Birth Name: Keri Ann Ruhi Hulme
Place of Birth: Otautahi, Christchurch, New Zealand
Date of Birth: March 9, 1947
Ethnicity:
*father – English
*mother – 1/4th Scottish, 1/4th Orcadian-Scots (Orkney Islander), 3/16th Māori (Ngāi Tahu/Kāti Māmoe) and some English
Keri Hulme is a New Zealand writer and poet, best know for her novel The Bone People (1984).
Keri told Contemporary Women Poets: “Our family comes from diverse people: Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe (South Island Māori iwi); Orkney islanders; Lancashire folk; Faroese and/or Norwegian migrants.”
Ancestry/Genealogy:
Keri is the daughter of John William Hulme, a carpenter, and Mary Ann Lillian (Mere) Miller, a credit manager. Keri is affiliated with Ngāi Tahu and Kāti Māmoe (aka Ngāti Mamoe).
Her paternal grandparents were William Hulme and Emma Risley both from Lancashire, England.
Her maternal grandfather was Thomas Tame Richard Rangakino Gilbert Miller. Thomas Miller was the son John Tiaki Mira Miller and Emma Lillian Stevens. John Miller was the son of Thomas White, a whaler, and Piraurau the daughter of Puaka and Pioio of Ngāi Tahu/Kāi Tahu. Emma Stevens was the daughter of William Stevens from Gloucestershire, England and Maria Catherine Driver. Maria Driver was the daughter of Richard Driver from Bath, Somerset England and Motoitoi daughter of Kahutia and Mahora of Kāti Māmoe/Ngāti Mamoe.
Her maternal grandmother was Mary Ann Yorston Matches. Mary Yorston Matches was the daughter of William Yorston Matches from Orkney, Scotland and Ann Ingles Dinnington (the daughter of Thomas Dinnington and Mary Brown Whyte both from Stirlingshire, Scotland).
Source:
Genealogy of Maria Driver: https://www.geni.com/people/Maria-Mouat/6000000012110121527
Genealogy of Mary Ann Yorston Matches: https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/L2K4-VLY/mary-ann-yorston-matches-1889-1969
Biography of Thomas Miller: http://www.heraumahara.nz/memoirs/the-miller-brothers-four-served-only-3-returned-home
Obituary of Mere Miller: https://tributes.co.nz/ViewMyTribute.aspx?id=14202
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