Thursday, September 4, 2008

Spring in the Antipodes

It's Spring here now which means it's time to get out in the garden.
Unless something very interesting happens I probably won't be
researching or doing new posts until Winter, around April, but I
will still be checking my email.

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

1820s Pacific Missionaries

I have a cousin in the North of New Zealand that I have a funny thing in common with - we are both descendants of the missionaries that circulated between
Tahiti, Northland, and Syndey, but not on the side we are related on, so neither
of us had any idea of it until running across references on the net. Hers was Mr Puckey, and mine was JM Orsmond. Those people formed quite a limited circle in the 1820s and tended to have large families and intermarry with each other as I think I
have said, so to study one is to come across them all, appearing in different settings.

Family history is strange.

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Isabella Nelson - JM Orsmond

Have made contact with a fellow descendant of Isabella Nelson in Australia -
this is the first 4th cousin I have met up with, for some reason this is more
rare. Its obvious now I think of it, but until she said, I hadn't twigged that
our relatives in Tahiti must speak French - so silly when I used to study it,
and new perfectly well that is what they speak there. Just didn't make the
connection.
Now have a large collection of names and dates for Tahiti that I didn't have
before, I always wondered what happened after Caroline Orsmond left there in
1848, as they were such a large family.

Saturday, August 16, 2008

Harriet Nelson, descendants, Northland NZ

Details of James Shepherd can be found by an internet search, he was sent to
Northland NZ by Samuel Marsden in 1820 and translated the Bible into Maori
in the 1820s.

Descendants of Harriett NELSON Aunt, cared for Carrie Orsmond
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1-Harriett NELSON Aunt, cared for Carrie Orsmond b. 30 Dec 1800, Sydney, New
South Wales, Australia, d. 1877, Northland, New Zealand
+Charles HERSFERTH b. Abt 1800, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, d. 1819,
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
|--2-Charles G HERSFERTH b. Abt 1819, New South Wales, Australia, d. 1820, New
| South Wales, Australia
+James SHEPHERD Gardener, NZ Missionary translator b. 1796, Sydney, New South
Wales, Australia, d. 1882, New Zealand
|--2-Isaac SHEPHERD b. 20 Jul 1823, Kaeo, Northland , New Zealand
|--2-Harriet SHEPHERD Registered NSW b. 24 May 1825, Kaeo, Northland , New
| Zealand, d. 1827, Northland, New Zealand
|--2-Henry SHEPHERD b. 7 Dec 1827, Rangiahua Bay, Northland, New Zealand
|--2-Robert Orsmond SHEPHERD b. 4 Jul 1829, Rangiahua Bay, Northland, New
| Zealand
|--2-Alfred Brown SHEPHERD b. 9 Mar 1830, Rangiahua Bay, Northland, New Zealand
|--2-Harriet Ann SHEPHERD b. 22 Oct 1832, Rangiahua Bay, Northland, New Zealand
|--2-Richard Hill SHEPHERD b. 6 Jan 1835, Rangiahua Bay, Northland, New Zealand
|--2-Elizabeth Jane SHEPHERD b. 10 Nov 1836, Rangiahua Bay, Northland, New
| Zealand
|--2-John Goodwin SHEPHERD b. 10 Nov 1838, Rangiahua Bay, Northland, New Zealand
|
|--2-Thomas Williams SHEPHERD b. 24 Dec 1841, Waitangi, Northland, New Zealand
|--2-Henry George SHEPHERD b. 29 Dec 1843, Waitangi, Northland, New Zealand
|--2-Samuel Ebenezer SHEPHERD b. 23 Jan 1846, Whangaroa, Northland, New Zealand
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Friday, August 15, 2008

Marriage licenses list to free persons - NSW Government records

NELSON, Isabella
Daughter of Isaac Nelson of Sydney
24 Dec 1819

NELSON, Randel
Daughter of Isaac Nelson of Liverpool
21 Jan 1818

(my note: Randel seems to be a misreading of Harriet (H for R, arri for and, t for l. Liverpool is in Sydney)

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Isaac NELSON, some extra descendants

Descendants of Isaac NELSON Clerk, convict, emancipist farmer, schoolteacher
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1-Isaac NELSON Clerk, convict, emancipist farmer, schoolteacher b. Abt 1762,
England, d. Sep 1833, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
+Sarah GODWIN Sally, farmer in Sydney b. Abt 1768, England, d. 1817,
Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
|--2-Isabella NELSON Emmie b. 1795, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, c.
| 1795, St Phillips, Sydney, NSW, Australia, d. 7 Dec 1854, Papeete, Tahiti,
| Pacific Islands
| +Rev John Muggeridge ORSMOND Missionary b. 1784, Portsmouth, Hampshire,
| England, c. 6 Dec 1812, Saint Marys, Portsea, Hampshire, England, d. 23
| Apr 1856, Pacific Ocean
| |--3-Moody Forbes ORSMOND b. 24 Dec 1820, Papeete, Tahiti, Pacific Islands
| |--3-John Griffin ORSMOND b. 16 Mar 1822, Papeete, Tahiti, Pacific Islands,
| | d. 20 Oct 1866, Papeete, Tahiti, Pacific Islands
| |--3-Eliza Charlotte ORSMOND b. 25 Nov 1823, Papeete, Tahiti, Pacific
| | Islands, d. 11 Nov 1860
| |--3-Henry ORSMOND b. 1824, Papeete, Tahiti, Pacific Islands, d. 1865
| |--3-John Bennett ORSMOND b. 3 Jun 1825, Papeete, Tahiti, Pacific Islands,
| | d. 26 Jul 1876
| |--3-George Bennett ORSMOND b. 3 Jun 1825, Papeete, Tahiti, Pacific Islands,
| | d. 26 Jul 1876
| |--3-Isabelle Brine ORSMOND b. 17 Sep 1826, Papeete, Tahiti, Pacific
| | Islands, d. 1896
| |--3-Mary Lane ORSMOND b. 12 Jun 1828, Papeete, Tahiti, Pacific Islands, c.
| | 24 Jun 1828, Papeete, Tahiti, Pacific Islands
| |--3-Thomas Nelson ORSMOND b. 4 Apr 1830, Papeete, Tahiti, Pacific Islands,
| | d. 1865
| |--3-Harriet Uraore ORSMOND Hattie, teacher b. 18 Apr 1832, Papeete, Tahiti,
| | Pacific Islands
| |--3-Hannah Ellis ORSMOND b. 4 Aug 1834, Papeete, Tahiti, Pacific Islands
| |--3-Caroline Armstrong ORSMOND Carrie b. 13 Jun 1836, Papeete, Tahiti,
| | Pacific Islands, d. 1919, Seatoun, Wellington, New Zealand
| |--3-Cecilia ORSMOND b. 1837, Papeete, Tahiti, Pacific Islands
| |--3-Ann Austin ORSMOND Annie b. 29 Jun 1838, Papeete, Tahiti, Pacific
| | Islands, d. 1911
|--2-Randel NELSON b. Abt 1796, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, d. After
| 1818
| +Unknown
|--2-Louisa NELSON b. 1798, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, d. After 1837
| +John FLINN b. Abt 1798, Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, d.
| 1821, New South Wales, Australia
| |--3-Edward FLINN b. 1819, New South Wales, Australia, d. 1819, New South
| | Wales, Australia
| |--3-John T FLINN b. 1819, New South Wales, Australia, d. 1821, New South
| | Wales, Australia
| +Charles F LUCAS b. Abt 1790, d. 1835, New South Wales, Australia
| |--3-Charles LUCAS b. Abt 1835, New South Wales, Australia, d. 1837, New
| | South Wales, Australia
| +Benjamin ROBINSON b. Abt 1796
|--2-Harriett NELSON b. 30 Dec 1800, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, d.
| 1877, Northland, New Zealand
| +Charles HERSFERTH b. Abt 1800, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, d.
| 1819, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
| |--3-Charles G HERSFERTH b. Abt 1819, New South Wales, Australia, d. 1820,
| | New South Wales, Australia
| +James SHEPHERD b. 1796, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, d. After 1859,
| Northland, New Zealand
| |--3-Harriet SHEPHERD b. 1825, New South Wales, Australia
|--2-Infant NELSON b. 1789, London, England, d. 1789, London, England
|--2-Harriett NELSON b. 1793, Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia,
| d. 1793, Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
+Ann BRACKFIELD b. Abt 1773, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, d. 1839,
Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Isaac Nelson, descendants

Descendants of Isaac NELSON Clerk, convict, emancipist farmer, schoolteacher
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1-Isaac NELSON Clerk, convict, emancipist farmer, schoolteacher b. Abt 1762,
England, d. Sep 1833, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
+Sarah GODWIN Sally, farmer in Sydney b. Abt 1768, England, d. 1817,
Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
|--2-Isabella NELSON Emmie b. 1795, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, c.
| 1795, St Phillips, Sydney, NSW, Australia, d. 7 Dec 1854, Papeete, Tahiti,
| Pacific Islands
| +Rev John Muggeridge ORSMOND Missionary b. 1784, Portsmouth, Hampshire,
| England, c. 6 Dec 1812, Saint Marys, Portsea, Hampshire, England, d. 23
| Apr 1856, Pacific Ocean
| |--3-Moody Forbes ORSMOND b. 24 Dec 1820, Papeete, Tahiti, Pacific Islands
| |--3-John Griffin ORSMOND b. 16 Mar 1822, Papeete, Tahiti, Pacific Islands,
| | d. 20 Oct 1866, Papeete, Tahiti, Pacific Islands
| | +Teumere Taimetua Tane Tinorua OPEA b. 1833, Papeete, Tahiti, Pacific
| | Islands, d. 14 Oct 1866, Papeete, Tahiti, Pacific Islands
| | |--4-John Tehahe Nuurehia Paheroo ORSMOND b. 2 Aug 1857, Papeete, Tahiti,
| | | Pacific Islands, d. 29 Jul 1873, Papeete, Tahiti, Pacific Islands
| | |--4-Eliza Teumere Opea ORSMOND b. 12 Dec 1855, Teahupoo, Tahiti, Pacific
| | | Islands
| |--3-Eliza Charlotte ORSMOND b. 25 Nov 1823, Papeete, Tahiti, Pacific
| | Islands, d. 11 Nov 1860
| | +Isaac Shepherd HENRY Missionary family b. Abt 1820, Tahiti
| | |--4-One HENRY b. Abt 1841, Papeete, Tahiti, Pacific Islands
| | |--4-Two HENRY b. Abt 1843, Papeete, Tahiti, Pacific Islands
| | |--4-Three HENRY b. Abt 1843, Papeete, Tahiti, Pacific Islands
| | |--4-Teora HENRY Teddy's cousin. Book. b. 24 Jan 1847, Papeete, Tahiti,
| | | Pacific Islands, d. Jan 1915, Paea, Tahiti
| | |--4-Two HENRY b. Abt 1849, Papeete, Tahiti, Pacific Islands
| |--3-Henry ORSMOND b. 1824, Papeete, Tahiti, Pacific Islands, d. 1865
| |--3-John Bennett ORSMOND b. 3 Jun 1825, Papeete, Tahiti, Pacific Islands,
| | d. 26 Jul 1876
| | +Elizabeth HALL b. Abt 1825, Papeete, Tahiti, Pacific Islands
| |--3-George Bennett ORSMOND b. 3 Jun 1825, Papeete, Tahiti, Pacific Islands,
| | d. 26 Jul 1876
| | +Elizabeth b. Abt 1825
| |--3-Isabelle Brine ORSMOND b. 17 Sep 1826, Papeete, Tahiti, Pacific
| | Islands, d. 1896
| |--3-Mary Lane ORSMOND b. 12 Jun 1828, Papeete, Tahiti, Pacific Islands, c.
| | 24 Jun 1828, Papeete, Tahiti, Pacific Islands
| |--3-Thomas Nelson ORSMOND b. 4 Apr 1830, Papeete, Tahiti, Pacific Islands,
| | d. 1865
| |--3-Harriet Uraore ORSMOND Hattie, teacher b. 18 Apr 1832, Papeete, Tahiti,
| | Pacific Islands
| |--3-Hannah Ellis ORSMOND b. 4 Aug 1834, Papeete, Tahiti, Pacific Islands
| |--3-Caroline Armstrong ORSMOND Carrie b. 13 Jun 1836, Papeete, Tahiti,
| | Pacific Islands, d. 1919, Seatoun, Wellington, New Zealand
| | +Edward JOLLIE Senior, surveyor b. 1 Sep 1825, Brampton, Cumbria,
| | England, c. 25 Sep 1825, Brampton, Cumbria, England, d. 5 Aug 1894,
| | Wellington, New Zealand, bur. 7 Aug 1894, Patea, Taranaki, New Zealand
| | |--4-Margaret Isabel JOLLIE Peggy, Maggie, Madge b. 11 May 1862,
| | | Islington, London, England, d. 1936, New Plymouth, Taranaki , New
| | | Zealand
| | |--4-Caroline Stanley JOLLIE Carrie, Callie b. 3 Oct 1863, Christchurch,
| | | Canterbury, New Zealand, d. After 1891
| | |--4-Lt.Col. Francis JOLLIE Frank, or Poddy? b. 30 Mar 1865,
| | | Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, d. Abt 1946, Jersey, Channel
| | | Islands
| | |--4-Elizabeth JOLLIE Bessie b. 25 Jun 1866, Christchurch, Canterbury,
| | | New Zealand, d. After 1928, Scotland
| | |--4-Mary JOLLIE May, paranormal b. 5 Mar 1868, Christchurch, Canterbury,
| | | New Zealand, d. After 1934
| | |--4-Florence JOLLIE b. 6 Oct 1869, Christchurch, Canterbury, New
| | | Zealand, d. 1873, Canterbury, New Zealand
| | |--4-Edward J JOLLIE Teddie, farmer, gardener b. 26 Oct 1871,
| | | Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, d. 17 Apr 1925, New Plymouth,
| | | Taranaki , New Zealand, bur. Apr 1925, Te Henui Cemetery, New
| | | Plymouth, New Zealand
| | |--4-Sarah Godwin JOLLIE Sally b. 11 Nov 1873, Christchurch, Canterbury,
| | | New Zealand
| | |--4-Christabel Frances JOLLIE Chrissa b. 22 Oct 1875, Christchurch,
| | | Canterbury, New Zealand, d. 1939, Auckland, New Zealand, bur. 1939
| |--3-Cecilia ORSMOND b. 1837, Papeete, Tahiti, Pacific Islands
| |--3-Ann Austin ORSMOND Annie b. 29 Jun 1838, Papeete, Tahiti, Pacific
| | Islands, d. 1911
| +Thomas LITTLEJOHN
|--2-Louisa NELSON b. 1798, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
| +John FLINN b. Abt 1798, Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
|--2-Harriett NELSON b. 30 Dec 1800, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, d.
| 1877, Northland, New Zealand
| +Charles HERSFERTH b. Abt 1800, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
| +James SHEPHERD b. Abt 1800, d. After 1859, Northland, New Zealand
|--2-Infant NELSON b. 1789, London, England, d. 1789, London, England
|--2-Harriett NELSON b. 1793, Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia,
| d. 1793, Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
+Ann BRACKFIELD b. Abt 1773, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, d. 1839,
Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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