Descendants of Hans Martin (Martin ("Bellringer")) HANSEN

Second Generation :: Notes

2. Anne Marie ("Annie") HANSEN

One of first settlers at Norsewood, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.

Last address: Makotuku, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.

David CARMICHAEL

David CARMICHAEL, who spoke fluent Maori, was a bullock driver in Ormondville during 1879. He was mainly engaged in the transportation of sawn timber and firewood to the railhead for the Freezing Works at Tomoana near Hastings.
101 Years of Ormondville, p 117-133

David CARMICHAEL
From Andrews in Scotland arrived in Napier on the "Ediment" in 1879 when he was 26 years old. Believed to be the driver of the first bullock team to reach the Seventy Mile Bush as it was then known, he transported immigrants south from Waipawa to Te Whiti and Norsewood and later drove as far south as Pahiatua. He married a daughter of Martin HANSEN who had arrived in New Zealand on the "Hovding" with her parents. Martin HANSEN was a bricklayer and the Methodist Church Norsewood bellringer for 25 years. Mr and Mrs CARMICHAEL lived at Ormondville (where the BENBOWs now reside) in a slab hut with calico windows. He spoke fluent Maori and transported with his sons sawn timber out from Whetakura to the railhead at Ormondville. Later after moving to Makotuku the family owned a sawmill behind the Makotuku Post Office site. There were six sons and four daughters in the CARMICHAEL family and the sole survivor at this date is George CARMICHAEL (known as Toby) 94 years who resides in Levin. David died in 1927 at the age of 70 years and his wife passed away in 1957 a few months short of 100 years
101 Years of Ormondville, p 160-161