Born about in Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia, German Empire
Ancestors 
Daughter of Johann August Lange
and Caroline Rosine Wilhelmina (Kraenzelin) Mieres
Sister of
Ferdinand Charles Wilhelm Lange, Ernest William Friederick Lange, Martha Olga (Lange) Cooper, Charles Lange, Annie (Mieres) Meires [half] and Emily Mieres [half]
Wife of
James Woodland Bryant
— married
27 Mar 1901 in Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Descendants 
Mother of
[private daughter (1900s - 1950s)], Cecil William Cedric Bryant, [private son (1900s - 1990s)], [private son (1900s - 1950s)], [private son (1910s - 1980s)], Stanley Seymour Bryant, Rosanna Maude (Bryant) West and Harry Bryant
Died
at about age 70
in Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 12 Feb 2016
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Clara (Lange) Bryant migrated from Germany to New Zealand.
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Biography
Clara Helen Hedwig Lange was born in Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany and migrated with her parents to New Zealand via London where she married and raised children and died.
Migration to new Zealand from Germany
Clara Hedwin Helene Hedwig Langewas 4 yrs old when her parents Carline Rosina Helena Wilhelmine Kraenzlin and August Godfrey Lange and one younger and one younger sister Martha Olga 2yrs , left Germany via London in the year 1879, on the vessel Herefordshire, and took that long dangerous sea journey with other brave souls, seeking their fortune on the faraway wild shores of New Zealand.
The Lange (Lainge) family landed at Lyttleton Harbour South Island, new Zealand and from their the family settled at Marshlands , with other German and Polish Migrant families.
Clara married James Woodland Bryant on the 27th of March 1901 at the House of Anton William Malmquvist of Lyttleton. Witnesses were : Charles George Lange Farmer in Marshlands ( brother) and H Bryant Labourer at Salts Gulley LYTTETON Died in 1953 - Te Puke New Zealand
Clara's FindaGrave Record (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42574397/clara-helena_hedwig-bryant)
Research Notes
Add in son William Thomas Michael Bryant :[1]
Add in also brother of James Woodland Bryant : Charles George Lange
Maiden name on death certificate was Laing but should have been Lainge
Maybe seeking anonymity from the anti-German sense of the time.
Sources
- ↑ NZ Dpt. of Internal Affairs NZ BDM Search: Birth Ref: 1909/15172 Bryant William Thomas Michael Clara Helena James Woodland (accessed 22 Apr 2023)
- Below from (https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz)
- NZ Marriage Registration 1901/584
- NZ Death Registration 1945/21964 70Y
This is my German GrandMother...mtDNA-H1c3
references
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedwig_(name)
- Family Genealogist
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Helena (Blomfield) Blomfield-Lobet
My Mothers memories....Her mother Clara Lange & her sister aged 6yrs and 5 came to NZ from Berlin Germany their Mother Caroline Kraenzelin-LANGE did not speak any English...they settled in Marshlands Christ Church NZ
posted 10 May 2016 by Helena (Blomfield) Blomfield-Lobet
[thank Helena]
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Thsi family line has gone from New Zealand to Germany to Switzerland, name Hoffert/Hoffer , I have a feeling this line is going to go back to Russia/ or France
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