cont.
The passenger lists available on PROV (Victoria Public Records), have two different records, one shows passengers Henry (21) and Edward (18) Stratford arriving in the Rip Van Winkle in Nov. 1852, and the other shows Edward (21) and Henry (18) Stratford bound to Port Philip and Liverpool, NSW, aboard the Rip Van Winkle, leaving Liverpool, England, in July 1852.
A notice published in The Argus (Melbourne), Sat 3 June 1854, page 2, Advertising, corroborates my suspicion that Charles' older brother was Henry Edward Stratford.
"CHARLES A. STRATFORD, who arrived last November in the Sea Ranger, is requested to send his name in full, and address to H. E. S., office of this paper."
Mary Thompson thought she met Henry Stratford in New Zealand 'as Warden or Chief Magistrate of some of the New Zealand Goldfields', but I think he was another Henry, called Henry Aldborough Stratford, according to this newspaper notices.
“POVERTY BAY HERALD, VOLUME XXVIII, ISSUE 9261, 26 SEPTEMBER 1901 Mr H. A. Stratford, S.M., of Dunedin, gazettes a change of his name in the following terms : —”I, Henry Aldborough Stratford, of Dunedin, in the colony of New Zealand, barrister-at-law, do hereby give notice that, in compliance with the request of the Honorable Lady Henniker, and out of love and affection, I have assumed, and intend henceforth upon all occasions and at all times to sign and use and to be called and known by, the name of Augustus with and before Henry Aldborough, and the surname of His Excellency the Right Honorable Lori Hartismere — Stratford-Henniker — in lieu of and in substitution of my present surnames of Stratford.
https//paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19010926.2.35?query=stratford-henniker&sort_by=byDA&items_per_page=10&snippet=true
Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 – 1919)
Sat 1 Apr 1882
Page 23
NEW ZEALAND.
DISSATISFACTION AT KUMARA.—A large number
of miners assembled by announcement at Dilman’s
Town on March 3, and hold an indignation meeting
to protest against the vexatious delay occurring by
tho present conduct of business of the warden’s
court ; also to take into consideration the advisa
bility of forming a Board for Kumara. The follow
ing resolutions were passed almost unanimously :
” That in the opinion of this meeting the indifferent
mode of administering mining law and the conduct of
mining business by the warden, Mr. H. A. Stratford,
at Kumara, (...).
MY QUESTION: Do you know how Henry Aldborough Stratford (NZ) and Henry Edward Stratford (NSW) are related?
