Dear Jenny
I have a contact in NZ with great great grandparents John Peddie (b. 1791) and Elizabeth McPherson(b. 1804), but they were from Perth, Scotland. They had 8 children including a daughter Flora who emigrated to Australia and married Thomas Rose in Melbourne. Flora and Thomas then emmigrated to NZ in 1863. This seems either a remarkable coincidence or perhaps already known to you. Please email me at
fpeddie@activ8.net.au for further information or follow-up.
Frank Peddie