NZ pre 1846

early european contacts

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Simpson

M, #25501, b. about 1800

Biography

Simpson was born about 1800.1
Had an assistant, a negro Pompey who had a halfcaste daughter, Huhana. JAM. Simpson immigrated to to Poverty Bay in 1831.1 He was a trader, Poverty Bay in 1831.1

Citations

  1. [S511] Historic Poverty Bay

Cooper

M, #25502, b. about 1810

Biography

Cooper was born about 1810.1
Settled Te Awanui. took wife Apuhau but she was taken away from him. Joined there by WEBSTER and set up whaling operation JAM. Cooper immigrated to to Poverty Bay before 1831.1 He was a trader, later whaler. about 1835.1

Citations

  1. [S511] Historic Poverty Bay

Alice Binion Cooper

F, #25504, b. 31 July 1845, d. 1922

Parents

FatherWilliam (Binson) Binion Cooper (b. about 1816, d. 1900)
MotherSarah White (b. 1813, d. 1899)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Alice Binion Cooper was born on 31 July 1845 in Te Arai, Manutuke, Poverty Bay, NZ.1,2 She died in 1922, at age ~77, in NZ.2

Citations

  1. [S511] Historic Poverty Bay
  2. [S899] researcher

William (Willie) Leonard Binion Cooper

M, #25505, b. 26 November 1848, d. 19 July 1861

Parents

FatherWilliam (Binson) Binion Cooper (b. about 1816, d. 1900)
MotherSarah White (b. 1813, d. 1899)
Pedigree Link

Biography

William (Willie) Leonard Binion Cooper was born on 26 November 1848 in Te Wairoa, Poverty Bay, NZ.1 He died on 19 July 1861, at age 12, in Auckland, NZ, typhoid.2

Citations

  1. [S511] Historic Poverty Bay
  2. [S899] researcher

James Binion Cooper

M, #25506, b. 17 May 1847, d. 6 July 1847

Parents

FatherWilliam (Binson) Binion Cooper (b. about 1816, d. 1900)
MotherSarah White (b. 1813, d. 1899)
Pedigree Link

Biography

James Binion Cooper was born on 17 May 1847 in Whakato, Poverty Bay, NZ.1 He died on 6 July 1847, at age 0, in Whakato, Poverty Bay, NZ.2

Citations

  1. [S511] Historic Poverty Bay
  2. [S899] researcher

Samuel (Sam) Henri Cooper

M, #25507, b. 16 October 1843, d. 1869

Parents

FatherWilliam (Binson) Binion Cooper (b. about 1816, d. 1900)
MotherSarah White (b. 1813, d. 1899)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Samuel (Sam) Henri Cooper was born on 16 October 1843 in Poverty Bay, NZ.1,2 He died in 1869, at age ~26, in Shortland, NZ.2

Citations

  1. [S511] Historic Poverty Bay
  2. [S899] researcher

Webster

M, #25508, b. about 1810

Biography

Webster was born about 1810.1
Webster was whaling at Te Awanui, Poverty Bay with COOPER then to Whangaparoa? abt 1840 - 1843.1,2

Citations

  1. [S511] Historic Poverty Bay
  2. [S1104] wife is descendant

Peter Simpson

M, #25509, b. about 1800
Pedigree Link

Family: Maori

SonSimpson (b. about 1833)

Biography

Peter Simpson was born about 1800.1,2,1 He and Maori were married. He and Caroline Novell were married on 15 April 1842 in Wesleyan Chapel, Wellington, NZ.3
1939 was the agent for COOPER and HOLT, Sydney merchants JAM
shifted to Auckland by 1869 JAM
made land claim 1840 Poverty Bay, JAM
1851 census has one half cast son MCL
had an assistant, a negro Pompey who had a halfcaste daughter, Huhana. JAM. Peter Simpson was a trader, Muriwai, Poverty Bay in 1831.1 He was a trader for W MORRISS in 1851.2,1

Citations

  1. [S511] Historic Poverty Bay
  2. [S742] 1851 Census of Poverty Bay
  3. [S912] Marriage Register 1841-1862 Wesley methodist Church Wellington

Maori

F, #25510
Pedigree Link

Family: Peter Simpson (b. about 1800)

SonSimpson (b. about 1833)

Biography

Maori and Peter Simpson were married.

Simpson

M, #25511, b. about 1833

Parents

FatherPeter Simpson (b. about 1800)
MotherMaori
Pedigree Link

Biography

Simpson was born about 1833 in Poverty Bay, NZ.1

Citations

  1. [S511] Historic Poverty Bay

Barnett

M, #25512, b. about 1810, d. 27 December 1841

Biography

Barnett was born about 1810. He died on 27 December 1841 in Wellington Harbour, Wellington, drowned.1
PPA New Zealand Gazette and Wellington Spectator, Volume II, Issue 108, 19 January 1842

t is true that there is on the South-east Island a small party of sealers, who subsist by plunder. It was they who some weeks' since, attacked and plundered Barnett, who was lately drowned in Coglan's boat. I myself havesuffered much by them; on the ISth of September last, they broke into my house and carried off every moveable article.

Citations

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

James Ralston Wyllie

M, #25513, b. 1831, d. 19 December 1875
Pedigree Link

Family: Kate (Keita) Halbert (b. 1840, d. 1913)

SonGavin Wyllie
SonWyllie (d. December 1868)

Biography

James Ralston Wyllie was born in 1831 in AYR, SCT.1 He and Kate (Keita) Halbert were married on 14 August 1854 in NZ.1 He died on 19 December 1875, at age ~44.1

Citations

  1. [S511] Historic Poverty Bay

Michael Joseph Gannon

M, #25514, b. 1853, d. 1922
Pedigree Link

Family: Kate (Keita) Halbert (b. 1840, d. 1913)

DaughterLoughlin Gannon (b. about 1880)

Biography

Michael Joseph Gannon was born in 1853.1 He and Kate (Keita) Halbert were married on 9 June 1881 in NZ.2,1 He died in 1922, at age ~69.1

Citations

  1. [S741] ancestor, extensive website blog
  2. [S511] Historic Poverty Bay

Alexander (Seargent Major) M Heany

M, #25515
Pedigree Link

Biography

Alexander (Seargent Major) M Heany was born.1 He and Mere (Mary) Halbert were married in 1871 in Poverty Bay, NZ.2

Citations

  1. [S511] Historic Poverty Bay
  2. [S741] ancestor, extensive website blog

Donald Gordon

M, #25516, b. 1862, d. 1952
Pedigree Link

Biography

Donald Gordon was born in 1862.1,2 He and Mere (Mary) Halbert were married.1 He died in 1952, at age ~90, in NZ.2

Citations

  1. [S511] Historic Poverty Bay
  2. [S741] ancestor, extensive website blog

Arthur Francis Cuff

M, #25517, b. 1841, d. 1909
Pedigree Link

Biography

Arthur Francis Cuff was born in 1841.1,2 He and Maata (Martha) Rewanga Halbert were married. He and Helen Murray Younger were married. He died in 1909, at age ~68, in NZ.2

Citations

  1. [S511] Historic Poverty Bay
  2. [S741] ancestor, extensive website blog

James Cunningham

M, #25518
Pedigree Link

Family: Sarah (Hera) Ngahika Halbert (b. 1850, d. 1920)

DaughterMoana Paratene
DaughterUnknown

Biography

James Cunningham was born.1 He and Sarah (Hera) Ngahika Halbert were married on 29 November 1866 in Poverty Bay, NZ.2

Citations

  1. [S511] Historic Poverty Bay
  2. [S741] ancestor, extensive website blog

Moana Paratene

F, #25519

Parents

FatherJames Cunningham
MotherSarah (Hera) Ngahika Halbert (b. 1850, d. 1920)
Pedigree Link

Unknown

F, #25520

Parents

FatherJames Cunningham
MotherSarah (Hera) Ngahika Halbert (b. 1850, d. 1920)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Unknown and Reweti Kohere were married.