hi, I have just seen your message while scrolling thru the Seddon messages.
My great grandmother came to New Zealand to look after her two brothers who had recently sailed here, her name was Sarah Louisa Swarbrick. I am unsure of the date she came to New Zealand or the name of the ship. Sarah Louisa Swarbrick and her 2 brothers settled in Hamilton. I know 1 brother was called Arthur, he was born in 1851 and married in 1881 to Adriana Henrika Pieters of Rotterdam, they were married in England, and went onto have 5 children. I'm not sure who the other brother was. The brothers set up their own legal practice in Hamilton.
Sarah Louisa met her husband in New Zealand and married him in 1886, his name was Robert Seddon. They went on to have 4 children.
Sarah and Arthur were part of a family of 13 children. Their parents were Samuel Swarbrick (he had something to do with the railways) and Sarah Fawcett.
Other children in the family were called:- George William Fawcett, Mary Harriet, Emily Jane, Florence, Elenor Maud, Henry Herbert, Frederick, Alice Maud, Charles Fawcett, Baby boy, and Benjamin.
Surnames of those they married include:- Smith, Wilson, Fawcett....
Don't know if their is a connection, let me know.
Jenn