Rangitoto arrival february Southampton from Wellington 17 febuary 1954

[LucienWarmerdam]

My mother Fenneke (Fenny) Cuperus arrived on this ship out of New Zealand.
She was helped to London by a young nurse at that time. She stay overnight in London with a girlfriend of her before sailing back to Rotterdam (And afterthat back to Deventer)
And she met 6 other young nurses on this ship, does any remeber this?MGBHAM

[CaroleW]

Welcome to Rootschat

The passenger list shows a 34yr old nurse called Theodora E Verhoeve on the same page as your mother.  I can see around 30 entries for other nurses on the same passenger list - most in their early 20’s

If you have Ancestry access - you can view the passenger list yourself on this link
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1518/

You have asked if anybody remembers this but as it was 66yrs ago it is most unlikely.  Also - many will be in their late 80’s or early 90’s if still alive and the older ones will have died

[LucienWarmerdam]

THanks fot your reply!
Yeah I know it is a bit looking for the impossible, but it"s the only way.
I will keep on trying!

[Lucy2]

Hello

Sorry, unable to help any further, but just adding a link to your Mama's arrival in New Zealand 1952 in case it's of interest to you.   

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KLBC-MD2

   ~  Lu

[CaroleW]

Hi again

Are you trying to find people on that same voyage who may remember your mother? 

If not - could you tell us what info you are trying to find?

[LucienWarmerdam]

THanks all for the info!
Yeah my mother is 88 at the moment and she will be 89 in may.
We are trying to write down her memories, and one (a big one) is here time in New Zealand. so I'm trying to locate a few people (Or children of...) of het time there or on the ship.
The passengerlist of the Sibajak is already a great help!
Thanks again,
Lucien

[Fresh Fields]

Hello Lucien from NZ.

Where I live Cuperus is not a common surname. Therefore I will give some details of a Jan CUPERUS who left Ferwerd, Holland, to emigrate to NZ in January 1949. He and a friend learned English as they worked on NZ farms. In 1958 he married a Waikato woman, then bought a farm and raised a family, dying in 2016, aged 91. His widow is still alive, but in care with dementia.  This information is contained in a local book, but if he is a person of interest to your research, I will be able to give you contact details for a descendant.

Alan.

[TwiggyTree]

The list from a different website in case it helps
https://www.familytreecircles.com/rangitoto-68576.html

[TwiggyTree]

There appears to be an Alien registration file at Archives NZ
https://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=24167508