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Has anyone come across the Margaretta Rosener ship that arrived in Wellington in about July 1859 from London. Also called the Margaretha Rosener in some instances. A number of references on PapersPast to it, but no passenger lists mentioned mainly just cargo.
Nothing showing up on Familysearch passenger lists either. Nothing on the OurStuff shipping lists either, so probably just carrying cargo.
It also arrived in Auckland in June 1860 from Wellington carrying cattle and a couple of passengers.
An ancestor of mine Henry Frederick Leppien was admitted to Wellington Hospital in October 1879 and the admissions record states that was the ship he arrived on. His ITM for 1865 said he had been in Wellington for six years.
Thanks
Ian C
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Do those early naturalization documents say anything?
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01u1t/
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https://marinersandships.com.au/1862/11/077mar.htm
Is this the vessel in 1862?
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https://knottingley.org.uk/history/people/wm_moorhouse.htm
There are mentions of others who sailed on her in July 1859
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Hi
Looks like the spelling may be "M... R O E S N E R" ? ( This spelling appears to have many more "hits" at PapersPast).
~ Lu
PS : Search term used at PapersPast was (simply) " r o e s n e r" (- there are a number of variations on "Margaretha" ... "Margarita" / "Margaretta" / "Margeretta" ... etc. )
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There is a mention on trove of the Margaretha Rosner leaving London for Wellington in February 1859.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/161170837/16377891 (page 27, towards the bottom of the page)
Arrived Wellington 13 July 1859 "with a full cargo" but no mention of passengers
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/60401905
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A few passengers on board mentioned
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18590706.2.9?items_per_page=100&query=MARGARETHA+ROESNER&snippet=true&sort_by=byDA
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Henry Leppien applied to have his name on the Electoral Roll in April 1861
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WI18610416.2.9.4?items_per_page=100&query=Leppien&snippet=true&sort_by=byDA
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Many thanks everyone, that gives me a lot to go on. Certainly helps to have the correct spelling of the second part. Thought that it might have been a German ship.
Henry's naturalisation records do not mention a ship, only that he was a shoemaker and that he had been in Wellington for three years.
Only mention of passengers so far is some of the Moorhouse and Ford families getting off in Lyttelton.
Looks like it made a few trips out here.
Ian C
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Thought that it might have been a German ship.
... Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AKEXAM18590813.2.4
" Margaretha Roesner" ... belongs to Lubeck (one of the free cities of Germany) ... she was built there 2 years ago ... (ship) very comfortably fitted for a small number of passengers .
["Lyttelton Times" 6 July 1859 ]
[Had found earlier another reference which stated (incorrectly ?) that she was a "Dutch" ship. ]
~ Lu