Seeking Immigration Details

[minniehaha]

Cemetery records for Margaret and Henry [just type in the names]


https://bullerdc.govt.nz/do-it-online/find-a-cemetery-record/

Minniehaha.

[q98]

Thank you. Interestingly, her online Will contains a Death Register at File 11 for a Joseph Baxendale - must be an error! I've never heard of the gent plus he was born in England.

Thanks again for the Cemetery website.

[minniehaha]

Joseph Baxendale was nominated by Margaret Murphy to be her executor, but he died before she did. That is why there is documentation on the estate file signed by Angela. [See consent on file (page) 13].

Minniehaha.

[q98]

Aah, well spotted!

[q98]

Is there an N.Z. subscriber who could locate Henry's arrival during the period late-1927 and mid-1931?

Henry must have preceded his family between late-1927 (his U.S. State of Illinois Mining Certificate was dated 19 Oct 1927) and the arrival of his family onboard R.M.S. Corinthic at Auckland during either May or June 1931. At the time of their arrival, Henry was already working in the Granity coal mine. To assist with search:
Name: Henry Murphy
DOB: 4th November 1885
Age upon arrival: 42 - 46
Occupation: Miner
Nationality: Scottish

[Lucy2]

Henry must have preceded his family between late-1927 (his U.S. State of Illinois Mining Certificate was dated 19 Oct 1927) ....

Hello q98

Above suggests he may have travelled to New Zealand, from the USA ??     
Might that be correct  ??

   ~  Lu

[q98]

Yes, I too gave that some consideration but discounted it. Although he may have. I know that while employed in USA, he returned to his family on several occasions.

[Lucy2]

Yes, I too gave that some consideration but discounted it. Although he may have.
I know that while employed in USA, he returned to his family on several occasions.

Hi q98

What was your reason for discounting "it"  ?   

*   Was there some "sort of pattern" in him making return visits to his family ?   You say "several occasions" ??   When  ??    Dates ??
Presumably he was returning to Scotland was he ?

*   Have you traced him entering the USA,  at all  ? 

When we are unable to find records of persons travelling to / or entering New Zealand, then we have to cast the net a little wider ... and explore other possibilities.   
Did they arrive in Australia firstly ?   (If they did, then they were able to travel freely to NZ without the need to go through the Immigration process.   They might simply just appear (if at all), on a passenger list  as "Mr J. Bloggs - disembarking at Wellington" - no age, no occupation ..  ).

In the era you are searching, mid to late 1920's - early 1930's,  the detail given in passenger lists isn't always particularly helpful.

   ~  Lu

[Lucy2]

I did find this  at FamilySearch website ... and you might like to look there further at the "NZ Passenger Lists".

The following man travelled from USA in 1929.

Ship :   "Tahiti"  arrived at Wellington, NZ, on 12 March 1929 -  from San Francisco
3rd class Passenger -  Embarked at San Francisco - destined for Port of Wellington NZ 

Mr H. MURPHY - age 45 years - British*
 

Arrived :  Wellington  12 March  1929.
[Note:  "British" also included persons born in Scotland].
 

Maybe you can find a departure record (USA) for thiis person which might give other details ?

   ~   Lu