Ancestors & Descendants of the following Early
NEW ZEALAND Immigrants:

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JEFFARES, HANSEN, McCASHIN and COE Families:

< 1849 > Thomas JEFFARES (1818-1895) & Mary McNAMARA (1822-1897)
b. Co.Wexford (Jeffares family of English descent) and Co.Clare, Ireland.  
Thomas[II], Mary and sons Isaac[III] and Thomas[III], arrived in Wellington (ex 
Sydney) 26 May 1849 (ages 31, 27, 21mths & 9mths) on the "Portenia".  
Thomas[II] prev arrived in Sydney (ex Ireland), with brother Isaac[II], 29 Jan 
1842 (age 24) on the "Hope".  Mary arrived in Sydney (ex Ire.) 5 Nov 
1844 (age 22) on the "Fairlie".  They met and married in Sydney.  After 
arriving in NZ they had 8 more children.  Thomas was involved in the construction 
industry in Wellington and Hawkes Bay.

> Descendant Count 1500+ by 7 Gen's:10,39+,142+,450+,710+,80+,1+
First 7th Gen desc's(ie."8th Gen NZer's") are among desc's of Isaac[III] and
Thomas[III]. First "6th gen of NZer's by birth" among desc's of Bridget? or Joseph[I].

> Ancestral Names: JEFFARES, McNAMARA, GREEN, BARRINGTON, ..
> Descendant Names by Gen:(1) JEFFARES (2) HIGGINS 
(3) CURRIE, EGAN, HALPIN, GREENE, COKER, WALCH, FERGUSON(a), FRANKLIN(a), 
FLUTEY, HORTON, McCASHIN, SULLIVAN, WHITMORE, DRINKWATER, BODLEY, 
RODERIQUE, SIZEMORE, WILLOUGHBY (4) SWANNELL, FIRMAN, MINCHIN, 
FAZAKERLEY, WIND, QUALE, CORNEY, WARING, HART, FERGUSON(b), RUMPLER, 
LAWRENCE, BLUNSDON, ANGELINI, SATCHWELL, BOYLE, CUSHING, DAWSON(a), 
HIGGINSON, GRIFFITHS, STUART, RAMSAY, MOONEY, MARSHALL, DELUGAR, TINNING, 
WILSON, PETROWSKI, MOYS, McKENZIE, MILES, PENNY, TOCKER, FYFE, ELLMERS, 
PATULSKI, WILSON(a), McLEAN(a), GARLAND, FLANAGAN, HOLLEY, SMITH, McINDOE, 
WOOLSTON, COE, O'LEARY, MAHONEY(a), IRVINE, CHURCHOUSE, ANSELL, GARTNER, 
PREBBLE, BROGAN, HALES, DUNBAR, CHAPMAN, GRAHAM, HAY, COLLINGWOOD, PRING, 
GRAY, EVANS .. (5) McDONALD, YOUNG, HAWKINS, THOMPSON, MILLER, RAPLEY, 
MOYLE, FRANKLIN(b), CRAIG, VENIMORE, McFARLANE, GARD, RICHARDS, HODGSON, 
GARNER, LOWTHER, KNOX, HOUSTON, MAUNDER, LOCK, SMITH(a), RADMAN, SMITH(b), 
ARNOTT, CHRYSTALL, RAE, LONGMAN, LOVETTE, DAWSON(b) TIPAWAI, MARTIN, 
PANGARI, CASTLES, PEDERSON, ANDERSON, WILLIAMS(a), MIMMACK, ROLFE, 
PLOWMAN, DUNCAN, SPICER, WILSON(b), DURHAM, HAYCOCK, WILSON(c), SMITH(c), 
SMITH(d), NEAL, SMITH(e), HEAVEN, WEBSTER, FRANKLIN(c), HARTREE, BATTERSBY, 
DEAN, ELLIOT, CLEAVER, McLEAN(b), CROZIER, SMITH-PILLING, BODELL, DAVIDSON, 
DENIZE, DREW, WILLIAMS(b), HUGHS, BAXTER, CRAIG, WALKER, GOOCH, ASPINALL, 
WALSH, WHITCOMBE, GREENTREE, LUCAS, GWYNN, HAZELWOOD, HISLOP, POUTU, 
WELLS, McILROY, TERRIL-JEFFARES, CARROLL, DILLON, PRICE, BRADY, REID, BLAIR, 
MURDOCH, MONAGHAN, DOOGUE, PALMER, SCIASCIA, MAHONEY(b), WRIGHT, MILNE, 
BRADLEY, ROBERTSON, NEWLANDS, ALLEN, DE GROOT, MAHONEY-HALL, MORONEY, 
SUTHERLAND(a), LITTLE, COLDWELL, McKEOWN, CHEESEMAN, THYLER, LEVICK, 
McLAREN, SUTHERLAND(b), HARRISON, NELSON, GREEKS, WATENE, HORN, LEAVER, 
FLAHIVE ..     

< 1862 > Albert Christian HANSEN (1842-1877)& Catherine SHIRLEY (1842-1914)
b. ?, Denmark and Manchester, England.   Albert & Catherine both arrived in NZ 
approx 1862/63 (both age 20) - ship(s)/port(s) not yet known.  Albert, a farmer at 
Waimate (Sth Island), died of tetanus at the age of 35.
> Descendant Count 100+ by 5 Gen's:5,12,30,38,15+

> Ancestral Names: HANSEN, SHIRLEY, McMAHON, ..
> Descendant Names by Gen:(1) HANSEN (2) COE (3) EDWARDS, PAYNE 
(4) KINGSBURY, WILLIAMS, BLAIR, MURDOCH, MONAGHAN ..  

< 186? > Patrick Hugh McCASHIN (1841-1923)
b. Downpatrick?, Co.Down, Ireland.  Patrick arrived in NZ sometime in the 1860's 
onboard the "Belgravia" - date & port not yet known.   Patrick was a veteran 
of 7 years of the NZ Land Wars and later worked for the Wairoa County Council. 

& < 1870 > Mary Ann SHIELS (1850-1913)
b. Omagh?, Co.Tyrone, Ireland.   Mary, the wife of Patrick McCashin, arrived in 
Napier approx 1870 (age 20) onboard the "Selena" - exact date not yet known.
> Descendant Count 300+ by 6 Gen's:9,27,84,174+,42+,1+

> Ancestral Names: McCASHIN, SHIELS, CARR, McKNOWN ..
> Descendant Names by Gen:(1) McCASHIN (2) GRACE, KEANE, CARRINGTON, 
REDPATH (3) HARRIS, VERHEIJEN, MOLONEY, WHITAM, COXALL, COE, O'LEARY, 
MAHONEY(a) (4) ADAMS, PRENTIS, O'MEARA, DREW, DAVIDSON, MISSEN, COOPER, 
McINTOSH, BUTLER, ODLUM, DREVERMAN, PYKE, BAIRD, BRADY, REID, BLAIR, MURDOCH, 
MONAGHAN, DOOGUE, PALMER, SCIASCIA, MAHONEY(b), WRIGHT, MILNE, BRADLEY, 
ROBERTSON, NEWLANDS, ALLEN, SMITH, DE GROOT, MAHONEY-HALL .. 

< 1873 > Elizabeth O'HARA (1858-1931)
b. Cootehall?, Co.Roscommon, Ireland.  The wife of Joseph Jeffares (1855-1902) 
(son of Thomas & Mary above).  Elizabeth arrived in NZ approx 1873 (age 18) - 
ship/port not yet known.  Elizabeth was killed in the Napier earthquake of 1931.

> Ancestral Names: O'HARA, KEAVNEY?, BOYDE, McDONOUGH, ..

< 1874 > George Thomas COE [II] (1850-1920) & Ann HOSLER (1849-1926)
b. Lambeth & Paddington, London, England.  George & Anne with son George Coe [III] 
(1871-1952) and daughter Harriet arrived in Wellington (ex London) 1 May 
1874 (ages 24, 25, 2yrs & 1yr) onboard the "Golden Sea".  Previously a 
timber porter at London's Paddington Canal, in NZ George was the gardener at 
Longwood Homestead, near Featherston, Wairarapa.

> Ancestral Names: COE, HOSLER, CONWAY, HILL, ..

< 1874 > George Thomas COE [I] (1818-1904) & Harriet CONWAY (1829-186?)
b. Blackfriars & Highgate, London, England.  George, a widower (Harriet died in 
London), with his two youngest children James and Florence (following his 3 elder 
children George[II](above), William and Harriet), arrived in Wellington (ex London) 
30 Aug 1874 (ages 56, 14 & 11) onboard the "Euterpe" (aka "Star of 
India" - now restored in San Diego, USA - the oldest active ship in the world).  
Previously a labourer and storesman at Lambeth (Sth bank of Thames, opposite
Westminster), in NZ George was a grocer, living at Peter St, Wellington (was off 
Vivian St, opposite Walter St), where he married Mary Ann BARKER (? - 1896). 
> Descendant Count 200+ by 6 Gen's:5,29,16,24,33,10+

> Descendant Names by Gen:(1) COE (2) MATTHEWS (3) COX, BERRY 
(4) PAYNE, MILNE .. (5) WILLIAMS, BLAIR, MURDOCH, MONAGHAN, HENDERSON ..

BRANDT, BLAIR, NEVILLE and BARNETT Families:

< 1862 > George BRANDT (1825-1912)
b. Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.  The second husband of Grace Neil (below).  George, 
of Jewish descent?, arrived in NZ approx 1862 (age 37) - ship/port not yet known.  
George was a gold miner at Blue Spur, near Hokitika.

Ancestral Names: BRANDT, ..

< 1865 > Grace NEIL (1840-1908)
b. Dalkeith, Edinburgh, Scotland.  Grace arrived in NZ approx 1865 as Grace Louden 
(age 25) with her first husband Gilbert LOUDEN (?-?) - ship/port not yet 
known. 
> Descendant Count 200+ by 6 Gen's:8,11+,40+,81+,72+,12+

> Ancestral Names: NEIL, ..
> Descendant Names by Gen:(1) LOUDEN, BRANDT (2) NEVILLE .. 
(3) STEPHENS, PAMMENT, SMITH, AYDON, BLAIR (4) CROTHERS, LAUSEN, 
BENNETT, ELLWOOD, LITTLE, INGLIS, MASON, HAUGHEY, MYLES, WAGHORN ..

< 1866 > William Thomson BLAIR (1827-1901) & Christina KERR (1833-1909)
b. Lanarkshire, Scotland.  William & Christina with 2 sons, Adam Blair[II] (1851-
1926) and ?, arrived in Hokitika (ex Australia) approx 1866 (ages 39, 33, 15 & 
13) - ship not yet known.  Adam Blair[II] co-founded one of the largest sawmilling 
operations on the West Coast, "Stratford, Blair & Co.", mostly supplying timber to 
the huge mining industry.  Sadly, both his son Adam Blair[III] (1881-1915) and
granddaughter Sara(Sadie) Blair (1905-1914) died as a result sawmill accidents.
> Descendant Count 200+ by 6 Gen's:7,13+,28+,7+,14+,14+

> Ancestral Names: BLAIR, KERR, ..
> Descendant Names by Gen:(1) BLAIR (2) .. (3) DRUMM, CARTER, 
McKENZIE, HOBCROFT .. (4) THOMPSON .. (5) HAUGHEY, MILES, WAGHORN ..  

< 1871 > Dennis NEVILLE (1843-1927) & Margaret BUCKLEY (?-?)
b. Co.Limerick, Ireland.  Dennis, a widower (Margaret died in Ireland), with his son 
Dennis Neville Jr (1867-1915), arrived in NZ approx 1871 (ages 28 & 4yrs) - 
ship/port not yet known.  Both father and son were gold miners.  Dennis Jr died at 
Greymouth (age 48), in suspicious circumstances, while (believed to be) in possession 
of a quantity of gold. 
> Descendant Count 200+ by 6 Gen's:5,13+,40+,81+,72+,12+

> Ancestral Names: NEVILLE, BUCKLEY, JOYCE, ..
> Descendant Names by Gen:(1) NEVILLE (2) HANNA .. (3) STEPHENS, 
PAMMENT, SMITH, AYDON, BLAIR .. (4) CROTHERS, LAUSEN, BENNETT, ELLWOOD, 
LITTLE, INGLIS, MASON, HAUGHEY, MYLES, WAGHORN .. 

< 1871 > Norah CROWLEY (1856-1918)
b. Bendigo, Victoria, Australia (presume of Irish descent?).  The wife of Adam Blair 
[II], Norah arrived in NZ approx 1871 (age 15 - presumably with family?) - ship/port 
not yet known.

> Ancestral Names: CROWLEY, ..

< 1875 > Robert BARNETT (1848-1940) & Sarah EWART (1848-1910)
b. Co.Derry, Ireland(of Scot or English descent).  Robert & Sarah, with 3 daughters 
Elizabeth, Ann and Amelia (who was born during the journey), arrived in Dunedin (ex 
London) 4 Aug 1875 (ages 27, 27, 4yrs, 2yrs & 6weeks) onboard the 
"James Nicol Fleming".  Robert and Sarah appear to have lived various places, 
eventually ending up in Petone, Wellington. 
> Descendant Count 100+ by 5 Gen's:10,7+,12+,26+,16+

> Ancestral Names: BARNETT, EWART, CANNON, MEEK, ..
> Descendant Names by Gen:(1) BARNETT (2) TENNENT, BLAIR .. 
(3) THOMPSON .. (4) PARKINSON, CHING, HAUGHEY, MYLES, WAGHORN ..