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Lucy Ann Stokes

F, #2301, b. 11 June 1832, d. 15 June 1865

Parents

FatherJohn Stokes (b. 10 March 1792, d. 20 August 1879)
MotherAnn Greville (b. 1792, d. 1849)
Pedigree Link

Family: John Coldicutt (b. 3 July 1828, d. 11 October 1880)

DaughterLucy Ann Coldicutt (b. 1850, d. 1938)

Biography

Lucy Ann Stokes was born on 11 June 1832 in Port Stevens, NSW, Australia, ESR has 1831.1,2 She and John Coldicutt were married on 4 March 1849 in Auckland, NZ.1 She died on 15 June 1865, at age 33, in Mt Eden, Auckland, NZ, ESR has 1863.1,2
Class: Steerage. Lucy Ann Stokes had person sources.3 She was in 1841. She immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Tyne arriving NZ 9/8/1841 on 6 April 1841.2,4

Citations

  1. [S324] Margaret SCRIVENER, descendant
  2. [S743] Auckland Provincial Centennial Committee, Early Settlers Roll
  3. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database
  4. [S116] various web sites, Shipping Lists
Family Explorer

William Sunnex

M, #2302, b. December 1794, d. 21 July 1883

Parents

FatherJohn Sunnex (b. 1770, d. about 1830)
MotherElizabeth Dilly (b. 30 May 1756)
Pedigree Link

Family: Eliza Webley (b. 1799, d. 7 August 1897)

DaughterFrances Sunnex+ (b. 30 April 1826, d. 23 June 1887)
DaughterMary Ann Sunnex (b. 29 July 1827, d. 22 January 1898)
DaughterSarah Sunnex (b. 15 February 1829)
DaughterMaria Ellen Sunnex (b. 1836, d. 18 August 1922)
SonSunnex (b. 1839)
SonJohn Sunnex (b. about 1846)

Biography

William Sunnex was born in December 1794 in Upchurch, Sittingbourne, Kent, ENG.1,2 He and Eliza Webley were married on 13 March 1826 in Bredhurst, Kent, ENG.1 He died on 21 July 1883, at age 88, in Upper Hutt, Wellington, NZ.1
Class: Steerage. William Sunnex had person sources.3 He was an Agricultural Labourer in 1841.4 He immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Tyne arriving NZ 9/8/1841 on 6 April 1841.4

Citations

  1. [S704] PECK of TAITA, web site extensive trees
  2. [S914] Lynda GEAR
  3. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database
  4. [S116] various web sites, Shipping Lists
Family Explorer

Eliza Webley

F, #2303, b. 1799, d. 7 August 1897
Pedigree Link

Family: William Sunnex (b. December 1794, d. 21 July 1883)

DaughterFrances Sunnex+ (b. 30 April 1826, d. 23 June 1887)
DaughterMary Ann Sunnex (b. 29 July 1827, d. 22 January 1898)
DaughterSarah Sunnex (b. 15 February 1829)
DaughterMaria Ellen Sunnex (b. 1836, d. 18 August 1922)
SonSunnex (b. 1839)
SonJohn Sunnex (b. about 1846)

Biography

Eliza Webley was born in 1799 in Detling, Boxley, Kent, ENG.1 She and William Sunnex were married on 13 March 1826 in Bredhurst, Kent, ENG.1 She died on 7 August 1897, at age ~98, in Upper Hutt, Wellington, NZ.1
Class: Steerage. Eliza Webley had person sources.2 She was in 1841. She immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Tyne arriving NZ 9/8/1841 on 6 April 1841.3

Citations

  1. [S704] PECK of TAITA, web site extensive trees
  2. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database
  3. [S116] various web sites, Shipping Lists
Family Explorer

Frances Sunnex

F, #2304, b. 30 April 1826, d. 23 June 1887

Parents

FatherWilliam Sunnex (b. December 1794, d. 21 July 1883)
MotherEliza Webley (b. 1799, d. 7 August 1897)
Pedigree Link

Family: Charles Mudgway (b. 31 March 1820, d. 30 September 1898)

SonCharles Mudgway (b. 1845, d. January 1880)
SonRichard Mudgway (b. 24 August 1846, d. 7 March 1942)
DaughterEliza Mudgway (b. about 1850)
DaughterAnn Mudgway (b. 1851, d. 26 August 1940)
DaughterJemima Mudgway (b. 27 December 1863, d. 21 July 1948)
DaughterKizia Mudgway (b. about 1867, d. 19 September 1954)
SonLewis Mudgway (b. about 1869, d. 27 October 1954)
SonThomas Mudgway (b. about 1870)
SonWilliam Mudgway (b. about 1872)

Biography

Frances Sunnex was born on 30 April 1826 in Upchurch, Sittingbourne, Maidstone, Kent, ENG.1 She and Charles Mudgway were married on 10 August 1846 in Lower Hutt, Wellington, NZ.2 She died on 23 June 1887, at age 61, in Wellington, NZ.1
Class: Steerage. Frances Sunnex had person sources.3 She was a Sempstress in 1841.4 She immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Tyne arriving NZ 9/8/1841 on 6 April 1841.4

Citations

  1. [S704] PECK of TAITA, web site extensive trees
  2. [S914] Lynda GEAR
  3. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database
  4. [S116] various web sites, Shipping Lists
Family Explorer

Mary Ann Sunnex

F, #2305, b. 29 July 1827, d. 22 January 1898

Parents

FatherWilliam Sunnex (b. December 1794, d. 21 July 1883)
MotherEliza Webley (b. 1799, d. 7 August 1897)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Mary Ann Sunnex was born on 29 July 1827 in Bredhurst, Kent, ENG.1,2 She and John Thomas were married. She died on 22 January 1898, at age 70, in Greytown, Wairarapa, NZ.1
Class: Steerage. Mary Ann Sunnex had person sources.3 She was a Sempstress in 1841.2 She immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Tyne arriving NZ 9/8/1841 on 6 April 1841.2

Citations

  1. [S914] Lynda GEAR
  2. [S116] various web sites, Shipping Lists
  3. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database
Family Explorer

Sarah Sunnex

F, #2306, b. 15 February 1829

Parents

FatherWilliam Sunnex (b. December 1794, d. 21 July 1883)
MotherEliza Webley (b. 1799, d. 7 August 1897)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Sarah Sunnex was born on 15 February 1829 in Wouldham, Kent, ENG.1,2 She and Robert Clarke were married on 6 February 1851 in St James, Woburn Rd, Lower Hutt, Wellington.1
Class: Steerage. Sarah Sunnex had person sources.3 She immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Tyne arriving NZ 9/8/1841 on 6 April 1841.2

Citations

  1. [S914] Lynda GEAR
  2. [S116] various web sites, Shipping Lists
  3. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database
Family Explorer

Maria Ellen Sunnex

F, #2307, b. 1836, d. 18 August 1922

Parents

FatherWilliam Sunnex (b. December 1794, d. 21 July 1883)
MotherEliza Webley (b. 1799, d. 7 August 1897)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Maria Ellen Sunnex was born in 1836 in Boxley, Kent, ENG.1,2 She and George Southee were married. She died on 18 August 1922, at age ~86, in Upper Hutt, Wellington, NZ.2
Class: Steerage. Maria Ellen Sunnex had person sources.3 She immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Tyne arriving NZ 9/8/1841 on 6 April 1841.1

Citations

  1. [S116] various web sites, Shipping Lists
  2. [S843] GENI, http://www.geni.com
  3. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database
Family Explorer

Sunnex

M, #2308, b. 1839

Parents

FatherWilliam Sunnex (b. December 1794, d. 21 July 1883)
MotherEliza Webley (b. 1799, d. 7 August 1897)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Sunnex was born in 1839.
Sunnex immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Tyne arriving NZ 9/8/1841 6/4/1841. Class: Steerage. He had person sources.1 He was in 1841.

Citations

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

Ann Winder

F, #2309, b. 1807
Pedigree Link

Biography

Ann Winder was born in 1807.1,2 She and Tovey were married.
Class: Steerage. Ann Winder had person sources.3 She was a Sempstress in 1841.2 She immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Tyne arriving NZ 9/8/1841 on 6 April 1841.2,1

Citations

  1. [S743] Auckland Provincial Centennial Committee, Early Settlers Roll
  2. [S431] various, Shipping Lists
  3. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database
Family Explorer

Charles Windsor

M, #2310, b. 1809
Pedigree Link

Biography

Charles Windsor was born in 1809.1 He and Mary Jane were married.
Charles Windsor immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Tyne arriving NZ 9/8/1841 6/4/1841. Class: Steerage
1840 living Waikouiti? FT
he and wife had schools at Matanaka FT. He had person sources.2 He was a Carpenter & Joiner in 1841. He was a teacher Otago Peninsula in 1843.3

Citations

  1. [S532] Erik OLSSEN, A History of Otago
  2. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database
  3. [S533] Hardwicke KNIGHT, Otago Peninsula
Family Explorer

Mary Jane

F, #2311, b. 1803
Pedigree Link

Biography

Mary Jane was born in 1803.1 She and Charles Windsor were married.
Mary Jane immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Tyne arriving NZ 9/8/1841 6/4/1841. Class: Steerage. She had person sources.2 She was in 1841.

Citations

  1. [S532] Erik OLSSEN, A History of Otago
  2. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database
Family Explorer

C M Penny

M, #2312, b. about 1800
Pedigree Link

Family: Unknown

SonPenny (b. May 1843)

Biography

C M Penny was born about 1800.1,2,3,4,5 He and Unknown were married.
C M Penny had person sources.6 He immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Lucy Sharpe arriving NZ 23/8/1841 on 12 April 1841.4 He was a merchant, Lambton Quay in 1842.1 He was a merchant Wellington in 1843.3

Citations

  1. [S314] Wellington Burgesses Roll 1842
  2. [S308] A H CARMAN, The Birth of a City Wellington 1840 - 1843
  3. [S325] Wellington Burgess Roll 1843
  4. [S431] various, Shipping Lists
  5. [S851] David HAMER & Roberta NICHOLLS, The Making of Wellington 1800-1914
  6. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database
Family Explorer

Unknown

F, #2313
Pedigree Link

Family: C M Penny (b. about 1800)

SonPenny (b. May 1843)

Biography

Unknown and C M Penny were married.
Unknown immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Lucy Sharpe arriving NZ 23/8/1841 12/4/1841. She had person sources.1 She was in 1841.

Citations

  1. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database

W A Wansey

M, #2314, b. about 1815

Biography

W A Wansey was born about 1815.
W A Wansey immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Lucy Sharpe arriving NZ 23/8/1841 12/4/1841. He had person sources.1 He was in 1841.

Citations

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

Samuel Cooper

M, #2315, b. about 1795, d. 12 August 1866

Parents

FatherCooper (b. about 1765)
Pedigree Link

Family: Elizabeth Wright (b. 1796, d. 24 August 1866)

SonJohn Cooper+ (b. about 1821, d. 20 August 1895)
SonCharlotte Cooper (b. 1825)
SonThomas Cooper+ (b. 1827)
DaughterMary Ann Cooper (b. 1829)
DaughterBetsy (Elizabeth) Cooper+ (b. 1832)
SonJames Cooper (b. 1836)
SonFrederick Cooper (b. 1840)

Biography

Samuel Cooper was born about 1795 died aged 77 LEW.1 He and Elizabeth Wright were married. He died on 12 August 1866, at age ~71, in Thorndon, Wellington, NZ.2,3
Disembarked at Wellington 27 oct 1841. Samuel Cooper had person sources.4 He immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Oriental arriving NZ 22/10/1841 on 22 June 1841.1

Citations

  1. [S116] various web sites, Shipping Lists
  2. [S538] Louis E WARD, Early Wellington
  3. [S1019] Peggy CRAWFORD, Beginnings In God's Own
  4. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database
Family Explorer

Elizabeth Wright

F, #2316, b. 1796, d. 24 August 1866
Pedigree Link

Family: Samuel Cooper (b. about 1795, d. 12 August 1866)

SonJohn Cooper+ (b. about 1821, d. 20 August 1895)
SonCharlotte Cooper (b. 1825)
SonThomas Cooper+ (b. 1827)
DaughterMary Ann Cooper (b. 1829)
DaughterBetsy (Elizabeth) Cooper+ (b. 1832)
SonJames Cooper (b. 1836)
SonFrederick Cooper (b. 1840)

Biography

Elizabeth Wright was born in 1796.1,2 She and Samuel Cooper were married. She died on 24 August 1866, at age ~70, in Wellington, NZ, burnt in accident.2 She was buried in Bolton Street, Wellington.2
Disembarked Wellington. Elizabeth Wright had person sources.3 She immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Oriental arriving NZ 22/10/1841 on 22 June 1841.1

Citations

  1. [S116] various web sites, Shipping Lists
  2. [S1019] Peggy CRAWFORD, Beginnings In God's Own
  3. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database
Family Explorer

Charlotte Cooper

M, #2317, b. 1825

Parents

FatherSamuel Cooper (b. about 1795, d. 12 August 1866)
MotherElizabeth Wright (b. 1796, d. 24 August 1866)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Charlotte Cooper was born in 1825.1
Disembarked Wellington. Charlotte Cooper had person sources.2 He immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Oriental arriving NZ 22/10/1841 on 22 June 1841.1

Citations

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

Thomas Cooper

M, #2318, b. 1827

Parents

FatherSamuel Cooper (b. about 1795, d. 12 August 1866)
MotherElizabeth Wright (b. 1796, d. 24 August 1866)
Pedigree Link

Family: Unknown

SonCooper (b. 21 February 1851)

Biography

Thomas Cooper was born in 1827.1 He and Unknown were married.
Disembarked Wellington. Thomas Cooper had person sources.2 He immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Oriental arriving NZ 22/10/1841 on 22 June 1841.1

Citations

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

Mary Ann Cooper

F, #2319, b. 1829

Parents

FatherSamuel Cooper (b. about 1795, d. 12 August 1866)
MotherElizabeth Wright (b. 1796, d. 24 August 1866)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Mary Ann Cooper was born in 1829.1
Disembarked Wellington. Mary Ann Cooper had person sources.2 She immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Oriental arriving NZ 22/10/1841 on 22 June 1841.1

Citations

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

Betsy (Elizabeth) Cooper

F, #2320, b. 1832

Parents

FatherSamuel Cooper (b. about 1795, d. 12 August 1866)
MotherElizabeth Wright (b. 1796, d. 24 August 1866)
Pedigree Link

Family: Daniel Morrison (b. about 1812, d. 29 August 1858)

SonThomas Henry Morrison (b. November 1846)
DaughterElizabeth Morrison (b. about 1849)
DaughterMary Ann Morrison+ (b. 2 August 1851)
DaughterArabella Morrison (b. 28 March 1853, d. 26 November 1853)
SonDaniel Morrison (b. 5 November 1854)
DaughterCharlotte Cooper Morrison (b. 16 July 1857, d. 20 June 1863)

Biography

Betsy (Elizabeth) Cooper was born in 1832 in ENG.1,2 She and Daniel Morrison were married on 18 July 1847 in Wellington, NZ, Wesleyan Chapel.3 She and Michael Twomey were married on 29 July 1859 in Wellington, NZ.2
Disembarked Wellington
ISMS
Betsy and Michael Twomey had quite a long life together and produced two girls followed by
4 boys. They lived in Wellington for some years, their second son, Joseph Thomas, being
born there on 29 Aug 1867. By 1871 they had moved to Hokitika where on 20 Sept 1871
Betsy gave birth to another son, Walter John. The last son, Oscar Charles, was born in
Hokitika 11 Jan 1875. The names Oscar and Charles, are Palmer names. Betsy must have
kept in touch with her daughter Elizabeth, wife of Edmund Oscar Palmer, because Elizabeth
had christened her second son, born in 1872, Charles Oscar - nephew of his uncle Oscar
Charles to be born in 1875! I think they moved to Hokitika about 1869, probably drawn there
by the gold boom. For some years they lived at Hokitika. In Wise's directories Michael
Twomey is recorded as living at Little Grey 1878-1881 and at Boatman's (later Copleston)
1885-1895, his occupation being described as miner, sawmiller, carrier. About 1894-95 they
moved to Kaikoura where Michael Twomey died on 13 Aug 1897.22. Betsy (Elizabeth) Cooper had person sources.4 She immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Oriental arriving NZ 22/10/1841 on 22 June 1841.1

Citations

  1. [S116] various web sites, Shipping Lists
  2. [S1184] Ivan SKIPWORTH and updates by Mary SKIPWORTH, Palmer Family History
  3. [S1136] Mary SKIPWORTH, Daniel MORRISON c1812 - 1858
  4. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database
Family Explorer

James Cooper

M, #2321, b. 1836

Parents

FatherSamuel Cooper (b. about 1795, d. 12 August 1866)
MotherElizabeth Wright (b. 1796, d. 24 August 1866)
Pedigree Link

Biography

James Cooper was born in 1836.1
Disembarked Wellington. James Cooper had person sources.2 He immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Oriental arriving NZ 22/10/1841 on 22 June 1841.1

Citations

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

Frederick Cooper

M, #2322, b. 1840

Parents

FatherSamuel Cooper (b. about 1795, d. 12 August 1866)
MotherElizabeth Wright (b. 1796, d. 24 August 1866)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Frederick Cooper was born in 1840.1
Disembarked Wellington. Frederick Cooper had person sources.2 He immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Oriental arriving NZ 22/10/1841 on 22 June 1841.1

Citations

  1. [S116] various web sites, Shipping Lists
  2. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database

Arthur Clark Kemball

M, #2323, b. 1802

Biography

Arthur Clark Kemball was born in 1802.1
Surgeon on board. Arthur Clark Kemball had person sources.2 He was a Superintendant Surgeon on Oriental in 1841.3 He immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Oriental arriving NZ 22/10/1841 on 22 June 1841.1

Citations

  1. [S431] various, Shipping Lists
  2. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database
  3. [S622] Kay CLARKE, email address
Family Explorer

Henry Samuel Knowles

M, #2324, b. 1794, d. 1865
Pedigree Link

Family: Louise Marianne Hamilton (b. 1807, d. 1892)

SonHenry H Knowles (b. 1833)
SonFrancis W. Knowles (b. 1834)
SonArthur Knowles+ (b. 1836)
SonJohn Knowles (b. 1838)
SonWalter Knowles (b. about 1840)

Biography

Henry Samuel Knowles was born in 1794.1 He and Louise Marianne Hamilton were married. He died in 1865, at age ~71.2
Disembarked at Wellington 27 oct 1841. Henry Samuel Knowles had person sources.3 He was in 1841. He immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Oriental arriving NZ 22/10/1841 on 22 June 1841.1

Citations

  1. [S116] various web sites, Shipping Lists
  2. [S1158] Jeanette GRANT 2xggranddaughter, Emily Coles 1812 - 1857
  3. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database
Family Explorer

Louise Marianne Hamilton

F, #2325, b. 1807, d. 1892
Pedigree Link

Family: Henry Samuel Knowles (b. 1794, d. 1865)

SonHenry H Knowles (b. 1833)
SonFrancis W. Knowles (b. 1834)
SonArthur Knowles+ (b. 1836)
SonJohn Knowles (b. 1838)
SonWalter Knowles (b. about 1840)

Biography

Louise Marianne Hamilton was born in 1807.1,2 She and Henry Samuel Knowles were married. She died in 1892, at age ~85.3
Disembarked at Wellington 27 oct 1841

from JEGR
Louisa Marianne HAMILTON (1807-92) who came to NZ on the Oriental in 1841 with her husband Henry Samuel KNOWLES (1794-1865) and their five small sons, was my 2xgreatgrandmother. Her 1st cousin Emily COLES (1812-1857) and her family were victims of the Massacre at Cawnpore in June 1857.
Emily was the 2nd of the six daughters of Edward Coles [1768-1846], Attorney at Law, and his wife Louisa Hamilton [1786-1854], only daughter of Daniel Hamilton (1722-1810) and his 2nd wife Mary CAREW nee WEBBER (1744-1822). Emily was born on April 5, 1812 and baptized on April 28 1812 at Bishops Hull in Somerset.
There, on the 4th June 1833, she married Edward VIBART (1807-1857), son of James Meredith Vibart of Taunton (1753-1827) and his wife Juliana nee WILLIAMS (1769-1822).
Edward was born on 15 November 1807 at Amberd House, Pitminster and served with the 2nd Bengal Light Cavalry from 27 July 1824 until his death in June 1857. He and Emily had nine children between 1836 and 1856. For years, they led what was for the period a normal family life with plenty of Indian servants and the children as they grew, going back ?home? to England to live with relatives and be educated.
Then in June 1857, the smouldering dissatisfaction with the rule of the Honourable East India Company (H.E.I.C.) broke out into open rebellion ? the Indian Mutiny ? with the long term result that India came directly under British rule. Edward had reached the rank of major and was in command of the regiment at Cawnpore, West Bengal.
When the mutiny broke out, Major Vibart, his wife Emily, and their four youngest children were among the hundreds who took refuge in Wheeler?s entrenchment. Their eldest son ? Edward Daniel Hamilton Vibart (1837-1923) - was already in the H.E.I.C?s army and survived. Their three eldest daughters were being educated in England - Henrietta Louisa (1835-1926), Georgina Caroline (1840-1926) & Louisa Hamilton Vibart (1844-1932). Louise Marianne Hamilton had person sources.4 She immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Oriental arriving NZ 22/10/1841 on 22 June 1841.1

Citations

  1. [S116] various web sites, Shipping Lists
  2. [S1159] Jeanette GRANT, descendant 2xggranddaughter
  3. [S1158] Jeanette GRANT 2xggranddaughter, Emily Coles 1812 - 1857
  4. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database
Compiler: Anthony Christiansen
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