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S Rockell

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S F. Rockell
Born 1980s.
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S Rockell participated with The KiwiCrew during the 2022 Connect-a-Thon, and added 51 connections.The KiwiCrew added 2,936 profiles in the January CAT.
S Rockell participated with The KiwiCrew during the 2022 Connect-a-Thon, and added 102 connections.The KiwiCrew added 2,852 profiles in the April CAT.
S Rockell participated with The KiwiCrew during the 2022 Connect-a-Thon, and added 204 connections.The KiwiCrew added 4,294 profiles in the July CAT.
S Rockell participated with The Kiwi Crew during the 2022 Source-a-Thon, adding sources to 33 previously unsourced profiles.
S Rockell participated with The KiwiCrew during the 2023 Connect-a-Thon, and added 93 connections.The KiwiCrew added 3,408 profiles in the January CAT.
S Rockell participated with The KiwiCrew during the 2023 Connect-a-Thon, and added 28 connections.The KiwiCrew added 4,227 profiles in the April CAT.
S Rockell participated with The KiwiCrew during the 2023 Connect-a-Thon, and added 47 connections.The KiwiCrew added 3,873 profiles in the July CAT.
S Rockell participated with The Kiwi Crew during the 2023 Source-a-Thon, adding sources to 15 previously unsourced profiles.
S Rockell participated with The KiwiCrew during the 2024 Connect-a-Thon, and added 40 connections.The KiwiCrew added 3,873 profiles in the January CAT.
S Rockell participated with The KiwiCrew during the 2024 Connect-a-Thon, and added ? connections.The KiwiCrew added 3,873 profiles in the April CAT.

Born in Taranaki, she lived in Wellington and is now residing in the Kaipara.

Being the youngest of six children, she has been an avid follower of the family history since the early 1990s when she found a published book of stories and genealogical tables based on some of her paternal ancestors, Thomas Urquhart McKenzie (1820-1904) and Margaret (Fraser) McKenzie (1826-1909), in her home library.[1] Discovering that she was too young to be included in the book, she took it upon herself to handwrite her birth details and those of her missing siblings into the family copy.

This sparked a fact-finding mission, during which she gathered further information from her aunties and uncles to complete the details for the cousins she knew were also missing from Poyntzfield. Later, she contributed this information to Ian Clapham for publication in the book to coincide with the Fraser Family Reunion in the mid-90s, which she regretfully missed due to family health concerns.[2]

She spent many hours pouring over the two books, Poyntzfield and Pukehou, in the coming years, reading their stories and scanning through the names. Her curiosity was piqued when she spotted surnames familiar to her but from non-familial circles, wondering if they could be distant cousins. She delighted in the advent of internet sleuthing, which allowed her to dig and eventually establish connections to someone she knew.

In 1993, while on holiday with her parents in the United Kingdom, she had the opportunity to meet maternal relatives on the south coast and watch her siblings perform in the Edinburgh Tattoo. During a day trip to the Black Isle,[3] where Thomas Urquhart McKenzie hailed from, she coincidentally noticed a dusty old sign by the roadside pointing to the large home where he had worked as a gardener before his emigration. This home, which became the namesake for the Rob Knight publication "Poyntzfield," was the name Thomas used for his homestead in the Rangitikei. A quick visit to the gardens at the house confirmed that it hadn't changed much from the pictures she had seen in the book. A drone video of the gardens, providing glimpses of the house, is available on YouTube.[4]

In the late 1990s, another family history book focusing on the German/Prussian influence in the Scots, stemming from Gustav August Rockel (1844-1917) marrying Eliza Fraser (McKenzie) Rockel (1843-1939), was published.[5]

Throughout the years, little well-collated and published information has been available on her Irish and English paternal ancestors, as well as her maternal ancestors. It is these branches of her family tree that she hopes to expand on WikiTree, provided she doesn't get too distracted by bright shiny objects!

Where my Ancestors were born

Paternal Ancestors SurnamesCounty/RegionCountryCountryCounty/RegionMaternal Ancestors Surnames
ROCKELPotsdamSussexHARWOOD
McKENZIEWellingtonEssexHURRELL
GORDONWigtownshireMontgomeryshireLLOYD
BLAINAyrshireShropshireNERDEN
SALMONEssexLancashireWORRALL
PEARCETaranakiDevonFULLBROOK
LAWNTyroneHampshireINGS
McCABEFermanaghHampshireHILL

Where my DNA comes from

As suggested by Ancestry DNA.

Region Paternal Maternal Me
Scotland 40% 16% 56%
England & Northwestern Europe 3% 17% 20%
Wales 0% 13% 13%
Norway 0% 4% 4%
Sweden & Denmark 3% 0% 3%
Baltics 2% 0% 2%
Ireland 2% 0% 2%

Sources

  1. ↑ Knight, Rob. 1975. Poyntzfield: the McKenzies of Lower Rangitikei. Lower Hutt [N.Z.]: R.J. Knight.
  2. ↑ Clapham, Ian. 1996. Pukehou: the Frasers of lower Rangitikei : family tree of the descendants of Duncan and Marjory Fraser, 1795-1995. Feilding, N.Z.: Fraser Family Reunion.
  3. ↑ “Black Isle.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, January 1, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Isle.
  4. ↑ Ross, Duncan. Poyntzfield Herb Nursery Drone View. YouTube, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UJbKycatPc.
  5. ↑ Rockel, G. F. 1999. We Rockels. Hikurangi, N.Z.: G.F. Rockel.
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Braddock-124 Campbell Braddock

Hi S,

WikiTree's seventh annual 72-hour sourcing marathon is coming soon!! and The Kiwi Crew is participating. The previous Source-a-Thons have been great fun and very productive. Last year we did almost 57,000. I invite you to join us this year to beat that record! Participation is easy, simply add sources to unsourced profiles.

To register, post an answer on this Post saying "Yes, I'd like to participate with the KiwiCrew". Once registered, you will receive your Source-a-Thon Bib and badge.

For more information, view the Kiwi Crew Team page

Happy WikiTreeing, Campbell

posted by Campbell Braddock
McBeth-165 Emma (McBeth) MacBeath M.Ed MSM
Hi, We are so happy you decided to upgrade to the Family Member level.

Please visit our tutorial pages to learn how to use WikiTree: New Member How-To. They will save you time, energy, and frustration as you add your family profiles.

Exploring the site is the best way to learn. One way to do that is to check out the drop-down menus on the top right side of your profile page. Finding a known ancestor and collaborating with the profile manager is another great way to start.

Questions? You can always use the G2G link in the Help Menu to find answers.

I hope you love it here as much as I do.

Emma~~WikiTree Greeter

posted by Emma (McBeth) MacBeath M.Ed MSM
McBeth-165 Emma (McBeth) MacBeath M.Ed MSM
Welcome!

This is just a note to say hello and to let you know that I'm available to answer questions about WikiTree.

Emma ~ WikiTree Greeter

posted by Emma (McBeth) MacBeath M.Ed MSM

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