Hi I'm Ryan's mum. Ryan is a sixth generation New Zealander so it is a long time since our ancestors came to New Zealand. Most of our early ancestors came from England but some came from Ireland, the Channel islands and from Australia (I'm sure they weren't convicts though!).
We calculate that Ryan is: 31% English 19% Irish 13% Australia 6% Channel Islander 31% unknown AND 100% New Zealander!!!
Hi I'm Ryan's brother Callum Ryans earliest ancestors came to New Zealand in 1842, two years after the Treaty of Waitangi was signed. They arrived from Gloucester, Somerset and Cornwall. At this time in history there was a large influx of european settlers arriving in New Zealand to get away from the hustle and bustle of life in Victorian England. When they arrived in New Zealand, his ancestors most likely worked on the land. His ancestors continued to arrive in New Zealand right throught to 1914 from all over the world, from Ireland to Australia. In fact, Ryans name is a Gaelic name meaning "little king" reflecting on our gaelic ancestry. Through out the 20th centuary, Ryans kinly brood continued to have links to other countries; Herbert William Blackmore served in World War One in France; James Henry Jellyman served in England in World War One and Hedley George Harvey served in the Cycle Corps in World War One France, so there is a big connection in our family with other countries. An interesting fact about Ryan's family history is that some of his ancestors were origionally french aristocrats who escaped to the channel islands during the french revolution to avoid capture. Some of them then moved to england to make a living. Some of the dates and origions in Ryan's family history were not documented mainly because there were lack of resources to write with in colonial New Zealand and the dates of arrival were not written down and are now lost in the sands of time. As a New Zealander, Ryan has a wide connection with other countries, primarily because the settlement of New Zealand is more recent than that of Ireland, for example and we can easily claim our heritage to other countries. The settlement of New Zealand was at a time of extreme globalization, where the British empire was at its biggest. The criminals from london were sent to Australia, and people were enticed to live in "idyllic" land of New Zealand. however when they got there, the settlers found the land relatively untouched by human hands and they had to struggle to survive. Globalisation nowadays is much easier than it was in the old days in the sense that transport is easily accessible and relatively safe, however beaurocracy and couterterrorism have made it harder for people to immigrate around the world. I go to Selwyn College, a melting pot of different cultures and backgrounds and that is why I have taken particular interest in this topic of globalization. I can walk around the school and say hello to people from all different cultures, and thats just on my walk from music class to science class!! From all these people of different backgrounds, I have learnt about different ways of living, all around the world. My school also has a refugee center, where refugees can come and learn to adjust to life in New Zealand. I also learnt about a topic that links in to globalization, refugees, which I found very interesting to learn about how globalisation can occour during wars, conflicts and disasters. I really like the idea of having a space where family and friends can write about students global connections and I will foward this e-mail on to some people who may be interested.
Hi, I'm Louise, Ryan's sister. As his mum and brother said, we know all about our family history and other things related to it. We have some really old photos of our family. Our Grandad's last name is Jellyman and we have a photo of the first Jellyman to come to NZ.
Greeting from California. I'm Ryan's aunt, Dallas, and I live in Silicon Valley south of San Francisco with Ryan's Uncle Alistair and his two kiwi-American cousins, Tenaya and Tara. Before coming to the US, Al and I lived in Vancouver, Canada where we studied and got used to lots and lots of rain, were immersed in "hockey", saw bears, wore toques in winter (look that one up!) and generally had some grand adventures of the dirtbag variety. We moved to California almost 11 years ago, intending to stay for 2 years, and here we stil are, with 2 children born here (both of whom insist that they are New Zealanders, despite a strong "mid-Pacific" accent). There are many things similar to NZ about growing up in CA, and also many differences. The biggest one is the lack of rain - we've had a drought for a couple of years and so all the hills are beyond brown and into a sort of nothingness colour. We have to be very careful with how we use water, and the weather people o TV get very excited at the rtemotest possibility of a "storm", suing such terms as "a serious rain event" for a couple of inches of precipitation! Like NZ, however, there is the constant threat of earhtquakes and today is the 20th annniversary of the Loma Prieta quake which was about 7.0 on the Richter sale and whlch resulted in the collapse of parts of the Bay Bridge (which spans San Francicso Bay), made sandwiches out of double-decker freeways and shook down buildings.
We try to visit our family and friends in NZ as often as possible, about every year and a half to two years, but it is much easier to stay connected now, with video-conferencing and cheap phone calls,than it was when I first left NZ in 1992. Thank goodness for the Internet!
Ryan, would you class be interested in connecting with a similar age class here? I know the teacher at Tenaya and Tara's school who teaches a 4th and 5th grade class and could put herin touch if you would like.
Hi, It's Louise again. I just thought I'd add that we have a lot of friends/acquaintances from different countries. I have a friend who is from the Phillipines and one of my best friends is from Taiwon and is teaching me a bit of Mandarin. We have a Romanian Dentist who sometimes tells us about Romania while she is looking at our teeth (though don't ask Ryan about it because I think he was focusing on the weird dentistry tools!). I have an Aussie penpal who can tell us about Australia. Our Grandad has alos been to a lot of interesting countries such as: Nepal, Chile, Turkey, etc. He tells us about them and shows us his photos after he has been on the trips. I also speak a variety of languages, a bit of French, a bit of Spanish and some Japanese (Oh, and several words in Mandarin). Thanks!
Well, Louise, as you mentioned knowing people from all sorts of countries, I htought I would add what a global melting pot it is here. Tenaya is in a class with children from Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, Japan, China, Israel, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden and India. Uncle Alistair works with people from Turkey, Russia, Argentina, Brazil, and Zimbabwe as well. Yesterday, I met a mother at school named "Yinka" who had been born in Nigeria when her parents were in the Peace Corps, and she had been named when 5 days old by the tribal elders - so she is American with a Nigerian name! Our friend from Russia told us that she had been born in Siberia becuase her father had sent to a hard labour camp there. When we joked "What did he do, steal a cow?" she replierd "Actually, he had two cows" - and apparently that was too many in the Communist system, so off he was sent!
Hi, Im Ryan's sister's(louise) friend. I'm from Taiwan. I have an older brother and he was also born in Taiwan.I came to New Zealand when I was about three years old and have been here ever since. My parents are both from China while my grandpa is from Indonesia and my grandma is from Taiwan. Taiwan is the largest island of the Republic of China in East Asia. It is also known as Formosa which means "beautiful island." The island of Taiwan is approximately 120 kilometers off the southeastern coast of China, across the Taiwan Strait.I don't know too much about Taiwan because I left when I was still little and I dont actually speak Taiwanese. But I do speak Mandarin and my grandpa is giving me chinese lessons every now and again. I can recognise lots of words in chinese when I see them now. Thanks!
Hi im richard from america (im originally from south africa). When i was 2-5 years old I lived in mountain veiw and met Tenaya and Aunty Dallas I am currently 10 and was friends with Tenaya when I lived in mountain veiw. I currently live in Columbia Maryland. I go to Bryant Woods Elementary School. I play the violin.
I am Richard's Mom. We live in Columbia, Maryland USA, and are "connected" to you through your Aunty Dallas, and cousins Tenaya and Tara who live in California! We met them when Richard was around 2 and a half, Tenaya was I think about 6 months old!
Although we live in the US, we are from South Africa. Like you, our roots are also from the UK - my family goes back to England, Ireland and Scotland, and Richard's Dads are from England and Ireland. Part of my family has been in SA for many generations, while my Dad's father came through to SA on a ship as a small boy.
South Africa (as you probably know) is the most southern of the African states. People speak many different languages - there are in fact around 14 (I can speak 2 fluently - English and Afrikaans - English is my home language, and I know some words from some of the others). I loved growing up there - I grew up in the city of Durban (on the East coast of SA), and enjoyed sailing - something I believe is pretty popular in New Zealand too!
We now live in a small town in Maryland - Maryland is on the east coast of the US, and a tiny state in comparison to others. We love it here - even if the winters get WAY too cold - it snows! Summers are really hot and humid, and we do lots of swimming! We live about 40 minutes away from the Chesapeake Bay - take a look on a map, and you will see what a massive mass of water it is!
The school Richard is at (elementary school) only has around 350 children - that is small for an elementary school here - but its great - it means the kids all get to know one another, and know kids in other grades as well, which would not happen at some of the bigger schools (some of the elementary schools in our county are around 1000 children).
What a fantastic learning experience you must all be having with this! Good luck! Hope you track down lots of connections all over our planet!
hi my name is Ryan i am connected to scotland because part of my family is scotish.
ReplyDeleteHi I'm Ryan's mum. Ryan is a sixth generation New Zealander so it is a long time since our ancestors came to New Zealand. Most of our early ancestors came from England but some came from Ireland, the Channel islands and from Australia (I'm sure they weren't convicts though!).
ReplyDeleteWe calculate that Ryan is:
31% English
19% Irish
13% Australia
6% Channel Islander
31% unknown
AND
100% New Zealander!!!
Hi
ReplyDeleteI'm Ryan's brother Callum
Ryans earliest ancestors came to New Zealand in 1842, two years after the Treaty of Waitangi was signed. They arrived from Gloucester, Somerset and Cornwall. At this time in history there was a large influx of european settlers arriving in New Zealand to get away from the hustle and bustle of life in Victorian England. When they arrived in New Zealand, his ancestors most likely worked on the land. His ancestors continued to arrive in New Zealand right throught to 1914 from all over the world, from Ireland to Australia. In fact, Ryans name is a Gaelic name meaning "little king" reflecting on our gaelic ancestry. Through out the 20th centuary, Ryans kinly brood continued to have links to other countries; Herbert William Blackmore served in World War One in France; James Henry Jellyman served in England in World War One and Hedley George Harvey served in the Cycle Corps in World War One France, so there is a big connection in our family with other countries. An interesting fact about Ryan's family history is that some of his ancestors were origionally french aristocrats who escaped to the channel islands during the french revolution to avoid capture. Some of them then moved to england to make a living. Some of the dates and origions in Ryan's family history were not documented mainly because there were lack of resources to write with in colonial New Zealand and the dates of arrival were not written down and are now lost in the sands of time. As a New Zealander, Ryan has a wide connection with other countries, primarily because the settlement of New Zealand is more recent than that of Ireland, for example and we can easily claim our heritage to other countries. The settlement of New Zealand was at a time of extreme globalization, where the British empire was at its biggest. The criminals from london were sent to Australia, and people were enticed to live in "idyllic" land of New Zealand. however when they got there, the settlers found the land relatively untouched by human hands and they had to struggle to survive. Globalisation nowadays is much easier than it was in the old days in the sense that transport is easily accessible and relatively safe, however beaurocracy and couterterrorism have made it harder for people to immigrate around the world. I go to Selwyn College, a melting pot of different cultures and backgrounds and that is why I have taken particular interest in this topic of globalization. I can walk around the school and say hello to people from all different cultures, and thats just on my walk from music class to science class!! From all these people of different backgrounds, I have learnt about different ways of living, all around the world. My school also has a refugee center, where refugees can come and learn to adjust to life in New Zealand. I also learnt about a topic that links in to globalization, refugees, which I found very interesting to learn about how globalisation can occour during wars, conflicts and disasters.
I really like the idea of having a space where family and friends can write about students global connections and I will foward this e-mail on to some people who may be interested.
Cheers
Callum John Blackmore
Hi, I'm Louise, Ryan's sister. As his mum and brother said, we know all about our family history and other things related to it. We have some really old photos of our family. Our Grandad's last name is Jellyman and we have a photo of the first Jellyman to come to NZ.
ReplyDeleteGreeting from California. I'm Ryan's aunt, Dallas, and I live in Silicon Valley south of San Francisco with Ryan's Uncle Alistair and his two kiwi-American cousins, Tenaya and Tara. Before coming to the US, Al and I lived in Vancouver, Canada where we studied and got used to lots and lots of rain, were immersed in "hockey", saw bears, wore toques in winter (look that one up!) and generally had some grand adventures of the dirtbag variety. We moved to California almost 11 years ago, intending to stay for 2 years, and here we stil are, with 2 children born here (both of whom insist that they are New Zealanders, despite a strong "mid-Pacific" accent). There are many things similar to NZ about growing up in CA, and also many differences. The biggest one is the lack of rain - we've had a drought for a couple of years and so all the hills are beyond brown and into a sort of nothingness colour. We have to be very careful with how we use water, and the weather people o TV get very excited at the rtemotest possibility of a "storm", suing such terms as "a serious rain event" for a couple of inches of precipitation! Like NZ, however, there is the constant threat of earhtquakes and today is the 20th annniversary of the Loma Prieta quake which was about 7.0 on the Richter sale and whlch resulted in the collapse of parts of the Bay Bridge (which spans San Francicso Bay), made sandwiches out of double-decker freeways and shook down buildings.
ReplyDeleteWe try to visit our family and friends in NZ as often as possible, about every year and a half to two years, but it is much easier to stay connected now, with video-conferencing and cheap phone calls,than it was when I first left NZ in 1992. Thank goodness for the Internet!
Ryan, would you class be interested in connecting with a similar age class here? I know the teacher at Tenaya and Tara's school who teaches a 4th and 5th grade class and could put herin touch if you would like.
Hi,
ReplyDeleteIt's Louise again. I just thought I'd add that we have a lot of friends/acquaintances from different countries.
I have a friend who is from the Phillipines and one of my best friends is from Taiwon and is teaching me a bit of Mandarin.
We have a Romanian Dentist who sometimes tells us about Romania while she is looking at our teeth (though don't ask Ryan about it because I think he was focusing on the weird dentistry tools!). I have an Aussie penpal who can tell us about Australia.
Our Grandad has alos been to a lot of interesting countries such as: Nepal, Chile, Turkey, etc. He tells us about them and shows us his photos after he has been on the trips.
I also speak a variety of languages, a bit of French, a bit of Spanish and some Japanese (Oh, and several words in Mandarin).
Thanks!
Well, Louise, as you mentioned knowing people from all sorts of countries, I htought I would add what a global melting pot it is here. Tenaya is in a class with children from Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, Japan, China, Israel, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden and India. Uncle Alistair works with people from Turkey, Russia, Argentina, Brazil, and Zimbabwe as well. Yesterday, I met a mother at school named "Yinka" who had been born in Nigeria when her parents were in the Peace Corps, and she had been named when 5 days old by the tribal elders - so she is American with a Nigerian name! Our friend from Russia told us that she had been born in Siberia becuase her father had sent to a hard labour camp there. When we joked "What did he do, steal a cow?" she replierd "Actually, he had two cows" - and apparently that was too many in the Communist system, so off he was sent!
ReplyDeleteHi,
ReplyDeleteIm Ryan's sister's(louise) friend. I'm from Taiwan. I have an older brother and he was also born in Taiwan.I came to New Zealand when I was about three years old and have been here ever since. My parents are both from China while my grandpa is from Indonesia and my grandma is from Taiwan. Taiwan is the largest island of the Republic of China in East Asia. It is also known as Formosa which means "beautiful island." The island of Taiwan is approximately 120 kilometers off the southeastern coast of China, across the Taiwan Strait.I don't know too much about Taiwan because I left when I was still little and I dont actually speak Taiwanese. But I do speak Mandarin and my grandpa is giving me chinese lessons every now and again. I can recognise lots of words in chinese when I see them now.
Thanks!
Hi im richard from america (im originally from south africa). When i was 2-5 years old I lived in mountain veiw and met Tenaya and Aunty Dallas I am currently 10 and was friends with Tenaya when I lived in mountain veiw. I currently live in Columbia Maryland. I go to Bryant Woods Elementary School. I play the violin.
ReplyDeleteHi Ryan
ReplyDeleteI am Richard's Mom. We live in Columbia, Maryland USA, and are "connected" to you through your Aunty Dallas, and cousins Tenaya and Tara who live in California! We met them when Richard was around 2 and a half, Tenaya was I think about 6 months old!
Although we live in the US, we are from South Africa. Like you, our roots are also from the UK - my family goes back to England, Ireland and Scotland, and Richard's Dads are from England and Ireland. Part of my family has been in SA for many generations, while my Dad's father came through to SA on a ship as a small boy.
South Africa (as you probably know) is the most southern of the African states. People speak many different languages - there are in fact around 14 (I can speak 2 fluently - English and Afrikaans - English is my home language, and I know some words from some of the others). I loved growing up there - I grew up in the city of Durban (on the East coast of SA), and enjoyed sailing - something I believe is pretty popular in New Zealand too!
We now live in a small town in Maryland - Maryland is on the east coast of the US, and a tiny state in comparison to others. We love it here - even if the winters get WAY too cold - it snows! Summers are really hot and humid, and we do lots of swimming! We live about 40 minutes away from the Chesapeake Bay - take a look on a map, and you will see what a massive mass of water it is!
The school Richard is at (elementary school) only has around 350 children - that is small for an elementary school here - but its great - it means the kids all get to know one another, and know kids in other grades as well, which would not happen at some of the bigger schools (some of the elementary schools in our county are around 1000 children).
What a fantastic learning experience you must all be having with this! Good luck! Hope you track down lots of connections all over our planet!