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Wednesday December 2 2020 Selwyn Times • By Matt Slaughter HALF A WORLD away in England, Barbara Hind is on the search for more information about her grandmother Annie Spring, who lived in Weedons. Hind is 74 and has never been to New Zealand but wants to know more about the 30 years Annie spent here, including 13 in Weedons. Annie moved to New Zealand from Maryport, Cumberland, England, some time between 1921 and 1928. She married John Spring some time after arriving. The couple lived in Weedons from about 1946 until John’s death in 1957. Annie moved back to England in 1959. They had previously lived on Ferry Rd, Woolston, in Timaru and other parts of Canterbury. Said Hind: “She obviously met John Spring sometime before 1928 as the records for that year show them living together at 8 Ferry Rd, Canterbury. By 1935 they were shown as married, but I have not been able to find a record. “The records always show John as a labourer, although in 1946 when they were living in Weedons he is shown as a farmer. “Annie was always shown as a housewife. They lived there [Weedons] until John’s death, aged 70, in 1957. I have not been able to find a record of any children.” After Annie died in 1961, her Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz Tracing a long lost grandmother FAMILY HISTORY: Annie Spring lived in Weedons for 13 years in the mid-1900s and her grandaughter in England Barbara Hind wants to know more about her. will left everything to Muriel Feast, the wife of Harry Feast of Rolleston, and James Lancaster of Lincoln. “I came across her will while doing family history research Do you have any connection to or know anything about the life of Annie Spring? Email matt.slaughter@ starmedia.kiwi if you have any information on her but I have no idea who the two beneficiaries were. I know nothing of her friends,” said Hind. Annie was married in the United Kingdom, she had children, one of whom was Hind’s mother, but the marriage broke down soon after World War 1. Hind presumes this was why she emigrated to New Zealand. Annie died at the age of 76 in Keswick, England. NEWS 13 Scholarship presented to student VIRGINIA HOGAN was recently presented with the 2020 West Melton Scholarship in front of a packed assembly of West Melton School students. Water management and irrigation expert Terry Heiler, whose career spanned about 50 years, presented her with the award. Panel convener Alastair Nicol said at the assembly, Virginia not Virginia Hogan only had a good academic record during her Lincoln University degree in environment science and management, she also had such extensive involvement in coaching sports teams, taking young people on overseas trips, and with the Pink Ribbon campaign. Heiler complimented Hogan on applying for, and being so successful in, her involvement in a large number of environmental and water-related projects between her university studies. Hogan thanked the selection panel and Heiler and told those at the assembly to take every opportunity and to “step out of their comfort zone” and give things a go. THE PERFECT GIFT 6 MARCH LINCOLN 2021 Get your Tickets now www.selwynsounds.co.nz SUPPORTED BY
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