Misc. Notes
First given name of “Elizabeth” from Pamela Booth’s book, “Blink Bonnie”, published March 2010. Pamela’s great-great grandparents were Robert Clark Higgie b.1855 and Jane Hearn Rapley.
Sailed to New Zealand with the Higgie family on the ‘Olympus’ leaving London on the 9th December 1840 and arrived in Port Nicholson on the 20th April 1841
Steerage Passengers from the Passenger list of the barque Olympus found in April 2023:
https://www.geni.com/projects/New-Zealand-Settler-Ships-Olympus-1841/16662Wilkinson, David age 28 [Therefore born circa 1812]
Wilkinson, Elizabeth age 23 [Therefore born circa 1817]
Wilkinson, Christina age 14 months [Therefore born circa 1839]
(Age above as at one month before departure)