List of settlers arriving at Jackson Bay.

            Provided by  the Haast Field Centre, Haast.

LIST OF SETTLERS ARRIVING JACKSONS BAY:

CARMICHAEL, Neil, ferryman, from Scotland, arr 1874, dep 1878.

CRAWFORD, Robert, plumber, from Scotland, wife and 1 child, arr 19.1.1875.

McKENZIE, Daniel, printer, from Scotland, wife and 3 children, arr 19.1.1875.

DOHERTY, Barthol, farmer, from Ireland, wife and 2 children, arr 19.1.1875.

McARTHUR, Alex, miner from Scotland, single, arr 19.1.1975.

McKINNON, Hugh, plasterer from Scotland, single, arr 19.1.1875.

WEBSTER, William, miner from Scotland, single, arr 19.1.1875.

BEVERIDGE, Thomas, bushman with wife and 6 children, arr 19.1.1875.

CRONE, Adam, with wife and 1 child, arr 19.1.1875.

SKIPPER, J., miner, from Germany, and wife, 19.1.1875.

LOFQUIST, Samuel, carpenter, from Sweden, (a widower) and 3 children, arr 19.1.1875.

MURDOCH, John, roadman, from Scotland, wife and 4 children, arr 19.1.1875.

BURMEISTER, Wilhelm, bushman, from Germany, wife and 4 children, arr 19.1.1875.

RAY, William, farmer, from England, wife and child, arr 19.1.1875.

NE(?D)GER, Emil, farmer from Denmark, arr 19.1.1875.

MOTH, Richard, farmer from England, arr 19.1.1875.

SMITH, George, miner from England, wife and 3 children, arr 19.1.1875.

NISSEN, E.G., farmer from Denmark, wife and 4 children, arr 19.1.1875.

NELSON, Robert, farmer from Ireland, (a widower) and 2 children, arr 19.1.1875.

WOOD, James, farmer from Ireland, arr 19.1.1875.

NIGHTINGALE, James, overseer, from England, wife and 4 children, arr 19.1.1875.

           (Messrs Skipper, McKenzie, Moth and Wood remained 18 months;

            Ray and Nelson until near the end of 1878;  Beveridge until April 1879.)

PORTER, Milton E., bushman from Canada, arr January 1875, dep 1879.

CRONIN, John, from Ireland, arr 2.2.1875.

JACKSON, William, from Ireland, and wife, arr 2.2.1875.

LINDSAY, John, blacksmith, from Scotland, wife and 2 children, arr 2.2.1875.

WHEELER, William, sawyer, from England, arr 2.2.1875.

RUSSELL, Henry, carpenter, from England, wife and child, arr 2.2.1875.

CHEEK, James, bricklayer, from England, wife and child, arr 2.2.1875, dep July 1876.

HARRIS, Christian, brassfounder, from Norway, wife and 3 children, arr 2.2.1875, dep 1876.

CUTTANCE, W.L., miner from England, wife and 2 sons aged 15 & 13, arr 2.2.1875.

CLARK, John, miner from Ireland, arr 2.2.1875.

McKENZIE, Duncan, farmer from Scotland, stayed 4 years, arr 2.2.1875.

FRANKLIN, Robert, miner from New Zealand, and wife, arr 2.2.1875.

WHALEN, Michael, miner from Ireland, arr 2.2.1875, dep 1876.

LONGSTAFF, Charles, farmer from England, and wife, arr 2.2.1875.

McGLASHAN, Robert, ship’s carpenter from Scotland, wife and 1 child, arr 2.2.1875,

                          stayed 4 years.

CHALK, John, miner from England, arr 2.2.1875, stayed over a year.

INGRAM, John, miner from Canada, arr 14.2.1875, stayed 1 month.

LARSEN, Neils Peter, from Sweden, arr 14.2.1875, stayed 2 years.

PETERSEN, Erasmus Thorwald, arr 14.2.1875, stayed 2 months.

WELHAM, Nathan, from England, arr 14.2.1875, died 11.3.1875.

ZEILIAN, John, from Sweden, arr 14.2.1875.

LOVE, John, from England, arr 14.2.1875, stayed until 1876.

COX, James, from England, arr February 1875, stayed 2 years.

SMITH, James, from England, wife and 2 children, arr February 1875.

McPHERSON, Rod, from Scotland, arr February 1875.

TUGHILL, Edward, from England, arr  February 1875, stayed 2 years.

FELL, Thomas, from England, arr February 1875.

FELL, Charles, from England, arr February 1875.

CARTER, J.W., carpenter, and his son, arr 22.2.1875.

YELL, Jeremiah, from Scotland, wife and 4 children, arr 14.3.1875.

            (Jeremiah died soon after, at Settlement).

ROBINSON, Charles, from England, with wife and 4 children, arr 14.3.1875.

NOLAN, Andrew, from Ireland, wife and 3 children, arr 12.4.1875.

EXTRA NOTES:

TEER, James, born Newcastle, Co. Down, Ireland, son of fisherfolk. Arrived Australia c1846, then to West Coast. Survivor of the wreck

            of “General Grant”. Hokitika Museum has a lot of information on James.

By 1877, 7 births, 1 marriage and 2 deaths had been recorded in Jacksons Bay Settlement.

By 1878, 3 children had died in less than three weeks.

17.2.1875  - Resident Agent MacFarlane wrote to Bonar: . . ."What steps will I take with regard to the graves that are here?  I find that they are

on one of the streets . . . .  I have to report the finding of a coffin containing the remains of a child apparently about 6 months old;  the men dug

it up in forming a right-of-way between the cottages.  I had it re-buried near the other graves;  it was evidently an European child as the coffin

was very neatly made, but there was nothing to indicate to whom it belonged."

(It is obvious from this report that burials had taken place in the actual township prior to February 1875.  Possibly all removed to the now

Arawata Cemetery?)

Some names of Italian settlers at Jacksons Bay:

FRANDI, Aristodeme, arrived 1876, departed 1879, large family.

LUCHESI, Fortunate, arrived 1876, departed 1879, large family.

EGISTO, Calamai, arrived 1876, departed 1879, large family.

BIRTHS – Jacksons Bay, found during research on the cemetery:

EGGELING, William, born Okuru 1889, son of August.

EGGELING, Charles, born 1898.

EGGELING, Richard, born 1901.

McKENZIE, Malcolm Jackson, born 1875, Arawata Settlement, first white child born Jacksons Bay.

NIGHTINGALE, Olive Arawata, born Arawata 1875.

HARRIS, Noah, born 24 September 1873.

WISE’S DIRECTORY, 1883 -4, Jacksons Bay:

BURMEISTER, William, farmer.

CALLARY, John, farmer.

CLARK, John, farmer.

COX, Jesse, farmer

HEILDT (sic – HEVELDT), Joseph, farmer.

JACKSON, William, farmer.

LINISAY, John, blacksmith.

MacFARLANE, Colin, sheep farmer.

MacFARLANE, Duncan, Res. Mag.

ROBINSON, Charles, hotelkeeper.

SMITH, James, farmer.

TEER, James, farmer.

THOMSON & McARTHUR (James and Alexander), farmers

Two publications with good family histories are:

"Black Sands and Golden Years 1877 – 1879 Weheka and Fox Glacier School"

"Whataroa, South Westland Centennial Report 1879 - 1979" (excellent material)

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