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Whalers made their homes on the Chatham Islands from around 1840 and many, including Bill Tennent (pictured here), married local Māori or Moriori women. Many Chatham Island families descend from these unions.
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Nantucket Historical Association
Reference: P1978
by W.H. Rau
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