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Early Wellington

Arrival of the Gertrude

Arrival of the Gertrude.

Another passenger ship, the “Gertrude,” 560 tons register, commanded by Capt. T. F. Stead, left Gravesend, June 1841, and arrived at Port Nicholson on the 3rd November with 41 married couples, 28 single men, 16 single women, 35 children under fourteen, 39 under seven, and 16 children under one. Dr. Wm. Garrett was the surgeon superintendent. The passenger list is as follows:—

* Did not embark.

Name Age Wife's Age No. of Children
Ade, George 22
Allan, James 39
Allan, Mary 39
Angell, Joseph
Ashbolt, Thomas 29 1
Ashbolt, Caroline 29
Atkinson, Henry 21
Atkinson, Mary 22
*Bagman, W. and A. 38 39 5
Bailey, Thos. 28
Bailey, Mary 26
Barnes, Wm. 36 4
Barnes, Harriett 36
Barnes, Wm. Robert 14
*Barnett, Wm. and C. 32 33 3
Barrow, Chas. 21
Bartlett, George 14
Benson, Wm. 18
Bragge, Richard 40 2
Bragge, Charlotte 36
Bragge, Alfred, 15; Jane 17
Brown, Amy 40 1
Chatfield, Edw. 16
Chittenden, Edw. 33
Chittenden, Lydia 33
Clarke, Rice Owen 25
Cole, Thomas 39 4
Cole, Eliza 36
Connell, Chas. 39 4
Connell, Ellen 36
Connell, Johanna, 14; Marg. 17
Coppin, Shail 32
Corkey, Dennis 35 4
Corkey, Mary 28
*Cox, Rob and Elizabeth 27 26 3
*Constantine, R. and Ann 29 22 3
Conway, Robert 20
*Day, Chas and Ann 30 31 2page 100
Daysh, John Ings 33 6
Daysh, Eliza 28
Duling, Ann 22
*Dunstone, J. and Wife 33 30 5
Dunstone, Sam and Jane F. 23 22
Durrant, Wm. 25
Ellis, Jas. and Mary 30 27 2
Farmer, Edward 21 1
Farmer, Jemima 26
Forster, J. Rumsay 22
Galvern, Daniel 36 2
Galvern, Catherine 30
* Gapper, Bernard 35 4
Gapper, Mary 39
Garrett, Ellen 18
Garrett, William
Gill, John and Amelia £20 33 1
Gribble, Elias 38
Gribble, Eliza 19
Hall, Geo. and Charlotte 30 19 1
*Hallett, Jas. and Eliza 25 26 2
*Halnsworth, Jos. 31 2
Halnsworth, Sarah 30
Halnsworth, William 14
*Harris, Chas. and Mary 39 35
Hattersley, Geo. and Sarah 22 21
Inglesby, Ann 25
Jackson, Wm. and Grace 27 27
Jackson, John, 20; Sarah 23
Jackson, Jane, 18; Martha 15
Geffs, Geo. and Ann 35 30 2
Geffs, Louisa 14
Knowles, John 17½
Ladbroke, John 25 1
Ladbroke, Mary 24
Lingard, John 19
Lingard, Mary, 19; Richard 17
Loader, James 31 5
Loader, Judith 33
Lowden, Joseph 29 2
Lowden Phebe 27
Lowe, Frances 28
Lowe, Adrian 27 1
Lowe, Edward 19
March, Philip M. 29 1
March, Catherine 25
March, Robert and Ruth 31 26 2
Mannering, John 28 1
Mannering, Sophia 26
Martin, Ann 24
Name Age Wife's Age No. of Children
Mitchell, J. and Mary 48 48 1
Mitchell, Eliza, 22; Wm. 20
Mitchell, Jas., 18; John, 16; Jos. 14
Norgrove, William 27 22 1
Osborne, Joseph 31 2
Osborne, Eliza 30
Parker, Thomas and Wife 28 30 3
Pike, William 29 31 5
Plimmer, John 28 3
Plimmer, Eliza 29
Plimmer, John (Junr.) 17
*Rider, John and Mary 25 26 1
Roe, Edward and Amelia 39 37 4
Roe, Amelia, 19; Edward, 17; Emily 14
Roe, Emily 14
Rowe, Wm. and Frances 39 38 3
*Rowse, Sol and Charl. 24 25
Russell, James 21
Samson, Robert 29 4
Samson, Susannah 29
Sherring, Stephen 17
Shotter, Richard 15
Thompson, Wm. 28 1
Thompson, Eliza 20
*Trask, Israel and Ann 34 33 4
Waller, Wm. and Mary 40 40 5
Weston, Samuel 27 3
Weston, Caroline 25
White, David 35 3
White, Isabella 30
Whiteman, Francis (widower). 40 3
Wilson, William 32
*Woodham, John and Eliza 37 38 4
Young, Edward 31
Young, Caroline Mary 27
Young, Phil and Mary Ann 25 24
Births on Board.
Mrs. Jeffs, twins, boy and girl, 10th July.
Mrs. Garrett, girl, 8th September.
Deaths on Board.
Thomas Barnes, 8 months, 9th July.
Charles Jeffs, 13 days, 23rd July.
Ann Jeffs, 26 days, 5th August.
David Loader, 1 year 9 months, 16th September.
(Signed)

Wm. Garrett,


November, 2nd, 1841.
Landed 3rd November, 1841.

* Did not embark.

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Fig. 36a.—Colonel Wakefield's residence (1840), Wellington Terrace, is on the left of the view. This building was the first Government House in the later sixties, and stood on the site of the old portion of the Parliament Buildings, built in the seventies.

Fig. 36a.—Colonel Wakefield's residence (1840), Wellington Terrace, is on the left of the view. This building was the first Government House in the later sixties, and stood on the site of the old portion of the Parliament Buildings, built in the seventies.

Fig. 36b.—Old St. Paul's Church, Government Reserve. This church was built in 1844, and stood about opposite the entrance to the Dominion Museum. The back portion of Colonel Wakefield's house is seen in the distance to the right. (See Museum Street.)

Fig. 36b.—Old St. Paul's Church, Government Reserve. This church was built in 1844, and stood about opposite the entrance to the Dominion Museum. The back portion of Colonel Wakefield's house is seen in the distance to the right. (See Museum Street.)