NZ pre 1846

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William Driver

M, #36226, b. 1874

Parents

FatherRichard (Dick) Driver (b. 1810, d. 19 January 1897)
MotherElizabeth Robertson (b. about 1831, d. 9 May 1897)
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Biography

William Driver was born in 1874 in Otago, NZ.1

Citations

  1. [S442] NZ Govt. Internal Affairs, index
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Annie Driver

F, #36227, b. 1871

Parents

FatherRichard (Dick) Driver (b. 1810, d. 19 January 1897)
MotherElizabeth Robertson (b. about 1831, d. 9 May 1897)
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Biography

Annie Driver was born in 1871 in Otago, NZ.1

Citations

  1. [S442] NZ Govt. Internal Affairs, index
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George Thom

M, #36228, b. about 1810
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Biography

George Thom was born about 1810 in Montrose, Angus, SCT.1 He and Margaret Clarke were married on 11 July 1842 in Wellington, NZ.1
6 children see LDS.

Citations

  1. [S272] Newspapers Past, http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
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Unknown

F, #36229
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Family: Peter Clarke (b. about 1790)

DaughterMargaret Clarke (b. about 1820)

Biography

Unknown and Peter Clarke were married.
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Maria Litherland

F, #36230, b. about 1829
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Biography

Maria Litherland was born about 1829.1 She and Oliver Cooke Spurdle were married on 1 October 1854 in New Plymouth, NZ.1,2
Maria Litherland immigrated in 1850.1

Citations

  1. [S272] Newspapers Past, http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
  2. [S442] NZ Govt. Internal Affairs, index
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William Arthur Williams

M, #36231, b. about 1815
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Biography

William Arthur Williams was born about 1815 in Newport, Isle of Wight, ENG.1 He and Mary Ann Packham, Peckham, were married on 9 June 1842 in Nelson, NZ.1,2
MARRIED.
New Zealand Gazette and Wellington Spectator, Volume III, Issue 151, 18 June 1842, Page 3
note there are a number of William WILLIAMS so may be a double up.
need to prove right William. William Arthur Williams immigrated to ENG to Nelson on the Whitby arriving 8 sep 1841 in 1841.3 He was a boatman in 1841.3 He was a sawyer in 1842.1

Citations

  1. [S272] Newspapers Past, http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
  2. [S1012] Diane WILSON, The Wilson Collection
  3. [S116] various web sites, Shipping Lists
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Robert Brown

M, #36232, b. about 1815
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Biography

Robert Brown was born about 1815 in Quebec, Canada.1 He and Mary Ferguson were married on 6 June 1842 in Wellington, NZ.1
MARRIED.
New Zealand Gazette and Wellington Spectator, Volume III, Issue 151, 18 June 1842, Page 3. Robert Brown was a mariner in 1842.1

Citations

  1. [S272] Newspapers Past, http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
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Ann Shirley

F, #36233, b. 1851

Parents

FatherMatthew Shirley (b. 1826)
MotherJane Whiteman (b. 1832)
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Biography

Ann Shirley was born in 1851.1

Citations

  1. [S442] NZ Govt. Internal Affairs, index
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William Shirley

M, #36234, b. 1859

Parents

FatherMatthew Shirley (b. 1826)
MotherJane Whiteman (b. 1832)
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Biography

William Shirley was born in 1859.1

Citations

  1. [S442] NZ Govt. Internal Affairs, index
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Frank Shirley

M, #36235, b. 1853

Parents

FatherMatthew Shirley (b. 1826)
MotherJane Whiteman (b. 1832)
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Biography

Frank Shirley was born in 1853.1

Citations

  1. [S442] NZ Govt. Internal Affairs, index
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Amelia Shirley

F, #36236, b. 1875

Parents

FatherMatthew Shirley (b. 1826)
MotherJane Whiteman (b. 1832)
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Biography

Amelia Shirley was born in 1875.1

Citations

  1. [S442] NZ Govt. Internal Affairs, index
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Thomas Shirley

M, #36237, b. 30 June 1860

Parents

FatherMatthew Shirley (b. 1826)
MotherJane Whiteman (b. 1832)
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Biography

Thomas Shirley was born on 30 June 1860 in North East Valley, Dunedin, NZ.1
PPA Evening Star, Issue 17556, 11 January 1921, Page 6
OBITUARY
The death took place, at Orcpuki on Thursday last of Mr Thomas Shirley, proprietor of the Railway Hotel (says the ?Advocate?). Deceased was Ixirn in 1860, at North-east Valley, Dunedin. His father was Mr Matthew Shirley, one of the old pioneers of Southland, having come south from Gabriel's Gully early in 1862 Deceased had a varied career--farming, hotelkeeping, etc.?and was some eleven years in Victoria in Bennett?s cordied factory. His father came out in the second ship under the New Zealand Company, and his mother in the tin id, the union being one of the first marriages solemnised at the Hutt (nine miles out of Wellington), in 1846.

Citations

  1. [S272] Newspapers Past, http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
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Richard Porter

M, #36241, b. 1848, d. 1921

Parents

FatherWilliam John Porter (b. about 1820)
MotherJane (b. about 1825)
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Biography

Richard Porter was born in 1848 in Wellington, NZ.1 He died in 1921, at age ~73, in Auckland, NZ.1,2
PPA Evening Star, Issue 17556, 11 January 1921, Page 6
The death is reported at Auckland of Mr Richard Porter. Born in Wellington in 1848. Ids parents removed to Auckland when he teas six months old. and he has resided there over since, with the exception of a short period at the Thames. In his earlier manhood he took an active part in the Labor movement, being closely connected with the eight-hours? agitation in the late seventies and' eighties, acting on committees of the organisation, and also the demonstrations and sports. He was secretary to the Amalgamated Society of Engineers for many years, also of the Marine Society of Engineers. and on relinquishing the former position he was presented with a gold watch as a token of esteem for valuable work. He represented his societies on the 1 committee that organised and carried the great functions held at the jubilee of Queen Victoria.

Citations

  1. [S272] Newspapers Past, http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
  2. [S442] NZ Govt. Internal Affairs, index
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William John Porter

M, #36242, b. about 1820
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Family: Jane (b. about 1825)

SonRichard Porter (b. 1848, d. 1921)

Biography

William John Porter was born about 1820.1,2 He and Jane were married.

Citations

  1. [S272] Newspapers Past, http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
  2. [S442] NZ Govt. Internal Affairs, index
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Jane

F, #36243, b. about 1825
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Family: William John Porter (b. about 1820)

SonRichard Porter (b. 1848, d. 1921)

Biography

Jane was born about 1825. She and William John Porter were married.
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John McGINTY

M, #36244, b. about 1835
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Biography

John McGINTY was born about 1835.1 He and Elizabeth Helen Gibson were married in 1854.1

Citations

  1. [S442] NZ Govt. Internal Affairs, index
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Marsh

U, #36245, b. 1850

Parents

FatherWilliam Marsh (b. 1814)
MotherJulia Ann (b. 1815)
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Biography

Marsh was born in 1850 in Nelson?, NZ.1

Citations

  1. [S442] NZ Govt. Internal Affairs, index
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Rev T Burns

M, #36246, b. about 1800
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Family:

DaughterClementina Burns (b. about 1825)

Biography

Rev T Burns was born about 1800.1
Rev T Burns was a minister in Dunedin in 1848.1

Citations

  1. [S272] Newspapers Past, http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
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Clementina Burns

F, #36247, b. about 1825

Parents

FatherRev T Burns (b. about 1800)
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Biography

Clementina Burns was born about 1825.1 She and James (Captain) E Ellis were married on 14 June 1848 in Dunedin, NZ.1,2
PPA
New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 303, 24 June 1848, Page 2
On the 14th inst., at Otakou, by the Rev. T. Burns, Captain J. E. Ellis, of the barque Philip Laing, to Clementina, eldest daughter of the Rev. T. Burns.

Citations

  1. [S272] Newspapers Past, http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
  2. [S226] NZGS records
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James (Captain) E Ellis

M, #36248, b. about 1810
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Biography

James (Captain) E Ellis was born about 1810.1,2 He and Clementina Burns were married on 14 June 1848 in Dunedin, NZ.1,2
PPA
New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 303, 24 June 1848, Page 2
On the 14th inst., at Otakou, by the Rev. T. Burns, Captain J. E. Ellis, of the barque Philip Laing, to Clementina, eldest daughter of the Rev. T. Burns.
NZGS pre1856 marriages has Andrew Jamie ELLIS Clementina BURNS and source = NZ Spectator etc. James (Captain) E Ellis was a Captain of the Philip Laing in 1848.1

Citations

  1. [S272] Newspapers Past, http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
  2. [S226] NZGS records
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William Blunt

M, #36249, b. about 1805
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Biography

William Blunt was born about 1805.1 He and Ann were married.

Citations

  1. [S272] Newspapers Past, http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast

Thomas Cassidy

M, #36250, b. 1803

Biography

Thomas Cassidy was born in 1803 in Co. Meath, IRL.1,2,3,4,5
OLC plan no 271 CASSIDY T 1500ac at Mangataipa (or Waru) exchanged for Pds 1053 scrip 1000ac at Te Roorungha on the Waima River exchanged for Pds 1000 scrip JLHK. Thomas Cassidy immigrated to 1822, Countess of Harcourt (to Australia); to NZ 1829, in 1829 ESR had 1836.1 He was a sawyer, Waima, Hokianga in 1838.5

Citations

  1. [S993] Mike McCARTHY, https://www.otago.ac.nz/history/nzic/immigrants/c.html
  2. [S452] Jack LEE, Hokianga
  3. [S566] Adrienne PUCKEY, Trading Cultures a history of the far north
  4. [S743] Auckland Provincial Centennial Committee, Early Settlers Roll
  5. [S397] Hokianga Census 1838 by James BUSBY, Alexander Turnbull Library
Compiler: Tony Christiansen
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