The Tree - Person Sheet
The Tree - Person Sheet
NameJan (John) Ruijne
Misc. Notes
First and last name of “John Ruijne” from death notice of Graham Derrick (Derek) Oliver in ‘The New Zealand Herald’ dated 3 September 2013.

First name of “Jan” and preferred name of “John” according to Cynthia Glover (nee Coleman), whose great-great-grandfather was William Samuel Allen b.1843. (William's sister, Martha Allen, married Charles Oliver, youngest son of James and Ruth Oliver).

Cynthia writes, “surname pronounced Rye-ner”. “John is Dutch and came out with his family when he was 13”. They were farmers but John is a fitter and turner at the Kaerau Paper Mill where he runs his own workshop [as at 2003]”.
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