Misc. Notes
First given name, arrived in Wanganui in 1841 after coming to New Zealand on the ship “Slains Castle”, 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.
Estimated year of birth, first arrived in Wellington on 25 January 1841, having sailed from Gravesend on 14 September 1840, found in April 2023 from:
https://www.geni.com/projects/New-Zealand-Settler-Ships-Slains-Castle-1841/39173The passenger list from the same webpage:
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Nathan— Henry Anthony aged 26
— Jane (nee Hearn) his wife aged 26 (6 months pregnant with Thomas Wellington Nathan)
— Jane his daughter aged 7