NZ pre 1846

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Person Page 301

Donald McLennan

M, #7501, b. 1821

Biography

Donald McLennan was born in 1821.1,2
PPA
Report on Inquest into death of Archibald MILNE NZ Gazette and Wellington Spectator 1 jan 1842. Donald McLennan had person sources.3 He immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Oriental arriving NZ 31/1/1840 on 15 September 1839.2

Citations

  1. [S272] http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
  2. [S116] Shipping Lists
  3. [S145] various Personal Database

Goff

M, #7502, b. about 1810

Biography

Goff was born about 1810.1
Cabin passenger from Nelson to Sydney 1844 on the Star of China MAR
possibly Louis Clifford GOFFE ?

Citations

  1. [S664]

Henry Meech

M, #7503, b. 1812
Pedigree Link

Family: Mary Ann (b. 1815)

SonMeech (b. 22 December 1840)
Son(Meach) Meech (b. 30 July 1842)

Biography

Henry Meech was born in 1812.1,2,3 He and Mary Ann were married.
Henry Meech immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Oriental arriving NZ 31/1/1840 15/9/1839. 1842 Thorndon Quay
1840 boatbuilding partnership with OXENHAM and HENRY PP1840. He had person sources.4 He was a shipbuilder in 1842.1

Citations

  1. [S314]
  2. [S308] The Birth of a City Wellington 1840 - 1843
  3. [S570] N Z Gazette & Wellington Spectator
  4. [S145] various Personal Database

Mary Ann

F, #7504, b. 1815
Pedigree Link

Family: Henry Meech (b. 1812)

SonMeech (b. 22 December 1840)
Son(Meach) Meech (b. 30 July 1842)

Biography

Mary Ann was born in 1815. She and Henry Meech were married.
Mary Ann immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Oriental arriving NZ 31/1/1840 15/9/1839. She had person sources.1 She was in 1840.

Citations

  1. [S145] various Personal Database

Whitehaven

M, #7505, b. about 1810

Biography

Whitehaven was born about 1810.1
Cabin passenger on the Star of China from Nelson to Sydney 1845 MAR.

Citations

  1. [S664]

Henry Moreing

M, #7506, b. 1815

Biography

Henry Moreing was born in 1815.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Advertised apr 1840 as "General Agent" PP1840
shifted to Wanganui 1843 DHRN
probably the Henry MOREING who purchased Mana Island off Thomas BELL and Frederick PATERSON may 1840
subsequently the crown agreed that Moering the owner and he sold Mana Island to the crown FOMI. Henry Moreing had person sources.10 He immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Oriental arriving NZ 31/1/1840 on 15 September 1839.9 He was a farmer Hutt River in 1842.4

Citations

  1. [S41] Adventure in New Zealand.
  2. [S245] The New Zealand Portfolio
  3. [S189] New Zealand from Tasman to Massey
  4. [S314]
  5. [S308] The Birth of a City Wellington 1840 - 1843
  6. [S344] London Journal
  7. [S570] N Z Gazette & Wellington Spectator
  8. [S851] The Making of Wellington 1800-1914
  9. [S116] Shipping Lists
  10. [S145] various Personal Database

John O'Brien

M, #7507, b. 1818
Pedigree Link

Biography

John O'Brien was born in 1818.1 He and Ellen were married.
Possibly obtained a bush licencne for 5pds, North Shore Auckland 8 april 1845 BULI. John O'Brien had person sources.2 He immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Oriental arriving NZ 31/1/1840 on 15 September 1839.1 He was in 1840.

Citations

  1. [S431] Shipping Lists
  2. [S145] various Personal Database

Ellen

F, #7508, b. 1815
Pedigree Link

Biography

Ellen was born in 1815.1 She and John O'Brien were married.
Ellen had person sources.2 She immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Oriental arriving NZ 31/1/1840 on 15 September 1839.1 She was in 1840.

Citations

  1. [S431] Shipping Lists
  2. [S145] various Personal Database

John Palfrey

M, #7509, b. 1789
Pedigree Link

Biography

John Palfrey was born in 1789. He and Ellen were married.
John Palfrey immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Oriental arriving NZ 31/1/1840 15/9/1839. He had person sources.1 He was in 1840.

Citations

  1. [S145] various Personal Database

Ellen

F, #7510, b. 1809
Pedigree Link

Biography

Ellen was born in 1809. She and John Palfrey were married.
Ellen immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Oriental arriving NZ 31/1/1840 15/9/1839. She had person sources.1 She was in 1840.

Citations

  1. [S145] various Personal Database

George Payne

M, #7511, b. 1811
Pedigree Link

Biography

George Payne was born in 1811. He and Maria were married.
George Payne immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Oriental arriving NZ 31/1/1840 15/9/1839. He had person sources.1 He was in 1840.

Citations

  1. [S145] various Personal Database

Maria

F, #7512, b. 1818
Pedigree Link

Biography

Maria was born in 1818. She and George Payne were married.
Maria immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Oriental arriving NZ 31/1/1840 15/9/1839. She had person sources.1 She was in 1840.

Citations

  1. [S145] various Personal Database

W Ryden

M, #7513, b. about 1810
Pedigree Link

Family: Unknown

SonRyden
SonRyden
DaughterRyden

Biography

W Ryden was born about 1810.1 He and Unknown were married.
Steerage passenger Nelson to Stydney on the Star of China 1845 MAR.

Citations

  1. [S664]

Charles (ROGERS) Rodgers

M, #7514, b. 1811, d. 25 August 1840
Pedigree Link

Family: Cecelia Eliza Herbert (b. 1819, d. 26 July 1886)

SonThomas Rodgers (b. 29 February 1840, d. 3 July 1933)

Biography

Charles (ROGERS) Rodgers was born in 1811.1 He and Cecelia Eliza Herbert were married on 26 July 1838 in Essex, ENG.1 He died on 25 August 1840, at age ~29, in Wellington Harbour, WGTN, NZ, drowned in boating accident.1
Mass drowning, 9 settlers, Port Nicholson, 25th August 1840: (NZETC: Early Wellington):
Shortly after this (25th August, 1840), a fatal accident occurred at Pito-one, when a boat party of twelve persons were within a hundred yards of the beach. The boat was upset, and though they were in less than seven feet of water, only three survived the accident.
These were Mr. Francis Bradey, Mr. Fowler and the steersman. Those drowned were Messrs. J. Pierce; W. Elsdon; R. Hight; Lancaster; Josiah Tucker; Martin, a sailor belonging to the boat and lately of the ?Jewess?; Griffin, late steward of the ?Cuba; Rogers, a thatcher; and a person known as ?Colonial Bill.?
Other sources:
Complete story: http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZGWS18400829.2.6&srpos=2&e=-08-1840--08-1840--10--1----0drowning-all

robert.phillips@xtra.co.nz

1840 "late of Waltham Abbey" NP
PPA BURIED.
New Zealand Gazette and Wellington Spectator, Volume I, Issue 21, 29 August 1840. Charles (ROGERS) Rodgers had person sources.2 He immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Oriental arriving NZ 31/1/1840 on 15 September 1839.3 He was in 1840.

Citations

  1. [S268] email address;
  2. [S145] various Personal Database
  3. [S431] Shipping Lists

Cecelia Eliza Herbert

F, #7515, b. 1819, d. 26 July 1886
Pedigree Link

Family 1: Charles (ROGERS) Rodgers (b. 1811, d. 25 August 1840)

SonThomas Rodgers (b. 29 February 1840, d. 3 July 1933)

Family 2: Richard Rush (b. about 1800, d. 15 June 1846)

DaughterSarah Ann Maria Rush (b. 1842)
ChildRush (b. about 1843)
ChildRush (b. about 1844)
ChildRush (b. 1845)
ChildRush

Family 3: John George Rush (b. 1827, d. about 1901)

SonJohn Henry Rush (b. about 1850)

Biography

Cecelia Eliza Herbert was born in 1819 in Essex, ENG.1 She and Richard Rush were married. She and John George Rush were married. She and Charles (ROGERS) Rodgers were married on 26 July 1838 in Essex, ENG.1 She died on 26 July 1886, at age ~67, in Palmerston North, NZ.1
Cecilia Eliza was my great-great-grandmother. RP
robert.phillips@xtra.co.nz; = grandson
5 children with Richard RUSH including one born 1846 after his death. APL. Cecelia Eliza Herbert had person sources.2 She immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Oriental arriving NZ 31/1/1840 on 15 September 1839.3 She was in 1840.

Citations

  1. [S268] email address;
  2. [S145] various Personal Database
  3. [S116] Shipping Lists

John Salmon

M, #7516, b. 1820
Pedigree Link

Biography

John Salmon was born in 1820.
John Salmon immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Oriental arriving NZ 31/1/1840 15/9/1839. He had person sources.1 He was in 1840.

Citations

  1. [S145] various Personal Database

Eliza

F, #7517, b. 1820
Pedigree Link

Biography

Eliza was born in 1820.
Eliza immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Oriental arriving NZ 31/1/1840 15/9/1839. She had person sources.1 She was in 1840.

Citations

  1. [S145] various Personal Database

Richard Burgess Sayer

M, #7518, b. 1819
Pedigree Link

Biography

Richard Burgess Sayer was born in 1819.1,2 He and Jemimah Oxenham were married on 8 May 1842 in Wesleyan Chapel, Wellington, NZ.3
Aka Burgess SAYERS. Richard Burgess Sayer had person sources.4 He immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Oriental arriving NZ 31/1/1840 on 15 September 1839.1 He was a Chief Constable in 1842.2

Citations

  1. [S431] Shipping Lists
  2. [S325]
  3. [S912] Marriage Register 1841-1862 Wesley methodist Church Wellington
  4. [S145] various Personal Database

Richard Seed

M, #7519, b. 1813, d. 22 January 1853
Pedigree Link

Biography

Richard Seed was born in 1813.1,2,3,4,5 He and Harriet Walton were married in 1840.4 He died on 22 January 1853, at age ~40, in Bendigo, VIC, AUS, gold fields.6
1842 Lambton Quay
1950's Porirua Road LEW
1844 living on Porirua Road halfway between Wellington and Porirua ACHT
purchased land on Porirua Rd 1843 ACHT
no children ACHT
uncle to Mary Ann WALTON . ACHT not sure connection. Richard Seed had person sources.7 He immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Oriental arriving NZ 31/1/1840 on 15 September 1839. He was a cordwainer in 1842.1 He emigrated from Wellington to Bendigo, AUS, about 1852.5

Citations

  1. [S314]
  2. [S80] List of Directors NZ Land Coy, petition
  3. [S308] The Birth of a City Wellington 1840 - 1843
  4. [S570] N Z Gazette & Wellington Spectator
  5. [S723] Tawa Flat and the Old Porirua Road
  6. [S538] Early Wellington
  7. [S145] various Personal Database

Harriet Walton

F, #7520, b. 1815
Pedigree Link

Biography

Harriet Walton was born in 1815. She and Richard Seed were married in 1840.1 She and M (George) G Brown were married on 2 March 1854 in Wellington, NZ.2
Boot and shoe repairer ? Harriet Walton had person sources.3 She immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Oriental arriving NZ 31/1/1840 on 15 September 1839.

Citations

  1. [S570] N Z Gazette & Wellington Spectator
  2. [S538] Early Wellington
  3. [S145] various Personal Database

Archibald Watson Shand

M, #7521, b. 1815
Pedigree Link

Family: Elizabeth Alexandrina Greig (b. 1821)

SonAlexander Shand (b. 15 November 1840)
DaughterJane Shand (b. 1842)
DaughterMargaret Ann Shand (b. 1 August 1844)
SonRobert Roger Shand (b. 16 September 1846)
DaughterSusan Shand (b. 17 March 1848)
DaughterElizabeth Shand (b. 16 June 1849)
DaughterCatherine Shand (b. 1851)
DaughterHelen Shand (b. 1854)
DaughterAgnes Shand (b. 1859)
SonArchibold Shand (b. 1860)
SonShand (b. 5 July 1860)

Biography

Archibald Watson Shand was born in 1815.1,2,3 He and Elizabeth Alexandrina Greig were married.4
Note a SHAND resident Russell 1834 JL
settled Otago ? OASES. Archibald Watson Shand had person sources.5 He immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Oriental arriving NZ 31/1/1840 on 15 September 1839.3,6 He was a collector of customs in 1860.7

Citations

  1. [S308] The Birth of a City Wellington 1840 - 1843
  2. [S80] List of Directors NZ Land Coy, petition
  3. [S536] OASES database of early settlers to Otago.
  4. [S436] Index of Births Deaths and Marriages
  5. [S145] various Personal Database
  6. [S116] Shipping Lists
  7. [S272] http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast

Elizabeth Alexandrina Greig

F, #7522, b. 1821
Pedigree Link

Family: Archibald Watson Shand (b. 1815)

SonAlexander Shand (b. 15 November 1840)
DaughterJane Shand (b. 1842)
DaughterMargaret Ann Shand (b. 1 August 1844)
SonRobert Roger Shand (b. 16 September 1846)
DaughterSusan Shand (b. 17 March 1848)
DaughterElizabeth Shand (b. 16 June 1849)
DaughterCatherine Shand (b. 1851)
DaughterHelen Shand (b. 1854)
DaughterAgnes Shand (b. 1859)
SonArchibold Shand (b. 1860)
SonShand (b. 5 July 1860)

Biography

Elizabeth Alexandrina Greig was born in 1821.1 She and Archibald Watson Shand were married.1
Elizabeth Alexandrina Greig had person sources.2 She immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Oriental arriving NZ 31/1/1840 on 15 September 1839.3 She was in 1840.

Citations

  1. [S436] Index of Births Deaths and Marriages
  2. [S145] various Personal Database
  3. [S116] Shipping Lists

Unknown

F, #7523
Pedigree Link

Family: W Ryden (b. about 1810)

SonRyden
SonRyden
DaughterRyden

Biography

Unknown was born.1 She and W Ryden were married.
Steerage passenger Nelson to Stydney on the Star of China 1845 MAR.

Citations

  1. [S664]

Abel Spencer

M, #7524, b. 1813
Pedigree Link

Biography

Abel Spencer was born in 1813. He and Grace were married.
Abel Spencer immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Oriental arriving NZ 31/1/1840 15/9/1839. He had person sources.1 He was in 1840.

Citations

  1. [S145] various Personal Database

Grace

F, #7525, b. 1817
Pedigree Link

Biography

Grace was born in 1817. She and Abel Spencer were married.
Grace immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Oriental arriving NZ 31/1/1840 15/9/1839. She had person sources.1 She was in 1840.

Citations

  1. [S145] various Personal Database