Charlie Wilkinson
M, #11876, b. about 1811
Biography
Charlie Wilkinson was born about 1811 in AYR, SCT.
1 He and
Maori Maiden were married about 1840 in LON, ENG.
1 After being shipwrecked in NZ married Chief's daughter. Went to England with her an dmarried there and returned to Wellington 1840. Charlie Wilkinson immigrated to from Scotland on a whaler. shipwrecked in NZ in 1835.
1 He immigrated to arrived Wellington 5 sep 1840 on the Coromandel from London. in 1840.
1 Citations
- [S40] Cecil and Celia MANSON, Curtain Raiser to a Colony
Maori Maiden
F, #11877
Biography
Citations
- [S40] Cecil and Celia MANSON, Curtain Raiser to a Colony
Alexander Brodie Spark
M, #11883, b. about 1800
Biography
Alexander Brodie Spark was born about 1800.
1 NZ government Gazette 1841 Listed under Land Claims Thames large claims in partnership with Henry TAYLER NZGG. Alexander Brodie Spark was a Sydney Merchantm and land speculator in 1841.
1 Citations
- [S835] NZ Government Gazette
Helen Souter
F, #11886, b. about 1790, d. 8 July 1848
Parents
Biography
Helen Souter was born about 1790 in ENG.
1 She died on 8 July 1848, at age ~58, in Wellington, NZ.
2 She was buried in July 1848 in Bolton Street Cemetery, Wellington, NZ.
2 BOLCEM
Widowed wife of George HUNTER. George and Helen arrived in Wellington on the "Duke of Roxburgh" in 1840, with their family of 10 children. One of the original purchasers of a one-acre block in the city (in Dixon Street), George was very much involved in business and politics. He was appointed a Justice of the Peace, a Magistrate in 1842, and then elected as Wellington's first mayor in October 1842. He died unexpectedly while still in office. Helen Souter immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Duke of Roxburgh arriving NZ 8/2/1840 on 10 May 1839.
3 Citations
- [S116] various web sites, Shipping Lists
- [S905] Friends of Bolton Street Cemetery
- [S40] Cecil and Celia MANSON, Curtain Raiser to a Colony
Christopher Berry
M, #11887, b. about 1775
Biography
Elisabeth Salmon
F, #11888, b. about 1780
Biography
William Walters
M, #11897, b. about 1812, d. 1842
Biography
William Walters was born about 1812.
1 He died in 1842, at age ~30, in Wellington, NZ, diseased heart, 30 yrs.
1 William Walters immigrated to to Wellington 1839/1840.
2 With SMITH bought Barrett's Hotel from Dicky BARRETT in 1841. He was a publican, Barretts Hotel in 1841.
Citations
- [S538] Louis E WARD, Early Wellington
- [S40] Cecil and Celia MANSON, Curtain Raiser to a Colony
Thomas Paton
M, #11898, b. 1815
Biography
Thomas Paton was born in 1815 age 77 in 1892 JGOC.
1,2 He and
Unknown were married.
In partnership with William MASON realestate and architecture in Auckland 1841-43
probably went from Wellington to BOI on the Patriot 28 dec 1840 NZ Gazette and Wellington Spectator 2 jan 1841
12 descendants in 1892 JGOC. Thomas Paton immigrated to arrived Russell 17 mar 1840 on the Westminster in 1840.
1,2 He was a DBNZ p 279 in postmaster Wellington then real estate Auckland., clerk in magistrate's office Port Nich, in 1840.
3,4,5,6 He was a postmaster in 1841.
7 Citations
- [S743] Auckland Provincial Centennial Committee, Early Settlers Roll
- [S807] J J CRAIG, Jubilee Gathering of Old Colonists October 10 1892
- [S40] Cecil and Celia MANSON, Curtain Raiser to a Colony
- [S1] Department of Internal Affairs, The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography vol 1
- [S238] N Z Govt, List of Officers in NZ Government 1840 (from Blue Book)
- [S570] Papers Past 1840, N Z Gazette & Wellington Spectator
- [S835] NZ Government Gazette
Thomas (Captain) George Shortland
M, #11899, b. 10 May 1771, d. 23 November 1827
Biography
Thomas (Captain) George Shortland was born on 10 May 1771 in Portswea, Hampshire, ENG, ENG.
1,2 He and
Elizabeth Tonkin were married on 16 December 1799 in Plymouth, DEVON, ENG.
2 He died on 23 November 1827, at age 56, in Port Royal Surrey, Jamaica, yellow fever.
2 Thomas George Shortland b.10 May 1771 Portsea, Hampshire, England died 23 November 1827 Port Royal Surrey, Jamaica, Caribbean.
Of Yellow Fever and is buried in a tomb located under the floor of St Andrews Parish Church, Halfway Tree Road, Jamaica. The tomb is located partially under the bench seats inside and is covered by an 8 x 4 foot slab of white marble. The monument has the following inscription:
"Under This Slab Are Deposited The Bodies Of Thomas George Shortland Esquire Who Was A Post Captain In And The Commissioner of His Majesties Navy Resident At Port Royal And Died On The 23rd Day of November 1827
ALSO Of His Daughter Elizabeth Shortland And Who Died On The 25th Of The Same Month Age 25
Coat of Arms of SAVERY
Motto Nec Sorte Nec Fato (Neither by Chance Nor Fate)"
Thomas married Elizabeth Tonkin b.16 August 1771 Devonport, Devon, England died 16 June 1858 Plymouth, Devon, England on the 16 December 1799 Plymouth, Devon, England. They had 6 boys & 4 girls.
1. George Tonkin Shortland 1801 (m) Harriet Collins
2. Elizabeth Shortland 1802 (m) Allen
3. Willoughby J Shortland 1804 (m) Isabella Kate Johnston Fitzgerald daughter of Robert A Fitzgerald of of Geraldine, County Limerick
4. Charles Shortland 1808
5. Catherine Shortland 1811
6. Edward Shortland 1812 (m) Eugenia Ilardi b. 20 April 1831 Palermo, Italy daughter of Don Pietro Ilardi & Rosalia Spiticake Palermo, Italy (between you and me, there's talk of connections the Don Ilardi had to the Mafia)
7. John Rutherford Shortland 1814
8. Peter Fredrick Shortland 1815 (m) Emily Marion Jones b.1825 Saint Andrews, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada
9. Margaret Amelia Shortland 1817
10. Cordelia Augustine Shortland 1819
FCT.
Citations
- [S1] Department of Internal Affairs, The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography vol 1
- [S381] Fiona and Craig TOWGOOD, email address;