The Tree - Person Sheet
The Tree - Person Sheet
NameJames Oliver 
BirthJan 1835
Death19 Jul 1841, Tasman Sea
FatherJames Oliver (<1805-1886)
MotherRuth Grace Batten (1800-1868)
Misc. Notes
Name, year of birth of 1935, date of death as 20 July 1841, died at sea aged 6 years, from Muriel Leo’s (nee Oliver, 1917-1998) Family Tree.
The Journal of Mr John Newland about the voyage of the barque, ‘Amelia Thompson’ wrote, “July 20th. James, the son of James and Ruth Oliver, aged six years died, and was committed to the deep”. This extract is found on page 144 of the book, “The Establishment of the New Plymouth Settlement” compiled and edited by J Rutherford and W H Skinner.
However, young James died in fact the day before, on 19 July 1841. Michelle Robinson in an email dated 17 January 2022, attached an image from the original hand-written record of the passengers of the Amelia Thompson. Here the handwritten entry beside young James’ name reads, “Died July 19th from Consumption. Unwell when taken aboard”.
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Today, consumption is known as Tuberculosis (TB) and is an infectious disease with symptoms of a chronic cough with blood-containing mucus, fever, night sweats, and weight loss. Hence the name consumption due to the weight loss associated with the disease.
James would have died in the Tasman Sea, not far from New Zealand. The barque had entered Bass Straits on the 15 July 1841. Bass Straits lay between Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) and New South Wales (this portion later to become the State of Victoria).
Passengers first sighted land - Mount Egmont (later to become Mount Taranaki) on the 28th of July 1841. They sailed south and entered Port Nicholson Harbour, Wellington, on 31st July 1841. However, they did not arrive in New Plymouth until a month later on 3rd September 1841.
The Journal of Mr John Newland about the voyage of the barque, ‘Amelia Thompson’ wrote, “July 20th. James, the son of James and Ruth Oliver, aged six years died, and was committed to the deep”. This extract is found on page 144 of the book, “The Establishment of the New Plymouth Settlement” compiled and edited by J Rutherford and W H Skinner.
However, young James died in fact the day before, on 19 July 1841. Michelle Robinson in an email dated 17 January 2022, attached an image from the original hand-written record of the passengers of the Amelia Thompson. Here the handwritten entry beside young James’ name reads, “Died July 19th from Consumption. Unwell when taken aboard”.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6...%2F1%3A1%3AQJDV-FPVZ
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Today, consumption is known as Tuberculosis (TB) and is an infectious disease with symptoms of a chronic cough with blood-containing mucus, fever, night sweats, and weight loss. Hence the name consumption due to the weight loss associated with the disease.
James would have died in the Tasman Sea, not far from New Zealand. The barque had entered Bass Straits on the 15 July 1841. Bass Straits lay between Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) and New South Wales (this portion later to become the State of Victoria).
Passengers first sighted land - Mount Egmont (later to become Mount Taranaki) on the 28th of July 1841. They sailed south and entered Port Nicholson Harbour, Wellington, on 31st July 1841. However, they did not arrive in New Plymouth until a month later on 3rd September 1841.