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Richard, his wife Mary, and son Henry migrated from Yorkshire to New Zealand on the "Gainsborough" in 1877, arriving in February 1878. Although their planned destination was the West Coast of the Sout...

Robert Jillett, a whaler from Tasmania, came to New zealand c1837, working from Kapiti Island. Initially working for The Fraser brothers, he began his own station on the island in c1843. During this p...

Thomas Windley and Sarah Ann (Oldknow) came to New Zealand c1862(when they were married) and 1866 (newspaper report on Thomas, and birth of child). They farmed in the Porirua area, north of Wellington...