Lyttelton Times, 29 April 1863, Page 5
Frederick Fisher, steward of the Huntress, was again heed at the
bar, charged by Capt. Barrow with refusing to do duty, and using threatening
language. The mate, J. W. FitzGerald, also proved the accused had refused to
turn to and assist to work the ship when requested by him to do so, under
orders from the captain.
Captain Barrow, of the ship Huntress,
was charged by Louisa Fowler, one of the
passengers, with committing an assault upon herself and child, by plying the
hose from the fire engine upon them. Since the arrival of the ship in
harbor, considerable dissatisfaction has manifested itself amongst the
immigrants.
Thomas Hall, sworn: I was a passenger by the
Huntress; remember the time the people were ordered on deck; Captain ordered
all on deck; I had occasion to go below to fetch the things for our dinners;
saw the Captain play the hose upon Mrs. Fowler and her two children.
Charles Burdett, sworn: I am a passenger by the
ship Huntress; I was between decks on this occasion; I had just got my
preserved potatoes for dinner; I was returning down stairs between decks
from the galley to get the things for dinner; I saw the captain turn the
hose on Mrs. Fowler and her children;
Mrs. H. Hockley: I am a passenger, along with my
two daughters; we occupied berths on the poop. I have noticed that the
captain had a great deal of trouble to get the passengers up from below,
especially the married people.
Mrs. Emma Hutt, called and sworn: I am a
passenger by the Huntress, and wife of Thomas Hutt;
Mrs. Margaret Marshall: I am a passenger by the
Huntress; also my husband and family. I know Mrs. Fowler. I have not
received any harshness from the captain or officers of the ship.
Robert Craw: I was acting constable on board the
Huntress; at times I have thought the Captain was harsh with the passengers;
at times, there was a difficulty to get the people up it was not always
possible, especially with children, to obey the order at once; although I
consider the Captain was harsh, he meant well. I had orders to have the
ladders removed. On this particular day I do not think there was any
particular order to be carried out below; I have been at sea before; I
consider the ship was kept clean considering the crowded state she was in I
think for the number of people, children especially, the space was too
limited; some did obey the orders, others did not they could not always do
so; one particular part was dirty compared with other parts; this part
was abaft the mainmast, on the starboard side, but it was on account of the
confined space in this part there was considerable sickness amongst the
children; the part myself and family lived in was not so confined, and could
be kept cleaner; we were better treated.
The Resident Magistrate added that he considered great provocation had been
given, and it was evident that a conspiracy existed amongst some of the
passengers to thwart and annoy the officers and doctor at the commencement
of the voyage. The ship was evidently unsuited for passengers, and was in
consequence very dirty. In another charge, similar to the above, made by
Jeannette Love, in which the Bench ordered the
captain to pay the costs, it was admitted that the captain told the
plaintiff that he had no intention to throw the water on her; it was done
accidentally in handing the hose up on deck.
Another Charge of Assault. SOMMERVILLE v. CHESTER. Nathan Sommerville sworn:
I am a passenger by the ship Huntress; in the single men's compartment;
joined the ship on or about the 11th December; I looked over the list posted
below for my name and number; I found my name on the list, but no number; I
applied to the officers of the ship and the two mates; Mr. Chester put me
into a berth; I was put out of this very shortly by a young man who claimed
it from the time I joined the ship to the 28th February, I had three bunks,
Nos. 48,57, and 45; I was turned out of them, and had to lay about on the
boxes and forms; on the 1st December I applied again to the Doctor; he told
me I might sleep on the boxes or forms; I replied to him that before he
left he must find me a proper place to sleep in; without doing so he left
me, and I followed him to the cabin; the Doctor and Captain went below,
after a few moments returned and asked for my contract ticket; I returned to
the young men's place to get it I was told by the Captain that I had broken
the regulations by threatening to strike the Doctor, and he intended to make
an example of me Mr. Chester, the second mate, put the handcuffs on my hands
I was taken forward down the forehold amongst the coals, and my hands lashed
to a thick rope; I was in a stooping position, and could not lay down; I
remained till seven o'clock next morning; the constable came and undid the
rope, and I was ordered to go the Captain; Chester took off the handcuffs;
I did not at anytime make or offer resistance: the Captain said if I would
be quiet he would not put a blur on my register ticket. Mr. Chester, second
mate, stated that he was ordered by the captain to take the man down below,
and also to put the hand-cuffs on him. Capt. Barrow was duly sworn, and
said: I ordered the second officer to put the hand-cuffs on Summerville,
because he was offensive to the doctor; I considered it my duty to do so; I
heard the man had not got a place to sleep in, and as soon as I was told
of it by the doctor, I ordered the carpenter to fit one up; I asked him for
his contract ticket; I believe it has not been refused to him yet. The
doctor is on board attending to a sick passenger.
Desertion. Three seamen who had deserted from the ship Huntress, received
the sentence of 12 weeks imprisonment, with hard labor. One of the sailors
belonging to the Roman Emperor, received a similar sentence for the same
offence.
Robert Brown Craw was sworn, said: I am a passenger by the ship Huntress;
Press, 9 May 1863, Page 3
James Turner, a deserter from the Huntress,
was remanded until to-morrow for a similar purpose.
Press, 30 April 1863, Page 3
LYTTELTON. RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT. April 29, 1863, [Before W. Donald,
Esq., R.M.]
James Cotton, the boatswain of the ship
Huntress, appeared before the Resident Magistrate to answer the
complaint of Benjamin Bishop, a passenger by the
same ship, for assault. The complainant stated, that on the 5th February he
went below, to take down the dinner things at noon, and to fetch water, and
when he returned on deck, the Doctor, the Constable, and the defendant took
him to the Captain, when he was ordered up and lashed to the rigging for
four hours. He was tied by both hands by the accused.
R. Davidson, a passenger by the Huntress, stated
he remembered the complainant being lashed to the rigging, nine feet up, so
that he could not move. He understood that he was so punished for going
below contrary to orders.
Thomas Hutt, passenger, gave similar evidence.
For the defence, John Sollars, the chief
officer, was called, who stated that the Captain had given orders to the
boatswain to have the complainant lashed up to the rigging, as he was
unruly, and would go below contrary to orders. He saw to the seizing
himself, and the Doctor saw that the sun could not hurt him. A canvass was
placed over him. He did not consider the punishment severe. The plaintiff
was singled out to make an example of on account of insubordination amongst
the passengers. The plaintiff said he was exposed for four hours to the sun
under the line, Edward Henry Marshall, the
Surgeon Superintendent of the Huntress, stated that Bishop was placed in the
rigging on account of disobedience of orders. He was rude to the constable
and generally insubordinate. He examined his wrists when he was taken down,
and did not think the punishment he received very severe. The Resident
Magistrate said that he considered the Boatswain had only acted under
instruction from his superior officer, and was not the proper person to have
been summoned. At the same time he did not think, under the circumstances of
the very bad conduct of the plaintiff on board, that he had received any
more punishment than he deserved.
Press, 8 May 1863, Page 2
Fatal accident at Papanui. A young man of about twenty years of age and
ascertained to be Charles Church,
a labouring man recently arrived by the Huntress. The inquest was
held today and the verdict of Accidental death.
Lyttelton Times, 20 May 1863, Page 4
Sudden Death One of the apprentices of the ship Huntress died suddenly on
Monday night. It appears that he was taken ill in Christchurch, and managed
to get over the hill in the afternoon about five o'clock, and was dead at
ten.
Press, 20 May 1863, Page 3
At Lyttelton, May 18th, on board the Huntress, of inflammation of the lungs,
Joseph Haglehurst midshipmen, son of the Rev. Haglehurst of Chesterfiele,
England.
BAWDEN
Press, 3 January 1921, Page 2
What is believed to be the-first diamond wedding in Lyttelton took place on
Saturday, when Mr and Mrs John Bawdon, Sylvan terrace, celebrated the 60th
anniversary, of their marriage. Unfortunately, the festivities could not be
carried out as the family had intended, owing to Mrs Bawdon having been
seized with illness the previous day, Friday; in fact, her condition is now
causing anxiety. The occasion was therefore quietly celebrated in the family
circle only. Mr Bawdon was born in Landlevery, Cornwall, eighty-four years
ago, and Mrs Bawdon, who was Miss May Ann Trevail, in the adjoining parish
of Luxyill, seventy-nine years ago. The couple were married in the Luxyill
Parish Church on January 2nd, 1861, by the Rev. P. Hoskin. The following
year Mr and Mrs Bawdon decided to emigrate to New Zealand, and accordingly
embarked at Gravesend about the end of October the same year, in the ship
Huntress, bound for Timaru, wren; emigrants and cargo. The vessel
was 139 days on the voyage, gales and calms alternating all the way. Great
trouble was experienced with the water supply, the tanks, having become
fouled, and sixteen deaths, mostly those of children, occurred. Arriving off
the east coast of the South Island, further gales were experienced, and as
the vessel was unable to make Timaru, the captain, decided to put into
Lyttelton, where the emigrants were landed in January, 1863. The couple
decided to settle in Lyttelton, and Mr Bawdon soon after secured employment
on or rather in the Lyttelton tunnel. He is one of the last survivors of
that little band of tunnel workers. He, along with most tunnel men, took
part in the Hokitika gold rush. The party journeyed as far as the Weka Pass
by coach, three changes of horses being made on the way. From the Pass the
gold-seekers humped their swags over the ranges, via Taylor's Lakes and down
the Teremakau river, to Hokitika. Hokitika was then a canvas town, there
being no wooden buildings at all. Two weeks of Hokitika, during which time
it rained almost continuously, sufficed to disillusion Mr Bawdon and his
friends of any hopes they may have had of a golden future, and they decided
to return to the steady but uninteresting work in the tunnel. The return
journey was made in the schooner Wild Wave, the commander of which
was Captain P. O'Brien, who was later for many years of the Lyttelton Hotel.
The schooner made a good trip- round through the Straits, but on nearing
Lyttelton Heads a south-westerly gale sprang up, blowing the vessel back up
the coast, and she put into Wellington. After staying three days in
Wellington, the Wild Wave resumed her voyage, which was completed
without further incident.
"When the tunnel was completed, Mr Bawdon worked on the
railway as a plate-layer. At one time he had Borne special work to do at
Addington. In those days the first train did not leave Lyttelton until about
ten o'clock, so Mr Bawdon walked to his work every morning, over the Bridle
path, and along the railway line to Addington, where he commenced work at
eight o'clock. He made this journey every morning for six weeks, returning
by train in the evening. Mr Bawdon says that after 21 years' service with
the Government he left when a wholesale reduction or wages took place. "I
would not work for 6s a day for anybody,'' said Mr Bawdon, so he went into
business in Lyttelton as a dairyfarmer, at which occupation he was engaged
until recently. Although he is fourteen years over the allotted span, Mr
Bawdon is still active, and his memory is remarkably good. Mr Bawdon's first
visit to Christchurch was made by way of the Bridle Path and Ferrymead. The
Ferry road was then bounded on either side by dense flax. There were only a
few hotels in Christchurch then, one of which was the White Hart. Mr and Mrs
Bawdon have seven sons and two daughters, all of whom were born and bred in
the old homestead at the top of Salt's Gully, now named Hawkhurst road.
Among relatives present on Saturday was Mrs Bawdon's sister, Mrs E. Higgs,
of Christchurch, who was bridesmaid at the wedding in the little Cornish
village sixty years ago.
BENBOW,
William Chr. 14 Nov 1826 Burford, Shropshire; D. July 22, 1909 Waitohi) was the eldest
son of James and Sarah nee Cumbers. He became gardener and gatekeeper at Ludlow
Castle, South Shropshire where he met, eloped to Weston, Burford and married Nov 20, 1848
Mary Paston (b. 1823c; d. May 16, 1895 Waitohi) They sailed on the "Huntress"
from Plymouth with their family Ann, James, Sarah, Elizabeth and baby William. Unable to
land at Timaru, severe gales forced the Captain to put in at Lyttelton.
Passengers completed their journey by steamboat and were landed by surfboat. The Benbows
went by bullock wagon, a journey of one and a half days to stay overnight at the Arowhenua Inn and
on to Temuka. Here William obtained work with the Hayhurst's as their gardener and Mary was
housekeeper. The children attended school at Georgetown.
William Benbow bought 20 acres in Waitohi - Kakahu area and built a sod
cottage. William,
Mary and Lucy were added to the family. Later a large stone house was built
"Ladymoore", and the children walked the six miles over bullock tracks to
Temuka. More land was added to this holding. William and Mary are buried in the Temuka
Cemetery.
Benbow children -
Ann (1849 - 1929) m. William Guilford James ( 1854 - 1946) m. Alice Harriet Bishop
Sarah (1855 - ) m. 1877 Thomas Mattingley
Elizabeth (1858 - ) m. Benjamin Trumper
William infant - died on voyage
William Charles (1864 - 1921) m. Edith Stringer
Mary Caroline (1866 - 1912) m. William Cross
Lucy Harriot m. 1891 Daniel McInnes
Information courtesy of
Winsome Griffin. Please contact Winsome if you
have further information or would like information on the BENBOW family. Posted 25 Sept. 1999
BLAKE, Mrs
Agnes
Press, 16 September 1927, Page 2
There passed away last week a very old identity of the Canterbury Province
in the person of Mrs Agnes Blake, relict of the late Mr Robert Blake. Mr and
Mrs Blake were married in Edinburgh, Scotland, in the year 1860 and came to
New Zealand in 1862, arriving at Lyttelton in the ship Huntress
after a voyage of 290 days. They settled in the Amuri district and were
engaged, in station work at Balmoral, Culverden, Montrose, and Waiau. In
those days it took several weeks by bullock dray to reach Balmoral from
Christchurch. Nearly 60 years ago Mr and Mrs Blake took over the Jollie's
Pass Accommodation House and general store near Hanmer from Count de la
Pasteur, and remained there for nearly seven years, during which period Mr
and Mrs Blake rendered considerable assistance to miners travelling to and
from the Wakamarina goldfields in the Nelson Province. From Jollie's Pass Mr
and Mrs Blake went to Rangiora, and Mr Blake was for a time driving the
ballast train for the contractor (Mr Taylor) on the Rangiora-Oxford branch
railway line then being constructed. After three years spent at Rangiora
they moved to the Lincoln district, where they were engaged in farming
pursuits for a period of 18 years, when they retired and resided first at
Papanui and latterly at Merivale. Mr Robert Blake predeceased his wife in
March, 1923. Mrs Blake was in her 92nd year at the time of her death. She
leaves surviving her two sons and two daughters Mr John Blake, of Hawera, Mr
Charles Blake, of Clarence bridge, Mrs S. C. Watson, Caversham, and Miss M.
E. Blake, Christchurch, nine grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren.
Press, 31 August 1928, Page 6
The death is announced of Mrs Margaret Shields, Geraldine, at the age of 94
years. Deceased came of a family noted for longevity, a sister, Mrs
Sinclair, having died in the early part of the present month within six
weeks of her 100th birthday. Mrs Shields came to Canterbury with her sister
in the ship Huntress in 1863. She spent the greater part of her life in the
Rangiora district and was much esteemed by all who knew her for her kindly
nature. Her husband predeceased her a few years ago at the age of 91 years,
the funeral took place on Tuesday at Rangiora after a service at John Knox
Church, of which she was a member of many years' standing.
James Shields married a Margaret Blake in 1871. Children:
1874 Shields William James Sinclair
1881 Shields Gladis Margaret
John Sinclair was born in Caithness, Scotland on 1836. He married Agnes
Blake in 1866. He passed away on 1875 in Rangiora at age 42. Agnes Orr
Thompson Sinclair 99Y died in 1928. Children:
1867 Sinclair James
1871 Sinclair John William Henry
1872 Sinclair Robert Alexander
COOK
Press, 19 April 1919, Page 5
The death Mr Charles Cook, at Warwick House, on Wednesday night, removed one
of the early settlers or Christchurch and one who for a long period, was
closely connected with education in this city. Mr Cook was born in 1841, at
Daviot, Invernessshire, Scotland, and was the son of the Archibald Cock, a
Presbyterian minister. Mr Cook was educated at Edinburgh University, and
afterwards in London, where he was a teacher for some years. He came to
Lyttelton in the early sixties, arriving by the ship Huntress. He was once
of the first assistant masters at the Boys' School founded by the
Christchurch Presbyterians, and held or near the site now occupied by the
Christchurch District High School. Whilst engaged teaching at this school Mr
Cook, in the evenings, assisted on the staff of "The Press, then under the
editorship of Mr James Edward Fitzgerald. Mr Cook, who was one of the first
writers of Pitman's shorthand in New Zealand, reported the debates and
proceedings in the Canterbury Provincial Council. His journalistic duties
frequently kept hint working till early in the morning, when he would mount
his horse, and ride home, a considerable distance along the Lincoln road.
Then, in the morning, back to his school duties. Mr Cook wrote a. very fine
shorthand note, and made use of the "winged art" in ninny directions besides
reporting. Afterwards Mr Cook opened a private school at Melville house on
the corner of Durham and Armagh streets, opposite the Art Gallery, and here
many of the youth of the city, who afterwards took up prominent positions in
the commercial and other activities, received their preparatory education.
It is noteworthy that at Mr Cook's funeral on Thursday there attended father
and son Mr William Goss, sen., and Mr Wm. Goss, jun. who had both been
taught by Mr Cook. Lator Mr Cook removed his school to Warwick House, and
carried it on till about ten years ago, when he retired from active life. In
1875 Mr Cook married Miss Crowley, daughter of Mr Edward Crowley, of
Lyttelton, who survives him. Mr A.G. Cook, a brother of the deceased
gentleman, who was for some time manager for Messrs Geo. G. Stead and Co.,
of this city, is living in England, and his sister, Mrs James Dawe, resides
at Weston's road, Papanui. Mr Cook leaves two sons and three daughters - Mr
A. D. Cook, at present on active service in Egypt and Mr A. W. Cook, of
Messrs H. Matson and Co., Mrs W. H. Moyes, of New Plymouth, Mrs Arthur
Sandston, of Christchurch, and Miss Cook.
CULTER
Press, 28 May 1889, Page 6
Mr John Cutler, whose death was announced as taking place on Monday, the
20th, was what may now be termed an old settler of this province. He, his
wife, and family of five girls and one boy, arrived in the ship Huntress in
the year 1883. His wife died in February last, but the girls and boy are all
married and have families. When Mr Cutler arrived the Total Abstinence
Society here was in its infancy, and had not many who were able to attract
an audience or to persuade the reckless to join its sober ranks. Mr Cutler,
who had before been very prominent in the movement in the Old Country, was a
welcome addition to their numbers, and with his stirring eloquence and
consistent adherence to the pledge, together with the temperance songs and
melodies given by members of his family, was instrumental in drawing -many
sympathisers to the cause. He was one of the first founders in Canterbury of
Bands of Hope. After his removal to West Melton to a small farm of 30 acres
he was not so frequently seen in town, but there is scarcely a Templar body
in this part of the province but has invited him to take part at their
meetings, where some of his family or grandsons and granddaughters have also
contributed songs, melodies, or recitations. Whilst residing in town and
working at his trade as a shoemaker he was prominent as a member of a
Freehold Land Society, and also a Co-operative Grocery Society, and was for
some time their storeman at their retail shop in Cathedral square. In
politics he also took an active part, and during the great Superintendency
contest was the seconder of Mr Travers in opposition to Messrs Lance and
Moorhouse. The nominators of the other candidates having finished their
speeches, Mr Cutler rose to second that of Mr Thomas Locke Travers, and gave
such an oration with his comments and objections on their policy, that Mr
William Sefton Moorhouse patted him on the shoulder as they came down from
the hustings and said, "Well done Cutler; I would give 2000 pounds to-day if I
could make a speech like that."
FOWLER
Press, 15 June 1910, Page 7
Mr and Mrs Joseph Fowler, of Wellington ("Post" reports) celebrated their
golden wedding recently. They were married at Christchurch, Marylebone,
London, on May 27th, 1860, Mr Fowler having previously served in the Crimean
War during 1854 and 1855. Shortly after this they removed to New Zealand,
arriving at Lyttelton in the ship Huntress, in April, 1863. After
residing in the Canterbury district a number of years, where Mr Fowler
followed the occupation of builder, they went in 1880 to New Plymouth, and
eventually settled in Wellington in 1886. They have a family of seven sons
and four daughters. There are twenty-two grandchildren.
Press, 6 October 1916, Page 8
Mr Joseph Fowler, an old resident of New Zealand, died on Tuesday at the
residence of his daughter, Mrs R. A. McIntyre, Sydney street Wellington. The
late Mr Fowler arrived in Lyttelton with his wife, who predeceased him two
years ago, in the ship Huntress in April, 1863. After residing in
the Canterbury district for a number of years, he went to New Plymouth, and
eventually settled in Wellington in 1886. The deceased saw service in the
Crimean war, and one son. Private Ernest Fowler, is now fighting in France.
The late Mr Fowler, who was in his 82nd year, is survived by a family of
seven sons and four daughters.
The Fowler Family : who arrived in Christchurch, New Zealand aboard
the "Huntress" which berthed in Lyttelton on 21st April 1863 : the family
moved to New Plymouth about 1885 and to Wellington in 1890 : part of the
family returned to Christchurch in 1893 : one son moved to Stawell in
Victoria, Australia in 1910 : for all the great-great-great grandchildren of
Joseph Fowler and his wife Louisa Christian, so they may know more of their
ancestors and where they came from / Naomi Dement (nee Power). Levin,
N.Z. : N. Dement, 2005] Includes bibliographical references (p. 26) and
index. Libraries, CHCH
GORMAN, Edwad
Star 30 December 1912, Page 1
One of the oldest and most respected residents of the Ellesmere district
died at Southbridge on December 22, in the person of Mr Edward Gorman. The
late Sir Gorman was born at Aberdeen, Scotland in 1825, and arrived in New
Zealand by the ship Huntress, in 1863. On arrival he settled for a time at
Port Levy with the late Mr Fleming. From .there he went to the late Mr
Bridge, of Homebrook, Southbridge, and assisted that gentleman in laying out
the township of Southbridge. After spending six years with Mr Bridge, Mr
Gorman took up the land at Little Rakaia, which he occupied up to the time
of his death. The dwelling-house he built on this property was the first
wooden building erected at Southbridge. Mr Gorman was married in 1873, and
leaves a widow, one son, one daughter and a grand-daughter. The funeral,
which took place on Tuesday, was attended by a large number of people, many
of whom came from Christchurch, Ashburton and other parts of Canterbury.
Requiem, mass was celebrated at St Joseph's Church, Southbridge, on Tuesday
morning by the Rev Father Bowden, who also officiated at the grave.
HITCHELL
Press, 23 November 1915, Page 3 WILLIAM HITCHELL
Last week there passed away another of the pioneers of Canterbury in the
person of Mr William Hitchell, of "Te Mahanga," Mr Hitchell was born in
Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, in 1842, and came out to New Zealand in the
ship Huntress in 1863. He bought land first at Leeston, and later at
Hororata. In 1870 he disposed of his Hororata property, and entered the
service of the late Mr Wm. Gerard, of Snowdon. He remained with Mr Gerard
for 12 years, and in 1883 started business in Glentunnel as general
storekeeper, where he remained until 1894, when lie purchased his late
property, which was part of the Buccleueh estate. Mr Hitchell was well known
and respected. He was married in 1576 to Miss Napier, of Hororata, who
predeceased him seven years ago. He leaves two daughters Mrs Couiyns. of
Springburn and Mrs George McFarlane, of Wosterfield. [William Hitchell
married a Mary Napier in 1876.]
HUGHES
Richard and
Susannah Hughes (nee Gibson) and their children left County Down, Ireland
and arrived at Lyttelton aboard the
Huntress
in April 1863. They settled in Kingsdown, south of Timaru. Richard was a
Farmer. He died in 1880 from injuries sustained when he fell from a spring
cart. He is buried in the Hughes family plot in Timaru Cemetery.
Their eldest son Robert Hughes married Sarah Pizzey (originally from Felsham,
Suffolk, England) and they had eight children. Robert was a blacksmith in
Geraldine and it is rumoured that Sarah ran a nursing home. They divorced in
approximately 1902. Sarah moved to New Plymouth and died in 1947. Robert
stayed in South Canterbury and died in 1930.
Their son Richard Hughes married Ellen Scobie and they had 5 children. Ellen
Scobie emigrated with her parents and siblings from Thornliebank, Glasgow,
Scotland in approximately 1880. Her parents, John Douglas and Janet Scobie
(nee Ramsay) lived in Kakahu, Orari and Hilton. Very little is known about
the Scobie family. Arrived in 1873 at Port Chalmers on the Michaelangelo.
Their son Herbert Hughes married Mary Graham originally of County Antrim,
Ireland. They are survived by seven children who currently live in New
Zealand. Information courtesy of
Joy Hughes. Posted 19 August
2006, updated Sept. 2013.
LOVE
John Love and his wife is in the
passenger list as a Ploughman from Ayrshire with his wife present. They
settled in Gapes Valley. John�s wife is Janet Nisbet, and they were married
the year before at Paisley Abbey Renfrewshire 25 November 1862. They were
both said to be from Merksworth, which appears to be some kind of estate
house on the site of what is now an airport. He was a farm hand, and she a
domestic servant. Can't them on the census of 1861.
John�s parents are listed as Robert Love (decd), and Margaret McAlpine
Janet�s parents are listed as James Nisbet (decd) and Janet Orr.
John and Janet had a total of eight children, five sons and three daughters.
John & Janet are buried in Christchurch. Children:
1865 Love Janet
1869 Love Alexander
1875 Love James
1877 Love Thomas Henry
1879 Love Margaret
1882 Love Mary
1884 Love Robert
George Clephane married Janet Love. They were Presbyterian.
Clephane, George, Farmer, Omihi. Mr. Clephane was born in 1863, in
Christchurch, and educated there. In 1875 he went with his parents to the
Wakanui district, Ashburton, and was there brought up to farming by his
father. In 1891 he took over his father's farm of 200 acres of freehold, and
when his father died in 1898, he sold out and bought his present property of
520 acres, on which he keeps sheep and grows crops. For several years Mr.
Clephane was a member of the Wakanui River Board, and was also a member of
the local school committee for seven years. He is now a member of the Omihi
school committee, and also of the Canterbury Farmers' Union. Mr. Clephane
was married, in 1891, to a daughter of Mr. J. Love, of Gapes' Valley,
Geraldine, and has one son and two daughters.
LYALL, William
Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 8 May 1936, Page 1
In the Pigeon Bay Cemetery last Saturday was laid to rest one of the old
identities of the Bay�Willie Lyall who will be remembered by residents and
others as being a link that joins us up with the early days of settlement on
the Peninsula. Coming to New Zealand with .his parents in the ship
"Huntress" after a protracted voyage of about 130 days in 1863, the family
came on to Pigeon Bay the same year. The mode of transport in those days was
by whaleboat from Lyttelton to the Bays "Moses" Barton's boat "Red Rover"
running as weather permitted. Mr Lyall worked for a time for the late Mr E.
Hay, wood-cutting, fencing, pitsawing etc., until he was in a position to
acquire a small farm of his own. The subject of this obituary, then a young
lad of ten years, had like many others of those days to help the family
exchequer by finding some work that would help keep the family pot boiling.
So after a short term in Mr Fitzgerald's school in Pigeon Bay, his father
arranged for him to take a position as a farm hand at Brown Bridge or
Amberley as it is now called. After a year or so at this place, he returned
to Pigeon Bay and joined his brother in a farm project that was quite
successful, then the gold mining craze urged him to the West Coast but his
stay there was short and then back to Pigeon Bay to repair his depleted
finance. After a short time again at farming, he left for the Sounds
diggings with no success. Once more back to the Peninsula where he settled
till increasing years and failing health made it necessary for him to enter
a nursing home in Christchurch, where he lived two years and died there on
April 30, aged 83 years. The funeral took place at Pigeon Bay Cemetery on
Saturday, May 2nd.
MAZE
The Cyclopedia of New Zealand
[Canterbury Provincial District] pg915
Mr. John Maze was born in the North of Ireland in 1838, and was brought up
to farming pursuits by his father. He came to Lyttelton in 1863 in the ship
Huntress, and was on Major Hornbrook's station for twelve months. On his
brother's arrival from Australia, they entered into partnership in a farm at
Milford. When the partnership was dissolved, Mr. J. Maze retained 130 acres
of the property. He takes an interest in public affairs. In 1897 he was
elected a member of the Temuka Road Board. He was for many years a member of
the Milford school committee; is a prominent member of the Temuka Caledonian
Society and one of the judges at the sports, and is also a member of the
Temuka Athletic Club. Mr. Maze married Miss Brown, daughter of Mr. Francis
Brown, a very early settler, and has nine children.
Single men
MORGAN
Edwin MORGAN, his wife Elizabeth (nee
Price), and two of these children: Hannah (Annie) b.1861, William b.1861
Elizabeth b.1862 Arrived on Huntress in 1863. Edwin died in Christchurch in
1875. Their son Samuel Alfred Frederick. Apart from a son who died in
childhood, Samuel and his wife Maria (nee Reynolds) only had daughters.
O'BOYLE,
Patrick
Ellesmere Guardian, 23 November 1921, Page 2
One of the best known and most highly respected residents of the Ellesmere
county passed away on Saturday last at his home Roseneath farm, Leeston, in
the person of Mr Patrick O'Boyle. The late Mr O'Boyle, who was 82 years of
age, was born in Glenariff, County Antrim, Ireland, and came out to New
Zealand by the ship "Huntress" in 1863. After a few days in Christchurch he
and his cousin, Mr Francis O'Boyle, started up country. His first contract
was for the erection of sheepyards. for the late Mr Marmaduke Dixon, the
advocate of the Waimakariri water race scheme. Shortly afterwards he found
his way to the Ellesmere district where" he carried out a number of
contracts for the Ellesmere Road Board. Mr O'Boyle bought his first section
of land in 1864 from the Government. It was near Leeston and adjoined the
property of Messrs Lochead Brothers, who were amongst the earliest settlers
in the district. His next purchase was a section of land fronting the
Doyleston Drain Road, but after a few years he sold out and bought Mr H. P.
Hill's farm, adjacent to the Hills Road railway station, where he was for
fifteen years engaged in dairying. During that time he imported the first De
Laval cream separator used in Canterbury, the prosperity of which, as well
as that of the rest of New Zealand, has been greatly helped by the
introduction of separators. At the time the Bealey estate was sold Mr
O'Boyle bought 163 acres and afterwards bought the late Mr John Milner farm.
This adjoined Mr O'Boyle's other land on the Bealey estate, and brought his
area up to 500 acres. Most of the land is of excellent, quality and is well
supplied with water as Hart's creek runs through the centre of it. Mr
O'Boyle sold his other farm at Hill's road to Mr L. Mathias. Tor many years
he carried on a system of mixed farming, but during recent years devoted his
attention chiefly to sheep. For some years Mr O'Boyle farmed 2000 acres of
sheep country on the Canterbury Plains. This property was sold a year or two
ago. The late Mr O'Boyle married a Miss O'Neill, who predeceased her husband
by a number of years. There is a family of three sons and two daughters. The
sons, Messrs Patrick, Ignatius and Joseph O'Boyle, are all well known
farmers, their holdings being adjacent to the "Roseneath" homestead. The two
daughters are Mrs V. A. Bendall, of Leeston, and Mrs R. Prisk, wife of Mr
Prisk, of the Bank of New Zealand, Lawrence. Throughout his long period of
residence in the Ellesmere district the late Mr O'Boyle was a devout member
of the Catholic Church, and a most liberal contributor to the support of all
the church institutions. In that connexion he will be greatly missed. He
.was one of the guarantors at the time the Catholic school was built; A
gentleman of the highest integrity, he enjoyed the full confidence and
esteem of all who knew him, and his death is much regretted by all sections
of the community. The late Mr O'Boyle was a very active man up to within a
few months of his death.
PAULING
Ashburton Guardian, 12 November 1902, Page 2
Another old colonist has just passed away in the person of Mrs Jane Pauling.
She came to this colony in the ship Huntress in 1863, with her husband and
two sons. Mrs Pauling was the eldest daughter of Mr James Gibson, Clothier,
Woodburn House, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. She has been a resident of
Ashburton for some twenty-four years. On her arrival she took up the
profession of a nurse, and many of our younger citizens were attended to on
their first appearance in this world by Mrs Pauling. Her skill as a nurse,
and her genial disposition made her a great favourite with the medical
profession, and her reputation was a household word in Ashburton. Mrs
Pauling leaves four sons and three daughters to mourn their loss. The
funeral will take place at 2.30 to-morrow.
On board was Eliza Gibson, 23, Kircudbrightshire, Mrs Pauling's sister.
She married in 1865 to James Ferguson Douglas from County Down. After
dabbling in the hotel business in Christchurch they settled into farming at
Doyleston and she died young there aged 38. Eliza Gibson born 12 June 1837,
Urr, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland to parents James Gibson and Catherine
McGraw. She arrived as part of the family group of her married sister Jane
PAULING (her husband and two children). The Pauling's lived in the Ashburton
area. Their brother James Gibson who also went to NZ but not on the
Huntress.
PENBERTHY
The Salt of the earth that simply endured by Sarah Jane Lander
New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography
Competition collection (ATL MS-Papers-4280)
The story of the Penberthy family in Christchurch. Henry and Grace Penberthy
(nee Bennetts), their family and two Symons relatives came to Canterbury as
assisted immigrants on the `Huntress' in 1863. The essay traces their lives
and those of their descendants. It looks at their connections with the
Wesleyan Church in Christchurch with particular reference to the Wesleyan
Day Schools in High Street and Durham Street North. The conditions many of
the family encountered working in the clothing industry are looked at.
Reference is made to the Merivale Rugby Football Club and the 1901 Cheviot
Earthquake.
Includes references to Anna Buller and her father Rev James Buller, George
Gould, John and Mary Jane Cumberworth, Thomas Bone, William Jewell and
family, William Strange. Six generation family tree, and extensive
bibliography
Illustrations : Includes photographs: Henry Penbarthy FitzGerald, Mary
Elizabeth FitzGerald & Geraldine FitzGerald; group of young girls at
Phillipstown Primary School, Christchurch, ca 1904-1908; William Symons
Penberthy, Elizabeth Hannah Penberthy (nee Butcher), Dorothy Phyllis
Penberthy & Marjorie Mary Penberthy, ca 1897; a tailor's workshop,
Christchurch, undated
PETRIE,
Charles
Press, 28 May 1909, Page 9
A very old colonist in the person of Mrs Petrie, wife of Mr C. H. Petrie, of
Mangatainoka, died recently at the ripe age of 71. In company with Hr
Petrie, the late Sirs Petrie arrived at Lyttelton in 1863 in the ship
Huntress, and for many years they lived in Canterbury, sharing with many
others the hardships of the early days. For the last 17 years the deceased
had resided at Mangatainoka. One of her sons, Sir George Petrie, is
headmaster of the Opawa school, and the other, Mr Robert Petrie, proprietor
of the Railway Hotel here.
New Zealand Herald, 2 October 1931, Page 12
The death has occurred at Auckland, at the age of 91 years, of Mr. Charles
H. Petrie, a. pioneer settler. Born at Charleston, near Glamis, Forfarshire,
in 1840, he arrived with his wife at Lyttelton from Dundee in the ship
Huntress in 1862. The voyage was an exceedingly protracted one of 165 days,
and the ship was virtually given up as lost. Mr. Petrie settled first at
Woodend, but after three years he removed to East Oxford, a bush district
then newly opened up for settlement. He followed the occupation of
contractor in that district for about 30 years, at the end of which he went
to live at Pahiatua for health reasons. His wife died in 1909. Since then
Mr. Petrie had resided with married daughters at Johnsonville and Te Aroha,
until the last two years. He retained all his faculties and vividly
remembered the hardships of the early pioneering days. Mr. Petrie is
survived by four married daughters and a son. There are 30 grandchildren and
21 great-grandchildren
RODGERS
Press, 10 August 1900, Page 3
On Sunday last the residents of Kowai Bush heard with sorrow of the death of
Mrs Rodgers, the oldest inhabitant of the district. Mrs Rodgers came to New
Zealand in the ship Huntress about the year 1862. She went to live at Kowai
Bush in 1864, and had resided there ever since. She endeared herself to all
by her unfailing kindness and readiness to help in sickness or any cases
where help was needed. Her death is greatly lamented by all who knew her.
