turnerwhakapapa

Turner Whakapapa

the Whakapapa of some New Zealand families

some genealogy info about several families that travelled to New Zealand for a better quality of life - mainly by Ship in the 1800s with their children and grandchildren. They moved for work, for their health, to escape war or oppression, or to be able to eat bread every day. Several families regularly travelled between Australia and New Zealand for work, family visits, or to try their luck on the Goldfields. Many descendants still live in Australia or New Zealand today. Surnames include Hansen, Johannsen, Petersen, Eliot-Cotton, Genet, Taylor, McKendry, Murphy, Sullivan, Birch, Johnston, Wyinks, Gillon, McKay, Fulton, Drewe, Stevens, Weber, Valpy, Jefferys, Holmes, Checkley, Butler, Chambers, Tongue, Allsop, and Turner.

'Ajax' Ship To NZ 1848

The 'Taranaki' Hamburg to New Zealand, 1883

Dunedin c1849 by Catherine Valpy at Toitū Otago Settlers Museum - click to visit

Thames c1896. Photo at National Library - click to visit.

Photo at National Library - click to visit.Picture

Auckland 1895. Photo at National Library - click to visit.

Hokitika Coaches Poster 1875

HANSEN

Of Geraldine, New Zealand
Danish families from Slesvig, Schleswig-Holstein, Denmark

Dora Teresa HANSEN

GENET

Of Lyttelton, New Zealand
Generations in Christchurch
To NZ 1851 'Cornwall'

Alma Dorothea GENET

BIRCH

Including the Johnston & Blackie families of Dunedin
To NZ 1849 (various)

Jessie Jones BLACKIE

McKENDRY

Of Greymouth, New Zealand
To NZ & the Goldfields
1842 'Martha Ridgeway'

John McKENDRY

WYINKS

Of Dunedin, Otago, NZ
From Ireland & Scotland
To N.Z. 1851 'Maori'

Sadie WYINKS

FULTON

Of Dunedin & Napier
Via India and Australia
To NZ 1848 'Ajax'

Lorna FULTON

HOLMES

Of Wellington & Auckland
Incl. Checkley in Akaroa
To NZ 1858 'Indiana'

Maria / Cissie HOLMES

GLOSSOP

To Auckland & Australia
From the heart of England
To Australia 1911 'Orvieto'

Harry

TURNER

Of Auckland, New Zealand
No, not those Turners
To N.Z. 1921 'Waimana'

Arthur Handel TURNER

Eliot-Cotton

Of Dunedin & Christchurch
A new name, a new start
To NZ abt.1872

Eibra Enid ELIOT-COTTON

NORRISH

Incl. the Woolley & Webb families of Christchurch
To NZ 1859 ‘Regina’

Alfred John NORRISH

POWELL

Of Lyttelton, New Zealand
From Nanteos, Wales
To NZ 1851 'Cornwall'

Edward William Genet / POWELL

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A Special Big Thankyou to Lesley Ginders (nee FULTON), Margaret Sullivan, and Ted Hansen.

Huge thanks also to Connie & Owen Genet, Barry Wink, Stephanie Niederberger, Bernard Glossop, Virginia B, the Fullers, Kerry Murnain, Linda and Mary Atkinson, Warwick, and Kathryn Duncan.

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Main sections: HANSEN / GENET / BIRCH / MCKENDRY / WYINKS / FULTON / HOLMES / GLOSSOP / TURNER

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