Luke Ballard was aged 25 years old at the time of registering for passage on the Bombay. Luke was born on the 20th of October,1839 in Berkshire, England. Luke’s parents were William Ballard and Elizabeth White. Luke married Elizabeth Mary Smith in Charney Bassett, Berkshire and at the time was working as a a Wheelwright and Bridge-builder.
The Ballard family will travel to New Zealand as part of the Waikato Immigration Scheme, Luke will do well for himself, his qualifications being sought after, and by 1880 he had amassed about 448 acres around Ramarama (Close to Bombay) and was elected to several local committees. After his wife Elizabeth died in 1904, Luke will return to England, but will return shortly after.
Luke died on the 6th of October,1909 at his residence in Pah Road, Epsom and is buried next to his wife in Papakura Cemetery.
Elizabeth Mary Ballard (Maiden name Smith) was aged 24 years old at the time of registering for passage on the Bombay. Elizabeth was born in Drayton, Berkshire, England, in January,1840 to Joseph and Harriet Smith. Elizabeth married Luke on the 20th of September, 1860 in Charney Bassett, they left for New Zealand with two young children, Elizabeth heavily pregnant will arrive with three. The third child William will be born as the Bombay rounded the Cape and entered the roaring forties.
Elizabeth died on the 6th of October,1904 in Papakura, Auckland.
Elizabeth and Luke’s known children are:
Frank Mathew Ballard. Mathew was born on the 27th of February 1862 in Berkshire, England and married Ellen Jane Hill.
Leah Lydia Kern. Leah was born on the 28th of June,1863 in Berkshire, she will go on to marry Cecil George Kern.
William Ballard. William was born on the 31st of January,1865 on the ship Bombay. William will marry Sarah Ann Hyauiason in 1893.
Mark Ballard. Mark was born on the 25th of September,1867 in Bombay, he married Agnes Campbell Sharp in 1893, and had four children. Mark died on the 10th of November,1918 from the Influenza Pandemic.
Priscilla Ashby. Priscilla was born on the 1st of April,1871 in Bombay, she will go on to marry Thomas Ashby in 1893.
Samuel Ballard. Samuel was born on the 9th of January,1873 in Bombay, he will marry Margret Mathews Ward.
John Jack Ballard. John was born on the 1st of April,1875, and married Alice Morgan.
Harriett Bess Elizabeth Brook. Harriet was born on the 8th of August 1877 in Bombay, and married Charles Arthur Brook in 1915, after Charles died in 1923, Harriett remarried to a Thomas Sloane.
Luke Ebenezer Ballard. Luke was born on the 28th of February,1880 in Bombay and will marry Agnes Mary Hosking.
James Ballard. James was born on the 28th of February,1880 and married Francis Wilhelmena Davies.
Mathew Frank Ballard was aged 3 years old at the time of registering for passage on the Bombay. Frank was born on the 27th of February,1862, in Charney Basset, which was at the time in Berkshire, England. Frank will become a successful farmer and won several prizes at local farm shows for ploughing.
Frank married Ellen Jane Hill in 1886, Ellen died on the 6th of March, 1923 in Auckland and Frank remarried Emma Louisa Biddick. Emma was born in Mahurangi, New Zealand in 1871, she also died before Frank, the date being 1st of November,1933, at Runciman, Auckland. Louisa was known as a kind and helpful person and was highly respected in the community.
Frank died on the 3rd of October,1937 and is buried at Papakura Cemetery. It would appear that Frank did not have children.
Leah Lydia Ballard was aged 1 years old at the time of registering for passage on the Bombay. Leah or Lydia as she preferred, was born on the 28th of June,1863 in Charney Basset, Berkshire, England.
Leah married Cecil George Kern at her parents home on the 13th of November,1883. Cecil was from Ceylon and his parents were Cecil Theodore Kern and Charlotte Harriet Christiaans.
The couple will go on to farm in Ramarama, near Bombay, Kern Road being named after them. In 1893 Leah voted in the New Zealand General Elections, making her one of the first women in the world to vote.
Lead died on the 1st of November,1940 in Papakura, Auckland.
Leah and Luke’s known children are:
Edith Ann King. Annie was born on the 24th of August,1884 in Ramarama, Edith married Hilton Trevalyan King on the 25th of December,1906. Edith died on the 17th of April,1874 and is buried at Waikaraka Cemetery in Onehunga.
Cecil Frank Kern. Cecil was born on the 6th of April,1886, and worked as a farmer, he served in the Otago Infantry Regiment in WW1 as a Private, he fell ill while in the trenches and was sent to England where he was rehabilitated, Cecil returned to active service and was killed in action on the 5th of September,1918 at the battle of Harvincourt Wood, France. Cecil was not married, but did have a sweetheart before embarking to War.
Jessie Eveline Glasgow. Jessie was born on the 27th July,1888 in Drury, Jessie married James Henry Glasgow on the 5th of November, 1908. Jessie died on the 4th of Febuary,1878 in Papakura.
Mary Louise Fitzgerald. Mary was born on the 2nd of August,1890 in Ramarama, Mary married Edgar Walter Fitzgerald in 1923.
Agnes Cecilia Turchi. Agnes was born on the 27th of November, 1892 in Ramarama. Agnes married Alex Walter Robert Turchi in 1925. Alex was of Italian descent.
Irene Laura Duncan. Irene was born in 1895 and married William Thomas Duncan in 1924.
Eleanor May Plumer. Elanor was born on the 7th of May,1898 and married Arthur Fredrick Plumer on the 31st of August,1926.
Charles Theodore Kern. Charles was born on the 13th of November, 1900 in Pukekohe, Charles married Dorothy Mary Gothorp on the 7th of November,1928.
Ruby Alice Rogers. Ruby was born in 1903 in Pukekohe and married Wilbert James Rogers in 1921.
William Ballard was born on the 31st of January,1865 as the Bombay sailed past the Cape of Good Hope, somewhere near South Latitude 43.50 and East Longitude 30.10. William became a carpenter and will marry Sarah Ann Hyauiason, a daughter of a successful ironmonger/ locksmith, they married at her parents house in Brown Street, Ponsonby, they will live to celebrate a golden wedding anniversary at there address in Trafalgar Street, Onehunga, in 1943.
William died on the 25th of November,1954 in Auckland and Sarah on the 17th of December,1958.
William and Sarah’s known children are:
David James Ballard. David was born in October,1893 in Auckland. David worked as a Engineer and served in WW1 with the New Zealand Field Artillery. David was injured in Passchendaele from a bomb blast but survived the war to returned to NZ and marry Hilda May Sharp in 1919. David lived to the 14th of April,1968 and Hilda lived to 1989.
William George Ballard. William was born on the 2nd of April,1896 and worked as a Plumber. William also enlisted in WW1 with the Auckland Infantry Regiment and suffered a gun shot wound to the thigh, on returning to NZ William married Hazel Mavoureen Hyland on the 29th of December,1920 in Onehunga. William died on the 14th of April,1969 and Hazel on the 31st of July,1879.
Henry Barnes was aged 30 years old at the time of registering for passage on the Bombay. Henry was born in 1834 in England, he married Mary Hammond on the 10th of December,1854 in Brentford, England. Henry died on the 25th of June,1918 in Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand at his son’s residence in Paterson Street.
Mary Barnes (Maiden name Hammond) was aged 31 years old at the time of registering for passage on the Bombay. Mary was born in 1833 in England, she died in 1908 in Dunedin, New Zealand.
Henry and Mary’s known children are:
Henry William Barnes. Henry was born on the 8th of March,1857 in England and married Emily Dick in 1879.
Charles Alfred Barnes. Charles was born in 1859 in England and married Ruth Wright, then later Alice Virginia Browning.
Alice Mary Barnes. Alice married David Archibald Hutchinson Wright in 1889.
Henry William Barnes was aged 7 years old at the time of registering for passage on the Bombay. Henry was born on the 8th of March, 1857 in England and christened on the 23rd of December,1860 at Saint Dunstan Church, Stepney, London. Henry married Emily Dick on the 23rd of August,1879.
Emily was born in Kent, England. Emily died on the 20th of April, 1884 in Dunedin. Henry remarried Agnes Gillian on the 21st of May 1885. Agnes was born on the 1st of January,1867 in Edinburgh, Scotland to Thomas Gillian and Ann Richardson. Henry died on the 4th of February, 1934 in Dunedin.
Henry and Emily’s known children are:
Mary Jane Porter. Mary was born in 1880 and married Thomas Porter in 1902.
Alice Emily McCallion. Alice was born in 1882 and married William MCallion in 1903.
Henry and Agnes’s known children are:
Henry William Barnes. Henry was born in 1886.
John Thomas Barnes. John was born on 15th of October,1887 in Dunedin, John married Barbara Meharry in 1909.
Annie Richardson Begg. Annie was born on the 14th of August,1889 Dunedin, Annie and married Jonathan Begg in 1911.
James Neilson Barnes. James was born in 1891 and married Bertha Barbara Victoria McDonald in 1916.
Albert Robert Grossart Barnes. Albert was born in 1892 and married Phoebe Thyrza Lamb in 1914.
Herbert Charles Barnes. Herbert was born in 1894, but died in the same year.
William Arthur Barnes. William was born in 1895 and married Ivy Priscilla Rash in 1920.
Jessie Agnes Clements Neilson Barnes. Jessie was born in 1896 but died the following year.
Dorothy May Barnes. Dorothy was born in 1898.
Frank Walter Barnes. Frank was born on the 20th of April,1899 in Dunedin, Frank married Elizabeth Mabel Sharman in 1921. Frank worked as a butcher.
Alexander McGregor Barnes. Alexander was born and died in 1901.
Agnes Gillian Grimmett. Agnes was born in 1902 and married Arthur Richard Grimmett in 1928.
Violet May Barnes. Violet was born in 1904 and died in 1949.
Hilda Barnes. Hilda was born in 1906 and died in 1943.
Stanley Livingstone Barnes. Stanley was born in 1908 and died in 1972.
Margret Barnes. Margret was born in 1912.
Charles Alfred Barnes was aged 5 years old at the time of registering for passage on the Bombay. Charles was born in 1859 in Stepney, London and christened at Saint Dunstan’s Church in Stepney. Charles married Ruth Wright in 1883 in Dunedin, New Zealand and lived in Neil Street Dunedin.
Ruth was born in County Armagh, Ireland in 1862 to James Wright and Sarah Rachael Andrews. Sarah died on the 15th of March,1899 in Dunedin Hospital. Charles remarried to Ethel Balneavis Bree, Ethel was born on the 1st of October, 1876 in Gore, New Zealand, she sadly died in 1918.
Charles was a Engine Driver and it would appear that Charles and Ethel’s marriage was not the best, as Charles travelled as a passenger on the SS Maitai on the 25th of August 1911 from Wellington to San Francisco via Rarotonga arriving on the 21st of July,1911.
Charles then moved to Clark, Washington, United States and married Alice Virginia Browning on the 14th of March, 1914.
Charles and Ruth’s known children are:
James Henry Barnes. James was born on the 26th of August,1884 in Dunedin and married Charlotte Hunt.
William Charles Barnes. William was born in 1887 in New Zealand and married Clara Penson.
Mary Alice Smith. Mary was born on the 5th of February,1888 in Dunedin and married Alfred Bruno Smith.
David Barnes. David was born on the 30th of June,1891 in Dunedin, but died the same day.
Frances John Barnes. Frances was born on the 13th of July,1892 in Dunedin and married Maude Stanley Weaver.
Margret Jane Barnes. Margret was born in Dunedin on the 5th of May,1895, but died on the 7th of January,1917, she did not marry.
Ellen Pringle Barnes. Ellen was born on the 21st of January,1898 in Dunedin and died in 1954, she did not marry.
Charles and Ethel’s known children are:
Evelyn Alexandra Gibbs. Evelyn was born on the 30th of January, 1902 in New Zealand and married Charles George Gibbs.
John Bass was aged 28 years old at the time of registering for passage on the Bombay. No information is able to be found, any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Harriet Bass was aged 28 years old at the time of registering for passage on the Bombay. No information is able to be found, any assistance would be greatly appreciated. (Possibly Harriet Goodman)
Sarah Bass was aged 4 years old at the time of registering for passage on the Bombay. No information is able to be found, any assistance would be greatly appreciated. (Possibly Sarah Jane Bass and married George Fitzpatrick in 1883)
James Bass was aged 2 years old at the time of registering for passage on the Bombay. No information is able to be found, any assistance would be greatly appreciated. (Possibly born in Hinckley Leicestershire, England)
James Bentley was aged 29 years old at the time of registering for passage on the Bombay. James was born on the 6th of November 1835 in Staffordshire, England to a laborer named Richard Bentley and Mary Ann Startin.
James married Jane Gillard on the 8th of August,1864 in Wellington, Somerset, shortly before departing on the Bombay. They were allocated land on Paparata Road, Bombay. James worked as a farmer and bushman, but also had issues with the law, one account was of being accused of cattle stealing in 1888, although it should be noted fencing was still limited and cattle could wander, and that in previous cases of cattle wandering on his land James advertised in local newspapers of the found livestock.
When his wife died in 1904, James remarried on 17th February,1909 to Mary Ann Johnson, however the following year James died from drowning in Hunua on 30th of October,1910. James is buried at Papakura cemetery.
Jane Bentley (Maiden name Gillard) was aged 25 years old at the time of registering for passage on the Bombay. Jane was born in Wellington, Nynehead, Somerset, England in 1839 to Sarah Blackmore and Joseph Gillard, a agricultural labourer.
Jane worked as a dairy maid in Somerset, and married James on the 8th of August,1864 at the Parish Church in Wellington, Somerset. Jane died in 1904, aged 65 from septicemia, and was buried at Papakura Cemetery with James.
James and Janes known children are:
Sarah Jane Clow. Sarah was born in May,1867 in Ramarama, Sarah married Peter James Clow in 1885.
Mary Ann Mabey. Mary was born on the 3rd of July,1869 in Drury. Mary married William George Mabey on the 8th of July,1885. Mary died in 1918.
Richard William Bentley. Richard was born on the 3rd of July,1871 in Bombay. Richard married Mary Johnston Gordon in 1892.
Joseph James Bentley. Joseph was born on the 19th of May,1873 in Bombay. Joseph married Elizabeth Ellen Kernot on 17th of May, 1899.
James Bentley. James all Jim as he preferred was born on the 22nd of September,1876, in Bombay. James married Elizabeth Kelly on the 21st of June,1897, sadly Elizabeth died in 1918 from Influenza.
Caroline Elizabeth Bates. Caroline was born in 1880 in Papakura. Caroline married William Henry Bates in 1905.
Robert Bilkey was aged 43 years old at the time of registering for passage on the Bombay. Robert was born on the 4th of March,1821 in Madron, Cornwall, England. Robert was one of seven children to parents William Bilkey and Ursula Friggens Thomas. Robert was a successful tenant farmer in Tremenheere, Ludgvan, near Penzance, being award numerous prizes for his breeding of Berkshire pigs, he married Janefer Edwards on 31st October 1839 at Saint Ludgvan and Paul, in Ludgvan, Cornwall.
In 1854 he was elected a member of the Royal Agricultural Society. Robert was remembered as a a burly framed man, shrewd farmer and with a hearty laugh. Robert and family first settled in Onehunga, Auckland, where he worked as a market gardener, then moved to Bucklands, Auckland to farm in 1880.
Robert and Janefer will celebrate a 70th wedding anniversary, the first in New Zealand. Radium, discovered in 1898, was regarded as so exotic at the time that the rare 70th wedding anniversary was briefly known as ‘the radium wedding’.
Here, Mr and Mrs Robert Bilkey of Pukekohe are surrounded by descendants on their radium wedding anniversary on 31 October 1909. According to a report in the Hawera and Normanby Star, ‘Mr and Mrs Bilkey were married in Cornwall on October 31, 1839, and came to New Zealand in the ship Bombay in 1865. They remained in Onehunga until 1880, when they removed to Pukekohe, where they have since resided. The aged couple are both enjoying splendid health. Mr Bilkey, who is 90 years of age, is a very early riser, and he still lights the fire every morning. Mrs Bilkey, who is 93 years of age, is also very active, and is still able to read a newspaper without the aid of glasses.’ Sourced Nancy Swarbrick, ‘Birthdays and wedding anniversaries – Celebrating wedding anniversaries’, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand.
Robert passed away in his sleep on the 1st of September,1910, at his daughters Mrs Wright’s, he is buried with his wife in Pukekohe Cemetery.
Janefer Bilkey (Maiden name Edwards) was aged 46 years old at the time of registering for passage on the Bombay. Janefer or Jane as she preferred was born in Ludgvan, Cornwall on 22nd June,1817.
Jane was the youngest daughter to parents were Edmond Edwards and Mary Semmens. Jane was married by the Reverend H. E. Graham to Robert youngest son of Mr. Wm. Bilkey.
Janefer voted in the 1893 General Election, making her one of the first women in the world to vote. Janefer lived until 18th of October,1911.
Janefer’s and Robert’s known children are:
Jane Edwards Wright. Jane was born 19th of June,1841, and married Jacob Henry Wright on the 27th of November,1861. Jane and Henry also voyaged on the Bombay (Refer separate entry).
Robert Bilkey. Robert was born on the 8th of December,1843, but died on the 29th of July,1855 from a short illness.
Henry Bilkey. Henry or Harry as he preferred was born on the 22nd of July 1848 and married Rose Anna Gilberts on the 2nd of January 1878.
John Edwards Bilkey. John was born on the 6th of March,1851 and married Helen Warn Meatyard in 1883.
Edwin Edwards Bilkey. Edwin was born in 1854 and married Emily Sarah Walker on the 2nd of October,1888.
Robert Bilkey. Robert was born in Penzance on 23rd of August,1856, and married Anna Louisa Potter in 1888.
Mary Ursula Bilkey. Mary was born in 1862 and married William Vinicombe Davy on the 8th of September,1886.
Henry Bilkey was aged 16 years old at the time of registering for passage on the Bombay. Henry or Harry as he preferred was born in Treveneth, in Paul, Cornwall on the 22nd of July,1848. When Harry arrived in New Zealand he worked as market gardener, residing in Onehunga, Auckland before farming in Buckland’s, Auckland with his family.
On the 2nd January, 1878, Harry, eldest son of Mr. Robert Bilkey, Pukekohe West married Rose Annie, eldest daughter of the late Mr Philip Gilbert of Newport, Monmouthshire, England and Eliza Jane Elm.
Rose traveled to New Zealand alone in 1875 on the ship Alumbugh at 20 years of age, her occupation listed as dressmaker. Rose voted in the 1893 General Election, making her one of the first women in the world to vote.
Rose died on the 6th of January,1917 suddenly of heart failure and Harry on the 3rd of February,1933. Both lay to rest at Pukekohe Cemetery
Harry and Rose’s known children are:
Mabel Rose Bilkey. Mabel was born in October,1878, but died just 6 weeks later.
Henry Herbert Bilkey. Henry was born in April, 1880, but died in December 1885.
Arthur Vivian Bilkey. Arthur was born in 1881 and married Alice Wootten on the 19th of December,1906, Alice is the daughter of Bombay passenger Charles Wootten and Ellen Anderton whose brothers also travelled on the Bombay. Arthur died on the 26th of January,1925. Alice remarried to John Henry Ferguson.
Alfred Leopold Bilkey. Alfred was born on the 11th of December 1882, and married Mary Croakes on the 30th of July,1913, Alfred moved to England with his wife and died in Kent in 1936.
Ethel Daisy Bilkey. Ethel was born on the 13th of May,1884, but died on the 10th of May,1902.
Violet Muriel Bilkey. Violet was born on the 15th of December,1885 in Onehunga, Auckland, and married John Hoggard in 1912.
Alice Maud Goldsworthy. Alice was born on the 15th of June,1887 and married Walter Stanley Goldsworthy.
Albert Garfield Bilkey. Albert was born and died in 1890.
Helena Florence Jane Congalton. Helena was born on the 23rd of September,1891 and married Alexander Congalton on the 7th of May,1913.
Gladys Marjorie Bilkey. Gladys was born on the 11th of September, 1894 and married Fredrick James Hopkins in 1920.
John Bilkey was aged 14 years old at the time of registering for passage on the Bombay. John was born in Paul, Cornwall, England in July 1851. John spent time prospecting for gold in Thames, before returning to the Bombay area and growing potatoes.
In 1892, John took up 10 acres on Pukekohe Hill and planted early season potatoes and onions. In 1904, Bilkey harvested the first commercial potato crop for the Auckland market. A nearby road has been named in his honour.
John married Helen Warn Meatyard on the 20th of June,1883. Helen was born on the 21st of July,1861 in Chard, Somerset, England to William Meatyard and Sarah Harding. Helen and her family travelled to New Zealand on the Hanover arriving in September,1862. They would eventually settle in the Bombay area where John would take up sheep farming. Helen voted in the 1893 General Election, making her one of the first women in the world to vote.
“It is recorded that the first services to be held in Pukekohe West were conducted by Reverend Thomas Norrie in November, 1865. In 1868, the first church was constructed in the Paddock Settlement, constructed of rough slabs with a shingle roof and dirt floor referred to as the ‘slab church’. The site was located at the highest point of Nelson Street. This building also functioned as the first informal school for the Pukekohe West area for approximately six years,
as well as being utilized by the Anglicans and Catholics in its very early years. In order to accommodate increasing needs, in 1875 a new Presbyterian Church was built, situated on the same site. A fire in 1897 destroyed part of the church building. The other part
of the Church was reportedly sold to John, on whose farm it served as an onion shed for many years. It could still be seen on this site on Kitchener Road in 1968.” Sourced: Pukekohe heritage survey appendix 1 (p.151-293) (aucklandcouncil.govt.nz)
John lived until the 29th of January,1928. Helen died on the 13th of September,1943.
John and Helen’s known children were:
Ellen Ruth King. Ellen was born on 24th of June,1884 and married William King on the 17th of May,1907.
Edward John Bilkey. Ted as he was known was born on the 3rd of May,1886 in Pukekohe. Edward was a horse trainer and member of the Pukekohe Mounted Rifles who in 1913 joined the South Auckland Cossacks to break the strike at Auckland waterfront, Ted and was shot in the arm during the conflict but did not sustain significant injury.
Ted enlisted in WW1 and was part of the Samoan Relief Force where he contacted blood poisoning and was hospitalized.
Edward married Dulice May Harris on the 23rd of Febuary,1921.
Jessie Edith Willis. Jessie was born on the 14th of April,1889 and married William Arthur Willis on the 16th of Febuary,1916.
Sidney Victor Bilkey. Sidney was born on the 12th of June,1891 and married Mary Ann Maloney on the 29th of June,1919.
Lillie Winifred Bilkey. Lillie was born on the 24th of April 1893 and married Leslie James Hyland in 1921.
Maud Bilkey. Maud was born in 1894, but died in the same year.
Robert Bilkey. Robert was born on the 19th of March,1898 but died 7 days later.
Edwin Edwards Bilkey was aged 11 years old at the time of registering for passage on the Bombay. Edwin was born in 1854 in Ludgvan, Cornwall, England. As a youth Edwin worked on his elder sister’s and husband’s Jacob Wrights land in Mt Albert, while his parents were in Onehunga. Edwin was known as a fine horseman, and rode in several local races, in later life Edwin was noted as a noted judge of horses.
Edwin married Emily Sarah Walker from Tuakau, near Bombay, Emily was born on the 21st of September,1866 to Thomas Walker and Emily Caroline Widgery. Emily voted in the 1893 General Election, making her one of the first women in the world to vote.
Edwin lived until 13th of June,1931 and Sarah to the 24th of June, 1956.
Edwin and Sarah’s known children are:
Edwin Leonard Bilkey. Edwin was born in 1889 and married Eva Kathleen Leighton in 1916.
Alfred Thomas Bilkey. Alfred was born on the 12th of January,1891. Alfred enlisted in WW1 and served in a machine-gun unit. Alfred married Margret Hazel Horne in 1922.
Ernest Walker Bilkey. Ernest was born in 1892 and was a Saddler and in later life a Splint Maker. Ernest married Robina Sear Wheatcroft in 1915 and lived in Rugby Street, Birkenhead. Like many in his family Ernest enlisted in WW1 and was promoted to S/Sgt in 1918. Ernest survived the war.
Ivan Walter John Bilkey. Ivan was born on the 4th of April,1901 and married Grace Muriel Barnes in 1931.
Robert Wilfred Bilkey was aged 8 years old at the time of registering for passage on the Bombay. It is suspected that when Robert died in 1940 aged 83 that he was the last surviving passenger from the 1864 voyage of the Bombay. Robert was born in Ludgvan, Cornwall on 22nd of August,1856. In his youth Robert served as a NCO in the Pukekohe Mounted Rifles, in later life Robert was a successful grower of onions and potatoes.
Robert married Anna Louise Potter in Auckland on the 11th of July 1888, Anna was born in 1860 in Portadown, Ireland to Robert Potter and Elizabeth Overend. Anna had emigrated on the ship Nimroud with her family to Auckland, arriving on April 27, 1863
In September 1921 Robert donated a substantial concrete WW1 Memorial Arch and Gateway for St Andrew’s Church in Pukekohe, where he was Warden, in remembrance of the men of the district who had lost their lives, and has the inscription: “In Memoriam, 1914 – 1919”. The Archway still stands today.
Anna died on the 9th of April,1935 while on holiday at her daughters residence in Ranolf St Rotorua. Robert lived until the 7th of April, 1940, and also passed in Rotorua.
Robert and Anna’s known children are:
Robert Wilfred Bilkey. Robert was born on the 27th of May,1889. Robert married Emily Emma Stephen and served in WW1 as a Sergeant with the Auckland Mounted Rifles and was a member of the Army Rugby team
William Overend Bilkey. William or Ovey was born on the 24th of June,1890. William was a farmer and member of the Pukekohe Mounted Rifles, William served in WW1 with the Auckland Mounted Rifles but was discharged in June,1918 suffering from the effects of gas, a few months later on the 12th of November,1918 he died from influenza, reportedly the first in the area to succumb to the Spanish Flu.
Edmond Edwards Bilkey. Monty as he was known was born on the 19th of August 1891. Monty went to Auckland University and also enlisted in WW1 as a Sergeant in the Auckland Mounted Rifles and was wounded in Gallipoli. Monty survived and married Annie Winifred Lowrie in 1919.
Harold Carlyle Bilkey. Bart as he was known was born on the 24th of December,1892. Harold was a farmer in the Pukekohe area. Harold died in Epsom on the 12th of September, 1958, his will mentioned no wife or children.
Norman Trevor Bilkey. Norman or Dick as he preferred was born on the 29th of March,1896, Norman also served in WW1 as a Private with the Auckland Infantry Regiment, A Company. Norman was wounded in France, but survived his injuries and married Evelyn Gertrude Everest in 1920.
Gwenefer Beatrice Eliza Treanor. Gwen was born in 1897 and married Francis James Treanor in 1919. In 1947 Gwen went to Hawaii and California to visit her daughter C W Bowlen at 554 Charles St Sacramento.
Beatrice Louise Bellingham. Beatrice was born on the 24th of October,1899, and married Arthur Bellingham on the 3rd of October, 1921.
Mary Ursula Bilkey was aged 2 years old at the time of registering for passage on the Bombay. Mary or Minnie as she preferred was was named after her grandmother and born in Cornwall in July,1862, and baptized on the 26th Oct at St Buryan’s Church, Cornwall.
Mary married William Vinicombe Davy on the 8th of September, 1886 in Saint Andrews Church, Pukekohe. William was also from Cornwall and was descended from Sir Humphrey Davy, chemist and inventor of the miners safety lamp. There marriage was announced back home in the Cornishman.
Mary voted in the 1893 General Election, making her one of the first women in the world to vote, she was a keen churchgoer and organist, and ardent worker for the Church of England, and Women’s Patriotic League during the Great War, she was also given the honour of laying the foundation stone for St Paul’s Church in Buckland in 1899. Being musically gifted Mary was also in demand across the district to play at dances and galas. Mary and William moved to Tauranga, New Zealand in later life to be closer to her daughter.
Mary died one year after her husband on the 5th of August,1938, both were buried in Tauranga,
Mary and William’s known children are:
Edmund Bromley Davy. Edmund was born on the 3rd of June,1887, and worked as a Commercial Agent. Edmond served in WW1 as a Second Lieutenant in the New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion. Edmund was killed on the 12th of October,1917, in Passchendaele, France.
William Henry Davy. William was born on the 19th May,1889. William served in WW1 as a doctor with the New Zealand Medical Corps, in later life he moved to South Africa and married Maude Francis Catherine McIntosh on the 17th of December,1919. William will become a Surgeon and make return trips to New Zealand.
Mabel Jane Douglas Smith. Mabel was born on the 22nd of January 1892. Mabel was branch secretary of the Women’s Patriotic league and married Amos Smith on the 3rd of September,1919.
Walter Bird was aged 33 years old at the time of registering for passage on the Bombay. Walter was born in Felsham, Bury Saint Edmunds, in Suffolk, England in 1833, to Lydia Whittle and John Bird.
Walter moved to London as a young man and worked as a Porter then as a Waiter, marrying Elizabeth Blake on the 31st of March, 1861 in Saint Bartholomew’s in Bethnal Green, by the Reverend J D MacGachen. The Bird family did not stay long in Williamson Clearing, possibly moving to Australia a shortly after, then again returning to New Zealand.
Walter and Elizabeth celebrated a Diamond Wedding in 1920, Elizabeth will die shortly after and Walter on the 15th of December 1922, in Nelson Street, Wanganui.
Elizabeth Bird (Maiden name Blake) was aged 24 years old at the time of registering for passage on the Bombay. Mary was born on the 1st of November,1840 in London to John Blake and Mary Ann Daynes.
Elizabeth died on the 23rd of April, 1920 at 58 Bells Street, Wanganui.
Walter and Elizabeth’s known children are:
Elizabeth Sarah Jane Martin. Elizabeth was born in July,1861 in London and married Alexander John Martin on the 13th of November,1883.
William Bird. William was born in 1864, but died shortly after arriving to New Zealand, in Drury, South Auckland in 1865.
William Henry Bird. William was born in 1866 in Newcastle, Australia and married Agnes Hollie on November 2nd,1897.
Walter T Bird. Walter was born in 1868 in Newcastle, Australia, but died in 1872.
Charlotte Emma Porteous. Charlotte known as Lottie, was born on the 22nd of March,1871 in Newcastle, Australia and married William Valentine Porteous on the 16th of May,1894 in Napier, NZ.
David Thomas Bird. David was born back in Thames, New Zealand on the 18th of Febuary,1874 and married Ellen Elizabeth Walker (Known as Tommy) on the 25th of December,1896.
Louisa Bird. Louisa was born on the 28th of March,1877 in Thames. Louisa served in Egypt in WW1 as a nurse and did not marry.
Charles Newson Bird. Charles was born on the 29th of July,1879 in Baker Street, Auckland and married Martha Ihlein on the 13th of March,1907. Martha’s father was named August Ihlein and was from Germany.
Alfred James Bird. Alfred was born on the 5th of December,1881.
Ethel May Carlisle. Ethel was born on the 6th of July,1884 and married Francis Alexander Shaw Carlisle, also known as Frank on the 6th of March,1907.
Elizabeth Sarah Jane Bird was aged 3 years old at the time of registering for passage on the Bombay. Elizabeth was born in July, 1861 in London and baptized on the 30th of March,1862 at Holy Trinity in Marylebone.
Elizabeth married Alexander John Martin on the 13th of November, 1883 at St Patrick’s Cathedral in Auckland.
Alexander was born in Auckland on the 8th of February,1856 to Agnes Fleming and Antonio Mathias (de Varga) Martin who was from the Farilhoes Islands, Sao Martinho, Portugal (from which he adopted the surname). Alexander worked as a Carpenter.
Elizabeth died on the 12th of Febuary,1897 in Wanganui and Alexander on the 24th of April,1917 at Shelly Beach Road, Herne Bay, Auckland.
Elizabeth and Alexander’s known children are:
Harold Alexander Martin. Harold was born on the 20th of October 1884, in Collingwood Street, Auckland and married Mary Catherine Finnerty on the 7th of November,1907.
Stanley Percival Martin. Stanley was born on the 5th of June,1887 in Waiwera. Stanley was a Ships Officer and also served in WW1 as a Private in A Company, NZEF. Stanley married Vera Elizabeth Hume on the 4th of April,1918.
William Leonard Martin. William was born on the 9th of September, 1889 in Hobson Street, Auckland. William married Elsie Johnston on the 22nd of December,1908 and lived at Ryde House, 399 Upper Queen Street, Auckland. William worked as a Asphalter and also served in WW1 including at Gallipoli, but died on the 18th of October,1915 in Egypt from disease. William was a Bugler with the 18th Battalion, B Company of the AIF. William has also served 4 years in the Newtown Rifles,1st Battalion, Citizen Military Forces
Agnes Elizabeth Martin. Agnes was born on the 11th of December, 1890 in Hobson Street Auckland. Agnes married Robert Henry Wilson.
Ivy May Martin. Ivy was born on the 6th of September,1891 in Wanganui. Ivy married Dover Goddard Andrews in 1914.
Mabel Evelyn Martin. Mabel was born in 1895 in Wanganui.
William Bird was aged 1 years old at the time of registering for passage on the Bombay. William was born in 1864, but died shortly after arriving to New Zealand, in Drury, South Auckland in 1865, when the families were waiting to move to Williamson Clearing.
William Blair was aged 28 years old at the time of registering for passage on the Bombay. William was born on the 29th of December, 1835 in Beetham, Westmoreland, England to Thomas Blair and Ann Robinson.
William soon after arriving helped with construction of the Panmure Bridge, located in in Auckland and spanning the Tāmaki River. The bridge was 176M in length and made with stones from Melbourne and iron from Sydney and is and is the earliest surviving swing span bridge in New Zealand..
Afterwards William went gold mining in Thames. Returning to engineering he was appointed as foreman for the construction of bridges in Whanganui and Manawatu Gorge and doing works on the Taranaki Railway.
William died on August 17th,1925 in Stratford, Taranaki from Bronchitis.
Mary Agnes Blair (Maiden name Robinson) was aged 22 years old at the time of registering for passage on the Bombay. Mary was born in 1841 in Kendal, Westmoreland, and christened on the 26th of September,1841. Mary is the daughter of fellow passenger’s on the Bombay, James and Ann Robinson and her three younger sisters (Refer separate entries) . Two brothers will travel later to New Zealand.
Mary married William in Springfield, Scotland in 1861. Mary kept a sewing store in Stratford and was a ardent temperance, she died there on the September the 3rd,1908.
William and Mary’s known children are:
Thomas Blair. Thomas was born on the 9th of January,1862 and married Catherine Rose Johnson on the 18th of January,1887.
William Leonard Wilkinson Blair. William was born in 1866 and married Elizabeth Jane Smith on the 6th of June,1893.
Annie Marion Webber. Marion was born on the 28th of July,1873 and married Henry Preston Webber on the 1st of September,1890. Henry was the son of Hulton Joseph Webber, a Surgeon and Taranaki Military Settler. (More information can be sourced: http://winsomegriffin.com/Newsham/HultonJosephWebber.html)
Henry Athol Blair. Also known as Harry Was born about 1875 according to his military records as he stated he was 40 years old on enlistment in 1915, however he was more likely to have been born much earlier and was in his late forties, possibly 1869. Harry was employed with the Public Works and also served in WW1 as a Private with the Auckland Infantry Regiment. Harry was killed in action on the 26th of September,1916 at the Somme.
Thomas Blair was aged 2 years old at the time of registering for passage on the Bombay. Thomas was born on the 1st of January 1862 in Carlisle, Cumberland, England and married Catherine Rose Johnson on the 18th of January,1887. Catherine was born in Richmond, Surrey, England on the 18th of January,1867 to William Johnson and Catherine Rose LaMothe.
William had been a wine merchant in London and Catherine’s father was Frederick John Dominique La Mothe, Advocate and member of the House of Keys and Captain of the Parish of Brid. (More information can be sourced: http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/famhist/v03n2.htm#35-36)
Thomas died in Stratford, New Zealand on the 1st of July,1928 and Catherine on the 22nd of January,1952.
Thomas and Catherine’s known children are:
Catherine Agnes Hammond. Catherine was born on the 24th of May, 1888 and married Robert Henry Hammond in 1915.
Eric William Blair. Eric was born in April,1890 and married Mabel Winifred Hockey in 1913, sadly she died in 1918 and Eric remarried to Mary Agnes Corrigall in 1919.
Gordon La Mothe Blair. Gordon was born in 1893 and married Rose Ellen Marie Edwards in 1916. Gordon served with the 43rd Mounted Rifles in WW1, but died in Australia on his return in 1918, while in quarantine from Pneumonia.
Alan Thomas Blair. Alan was born on the 7th of February,1897 and married Georgina Mary Jane Hunt Harker in 1923.
Margret Rose Lehman. Margret was born on the 28th of March.1902 and married Victor Herbert Lehmann in 1951.
Robert Boore was aged 32 years old at the time of registering for passage on the Bombay. No information is able to be found, any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Jane Boore was aged 28 years old at the time of registering for passage on the Bombay. No information is able to be found, any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Joseph Bosworth. was aged 18 years old at the time of registering for passage on the Bombay. No information is able to be found, any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Daniel Boyle was aged 24 years old at the time of registering for passage on the Bombay. No information is able to be found, any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Daniel possibly drowned in the great Thames flood in 1881, in Thames, New Zealand.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THA18810718.2.9
Samuel Augustus Breach was aged 27 years old at the time of registering for passage on the Bombay. Samuel was born on the 27th of January,1837 in Chittoe, Wiltshire to farmer Moses Breach and Jane Wakeley. Samuel was baptized into the Primitive Methodist church, of which his father was also the preacher and in latter life would build a chapel on there land.
In 1861 Samuel was living with his older brother Moses Soames Breach at 35 Groves Cottage, in Bishops Cannings, Wiltshire and farming 21acres.
However Samuel will follow his older Moses to New Zealand, his brother had also became a preacher and had married Samuel to Martha Morgan on the 21st of August,1874 in New Plymouth. Martha was the youngest daughter of Captain Morgan of Kaiapoi, she was also one of the first women to vote.
In 1869, Samuel purchased 750 shares in the newly formed Saint George Gold-Mining Company, which operated at Hape Creek in the Thames Goldfield. Samuel was one of the 44 shareholders and in that year was listed as living nearby in Williamson Street, Grahamstown, Thames. In 1880 moved to Taranaki to be near his brother and family and is a runholder in Opunaki, Egmont, Taranaki.
On the 3rd of June 1881 he is appointed justice of the peace in Opunake. Samuel had teamed up with a local schoolmaster and experienced dairy father J.J Elwin and in 1885 opened the Opunake Dairy Factory, using vats from the patent automatic cheesemaker and the following year had moved into butter, by 1886 Breach employed 5 milkers and 150 cows. In 1887 he sold his farm of 720 acres on the outskirts of Opunake. (More information can be sourced: http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-ArnNewZ-c17-5.html
http://www.nzpictures.co.nz/pandoraresearchPukeAriki-OpunakeHistoricalNotes.pdf
Martha died on the 10th of June,1915, Samuel will follow 3 days later, on the 13th of June. They were buried next to each other in Hawera.
It is not known if Samuel and Martha had any children.
Thomas Brooks was aged 35 years old at the time of registering for passage on the Bombay. Thomas was born in Shipston-On-Stour, Worcestershire on the 27th of October,1827 to John Thomas Brooks and Hester Sturch. Thomas married Sarah Humphrey on the 14th of December,1857 in Banbury South, Christchurch in Oxfordshire, and by 1861 were living at 150 Back Street, in Birmingham.
After arriving to New Zealand the family moved to Nelson where his brother William and family had emigrated to, on the ship Emma Colvin on the 23rd of June,1856. At some stage Thomas with his family moved Australia, where he died on the 8th of July,1890 in Kew, Australia.
Sarah Brooks (Maiden name Humphries) was aged 29 years old at the time of registering for passage on the Bombay. Sarah was born on the 27th of July,1834 in Moreton Pinkney, Northamptonshire to Henry Humphrey (Humphries) and Elizabeth Brizley.
When Thomas died, Sarah moved back to New Zealand and remarried to Thomas’s half brother William Henry Valentine Brooks. William had served in the Crimea War and had moved to New Zealand in 1856 with his wife, Decima Costford (Decima was also from Moreton Pinkney) and three children. Decima had died some years earlier in 1876.
Sarah died in Morrinsville on the 13 of November,1913 and William on the 8th of August,1918.
Thomas and Sarah’s known children are:
Jane Elizabeth Brooks. Jane was born on the 18th of December,1858 in Moreton Pinkey Northamptonshire, England but died the following month.
Amelia Emily Birtwistle. Amelia was born on the 28th of December, 1859 in Oldbury, Warwickshire, England and married John Birtwistle in 1880.
Etty Wallace. Etty was born in 1865 in Nelson and married William Wallace in 1894 in Victoria, Australia.
Willie Brooks. Willie was born on the 9th of June,1867 and married Selina Goudge in Australia in 1888. Willie served in WW1 as a Private in the Australian AIF 23rd Battalion,12th Reinforcement. Willie survived the War.
Arthur Thomas Brooks. Arthur was born in 1869 in Wakefield, Nelson and married Ethel Mary Kate Coates on the 3rd of April,1893 in Melbourne.
Albert Humphrey Brooks. Albert was born in 1872 but died on the 15th of October,1875.
Jane Elizabeth Brooks. Jane was born on the 8th of July,1873 in Waimea, New Zealand and died in Australia on the 23rd of November,1897 in Australia.
Amelia Emily Brooks was aged 4 years old at the time of registering for passage on the Bombay. Amelia was born on the 28th of December,1859 in Oldbury, Warwickshire to Thomas and Sarah Brooks. Amelia moved with her family to Australia and married John Birtwistle in 1880. Amelia died in 1888 in Kew, Australia.
Amelia and John’s known children are:
Bessie Birtwistle. Bessie was born in 1880 in Prahan, Melbourne.
Daphne Mohn. Daphne was born in 1882 in Hawthorn, Victoria Australia and married Emil Otto Mohn from Winterthui, Switzerland in 1908. Emil was a Engineer and they lived at 9 Vaughan Street, Fitzroy, Victoria. Emil also served in WW1 as a Private with the 1 Light Horse Field Ambulance (AIF). Emil survived the war.
Alfred Birtwistle. Alfred was born in 1887 in St Kilda, Victoria, Australia and died the same year.
Fanny Brown was aged 21 years old at the time of registering for passage on the Bombay. Most likely came over as a domestic servant. No information is able to be found, any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Thomas Bullock was aged 20 years old at the time of registering for passage on the Bombay. Thomas born in Bodmin, Cornwall, and will marry Sarah Buchanan on the 8th of October,1878. Sarah was born on the 27th of November,1842 in Plymouth, to John Buchanan and Sarah Johnson.
Sarah married a William Henry Pilditch in 1867, however William died a few years later in 1870. Sarah travelled to New Zealand with her mother and extended family on the Lady Jocelyn as Saloon passengers. The ship had left Plymouth on the 3rd of October,1874 and arrived the Port of Lyttleton on the 22nd of January,1875. It is recorded that Sarah gave theatrical performances on the voyage.
Thomas will become the first Mayor of Ashburton, and be the first person to own a car in the area.
Sarah died at there home “The Willows” in Ashburton on the 14th of August, 1918. Thomas died on a return visit to Bodmin, England in 1923.
Thomas and Sarah’s only known child was:
Gertrude Annie Newton. Gertrude was born in 1882 and married Edward Benjamin Newton on the 20th of Febuary,1907.
William Buttimore was aged 30 years old at the time of registering for passage on the Bombay. William was born in Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland in 1833. His father John Buttimore was a Weaver, and his mother was Bessie Phipps.
William will marry Anne Latham on the 7th of December,1858 in Lislee, Cork. Williams surname was formerly Buttimer but was changed to Buttimore, when William and Anne left Ireland in 1862 for a better life in London, they took their infant daughter Ann, but left there elder daughter Elizabeth Buttimore behind with family. When opportunities were not forthcoming they applied to travel to New Zealand under the Waikato Immigration Scheme and gain the opportunity of free passage and a small allotment of land in Bombay.
They could not afford to return to Ireland to retrieve Elizabeth, and hoped she could join them later, she later did, arriving with her uncle in 1871 onboard the ship Queen Bee. As with all the settlers in Bombay, life was hard and hunger felt often. The below extract from the Southern Cross newspaper in 1866 detailing William and several other settlers in trouble with the law over a dead cow.
With time the family will over come the hardship and clear the land for farming, by 1889 the Buttimore farm will consist of 134 acres, in the 1890’s. William will have a serious wagon accident, that will prevent him from heavy labour, he died on the 18th of December, 1906 and is buried at St Peters in Bombay.
Anne Buttimore (Maiden name Latham) was aged 25 years old at the time of registering for passage on the Bombay. Anne was born in 1838 in Lislee, Cork to Thomas Latham, a Schoolmaster and Ann King.
Anne lived until 2nd of June,1924.
Anne and William’s known children are:
Elizabeth Buttimore. Lizzie as she was known was born in 1860, she was separated from her family for several years as they moved to England then New Zealand, she finally reunited with them in 1871, arriving with her uncle in 1871 onboard the ship Queen Bee. Elizabeth married Herbert Stenhouse Jones on the 3rd of June,1882. However Elizabeth was deserted by her husband who had absconded to Melbourne. Lizzie remarried in 1896 to Luke Wilson.
Annie Fenton. Ann was born on the 2nd of July,1861 and married Albert Edward Fenton in 1890.
Fanny Buttimore. Fanny was born in 1863, sadly she died on the day the Bombay arrived into Auckland in 1865.
Margaret Evans. Margaret was born on the 11th of June,1866 in Bombay and will marry storekeeper James Evans on the 30th of October,1893. James is the nephew of fellow Bombay passengers Henry and James Evans.
Francis Gillion. Fanny was born in born 1868 and married Robert William Gillion on the 8th of May,1894.
Martha Worsley. Martha also called Mattie was born in 1870 and married George Arthur Worsley in 1894.
John Buttimore. John was born on the 17th of January,1872 and married Ellen Mary Long in 1898.
Thomas Buttimore. Thomas was born in 1874 and married Eliza Little on the 20th of July,1904.
William Joseph Buttimore. William was born on the 25th of August of 1877 and married Elsie Stewart on the 12th of April,1904.
Charles Buttimore. Charles was born in 1879 and married Alice Maud Lindsey on the 1st of July,1903.
Alice is the half sister of Eliza Sawyer, sister to Amy Roke and to Lucy Allison, whose families they married into also came on the Bombay.
Annie Buttimore was aged 3 years old at the time of registering for passage on the Bombay. Ann was born in Lislee, County Cork, Ireland, on the 2nd of July,1861. She will go on to marry Albert Edward Fenton in 1890 and moved to 17 Church Street, Ponsonby, Auckland.
Albert was born on the 4th of September,1859 in Collingwood, Victoria, Australia to Francis John Fenton and Maria Woodley.
Albert died on the 4th of December,1904 in Grey Lynn and Annie died on the 5th of Febuary,1943 in Pukekohe, Auckland.
Annie and Albert’s known children are:
Mattie Fenton. Mattie was born on the 13th of August,1891 in Auckland
Edward Issac Fenton. Edward was born on the 31st of August,1893 and worked as a civil servant, before serving in WW1 as a Sergeant with the New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion. Edward died from wounds on the 8th of October,1917 at the Somme.
Alice Fenton. Alice was born on the 9th of August,1895. Alice and her younger sister Miriam were in 1943, recorded as living in Grange Road, Mt Eden
John Benjamin Fenton. John was born on the 21st of January,1898. John was a Banker and served in WW1 as a Gunner with the 43rd Reinforcements of the NZ Field Artillery. John survived the war and married Beryl Mavis Mahon in 1922, they will then move to Australia.
Miriam Fenton. Miriam was born on the 18th of September,1902.
Francis Buttimore was aged 18 months old at the time of registering for passage on the Bombay Aged. Francis was affectionately named Fanny, and was born in London, England, she however died on the voyage the day the Bombay arrived into Auckland Harbor on the 18th of March,1865. Fanny had suffered five days of illness, the cause being Bronchitis.
Samuel Buttress was aged 22 years old at the time of registering for passage on the Bombay Aged. Samuel and his wife did settle in Williamson Clearing, but little other information can be found.
Sarah Ann Buttress was aged 23 years old at the time of registering for passage on the Bombay Aged.
No information yet found, except relating to a court case in February, 1867. OTAHUHU RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT – The first case heard was on an information laid by Sarah Buttress, of Williamson’s Clearing, (Bombay) against Abraham Poole, alias John SMITH, a deserter form the 57th Regiment while stationed at Whatawhata, for stealing a silver watch, value 3 pounds, from her tent. The prisoner admitted the theft and hoped the Court would not send him to gaol. The Bench sentenced him to three months’ imprisonment with hard labor, and afterwards to be handed over to the military authorities.
On the 18th of March Abraham was released to the military. It does outline the hardship the settlers had, after arriving two years before, most were not in housing.
THE SHIP BOMBAY! 