August and Rosalia (nee SLIWINSKA) RYDZEWSKI emigrated from Poland to New Zealand on board the ‘Palmerston’ with their four children; Johann, Marianna, Francisca and Paulina. They arrived at Port Chalmers in December 1872 and the family eventually settled in Gore, Southland.
We invite all descendants of this family to attend the
rydzewski family reunion
to be held in Gore, Southland, New Zealand
at Labour Weekend (25th - 27th October 2019)
If you are descended from any of these families listed below please get in touch as we would love to place you on the family tree and for you to join us at the reunion.
Johann (John) Franz RYDZEWSKI m. Josephine SCHIPANSKE
- Agnes Elizabeth RYDZEWSKA (REJESKI) m. Frank SHIRLEY
- James August RYDZEWSKI (REJESKI)
- Clara Barbara RYDZEWSKA (REGEFSKY) m. Patrick James DARCY
- Ellen Frances RYDZEWSKA (REGEFSKY) m. Frederick FOSTER
- John Francis RYDZEWSKI (REJESKI)
- Joseph RYDZEWSKI (REGEFSKY)
- Josephine RYDZEWSKA (REGEFSKY) m. Jack ANDERSON
- Frances Vistoria RYDZEWSKA (REGEFSKY) m. Francis Hilary SHEPHERD
Marianna (Mary) Rosalia RYDZEWSKA m. Johann (John) SCHULTZ
- Francis Joseph SCHULTZ m. Mary Ann YOUNG & Annie Elizabeth HUGHES
- John August SCHULTZ
- Martha Elizabeth SCHULTZ
- Joseph James SCHULTZ m. Marcella O’KANE
- James Paul SCHULTZ m. Mary Elizabeth WALLIS
- Alexander Andrew SCHULTZ
- Thomas Andrew SCHULTZ m. Alice Anna SAVAGE
Francisca Paulina RYDZEWSKA m William ROBERTSON
- Barbara ROBERTSON m. Timothy John RYAN
- Mary Jane ROBERTSON m. James Ernest NEWLANDS & Owen Gladstone SWAN
- William August ROBERTSON m. Myra Beryl SHANKS & Doris Isabel WAIN
Paulina Anna RYDZEWSKA m. Thomas Reginald JOHNSTON
- Wallace Reginald JOHNSTON m. Amelia Agnes EDWARDS
- Frances Ada JOHNSTON m. John Thomas FLETT
- Ivy Rosalind JOHNSTON m. Frederick Payson DAWSON
- Thomas Henry JOHNSTON
- Violet Hilda JOHNSTON m. John Aitchison BLACK
- Robert William JOHNSTON
Please share the information about the reunion around as many known family members as possible as we do not have contact details for every branch. We would love to hear from as many descendants as possible and hope that you will all join us in October as we reconnect this family 147 years after their first arrival in New Zealand.
For any queries or for further information about the reunion please contact Maria by email at: rydzewski.family.nz@gmail.
