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Our New Zealand Heritage

The History and Heritage of Our Family

The Family Trees of the Stevens-Croot Lineage

When Les Stevens married Elsie Victoria Croot, two very different family lines were merged and a new line created.

Trace the members of this family back through time and forward to the present day through this series of family trees. Each line is detailed graphically as far back as we are able to trace at this time and shows the interconnection with other families that merge with it. 

Trace the pathways of our ancestors in 10 family trees:

Our Family Trees and Histories

The following list of Family Trees are currently available from this website. Wherever possible each of the Trees is connected to other Trees related in some way with our family. The Histories site contains information about the history and lineage of our family forebears as far as it is known at this point of time. For a more detailed and accurate account of the family including latest family trees and lineage lines, stories of its current members, memories of those no longer with us and the photo galleries, subscribe to Our NZ Heritage eLetters.

The Histories

The stories of some of the families early  pioneers who forged a life in the new country of New Zealand and laid down the heritage which we can now call our own.

1.  John Clark Lidiard  (1789 – 1876)

2.  Kearaki  (1816 – 1848)

3.   Ann Lidiard  (1837-1900)

4.  Charles George Croot  (1839 – 1876)

5.  Elizabeth Pearce (1841 – 1925)

6.  The Story of David and Annie Day

7.  The Story of Edward J Stevens  (1857 – 1947)

8.  The Story of Joseph Porter (18?? - 19??)

Watch this space…

...for more on the history and lineage of the family.

If you think you have information on any of the missing links or can verify some of the more speculative information presented, please let us know.

Simply click on the illustration to open the website.

NOTE: To protect the privacy of living family members, details in some of these family trees have been withheld. All the contemporary family trees are only available to registered relatives upon request or through subscription to Our NZ Heritage eLetters.

Stevens-Croot Lineage - overview

Stevens Lineage - detail

Croot Lineage - detail

Stevens—Howell Connection

Lidiard – Kearaki Family Tree

Stevens – Eveleigh Family Tree

Middleton-Stevens Family Tree

Croot-Pearce Family Tree

Day - ??? Family Tree

The Porter– Diack Family Tree

The Morait—Sephton Family Tree