Arrival of the Norris Surname IN Nz

KIA ORA . When i was looking for journal material i came upon some arrivals of the " NORRIS " families in NZ
The source is from the House of Names,an is only a part of the the total history given for this Surname .When reading about the Norris family on this website , I wondered how they originated . where they a part of the AUSTRALIAN " Norris ancestry or not . I may be wrong -but I don't think so .

established religion in 1681. Norris Green is supposed to indicate the site of their estate." [4]

"From the de Erneys it came, also by marriage, to the family of Norres, of whom was Sir William Norres, who brought from the palace of Holyrood, at Edinburgh, part of the royal library and some curious pieces of fine oak wainscot, to Speke Hall: this mansion was re-erected by Sir Edward Norres. The family retained the manor until the 18th century, when their heiress married Lord Sidney Beauclerk, fifth son of Charles, Duke of St. Alban's; whose grandson, Charles George, sold Speke to the Watt family. The great hall is very lofty, with wainscot and a ceiling of oak, and having a mantelpiece brought from Holyrood: at each angle of the southern wall, within the court, are two spacious corbelled windows, one of which lights the hall. The house was originally surrounded by a moat, of which the outlines remain, and over which a bridge leads to the principal entrance. The whole forms a highly interesting specimen of old English domestic architecture." [5]

Early History of the Norris family

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Another 244 words (17 lines of text) covering the years 1481, 1564, 1777, 1405, 1450, 1433, 1507, 1525, 1601, 1572, 1579, 1622, 1622, 1603, 1658, 1702, 1670, 1749, 1675, 1711, 1671, 1735, 1724, 1575, 1584, 1597, 1599 and are included under the topic Early Norris History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Norris Spelling Variations

Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Norris family name include Norreys, Norris, Norres, Norrice, Norrish and others.

Early Notables of the Norris family (pre 1700)

Distinguished members of the family include Lady Alice Norreys (c. 1405-1450), an English Lady of the Most Noble Order of the Garter; Sir William Norreys (1433-1507), a famous Lancastrian soldier, and later an Esquire of the Body to King Edward IV; Henry Norris "Norreys" (1525-1601), created 1st Baron Norreys in 1572...
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Migration of the Norris family to Ireland

Some of the Norris family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
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Migration of the Norris family to the New World and Oceana

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Norris Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century
Charles Norris, aged 23, a farm labourer, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Arab" in 1841
Barbara Ann Norris, aged 20, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Arab" in 1841
E. F. Norris, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "William Watson" in 1859
William Norris, aged 22, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "City of Auckland" in 1872
William Norris, aged 33, a farm labourer, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Rodney" in 1875