Harbrow Family Tree
Albert and Ada Harbrow of Dunedin
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Albert James Harbrow was born on 5 Aug 1877 at Naree Warren near Dandenong.  He was the second child in a family of seven children.  He would have gone to school at Naree Warren and worked on the family farm.  The family were at this time reasonably comfortable, his parents Ezekiel and Harriet having worked hard to establish their farm and made a good living from the contracting and cartage work which the family did.  But, as Albert grew up, hard times were starting to bite and work for the young lads was getting harder to find.  Albert's younger brother John William had heard of work in Dunedin, New Zealand building the new tramway system and in January 1904 he decided to make the trip over to check it out.  It looked good, so John called his other brothers over to give it a go.  Albert arrived in Dunedin on the 'Moeraki' on 25 Jul 1904.  Ada followed later with their new baby George on a later sailing of the Moeraki, which arrived at Bluff on 26 October 1904.  Other members of the family also came across.  It wasn't long before John saw a business opportunity in running a coal yard and so the brothers pitched in as well.  Some time later, Albert decided to open up his own coal yard and carrying business in North East Valley and so they settled in a house at 6 Selwyn Street close by.  They added to their family with Pat born in 1907 and Linda born in 1910.  Some years later, Arthur came along as well.

                                         
                                                    Harbrow house at 6 Selwyn St. North East Valley




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                               Albert James Harbrow                      Albert and Ada at their crib McAndrews Bay, Dunedin


      


                  George Harbrow (b. 1904 d. 1966) & Hazel Barnett of Mosgeil
                                                  - Marion b. 30 Jul 1934  m. Arthur Didham 24 Aug 1955
                                                                           - Arthur David b. 5 Aug 1957
                                                                           - Kennith George b. 31 Mar 1960
                                                                           - Janine Linda b. 3 Feb 1966
                                                                           - Lee Ann Maree b. 30 May 1967

                                                  - Graham Albert b. 12 Sep 1939  m. Elsie Gladys Young 6 May 1960
                                                                           - Barry b. ?  d. 1980
                                                                           - Trevor b. 1963
                                                                           - Ainslee b. 1973

                  Stanley Frederick (Pat) Harbrow (b. 1907) d. Sept 1980 at Nelson & Jean ? d

                  Linda Hazel Harbrow (b. 1910) & Alec Walker of Auckland
                                                  - Kenneth b. 1940  m Jenny
                                                                           - Lisa b. 1969
                                                                           - Scott b. 1971

                                                  - Sue m. Steve Malony
                                                                           - Julian b.1980
                                                                           - Candice b. 1986


                  Arthur James Harbrow (b. 1923) & Betty Neill