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Gillies Log 5

                       ………………………………………………………………...1,2,21,23-26,29,31,34

Ashton, Mr…………………………………………………………………...38

 

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Barstow, Robert Clapham Esq., ……………………………………………21,23,26,

Bateman, wife of Thomas (1805-1874) … ….………………………………26    Harbourmaster at Russell from 1841, and Comptroller of Customs at the Bay of                                                                                                                               Islands from 1852Bay of Islands -see MS NZMS57 APL Log book dates 1841-                                                                                                                              1842, 1853-1854.  

Beeson, George Colquhoun McKenzie……….…………………………….34-38

Bell, Mr and Mrs……………………………………………………………..41,44,45

Bird, …………………………………………………………………………..27

Bliss, Captain Andrew, and Mrs……………………………………………26

Bishop Pompalier, The Bishop, …………………………………………….21,37,43,44

Blacket, Blackett, Mr and Mrs……….…………………………………….42,43,44,

Bolger, Mrs…………………………………………………………………..26

Broadbent, Mr……………………………………………………………….18

Browne, Sir Gore….Governor………………………………………………49

Buddin, Mr…………………………………………………………………...47

Busby, Mr ……………………………………………………………………21

 

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Chalmer(s) Edward, ..………………………………………………………..3,6

Champion, Captain………………………………………………………….. 44   master of Mr Blackett’s yacht, (Albatross?), Master of Border Maid

Chief Justice…………………………………………………………………..44

Churton, Reverend Mr., Miss Churton……………………………………..44,45 Reverend Churton was an Anglican clergyman

Clark, Captain………………………………………………………………...50

Clarke, Captain……………………………………………………………….39,

Clough, Captain and Mrs……………………………………………………49

Clow, Capt ……………………………………………………...………….....48

Codlin, Mr…………………………………………………………………….43

Connells, Miss………………………………………………………………..49

Coomes, Coomes,…………………………………………………………….35,36,

Cooper, ……………………………………………………………………….33,

Copeland, Mr…………………………………………………………………50

Cormack, William Eppes Esq.………………………………………………3,33,34,

Cotterel, other spelling Cotteral?...................................................................42

 

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Dan, Mr?...........................................................................................................39 (could refer to Daniel  Gillies)

Davies, Mr, Miss, ……………………………………………………………24,30,33,

Davy, Mr …......................................................................................................43 could this be Dr Davy? 

De Thierry, G...................................................................................................49,50

Dennett, Mr…………………………………………………………………..41

Denny,………………………………………………………………………...29

Devlin, Captain Arthur and Mrs…………………………………………...31,33,34,

Dowker, Howard, Captain (of Star of China)…………………………..32, There is a high probability that this person is the same as sketched in 1847

                                                                                                                     by  Wm. Bambridge of the mate of the ‘Deborah’, brig, Dowker, on that ship, as it crossed     

                                                                                                                     from Auckland to Sydney. (DJA).

Downing, Captain Henry……………………………………………………21,25,26,33-38,

Duthie, Mr…………………………………………………………………….49

 

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Elliot, Mr……………………………………………………………………...38,

 

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Falconer……………………………………………………………………….3,

Ferguson, Mr………………………………………………………………….43

Fielder, Mr and Mrs………………………………………………………….50,51

Fields, Robert…………………………………………………………………39,

Finlason, Mr., ………………………………………………………………...36,

Fullum, Mr……………………………………………………………………48

 

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Galloway, Mr…………………………………………………………………50

Gardener, Captain, master, US Whaler ‘Lalla Roohk’ also son Roland…44-47,

Gillies, Captain John and Mrs ……………………………………………..18,21,28,29,32,34,36,39,40,41,43-49,51

                                                                                                                         [February 1856] Monday: 11th: Turned out betimes.  Wrote a paragraph or two. After dinner   

                                                                                                                           went to Gillies to see and obtain information about his new schooner.

                                                                                                                           Source: A Diary of Passing Events By   Land And Sea -   David Burn 1855-58

Gilmore, Mr.,…………………………………………………………………15,18,

Gimble, Mr and family……………………………………………………….51

Gleister, Mr and Mrs…………………………………………………………33

Governor, the, ………………………………………………………………...31,43,44,46,49,51

 

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Hall…………………………………………………………………………….20,

Hankin, Mr……………………………………………………………………51

Hansard, Mr…………….(of the Acheron survey?)………………………..47

Harp, Mrs…………………………………………………………………….46,51

Harvey, Mr. Esq., ……………………………………………………………25,

Hayes, Mr.,…………………………………………………………………....31,

Heaphy, Mr Charles and family……………………………………………..44,45,50

Hill, Mr.,………………………………………………………………………37,

Hindmarsh, Captain William S...……………………………………………2

Hiti [could be Heti]……………………………………………………………20

Hunter, Captain Thomas and Mrs,…………………………………………25,31,33,34,36,39,40,

                                                                        Menzies built his vessel the ‘Zillah’ in 1852

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Johnson, Miss……………………………………………………………...46

 

K

Kay, Mr and family………………………………………………………..47

Keven, Mr…………………………………………………………………..50

Kinghorne, Alexander, …………………………………………………….1,2,6,20,22,

 

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Lander, Captain?...........................................................................................43,44

Lanfear, Reverend …………………………………………………………39,40,

Leathart, ……………………………………………………………………38,

Leigh, Mr., ………………………………………………………………….21,

Lovett, Captain, …………………………………………………………….27

Lyle, Mrs.,……………………………………………………………………37,39,

 

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McCaskill, Mr………………………………………………………………47

McCarkill……………………………………………………………………40

McCook, Captain, …………………………………………………………26

McDougall…………………………………………………………………..21

McGregor, Mr………………………………………………………………39,50,51

McLean, Mr………………………………………………………………..41

McLeay, Mr………………………………………………………………..40,51

Mair…………………………………………………………………………26

Maories, ……………………………………………………………………27,29,31,39,43

Martin, Captain…………………………………………………………….44,47,48

Maxwell, Captain, master of HMS Dido, ………………………………...29,

Mayne?, Mr…………………………………………………………………50

Menzies, Captain Robert, …………………………………………………26,27,29-31,37,38, Died Thames,

                                                                                                                          NZ 13th July, 1892 aged 74 yrs.

                                                                                                                          Source death cert. perscom D.S. Hamilton 26/6/2007.

Miller………………………………………………………………………..18,27,51

Monk………………………………………………………………………...22-26,29,

Moore, Mr and Mrs, Maria………………………………………………...4,23,35-40,

Morris, Mr………………………………………………………………….40,41,42,47,48

 

 

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Nagle, Captain Jeremiah, Mrs and children………………………………1,2,16,20,22-24,26,28,31,33,

Nesbit, Mrs…………………………………………………………………..48

Nicholas, Mr ………………………………………………………………...40,41,47,50

Nicholls, Mr and Mrs and family………………………………………….40,41

Nivington, Captain,  could be ‘Novington’?.................................................41,43

 

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Parkinson……………………………………………………………………24-27,

Peacock, Mr.,……………………………………………………………….20

Peppercorne, Frederick Septimus…………….…………………………..20,24,29,30,34,35-8,  (Maori name was Peni Rori)

Polack, Mr.,…………………………………………………………………28,

Pringle, Captain,  ………………………………………………………….31,37

 

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Richard(s), Richard……………………………………………………….34, (part of Acheron survey?)

Roe, Dr., Mrs and family………………………………………………….49,48,51

Roman Catholic Bishop, ………………………………………………….21, 

Rough, Captain David, ……………………………………………………28,

Row Mrs and family (see ‘Roe’)…………………………………………..48 [could be misspelling of Roe]

Russel, Mr. (?) ……………………………………………………………..26

Ryder, John, ……………………………………………………………….39,

 

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Sampson, W. ………………………………………………………………2,6,20,34,

Sanderson, Mr……………………………………………………………..43

Scott………………………………………………………………………...20,25,

Shaw, Mr (see ‘Shore’)……………………………………………………49

Shore, Mr., (see ‘Shaw’)…………………………………………………..23

Simpkins, Mr………………………………………………………………44

Simpson, Mr……………………………………………………………….40

Smith G.W. Captain……………………………………………………….28,48

Stanley, Captain Edward, HMS Calliope, …….……….………………..31,

Stokes, Captain……………………………………………………………33,

Stone, Miss………………………………………………………………...45

Stuart, Captain (also Stewart)……………………………………………25,

Studley Captain Robert…………………………………………………...30,  

                                    Author of ‘The Log of the Whaling Ship Golconda II, 1844-1848’ by Studley  1848,   The ‘Old Dartmouth Historical Society/New Bedford Whaling                                          Museum’ (The museum advised it does not include description of Great  Barrier Island visit- DJA).

 

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Taylor………………………………………………………………………2,23,25,32,33,

Thily (possibly ‘Tilly’)……….……………………………………………24, Bishop Selwyn had a boatman

                                                                                                                        called ‘Tilly’

Thompson, …………………………………………………………………21,36,37,

Thorpe, Miss……………………………………………………………….47

Twohey, Captain William and Mrs, two children, Miss Twohey………21,24,25,26,31,32,35,36,39, (Mrs

                                                                                                                        Twohey is sister of Captain

                                                                                                                        Jeremiah W. Nagle).

 

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Vale…………………………………………………………………………43

Verschel……………………………………………………………………34,

 

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Wakefield, Mr…………………………………………………………….48

Walker…………………………………………………………………….39,

Wotmough, Mary………………….……………………………………..50,51  Proper spelling is Watmough, pronounced ‘what-muff’ - 

                                                                                                                                source  D.S.Hamilton perscom 26/6/2007

Webster, William….on way to Tahiti[1]…………………………………..6,13,16,26,

White, Mr., Charlotte…………………………………………………….4,23,24,

Williams, Captain, ………………………………………………………28

Williamson, James, Esq.,……………………………………..…………18,21, Owner of ‘Uncle Sam’.

Wing, Captain ………………………………………………...…………41,42,47?

Winyard, Lieutenant (should be Wynyard?-dja)…..………………….45

 

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Young, Captain and family………………………………………………51

 

 

 

 

Trades and Occupations mentioned

Blacksmith

Bishop

Captain

Labourer

Miner

Reverend

Sawyer

Stockeeper

Carpenter

Chief Justice

Cooper

Doctor

Governor

Joiner

 

 

 

 

 

Places Mentioned

 


Auckland

Arapoua

Barrier

Bay of Islands

Cabbage Bay

Canterbury

Coromandel

Coromandel Harbour

Creek, the

East Cape

Feegees

Great Barrier Hbr

Guam

Hawaii

Hobart Town

Inner Harbour (Port Fitzroy Harbour, Great Barrier Island)

Kawau

Kereta

Kikowhakariri

Launceston

Maketu, Mukatu

Matata

Melbourne

Mercury Bay

Mines, The,

Motiti

Omaro (Whangapaoa Harbour)

Pata Pata

Poverty Bay

Sydney

Tahiti

Tauranga

Temata

Thames, the

Tryphena Harbour

Tutecoca

Waihaka, Waiheke

Waikatu

Wakatane

Wanganui (unclear whether refers to Whanganui Island or present day Wanganui)

Wangaree, Wangari

Whangapoua, Wangapoua

Wangaroa   

 



[1]  “The schooner Coquette, hence, via New Zealand, arrived at Tahiti about the 8th April, and sailed for the Leeward Islands on the 21st of the same      

   month.” Source: The Sydney Gazette and Sydney General Trade List  of Sat June 5th, 1847  No 168. Vol IV. Page 3, column 2.