Don’t you just love family history? Only a few generations ago, our ancestors were boarding ships and sailing for months across dangerous seas, enduring terrible hardship for a better life. Others had no escape from gloomy towns and back-breaking workhouses, and others still, boarded ships that carried them to war. They lived incredible lives and left us with incredible tales.
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Acker, Lewis
America 1815 – 1885
Arrived in the South Seas on a whaling ship in 1832/33
Ayson, Peter
Scotland, 1807 – 1897
Emigrated to New Zealand on the Royal Albert, 1853.
Cheers, Richard (Convict)
England, 1759 – 1827
Transported to New South Wales, 1789.
Cheers, Richard (Whaler)
Born Sydney, New South Wales, 1802.
Clutterbuck, James
England, 1856 – 1929
Emigrated to Canterbury, New Zealand, 1878.
Clutterbuck, Francis
New Zealand, 1906 – 1985
Son of English immigrants to New Zealand.
Haldane, Andrew
Scotland, 1818 – 1882
Emigrated to Southland, New Zealand, 1857.
McLean, Allan
New Zealand.
Killed in Action, Middle East Forces, WWII.
Printz, George
Australia, 1823/4 – 1898
Employed as a cooper on a whaling ship from aged 13 or 14
Printz, Herman
Germany, 1776
Soldier, transported to New South Wales in 1814.
Stevens, Richard
England, 1802 – 1889
Emigrated with his family to New Zealand on the Royal Albert in 1853
Stevens family
Riverton, New Zealand
Descendants of Richard Stevens and John Lidiard
Tiratahi, Hiria Kokoro
New Zealand 1870 – 1943
Daughter of Ngai Tahu and Ngati Mamoe chief Henare kokoro Tiratahi
Weller Brothers
England, 1802 – 1893
Whalers, first European residents in Otago, New Zealand, 1831.