O.K. here we go.
Francis King Boykett [Boykett-101], about a 3rd cousin of mine, went to New Zealand and married [[Marchant-966|Grace (Marchant) Boykett (1891-1958)]]. Her mother was Mary Perrett. Grace had a sister Caroline “Queenie” Perrett (1866-1943), New Zealand’s equivalent of Australia’s Pyjama Girl.
The story as I understand it (E. & O.E.) is that Queenie’s father William was laying a railway track, which ran across a Maori burial site (sounds familiar?). He dug up the bones and re-interred them elsewhere. To the Maori that was not good enough. They told him to choose an alternative route for the railway, or there would be trouble, but they were told that the course of the track was fixed by the Government. A short time later, Queenie, aged about 8, disappeared. Several anecdotes exist. She became part of the Maori tribe with the given name Hera, married several times and had children. She has descendants today. She is on Wikitree as [[Perrett-271|Caroline (Perrett) Ngoungou (1866-1943)]], where a few references are given. She was recognized when a relative noticed a white woman chatting with Maori women like one of them, and notified closer relatives. The woman was identified as Queenie by a scar on her belly. A film has been made about her story. (There was a comment that William died by being hit with a bottle during a disagreement, and he was so unpopular that the Police refused to investigate. That may reflect somehow on his character.) Queenie’s mother was a Hurlstone.
Back on topic, I believe that the Perretts are those in Samuel’s tree. Mary Perrett (above) had a brother called George. He had a daughter called Alice, who married Richard Rogers. From there, we follow the Rogers line, then the Faull line, to the Dunstone line, and ultimately to Samuel Dunstone/Dunstan. The last step, the link to Eliza Nankervis and how the family came to be in New Zealand, I am still working on. Mention was made of a ship called the Lysander.
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