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https://genealogyjourno.wordpress.com/remittance-men-in-new-zealand/'Remittance man’ was the term given to those reliant on family or friends for an income. A remittance agreement was usually verbal and the reason might be to protect the family reputation due to some indiscretion on the part of the individual now consigned to live on a monthly cheque which would arrive by mail.
See also
Colonial Outcasts. A search for the remittance men, by N. Hartley (1993) Arrow Press.
ELLERKER - Beverley ERY ENG
HEALEY - IRL?
MURDOCH - Wigtownshire SCT, Otago and Westland NZ
PALING - Nottinghamshire ENG
RILEY - Flamborough; Cottingham; South Dalton ERY, Manitoba CAN, & London ENG
STURTON - Arnold, Nottinghamshire ENG
SUTTRON - All, NRY & DUR ENG
TAYLOR - London ENG
TYLER - London ENG
TERNAN/TIERNAN - Dublin IRL
