The photograph above was taken in December 1900 and is of passengers of the Charlotte Jane still living at that time. Click on each persons name to read information about that person and any subsequent information that readers of the Press have contributed.
1. Horrell, Samuel
2. Taylor, William Rising
3. Fisher, James Temple
4. Wilson, Thomas
5. Free, Elizabeth
6. Jeffs, John
7. Thompson, Mrs J
8. Hill, Charles O
9. Kingsbury, Mrs
10. Sail, James
11. Thornton, Jabez
12. Anderson, Mary
13. Bowen, Charles Christopher
14. Bishop, Rockwood Comport
15. Barker, Samuel Delabere
16. Bergh, Elizabeth
17. Anderson, Mrs
18. Buss, Mary Elizabeth
19. Blake, Agnes Kate
20. Fisher, Harriet
21. Whitmore, Jean
22. Field, Louisa
23. Barker, Mrs
24. Griffin, Mary
25. Chick, Sarah
26. Horrell, Elizabeth
how amazing to now see the face of my ancestors thank you
It’s certainly pretty cool to be able to look back over 175 years to the people who made this all possible for us.
this is about the dixon girls
My great grandfather’s name, John Jeffs, is on the list. He was only 4 years old, he travelled with his parents, Charles and Mary Jeffs, their names aren’t mentioned??
In 1900 they both would have been elderly and living in Templeton. It could have been that making the journey into town for the photos would have been a bit difficult for them.
Charles died in 1902 and Mary died at her daughter’s home in Christchurch on 2 May 1922, she is buried with Charles in the Templeton Cemetery.
My great grand uncle John Ingram Shirimpton is not on the list from the Charlotte Jane ,as he was 17 and bought with him the printing presses .
Lyttelton Times 2 December 1856 Page 7
None of the Shrimpton’s were in the photo.
Walter Shrimpton died from pneumonia 5 August 1862. Their father, Ingram Shrimpton died 6 September 1878 from Brights Disease. And their mother Jane died 07 Apr 1899
There is a 1901 photo of First Four Ship Survivors too – Canterbury Museum Ref 16623 (we have a newspaper copy as it has our ancestor in it)
I am descended from George and Louisa Field. I had it in my mind that Louisa’s first husband Henry Nippriss died on board the Charlotte Jane, just before they arrived at Lyttleton, but have learned from the information accompanying the photograph that Henry died a few months after they arrived. I can’t believe she went through so much and yet went on to have another 10 children with George. I have visited the homestead at Port Levy. She must have been a very strong and resourceful woman.
I am descended from Edward and Mary Griffin and I believe they had at least one son who moved to the West Coast.Is there any more information on any of those people?
Edward Henry Griffin was born on 21 September 1857, in Christchurch, New Zealand His father, Nathaniel Edward Griffin, was 30 and his mother, Mary Gough, was 28. He married Maria Bosley on 18 September 1880, in Christchurch, New Zealand. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 23 October 1920, in Reefton, Buller, New Zealand, at the age of 63, and was buried in Reefton, Buller, New Zealand.
Hi Don I am also descended from Nathaniel Edward Griffin and Mary (Gough) my great Grandfather is one of their sons Herbert Ford Griffin and his wife Edith (Boucher) Griffin their Daughter Winifred Edith was my Grandmother I am also seeking any information regarding family and history
Kind regards
Christine Saunders