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Website Celebrating 20
Years
 
Water
Wheel
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Mill on left,
house on right
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Boyton Mill,
home to the John and
Grace Oliver family in the
1800s.
The Mill sits beside the River Tamar
which separates Devon and Cornwall.
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In 2005, the
'nzolivers.com website' and 'The Tree' were
launched, built upon the dedicated research of
the late Muriel Leo (née Oliver) in the 1970s
and ’80s.
Today, her nephew, Brian Oliver, serves as the
caretaker of her work. Believing it should be
accessible to the wider family, he published it
online, where it has continued to grow.
Thanks to the generous contributions of family
members over the past two decades, the website
has expanded significantly, and The Tree now
documenting over 13,000 individuals.
The Oliver family’s roots trace back to Devon,
England, where John and Grace Oliver had nine
children between 1800 and 1822. Tragically,
their firstborn passed away in infancy, but the
remaining children reached adulthood.
Two of their sons, James and Samuel, emigrated
to New Plymouth, New Zealand, aboard the barque
Amelia Thompson in 1841. They and their
descendants became the primary focus of Muriel
Leo’s research.
However, recent discoveries by contributors,
Katia and Tim Oliver of New Zealand, have
revealed that two more of John and Grace’s
children - William Oliver and Mary Oliver (now
Mrs. Goodman) - also emigrated, settling in
Ohio, USA, in the 1840s. The remaining four
children - John, Thomas, Ann, and Francis -
stayed in England, residing in Devon and
Cornwall.
Access to Oliver resources such as documents,
videos, and photo albums can be found here.
Beyond the Oliver lineage, the website also
encompasses the broader ancestry of both Brian
and his wife, Carol (née Jones).
On Brian’s side, key family names include
Oliver, Carrel, Woolford, Higgie, McCaul, Clark,
Cox, and Dodson.
On Carol’s side, notable names include
Jones, Churton, Sammals, Trainer, McGregor,
Ross, Garrard, and Beck.
After 20 years online, the website continues to
grow, preserving and sharing the rich history of
our family for future generations.
The Tree
Pages:
'The Tree' sits
alongside this website and is generated from a
genealogy program called "Reunion".
Here you may
navigate up and down through family
relationships. To get more information on
a particular person - click on their name
when they appear in the middle section of
the tree webpage. Here, a new 'Person
Sheet' will open often giving sources of
information and notes. An
example here of a Person Sheet.
Information on living people has been
filtered out for privacy reasons.
We
maintain the latest version of the software
(Reunion 14.0 build 250122) used to generate 'The Tree'.
Functionality includes a responsive design'
for optimising the web pages for whatever
device being used, ability to search by name,
ability to generate pedigree charts for
easy-to-view relationships.
A big
thank you to those that have contributed
with additions since the last update.
Website Dedication
This website is dedicated
to Brian and Carol Oliver's children: Nigel
Churton, Sarah Ferguson (nee Churton), Emma
Oliver and Marie Boyland (nee Oliver); our
seven grandchildren, and to all the family
members that appear in our genealogy pages!
Contents last updated: 19
February 2025
Previous 5 updates: 23
January 2025, 12 September 2024, 9 March
2024, 18 January 2024, 9 December 2023.
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