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Emma Penfold

F, #13726, b. 1845, d. 25 January 1889

Parents

FatherPenfold
Pedigree Link

Biography

Emma Penfold was born in 1845.1 She and Joseph Charles Nathan were married on 8 March 1868 in NZ.1 She died on 25 January 1889, at age ~44, in NZ.1
Emma and Charles had 5 children - 1 son and 4 daughters.

Citations

  1. [S704] web site extensive trees

John Lewis

M, #13727, b. about 1810

Biography

John Lewis was born about 1810.1,2
There was also a David LEWIS in Wgtn 1840 brother?
there was a John Henry LEWIS BOI 1837 signed petition to King William IV 1837 JL.

Citations

  1. [S80] List of Directors NZ Land Coy, petition
  2. [S308] The Birth of a City Wellington 1840 - 1843

David Lewis

M, #13728, b. about 1810

Biography

David Lewis was born about 1810.1
There was also a John LEWIS in Wellington 1840 brother?

Citations

  1. [S80] List of Directors NZ Land Coy, petition

William B Burgess

M, #13729, b. about 1810

Biography

William B Burgess was born about 1810 in ENG aged 30 1840 from shipping list.1,2,3,4
Descendant: Dr Geoffrey TAYLOR, 15 Cedar Avenue, Beeston, Nottingham, NG9 2HA England email: taylor15Cedar@aol.com
in business in Wellington for awhile but then returned to England ACHT
probably a witness at marriage of Thomas William TANKERSLEY and Sarah DRAPER 25 dec 1840 in Petone STPAUL. William B Burgess immigrated to from London to Wellington on the Oriental arriving 31 jan 1840 on 31 January 1840.5 He was in merchant Boulcott St in 1842.5

Citations

  1. [S80] List of Directors NZ Land Coy, petition
  2. [S145] various Personal Database
  3. [S308] The Birth of a City Wellington 1840 - 1843
  4. [S723] Tawa Flat and the Old Porirua Road
  5. [S314]

William Turnbull

M, #13730, b. about 1810

Biography

William Turnbull was born about 1810.1

Citations

  1. [S80] List of Directors NZ Land Coy, petition

Charles M McGURK

M, #13731, b. about 1810

Biography

Charles M McGURK was born about 1810.1

Citations

  1. [S80] List of Directors NZ Land Coy, petition

Penfold

M, #13732
Pedigree Link

Family:

DaughterEmma Penfold (b. 1845, d. 25 January 1889)
DaughterElizabeth Penfold (b. about 1850, d. 5 January 1908)

Isaiah Crowther

M, #13733, b. about 1810

Biography

Isaiah Crowther was born about 1810.1,2
Isaiah Crowther immigrated to to Auckland, NZ, in 1843.2 He was a tailor, Auckland in 1843.3

Citations

  1. [S80] List of Directors NZ Land Coy, petition
  2. [S743] Early Settlers Roll
  3. [S885] The Emigrants

Robert Detchon

M, #13734, b. about 1810

Biography

Robert Detchon was born about 1810.1

Citations

  1. [S80] List of Directors NZ Land Coy, petition

John Ladd

M, #13735, b. about 1810

Biography

John Ladd was born about 1810.1

Citations

  1. [S80] List of Directors NZ Land Coy, petition

Charles Whybrow Ligar

M, #13736, b. 1809
Pedigree Link

Family: Grace Hannyngton (b. 16 February 1813, d. 20 April 1868)

SonCharles Edward Ligar (b. about 1838, d. 24 April 1849)
SonGeorge Hannyngton Ligar (b. 3 September 1839)
DaughterEuphemia Dalton Ligar (b. 4 February 1842)
DaughterMary Charlotte Ligar (b. 1844, d. 21 April 1849)
DaughterGrace Helena Ligar (b. 22 July 1846)

Biography

Charles Whybrow Ligar was born in 1809 in Ceylon.1,2,3,4,5 He and Grace Hannyngton were married on 21 April 1837 in St Mary's Church, Dublin, IRL.6 He and Marie Williams were married in 1869.5
Surveyor General of NZ and also ltnt colonel in the militia HA
Auckland 1840's DM
originally a passenger on the Prince Rupert which sailed from England 14 may 1841 but wrecked Cape Town sep 1841, BECO
PPA Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2189, 2 March 1881, Page 3
THE LATE MR LIGAR.
The death was announced recently of Mr Ligar, who was Surveyor-General of Victoria from the year 1858 to 1869. The following particulars of the deceased gentleman's career are taken from Victorian "Men of the Time:???Charles Whybrow Ligar, civil and military engineer, was born in 1809, at Ceylon, where his father was stationed with his regiment. Ho was educated at the Boyal Military College, Sandhurst, and received a commission in the Royal Engineers, but shortly afterwards resigned ; was employed on the Ordnance Survey of Ireland until 1840, when he was appointed Surveyor-General of New Zealand by Lord John Russell; was wrecked at the Capo of Good Hope, and did not arrive at New Zealand until the end of 1841. He purchased all the land from the Maoris for the European settlers, and was appointed colonel and commandant of the New Zealand militia, and took part in the war at the Bay of Islands. He retired from the position of Surveyor-General of Now Zealand in 1856, and after residing for a short time in the southern portion of that colony came to Victoria in 1857 as land commissioner for the province of Otago. Became SurveyorGeneral of Victoria in 1858, and retired on a pension in 1869. Beturned to Europe, and after residing for some time in England, Germany, Morocco, Algeria and Spain, finally settled down in Texas, where he embarked in stock-raising. Mr Ligar married in 1839 Grace, daughter of Thomas Hanyngton, Dungannon, and grand niece of the Earl of Oharlemont; and in 1869 Marie, daughter of the late Captain Williams, of Auckland, New Zealand.? Charles Whybrow Ligar immigrated to arrived Auckland 8 dec 1841 in the Antilla from Cape Town in 1841.3,4,5 He was a surveyor general in 1841.7,5,8 He emigrated from NZ to Victoria, AUS, in 1857.5

Citations

  1. [S49] Historic Auckland
  2. [S194] The First Fleet of Auckland
  3. [S743] Early Settlers Roll
  4. [S431] Shipping Lists
  5. [S272] http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
  6. [S1061] Early Baptisms and Marriages Records - Auckland Diocese
  7. [S48] The Auckland Story
  8. [S835]

George Nathan

M, #13737, b. 1852, d. 1925

Parents

FatherHenry Anthony Nathan (b. 16 August 1816, d. 3 November 1893)
MotherJane Hearn (b. 28 June 1813, d. 4 April 1898)
Pedigree Link

Biography

George Nathan was born in 1852 in Wanganui, NZ.1 He and Mary Connery were married. He died in 1925, at age ~73.
3 children.

Citations

  1. [S704] web site extensive trees

Mary Connery

F, #13738, b. 1866
Pedigree Link

Biography

Mary Connery was born in 1866 in Kilkenny, IRL.1 She and George Nathan were married.

Citations

  1. [S704] web site extensive trees

Thomas Belton Kemp

M, #13739, b. 1803, d. 1 December 1873
Pedigree Link

Family: Ann (b. 1801, d. 11 October 1874)

SonWilliam Kemp+ (b. about 1830, d. 12 December 1895)
SonJohn Kemp (b. about 1830)
SonThomas Kemp (b. 1834, d. 1911)
SonJohn Kemp (b. 12 November 1843, d. 5 August 1920)

Biography

Thomas Belton Kemp was born in 1803 died aged 70.1,2 He and Ann were married. He died on 1 December 1873, at age ~70, in Auckland, NZ.1,3,4
Founders Society member = J R BLAIR of Sydney, Australia. Thomas Belton Kemp immigrated to Bolina from Sydney in 1842.5,1

Citations

  1. [S743] Early Settlers Roll
  2. [S813] Early Settler Roll auckland Province with additional notes in pencil by Ak PL Librarian
  3. [S442] index
  4. [S272] http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
  5. [S56]

Thomas Sutton

M, #13740, b. about 1820
Pedigree Link

Biography

Thomas Sutton was born about 1820 in Eng?1
FSM descendant = Mrs J L HORGAN of Hawera also descendant of John JAMES
steerage. Thomas Sutton immigrated to arrived Nelson 1 feb 1842 on the Fifeshire. on 26 September 1841.2 He was an agricultural labourer in 1842.1 He was a labourer, Waimea West, Nelson in 1844.1

Citations

  1. [S554] Juror list 1844 Nelson
  2. [S56]

Georgina

F, #13741, b. about 1820
Pedigree Link

Biography

Georgina was born about 1820.
Steerage. Georgina immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Fifeshire arriving NZ 1/2/1842 on 26 September 1841.1

Citations

  1. [S56]

William Nathan

M, #13742, b. 1853, d. 26 January 1933

Parents

FatherHenry Anthony Nathan (b. 16 August 1816, d. 3 November 1893)
MotherJane Hearn (b. 28 June 1813, d. 4 April 1898)
Pedigree Link

Biography

William Nathan was born in 1853 in Wanganui, NZ.1 He and Catherine Matheson were married. He died on 26 January 1933, at age ~80, in Palmerston North, NZ.1

Citations

  1. [S704] web site extensive trees

Catherine Matheson

F, #13743
Pedigree Link

Biography

Catherine Matheson was born in Timaru, NZ.1 She and William Nathan were married.

Citations

  1. [S704] web site extensive trees

Simon Bonnet Silcock

M, #13744, b. 25 March 1824
Pedigree Link

Family: Susannah Flower (b. 16 March 1825, d. 8 March 1875)

SonCharles Rowe Silcock (b. 27 February 1853, d. 6 March 1940)

Biography

Simon Bonnet Silcock was born on 25 March 1824 in Reading, BARTS, ENG. He and Susannah Flower were married on 8 July 1844 in Nelson, NZ.
FSM descendant = P E SILCOCK Hamilton. Simon Bonnet Silcock immigrated to arrived Nelson 22 aug 1842 on the Sir Charles Forbes in 1841.1

Citations

  1. [S56]

John Russell

M, #13745, b. about 1815
Pedigree Link

Family: Frances Swann (b. 1823)

ChildRussell (b. about 1844)

Biography

John Russell was born about 1815.1,2 He and Frances Swann were married on 4 September 1843 in St Paul's Cathedral Wellington Richard TAYLOR.2
1846 John RUSSELL who was living Waiwatu, Hutt Valley and had possessions taken during fighting with Maori also listed with a wife and child.
PPA The New Zealander 2 may 1846 "The Affairs of the Hutt"
note therewas also a sheep station in the Wairarapa owned by Mr RUSSELL 1845 PPA.

Citations

  1. [S272] http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
  2. [S921]

Mary Ann Nathan

F, #13747, b. 1856, d. 24 September 1925

Parents

FatherHenry Anthony Nathan (b. 16 August 1816, d. 3 November 1893)
MotherJane Hearn (b. 28 June 1813, d. 4 April 1898)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Mary Ann Nathan was born in 1856 in Wanganui, NZ.1 She and Thomas James Bush were married on 17 March 1876 in Wanganui, NZ.1 She died on 24 September 1925, at age ~69.1
6 children.

Citations

  1. [S704] web site extensive trees

Thomas James Bush

M, #13748, b. 1852, d. 18 November 1931

Parents

FatherThomas Bush (b. about 1815)
MotherEliza Clark (b. 1817, d. 1903)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Thomas James Bush was born in 1852 in ENG.1 He and Mary Ann Nathan were married on 17 March 1876 in Wanganui, NZ.1 He and Susan Hearn Nathan were married in 1926.1 He died on 18 November 1931, at age ~79.1
Thomas James Bush immigrated to LON to Nelson on the John Masterman on 17 October 1856.1

Citations

  1. [S704] web site extensive trees

Charles Brown

M, #13749, b. about 1811
Pedigree Link

Family: Ann (b. about 1816)

SonBrown (b. 1840)

Biography

Charles Brown was born about 1811 in Eng? 29 when emigrated.1,2,3,4
FS descendant Mrs S GRACE Hunterville. also descended from Anthony WALL.
1842 Willis St. Charles Brown immigrated to arrived Wellington 14 nov 1840 on the Martha Ridgeway in 1840.1 He was in bricklayer in 1842.3

Citations

  1. [S116] Shipping Lists
  2. [S56]
  3. [S314]
  4. [S308] The Birth of a City Wellington 1840 - 1843

Ann

F, #13750, b. about 1816
Pedigree Link

Family: Charles Brown (b. about 1811)

SonBrown (b. 1840)

Biography

Ann was born about 1816 25 when emigrated.1,2
Ann immigrated to arrived Wellington 14 nov 1840 on the Martha Ridgeway in 1840.1

Citations

  1. [S116] Shipping Lists
  2. [S56]