Shamrock1855

Shamrock
Departed Australia 1855 (date and place unknown ) - arrived Wellington 1855

Name		Age
Anderson	Hugh	24
Boyce	William	26
	Ellen	21
Conner	Nathaniel	23
Cook	George	23
Brown	John	24
Corkett	Isaac	28
Cress	Samuel	27
	Louisa	21
Darnes	Richard	28
	Margaret	28
	Charles	2
	Emma	Infant
Davis	Griffith	28
Davis	Howell	29
Davis	Thomas	36
	Hannah	30
	Agnes	9
Foster	William	26
Grainger	William	31
	Hannah	29
	Mary A.	Infant
Haloreen	James	41
Harwood	David	49
	Elizabeth	43
	Joseph	13
Hempseed	John	26
	Charlotte	24
Hepburn	Edward	24
Hodgkinson	John	29
Hyans	Moses	20
Jones	Thomas	23
	Eliza	21
Lawson	Edward	25
McElroy	Charles	30
	Maria	32
	Edward	10
	William	5
	Mary A.	2
McManus	Hugh	33
Moore	James	29
Onsley	Henry	23
Osborne	Thomas	33
	Mary	32
Ponsonby	James	28
	Dorah	29
	Pat	5
	Ellen	Infant
Reid	Thomas	25
Reynolds	Charles	33
Roberts	William	29
	Bridget	28
	Mary A.	12
	Michael	5
	Catherine	Infant
Robinson	John	30
	Mary	26
Russell	John	27
Scringer	William	29
Sheen	james	30
Sinclair	David	23
Smith	Henry	32
Smith	Elizabeth	30
Smith	John	27
Stewart	William	23
	Margaret	20
	Mary	Infant
Still	David	38
	Johannah	28
	Mary	5
	Mary A.	4
Taylor	William	29
Townsend	Michael	22
Waters	John	27
	Rebecca	28
	John	Infant
Wilson	John	28
Wisdom	Richard	33
	Emma	29
	William	3
	Richard	1
Woods	Daniel	40
	Catherine	32
	Julia	13
	Catherine	9
	Thomas	7

HEMPSEED family: John Hempseed was from Dunfermline, Fife, son of James and Catharine Hempseed. He travelled to Australia sometime after early 1851. In 1853 he married Charlotte Thompson in Sydney. Charlotte had travelled to Australia as an assisted passenger on board the Duchess of Northumberland, arriving at Moreton Bay (Brisbane) on 4^th Feb 1851. She came from Belfast in Ireland. Her parents were John and Charlotte Thompson. Charlotte was 27 years old then, which means she was actually nearer 29 or 30 when the couple moved on to NZ. With them was 9m old daughter, Catharine. John must have been an unassisted migrant, or he had made enough money while in Australia to buy his land outright when he settled in New Zealand. From the earliest mention of John on the Rangitikei electoral roll it is stated that he held freehold land. They settled to farm in Turakina in 1856. In NZ they had another six daughters, Jane, (Susan, who died as an infant,) Fanny, Maria, Euphemia and Marion. The girls married August Poppe (Catharine,) Peter Brown (Jane,) Donald McLean (Fanny,) Alex Perry (Maria,) John Calman (Euphemia,) and James Gair (Marion.) Charlotte died in 1893 and John in 1909. They are both buried in the Turakina Cemetery. They were my g-g-grandparents. If you have a connection with this family or would like to know more please contact Gael McEwing.

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