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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: Names of 19th century New Zealand migrants born in Australia to convict parents?
« on: Tuesday 05 January 21 09:49 GMT (UK)  »
Hi all,

Thanks for your replies, the links, names and suggestions should come in handy! Unfortunately my old phone is playing up and will not let me reply to you individually but the info about Lydia Bowerman, James Whybrow, Benjamin Shadbolt and the Pankhurst Boys etc. is very interesting.

From what I have found, convict ancestry in NZ was, unsurprisingly, often hidden, however I recall finding mention of convicts and their descendants on Papers Past so there was definitely some awareness of their presence here at the time.

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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: Names of 19th century New Zealand migrants born in Australia to convict parents?
« on: Tuesday 05 January 21 09:20 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Alan,

I am familiar with all of the the information sites you have suggested for general research, and would be glad to hear about less obvious places that anyone may know of.

The earliest New Zealand record of Bridget I have is from her marriage to John Mcartney in 1860, and it is possible that she arrived earlier that year.

Thanks

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New Zealand Completed Requests / Names of 19th century New Zealand migrants born in Australia to convict parents?
« on: Monday 04 January 21 07:34 GMT (UK)  »
I am looking for any names of New Zealand migrants who were born in Australia to convict parents (likely around the mid nineteenth century). I am about to begin a masters thesis on these descendants so any information would be greatly appreciated!

To give some background, my ancestor Bridget Lydia Bowerman (Mcartney) was born in New South Wales to convict parents, before moving to New Zealand and settling in Nelson. Her mother, Ellen Timson, was sent to Australia onboard the Lucy Davidson ship in 1829 at the age of 17, after stealing a watch. I am very interested in how various migrants were perceived by colonial New Zealand society, especially those who had convict ancestry.

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