Hi there David,
I happened to be in the Wellington Public Library the other day and got
sidetracked into doing an author search of Catley. The search threw up an
entry for John Catley titled "Jean Scott McIsaac and Dixon Catley - A
family history" 1984. Is this the John Catley there have been a few emails
about ??
Regardless of the answer to this, going by my scribblings on a scrap of
paper, Dixon Catley is descended from family living in a "cluster of
villages on the north Lincoln Wold - Broughton and Nettleton". He arrived
In NZ at Port Chambers (Dunedin) on 24/5/1874. Later he moved to Blenheim
(top of the South Island) The earliest names John has listed are William
Catley and Elizabeth Ranns m 13/5/1771, Great Limber, Lincolnshire. I think
John Catley was born in 1953. The booklet has lots of family members listed
as well as photos. One of these people is Has(well) Catley a famous All
Black. There is a contact address in the document for John Catley but its
doesn't tie up with anything listed in the local phone book.
Regards
Jocelyn
From: "David Meredith"
<meredith_meredith(a)ntlworld.com>
Date: 2003/09/14 Sun AM 03:53:21 GMT+12:00
To: CATLEY-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [CAT...] John Catley, of Wellington New Zealand
Kay wrote:
>I have a letter here from 1983.. from a John Catley of Wellington NZ, with
some information about Lincs Catleys.. is John on our List???
Just in passing - I first had contact with a 'John Catley' of Wellington in
1996.
This John together with John Catley of Telford, ENG ('Frederick John Catley)
and myself all have the same Catley origins in Lincs.
David Meredith - Nottingham
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