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New Zealand Benner, McClean, Hickson, Walter, Ball, Cawte
Emigrating from Ireland from 1874 onwards, they settled in the Bay of Plenty and elsewhere.
Phillips, Hunt, Heron, Ford, Anglesey
Emigrating from Cornwall, William Henry Phillips Snr and Jnr spent time in Australia before moving to Nelson in New Zealand.
Maude, Ward, Kissling, Kempthorne, Fenwick, Arlaud.
The Maude family dates back to England in 1066. Wards came across from Tasmania, and the Kisslings, Germany and Kempthornes, England. Fenwicks from Hull via Scandanavia. The Arlaud originates from Switzerland.
The Kissling Family originates in Germany.
The Kisslings in New Zealand are descended from George Adam Kissling and his wife Margaret Moxon who came to New Zealand in 1842 as missionaries. This website is maintained by Gary Benner, who lives in Tauranga, New Zealand, and will provide a repository of family history for the Benners, Kissling, and associated families.