Thomas Johnson - Completed thankyou so much!!!!!

[KGarrad]

I wasn't criticising!! Honest! 

Just letting people know that I had considered that shipping list, but at this moment decided to ignore it. And why!

I would have thought that a Stationary Engine man was more useful to NZ than a carpenter?
Carpenters are ten-a-penny!!

So can't understand why (if it's him) the change of occupation?

[Gadget]

I didn't say you were, Kevin 


People say and do lots of things that we can't uderstand 




gnu

[Gadget]

The ages/initials  do tie in with the 1891 census:

Thomas 40
Mrs 31 - under!
Miss M 11
Mr G 10
Master M 9
Miss   (?) 7
Miss J 6
Miss M 4
Master S 1


Amended to add the 1891 census ages:


Ages at January 1895 and 1891 census

Thomas 40  37
Mrs 31   29
Miss M 11  9
Mr G 10  8
Master M 9  6
Miss  E  (?) 7 4
Miss J 6 2
Miss M 4  1
Master S 1  (not born)


Depart London 24 January 1895  for Wellington  Ship - Tainui


gnu

[liz_bern]

Wow, you lot are absolutely awesome.  Yes it all makes sense.  These are definitely them.  Thank you so much.  Just as an aside, my paternal gg grandfather came from Scotland, he was in the army then was listed later as a bartender or suchlike but when he listed on the ship to come to NZ he is listed as a carpenter but to my knowledge he never did any carpentry.  Just a coincidence or something, dont know, maybe if the person writing up their occupation didnt know what it was they just put down carpenter for something to fill in the gap.

Once again thanks so much for all that, I will continue to look at this end. 

Cheers Liz

[Bobdj]

Hello Liz
I chanced upon your entry when I Googled "Thomas Johnson Helen Richardson"
Thomas Johnson was my G.grandfather also, my grandfather was Matthew Johnson, and my father Cyril Johnson, his son.
I have collected some information on our family, and have a family tree on Ancestry.com.
I would be interested in comparing notes you have collected, and can organise free access to my Ancestry.com site if you want.
I have found it hard to obtain very much information about the girl members of Thomas's family, and did not even know about most of them until I started this research.
I remember young Thomas, and Ethel Mary (known as Dolly) as the lived with my grandparents for a while, but never knew any of the others.

I hope this gets to you and I hear back from you.
PS I live in Auckland.

Cheers
Bob Johnson

[liz_bern]

Hi Bob,  yes I was doing a bit of research on this family.  My grandmother was Jean or Jane Johnson who was Dolly's sister.  If you could give me an email address I could send you all that I have managed to find out.  Cheers Liz

[KGarrad]

Bobdj,

Don't be tempted to put your email address in a posting!
You saw yourself how easy it was to google these posts!

Instead, make 2 more posts - anything, even just "Hello"!

Then the Personal/Private Message system will be available to you.
And you can send your email address via that

[Bobdj]

Hi Liz
Thanks for replying.
I will contact you soon.

Bob

[Bobdj]

Thanks for the warning re putting addresses on line.