Scankiwi – is a kiwi who has found himself residing in Scandinavia for the last 25 years but still calls New Zealand home. During biennial trips between these two distance parts of the globe he takes the opportunity to explore what is in between and this blog is the result of those adventures.
-
Recent Posts
Archives
- October 2022
- March 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- May 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- July 2020
- May 2020
- March 2020
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- November 2018
- August 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- November 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
Recent Comments
Scankiwi on South Island Visits & Day… Dorothy Baxter on South Island Visits & Day… Scankiwi on South Island Visits & Day… Dorothy Baxter nee D… on South Island Visits & Day… grasspunk on Sydney, Australia – Manl… Meta
Hi Scankiwi,
Just been reading your blog on John Ericson. His wife Charlotte is my Great Aunt, nee Kidson. Her brother John, was also lighthouse keeper at Boulder rock in Nelson.
One of my 2nd cousins, first removed, said that Charlottes husband was a keeper so I looked on internet and found your blog.
John had a full and interesting life.
Im in Timaru in about a week do will check out John and Charlottes graves as well as the lighthouse there. Charlotte wasnt Irish, she was born in NZ, and her father John was English. I visited Waipapa lighthouse last week on my travels. Vool wooden lighthouse.
Cheers Kevin
Hi Kevin,
Thanks for your comment. I will update Charlottes heritage. I descended from Charlotte & Johan’s (John) oldest son Arthur. Charlotte was my great great grandmother. I grew up in the Southland area and spent a lot of time along the Otara coast where the Waipapa Point lighthouse is. I moved to Sweden when I finished my PhD in Medical Microbiology at Otago and forgot to come back. Been here 30 years. So the Swedish part of the family has almost come full circle. 🙂
Thanks for dropping by.
cheers
Hugh