Magical Mystery Tour: The Rediscovered Life of Thomas Fellows WALTON (1833-1884)

[Janette]

I suspect it was the port of Greenock,the "Jane Gifford" left there for NZ arriving on the 9th Oct 1842

Cheers Janette

[kiwihalfpint]

I suspect it was the port of Greenock,the "Jane Gifford" left there for NZ arriving on the 9th Oct 1842

Cheers Janette

If you enlarge the map on the link you can see

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firth_of_Clyde

Cheers
KHP

[Janette]

I suspect it was the port of Greenock,the "Jane Gifford" left there for NZ arriving on the 9th Oct 1842

Cheers Janette

If you enlarge the map on the link you can see

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firth_of_Clyde

Cheers
KHP

Thanks Kitty,would you like a kipper

[Wiggy]

And I have a feeling that when they passed the last light in the river/estuary they said things like 'left Cumray on the Clyde' as in left the light behind them - i know we do when leaving Port Phillip bay - I leave the point Lonsdale light!!  Terribly nautical!!   "leaving the Lonsdale light on our right the the Nepean light on our left" . . . . .  

  It's the last connection with home - and yes Greenock would be the port wouldn't it??    

[kiwihalfpint]

Kipper ?  May as well I am the grand daughter of a fisherman

[Janette]

Here you go Kitty

[spades]

Thanks everyone for your help.

I agree the New Zealand's port of departure was Greenock and that Cumray was a romantic allusion, the last sight of home.

Spades

[Janette]

2. Can anyone find any information on the ship New Zealand?

The New Zealand Company announces the sailing of the passenger ship the NEW ZEALAND, a barque of 455 tons, under the command of Captain C. H. Worth, to depart from Greenock, July 1842, bound for Port Nicholson and the Colony of Nelson in New Zealand...

[Kiwi Girl]

nicely done