To all my Readers ... I have decided to move my blogging efforts elsewhere. There is a link below to a contents page for my new Blog. Some posts are updated versions of my posts here. Some are new posts. But first ... Why the move? ... Why move? In recent times, I have been busy building an online family history archive using an exciting new platform for family tree archiving provided by We Are.xyz . I wrote about this in an earlier post (November 2022) . To get myself started in building my archive, I used my blog posts here at BJNL's Genealogy, along with other research, as the basis for developing articles in my online family history archive at We Are.xyz. I am subsequently added new material as time and research permit. Since I wrote about We Are.xyz in November 2022, the company has introduced 'integrated blogging' to support an interconnection between family history archive building and the sharing of family history information via blog posts. This means that w
The stone jar and bottle in the photo below once contained beverages manufactured by W. Lane & Company, manufacturers of aerated water and cordial. W. Lane & Co. was started by William Lane. Lane's stone jar and bottle. Photo: Jane Chapman 2023 William Lane (1836-1922) emigrated to New Zealand in 1863. He was accompanied by his wife, Fanny, née Greek (abt. 1839-1928); their two young sons Josiah (then 2 years 3 months old) and William (then 6 months); and Fanny’s sister, Lucy Ann Greek (abt. 1848-1927). The family travelled from London aboard the ship ‘Crimea’ and arrived at Port Chalmers, Dunedin in September 1863 [1] . They came from Devon in England. An unsourced article, Lane & Co, Dunedin [2] suggests that, in 1865, William took up employment with Reeves & Co.; an aerated water business in Maclaggan Street, Dunedin. The owner, Charles Reeves, had bought the business from Baker & Kilner in 1863. Baker & Kilner had established their partnership in the