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Jack Richardson
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 Posted - 09/12/2013 : 06:08:23
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Hello Jane,
Many thanks for your tip.Clicked departure databases as you suggested and found it to be most useful.
Found the ship Anders,wife and two children emigrated to New Zealand was on the Celaeno.
I subsequently googled the internet using their names and found a site that explained their journey and what they found upon arrival to New Zealand.If anyone who had ancestors travelling from Norway to NZ with Anders and family they will find the lengthy article " Mosquitoes and Sawdust " to be most informative and could possibly help fill in missing gaps about these Scandanadian families.
I googled "anders hansen ihle and marthe marie peters,emigrated from norway to new zealand in 1800's" and up popped the following
Full text of "Mosquitoes & Sawdust - Skandia II" - Internet Archive
archive.org/stream/MosquitoesSawdust-SkandiaIi/scandia_2_djvu.txt
Hopefully this suggestion will prove useful to others researching those who emigrated to NZ on the Celaeno.
Cheers for now
Jack
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JaneC
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Jack Richardson
New on board
New Zealand
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Posted - 11/12/2013 : 02:34:39
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Hello Jane,
Yes your summation is correct.
The steamer North Star sailed from Christiania on October 5th 1870, bound for London.
Aboard were the little party bound for New Zealand, which comprised one Swedish family and the rest either Norwegian couples or Norwegians with Swedish spouses. They were under the special charge of the North Star's master, Captain Pearson. On the second day out of Christiania, they met the North Sea, and quickly discovered they did not share the sea going stamina of the great Norwegian sailors of ancient times. They were very shaken up and were delighted to reach the safety of London. The next day the little band was moved to another dock. Anders Ihle recalled that "we all mustered up and marched to some other part of the city and went aboard (the Celaeno. Ihle recalled that their "little sailing vessel (was) put out into the Channel and anchored where they remained there for a couple of days.Finally the voyage, the Celaeno 's seventh to New Zealand, began when they sailed from Gravesend, on Friday, October 14th, 1870. On October 22nd they put in to St. Helens Roads, off the Isle of Wight, where they remained until October 28th due to rough weather. Finally, on November 1st they bade farewell to their pilot near Falmouth and started out, once again, in light easterly winds and very fine weather. "On November 28th we crossed the Equator,"They crossed the meridian of the Cape of Good Hope at 43°S on Christmas Day 1870 and the meridian of the Cape Leeuwin [Western Australia] at 44°S on 17 January 1871. "On January 25th this year we saw Tasmania, also known as Van Diemans Land. Finally, on February 5th, the Celaeno arrived in Wellington - 113 days out of London and 95 days land to land. "On the 8th we were allowed ashore. After a short stay in Wellington,Anders and other fellow emigrants
travelled north to eventually end up in the Manawatu region where they put down their roots.
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JaneC
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Posted - 11/12/2013 : 04:37:11
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Wow - what a story. Thanks for writing Jack.
And blessings on Anders Hansen Ihle for leaving this record behind. |
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