Brief Life History of Robert
When Robert Fleming was born in 1834, in Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, his father, John Craig, was 63 and his mother, Mary Hamilton, was 59. He married Elizabeth Lunn in 1874, in New Zealand. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 26 August 1909, in Dunedin, New Zealand, at the age of 75, and was buried in Andersons Bay Cemetery, Lawyers Head, Otago, New Zealand.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Robert Fleming - Government record: birth-name: Robert Fleming
- Robert Fleming, "New Zealand, Cemetery Transcriptions, 1840-1981"
- Robert Fleming in entry for Andw Chalmers Fleming, "New Zealand, Cemetery Transcriptions, 1840-1981"
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1834 · The United Tribes of New Zealand Flag
A confederation of Maori tribes was convened in 1834 by James Busby, a British Resident who had been sent to New Zealand to set up a framework for trade between the Māori and Europeans. The Flag which they used was a mix between the St. George’s Cross and in the top left corner another smaller St. Georges Cross with four eight pointed stars representing the Holy Cross stars in the Southern Hemisphere. This design is still being used today as the official flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand.
1840
The Maori sign the Treaty of Waitangi giving control to the British in exchange for protection and guaranteed Maori possession of their lands.
1858 · New Provinces Act
The New Provinces Act was established to help create new Provinces in the quickly growing region of New Zealand. This Act also helped kept laws in check as well as create Provincial Councils to help govern over the people within the areas.
Name Meaning
English: ethnic name for someone from Flanders, from Middle English fleming. The word reflects a Norman French form of Old French flamanc ‘Fleming’, from the stem flam- + the ancient Germanic suffix -ing. In the Middle Ages there was considerable commercial intercourse between England and the Netherlands, particularly in the wool trade, and many Flemish weavers and dyers settled in England. This surname is also common in south and east Scotland and in Ireland, where it is sometimes found in the Gaelicized form Pléamonn.
German: variant of Flemming , cognate with 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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