GeorgeFyfe1842

George Fyfe
Ship: 460 tons
Captain: George Pyke
Surgeon Superintendent: Dr Philip Williams
Sailed London 16th June 1842 - arrived Wellington November 7th 1842
Nelson December 12th 1842

Note on passenger list:
"13th June 1842 - emigrants embarked at Deptford after breakfast"

Name		Age	Occupation	Comment
Cabin Passengers
Aldred	Miss			For Wellington
Buckland	Mr M			For Wellington
	Mrs			For Wellington
Champney	Mr			For Wellington
Christian	Eliza Sarah			For Wellington
Clifford	Charles	29	Gentleman	For Wellington
Coster	John			For Nelson
	Mary			For Nelson
Dillon	Hon. Constantine Augustus	29	Gentleman	For Nelson
	Fanny			For Nelson
Donald	Mr and Family
Fitzgerald	Thomas Henry	18	Surveyor	For Wellington
	Emily			For Wellington
Fox	William	30	Lawyer	For Wellington
	Sarah			For Wellington
Haigh	Mr
Kearsley	James
May	Mr
Redwood	Henry	48	Farmer	For Nelson
	Mrs			For Nelson
	Henry	20		For Nelson
	Thomas	9		For Nelson
	Charles	5		For Nelson
	Francis	3		For Nelson
	Four other children			For Nelson
Thailwell	Mr
Vavasour	William
Webster	Mr
White	W.B.
William	Dr Philip		Surgeon on board
Ward	Joseph
	Martha
Steerage Passengers
Balhary	David	32	Carpenter	Ships Constable
	Margaret	31
	Adam	8
	David	6
	Jane	3
Barnett	Reuben	22	Whitesmith
	Elizabeth	25
Bolten	Edward	27	Farmer
Broadbent	William	26	Blacksmith
	Honorah	23
Burnett	Alexander	25	Gardener
	Jane	26
	Jane	Infant
Coster	Charles	18	Farm Labourer	For Nelson
Firth	James	25	Joiner
	Hannah	24
	Arabella	2
Godfrey	Henry	17	Farm Labourer
Hammond	Matthew	30	Agricultural Labourer
	Sarah	22
	Henry	1
	Daughter			Born on Board
Hammond	Richard	26	Agricultural Labourer
	Amelia	22
	Jane	2
	Elizabeth	Infant
Harris	David	28	Agricultural Labourer
	Caroline	21
	William	2
Hirst	Sydney	27	Joiner
	Mary	24
	Susan	2
	George Henry	Infant
Jones	Francis	32	Carpenter
	Rosa	34
Roberts	Rosa	12	Child by Mrs Jones first Husband
	Elizabeth	7
	Charles	3
	Sarah	Infant
Kinniburgh	David	21	Carpenter
	Jane	24
Leggard	Daniel	31	Agricultural Labourer
	Ann	25
Ledgard	Robert	25	Agricultural Labourer	Assistant to Surgeon
	Mary	28
Lewer	Charles	20	Agricultural Labourer
Martin	Alice	18	Servant	Servant to Mrs Fox
Remmnant	James	20	Agricultural Labourer
	Hannah	18
Reynolds	Edward	32	Cabinet and Chairmaker
	Harriett	28
	Edward	8
	Francis	7
	Harriett	3
	George	1
	Son			Born on Board
Rhodes	Israel	27	Agricultural Labourer	Cook on board
	Martha	27
Rhodes	Richard	31	Joiner
	Elizabeth	31
	Ann	4
	Son			Born and died on board
Riddell	George	31	Carpenter
	Marion	31
	James	3
	Allison	1
Secker	Dinah	23	Dairymaid

JONES & ROBERTS: For further information on Francis Jones and his wife Rosa and their children (incl the children from Rosa's former marriage) please email the Wilton Family History Team c/- Colin Watson.

FOX family: For further information on William Fox please visit: http://www.myers.orcon.net.nz/wfox.html

FITZGERALD:
Thomas Henry and Emily Fitzgerald were brother and sister to Dr John Patrick FITZGERALD the Colonial Surgeon at Wellington. On the same ship was Eliza Sarah CHRISTIAN from Dublin, Ireland who was to become the future Mrs John Patrick Fitzgerald. We cannot be sure but it can fairly be assumed that the Fitzgerald family were escorting the young Miss Christian to her intended wedding.

RHODES family:
Israel Rhodes built a new house with timber, which he got from William Birdling, from whom came also the seeds of the gum trees that are still standing. In the early fifties he bought the homestead, with perhaps a small area of freehold and grazing rights of some 4,000 acres, paying the Rhodes brothers 250 pounds as compensation. In 1866 the license for the Flea Bay and Akaroa run, No. 30A, 7,000 acres was transferred to Israel Rhodes and Charles Haylock. Israel's sons worked the property until about twenty-five years ago, and members of his family are still living on the Peninsula. His son, Alfred, whose home is in Akaroa, told me that he is sure people were more happy in the old days. Everyone seemed honest then, agreements were made by word of mouth, and there were few papers to sign. The hills were covered with bush and it was wonderful to get up in the morning and hear the birds singing. Everyone worked hard but that did them no harm. "No man ever made a fortune for himself on the Peninsula who worked eight hours a day; you must work from daylight to dark."

At first the runs were stocked with cattle only, but sheep soon began to appear. In 1843 the Deans brothers of Riccarton imported 43 from Sydney, which were the first in the province. The following year the Greenwoods had about 400 running at Purau.....
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Israel was born in 1813 in England and arrived at Wellington, New Zealand in the George Fife in October 1842 with his wife Martha who was born in c 1812. Israel worked for a year at the Hutt for a Mr Wright before being engaged by George Rhodes (Rhodes of the Plains). Israel worked for George Rhodes at Flea Bay, Akaroa which he bought in 1852 and farmed until till 1867. They came to Akaroa to live in 1867 and Isreal died there.
From the book "George Rhodes of the Levels". If you have any information concerning this family or would like to know more please contact Suzanne Crosbie.

HARRIS & LEWER families:
Charles LEWER, labourer, farmer and sawyer, (baptised 2nd Feb 1821, Albury, Surrey), was the base born, (illegitimate), son of Charlotte SMITH who married James LEWER. Charles LEWER’s wife Emma formerly HARRIS, (baptised 11th Dec 1825, Shere, Surrey), was the daughter of William and Sarah HARRIS. Charles and Emma LEWER were married for as little as eight days when they applied on the 14th May 1842, (application no. 5844), for a free passage to New Zealand. It was just two weeks earlier that Emma’s brother David HARRIS, (application no. 5670) and his wife Caroline formerly COX, and son William aged two, had applied. Its believed that both the LEWER and HARRIS families, who sailed together to New Zealand on the George Fyfe, disembarked at Wellington on the 7th November 1842. An early record of St Paul’s Church, Wellington shows a Henry HARRIS, born 18th Aug 1843, as being the son of David and Caroline HARRIS. The HARRIS family eventually settled at Pauatahanui. Two of David & Caroline’s nine children died in childhood. More than eleven years after Emma & Charles LEWER first arrived in Wellington, and while living at Porirua Road, they started their family of nine: (1) Emma, born 1854, who married Richard BARBER. (2) Henry born 1856, who married Mary Jane PRIER. Moving to Ohariu Valley the rest of their children were born: (3) Charles LEWER Jnr, born 1859, who firstly married Elizabeth PRIER and secondly Amy HAMILTON. (4) Jane LEWER, born 1860, who died young. (5) Lucy LEWER, born 1861 who married Thomas NEWLAND. (6) Mary LEWER born 1864 who firstly married Albert Thomas DORREEN and secondly John MANLEY. (7) Eliza LEWER born 1866. (8) Frederick LEWER born 1867 firstly married Emma PICKERING then Alziere MALCOLM. (9) Sarah Ann LEWER born 1869 married James Stephen SMITH a butcher of Wellington. If you have an interest in any of these families please contact Lesley Keil a descendant of Lucy LEWER.

Reference:
Archives New Zealand NZC 34/2 p358