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Person Page 342

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Rachel Macintyere

F, #8526, b. 1813, d. 30 September 1847
Pedigree Link

Family: John Branks (b. 1809, d. 22 March 1849)

SonWilliam Branks (b. May 1840, d. 22 March 1849)
DaughterCatherine Branks (b. 11 November 1844, d. 22 March 1849)
SonJohn Branks (b. 1846, d. 22 March 1849)

Biography

Rachel Macintyere was born in 1813.1,2 She and John Branks were married. She died on 30 September 1847, at age ~34, in Wellington, NZ, wife, 29 yrs, accident when a branch from a tree fell on her LEW, ACHT.3,4,5 She was buried in October 1847 in St John's, Johnsonville, Wellington, 1st burial.1
Class: steerage. Rachel Macintyere had person sources.6 She immigrated to SCT to NZ on the Bengal Merchant arriving NZ 20/2/1840 on 31 October 1839.2

Citations

  1. [S939]
  2. [S116] Shipping Lists
  3. [S538] Early Wellington
  4. [S723] Tawa Flat and the Old Porirua Road
  5. [S779] Blood and Tears
  6. [S145] various Personal Database
Family Explorer

Robert Branks

M, #8527, b. 1816

Parents

FatherBranks
Pedigree Link

Family: Catherine

DaughterAgnes Branks (b. about 1841)
DaughterJane Branks (b. about 1843)

Biography

Robert Branks was born in 1816.1,2,3 He and Catherine were married.
Brother to John class: steerage
note a BRANKS and 3 BRANKS children found dead from axe wounds between 1844 and 1852 JRJ
note there was a BRANCKS farm overseer in Otago pre 1847 OEL. Robert Branks had person sources.4 He immigrated to SCT to NZ on the Bengal Merchant arriving NZ 20/2/1840 on 31 October 1839.5 He was a farm servant, labourer in 1840.1

Citations

  1. [S314]
  2. [S308] The Birth of a City Wellington 1840 - 1843
  3. [S939]
  4. [S145] various Personal Database
  5. [S116] Shipping Lists

Unknown

F, #8528, b. 1820

Biography

Unknown was born in 1820.
Unknown immigrated to SCT to NZ on the Bengal Merchant arriving NZ 20/2/1840 31/10/1839. Class: steerage. She had person sources.1 She was in 1840.

Citations

  1. [S145] various Personal Database
Family Explorer

Adam Brown

M, #8529, b. 1817

Parents

FatherBrown
Pedigree Link

Biography

Adam Brown was born in 1817.
Adam Brown immigrated to SCT to NZ on the Bengal Merchant arriving NZ 20/2/1840 31/10/1839. Class: steerage. He had person sources.1 He was a mason in 1840.

Citations

  1. [S145] various Personal Database
Family Explorer

Peter Brown

M, #8530, b. 1813, d. 1860

Parents

FatherBrown
Pedigree Link

Family: Elizabeth (b. 1819)

DaughterCatherine Brown (b. 1839)
SonPeter Brown (b. about 1841, d. 1859)

Biography

Peter Brown was born in 1813.1 He and Elizabeth were married. He died in 1860, at age ~47, in NZ age 49.2
Class: steerage
extract from letters in display PSM.
probably two brothers on same voyage. see Adam and Malcolm BROWN. Peter Brown had person sources.3 He immigrated to SCT to NZ on the Bengal Merchant arriving NZ 20/2/1840 on 31 October 1839.4 He was a labourer in 1840.

Citations

  1. [S559]
  2. [S736]
  3. [S145] various Personal Database
  4. [S116] Shipping Lists
Family Explorer

Elizabeth

F, #8531, b. 1819
Pedigree Link

Family: Peter Brown (b. 1813, d. 1860)

DaughterCatherine Brown (b. 1839)
SonPeter Brown (b. about 1841, d. 1859)

Biography

Elizabeth was born in 1819.1 She and Peter Brown were married.
Class: steerage. Elizabeth had person sources.2 She immigrated to SCT to NZ on the Bengal Merchant arriving NZ 20/2/1840 on 31 October 1839.3 She was in 1840.

Citations

  1. [S736]
  2. [S145] various Personal Database
  3. [S116] Shipping Lists
Family Explorer

Catherine Brown

F, #8532, b. 1839

Parents

FatherPeter Brown (b. 1813, d. 1860)
MotherElizabeth (b. 1819)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Catherine Brown was born in 1839.
Catherine Brown immigrated to SCT to NZ on the Bengal Merchant arriving NZ 20/2/1840 31/10/1839. Class: steerage. She had person sources.1 She was in 1840.

Citations

  1. [S145] various Personal Database
Family Explorer

Malcolm Brown

M, #8533, b. 1820

Parents

FatherBrown
Pedigree Link

Biography

Malcolm Brown was born in 1820.
Malcolm Brown immigrated to SCT to NZ on the Bengal Merchant arriving NZ 20/2/1840 31/10/1839. Class: steerage
possible marriage to Harriet SEED 1854? He had person sources.1 He was a farm servant in 1840.

Citations

  1. [S145] various Personal Database
Family Explorer

William Brash

M, #8534, b. 1801
Pedigree Link

Family: Unknown (b. 1812)

DaughterBrash (b. 1839)
SonJohn Brash (b. 1840)

Biography

William Brash was born in 1801. He and Unknown were married.
William Brash immigrated to SCT to NZ on the Bengal Merchant arriving NZ 20/2/1840 31/10/1839. Class: steerage. He had person sources.1 He was a labourer in 1840.

Citations

  1. [S145] various Personal Database
Family Explorer

Unknown

F, #8535, b. 1812
Pedigree Link

Family: William Brash (b. 1801)

DaughterBrash (b. 1839)
SonJohn Brash (b. 1840)

Biography

Unknown was born in 1812. She and William Brash were married.
Unknown immigrated to SCT to NZ on the Bengal Merchant arriving NZ 20/2/1840 31/10/1839. Class: steerage. She had person sources.1 She was in 1840.

Citations

  1. [S145] various Personal Database
Family Explorer

John Brash

M, #8536, b. 1840

Parents

FatherWilliam Brash (b. 1801)
MotherUnknown (b. 1812)
Pedigree Link

Biography

John Brash was born in 1840.1
John Brash immigrated to SCT to NZ on the Bengal Merchant arriving NZ 20/2/1840 31/10/1839. Class: steerage. He had person sources.2

Citations

  1. [S116] Shipping Lists
  2. [S145] various Personal Database
Family Explorer

John Bryce

M, #8537, b. 1807
Pedigree Link

Family: Unknown (b. about 1810, d. before 1840)

SonThomas Bryce (b. 1828)
SonJohn Bryce (b. 1833)
DaughterJeanette Bryce (b. 1833)

Biography

John Bryce was born in 1807.1,2,3,4,5 He and Unknown were married.
Widower class: steerage
42 descendants in 1892 re married after arrival in NZ?
BR1843 has BRICE. John Bryce had person sources.6 He immigrated to SCT to NZ on the Bengal Merchant arriving NZ 20/2/1840 on 31 October 1839.4,3 He was a wheelwright, carpenter Thorndon Flat in 1840.1 He was a carpenter in 1843.5

Citations

  1. [S314]
  2. [S308] The Birth of a City Wellington 1840 - 1843
  3. [S431] Shipping Lists
  4. [S807] Jubilee Gathering of Old Colonists October 10 1892
  5. [S325]
  6. [S145] various Personal Database
Family Explorer

Thomas Bryce

M, #8538, b. 1828

Parents

FatherJohn Bryce (b. 1807)
MotherUnknown (b. about 1810, d. before 1840)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Thomas Bryce was born in 1828.
Thomas Bryce immigrated to SCT to NZ on the Bengal Merchant arriving NZ 20/2/1840 31/10/1839. Class: steerage. He had person sources.1 He was in 1840.

Citations

  1. [S145] various Personal Database
Family Explorer

John Bryce

M, #8539, b. 1833

Parents

FatherJohn Bryce (b. 1807)
MotherUnknown (b. about 1810, d. before 1840)
Pedigree Link

Biography

John Bryce was born in 1833 age 59 in 1892 JGOC.1,2 He and Unknown were married.
Class: steerage
later became Native Minister in the Government APL JGOC has Hon
31 descendnans in 1892 JGOC. John Bryce had person sources.3 He immigrated to SCT to NZ on the Bengal Merchant arriving NZ 20/2/1840 on 31 October 1839.4,2 He was in 1840.

Citations

  1. [S779] Blood and Tears
  2. [S807] Jubilee Gathering of Old Colonists October 10 1892
  3. [S145] various Personal Database
  4. [S431] Shipping Lists
Family Explorer

Jeanette Bryce

F, #8540, b. 1833

Parents

FatherJohn Bryce (b. 1807)
MotherUnknown (b. about 1810, d. before 1840)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Jeanette Bryce was born in 1833.
Jeanette Bryce immigrated to SCT to NZ on the Bengal Merchant arriving NZ 20/2/1840 31/10/1839. Class: steerage. She had person sources.1 She was in 1840.

Citations

  1. [S145] various Personal Database

William Trueman Buchanan

M, #8541, b. about 1810

Biography

William Trueman Buchanan was born about 1810.1
Class: cabin. William Trueman Buchanan had person sources.2 He immigrated to SCT to NZ on the Bengal Merchant arriving NZ 20/2/1840 on 31 October 1839. He was farming Porirua in 1841.3,1

Citations

  1. [S723] Tawa Flat and the Old Porirua Road
  2. [S145] various Personal Database
  3. [S245] The New Zealand Portfolio
Family Explorer

Samuel Burnett

M, #8542, b. 1812
Pedigree Link

Family: Mary Arbuthnot (b. 1812)

DaughterMary Burnett+ (b. 1834, d. 4 October 1897)
SonBurnett (b. 1839)
DaughterIsabella Burnett (b. 1840)
DaughterElizabeth Burnett (b. about 1841)

Biography

Samuel Burnett was born in 1812.1 He and Mary Arbuthnot were married.
Class: steerage
settled Taita MER. Samuel Burnett had person sources.2 He immigrated to SCT to NZ on the Bengal Merchant arriving NZ 20/2/1840 on 31 October 1839.3 He was a ploughman in 1840. He was a sawmiller in 1842.1

Citations

  1. [S749] Guardian of the Valley
  2. [S145] various Personal Database
  3. [S116] Shipping Lists
Family Explorer

Mary Arbuthnot

F, #8543, b. 1812
Pedigree Link

Family: Samuel Burnett (b. 1812)

DaughterMary Burnett+ (b. 1834, d. 4 October 1897)
SonBurnett (b. 1839)
DaughterIsabella Burnett (b. 1840)
DaughterElizabeth Burnett (b. about 1841)

Biography

Mary Arbuthnot was born in 1812.1,2 She and Samuel Burnett were married.
Class: steerage. Mary Arbuthnot had person sources.3 She immigrated to SCT to NZ on the Bengal Merchant arriving NZ 20/2/1840 on 31 October 1839.4 She was in 1840.

Citations

  1. [S736]
  2. [S749] Guardian of the Valley
  3. [S145] various Personal Database
  4. [S116] Shipping Lists
Family Explorer

Mary Burnett

F, #8544, b. 1834, d. 4 October 1897

Parents

FatherSamuel Burnett (b. 1812)
MotherMary Arbuthnot (b. 1812)
Pedigree Link

Family: Peter Trotter (b. 9 April 1826, d. 27 October 1899)

DaughterFanny Alice Trotter (b. 1 April 1849)
SonWilliam Robert Trotter (b. about 1861, d. 4 March 1902)
DaughterIsobella Jane Trotter (b. 1869, d. 24 May 1919)

Biography

Mary Burnett was born in 1834 in SCT.1,2,3 She and Peter Trotter were married about 1848 in Wellington, NZ. She died on 4 October 1897, at age ~63, in Makara, Wellington, NZ.2
Class: steerage
PECK has birthplace as Taita but that is unlikely.
OBITUARY.
New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10586, 29 October 1897
Another old settler has passed away in the person of Mrs. Peter Trotter, of Makara. She arrived in Wellington by the ship Bengal Merchant, in the year 1840, accompanied by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Burnett. During the trouble with the natives in 1846 she had some thrilling experiences, on several occasions having co run for her life. She leaves a number of children and grandchildren and a large circle of friends to mourn their loss. Mary Burnett had person sources.4 She immigrated to SCT to NZ on the Bengal Merchant arriving NZ 20/2/1840 on 31 October 1839.1 She was in 1840.

Citations

  1. [S116] Shipping Lists
  2. [S704] web site extensive trees
  3. [S272] http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
  4. [S145] various Personal Database

Edward Clemens

M, #8545, b. about 1823

Biography

Edward Clemens was born about 1823.1
Edward Clemens immigrated to arrived Nelson 1 feb 1842 from ENG on the Fifeshire in 1841 on Nelson City Council SL but not others.1 He was a baker in 1842.1

Citations

  1. [S116] Shipping Lists
Family Explorer

Burnett

M, #8546, b. 1839

Parents

FatherSamuel Burnett (b. 1812)
MotherMary Arbuthnot (b. 1812)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Burnett was born in 1839.
Class: steerage
possibly died on board? Burnett had person sources.1 He immigrated to SCT to NZ on the Bengal Merchant arriving NZ 20/2/1840 on 31 October 1839.2 He was in 1840.

Citations

  1. [S145] various Personal Database
  2. [S116] Shipping Lists
Family Explorer

James Campbell

M, #8547, b. 1816
Pedigree Link

Biography

James Campbell was born in 1816.1,2 He and Sarah Ann Vaughan were married on 10 December 1844 in Wesleyan Chapel, Wellington, NZ.2
Class: steerage
possibly settled Otago OASES or possibly Auckland ESR
need to confirm right person for marriage to Sarah Ann
MARRWES has James CAMPBELL merchant Sarah Ann PRATT widow witness Matthew William FRASER and Mary RANDLE?? James Campbell had person sources.3 He immigrated to SCT to NZ on the Bengal Merchant arriving NZ 20/2/1840 on 31 October 1839.1 He was a candlemaker in 1840.1 He was a merchant, Wellington in 1844.2

Citations

  1. [S116] Shipping Lists
  2. [S912] Marriage Register 1841-1862 Wesley methodist Church Wellington
  3. [S145] various Personal Database
Family Explorer

Robert Carruth

M, #8548, b. 1810, d. 1891

Parents

FatherCarruth
Pedigree Link

Biography

Robert Carruth was born in 1810 in SCT JGOC has age in 1892 as 57 !1,2,3 He and Unknown were married. He died in 1891, at age ~81, in Auckland?, NZ, listed in JGOC so still alive in 1892?1,2
Class: cabin
1892 12 descendants JGOC
see further notes brother William
NZGG 20 oct 1841 land claim with brother William no.306 Wangari. Robert Carruth had person sources.4 He immigrated to SCT to NZ on the Bengal Merchant arriving NZ 20/2/1840 on 31 October 1839 cabin.1,2

Citations

  1. [S743] Early Settlers Roll
  2. [S807] Jubilee Gathering of Old Colonists October 10 1892
  3. [S835]
  4. [S145] various Personal Database
Family Explorer

John Carruth

M, #8549, b. 1815, d. 1861

Parents

FatherCarruth
Pedigree Link

Family: Margaret Johnstone Morton (b. 1820, d. October 1901)

SonRobert Carruth (b. 2 December 1844, d. 1915)
SonJohn Carruth (b. 17 April 1849, d. 1863)

Biography

John Carruth was born in 1815 in Houston Parish, RENF, SCT, JGOC has age 58 in 1892.1,2 He and Margaret Johnstone Morton were married on 28 December 1841 in Wangare, BOI, NZ.3,4 He died in 1861, at age ~46, in Auckland?, NZ, JGOC has alive in 1892?1
Class: cabin
7 descendants in 1892 JGOC. John Carruth had person sources.5 He immigrated to SCT to NZ on the Bengal Merchant arriving NZ 20/2/1840 on 31 October 1839.1

Citations

  1. [S743] Early Settlers Roll
  2. [S807] Jubilee Gathering of Old Colonists October 10 1892
  3. [S813] Early Settler Roll auckland Province with additional notes in pencil by Ak PL Librarian
  4. [S1063] Demographic History of BOI section 3 marriages 1814 - 1899
  5. [S145] various Personal Database
Compiler: Tony Christiansen
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