Padget family in NZ

[sarlush]

I am trying to find out information on the Padget family in New Zealand. William and Martha Padget arrived in NZ from England in 1859 on the Strathallan with 2 babies (1 born on board) and had a further 11 children in NZ.

Sometime between 1880 and 1882 they travelled to Australia with only 10 of their children. I have been unable to find them arriving in Australia (their youngest died in Australia Jan 1882 so i know they arrived before then.) Does anyone know of any websites i can use to find them arriving in Aus from NZ?

Also i am researching the 3 children who stayed in NZ. One of the sons Samuel Leonard married a Mary Robina Kae. I have been unable to find Mary's parents, however i have found her birth in 1863 but there are no parent names on her birth record. Does anyone know why this might have been? I have found 3 other children born around the same time with the last name Kae but no parents as well. As i am unfamiliar with NZ records i'm not sure why this would be the case. So any help on this would be great!

[Sandymc47]

Hi Sarah

Welcome to Rootschat.
You might be best to put this post on the Australian and New Zealand
sites on here as they will basically be looked at by people with the
knowledge you are seeking.  If you look at the front page you will see
these sites listed. There are lots of people who do look ups at the records
etc.

Hope you find the family

regards Sandymc

[Janette]

Hi Sarah,

A lot of the early births on BDM's don't name parents on the database.
If you were to purchase the printout of Mary's birth her parents would be named on it,a printout often has more info.

https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Search/Search.aspx?Path=%2FqueryEntry.m%3Ftype%3Dbirths

Cheers Janette

[kiwihalfpint]

Hi,

Samuel Leonard and Mary R Padget are buried in Invercargill, along with other Padget's.    Purchasing the death certificate might show the parents of Mary.   Just use the same site that Janette listed above.

http://www.rootschat.com/links/0d8d/


Cheers
KHP

[Janette]

Hi,

There is mention of a William Padget being bankrupt in 1879 and further a court case in 1880,in Paperspast


http://www.rootschat.com/links/0d8f/

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=q&e=-------10--1----0-all

Cheers Janette

[kiwihalfpint]

Leonard was a Tailor and his bankruptcy file and Mary's Probate can be found here:

Samuel's
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0d8h/

Mary's
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0d8g/


Cheers
KHP

[kiwihalfpint]

Hi again,

Here is another avenue to try, there are a few Southland Padget's on this free to join site and emailing them

http://www.rootschat.com/links/0d8j/

or you could try the snail method using the White Pages

http://www.rootschat.com/links/0d8i/


Cheers
KHP

[sarlush]

Thank you so much! Great help! I'm going to buy her certificate even though she isn't a direct ancester i am curious.

I didn't know why William and his family packed up and came to Australia but now i know why as he went bankrupt.

I'll be contacting some Padget's now in NZ to see if they are any relation. I was planning a trip to Invercargill later this year and it's strange i didn't even know they were burried there.

Thank you again for all your help! Much appreciated!

[Julie Key]

Hello I am Julie Key a descendant of William Padget and Martha Clapham
I am 4 th generation Padget/Howie/Key{Kaye}Bognuda
I am trying to find who Martha's parents were as I was told by my mother that she was of Jewish descendency ...
my tree goes back to 1660 Padgetts
It seems this site has more to offer on info than ancestory lol
Thanks
Julie