CLARKSON family of Shotover Goldmine fame
Looking for descendants of GEORGE CLARKSON & LUCY (OR LOUISA) BULL.George discovered gold in Thames along with Cobley, White & Hunt in Aug 1867 starting the first gold rush there - they opened the Shotover Goldmine.George was born in 1841 and died in 1922, Auckland.Lucy (or maybe Louise)died in 1930 (at Otahuhu) - don't know when she was born.They had several children:
(1)Louisa Shotover Clarkson - was my g-grandmother.She married James Trail in 1908 at Auckland.
(2) George Clarkson - never married.
(3) Rosina Clarkson m Peter Kelly, 1871, Coromandel
(4) Eliza Ann Clarkson m John Daniel O'Brien, 1890, Aust.
(5) David Henry Clarkson m Sybil Payne, 1899
(6) Margaret Clarkson m Samuel Young, 1899, Auckland
(7) Sara Ann Clarkson m Arthur Henry Finer, 1899, Auckland
(8) William Charles Clarkson m Annie Van Dam, 1911, NSW.
(9) Louisa Clarkson - who died in infancy.
George also had brothers: William, John, David and James Jamieson.
If you are think you are related I would love to hear from you.