Collection: Tourelle Genealogy Collection

Processing Information

This collection is awaiting arrangement and description. It contains material relating to a number of families, including (but not limited to), Tourelle [Tourell, Toureille], Boyle, Doyle, Weston, Peddie, Packwood, Stewart, Wills, Smith, Colgan, O'Brien, Looney, Forde, King, Bowman, Cockroft, Shirley, Murray, Brownlie, Gaudion, Hargreaves, Smith, Ralph, Horncastle, Colvin, Lemon, Neave, Humphrey, Small, Leonard, Lenihan, Rabbitte, Rowley, O'Meara.

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Dates

Majority of material found within 1808 - 2002

Biographical / Historical

Collection created by John Francis (Jack) Tourelle (28/03/1926 - 28/03/2002).

An avid genealogist, Jack researched a number of families, including creating comprehensive family trees for the Boyle and Forde families. He also wrote a weekly column for the Southland Times on geneaology.

Educated at Marist Brothers, Jack had jobs in a number of different industries before working as an insurance broker for Noble Lowndes Ltd for 30 years.

His interests included swimming, helping to found the St Mary's Swimming club. He was a member of the St Theresa's Catholic Parish and the Marist Brothers Old Boys Association.

Books in the library collection by Jack Tourelle:

- Kilkelly of Grove Bush, Southland, New Zealand

- Forde, Forde, Forde : from Annagh West, Co. Galway, Ireland to Southland, New Zealand

- Descendants of John and Ann Boyle of Heddon Bush, Southland, as at December 1987

Obit: Southland Times, 02/04/2002, p.16