Lynton & Wendy Barriball, both born in New Zealand, now live in Melbourne, Australia. Their daughters are both married and they have one granddaughter.
Wendy is a retired Radiographer and Lynton continues to run his souvenir photography business.
They both love to travel, with their caravan being one of their favourite ways of getting around Australia. They've enjoyed a number of international holidays and through his work, Lynton has clocked up over 40 countries visited.
You can check out some of their travel blogs here or some of the history of the Barriball family in New Zealand here.
BARRIBALL'S OF WAIUKU
The history of our Barriball family dates back to the 1600's. While Barriballs have been found in the Parish Records from as early as the mid 1500's, a connection to our family has yet to be established. The parish of North Petherwin, now in Cornwall but previously administered as part of Devon, is the area where our earliest Barriball ancestors traced so far lived.
The name Barriball is most likely to have come from the Cornish language. The words 'bar an bal' mean 'top of the mine' or 'minehead', so it is possible that the original bearer of the surname Barriball lived a short distance from a mine.
Our family is directly decended from Charles and Ann Barriball. Their brother Henry, wife Mary and two small children, William and Richard, had emigrated to the New Plymouth settlements in New Zealand on the clipper 'Timandra', arriving on February 23rd, 1842.
Ann and Charles Barriball
Thirteen months later, Charles, Ann with their three young children, John, Samuel and Sophia, departed from Plymouth on 'The Duke of Westminster' on December 4th, 1842. They landed in Auckland on April 1st, 1843 after a passage of 128 days.
On May 30th, 1856, Charles took up land at Waiuku by Crown Grant, becoming the owner of 145 acres, 1 rood, 20 perches. He named the property Eden Hill. Eight months later, he took up a further grant of 442 acreas of land in the Parish of Waiuku East. This area was originally called Waitangi and was later renamed Pukeoware.
FAMILY TREE
