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Title: Passanger lists from Tasmania or Victoria to New Zealand *completed*
Post by: smpabu on Monday 12 May 08 03:37 BST (UK)

Hi, I am looking for a passanger list for a ship ( name unknown) that arrived in New Zealand late 1902 from Tasmania or Victoria.

The names on it that I am look for are:
Joseph Henry Smith
Miriam Smith
Children
Arthur Smith
Nellie Smith
Stella Jane Smith

The children may also have the name PURCELL as a middle name  as well.

The ship would have arrived in Auckland late 1902.

I have posted this as the Tasmanian Library have said it would be easier for some one who is able to help me out to look for me.

Thanks for your time.

Eileen

Title: Re: Passanger lists from Tasmania or Victoria to New Zealand
Post by: JAP on Monday 12 May 08 05:32 BST (UK)

Just in the interests of avoidance of duplication ...

This same request has been posted at:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,304190


A newspaper extract posted on 16 Dec 2007 on the following thread may be of interest:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,268884

JAP

Title: Re: Passanger lists from Tasmania or Victoria to New Zealand
Post by: smpabu on Monday 12 May 08 05:38 BST (UK)

I was told to try the NZ board as well

Thanks

Eileen

Title: Re: Passanger lists from Tasmania or Victoria to New Zealand
Post by: JAP on Monday 12 May 08 06:55 BST (UK)

Hi Eileen,

Yes, I noticed that.

But it's always a good idea (I think!) to give cross-references so that the same lookups aren't being done by helpful RootsChatters on two different threads ...

Cheers,

JAP

Title: Re: Passanger lists from Tasmania or Victoria to New Zealand
Post by: cmclayton on Monday 12 May 08 08:59 BST (UK)

Hi Eileen, 

Where does one start ....... thanks JAP for your cross references

I have a friend looking for her grandfather, Herbert Ernest Smith, who seems to have the same problem as yourself.  I would laugh if they were related.  It was her grandmothers second marriage, to Mr Smith, her first being that she was swapped for a cart horse. 

Anyway have you tried

http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/index.html

regarding passenger lists.

Thanks heaps Christine

Title: Re: Passanger lists from Tasmania or Victoria to New Zealand
Post by: smpabu on Monday 12 May 08 09:29 BST (UK)

Hi to all

Have had a quick look and am looking for passanger lists after 1900.

The link you gave is for ships between 1800 and 1900.

Thanks

Eileen

Title: Re: Passanger lists from Tasmania or Victoria to New Zealand
Post by: JAP on Monday 12 May 08 10:29 BST (UK)

Hi Christine,

My Gran was b 1872 in Barrow-in Furness, Lancs and bap 1872 in Sheffield, Yorkshire.  She went with her family to NZ in 1875 (on the 'Peter Denny').  And came to Oz some time later - and had her first known child in Aus in 1892 in Vic, Aus.  I certainly haven't found her passage from NZ to Aus or passages of her siblings who ended up in Vic, nor that of her Mum who died in Vic.

Family stories say that her younger brothers went down to a lake in Melbourne, Aus with a boat and tried to row back to NZ ....

It seems that there are many stories to be told about early NZ/Australia connexions ...

There are some fascinating threads on RC about such connexions ...

Regards,

JAP

Title: Re: Passanger lists from Tasmania or Victoria to New Zealand *completed*
Post by: newbe_nz on Wednesday 17 September 08 04:13 BST (UK)

Hi can some one mark this completed please

Thanks

Title: Re: Passanger lists from Tasmania or Victoria to New Zealand
Post by: kiwihalfpint on Wednesday 17 September 08 04:23 BST (UK)

Newbe ......  click the modify button then put *COMPLETED* in the title

KHP :D

Title: Re: Passanger lists from Tasmania or Victoria to New Zealand *completed*
Post by: JAP on Wednesday 17 September 08 12:36 BST (UK)

Hi All,

The advice from KHP is absolutely right!

But I guess we'd all be interested to know the outcome of the query given that some months have passed since the last post on the thread  ;D

All the very very best to all,

JAP

Title: Re: Passanger lists from Tasmania or Victoria to New Zealand *completed*
Post by: smpabu on Wednesday 17 September 08 23:13 BST (UK)

never did find the shipping records.  Found out on Joseph Henry Smith's war file that the surname was changed to Smith soon after the arrived here in 1902/1903.