People

This is a growing collection of stories of the whalers, sailors, captains, convicts, entrepreneurs, and explorers involved in the South Seas Fisheries or trading in New Zealand waters between 1792 and 1850. If you have an ancestor who lived in these exciting times, let us know. We'd love to share their story or add them to the list so that others might help us discover new information about them.

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Acker, Lewis 
Associated with the ships: Mabel Jane, Fanny  c 1830 - 1860

Cheers, Richard
Associated with the ships: Foxhound, Vansittart, St Michael, Alfred  1818 - 1824

Lidiard, John
Associated with the ships: Indian, Vansittart, Amazon  1817 - 1846

Printz, George
Associated with the ships: Sarah Pile  1837 - c 1854

Weller, Edward & Joseph
Associated with various ships (as listed in their story) 1831 - 1840

Williams, Samuel
Worked at Weller Brothers station in Timaru, New Zealand.
Known as Yankee Sam and possibly jumped ship from a US or Canadian whaler, ending up in Sydney.
If you know anything about Yankee Sam, let us know. His family are looking for him.