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Kōrero: Scandinavians

Original settlers, Norsewood Golden Jubilee

Original settlers, Norsewood Golden Jubilee

Photographed in 1922, these pioneers of Norsewood, founded in 1872, have surnames such as Petersen, Christiansen and Lund. Their lined faces tell of half a century of toil, turning bush to farm. When these old-timers died, the Scandinavian languages went with them.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: 1/2-028050; F

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Carl Walrond, Scandinavians – 1870s: assisted migration, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/286/original-settlers-norsewood-golden-jubilee (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 September 2024.

Comments

Jennifer Scott (nee Fredrickson)
02 April 2020
My father an only child, Lionel Fredrickson, his father took the e out of original surname. Settled I told in Dannevirke by long ago Danes, do you have any info?
Gary Winger
20 March 2011
Hello Val. very interested in contributing and reading more. not sure how this website works yet as i just found it. my line is Gustav Ludvig Winger, John Alfred Norman Winger, Neville Stanley Winger.
Val Jones
07 February 2011
The Winger family consisting of Johan and Johanna with their 5 children arrived in Napier on the Hovding in 1872. Eldest daughter Marie Josephine who married William Jones in 1878 at Takapau is Grandmother to the Jones family of Palmerston North. I seek family members to share the information and documentation I have on this family.