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Sailing-England to NZ
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pelham place..where my ggggrandfather W died St. Pancras where Charles died
A warm welcome to my visitors from Brampton 1835 to 1910SHIPS: Hocken gave additional information about what some individuals did between their arrival
and 1898. He also noted where some individuals were living in 1898. The first occupation listed against passengers' names
appears to have been that given at the time of embarkation. Hocken's lists are not accurate. They were probably compiled from a combination of the
original New Zealand Company embarkation lists, and arrival lists published by Dunedin newspapers. The embarkation lists were
probably reasonably accurate, although some names were no doubt spelled wrongly. Newspapers only listed cabin passenger arrivals
by name, while steerage passengers were anonymously lumped together, for example: "...and 102 emigrants". Newspaper lists
could be incorrect, sometimes because of confusion between people staying in Otago and others who were to sail on to later
destinations such as Wellington. The original lists did not include the occasional sailor who stayed in Dunedin. For instance,
Robert McDowall, an apprentice seaman on the Mooltan, remained in Dunedin and became the town's third schoolteacher. As information
on sailors who remained in Dunedin comes available, they are being added to the lists. A good deal of Hocken's information regarding later professions, marriages, places of
residence etc, was based on other people's recollections, and mistakes were certainly made. For example, in the course of
researching the Mooltan's passenger list from my own book, 'Going Abroad', I made quite a few corrections, based on information
given to me by descendants of the ship's passengers, and from cross referencing with the New Zealand company embarkation lists. Ages given are as at the date of embarkation in Britain. Passengers who died on the voyage
are not included (except for the Mooltan voyage, where they are included and marked with an asterix). In spite of their limitations, Hocken's lists are are useful starting point for people
seeking basic information about the arrivals of Otago's earliest settlers. Notes:
McLay's spelling and grammar are unchanged, but his lengthy paragraphs have been broken up to
assist the modern reader. Subheadings have also been added. The notes of the Mooltan voyage come from a larger volume of McLay's reminiscences, which cover
his origins at Kirkintilloch, near Glasgow, the emigration voyage, and his pioneer experiences until 1855. Ross Gordon, of
Dunedin, transcribed the McLay reminiscences and published them in 1998 as "Waikouaiti and Dunedin in 1850, Reminiscences
of John McLay, an Early Settler". Ross's permission to use the voyage section here is greatly appreciated. We got the cow and her crib on board alright and placed it close to the long boat. There
was other four beasts on board ship – there were three dogs, and a goat, it belonging to our Doctor of the Ship Mr.
Purdie and the goats milk for the use of his family. The goat was housed in the Long Boat and the three dogs under the bilge
of the boat. Two of them belonged to Allan Boyd and Brother and the other to George and John Duncan. [There
were also poultry, ten pigs and nine sheep on board.] We all got on board on the 11th of September 1849 and the men cast off her moorings at
the quay and she was then towed out to the anchorage at what is called the Tail of the Bank and next day we sailed from the
Clyde in the Good Ship Mooltan for Otago the 12th September 1849. The Pilot towed us as far as Lamlash where the tug cast
us off and then three great cheers from ship and Pilot Boat wishing us a good and prosperous voyage. But many tears were on
many checks at parting as we all knew it was the last link in our parting from Dear Old Scotland and not hope of ever seeing
it again. On the morning of the 13th we were making good progress down the Irish Channel and we
could see the coast of Ireland to Windward. and us Pilgrims on our way to the Antipodes to found a home in New Zealand. I
am not sure what company the Mooltan belonged to but I think it was Patrick Henderson & Co of Glasgow who after was merged
into the Shaw Savill Coy and whose ships are still running among our Principal traders with the old country with this difference
– the ships are not alike. [The Greenock Advertiser in September 1849, said the Mooltan was
owned by "Captain William Crawford and other townsmen."] The Mooltan of 500 or 600 tons! What a difference now the tonnage is up to 15000 tons
for many of the fine steamers of this line. The Mooltan's voyage occupied 104 days from Greenock to Port Chalmers. Our Captain kept in touch of land a great part of the voyage. One day we got a fine view
and part of next day of the Great Peak of Tenerreffe. It was a grand sight to see this great volcanic cone – The one
half seems to have been torn off in some bye gone time and gone into the sea. And we had a fine view of some of the Canary Islands and off one of these islands we
got becalmed for 5 or 6 days and drifted back about seven miles per day. this island was very pretty. It did not seem to be
very high above the part of the island the Mooltan lay out from becalmed. I think the island was called Grand Canary. When becalmed here the men that had the dogs put them into the seas to have a swim. At
the same time they lowered two boats and rowed them away from the ship. the dogs followed the boats out and back to the ship
and they were lifted on board with a net. Two days or so later a favourable wind got up to drive us along at a good pace and
all were very pleased. The worst part was to get down through the lubbers hole. All the people on the ship were
gathered on deck and my Father was going to give me a thrashing for being so daring and giving all on board such a fright
thinking I had fallen overboard. Our Second Mate Mr. Ferguson and Sailors would not let father touch me – they told
Father he should be very proud of me as it was not one boy in 100 could have done what I did. The Mooltan was a full rigged
ship sometimes called a square Rigger vessel and the masts and rigging were very lofty. After this on the ship I was quite
a hero with the other boys and girls – also the crew and passengers. Soon after this the boatswain and sailmaster went out one night through between decks
actin an old man and woman with a basket on their arms selling trinkets to help cheer up the Passengers. After that they both
took bad – both strong healthy men – and both died a few hours apart and were both buried in the Ocean two days
after they had been between decks. Everyone became very afraid when this deadly disease got into the fore castle among the
Crew not knowing how it was going to end. It did not interfere with any more in the forecastle but it carried off nine more
of the Passengers – one of them a fine young woman a Mrs. Kirkland. She died in the next berth to my brothers and self.
All this made a very sad ship – all buried in the same way as the first mentioned
except that Mr. and Mrs. Harrisons young girl was put in a coffin late in the afternoon and it was a very sad sight to see
the coffin floating away slowly as the ship had very little wind to fill her sails. Those that saw the coffin floating away
that evening will never forget the sight. After this all corpses were sewn up in strong canvas, weighted with stone at the
feet. It was a sad and grievous sight. [Note that the dead girl would not have been Clarinda Harrison, who was the last person
to die on board, in December. The person McLay refers to would have been Ann McNeil, who died on 20 December, of "stomach
and bowels".] Things all about seemed sad and cloudy on board for a good while and the faces of the
dead were missed for a long time. And during all of this trouble so far as I can remember it was fine weather and for a good
while after. [Dr Purdie’s report said that during the period when most deaths occurred, the
weather had been extremely hot, sultry and mostly windless. Once they passed the equator, and strong breezes began, health
on board improved considerably] Early one morning we found that our good ship was close under high towering rocks and
cliffs – dismal black cliffs over 200 feet above the Ocean. that morning will never be forgotten. It was a dismil and
forebodeing sight to see these great rocks towering high above the ships masts and a great rolling form the sea on to this
barren island. And all the great sails hanging and dripping with the thick drizzle and the very thick fogs that had been.
All boats were lowered as quickly as possible and every man that could pull an oar went into the boats and the second mate
Mr. Ferguson and they pulled for all they could at their utmost strength and it was found to be a very hard job to keep her
from being taken on to the cliffs with the heavy swell. It was a great blessing that there was not a wind blowing on to the land with the swell
or I am afraid there would not have been one saved to tell this today. By terribly hard pulling the men managed to pull the
ship towards the end of the Island and God send wind came from off the land and smiles came on every face that eventful day.
All felt that God had helped them most mercifully as the sails filled with the Breath
of Heaven. Away went the good ship like a captive bird set free again and all hearts of men and women boys and girls beat
warmly to God for the great love and mercy that He had shown to us. After all this was bustle and hard work getting the Boats on board again – all
the great chains and hawsers coiled on the deck and so many ropes to put into place and poor Flecky the cow had yet a chance
to spread her offspring in the faraway New Zealand. I forgot to mention further back that we sighted Trinidad. All these islands were passed
on our larboard side except the Canary Island which was on our starboard side. After getting away from Tristan da Cunha we
had a fine passage all the way as far as I can remember. We had beautiful weather on the Coast except some very sudden gusts of wind off the land.
I now think these gusts must have been from the Northwest. From the first sight of NZ after fourteen thousand miles it was
the wonder of all on board to see the Great Forest that extended from the South all along the coast right to our landing at
Port Chalmers – then all we could see was what they call Bush in Otago. My father got on well with the cow on board the ship. My mother milked her all the way
out and got two buckets of milk a day and any of the passengers or children needing milk through sickness or weakness got
a share of the milk. It was a great help to many and this cow was worshipped by all on board and my Mother as well as it was
she who served it out to those she thought needed it most. It was a great boon to many young children. The day after we got to Port Chalmers a great many Passengers went ashore to stretch
their legs and get a look at the bush that they had seen so much of at a distance from the time New Zealand appeared above
the Ocean. He told my father the best thing to do was bleed her as soon as possible, give her a
big dose of linseed oil and salts so Mr. George Duncan bled the cow and Father gave her the Physic – and the lot of
blood that was taken from her together with the Physic acting well, it was surprising how quickly she recovered. If you could
have seen her when she was bad – sitting on her rump and frothing at a terrible rate and her eyes fuming in her head
– and her whole body in convulsions. It was just terrible to see this beast in such a state – but she recovered
and did well after that. Those who brought the branches were in a great way – all were very pleased to see
her get better for all the passengers thought so much of her. Mr. A. Todd the owner of the cow was delighted at her recovery.
Nine months after this Captain Millymont offered Todd the best draft mare he had in a ship load for the bull calf she had.
He wanted to take it back to Sydney with him as it was a pure Ayrshire. It would have been valuable in Australia – but
he did not part with the calf. After this all the Passengers went up the river to Dunedin by Boat as soon as they could
be taken. and wished the good ship Mooltan goodbye. As soon as the Passengers left the ship the men set to work and took down all the bunks
and cabins tables etc. I well remember taking my last fond look as I did not like to leave the ship. When I looked along between
the decks and could not see anything but the row of pillars all the length of the ship nearly. These pillars supported the
deck above. It was a wierd and forlorn sight and I have never forgotten it. When I saw all the timber lying around in great
heaps. I though it was a terrible thing to do. I just thought I could see all the different Families that had occupied the
cabins and berths for 104 days and a short time before this distraction I could stand in the front part of the ship that had
been occupied by the young men – it had been their home and from the part I have mentioned I could see right away back
to the far end of the Steerage part of the Ship. That had been a part that had gone through great tribulations. this sight
between decks was the last thing I would ever see on board the poor old Mooltan. And now comes the last act in connection with this handsome Ship. We get down into the
boat that is going to take us up to Dunedin. My Mother, Brother and Two Sisters. Father is away with the cow – now we
are out a bit from the Ship and I can see the model of the Mooltan and she looks very nice and stately with her tall masts,
yards and the spread out rigging and bowsprit all so trim. Her bold looking figurehead looking over the mighty deep. And now dear old Mooltan I must fare you well for ever. I hope God will spare you and
your gallant crew through many storms. We are fast parting – the fine fair wind is driving us swiftly along over the
smooth water of the estuary that extends to Dunedin. We are sailing fast between Goat Island and the mainland and in an hour
and a half we will be at the landing beach – Dunedin. Mr James Adams says that his boat belongs to? he calls it the
Queen. The cart took us to a four roomed house with stairs up to a loft but the house did not
have any lining. The house was the third one from the left hand side going up from the comer of what was called Rattray St.
and it has the same name today. At last we are in our first home in New Zealand and it is a wild place, bush and swamp all
around us and plenty of Wild Pigs in the Bush and open country close by. In the bush plenty of Kakas and Wild Pigeons, Native
of New Zealand and plenty of Wild Ducks and teal – and fish. We get plenty of Baracuda and Grouper brought to Dunedin
by Maori boats. These are both large fish and we often get 4 Baracuda for one shilling and a large Grouper for 1/6d - it is
a much better fish. The Mate kept a sharp lookout on them, and about one-noon they came on a cross tack to
lea of our Stem – very close to us with all sail set and her ploughing up the lea as she passed us at a great rate.
The Captain had every man we could muster on deck and all women and children down below
under hatches. And we had canons fixed all ready and men all along the bulwarks to make a good show of bravado. Soon after
they passed on this tack the hove her around to windward and she swung around like a bird and back tracked. She passed in
a cloud of canvas. It was a pretty sight as she passed us at a terrific rate. As they passed our men sang out to them – "Does your Mother know you are out –
you better go home and get some Pap," and they sung out a lot of insults to us. But all on our ship were more than pleased to see them sail away. The women and children
between decks hurried up to see the craft as she sailed away. Our Captain said that this craft was splendidly handled. He
said it was a Pirate vessel and when they saw so many men on board they were afraid to tackle us. I do know that all on the
Mooltan were glad to see the Pirate Ship sail away on her nefarious work – the wolfs of the Sea. [None of the other accounts of the Mooltan voyage mentioned this event.
Francis Pillans was so thorough that he would certainly have mentioned if such an incident had taken place. However it could
have happened before the beginning of the surviving portion of Francis Pillans’ diary. The ship was part way down the
coast of Africa before Pillans' diary started. Note that a very similar incident occurred during the Mariner's voyage to Port
Chalmers, six months earlier.] As they passed away it was a sight to see them spouting far away and in all directions
high above the Ocean and with the rays of the setting sun shining through the gallons of water they spouted high into the
air. It was a wonderful and inspiring sight never to be forgotten. The spouts from so many whales spread like great white
fans – then fell in white streamers to the sea most beautiful to behold. I did see twice the wonderful Dolphin in all their beautiful colours of the rainbow.
They flash through the waves like lightening. It is thought that the Albatross sleeps on the wing as they are often found thousands
of miles away from land. Not often do they rest on the sea and when they do they have to put their head to the wind then spread
out their wings and run along the surface of the ocean until the wind under their wings gives them power to rise above the
water. Then there is another remarkable bird the stormy Petrel. I have often watched them up
in a storm and heard their wierd screech. They are pretty light formed bird with very powerful wings. They are pale slate
colour with pink legs and feet. My fancy was the very pretty little Cape Pigeon. It is a pretty, innocent looking little
thing with beautiful eyes and pink legs and feet. There are many kinds of Petrel. I have seen some much like the ones I saw
on the Mooltan. The night after crossing the "line" it was terrible. Anyone that passed the Long Boat
got drenched with sea water. There were men up on the longboat on both sides and others ready to catch any man and shave him
with a hoop with Stockholm tar and Grease for lather and other mad things they did. The same night some of the sailors painted the poor Goat red. It died later because of
this. Our second Mate was the life of our Ship. All the Boys and Girls thought a great lot
of him and he was much liked by all on board. His name was Ferguson. He worked terribly hard in getting the ship away from
being wrecked on Tristan da Cunha. He was laid up a few days after that. A few days before we crossed the line he would be on deck with this telescope looking
away ahead of the ship very earnestly. Us Boys & Girls would ask him what he was looking for. He told us he was looking
for the ‘lines and that we were getting very close to it. He had not seen it yet but he was sure he would see it to
morrow. Tomorrow came and a beautiful day it was – and there was the ‘line’
right enough so Mr. Ferguson invited us to have a look through the Telescope. We could all see the "line" and other men and
women were asked to have a look through the Glass and they too could see the "line" splendidly and such a fine telescope it
must be to be able to see the line so far away. He said we would cross the line that night. And we did as you will see by
what I have written further back. The Sailors and Passengers had Great fun with us Simpletons. The older people got a lot
of chaffing about seeing the line. "Oh" they would say "and you saw the line did you? Well you can say you have seen what
no other man has ever seen." Well Mr. Ferguson managed the deception by fastening a fine silk thread across one of
the lenses inside his telescope and the "line" looked perfect. Mr. Ferguson also made play for the Girls. He made lines on the deck with chalk and two
sets of girls could play at the same time. Their game was played with a piece of round wood and he gave them raisins too and
Place which is a great Balm at times with young or old. Full rigged means that she carries four square sails on all her three masts. the Mooltan
was between five and six hundred tons measurement and carried three anchors. The best bower anchor about 27 cwt. the other
two 22 cwt. The Longboat is placed between the foremast and main mast. When we spoke to the men on the Pirate Ship it was by Trumpet. In the Old time ships it was a very hard life for the sailors – they had no place
to dry their cloths and in the old Sailing Ships there was always a lot of work to look after the sailors – ropes, rigging
and so many other things where they carried such a Cloud of Canvas. When up aloft on a rough night and blowing a gale, wet and cold, reefing sails –
is a very dangerous job. The masts are so lofty – foremast 70ft. Mainmast 74 ft. Mizzenmast 68 ft. Spanker Boom 40 fit.,
and Jibboom the length of the bowsprit 38ft. It was not an angels work on one of those old timers and often a tyrant of a Captain
who commands all on board and Officers first and second mates. The Helmsman is a very important man – steering the ship in rough stormy weather.
It takes a long time to be an expert as some ships are very tricky to steer. They will breach up into the wind without the
least warning and through this will take on board a heavy sea. At another time they will suddenly fall off to lee –
in the trough of the Sea then to fetch her up to her proper course again it is a loss of time and strains everything aloft
and below. An expert soon finds out the ships tricks. Whenever his watch is up at the wheel the relieving helmsman has to be punctual. The
man that is leaving the watch calls out the course to steer by on the Compass and the man that is going to take over the watch
repeats after the man word for word the course he has just been given so as to be sure he heard what the other said to him.
The Helmsman’s watch is the shortest on the ship – it is for two hours. When the ship leaves harbour the Pilot takes charge and is master for the time he is
on the Ship. The Captain must see that his commands are executed while the Pilot is in command. When Pilot has taken the vessel
will clear of the land he casts off from the ship. Then the Captain takes full charge and control and all responsibility.
When the Ship is well clear of land and things are put in order – it is usual for
the Captain to call all hands aft and say something to the men about the voyage upon which they have entered. After this the Crew are divided into watches. The watches are the divisions of the Crew
and while on duty they are called watches. There are two – the Starboard Watch commanded by the Second Mate and the
larboard by the First Mate. The Master himself stands no watch but comes and goes at will as he chooses. The starboard
is sometimes called the Captain’s Watch, probably from the fact that in early days of the Merchant Service vessels were
much smaller and there was usually but one Mate. Then the Master stood his own Watch and now in vessels that have no second
mate the Captain keeps the Starboard Watch. In dividing into watches the Master usually allows the officer to choose the men one
by one alternatively but sometimes makes the division himself upon consulting with his officers. The men are divided as equally
as possible. As soon as the division of the watches is made – if the days work is over one watch
is set and the other is sent below. Among the numerous customs of the Ocean which can hardly be accounted for is one that
on the first night of the outward passage the starboard watch should take the first four hours on deck and on the first night
of the Homeward passage larboard should do the same. The sailors explain this by the phrase – "The Captain takes the
Ship out and the Mate brings her home." The Master takes the bearings and distances of the last point of departure upon the land
and from that point the Ship’s reckoning begins and is regularly kept in the Log Book. The Master also examines and
corrects the reckoning every day. The Master also attends to the chronometer and takes all the observations with the assistance
of his officers if necessary. every day a few minutes before noon if the sun can be seen. The Captain comes upon deck with
his Quadrant or Sextant and the Chief Mate usually takes his and as soon as the sun crosses the Meridian – eight bells
are struck and a new sea day begins. The reckoning is then corrected by the observation under the Masters superintendence.
The Master also takes the Lunar Observations usually with the assistance of both his
Officers in which case the Master takes the angle of the Moon with the star or sun and the second Mate the altitude of the
Moon. The entire control of the navigation and working of the ship lies with the Master. He
gives the course and general directions to the Officer of the Watch who enters it upon a Slate at the end of the watch the
course made and the number of Knots together with any other observations. If there should be special orders by the Captain, who in such cases always comes upon
deck and takes command in person. When on deck the weather side of the quarter deck belongs to him and as soon as he appears
the Officer of the Watch will always leave it and go over to leeward or forward into the waist – that is the part of
the Ship between the fore and main masts. If the alteration to be made is slight the Master usually tells the Officer to take
in or set such a sail and leaves it to him the particular ordering as to the braces, sheets etc. and seeing all things put
in place. The principal manoeuvers of the vessel are tacking, wearing, reefing topsails, getting
under way, and coming to anchor. These require all hands. In these cases the Master takes command and gives his orders in
person, standing upon the quarterdeck. The Chief Mate superintends the forward part of the vessel, under the Master –
and the second Mate assists in the waist. The Master never goes aloft nor does any work with his hands unless for his own pleasure.
If the officer of the watch thinks it necessary to reef the topsails, he calls the Master who upon coming on deck takes command
and, if he thinks proper, orders all hands to be called. The Crew, Officers and all then take their stations and await the
orders of the Master. He works the ship in person and gives all commands even the most minute. He looks out for trimming the
yards and laying the ship for reefing. the Chief Mate commands up on the forecastle and does not go aloft. The Second Mate
goes aloft with the Crew. Dunstan-Times Webnews Fache History
1870: FACHE George Cox
folio no 1374 1872: FACHE William Michael
1552 (Dunstan) 1874: FACHE Florence Mary
1945 (Dunstan) 1876: FACHE Elizabeth Cecilia
2795 (Dunstan) 1879: FACHE Ernest William
4165 (Dunstan) 1881: FACHE Ethel May
3169 (Dunstan) 1883: FACHE Eva Gertrude
2105 (Dunstan) 1885: FACHE Iris Isabel
1019 (Dunstan) 1887 FACHE
Hugh Ethelbert
3297 (Tapanui) 1900: FACHE George
4174 (Wellington) 1904: FACHE Sybil Grace
4752 (Wellington) 1907: FACHE Elizabeth Mary
2674 (Dunedin) 1908: FACHE Phyllis Rose
817 (Wellington) 1918: FACHE Ada
3141 (Balclutha) New Zealand Death Indexes searched from 1910 to 1950 1913: FACHE Ernest Folio no 2439 (Naseby)
Central Otago 1914: FACHE Bessie
Walmsley 2349 (Otago) 1915: FACHE George
2457 (Wakatipu) Otago 1918: FACHE Grace
Alice
3871 (Wellington) 1948: FACHE George
Cox
I am seeking any information like address, date of arrival
etc. as I am compiling a family tree Sincerely, Mike Milne
We wish to provide examples of olden days journalismas seen here taken from Gye archives, please
send us yours Obituary - Dunstan Times 22.7.1902 There died in
A Milne reading A.A. Milne
January, 1848 By the beginning of January
1848 it had been more than a month since the 247 passengers on board the "Philip Laing" and the 97 passengers on the "John
Wickliffe" had set sail. In reality the first few weeks had been a nightmare as storms and gales kept forcing them back into
various ports before they were able to clear the British Isles. Before them were almost four
months at sea heading down the Atlantic then around the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa before harnessing
the energies of the roaring forties which would blow them across the Southern Ocean. Their long voyage would take them to
the south of Australia and Tasmania before rounding the south of the South Island and heading north to Otago Peninsula. February As untouched as the region
to which those first settlers were sailing, may have seemed, it had been home to Maori for hundreds of years. They had a long
established network of mahinga kai (food gathering places) and were well used to travelling inland on foot or up and down
the coastal waters by waka. The Otago Maori population
peaked at about 3,000 in pre-European times and when whaling became established in the 1830s an estimated 1500 Maori lived
between Karitane and Taieri Mouth. However, they had no resistance to the likes of measles and influenza and hundreds died.
Through early contact with
the likes of Johnny Jone's settlement at Waikouaiti, local Maori quickly adapted European crops and farming methods to their
own needs and were able to supply new settlers with vegetables as well as locally caught fish. March By the beginning of March
the long journey undertaken by the first families onboard the "John Wickliffe" was nearing an end, and on 23 March 1848 the
vessel anchored at Port Chalmers. The Dunedin that greeted them was vastly different than it is today. There were only a few
buildings, including an inn near the foreshore, a weather-board house near where the Southern Cross now stands and another about where the Leviathan Hotel now has a carpark. There
was also a house at Pelichet Bay (now Logan Park) and above Anderson's Bay, a thatched roof clay hut. The new settlers were
welcomed by warm spring weather and began the task of building settlers' barracks on the foreshore near what is now the Exchange,
while they waited for the April arrival of the "Philip Laing". April The wait for the "Philip
Laing" and the vessel's 247 passengers ended on Saturday 15 April 1848. Its arrival also coincided with the end of the spell
of golden weather, and according to an 1898 Otago Daily Times and Witness supplement to mark the 50th Jubilee of the first
ships, a thick easterly rain set in and continued day and night for three long weary weeks, leaving the new immigrants cooped
up within the ship. "The aspect of the country
as it presented itself to the settlers who had come with high hope to found a new nation, was cheerless and depressing in
the extreme. Dark sombre forests reeking with misty vapours hung on the steep hills right down to the water's edge, while
dripping mist rested like a pall overhead, shutting out the sun and the landscape alike." May Now that all the settlers
had arrived the task of establishing a new town began in earnest. Barracks had to be built and it was decided to build a jetty,
about where the present Jetty Street reaches Bond and Crawford Streets. The area now known as Bell Hill was earmarked for
the new colony's church and school. Settlers who had purchased
parcels of land before emigrating were occupied selecting their quarter acre town sections, as part of a package that included
10 acres suburban and 50 acres of rural land. A ballot held before they set sail had decided(mm) the order in which
they could choose, but making the choice was difficult. The so-called streets of the "new Edinburgh" were nothing more than
surveyors pegs and lines intersected by bush, hills, gullies and streams. June By the beginning of June
the settlers were housed in two flimsy barracks which the men, with Maori assistance and advice, built on the foreshore, about
where John Wickliffe House now stands. The buildings were known as the English barracks - housing those who
arrived on the "John Wickliffe" - and the Scottish barracks - home to passengers from the "Philip Laing". The latter was sixty feet
long by twenty feet wide, and housed the single girls at one end, married folk in the middle and single men at the other end,
an arrangement which had been used on the ship. Conditions were crude: cooking was done outside, the walls were thin and draughty,
and winter rain soaked through the poorly thatched roof. It was a tough introduction to one of the harshest winters local
Maori could remember. July Despite the harsh winter
there were little signs that the settlement was beginning to gain more than just a toehold. New Zealand Company labourers
- considered by some to be the heroes of that first, harsh winter - worked for a mere three shillings a day clearing tracks
through dripping bush to give the new town some shape. Their long working day consisted of a 6am start and a 6pm finish with
an hour for breakfast at 9am and an hour at 2pm for dinner. Landowners who could afford
it, paid labourers to help their cause by clearing sections and erecting partially prefabricated houses which had been brought
out from England. One of the first to go up had been the Manse of the Reverend Thomas Burns helping to bring a greater
sense of permanency to a fledgling Dunedin. August By the time the weather began
to improve the new settlers could look back on several industrious months. More and more bush was cleared as small dwellings
sprang up and men rescued their families from the confines of the barracks. The quality of construction varied, however. For
poorer families the most common means of construction was known as "wattle and daub". A framework of saplings was coated with
layers of puddled clay and grass cob, while the roof consisted of tussock grass or possibly wooden shingles. Floors were usually
made of clay or earth packed down hard with the back of a spade, and at one end of the cottage a fireplace provided easy warmth
and the means by which to cook, thanks to plentiful supplies of firewood from the partially cleared bush that surrounded them.
September A significant step in the
life of the new Free Church of Scotland settlement came on 3 September 1848 with the opening of the building
which for a while was to serve as both church and school. It was simple, functional, oblong structure built from weather-board,
which had been painted white, and topped off by a roof made of shingles. It was sited on a terrace just above high water level
at the foot of Bell Hill where First Church now stands. Most importantly the church could seat 200 people for Sunday worship
and gave the community a central focal point. It also gave the Reverend Thomas Burns, on a stipend of 300 pounds a year, had
a more permanent place to watch over his flock. October The initial settlement of
Otago focused on Dunedin, but already settlers were looking further afield for farmland not far from the growing town. William and Margaret Jaffray
were the first Scottish settlers on the Taieri Plains. William had been taken on as a shepherd by Archibald Anderson who had
moved south from Wellington to run sheep on the coastal strip south of Dunedin. The couple followed the Maori track through
Kaikorai Valley then on to the foot of Saddle Hill where they spent that first, harsh winter with their few meagre possessions
living in a small Maori whare. When the Reverend Thomas
Burns made his first pastoral visit to the area he recognised the potential of the swampy area and wrote: "They are all capable
of draining and a magnificent flat of fine land it will be." November By the end of 1848 the new
town of Dunedin had become the established beach head for the promised land of Otago. Reinforcements had arrived in the form
of 200 more settlers aboard the "Blundell" and "Bernicia", and in the coming year another 500 would come. Some used the new
settlement as a stepping stone to the rural hinterland, taking up sections or employment on the Taieri, or going further afield
to the Tokomariro or the Clutha where settlers had already begun making a new life. For the most part, however, they followed
official policy by keeping close to the new town. Heeding Captain William Cargill's advice to "settle on the tens", they took
up the suburban ten-acre allotments along the harbour or in areas such as North East Valley, Wakari and Andersons Bay. December Late in 1848 the Otago News
carried the following description of Dunedin: "Nine months ago, and the
pioneers of this settlement commenced what seemed to them the endless task of clearing ground for their dwellings and gardens.
On every side a wilderness of wood, flax and fern met the eye ... now instead of seeing one or two solitary houses, with a
narrow swampy footpath, the eye is gladdened with a goodly sprinkling of houses, some of wood, others of mud and grass; whilst
numerous gardens, well fenced and cleared, and one street, at least showing a broad track from end to end of the future town,
gives evidence of the progress we have made. We have two hotels, a church - a school - a wharf, small though it be. We have
butchers, bakers and stores of all descriptions."
Who were the Huguenots? John Calvin (1509 - 1564), The
Huguenots were French Protestants who were members of the Reformed Church which was established in 1550 by John Calvin. The origin of the name Huguenot is uncertain, but dates from approximately 1550 when it was used in court cases against
"heretics" (dissenters from the Roman Catholic Church). As nickname and even abusive name it's use was banned in the regulations
of the Edict of Nantes which Henry IV (Henry of Navarre, who himself earlier was a Huguenot) issued in 1598. The French
Protestants themselves preferred to refer to themselves as "réformees" (reformers) rather than "Huguenots". It was much later that the name "Huguenot" became an
honorary one. A
general edict which encouraged the extermination of the Huguenots was issued on January 29th, 1536 in France. On March 1st, 1562 some 1200 Huguenots were slain at Vassy, France. This ignited the the Wars of Religion which would rip apart, devastate, and bankrupt France for the next three decades. During the infamous St Bartholomew Massacre of the night of 23/24 August, 1572 more than 8 000 Huguenots, including Admiral Gaspard de Coligny, Governor of Picardy and leader and spokesman of the Huguenots, were murdered in Paris. It happened
during the wedding of Henry of Navarre, a Huguenot, to Marguerite de Valois (daughter of Catherine de Medici), when thousands
of Huguenots converged on Paris for the wedding celebrations.
Catherine de
It
was Catherine de Medici who persuaded her weakling son Charles IX to order the mass murder, which lasted three days and spread
to the countryside. On Sunday morning August 24th, 1572 she personally walked through the streets of Paris to inspect the
carnage. Henry of Navarre's life was spared by pretending to support the Roman Catholic faith. In 1593 he made his "perilous
leap"and abjured his faith in July 1593, and 5 years later he was the undisputed monarch as King Henry IV (le bon Henri,
the good Henry) of France. When the first
rumours of the massacre reached the Vatican in Rome on 2 September 1572, pope Gregory XIII was jubilant and wanted bonfires
to be lit in Rome. He was persuaded to wait for the official communication; the very morning of the day that he received the
confirmed news, the pope held a consistory and announced that "God had been pleased to be merciful". Then with all
the cardinals he repaired to the Church of St. Mark for the Te Deum, and prayed and ordered prayers that the Most Christian
King might rid and purge his entire kingdom (of France) of the Huguenot plague. On 8 September
1572 a procession of thanksgiving took place in Rome, and the pope, in a prayer after mass, thanked God for having "granted
the Catholic people a glorious triumph over a perfidious race" (gloriosam de perfidis gentibus populo catholico loetitiam
tribuisti). The
Edict of Nantes was signed by Henry IV on April 13th, 1598, which brought an end to the Wars of Religion. The Huguenots were allowed to practice their faith in 20 specified
French "free" cities. France became united and a decade of peace followed. After Henry IV was murdered in 1610, however, the
persecution of the "dissenters" resumed in all earnestness under the guidance of Cardinal Richelieu. The Huguenot free cities
were lost one after the other after they were conquered by the forces of Cardinal Richelieu, and the last and most important
stronghold, La Rochelle, fell in 1629 after a siege lasting a month. Louis XIV (the Sun King, 1643-1715) began to apply his motto l'état c'est moi ("I am the
state") and introduced the infamous Dragonnades - the billeting of dragoons in Huguenot households. He began with a
policy of une foi, un loi, un roi (one faith, one law, one king) and revoked the Edict of Nantes on 22 October 1685.
The large scale persecution of the Huguenots resumed. Protestant churches and the houses of "obstinates" were burned and destroyed,
and their bibles and hymn books burned. Emigration was declared illegal. Many Huguenots were burned at the stake The Méreau . In approximately
1561 Calvin wrote a "letter to the faithful in France" in which he stronly urged them to use the mereaux. The
use of such an attendance token consequently became common practice and for more than 200 years it served as a token of adherence
to the persecuted religion and its rites as well as a secret symbol of the solidarity of the faithful. In the
1680's, during the large scale royal persecution of Huguenots, the mereaux were used as an identification device to
detect any Roman Catholic spy. Huguenots had to show their méreuax when they entered the Church as proof of their membership
of the Protestant church. After the revocation of the Edict of Nates many Huguenot churches continued to use it, also
in countries outside of France by Huguenot refugees, including the Threadneedle Street Church in London where it was
in use until 1692. Even in
later times its use continued. The Order of the Colloque du Bordelais, on December 17th, 1754, Art. 7, XVII, reads:
"Since we must be very careful and take precautions, each member will be given a particular mark or cachet to be handed
over at the place of assembly. Those who are without them will not be admitted at the holy offices". The méreaux
were normally circular, except those used in Nimes which were oval. The sizes differed, but normally it was about 30 mm (1¼
inches) in diameter. Also the names, motifs and inscriptions varied locally because of different moulds used to coin them.
In Poitou they were known as marques, in Languedoc marreaux, and in Angoumois marrons. Most of them were
made out of lead or pewter (piouter), but sometimes they were made in leather, wax, or even glass. As far
as the motif is concerned, they were of two kinds: "le type au berger" (shepherd type, shown above, and "le type
à la coupe" (cup type), depending on the design depicted on the head side. On the méreau shown above Christ is
depicted as a shepherd, with a staff in His left hand, holding a trumpet in His right hand. Two fig trees, one on either side
of Christ, with a cross and banner are also shown. A flock of sheep, symbolising His followers, is shown at His feet. The back
side of the méreau shows an open bible, which is usually opened at St. Luke chapter 12, verse 32: "Have no fear
little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom". Above the Bible is a symbolic shining sun
and six stars. Acknowledgement:
Huguenot Society of South Carolina .
The
Huguenot cross was designed and first manufactured by a certain Mystre of Nîmes in 1688. The order decoration of the
Other predecessors of the Huguenot Cross include the so-called Languedoc Cross, and the order decoration of
the Order of the Holy Spirit which Henry III established on December 31st, 1578 (above, right). It was the most exclusive
order in France until 1789. Because the members, royalty included, were awarded with the Cross of the Holy Spirit, which hung
from a blue ribbon, they were called "Cordon Bleus". The sumptuous banquets accompanying their award ceremonies became legendary,
and the "Cordon Bleu" award for excellence in cuisine took it name from the blue ribbon. A romantic (albeit unconfirmed) story is told of four young Huguenot couples who were to be married in Cevennes when
the dreaded French Dragoons appeared. Two of the bridal couples were caught and given the choice: recant their Protestant
beliefs, or die at the stake. They refused to do so, and were all four burned to death whilst they sang psalms. A metal worker from Nimes made a medallion to commemorate their heroic death. The nucleus resembled the Maltese Cross,
the four arms of which were linked with a smaller “circle”, which refers to the flames that united them. The space
between the arms was made into the shape of a heart, reminding of the love of the two young couples who, true to their faith,
were burnt at the stake on their wedding-day. The Huguenot Cross, with its rich symbolism, is often worn by descendants of the Huguenots, and can be seen at most
Huguenot gatherings.
Hannah Paget Mason(Ed) Hunt Photo provided by G Lumsdaine
This period is referred to as prehistory as there are no written records dating from this time.
We rely on archaeological evidence to help us understand this period and we can only interpret the meaning of these finds. Initially, the population was one of hunter-gatherers but by the middle of this period there
had been a marked change to domestic husbandry and agriculture. As farming techniques improved, increased food production
facilitated population expansion. Despite this, it has been estimated that this population was still fewer than one million
by c.1400 BC. ps if you can swallow your bruised pride and continue on he was awarded the OBE in 1919 June
3 I believe.....try to be a little more sensitive in future..........find below a UK e sent recently From : St John Edward
- Ceremonial Secretariat - <edward.stjohn@cabinet-office.x.gsi.gov.uk> Sent : December 8, 2004 12:24:22 PM To : "Mike Milne" Subject : RE: George Cox Fache | | | Inbox Dear Mr Milne, Thank you for your further e-mail of 8 December. I can't e-mail the page contents to you ,
but you can try the link below: =&selHonourType= You may need to copy and paste it. Failing that, use the www.gazettes-online.co.uk search facility
for honours and type in "Fache" (don't bother with other names). Change the date range to 1918-1920 (or something which covers
1919). Look for issue June 1919. His name is near the top of the right hand column. Your great grandfather would not have had a title from this award, but he would have had post-nominals:
i.e. "George Cox Fache OBE". He did not need to come from the UK to be eligible for this honour - many New Zealanders received
honours in the Order of the British Empire (even until 1996 when the New Zealand Order of Merit was instituted). If you have any other questions please feel free to contact us. Yours sincerely, Edward St John Ceremonial Secretariat
Obituary - Dunstan Times 22.7.1902 There died in The
tramp we did was over a route called the Southern Crossing in the
PAPERS PAST The information on these pages is for genealogy research only.
Gail,I am building a website in memory of those days and my famous heritage.It is
in news form, will write again when not so busy.
Dunstan-Times Webnews, you willfind it
@ dunstan-times000.tripod.com
Enter supporting content here It was during this 16th century period of persecution that Bartholemew Hector, a Bible seller from Poictiers,
came into the Waldensian Valleys to spread the news of God's gracious salvation as revealed in His precious Word. He would
read passages from the Bible, and many of the peasants gladly heard him and bought copies of God's Word.Bartholemew was arrested and accused by the Roman priests, "You have been caught in the act of selling
books that contain heresy. What do you say?""If the Bible is heresy to you, it is truth
to me," replied Hector."But you use the Bible to deter people from going to Mass.""If the Bible deters men from going to Mass," Hector replied, "it is a proof that God disproves of
it, and that the Mass is idolatry."Rather than getting into a long discussion with Bartholemew,
the judge simply ordered him to retract."I have only spoken the truth," replied the bookseller.
"Can I change truth as I would change a garment?"His judges kept him in prison for several
months, hoping he would recant, as many times public executions were a detriment to their cause. As was said in the burning
of Patrick Hamilton, "The smoke of these martyr-piles was infecting those on whom it blew." Bartholemew's constancy, however,
left them no choice but to consign him to the flames.In many of the martyrdoms suffered
in certain areas of Europe, there was one predominant way of putting men and women to death. For the English Reformers, it
was generally the stake, while many of the Anabaptist brethren suffered "the third baptism" - drowning.In the Waldensian Valleys, however, the persecutors used a fiendish variety of tortures and deaths. They included
having one's entrails torn from his living body (Hugo Chiamps), and in one case after the entrails were torn out, a fierce
cat was thrust into the still living body for further torment (Peter Geymarali). Susan Michelini was bound hand and foot and
left to perish of cold and hunger; Bartholemew Fache was gashed
with sabres and had the wounds filled with quicklime and thus perished in agony; UPDATE: Family Tree Maker Online Genealogy library; the book The Huguenot Emigration to America page
35, Notes from the Walloon Records of Leyden, has DE LA MOT. Jean de la Mote and Marie
Fache, his wife, presented their son Jean for baptism, November 10, 1622 Jacket" an extreme clipper in the ice off Cape Horn on her passage August 1854. Christchurch 1883 I found
only one reference to the Vaudois Christian martyr,
mail@wrfu.co.nz My greatgrandfather
played for you guys back in the1890s can you tell me anything about him ...I'm doing a family history thanks mike milne Rosemary.Shivnan@natlib.govt.nz 'New Zealand
obituaries', v 34, pp 137, 138
Henrietta Hunt,Baptized 27th October 1811 Saint Marys,
Lambeth, London, England Married: 7th March 1835 Old Church, Saint Pancras London, EnglandDied
before April 1863 Married:
Charles James Fache possibly brother of my great-great-great-grandfather William (mike) Brompton Road tube station is a disused station on the Piccadilly Line of the London Underground. It is located between Knightsbridge and South Kensington. It was opened on 15 December 1906. Although it was convenient for both the Brompton Oratory and the Victoria and Albert Museum it saw little traffic, and by October 1909 some services passed it without stopping. The station closed from 4 May 1926 due to the General Strike, and did not reopen until 4 October of that year with services only calling there on weekdays initially. Sunday services were finally restored on 2 January 1927; however as before, it was little used. When a new entrance was built onto Knightsbridge nearby, it sounded the death-knell for Brompton Road which finally closed on 30 July 1934. Just prior to the outbreak of World War II the street level building together with liftshafts and certain passageways was sold to the War Office for use by the 1st Anti-Aircraft Division. During the war, it was the Royal Artillery's Anti-Aircraft Operations Room for central London. This use was discontinued in the 1950s. Although the station has been partly demolished, it continues to be owned by the Ministry of Defence above ground and London Underground below the surface. Although the platforms have long since been removed, their original location can be seen from passing trains by the brick
walls that stand in their place. The original tiling remains on the tunnel walls, though soot and dirt now obscures the name
panels.
The city of
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– Fache Arts Gallery. Located at 2300 North Miami Avenue, Fache Arts will feature local and
Latin American art. Two abstract artists, Carla Fache and Fabia Nitti, will be featured at the gallery’s opening. Amy
Alonso has many years of experience and success in the art world. She has represented Carla Fache for four years. Amy launched
Art Fusion Gallery in October of 2003 in the Design District with great success she venture, along with artist Carla Fache,
opened Fache Arts Gallery.
