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  • William Lewis emigrated to New Zealand - can you help me find him?

    Here he is in 1901 with family:

    1901 Head: Frederick W Lewis b1855 Islington. Boot maker’s Manager.
    Wife: Lucretia b1852 St Pancras.
    Dau: Edith b1881 Islington Boot shop assistant
    Son: William b1883 Islington Boot warehouse assistant

    Address: 209 Liverpool Rd Civil par/reg district: Islington, London.
    Ecc par: Holy Trinity Sub-reg district: Barnsbury

    He isn't in 1911 census or in BMD death/marriage. In the will of Edmund Harding made in 1922, he leaves a bequest to William 'now in New Zealand'.

    So, it is possible he went between the 1901 and 1911 census times. Are there passenger lists for New Zealand which anyone can access? Or censuses in New Zealand? Whole new area for me...

    Thanks...
    Liz

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    NZ BMDs. Free searching.
    Births, Deaths and Marriages (BDM) registers and maintains New Zealand birth, death, marriage, civil union and name change information, and issues certificates and printouts.
    Phil
    historyhouse.co.uk
    Essex - family and local history.

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    • #3
      Thanks Phil, will have a look there...
      Liz

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      • #4
        If anyone has FMPast subs, his name is coming up for Auckland in 1910:



        There are several possibilities on the above BMD site but it you have to buy a cert for more details:

        1910/582 Alice Maude Robertson William Lewis

        1914/7405 Ethel Warwick Warwick William Lewis

        1918/5756 May Collins William Lewis


        1918/1632 Emma Jane Gurnick William Lewis

        1919/5118 Doris Amelia Harrison William Lewis
        Liz

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        • #5
          New Zealand, Immigration Passenger Lists, 1855-1973 on familysearch.
          Discover your family history. Explore the world’s largest collection of free family trees, genealogy records and resources.
          Phil
          historyhouse.co.uk
          Essex - family and local history.

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          • #6
            Thanks again, Phil - interesting to see that bit of Fam Search. I have looked at each entry for Lewis (1910 isn't there). Nothing to identify if my man.

            Could I ask anyone with Find My Past subs to check it out on there - might get fuller details? Thanks.
            Liz

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            • #7
              Wm LEWIS Date of departure: 5 October 1910
              Port of departure: London
              Passenger destination port: Auckland, New Zealand
              Passenger destination: Auckland, New Zealand
              Date of Birth:
              Age:
              Marital status:
              Single Sex: Male
              Occupation: Farm Laborer


              Ship: MATATUA

              no age given :(

              On the same ship

              Name: Wm J LEWIS
              Date of departure: 5 October 1910
              Port of departure: London
              Passenger destination port: Auckland, New Zealand
              Passenger destination: Auckland, New Zealand
              Date of Birth:
              Age:
              Marital status: Single
              Sex: Male
              Occupation: Miner
              Last edited by Katarzyna; 07-10-11, 22:12.
              Kat

              My avatar is my mother 1921 - 2012

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              • #8
                http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi...illiam+lewis-- might be useful and http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/...cItemSearch.do I don't have access to full pay sites, is it poss to search using his name and birth year to find a death in NZ?
                Last edited by naomiatt; 08-10-11, 05:43.

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                • #9
                  Thank you Kat...that has eliminated those two. He worked with his father in a boot/shoe making business. He might not have gone in steerage. The family were still at the same address in 1911 as they lived at in 1901.

                  William had no middle initial so we can exclude them.
                  Liz

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                  • #10
                    naomiatt - thank you for the links. At least I know William was alive in 1922 when Edmund Harvey wrote his will, leaving him a bequest.

                    I think I am going to have to concentrate on finding him in passenger lists to start with to know where he went.
                    Last edited by Liz from Lancs; 08-10-11, 07:09.
                    Liz

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                    • #11
                      you know he was alive in 1922, so you can find a death after then i think. the cert if you get it may have a wife or child registering it, it will at least give his parent's names if known, helping narrow down the cert. and it will give info on birth place, marriage and number of children.

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                      • #12
                        Thanks kyle but if N Zealand certs are like British ones, they won't give parents' names. Also Wm Lewis is a common name and there are quite a few of them in N Zealand.

                        I need to narrow it down first to which area he went to and then follow up with poss marriage etc.

                        Still hoping someone with subs to FMP can check out the rest of the Wm Lewises within 1901-1911 timeframe for me going to N. Zealand.
                        Liz

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                        • #13
                          Sorry Liz I thought you just needed them for 1910.
                          Searched 1901 to 1922

                          Name: Mr W LEWIS
                          Date of departure: 14 March 1912
                          Port of departure: London
                          Passenger destination port: Wellington, New Zealand
                          Passenger destination: Wellington, New Zealand
                          Date of Birth:
                          Age: (not given)
                          Marital status: Single
                          Sex: Male
                          Occupation: (not given)

                          Ship: Ruahine

                          Others are:
                          Pte W Lewis Soldier 1915
                          W Lewis Scholar with two Miss Lewis's 1912.
                          WT Builder 1911 with wife and family.
                          WJ Labourer 1911.

                          There are others with W as 2nd initial
                          Last edited by Katarzyna; 08-10-11, 15:37.
                          Kat

                          My avatar is my mother 1921 - 2012

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                          • #14
                            Liz - this is the info on a New Zealand Birth record:



                            Contains a lot more info than ours
                            Last edited by Katarzyna; 08-10-11, 15:52.
                            Kat

                            My avatar is my mother 1921 - 2012

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                            • #15
                              Kat - thank you so much for trying again and for the BMD link. As my Wm Lewis was not with his family in the 1911 census, I think the one you found in 1912 might not be him.

                              When I started on this, I thought the N Zealand passenger lists would be like some of the ones to Australia that Mary helped me with on another family. There was enough detail to identify members of the family. I think I have come to a dead end on this one.

                              Thank you everyone who tried for me.
                              Liz

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                              • #16
                                Is it poss to search by his name and year of birth to find a death after 1922...presumably in NZ...

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                                • #17
                                  hi naomiatt - thanks for the suggestion. Two possibles come up from the list:

                                  1941 ref 26602 Lewis William 58yrs, making his birth yr 1883
                                  1940 ref 29063 Lewis William 56 yrs, making his birth year 1884

                                  If he was a direct descendant, I might fork out for certs and hope his wife or an offspring registered the death and I could trace back a marriage etc.

                                  Because he isn't, I am not going to buy certs. It was worth a try if he could have been found on passenger lists with fuller information.
                                  Liz

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                                  • #18
                                    i understand the dilemma liz, but the only way you would ever know is if you got the certs. they would be informative. but i totally get only getting certs for the direct line. it gets expensive just doing them haha.

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                                    • #19
                                      Do they say where in NZ Liz? And also, have you found a notice for each of them in the Papers Past site...you can join the dots backwards.....

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                                      • #20
                                        No naomiatt - It doesn't give an area on that BMD site. I just haven't enough info even if I bought certs. Thanks again - am bowing out of this one now.
                                        Liz

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