The Ship Zealandia - Shaw, Savill & Albion Co. 1869-1901 - Passenger List 1872

Here is a passenger list which has not been transcribed on the Internet until now.  So hopefully this will help a few people looking for their ancestors and what ship they came out on.  A new book has been written on the Zealandia.  Click here for more information on the book our book on the Shaw, Savill & Albion Co.'s Zealandia:  Immigration Ship 1869 - 1902.

1872

London 8 October 1872 – Bluff 28 December 1872

& Port Chalmers 4 January 1873

Name		Age	County	Occupation/ Notes
Bluff passengers	(28 Dec 1872)
Silvester	Alfred
Silvester	Mary Anne
Silvester	Charles
Stewart	David
Stewart	Mrs
McLean	Alexander
Fahy	Kate
Kearney	Honor
Young	Margaret
Unknown	For Messrs Brogden (184)
Port Chalmers	(4 Jan 1873)
Blarney	Mr. J.
Blarney	Mrs.
Blarney	Children (2)
Williams	Miss
Digby	Mr. P. J.
Rhodes	Mr. D. R.
Rhodes	Hiram
Port Chalmers Steerage
Cormack	Donald	60	Caithness	Farrier
	Mary	50		Wife
	Benjamin	21	T/F Single Men	Ploughman
Taylor	John	40	Caithness	Ploughman
	Elizabeth	28		Wife
McIntyre	Donald	22	Sutherland	Shepherd
	Annie	23
Neal	William	26	Stafford	Gardener
	Elizabeth	28
Knox	Henry	32	Cavan	Labourer
	Mary	30
	Wm. Thomas	10
	Annie J.	8
	Henry	4
	Jno. James	8 mths
Culbert	William	30	Donegal	Farm Servant
	Janet	25
	James	5
	Ann	3
	William	10 mth
Cockburn	John	53	Berwickshire	Farm Labourer
	Elizabeth	47		Wife
	Euphemia	20	T/F Single Women	Gl. Servant
	David	17	T/F Single Men
	John	12	T/F Single Men
	Robert	10
	Sarah	8
Stewart	David	33	Perthshire	Labourer
	Mrs.	41		Wife
Brown	John	38	Fife	Labourer
	Elizabeth	36		Wife
	John	17	T/F Single Men	Baker
	Jane	15	T/F Single Women	Servant
	William	13
	James	11
	Peter	9
	Andrew	3
	Agnes	11 mth
Single Men
Cormack	Benjamin	21	Caithness	Ploughman
Pierce	William	20	Fermarnagh	Ag Labourer
Russell	William	28	Forfarshire	Ploughman
McLean	Alexander	21	Rosshire	Farm Servant
Cockburn	David	17	Berwickshire	Farm Labourer
Cockburn	John	12	Berwickshire	Farm Labourer
Kennedy	John	24	Cavan	Farm Labourer
Argue	Thomas	50	Cavan	Gardener
Argue	Mary Ann	28	T/F Single Women	Nurse
Argue	William	25	Cavan	Coachman
Mooney	Patrick	19	Armagh	Farm Servant
Crawford	John	22	Fermarnagh	Farm Servant
Cronis or Ernis	Christopher	22	Dublin	Tailor
Urquhart	William	28	Inverness	Farm Labourer
Kinnaird	William	15	Ayr	Farm Labourer
Sinclair	Barnelson	20	Caithness	Shoemaker
Dale	Mark R.	15	York
Dale	James	20	York	Joiner
Brown	John	17	Fife	Baker
Brown	William	13	Fife
Single Women
Bourke	Elizabeth	24	Mayo	Laundress
Murphy	Ellen	26	Galway	Gl. Servant
Dale	Eliza A.	48	Yorks	Charwoman
Hancock	Selina	35	Middlesex	Matron
Bryant	Elizabeth	23	Longford	Cook
Kennedy	Margaret	22	Cavan	Cook
Dale	Sarah A.	17	York	Nurse
Pratt	Charlotte	42	Suffolk	Laundress
Pratt	Annie Maria	4
Pratt	Charlotte	6
Price	Ellen	53	Sussex	Laundress
Humphreys	Louisa	18	Middlesex	Dom. Servant
Guinnell	Julia J.	28	Gloucestershire	Dom. Servant
Graham	Fanny	30	Fermanagh
Graham	Mary	6
Graham	Samuel	4
Graham	Lizzie	2
Graham	Fanny	22	Fermanagh	Genl. Servant
McCann	Susanna	23	Tyrone	Servant
McAleer	Mary	17	Tyrone	Servant
Donnelly	Mary	18	Tyrone	Servant
Galway	Elizabeth	26	Carlow	Dairymaid
Fahy	Kate	27	Galway	Servant
Eagan	Julia	18	Galway	Servant
Jordan	Mary	25	Galway	Servant
Jordan	Bridget	23	Galway	Servant
Forde	Bridget	23	Galway	Servant
Moylan	Mary	20	Galway	Servant
Heaney	Honour	19	Galway	Servant
Paul	Agnes	46	Renfrewshire	Servant
Paul	Janet	13	Renfrewshire	Servant
Young	Margaret	28	Perthshire	Housemaid
Manning	Sarah	28	Surrey
Manning	Louise	5
Manning	Percy G.	3
Hauly	Bridget	21	Tipperary	Servant
Hauly	Judith	19	Tipperary	Servant
Holmes	Alice M.	20	Gloucestershire	Cook
Greenslade	Lavinia	20	Devon	Gl. Servant
McLean	Catherine	24	Inverness	Gl. Servant
Lunn	Elizabeth	20	Edinburgh	Cook
Lunn	Jessie	24	Edinburgh	Housemaid

 

Unknown People from a German Photo album

The following photos are from an old German photo album that I own. When I say old, I mean an album dating from about the 1860s approximately. It is likely that it came out on the ship Sebastopol to New Zealand in 1863. I know it is German as it has come apart after its 150 odd years of use and inside some German newsprint was visible. Here are some of the photos inside. My ancestors were Elise and Karl Meng from Germany. Karl also had a second wife Sarah Winfield Meng, formerly Potts, nee Brown. So some of her photos are in there too, mainly ones sent from England. Their friends and family would have included the following family names such as Ellenberger, Griebel, Findt, Seyb, Kissel, Schneider. Also people from the areas of Kindenheim, Hohen-Sulzen and Friedelsheim, Germany. Also from the districts of Tuahiwi, Rangiora and Ohoka as well as possibly the Courtenay area where Sarah Winfield Meng lived for many years. Then if you take into account the people who have owned it over the years, there was my great great grandmother Mary Lord, nee Meng who may have stuck her own photos in there as well. It gets rather confusing. If anyone recognises any faces here as belonging to your family please let me know. My ancestors never named any photos and it has been a real challenge to name even a few of them.

Update!
The girl with the sailor style dress on has now been named as Clara Elizabeth Harris who married Thomas Baker!

Kate and William visit Christchurch, New Zealand

I know this is a family history blog, but I just couldn't resist posting the photos I took today of William and Kate on the visit to the Airforce Museum.

I was determined to see them today as I missed seeing the Queen properly back in 1986.  I was about ten years old and was waiting patiently with my Mum outside the Christchurch Museum.  I was so excited when the black car came around the corner of Worcester Blvd and into the main gates of the Botanic Gardens, right near us.  But then disaster struck.  A woman mooned the Queen just down from us.  I never saw it as my Mum shielded me from the terrible event.  The Queen must have seen it was going to happen and turned her head away.  She was on the side of the car nearest me, but all I saw was the back of her head.

Anyway, now I have seen her grandson William and the gorgeous Kate, looking radient in her beautiful red suit.  It was worth standing in the cold to see them.  Now I can forget the day I was cheated back in 1986!

Sepia Saturday 223: Four photos

Sepia Saturday is a great thing!  Click here for more great photos and the stories about them.

The following is a set of four photos which are related to each other and which I scanned together at the same time, thereby creating a four photo postcard effect.  They are of the Friedelsheim Mennonite Church in the village of Friedelsheim, Germany. They are not old photos as I took them on a trip there in 1999, but they show quite old buildings.




The top left photo is of the inside of this small church.  My ancestor Jakob Ellenberger used to preach in here in the mid 1800s.  There was nothing ostentatious about it when I went for a look back in 1999.  I don't think the mennonite religion was that way inclined at all!

The second photo at the top is of a plaque on the outside wall of the church.  I was told what it said at the time, but most of it was lost in translation and now almost completely gone with time.  The bottom photo underneath the plaque photo is of Jakob Ellenberger's house which housed a family of 13!  It was tiny and they were so poor but they were pious and dedicated to God and from what I've learnt, were generally very happy.  The family didn't believe in war, so when Jakob's son, Jakob Nathaniel Ellenberger was called up for compulsory army training he instead emigrated to NZ in 1863, taking his sister (my great great great grandmother) Elise Katharina Ellenberger with him.  Because there were so many people to support in the family it was better for some of the family to move away and make their own fortunes elsewhere, so quality of life was also a big issue for the family.

The fourth photo of the stone tower is meant to be part of the old castle that stood in Friedelsheim.  I have a feeling this was partly rebuilt and is not the orginal by any means.  It is behind the small Ellenberger house.  In front of the house is a small courtyard and then the church.  These buildings are all part of a complex.

I visited in summer.  There were shady trees and vines in front of the entrance to this church and some of the Ellenberger women used to sit there and do their craftwork.  One can just imagine the relaxing slow pace of life that they would have experienced.  The simple life!

The buildings have changed somewhat from when my ancestors lived there, but hopefully not too much.