The death notice doesn't seem to be John as his middle name was Charles.
Hi again...
The death notice to which I linked in reply#7 is, as you say, definitely not for your man John Charles LORRAWAY.
What I was suggesting is that the following information you gave earlier, namely ...
the information I have says he died on 12th November 1881 in Owate Suth Island NZ
... is wrong.
What is your source that says that John Charles senior died in NZ.
For what it's worth, the nearest NZ death I can come up with is John Charles RAY who died 21 Sep 1884, aged 35 years.
Not sure where he died or where he is buried. May need to check the Deaths fiche.
Coroner, Christchurch - Date: 2 October 1884 Subject: Inquest proceedings on John Charles Rayhttps://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=24476343---
Do you know of any specific connection that the family had with Mt Morgan prior to their arrival. Other family members already living there maybe.
And out of curiosity, would the family have spoken English or French when living in Jersey.
And to answer your original question,
as I understand it back in the 1880's there were very few records kept when travelling between Australia and NZ so the likelihood of your finding a record of the family travelling from Waimate to Queensland is very small.
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The
Apelles passenger list gives two more spellings of the surname. LERONET and LEARY.
http://tinyurl.com/gvj8ppvThe word in the column is Timaru. Timaru is a town in the Waimate district.
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Yes, Owaka is indeed a town within the Catlins area
Thanks Alan
Regards
Beg
