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Our sincere thanks to Della from Yorkshire, England for the following information.
It is not surprising that the name Burton Shipley (husband of MP Jenny Shipley) sounds familiar to many a New Zealander. What would be a surprise is that this name also appeared on the manifest of Government Assisted passengers arriving by the ship Lancashire Witch in October 1863. It is because this name, too, was carried by one of New Zealand's and Canterbury's earlier pioneers. Burton Shipley's GG Grandfather, also Burton Shipley, arrived in Lyttelton on board the ship Lancashire Witch in October 1863.
Driffield Times Newspapers - July 11th 1863
NAFFERTON The following is a brief account of families who emigrated to the colony of Canterbury, New Zealand, on the 1st of the month, from this village:
They were 19 in number, namely Robert Holland, his wife and 3 children; Botton [Burton] Shipley, his wife and 3 of his children; Thomas Butterick [Butterwick], his wife and his brother Henry (lately returned from America), Margaret Butterick [Butterwick], Jane Robson and William Storey; all under 35 years of age.
They were much respected by all who
knew them, and their safe arrival across the ocean is anxiously hoped for.
They took leave of their native village at one o clock on Saturday morning, June 27th in a
waggon, by which they were conveyed to Hull; the waggon and horses were kindly lent for
the occasion by some of the principal farmers; Mr R------- took an active part in
assisting to load their luggage, and seemed to take a great interest in their welfare. The
sight was a very affecting one and will long be remembered in Nafferton; a large crowd
followed them past the railway station as if anxious to go with them; it was estimated
that upwards of 250 people went to pay their last tribute of respect; all wishing them to
land safe at Port Lyttleton in Canterbury, New Zealand. On their arrival at London they
embarked on board the Lancashire Witch, East India Docks. Two of the following poems were
written by 2 of the emigrants and the latter by Geo Levitt Binning, a schoolmate of Botton
[Burton] Shipleys.
THE EMIGRANT'S ADIEU By Ann Holland My dear relations, I bid you farewell You are too many to mention, but to each farewell We thank you most kindly for the help you have given May you never be worse, and at last land in heaven Farewell each kind neighbour, and schoolmate of yor-? In our native land we shall see you no more But if to New Zealand you ever should come We shall welcome old neighbours to our little home The Lord is the same in every distant land He holdeth the winds and the waves in His hand He safely can bring us to you, distant shore If His aid and assistance we do but implore And now, Christian friends, I have one thing to ask (And Im sure from your kindness it will be no task) Oh! when at the altar, though distant we be That you will ask a blessing for us on the sea Farewell dearest classmates, I bid you adieu Ive oft had great pleasure in meeting with you Farewell dear leader and you work still go on And at last may you hear Well and faithfully done And if on this earth we never more meet In heaven each other we shall joyfully greet Our friends from all parts of the earth we shall w-? Where sorrow and parting and death is unknown |
THE EMIGRANTS ADIEU By Ann Shipley Then, farewell, dear father, God comfort your hear-? Your prayers and your blessing, kind mother Bestow Ill love you, sweet brothers and sisters, although we Must part And think of all friendships wherever I go Farewell to dear England the land of my birth I stoop down to kiss it, and wet it with tears No soil shall be dearer in all the wide earth For the love that now mourns thee will strengthen With years From thy valleys and meadows with sighs I depart Tis like parting with life my country to sever But thy language and faith on my lips, in my heart I will guard as my richest of treasures forever Oh! brighter than smiles are the tears that you weep While you lead me away to that far distant shore And deeper than words in the silence you keep For you know that dear England will greet us no more And now I must leave you, and bid you farewell Its a grief unto me that words cannot tell But wherever I lodge, and wherever I roam Ill think of the friends of my own native home And till we unite in the Salem above Youll share in my prayers and dwell in my love |
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GOD BE WITH THEM By G L Binning God be with them! They must wander Through this world of toil and care God be with them! Sin and slander Soon may cloud their dawning fair God be with them! Friends may fail them Treachery their bosom rend God be with them! Youth and beauty Pass like dew at early day God be with them! Love and duty Guard their path and guide their way God be with them! Vice may snare them Death and sorrowing ring each heart God be with them, pardon, spare them Strength from heaven to them apart God be with them, guide and bless them Lead them where sure comforts dwell God be with them, earth caress them Heaven receive them! Fare ye well! |