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George Dibbern was born in Kiel on 26 March 1889.¹

For a full story of George's astonishing life, readers are referred to the superb website at http://georgedibbern.com - but special mention must be made of some details, as these became part of our family folk-lore. He had a wife in Germany (Elisabeth Vollbrandt, married 1921) and daughters Frauke Wahine (1922), Elke Maata (1924) and Sunke Tai (1925) but spent much of his life aboard the 32-foot ketch Te Rapunga (named after the third of eighteen steps in the New Zealand Maori creation myth).¹

After winning the Auckland to Melbourne race of 1934 in Te Rapunga, followed by the Melbourne-Hobart race (1935), George Dibbern returned to Auckland and embarked with a crew of Maurice Black, Roy Murdock and George Dibbern and Eileen Edith Morris for an extended voyage to Rarotonga and Tahiti.
In 1941 he and George and Eileen arrived in Napier and George was interred on Somes Island (for the second time) as an enemy alien, not having his yacht returned until 1946.

In 1950 he won £10,000 in a Tattersalls lottery, but gave half to the man who gave him the ticket for covering his work shift. This enabled the purchase of Satellite (Woody) Island, followed by Partridge Island - he and George and Eileen farmed Woody Island for 3 years before they parted ways.¹

He had a defacto relationship with Eileen Edith Morris, daughter of Charles Edwin Morris and Edith Maud Armstrong, which resulted in the birth of their daughter, but they did not marry due to George's existing family in Germany.

George died on 12 June 1962 in Auckland at age 73 of a heart attack.¹

Ernest Herbert Dicketts was born in England on 8 January 1894.²
He served in the South Staffordshire Regiment as a 2nd Lieutenant and the South Lancashire Regiment as Lieutenant during WWI.³

Ernest's marriage to Kathleen Marjorie Haggis, daughter of Charles Burton Haggis and Jessie Gertrude Winzar, was registered between October 1918 and December 1918 in Wandsworth, Surrey.¹

He was listed in the 1921 census as Head of Family at 12 Derbe Rd in St Anne's on the Sea, Lancashire, with his wife Kathleen; he was Publicity Manager for Leyland Motors.⁴

He was listed in the 1939 Register at 'Elvashore', Oatlands Close in Walton, Surrey, with Kathleen Marjorie Haggis; he was a printer's representative.²

Ernest died on 3 November 1953 in Weybridge, Surrey, at age 59.^5,6

His will was probated in London, Middlesex, on 19 February 1954 with his estate valued at £5367/15/10.⁶

Jane Mason Dickie was born in Kelvin, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, in February 1879.^1,3

Jane died on 3 November 1879 in Kelvin, Glasgow, Lanarkshire.^1,2 She was buried in November 1879 at the Glasgow Necropolis, Wishart St in Dennistoun.⁴

Mary Anderson Dickie was born in Old Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire, in 1909.¹

Matthew Dickie was born in Scotland circa 1844.

He married Agnes Hood Adam, daughter of Robert Adam and Jean Mason, in Dennistoun, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, in 1876.¹

Matthew died on 17 May 1907 in Anderston, Glasgow, Lanarkshire.^2,3,4 He was buried in May 1907 at the Glasgow Necropolis, Wishart St in Dennistoun.⁵

His estate was confirmed on 29 August 1907 with Matthew Lothian Dickie and William Wallace Dickie appointed executors of an estate valued at £1019/12/11.³

Matthew Lothian Dickie was born in Kelvin, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, on 7 October 1882.^2,3

Matthew Lothian Dickie and William Wallace Dickie were appointed executors of Matthew Dickie's estate on 29 August 1907.⁴

He married Caroline Victoria Anderson in Anderston, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, in 1908.⁵ He began military service on 9 November 1915 attached to the 5th Battalion, then drafted to a Medical Unit at Blandford. He was discharged from this unit on 5 Feb 1916 to join the Royal Marines. He was described as dark complexioned, black hair, brown eyes, scar on left side of neck and stood 5' 7", but his Marine papers claim a height of 5' 9 1/2". He appeared to have only had active service in France from April 1918 with the 150th Field Ambulance, before finally being demobbed on 6 July 1919.^3,6

Matthew died on 8 August 1943 in Hillhead, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, at age 60.^1,7 He was buried in August 1943 at the Glasgow Necropolis, Wishart St in Dennistoun.⁸

Matthew Wallace Dickie was born in Anderston, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, in 1909.²

Matthew died on 30 May 1910 in Old Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire.^1,3 He was buried in May 1910 at the Glasgow Necropolis, Wishart St in Dennistoun.⁴

William Wallace Dickie was born in Partick, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, in 1877.¹

He married Mary Wilson Sloan in Blythswood, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, in 1906.²

Matthew Lothian Dickie and William Wallace Dickie were appointed executors of Matthew Dickie's estate on 29 August 1907.³

William died on 14 May 1952 in Milngavie, Glasgow, Lanarkshire.^4,5

His will was sealed in London on 25 July 1952.⁵

Annie Dickinson was born circa 1921.²

Annie's marriage to David Kennaway Mulgan, son of Alan Edward Mulgan and Marguerita Blomfield Pickmere, was registered between April 1945 and June 1945 in Liverpool, Lancashire. There were no children from this marriage.^3,1

Annie's death was registered between October 1956 and December 1956 in Northumberland, Northumberland, from a brain tumour.^3,2

Mary Amelia Dickinson was born in Queensland on 5 October 1871.²

She married John Carter in Queensland on 7 August 1889.^3,4

She was widowed at age 64 on the death of her husband John on 3 April 1936.⁵

Mary died on 14 December 1940 in Queensland at age 69.^1,6,7 She was buried on 16 December 1940 at the Balmoral/Bulimba Cemetery, 441 Wynnum Rd in Morningside.¹