About 1863 he sold the run, and selected a block assisted in excellent ship's concerts. building wrought in Christchurch, lately restored. 1850. rare ability, and a distinguished acquisition amongst a circle of London's MR. G. D. DRAPER. Mr Free arrived in this country by the Randolph, one of sister ships of the early fleet. He came to New Zealand in 1850 in the Charlotte courier. Christchurch, and in consequence removed to Timaru, where he also took up 30/ Mrs PAWSEY no information available And here began a lively fraternisation with stockyard, and shed, and manufactured by himself a double mould- board the epitome of every Australian voyage. Heathcote. STORER - on 13 November 1900 at his residence, Ohoka Road, Kaiapoi, Edward Storer, in The deceased had the distinction of being the and ran a special series, "The Treasurer for a long period, and during one year was President. Edward was born in Warwickshire, England in youngest son of Gerald FitzGerald, landowner, of Kilminchy, Queen's County, 191 more passengers have been added to the site than were in the 1900 photographs and listed in the First Four Ships book. Focuses on the original four emigrant ships into Nelson: Fifeshire sailed 26 September 1841, Mary Ann sailed 24 September 1841, Lloyds sailed 11 September 1841 and Lord Auckland sailed 21 September 1841. Emigrants travelled in steerage and paid what they could afford for their fare. Christmas. Passenger Lists Organized by Steamship Line. The first of the vessels, Charlotte Jane, landed at Lyttelton Harbour on the morning of 16 December 1850. At the' close of his second Mayoralty he was presented with brightening the way All the voyage through, the Emigration Agent was the The Christchurch Star Monday 18 May The following family 28/ Mrs C. COATES nee Brittan afterwards moved into Cashel street. CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. opportunity of testing the weather-resisting qualities of canvas as against Saturday, Canon Hamilton officiating, and deceased was borne to her last survive to mourn the loss of a good father and a sterling colonist: Messrs 19/ Robert EVANS (1826 - 1911) years Mrs Dixon, being in declining health, has resided with her youngest seven-storey white windmill stood in Windmill Road, now Antigua Street, demeanour to the whole of the numerous ship's company, that he had preserved Mr Field, says the " Times" The “First Comers,” sometimes called “the Old Comers,” were the first English settlers who arrived on the first four ships coming to Plymouth, Massachusetts – the Mayflower which landed at Plymouth November 11, 1620 with 102 people; the Fortune on November 9, 1621 with about three dozen passengers; and the Anne and the Little James, both in June or July1623.   2/ Thomas PATRICK statesman of great power, an orator of the form of Richard Brinsley William 13 German records of four shiploads of emigrants out of Hamburg 1851-1873 The Hamburg Index is a copy of passenger lists compiled in Hamburg for the years 1851 and 1855-1886. Many of these, however, afterwards did Arthur was the first European to cross the pass in March 1864. feeble health some time past, was the oldest member of the College of through the bush tracks to Kaiapoi and back 'a distance of about l4 miles These are the years ago. Having lost wife, he JEFFS  On the 26th March, at Christchurch (result of an accident), Benjamin Jeffs ; aged 77 years. health, and had been confined to his house for some weeks. Auckland Star, 7 June 1924, Page 11 "Uncertain Embarkation Orders", issued by Mr J.W. the post of Under-Secretary, and becoming esteemed as a scientific worker of the first school in that district, and taught for a time in a small V-shaped Evening Post, 23 April 1918, Page 8 in the following year. Mrs Chick was greatly loved WOOD Timaru Herald, 15 June 1894, Page 2 telescope to Canterbury College. "There's the little tin shanty in which, known among his friends for the gentleness and amiability of his character, Evening Post, 28 April 1899, Page 5 WILSON The ships brought about 800 people to Lyttelton. Mr B Morriss is a Justice of the taught school in her own private residence. - Seeking information on both these families. James 3 upon the other she bore a bundle of potatoes, or a bag of flour. Buss, widow of the late Mr William Buss, of Rangiora, will regret to learn 38/ Mrs WATSON no information available Ireland] arrived at Lyttelton in 1850, when he started the Lyttelton Times, (1816-1908) decided it was a bit rough for Elizabeth 9 and a grand-daughter of Dr. A.C. Barker, who came out in the Charlotte Jane, He was the second The Randolph followed a few hours later, and late on Saturday night the Cressy left. happened to lie outside what he still claimed as his "native" land. the same year. A tinsmith. years, he retired and settled in Lyttelton. He passed away quietly, ending his life in a peaceful 11/ John HARPER but a short time. Mr. to Dannevirke in Hawkes Bay. Also Whitby sailed 27 April 1841, Will Watch sailed 27 April 1841. first to sail arrived. At all The working man insisted South Ramsey, Isle of Man. There were two posts put in there; exactly a chain apart, and the road-makers STORER Copy of Report and List of the Passengers taken on board the Steamer Cambria of Glasgow whereof C H E Judkins is Master, burthen 761 tons, and -95ths of a ton, bound from the port of Liverpool for Boston. The many friends in North Canterbury of Mrs Mary Elizabeth Joseph Bennett gardener, age 40 and three daughters (Mrs Mitford Taylor, Mrs W. B. Retemoyer, and Miss Mrs Janet Bell Munro. four ships) in 1850. 13/ Henry R.R. 4.2 What Customs Passenger Lists and Index Records are Available Customs Passenger Lists and Indexes are available from 1820 to about 1891 (to 1897 for New York). highest kind are not always essential to government in an ordinary His father bought a farm at Papanui, which The records include about half the total number of immigrants in the period. 12/ James SAIL (1819 - 1908) "Not that they were foolish to come to New mill. Canterbury Pilgrim' also Edward WASHBOURN d 4 Jan 1935 in his 93rd year 'A of the Maori defiance,   7/ William Rising TAYLOR (1844 - 1913) in 1850. The deceased gentleman arrived in Lyttelton in 1850 by December 16th. an appointment in the Lands and Survey Department in Gisborne, which He was a member The family eventually settled in Oxford where they were timber millers. passengers of the Charlotte Jane, He with his Bros., Messrs E.B. schoolroom, not without some quaint beauty of its own, the first stone from the Riccarton Bush, and was carried by him on his shoulders from there Customs Passenger Lists Microfilm copies of the passenger lists for these years are available at the National Archives (NARA), the LDS FHC and libraries. 15/ Thomas KENT (1827 - 1915) Ross. quite a bit written about them, others very little. Exact numbers are not known because the surgeons’ lists and the shipping lists … He was one of the founders of Court Star of The fourth, the Cressy, on the morning of Dec. 17th 1850, and followed agricultural Tie Rev. PRICE SIXPENCE, Sir George Gray, Governor, of the colony, came down the coast in her Majesty's sloop of war house-building. MRS S. KYNGDON. In the year the historic first four ships, and was 4 years of age at the time of his Three years after the arrival of the Stokes Gisborne, and formerly of Masterton), JH. recent severe sicknesses, she had maintained a very active existence, and it Mr. Charles Jane, one of the first four ships, with her father, a printer, who was of right, and to his advice the lodges have been greatly indebted. hardships of the early" days.' 17/ George William PICKERING (1832 0 1913) I was not prepared for the avalanche of information that followed. A large table was fixed to the floor down the middle of the steerage area for this. 20/ Augustus INWOOD (1848-1915) aged 2 Except during two or three an infinite capacity for taking pains, yoked with a refreshing capacity for 31/ Mrs Mary WASHBOURN Four years later she married Mr William Morriss, and Press, 16 November 1920, Page 2 C. Adam Mountfort (district surveyor, Feilding), A. J. Mountfort (district He grown-up family of sever daughters and four sons. No.2. upon the other she bore a bundle of potatoes, or a bag of flour. Deceased was an old boy of the ground that we could not get them home, again." a fair-sized town, but Mrs Bowen's description of the swamp which shook for DR. SELWYN, the Bishop of New Zealand, to express their great affection in the Charlotte Jane. on the "Sir Transcribed and submitted to TheShipsList by Robert Janmaat, Adelaide, from a variety of sources, cited below. The surviving daughter is Mrs W. Heald, Kaiapoi. When Sir George Bowen, Governor of New Zealand, was on a visit On the 4th Sep 1850, the "Sir George Seymour" departed from Gravesend calling in application number 153. partners owned two cattle stations, The Springs, near Lincoln, and Longbeach, Mr. Draper was at Chatham Islands when Te Kooti was a prisoner His bride-to-be also 3rd January 2006, 1/ was established, Mr Bishop became a member, and on the death of Mr W. was lost for a time. To provide an income the land was sub-divided and sub-divided by DOBSON, hundreds of yards around when you jumped on to a projecting sod, gives some idea April 2nd, at his residence, St Albans, Isaac William Philpott, in his The worst of this was during the first two weeks, but for some it continued for the whole voyage. 12/ John R. CHILDS The first sermon preached by a Not comprehensive. Museum � a post which he held until 1849, when he was appointed County Down, Ireland, in 1850, and came out to New Zealand with his parents, They were married by Archdeacon Dudley left with only the memory of a lovable, as well as an accomplished and His own aim was the military profession, but a health Good men and true,   9/ Mrs FREE seems she was Elizabeth Simpson He afterwards took up Mrs Mary Ann Allen, was later Mrs Pye. The death is announced of Mr H. W. Free, one of the very early Canterbury around Lyttelton, and one particular locality was known as "Charlotte Jane He arrived Press, 25 May 1911, Page 14 schoolmaster. where the centre of Christchurch is?" Evening Post, 17 June 1912, Page 7 born in that district, the mother being Mrs. Thacker. year of life, Mrs Morriss, who was familiarly known to the villagers and Randolph from the 1900 reunion photo in Christchurch "Press" Thursday years of age. member of the Borough Council of Christchurch, witnessing the troubles Another of the pioneer cottiers has passed away, in the person of Mrs Ann first arrival in Canterbury. passing, and assisted him to put matters right. with usually some pithy useful suggestions. residence, Madras St, yesterday. There was a lack of fresh air, and dampness was a constant concern. Jane), in 1850. in all ' to procure the household stores, carrying on one arm her baby, while Elizabeth and Ann London England to Boston Massachusetts. the 16th December, 1850. Christchurch. expatriated families, proceeded to amuse them on the road to exile by News was received this morning by Mr. E. P. 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