William Hobson

sorry typo error Polly (Hirana) Hopihana lol...huihana is my other nana

I am 6th generation to William Hobson. My whanau are Jimmy (James) Hobson, Glass Hobson his father is Johnny Hobson of Kaitaia and his father is Busby (Puhiri) Hobson (Hopihana) married to Polly (Huihana) Hobson (Hopihana). Te Paa Parore Marae is my family urupa. I to want to know more of my whakapapa. Can Anyone help?

kia ora, ko Ngati Kuri, Te Aupouri oku iwi. Ngaronoa Mereana Hobson is my great great grandma. Thanks for sharing Miram, it appears that we have some common ancestors. I will add Wiremu and Mere into my tree. Nga mihi xox

Bonnie Job, please check the date on your document. If it belongs to Capt William Hobson, its probably 1793, not 1893. The said captain passed away in 1842.

Awesome contributions whanau, tena koutou xox

I am a 6th generation descendant of Wiremu Hopihana & Mere Ngawi. My whanau attended the Hobson reunion 2009 at our marae in Paparore. My grandfather Hohepa (Joe) Heemi was the great grandson of Wiremu & Mere. I'm keen to know the DOB & birthplace of Wiremu Hopihana. I have gazette articles from the NZ archives with Wiremu's later life but draw blanks everytime I enter his name in BDM or ancestry.com. For Whakapapa tracking my great great grandmother Mereana Ngaranoa Rapata Harera nee Hopihana was the first born child of Wiremu Hopihana. I to am keen to know more about our tupuna, so please email issybay@gmail.

My grandmother's name was Maryane, and my dads name Sydney, my dad name my only son William Hopihana, all I know which isn't much is that his grandfather was William Hobson II and somewhere in there there is a Elizabeth Hobson also known as Raiha does this make sense to anyone in the Hobsons whakapapa from Paparore? He always said he was born in Pakaraka Bay of Islands.

I am a descendant of William Hobson of Paparore. I have a copy of the 1893 document showing Captain William Hobson's purchase of the land now known as Maxwell's Grant, it records the splitting of the land into Lots.

My grand mother is anne woods (married name rix). apparently a decendant of capt. william hobson. would love to find any other relatives

It has been an interesting journey getting together the Hopihana whakapapa.I am also 5th generation. We have stilling living today(29th january2011)maori elders who connect with the Hopihana whakapapa at Paparore. My mother was married to one of the Hobsons and with her help I am filling in the gaps. We are getting together for the final Hopihana Whakapapa. If you want to know more sent me an e-mail at c.phobson@hotmail.com

Hi there, I am a 5th generation to the Aupouri William Hobson(M) Mere Ngawi also known as Ngaputiputi meaning = (kind and muched loved). A trust fund was set up by Williams father for his education and this was administered by William White an American Counsul at the time. William Hobson was 12yrs of age when he was sent to England for 5yrs education, and it is written & said that this Aupouri William Hobson is the illegitimate son of captain William Hobson, so I doubt very much that he was named after the Governor because of his high rank.. So yes Karen all the Hobson are related one way or the other maybe even through this one man (how bizarre)..... Love the posts keep it up :)

The original William Hobson was Lieutenant Governor of NZ for approximately 2 years in NZ was deeply religious and had a wife and family back in England. The Aupouri William Hobson or Wiremu Ropihana or Hopihana was born 5 years after the Governor left NZ, according o this legal death certificate. Hobson’s return to England was due to ill health and the time frame of the occurrences exempted him from fathering any nature offspring. It was quite common during the period of 1840 – 1865 to name Maori children after important high standing Europeans. The Aupouri William Hobson was brought up and educated at a missionary school in the Hokianga Area. This background assisted him in gaining a government job and a land holding known as Maxwell Grant a Paparore Northland. The later history of his Whanau is marred with tragedy, violence and sheer bad luck. The successors have a family cemetery at Paparore known as Lot 8 Maxwell’s Grant. This wahi tapu holds many secrets that have never been revealed through the whakapapa and future researches should be wary of delving into the past before of the makutu aspects. Be warned. Rangatira!