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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Durham => England => Durham Lookup Requests => Topic started by: salhyde on Thursday 15 September 11 08:13 BST (UK)
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Hello,
I was wondering if anyone can help me find William Legender Milburn on any passenger lists to New Zealand. I know he came to New Zealand in about 1885 or 6 as he died in 1889 and the newspaper article says he had been in New Zealand for four years. He came to Christchurch, so presumably Lyttelton harbour, but not certain. He had family in Christchurch. He was born in Sunderland in 1863 and died in Sumner, Christchurch New Zealand in a drowning accident 19th Feb 1889.
I imagine he sailed from Sunderland?
His parents were my 2nd great grandparents Robert Milburn 1834-1904 and Mary Milburn (nee Legender) 1836-1921 of Sunderland, who are both buried in Bishopwearmouth cemetery. Their headstone acknowledges Williams death in NZ.
I'd love to find the ship he arrived on, and have been hunting for some time, so hope someone with more experience of finding information may be able to help.
Thanks in advance :-)
Sally
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Hello Sally!
Sorry I can't help directly with your enquiry, but I'm trying to find whether or not Robert Milburn is related to another family; that of William Milburn 1830-1888, which _is_ in my tree (via William Milburn the architect).
Do you please have any details of the parents of Robert Milburn 1834-1904? I know that his father was also Robert (a ship owner) - I only found that out today when I received the marriage certificate of Robert M and Mary Legender.
Sorry to be slightly off-topic!
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Hi FrankE,
I know quite a bit about this Robert Milburn 1834-1904, he was a master Mariner and had 8 children, and 7 sibblings. His Parents were Robert Milburn 1803-1875 and Elizabeth Beck 1814-1876 they married in Monkwearmouth in 1832 and are buried in Mere Knolls cemetery in Sunderland. As you say Robert was a shipowner, and I think he was also a sail maker at one time. I have all of this on my tree on ancestry.com I cant seem to copy and paste anything onto here but would if I could. Are you on ancestry at all? If so I think you can veiw my tree, otherwise let me know and I will try to C&P more info. I have marriage certs and some other certs. Robert 1834's brother Morris Milburn came over her to NZ.
Hear from you soon
Sally
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Many thanks Sally!
Yes - I'm on Ancestry, so I'll have a look for your tree when I have a bit of time to spare.
I wondered who Morris M was - he was one of the witnesses at Robert 1834's marriage to Mary L (the other was William Legender).
OK on all the siblings and kids of Robert.
Thanks again.
Catch you later.
Frank
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My tree is called Hyde Family tree and my name there salhyde (I think there are a few 'Hyde family trees')
Let me know if there is a connection :-) Sally
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Thanks Sally!
Frank
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Hi
Just browsing and the name caught my eye. This man must have been my brother-in-law's great uncle. My bro-in-law is called Michael Wilton Milburn and he is the son of Leslie Pearson Milburn, who was the son of Wilton Legender Milburn who was the son of Robert Milburn and Mary Legender.
Wilton (born 1871) was William's brother.
So Michael must be a close cousin of yours, Sally! I have all his contact details if you want.
Regards
Charles Home, Bath. England
You can reply direct if you want to cndhome(at)btinternet.com
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Hi
Just browsing and the name caught my eye. This man must have been my brother-in-law's great uncle. My bro-in-law is called Michael Wilton Milburn and he is the son of Leslie Pearson Milburn, who was the son of Wilton Legender Milburn who was the son of Robert Milburn and Mary Legender.
Wilton (born 1871) was William's brother.
So Michael must be a close cousin of yours, Sally! I have all his contact details if you want.
Regards
Charles Home, Bath. England
You can reply direct if you want to cndhome(at)btinternet.com
Hello Charles,
That is very exciting! I would love to have contact with him. I'm just working it all out - I am the great grand daughter of George James Milburn who would be Wilton's Younger brother (and William Legender Milburn's younger bro). You know the 'Wilton' is from Isabella Wilton who married William Legender? We tried to find their grave stone in Mere Knolls cemetery, but wasn't able to. I will contact you on the email :-)
Awesome to hear from you
Sally :-)
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william legender was the brother of my 4x ggrandfather james Alexander legender. they were all master mariners and originally from essex then sunderland.
you may have seen the other legender threads on here recently. we are all just connecting up!!
Diddy
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william legender was the brother of my 4x ggrandfather james Alexander legender. they were all master mariners and originally from essex then sunderland.
you may have seen the other legender threads on here recently. we are all just connecting up!!
Diddy
Hi Diddy
Now I will go and look at the other Legender threads. I decend from William Legender the younger of the brothers, his daughter Mary married my g great grandfather Robert Milburn. This thread was about her eldest son who came here to New Zealand and died in a drowning accident.
Thanks for your replies. I'm off to search the other threads now :-)
Sally
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Hi Sally,
Did you ever have any luck finding William Legender Milburn? You probably already have this but just in case you have not maybe the Papers Past, Star 20-2-1889 will help. The account of his drowning has him as being "in the colony for four years". So he must have come out 1884 - 85.
He is buried with his uncle, Morris (Maurice) Milburn, Woolston cemetery, Rutherford St, Chch. Morris came out as a single man aboard Zealandia" 1859.
Cheers Kay
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Hello Sally
I'm currently researching my family history and I have just found your article from 2013 in the Sunderland Echo.
Currently I can go back to my great, great grandfather William Milburn who attained his masters certificate in 1880 and lived in Sunderland. All generations since then have lived in Either Sunderland or Whitburn.
I'm very interested to read in your article of Morris Milburn as my farther (who was born in Whitburn, Sunderland) spoke of his ancestor Morris who emigrated to New Zealand. My brother is named after him, same spelling.
I would very much to find out anything further in terms of names dates etc that you might have. The information in your article aligns very much with the stories my father told me of our family history.
Kind Regards
George Milburn
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