Lewis Acker and his wife, Mere Pii, a Maori woman, raised 9 children in this house which is a one room cottage. They originally had a lean-to kitchen at the right hand end of the house. Acker was a boat builder and trader when he lived here. Originally he came from the USA as a sealer.
5 comments:
Wow Janet! What an amazing piece of family history! Will check out the link to the video later. xx
how fantasic to know all this
about you familt xx
WOW how fantastic it must have been a tough existance but how wonderful to be able to trace your line back to true NZ roots like this. xx Zoe
Wow Janet what amazing information and those views are breathtaking
so cute! they certainly built things to last didn't they?
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