ALVE DESCENDANT REUNION 17-18 FEBRUARY 2024 PHOTO
BREAKDOWN OF ATTENDEES
1 X 2ND GENERATION; 30 X 3RD GENERATION; 20 X 4TH GENERATION AND 10 X 5TH GENERATION DESCENDANTS & PARTNERS
BREAKDOWN OF ATTENDEES
1 X 2ND GENERATION; 30 X 3RD GENERATION; 20 X 4TH GENERATION AND 10 X 5TH GENERATION DESCENDANTS & PARTNERS
ALVE DESCENDANTS REUNION
MASTERS HALL, PAHIATUA 17-18 FEBRUARY 2024
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Words from our tīpuna Carl & Theresia Alve
Videos presented at the Reunion
Videos presented at the Reunion
BackgroundOn Valentine's Day - 14 February 2024 - it was 150 years since Theresia Möllers and Carl Alve married in the Ruhr Valley, Germany.
61 Descendants marked the occasion together at Masters Hall Accommodation & Conference Centre, Pahiatua on Sat. 17th from 2pm and Sun. 18th February until 3pm. Some stayed at the Hall, others arranged accommodation in Pahiatua, and beyond. They ate together. played, nattered, worshipped and strengthened family bonds. Descendants from the 2nd to the 5th generations of Alves were present. |
A POSSIBLE DISCOVERY AT EKETAHUNA MUSEUM
These men are felling a rimu tree in the Forty Mile Bush around 1880, using a two-man saw and axes. The work was demanding and the risk of injury high. Many men were pinned down by falling trees, and some were killed or lost limbs.
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Ben Schrader, 'Wairarapa region - European settlement', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/12082/logging-the-forty-mile-bush (accessed 19 February 2024)
Story by Ben Schrader, updated 1 Mar 2017 |
Ya Ya
'Ya Ya' was a local name Maori gave Scandanavian immigrants because of their soft spoken 'Ya Ya', meaning 'Yes Yes'.
Eketahuna was surveyed for a Scandanavian settlement in the early 1870s as part of Colonial Treasurer Sir Julius Vogel's Immigration and Public Works Scheme. This was a scheme designed to build infrastructure and boost New Zealand's population. Britain loaned ten million pounds enabling construction of a vast railway and road network connecting the isolated communities in the forested regions.
Scandanavians were offered subsidised travel and 40 acre blocks of land here, for one pund per acre, in return for their labour clearing the forest, building roads and railways. Nearly 3,500 Swedes, Danes and Norwegians came here between 1871-1876. Many of their descendants remain here today.
In the early 1870s when Scandanavians began to arrive in Eketahuna, they lived in small settlements of 'slabs hus' (slab huts made of rimu and totara) in the forest. They named this town Mellemskov meaning 'clearing in the forest'. Later it returned to its original Maori name Eketahuna as it grew and other settlers arrived.
Wording beneath the image above in the Eketahuna/Mellemskov Museum
Eketahuna was surveyed for a Scandanavian settlement in the early 1870s as part of Colonial Treasurer Sir Julius Vogel's Immigration and Public Works Scheme. This was a scheme designed to build infrastructure and boost New Zealand's population. Britain loaned ten million pounds enabling construction of a vast railway and road network connecting the isolated communities in the forested regions.
Scandanavians were offered subsidised travel and 40 acre blocks of land here, for one pund per acre, in return for their labour clearing the forest, building roads and railways. Nearly 3,500 Swedes, Danes and Norwegians came here between 1871-1876. Many of their descendants remain here today.
In the early 1870s when Scandanavians began to arrive in Eketahuna, they lived in small settlements of 'slabs hus' (slab huts made of rimu and totara) in the forest. They named this town Mellemskov meaning 'clearing in the forest'. Later it returned to its original Maori name Eketahuna as it grew and other settlers arrived.
Wording beneath the image above in the Eketahuna/Mellemskov Museum
Reunion Project
The Upgrade of Rosa's grave (1896) at Featherston, including adding acknowledgement of wee Emma's passing in Eketahuna earlier in 1896.
Emma and Rosa were the first Alve deaths in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Emma and Rosa were the first Alve deaths in Aotearoa New Zealand.
ROSA GRAVE UPGRADE AND EMMA ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
CONGRATULATIONS ON REACHING THE APPEAL TARGET
The Appeal is now closed.
The Appeal Target was increased from $5,000 - $6,000 to allow for the Monumental Mason fee of $4740, concrete removal and disposal $750, and a travel allowance of $500 for Julianne Alve who is overseeing the project.
Thank you to all who have generously donated
Watch this space for notice of the Project completion, photos and advice of an unveiling service.
We are aiming for completion later in May or early June.
The Appeal is now closed.
The Appeal Target was increased from $5,000 - $6,000 to allow for the Monumental Mason fee of $4740, concrete removal and disposal $750, and a travel allowance of $500 for Julianne Alve who is overseeing the project.
Thank you to all who have generously donated
Watch this space for notice of the Project completion, photos and advice of an unveiling service.
We are aiming for completion later in May or early June.