Emigration to New Zealand

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Most of our ancestors came to New Zealand in the 19th century. This was a time of great development and beginings in New Zealand. The NZ government conducted several programmes of assisted immigration for people from UK and Europe.

The table below summarises the info we have on their journeys to New Zealand.

ShipDepartedArrivedPeopleFrom
Auckland
29 Dec 1858
William Henry and Eliza (nee Crane) Berry, with children Eliza, Julia, Emma and William
Cresswell London
27 May 1859
Lyttelton
12 September 1859
Charles and Sarah (nee Keeling) Wainwright, and daughter Sarah Ann Notts, England
Queen of the Mersey London
3 July 1862
Lyttelton
19 October 1862
David and Margaret (nee Stephenson) Shaw Stirlingshire, Scotland
before 1866 William Robert Emms Wells-Next-The-Sea
Norfolk, England
before 1866 Emma Jones Audlem, Cheshire, England
before 1874 John Arthur Morris Henley on Thames
Oxfordshire, England
before 1874 Lucy Clarke Tasmania
before 1876 Frederick Berry London
Soukar? 1882? 1883? Annie Roberts Waddingham, Lincolnshire
Soukar London
8 October 1882
Lyttelton
13 January 1883
William and Elizabeth (nee Hiscock) Hewett, and son Samuel
Robert and Elizabeth (nee Hewett) Gainsford and children
Jack Hewett
Harlington, Middlesex, England
January 1885 Alexander Penney Culross, Perthshire, Scotland

Updated: 11 November 2006
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