in Auckland - Marion McPherson born about 1964, Sanna McPherson born
about 1966 and Sera McPherson born about 1970. Details and photos are awaited.
Big John and Blossom McPherson
Allan and Nellie’s sixth child was John ‘Big John’ McPherson born 12 May 1944 in Kaitaia. He married
Puawai ‘Blossom’ McPherson née Snowden born about 1963 and they had three children in Auckland;
Raymond ‘Big Ray’ McPherson born about 1965 who had four children in Auckland, Allan McPherson born
about 1967 who married Denise McPherson and had Emma McPherson in about 1995, and Robert McPherson,
born about 1968. Details and photos are awaited.
Mary and Logan McPherson
Sadly, Allan and Nellie’s seventh and eighth children died in infancy; Mary McPherson Snr. (abt 1944-1946)
and Logan McPherson Snr. (abt 1946-1947).
While awaiting further data, it appears that Allan and Nellie had eight children and at least 112 mokopuna.
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Taare ‘Dollie’ McPherson and Charlie Hohaia
Frank and Butu McPherson’s second child, Taare or ‘Dollie’
, married Paikaraihe 'Charlie' Hohaia, a widely respected
Sergeant in the 28th (Māori ) Battalion during WW2 from
Taranaki (see right).
Dollie was born in Ahipara in 1916, died in Auckland on
13 September 1972 and was buried in the Pukemiro
Cemetery in Ahipara. Charlie died 4 January 1988 in Glen
Eden, Auckland, and was buried in the Kenana Urupa. The
couple are shown second right in 1968.
Dollie and Charlie raised three of their four boys and two
girls in Ahipara, moving to Auckland as their children
migrated for work. They whangaied their second child Noble
to Dollie’s mother Morehu. Their family structures have
been mapped (Edwards, 2011; R. Hohaia, 2011), and follow
below. Dollie was also much loved aunt of Mary and Waata
Tepania’s children (see third right), left to right Kennedy
Tepania., Dollie Hohaia, Eddie Tepania, Marlene Tepania
and Jane Aro (Tepania, 2011).
Rauna and Tangiwhenua Hohaia
Dollie and Charlie Hohaia’s first born, on 21 April 1937,
was Raunatiri ‘Rauna’ Hohaia, now a scaffolder living in
Otahuhu, Auckland.
Rauna first married Tangiwhenua Williams who was born
7 May 1936. They had five children. Tangiwhenua died 12
August 1990 and is buried in Pukemiro Urupa, Ahipara.
There is a silver plaque commemorating her in the church.
Rauna has since married again with Maureen Hasson who
was born 28 January 1940.
Rauna and Tangiwhenua’s first born was Jack Hohaia.
Jack married Karen Rahui and had Stacey and Raymond
Hohaia. Stacey married John Brown and had Presley ,
Kingsley and Jackson Brown. Raymond married Kylie Taylor and had Rayden Hohaia.
Second born was Maryanne Hohaia who married Chris Albert and had Gordon and Maria Albert. Gordon
married Leah Riggs and had Boston and Jordyn Albert. Maria Atutolu née Albert married Geoffrey Atutolu
and had Capri , Casey and Chance Atutolu.
Third born was Charlie Hohaia who married Teresa Wright and had four children. Hayley Hohaia was their
eldest and she married Dave Popata and had Journey Popata and Paige Popata. They then had twins. Kurt
Hohaia was born 10 May 1991 at the Middlemore Hospital. Kurt’s partner Casey Salle was born 20 October
1992 at the Kaitaia Hospital and they had Shampaigne Salle born 15 December 2008 at the Whangarei Hospital.
Kurt’s twin was Dallas Hohaia. Finally, Charlie and Teresa had Aaron Hohaia.
Rauna and Tangiwhenua Hohaia’s fourth child was Miriam Hohaia who is deceased.
Fifth was Raunatiri Jnr. Hohaia who first married Poko Hohaia née Okinga (and had Rauna and Miriam
Hohaia) and then Michelle Hohaia née Hughes (and had Michael and Royce Hohaia).
Noble Hohaia
Dollie and Charlie’s second child was Nopera (Noble) Arona Hohaia born 27 March 1939 and died July 2005.
As noted above, he was whangaied out to Butu, and later married, had children and died about 2006. Details are
awaited.
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Sam and Colleen Hohaia
Dollie and Charlie’s third child was Samson Allen ‘Sam’ Hohaia born 22
August 1943 and died 4 August 2007. He married Colleen Scramm and
had three children; Andrew in 1967, Benjamin on 23 May 1969 and
Karan Hohaia in 1971. Details are awaited.
Maurice and Kathleen Hohaia
Dollie and Charlie’s fourth child was Maurice Charles Hohaia born 12
September 1947. Maurice and his big brother Rauna are seen right on a
horse about 1951. Maurice married Kathleen ‘Kathy’ Hohaia née
Shepherd (see below left) who was born 9 July 1951 in Mangonui.
They had Noble Charles Hohaia Jnr. on 26 July 1969. On 5 Oct 2001
Noble married Joanne Maree Edwards born 27 November 1969 (see
centre below). They had three children in Auckland; Sinead Elaine Hohaia born 15 May 1990, Blake Maurice
Hohaia born 6 October 1995 and Mason James Hohaia born 16 March 2000.
They also had Maurice Hohaia Jnr. (see right) who was born 20 August 1970 and died 8 October 1992 in
Auckland, and is buried in Pukemiro.
Mary Hohaia and Bill Amai
The first of Dollie and Charlie’s two girls was Mary Lynette Amai née Hohaia born 21 August 1951. She
married Bill Amai who was born 28 October 1949. They had Corey Amai, Lee Amai, Aroha Kathleen Amai
born 8 August 1972, Billy John Paekarehe Amai born 2 February 1973, and Elle-Lee Dolly Amai born about
1975.
On 25 March 2000, Aroha Amai married Denis Tatu who was born 2 January 1964. They had three children;
Dallas Mahepo Amai-Tatu born about 28 February 1996, Braxton Aroha Amai-Tatu born 5 September 1998 and
Carlos Lee Amai-Tatu born 4 January 2003. Details and photos are awaited.
Aroha Hohaia and Eddie Strickland
In 1977, Dollie and Charlie’s second girl and final child, Aroha Amy Hohaia born 12 July 1959, married Eddie
Tuakana Strickland, who was born 13 October 1955. They had Daley Karaka Strickland born 29 November
1984 and Tahei Aroha Herepane Strickland born 4 January 1987. Tahei married Mano Prescot and had Maia
Lorelle Strickland-Prescot born 21 February 2009 and Sonny Ariki Strickland-Prescot born March 2010.
In sum, Dollie and Charlie gave Frank and Butu at least 57 mokopuna.
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Alec and Bub McPherson
Frank and Butu’s second son and third child was
Alexander ‘Alec’ McPherson. He was born 21 October
1918 in Ahipara. In 1936 Alec married Hera (Sarah)
Waimaru ‘Bub’ Berghan who was born 12 August 1918
in Ahipara. (See indoor and outdoor photos right).
They had six girls and a boy, well documented. The
third photo right shows left to right Janice (1937-1974),
Heather (1945-), Rongo Tawhiti 'Sandy' (1939-1978),
June (1943-), Alexander ‘Arlie’ (1940-) and Ethel
(1938-). Caryn (1958-) was not yet born.
The fourth photo has Alec, Bub, Janice, June, Heather,
Sandy, Ethel and Arlie. The fifth features Caryn. The
sixth captures Bub and Alec in their prime.
Alec is remembered (Carey, 2011; Yelavich, 2011) as a big man
with a heart of gold and as a great family man. Although he had little
formal schooling, he could speak fluent Māori and English and had a
very good understanding of Dalmation. While he could not read or
write he learned to sign his name, although he usually signed anything
with a cross and then had it witnessed.
In his young days he worked in the gumfields above
Ahipara with his brother Allan, where he gained his
fluency in languages. He then worked for Jim Huston,
delivering meat to the workers in the gumfields and
sometimes working in his slaughterhouse at Ahipara. He
was then hired by Phil Quilter Snr. at Pukepoto as a
slaughterman. He used to get up very early in the
mornings and ride his horse Silver from Ahipara to
Pukepoto do his day’s work and then ride home again.
Sometimes he would walk to Uncle Jack Walsh’s place to catch the bus into Pukepoto,
and if he finished work early, he would walk all the way back to Ahipara.
His second daughter Ethel can then remember Alec having a motorcycle. He used to
take his three eldest children Janice, Sandy and herself to ‘Mamas’ at Pukepoto. Mama
was Rehi Te Whenua Puhipi, Hera and Henare Puhipi’s sister, and the person who
raised Bub Berghan when her mother Hera died. They picked hydrangea flowers for
‘pretend lights’ for the motorbike. Ethel also remembered Alec then having a Ford
Model A car that he used to take around the rocks with the Walshs.
The family then shifted to Pukepoto so that Alec could be closer to his work. He had
become a very bad asthmatic and it used to take him quite a while to get his breath back
after walking or riding the horse to work from Ahipara. The girls thought it was great to
be close to the beach and to Kaitaia.
Alec and Bub were great friends with Jack and Lil
Walsh and spent many weekends together following
their children’s sports teams, especially when they were
at Kaitaia College. Jack would sometimes take them to
Auckland to see Pat play rugby and catch up with
Janice, who went to Ardmore Teachers Training
College, and Ethel at Dental College.
Alec, Bub, June and Heather shifted to Henderson in
1961 for a couple of years to work on Mr Sandy
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Sinkovich’s orchard in Lincoln Road. Unfortunately the sprays that they used in the orchards did not agree with
Alec’s asthma. They shifted back to Kaitaia where Alec finished his work years with Ivan Morton at Redan
Motors.
Alec retired in his early 50s in Kaitaia and died there 13 March 1973, aged 54. He gave instructions to be
buried at the Kaitaia Lawn Cemetery, rather than in Ahipara with other family, so that his wife could visit him
more easily. Bub died on 17 August 1998 in Kaitaia, aged 80.
Janice McPherson and Jack Bergerson
Janice McPherson was born 11 May 1937 in Kaitaia, and as noted above, trained
as a teacher. She taught at Ahipara Primary School and Mount Eden Primary
School before moving to the Chatham Islands to appointments at Tikarako
School and Te One School.
On 12 January 1972, aged 34, she married John Alfred Anders 'Jack'
Bergerson who was born 28 September 1921 and died 20 February 1986. She
died 27 February 1974 aged 36 in the Wellington Hospital of a heart attack
(Dixon, 2011).
Janice and Jack had one
child; Bettina ‘Jan’ Dixon
née Bergerson born 1
December 1967.
Jan
married Miles Dixon about
1990, retained her surname
and then had Lily JohannaRae Hoskin born 12 October 2007 with her partner Paul
Hoskin. They live in Christchurch.
Ethel McPherson and Bob Yelavich
Ethel McPherson was born 21 June 1938. She is
pictured right wearing a beret about 1948 in front of
the McPherson home at Pukepoto, standing between
Bela left and her younger sister Sandy right with June
in front.
In 1958, Ethel was given away by her father Alec
(see left below) and married Milan Lionel 'Bob'
Yelavich (see right below, Bob Yelavich, Ethel
McPherson, Wally Yelavich, Tui Walsh, George
Yelavich, June McPherson, Arlie McPherson, Eunice
Srhoj, and in front Lynette Srhoj and Robert Blucher.
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Ethel and Bob had three children; Jan Maree Yelavich born 27 October 1959, Robynne Alexandra Yelavich
born 6 January 1961 and Milan Anthony Yelavich born 13 October 1965. In January 1983, Robynne married
David Andrews born 24 June 1960 and had twins; Carlin Andrews, who was born and died 20 September 1992,
and
Jarni
Alexandra
Andrews, and their third
child,
Greta
Maree
Andrews, born 11 May
1994.
In 1994, Milan married
Angela Bonney born 20
February 1965 in Devon or
Cornwall.
Milan and
Angela had three children;
Anthony Joseph Yelavich
born 7 September 1995,
Logan Alex Yelavich born
15 March 1998 and Brooke
Angela Yelavich born 29
September 2001.
In the front row of the photo above is Logan, Angela, Ethel (neé McPherson), Brooke, Jan Maree and Anthony
Yelavich. In the back row is Milan and Bob Yelavich, Robynne and David Andrews, and Jarni and Greta
Andrews.
Sandy McPherson and Errol Brown
Rongo Tawhiti 'Sandy' McPherson was born 25 September 1939. She
was close to her sisters and brother Arlie (see below left). She married
Errol ‘Brownie’ Brown, a welder in Kaitaia (see right).
Their first child was Garry Brown (see cenre below) who was born 20
June 1964 and died 11 November 1979, aged 15.
Their second child was Carol Brown who was born 11 October 1967
and died 27 July 1986, aged 18 (see right below).
Sandy died 16 June 1978, aged 38. Brownie married again to Bev
Brown neé Phillpott and became stepfather to her Darryll and Jeffrey.
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Arlie and Raewyn McPherson
Alexander ‘Arlie’ McPherson was born 28 September 1940. He married
Raewyn Leyland (see right). Their first child was Michael Alexander
McPherson born 25 July 1963. Michael (below left) married Amanda
McPherson neé Crowley and had two daughters and a son; Jessie McPherson
born 27 June 1991 (below second left), Ethan McPherson born 15 April
1993(below third left) and Tasha McPherson born 27 December 1994
(below
fourth
left).
Arlie and Raewyn second child was Natalie Kay McPherson (see below left) born 27 November 1964 who
married Ricky Castle and had two sons; Spencer Castle born 6 March 1991 (see second left) and Mitchell Castle
born 9 October 1993 (see third left). Their third child was Sarah Ann McPherson born 4 May 1967 (see fourth
left)who married Michael Gebser and had a daughter; Danielle
Gebser born 4 November 2002 (see fifth below).
The photo right of Raewyn and Arlie McPherson was taken in 2010.
June McPherson
June Waimaru McPherson was born 27 September 1943 (see
left). She had six children and has 21 mokupuna.
Her first partmer was Jim Tepania with whom she had James
Tepania and Carroll Tepania (see right). James married and
divorced and has custody of his daughter Caryll Tepania. Caryll
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married Cory and had Charamae and Jamie. Charamae has a little one.
June’s second partner was George Dalton. They had Michael Dalton, John Dalton, Thomas Dalton and
Queenie Dalton. Michael and Angie Dalton had five children; Soraya Dalton, Riki Lee Dalton, Leigon Dalton,
Bryant Dalton and Cory Dalton. John and Fale Dalton also had five children; Hikairoa Dalton, Savoy Dalton,
Evonte Dalton, Ariki Dalton and Jahteeva Dalton. Further, Thomas and Collette Dalton had five children;
Huriana Dalton, Junior Dalton, Sera Lee Dalton, Chontelle Dalton and Tamati Dalton. Queenie and Anthony
have two children; Jahvarne and Michael.
June’s third partner is Haki (Jack) Rakete. They adopted Rakete’s grandson Brogan Rakete and live in
Blenheim, Marlborough.
Heather McPherson and Wayne
Carey
Heather was born in Kaitaia on 11
June 1945. She attended Kaitaia
College where she met her husband,
Wayne Cary (see left). Wayne was
born 20 April 1944 and is a builder.
They live in Pukenui, Houhora. In
2010, Heather participated in the
Māori Ironwoman Competition (see
right).
Their first child, Vanna Carey, was born 18 July 1970. On 3 September 1994
Vanna married Peter Blucher who was born 21 November 1964. Vanna and Peter
had three children; MacKenzie Sarah Blucher born 20 May 1997, Riley Elizabeth
Blucher born 11 May 2003 and Adam James Blucher born 9 August 2005.
Heather and Wayne’s second child, Alexander 'Alex' Carey, was born 11 January
1974 in Kaitaia. In March 1997 he married Kathryn McLean who was born 19
February 1973. Alex and Kathryn had three children; Greer Jean Carey born 30 December 1998, Cole
Alexander Johnson Carey born 27 December 2000 and Milan Fraser Carey born 20 May 2004.
Caryn McPherson and Keith Rhodes
Caryn Rose Rhodes
née McPherson was
born 22 May 1958.
She married Keith
Rhodes (see right).
They live in Buderim
on
the
Sunshine
Coast, Queensland.
Keith and
Caryn have two
children; Chanelle
Rhodes born 31 October 1984 and Kameron Rhodes born 29 April 1987 (see
left, Keith, Caryn, Kameron and the garduating Chanelle). Chanelle and her
partner Tom Vaughan had a son Charlie George Vaughan born 10 February
2014.
In total, Alec and Bub McPherson gave Frank and Butu 37 mokopuna.
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Kath and Ian Macnee
Taupiri 'Bela' or 'Kath' Tamiti was born 23 Nov 1934. As noted above, her mother was Puti Tamiti who
whanghaied her out to her ‘Unty’ Morehu (Macnee & Macnee, 2011). She was thereafter raised as Taupiri
Selwyn because Butu was then living with Eddie Selwyn at 81 Cook Street, Auckland. She became widely
known as Bela (pronounced Beala) and later as Kath.
During the Macpherson Family Reunion 25-27 February 2011, Kath learned from Ethel Yelavich (née
McPherson) that her father was Berislav ‘Bert’ ‘Arapuni’ Jelicich, originally Suc’uraj Hi’. Bert was born on 10
September 1903 and died 19 June 1973. Bert spent a short time in Ahipara, where he met Puti Tamiti, after
migrating from Croatia. He then settled in Henderson, Auckland, where he married Croatian Anne Zivogosce
who was born 16 February 1911 and died 22 November 1993. Bert and Anne had a daughter Mary and four
sons; Ned , Wally , Paul and John Jelicich. Berislav's wife died quite young and Mary raised her brothers.
Mary recently passed away although the boys are all still alive (Yelavich, 2011).
Soon after the Reunion, Kath and Ian Macnee were introduced by Ethel to Wally and his wife in Auckland.
The meeting went well. Wally and Ian found a common interest in rugby league. Kath was told by Wally that
Bela is a Yugoslavian name but, understandably, he had no knowledge of Kath’s mother, Puti Tamati.
Kath and Ian visited Bert’s grave in Waikumete Cemetery. Ethel told Kath that her dad Alec used to visit Bert,
then known as ‘Arapuni,’ when he was in
Auckland . Sadly nobody told Kath who
never got the opportunity to meet him. The
search for Kath’s mother goes on (Farrell,
2011).
On 27 August 1954, Kath married John
Robert ‘Ian’ Macnee who was born 25 June
1935 in Gore, Southland. They had five
children (see right, 2010). Standing left to
right are Michael , Ian, Terry and Glen .
Seated are Moana , Kath and Donna
Macnee.
In order of their birth dates, Moana
Rebecca Macnee was born first on 10
February 1955.
Michael David Macnee was born 10
September 1957. He and his partner Sue Matthews had a son
Aaron Malt Macnee born 21 September 1985. Aaron serves on
the frigate HMNZS Te Kaha (see right).
Terry Dean Macnee, born 2 May 1959, first married Linda
Macnee and had Shanen Aly Macnee. He then remarried with
Brooke Macnee née Triulzi who was born 27 November 1973 in
Italy. They had a son Tane John Macnee on 3 September 2007.
Donna Marie Farrell ex Pera née Macnee was born 20 August
1962. She married Gary Pera from Pukenui, Houhora in 1981
and had Jamal Leon Pera on 5 November 1985 and Shaa Marie
Rose Taupiri Pera on 22 September 1988. She has since remarried with James Farrell from Motherwell,
Scotland, and lives in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.
This means that Kath gave Frank and Butu McPherson nine mokopuna, and when combined with those
produced by Mary, Allan, Dollie and Alec, takes the total to over 300.
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Concluding Note
This is a report of the origins and descendants of Frank and Butu McPherson. It is preliminary in the sense that
much of the data it uses are oral family history with many gaps signalled that might be filled. It must be
regarded as a tentative and foundational report intended to serve as a base of follow up genealogical research.
Another limitation is that the mapping of family structures was given precedence over the details of people’s
lives, although most photographs provided have been included. The report was also assembled in a rush to be
available for the Macpherson Family Reunion 25-27 February 2011. Corrections are inevitable.
In the interim, the photograph taken at the Reunion by Natalie McPherson and Greta Andrews captures many of
Frank and Butu McPherson’s living descendants or their connections.
Left to right back row includes Natalie McPherson, Jan Maree Yelavich, Christine McPherson, Paulene
McPherson, Mary Tepania, Terry Tepania, Betty McPherson, Arlie McPherson, Ethel Yelavich, Spencer Castle,
Mark McPherson, Bob Yelavich, Mitchell Castle, Robynne Andrews and Greta Andrews.
Middle row from left includes Kath MacNee, Marilyn McPherson, Eddy McPherson and his wife.
Front row from left (kneeling or sitting): Jan Dixon, Lily Hoskin, Raewyn McPherson, Daina McPherson and
her daughter, Joshua McPherson and his fianceé, Moana MacNee, Charlie Hohaia and Ian Macnee.
Despite the limitations of this report, it is due to the hard work of the collaborators listed above that this baseline
study even exists. Kia ora tatau – thank you all.
One final issue. Are the McPhersons of the Far North of New Zealand related to the Macphersons of the Far
North of New Zealand? This chapter has shown that the McPherson’s ancestors were resident for at least three
generations on Wardwell Farm in Inverkeithny, Banffshire.
Two earlier documents, The McPhersons of
Portsoy and The Macphersons of Leeds, showed that
the Macphersons of the Far North (who were
McPhersons before 1876) originated in Portsoy, a
small fishing village on the coast of Banffshire.
The map right shows that Inverkeithny (A) and
Portsoy (B) are only 14.3 miles/ 23 km apart, that is,
about one day’s walk apart. While they are probably
related, it may not prove possible to demonstrate a
link due to the destruction of public records after the
Battle of Culloden and the Clearances that followed.
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Bannffshire
Census (1851). 158/00 001/00 005 Alexander McPherson, 58, Wardwell, Inverkeithny, Bannffshire
Census (1861). 158/00 001/00 009 Alexander McPherson, 69, Alexander 8, Wardwell, Inverkeithny, Banff.
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Index
Aaron Hohaia, 25
Aaron Kaeo, 21
Aaron Malt Macnee, 37
Adam James Blucher, 35
Adonnis Tepania, 11
Adrian McPherson, 19
Adrianna Katrina Goodman, 10
Adrianna Tui Alana Tepania, 10
Ahipara, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 20, 21,
24, 28, 29, 36
Ahipara Primary School, 29
Ahipara, New Zealand, 1
Alan Gordon, 21
Alec Tepania, 9
Alex Busby, 10
Alex Tepania, 11
Alexander ‘Alec’ McPherson, 1, 2, 6, 7, 28, 29, 30,
35, 36, 37
Alexander ‘Arlie’ McPherson, 28, 30, 31, 33, 34,
38
Alexander 'Alex' Carey, 35
Alexander Lawson, 4, 5
Alexander McPherson, 4
Alexander McPherson Jnr., 3, 4, 5
Alexander McPherson Snr., 4, 5
Alice McPherson, 17
Allan ‘Boob’ McPherson, 16, 17
Allan Christopher ‘Pene’ McPherson, 21, 22
Allan Jnr. ‘Flash’ Gordon, 21
Allan McPherson, 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 16, 17, 22,
23, 28, 37
Allan McPherson Jnr., 13, 17
Amanda McPherson neé Crowley, 33
American servicemen, 7
Andrew Hohaia, 25
Andrew McPherson, 17
Angela Yelavich née Bonney, 31
Angie Dalton, 34
Anita Jane Tepania, 11, 12
Anita Tepania, 1
Ann McPherson, 3, 4, 5
Anna McPherson née Ihaka, 19
Anne Jelicich née Zivogosce, 36
Annie Allan, 3, 13
Anthony Joseph Yelavich, 31
Aorangi Tepania, 9
Arana McPherson, 21
Ardmore Teachers College, 14, 17
Ardmore Teachers Training College, 29
Ariki Dalton, 34
Arnika Rose Anita Tepania, 11
Aroha Amai, 1
Aroha Amy Strickland née Hohaia, 26
Aroha Kathleen Tatu née Amai, 26
asthma, 2, 29
Aubrey Francis Tepania, 9, 12
Auckland, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21, 22, 24,
26, 29, 36
Audrey Smith, 14
Audrey Tepania, 12
Australia, 1, 13, 21
Bachelor of Arts, 15
Bachelor of Science, 15
Banffshire, 3, 4, 5
Barbara McPherson, 17
Barbara Tepania née Way, 12
Barney McPherson, 13, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22
Ben Tepania, 11
Benjamin Hohaia, 25
Benjamin Joseph ‘Ben’ Tepania, 9, 12
bereavement notice, 2
Bergen, The Netherlands, 15
Berislav ‘Bert’ ‘Arapuni’ Jelicich, originally
Suc’uraj Hi’, 36
Bettina ‘Jan’ Dixon née Bergerson, 1, 30, 38
Betty ‘Betso’ Shepherd née McPherson, 17
Betty McPherson née Murray, 1, 2, 8, 14, 15, 16,
38
Bev Brown neé Phillpott, 32
Bill Amai, 26
Billy John Paekarehe Amai, 26
Blake Cranch, 12
Blake Maurice Hohaia, 26
Blenheim, Marlborough, 34
Boston Albert, 25
Braxton Aroha Amai-Tatu, 26
Brenda Jane McPherson née Watt, 16
Brody Cranch, 12
Brogan Rakete, 34
Bronson Shepherd, 17
Brooke Angela Yelavich, 31
Brooke Kaeo, 20
Brooke Macnee née Triulzi, 37
Bryant Dalton, 34
Caleb Maximus McPherson, 19
Capri Atutolu, 25
Carlin Andrews, 31
Carlos Lee Amai-Tatu, 26
Carol Brown, 31
Carol Norman, 14
Carroll Tepania, 34
Caryll Tepania, 34
Caryn Rose Rhodes née McPherson, 28, 35
Casey Atutolu, 25
Casey Salle, 25
Cassidy Norton, 10
Chance Atutolu, 25
Chance Pipitolu, 11
Chanelle Rhodes, 35
Chanon Frank McPherson, 15
Charlie Hohaia, 25, 38
Charmah Tepania, 9
Charvel Diaz Hartlee Lena Tepania Pipitolu, 12
Chatham Islands, 29
Cheryl Henderson, 10
Chontelle Dalton, 34
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Chris Albert, 25
Christchurch, 30
Christine Ross McPherson, 16, 38
Christine Williams, 10
Christopher Kenneth, 18, 22
Clan Macpherson Museum, 2
Cody Norton, 10
Cole Alexander Johnson Carey, 35
Colin Edward McPherson, 19
Colin Micheal Tepania, 10
Colin Panapa, 19
Colleen Hohaia née Scramm, 25
Collette Dalton, 34
Corey Amai, 26
Cory Dalton, 34
Courtney Taylor, 14
Croatia, 36
Cyprus James Goodman, 10
Daina McPherson, 15, 38
Daley Karaka Strickland, 26
Dallas Hohaia, 25
Dallas Mahepo Amai-Tatu, 26
Dalmatian, 13
Dalmation, 28
Danica Aroha Waiti, 15
Daniel Neilson, 10
Daniel Tepania, 12
Danielle Gebser, 33
Darcy Robin James Neho, 11
Darrell Robert Waiti, 15
Daryll Edward Tepania, 10
Dave Brass, 8
Dave Popata, 25
David Andrews, 31
David McKay, 12
David Smith, 14
David Taylor, 14
Denis Tatu, 26
Denise McPherson, 22
Dental College, 29
Desmond Alexander 'Dez' McPherson, 19
Diane Tepania, 11
Dollie Hohaia, 24
Dolly Arano, 6
Dolly Tepania, 9
Donna Farrell, 1
Donna Marie Farrell ex Pera née Macnee, 36, 37
Donna Smith, 14
Doris Busby née Matiu, 10
Dorothy McKay née Tepania, 12
Dorothy Tepania, 12
Drumblade, Aberdeenshire, 4
Dunedin, 1
Eddie Selwyn, 7
Eddie Tuakana Strickland, 26
Eddy McPherson, 1, 17, 38
Edinburgh, 1
Edmund Kaeo Jnr., 21
Edmund Kaeo Snr., 21
Edward ‘Eddie’ Tepania, 9, 10, 24
Edward Berghan Jnr., 6
Edward Berghan Snr., 6
Edward Soloman 'Eddie’ McPherson, 19, 22
Elaine Tepania née Pure, 12
Elijah Kaeo, 20
Elizabeth Anne De Beurs née McPherson, 15
Elizabeth Aro, 11
Elizabeth McPherson, 17
Elle-Lee Dolly Amai, 26
Ellen McPherson née Puru, 16, 17
Ellerslie, Auckland, 17
Emily Mangai Udjur née Arano, 6
Emma McPherson, 23
Emma-Lee Morehu Tepania, 10
English, 2, 13, 28
English teacher, 2
Eric James Neho, 11
Errol ‘Brownie’ Brown, 31
Eru Tepania, 9
Eruera Wahapu, 6
Ethan McPherson, 33
Ethel Yelavich née McPherson, 1, 28, 29, 30, 31,
36, 38
Eunice Srhoj, 30
Evan Anthony Tepania, 12
Evan Eru McPherson, 15
Eveleen Fontane McPherson, 19
Evermore Louise 'Keri' McPherson née
Christensen, 19
Evonte Dalton, 34
Fale Dalton, 34
family migration, 13
Far North, 1, 2, 5, 39
Fiona Tepania née Whyte, 10
Ford Model A, 29
Frances Busby née Sinclair, 10
Frances McPherson Snr., 5
Frances Tepania née Berghan, 11
Francis ‘Frank’ McPherson, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 13,
24, 27, 28, 35, 37, 38
Francis McPherson, 5
Francis McPherson Jnr., 4, 5
Frank ‘Scotty’ McPherson, 1, 2, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16,
17
Frank Ronald McPherson, 15
Fred Kaeo, 20
Garden Island, 17
Garry Brown, 31
Gary Pera, 37
Geoffrey Atutolu, 25
George Dalton, 34
George Tepania, 9, 12
George Yelavich, 30
Glen James Tepania, 10
Glen Macnee, 36
Gordon Albert, 25
Gore, Southland, 36
Grace Elizabeth Roimata McPherson, 16
Greer Jean Carey, 35
Greta Maree Andrews, 31, 38
28
gumfields, 28
Haki (Jack) Rakete, 34
Hariata Arano neé Hehana, 6
Harmony McPherson, 21
Havyn Tepania, 9
Hayley Popata née Hohaia, 25
heart disease, 2, 5, 15, 30
Heather Carey née McPherson, 1, 28, 29, 34, 35
Hec ‘Wally’ Busby, 9, 10
Hector Busby Jnr., 10
Helen McPherson, 4, 5
Hemi Tepania, 9
Hera (Sarah) Murray, 8
Hera (Sarah) Waimaru ‘Bub’ McPherson née
Berghan, 28, 29, 35
Herbert Murray, 8
Hikairoa Dalton, 34
Hinemaia McPherson, 15
HMNZS Te Kaha, 37
Houhora, 21
Huntly, Aberdeenshire, 4
Huriana Dalton, 34
hydrangea flowers, 29
Indie Jedi Pereira, 19
Inverkeithny, 3, 4, 5, 39
Inverkeithny, Banffshire, 1, 39
Isabel McPherson, 4, 5
Ivan Morton, 29
Jack and Lil Walsh, 28, 29
Jack Hohaia, 24
Jackson Brown, 25
Jacob Raumati De Beurs, 16
Jahteeva Dalton, 34
Jamal Leon Pera, 37
James Brass, 10
James Edward Tepania, 10
James Farrell, 37
James Goodman, 10
James McPherson, 4, 5
James McPherson Jnr., 17
James Tepania, 11, 34
Jamie Cranch, 12
Jan Maree Yelavich, 31, 38
Jane Aro née Tepania, 11, 24
Jane McPherson, 4
Janet ‘Jessie’ McPherson née Barratt, 3, 4, 5
Janet McPherson, 5
Janice Bergerson née McPherson, 28, 29, 30
Jarni Alexandra Andrews, 31
Jarred Tepania, 10
Jasmine McPherson, 21
Jason Hetherington, 14
Jason Leslie Joseph McPherson, 21
Jason McPherson, 17, 22
Jay Neho, 11
Jessie McPherson, 3, 4, 33
Jim Huston, 28
Jim Tepania, 34
Jo Edwards, 1
Joanna McPherson, 19
Joaquin Jacob Pereira, 19
Joe Tepania, 11
Joey McPherson, 17
John ‘Big John’ McPherson, 22
John Alfred Anders 'Jack' Bergerson, 30
John Arano, 6
John Brown, 24
John Dalton, 34
John Jelicich, 36
John Kris Te Rau Aroha Brewin, 15
John McPherson, 3, 4, 5
John McPherson Jnr., 3, 8, 13
John McPherson Snr., 3
John Patrick ‘Little John’ ‘Nugget’ McPherson, 15
John Rice, 4
John Robert ‘Ian’ Macnee, 1, 36, 38
John Shepherd, 17
Johnny Tepania, 9
Jonathon Kyle Te Rau Aroha Brewin, 15, 16
Jordan Aromoana McPherson Waiti, 15
Jordan Parker, 9
Jordyn Albert, 25
Joseph Aloysius 'Joey' McPherson, 19, 22
Joseph Tepania, 11
Joshua McPherson, 15, 38
Journey Popata, 25
Julie Elizabeth McPherson née Haines, 15
June Waimaru McPherson, 28, 29, 30, 34
Junior Dalton, 34
Kaitaia, 3, 6, 16, 22, 25, 29, 31, 34, 35
Kaitaia College, 17, 29, 34
Kaitaia Lawn Cemetery, 29
Kaitaia Public Cemetery, 6
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, 37
Kameron Rhodes, 35
Karan Hohaia, 25
Karen Hohaia née Rahui, 24
Karen McPherson née Duane, 15
Karla Lorraine Tepania, 10
Kate Hineio Brewin, 15, 16
Katerina ‘Nellie’ McPherson née Brass, 8, 13, 14,
16, 17, 22, 23
Kath Brass, 1
Kathleen ‘Bub’ Busby née Tepania, 9, 10
Kathleen ‘Kathy’ Hohaia née Shepherd, 26
Kathleen ‘Mandy’ Tepania née Rogers, 11
Kathleen Arona ‘Moosey’ Smith née McPherson,
13, 14
Kathleen Denise Brass née Tepania, 10
Kathryn Carey née McLean, 35
kauri gum, 13
Keith Rhodes, 35
Kelston, Auckland, 22
Kenana Urupa, 24
Kennedy Tepania Jnr., 9
Kennedy Tepania Snr., 9, 24
Keri McPherson, 1
Kingsley Brown, 24
kuia (senior women), 1
Kurt Hohaia, 25
29
Kylie Hohaia née Taylor, 25
Leah Albert née Riggs, 25
Lee Amai, 26
Leighton Norton, 10
Leigon Dalton, 34
Leo De Beurs, 15
Lesley Norton, 10
Leslie Jacob ‘Les’ Pereira, 19
Leslie Taylor, 14
Lexi Evamore McPherson, 19
Lily Johanna-Rae Hoskin, 30, 38
Linda Macnee, 37
Lisa Ann Katherine Tepania, 12
Logan Alex Yelavich, 31
Logan McPherson, 17
Logan McPherson Snr., 23
Lucy Kenneth née McPherson, 18, 20, 22
Lynette Srhoj, 30
MacKenzie Sarah Blucher, 35
Macpherson Family Reunion, 10, 11, 36, 38
Maia Lorelle Strickland-Prescot, 26
Mangonui, 2, 26
Mangonui Hospital, 2
Mano Prescot, 26
Manu Robert McPherson, 15
Māori , 7, 24, 28, 34
Māori, 6, 13, 15
Māori Queen, Dame Te Atu-i-rangi-kaahu, 15
Marama Patricia ‘Pat’ Panapa née McPherson, 19,
20, 21, 22
Marcel Jamie Gordon, 21
Marcikira McPherson, 15
Margaret Busby, 10
Margaret McPherson, 3, 4, 5
Margaret McPherson née Simpson, 4
Margaret Smith, 5
Maria Albert, 25
Maria Atutolu née Albert, 25
Marilyn Tangi Ina Brewin née McPherson, 1, 2, 15,
16, 38
Marion McPherson, 22
Mark John Ngarimu McPherson, 16, 38
Mark Stephen McPherson, 16
Marlene Aro, 11
Marlene Tepania, 24
Marlene Tepania née McSheffrey, 10
Martha McPherson, 19
Martin Kenneth, 18
Martin Tepania, 9
Mary Anne ex Kaeo Kreiger née McPherson, 20,
22
Mary Jelicich, 36
Mary Lynette Amai née Hohaia, 26
Mary McPherson, 3, 4, 5
Mary McPherson Snr., 23
Mary Smith Robert Smith, 14
Mary Tepania, 9
Mary Tepania ex McPherson née Berghan, 1, 2, 6,
7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 24, 37
Mary Tepania née Poata, 12, 38
Maryann 'Mary' 'Tata' McPherson née Matthews,
17, 19, 20, 21, 22
Maryann McPherson, 19
Maryanne Albert née Hohaia, 25
Mason James Hohaia, 26
Master of Arts, 15
Mate Udjur, 6
Matua Morning, 12
Maureen Hohaia née Hasson, 24
Maureen Taylor née Smith, 14
Maureen Tepania, 12
Maurice Charles Hohaia, 25
Maurice Hohaia Jnr., 26
McPherson, 5
Megan Kaeo, 21
Mereanna Tepania née Wara, 9
Michael ‘Mikka’ Smith, 14
Michael Alexander McPherson, 33
Michael Dalton, 34
Michael David Macnee, 36, 37
Michael Gebser, 33
Michael Hohaia, 25
Michael McKay, 12
Michael Tepania, 9, 11, 12
Michelle Hohaia née Hughes, 25
Middlemore Hospital, 14, 25
Milan Anthony Yelavich, 31
Milan Fraser Carey, 35
Milan Lionel 'Bob' Yelavich, 30, 31, 38
Miles Dixon, 30
military service, 7
Miriam Hohaia, 25
Mirian McPherson née Silver, 22
Mitchell Castle, 33, 38
Moana Rebecca Macnee, 36, 37, 38
Moira Busby, 10
mokopuna, 9, 11, 12, 16, 23, 27, 35, 37
Morehu Rebecca Pene ‘Butu’ McPherson ex
Berghan née Arano, 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 24, 25,
27, 28, 35, 36, 37, 38
Morehu Rebecca Pene ‘Butu’ McPherson née
Arano, 8
Moriston Lawson, 4
Mortlach, Banffshire, 4
Motherwell, Scotland, 37
motorcycle, 29
Mount Eden Primary School, 29
Natalie Kay Castle neé McPherson, 1, 33, 38
Nathan Scott ‘Scott’ Tepania, 11
National Institute of Research Excellence for Māori
Development and Advancement, 15
Ned Jelicich, 36
Nellie Kathleen McPherson, 21, 22
Newtonmore, 2
Ngaranoa Wahapu née Arano, 6
Ngataki School, 2
Ngati Porou, 14
Nicholas Soloman McPherson, 19
Nicola Francis McPherson, 15
Nikau Tepania, 12
30
Nina Betty De Beurs, 16
Noble Charles Hohaia Jnr., 26
Noble McPherson, 17
Noeline Tepania, 11
Nopera (Noble) Arona Hohaia, 1, 7, 8, 24, 25
Nopera (Noble) McPherson, 20, 21, 22
Northland Age, 2
Opotiki College, 14
oral family history, 38
Orren Scott Tepania, 10
Otahuhu Cemetery, 1
Otahuhu, Auckland, 24
Paige Popata, 25
Paikaraihe 'Charlie' Hohaia, 24, 25, 26, 27
Paki Bruno Tepania, 10
Pam Cleverly, 10
Pangaru, Hokianga, 14, 17
Papatoetoe High School, 14
Patau Tepania, 9
Patricia Smith née Gallagher, 14
Paul Douglas McPherson, 16
Paul Hoskin, 30
Paul Jelicich, 36
Paul Muller, 21
Paulene McPherson, 38
Pauline Karen Waiti née McPherson, 15
Pene Arano, 6
Penrose High School, 14
Peter ‘Kris’ Brewin, 15
Peter Barney McPherson, 19, 22
Peter Blucher, 34
Peter Busby, 10
Peter McKay, 12
Peter McPherson, 17
PhD, 15
Phil Quilter Snr., 28
Phillip Edward Tepania, 11
Phoebe Tepania, 9, 12
Pixie Ihaka McPherson neé Rakich, 19
Poko Hohaia née Okinga, 25
Portsoy, Banffshire, 39
poupou, 16
Presley Brown, 24
Puawai ‘Blossom’ McPherson née Snowden, 13,
22
Pukekohe East, Franklin, 16
Pukemiro Cemetery, 1, 6, 8, 24, 26
Pukenui, Houhora, 34, 37
Pukepoto, 28, 29, 30
Puti Tamati, 7, 36
Puti Tamiti, 36
Queenie Dalton, 34
Raewyn McPherson neé Leyland, 33, 34, 38
Ramoan Neho, 11
Rangi Melissa Goodman née Brass, 10
Ratahi Busby, 10
Ratana, 6, 8
Raukura Caleb Waiti, 15
Rauna Hohaia, 25
Raunatiri ‘Rauna’ Hohaia, 24, 25, 26
Raunatiri Jnr. Hohaia, 25
Raunu Hohaia, 1
Rawene, Hokianga, 19
Rawhiti Tukotahi McPherson Waiti, 15, 16
Rayden Hohaia, 25
Raymond ‘Big Ray’ McPherson, 22
Raymond Hohaia, 24
Redan Motors, 29
research, 1, 2, 5, 38
Rewa Tepania, 10
Rewi Morning, 12
Reynold John Sinclair Macpherson, 1
Richard Charles Tepania, 11, 12
Ricky Castle, 33
Riki Lee Dalton, 34
Riley Elizabeth Blucher, 35
Riley Tepania, 12
Rita Deborah Tepania, 12
Robert Blucher, 30
Robert Busby, 10
Robert Dyker, 3
Robert Ivan Smith, 14
Robert McPherson, 17
Robert Patrick 'Robbie' McPherson, 20, 22
Robert Smith, 14
Robert Taylor, 14
Robin Alice Tepania née Gardiner, 11, 12
Robyn Tepania, 9
Robynne Alexandra Andrews née Yelavich, 31, 38
Roderick ‘Roddy’ Smith, 14
Roma Road, 1
Ron Aro, 11
Ron McPherson, 13
Ronald ‘Flick’ McPherson, 22
Ronald ‘Ron’ McPherson, 22
Ronald Tepania, 11
Rongo Tawhiti 'Sandy' Brown neé McPherson, 28,
29, 30, 31, 32
Ross Cranch, 12
Royce Hohaia, 25
Ruby Siniea Nellie McPherson, 15
Ruby Tepania, 10
Rylie-Grace Tepania, 11
Samson Allen ‘Sam’ Hohaia, 25
Sandy Sinkovich, 29
Sanna McPherson, 22
Santana Morning, 12
Sarah Ann Gebser neé McPherson, 33
Sarah Kathleen Neilson née Tepania, 10
Savoy Dalton, 34
Scot McPherson De Beurs, 16
Scotland, 1, 2, 3
Scott Walter Tepania, 11
Selwyn Busby, 10
Sera Lee Dalton, 34
Sera McPherson, 22
Seth Norton, 10
Shaa Marie Rose Taupiri Pera, 37
Shampaigne Salle, 25
Shane Smith, 14
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Shanen Aly Macnee, 37
Shannon Kenneth, 18
Sharon McPherson, 21, 22
Sinead Elaine Hohaia, 26
Sipoe ‘Joe’ Muller, 21
slaughterhouse, 28
slaughterman, 28
sly grog shop, 7
Sonia Milly Neho née Tepania, 11
Sonia Neho, 1
Sonny Ariki Strickland-Prescot, 26
Soraya Dalton, 34
Spencer Castle, 33, 38
St Barnabys Church, 14
St Helens, Auckland, 15
St. Stephen’s College, 14, 15
St. Stephens College, 13, 14
St. Stephens School, 14
Stacey Brown née Hohaia, 24
Steven Busby, 10
Sue Matthews, 37
Sunshine Coast, Queensland, 35
Sydney, 2, 17, 18, 20
Taare ‘Dollie’ Hohaia née McPherson, 1, 2, 6, 7, 8,
24, 25, 26, 27, 37
Tahei Aroha Herepane Prescot née Strickland, 26
Taina Mere Tepania, 12
Tamati Dalton, 34
Tamiti Tepania, 10
Tane John Macnee, 37
Tane McPherson, 21
Tane Tepania, 10
Tangiwhenua Hohaia née Williams, 24, 25
Tasha McPherson, 33
Taumaranui, King Country, 19
Taupiri ‘Bela’ ‘Kath’ Macnee ex Selwyn née
Tamiti, 1, 7, 8, 30, 36, 37, 38
Taupiri Tamati ‘Bela’ ‘Kath’, 1
TB, 7
Te Araroa District High School, East Cape, 14
Te Houtaewa Tepania, 9
Te One School, 30
Te Rarawa, 7
Te Rawara, 1
Teela Jane McPherson, 20
Teresa Hohaia née Wright, 25
Teri-Ann Gill, 19
Terry Dean Macnee, 36, 37
Terry Tepania, 9, 38
Thomas Busby, 10
Thomas Dalton, 34
Tikarako School, 30
Timothy Busby, 10
Tina Hetherington née Smith, 14
Tobias Kreiger, 20
Tori Kathleen Tepania, 10
Tracey Collins, 10
Tracey Cooper, 11
Tracey Tepania, 11
Trinity Norton, 10
Trinity Waata Tepania, 11
Tui Walsh, 30
twins, 11, 16, 25, 31
Tyrone Neho, 11
University of Auckland, 15, 40
University of London, 15
Vallance Tepania, 12
Vanna Blucher née Carey, 34
Vee-Jay ‘VJ’ Tepania, 9
Victor Tepania, 9
Waata (Walter) Tepania, 9, 10, 11, 12, 24
Waikohu Tepania, 9
Waikumete Cemetery, 36
Wainui Cemetery, Ahipara, 6, 13, 15, 20
Waipapa Marae, 15
Waipiro Bay, 15
Wally Jelicich, 36
Wally Yelavich, 30
Walter Busby, 10
Walter Tepania Jnr., 11
Wardwell Farm, 1, 3, 4, 5, 39
Wati Alexander Tepania, 11, 12
Wati Tepania, 9
Wayne Cary, 34, 35
Wellington Hospital, 30
Westfield and Hellaby’s Meat Works, 17
Whakatane, Bay of Plenty, 22
whangai, 1, 7, 14, 17, 18, 19
Whangape, 14
William Sim, 4
William Taylor, 14
wood burner, 1
Xaiver Norton, 10
Yolande Melody McPherson, 17
Yvonne ‘Dickie’ McPherson née von Ravenstein,
15
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