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 1871 - 1954 (83 years)
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| Name |
Nisbet Mcrobie Shirreffs |
| Born |
26 Mar 1871 |
Woodlands, Southland, Southland, New Zealand  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
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| Died |
3 Jun 1954 |
Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand |
| Buried |
5 Jun 1954 |
Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand |
| Person ID |
I109 |
Frost Family | The Shirreffs family |
| Last Modified |
30 Oct 2016 |
| Father |
Joseph Duncan Shirreffs, b. Abt 1833, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland , d. 24 Apr 1909, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand (Age ~ 76 years) |
| Mother |
Mary Ann Wright, b. Abt 1837, Scotland , d. 23 Mar 1904, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand (Age ~ 67 years) |
| Married |
23 Aug 1856 |
Saint Nicholas, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
- Joseph and Mary were married in the Zion Chapel.
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Marriage Register
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| Immigration |
24 Oct 1869 |
Port Chalmers, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand [2] |
| Left Glasgow on 28 July 1869 aboard the clipper ship 'James Nicol Fleming'. Arriving at Port Chalmers on Sunday 24 October 1869 |
- Joseph Duncan left Aberdeen with his family to come to New Zealand, for a three year engagement with the firm of Mortons, as the head of the tinsmithing and preserving departments at the Glasgow Meat Preserving Company's meat works at Woodlands in Southland NZ.
Joseph, Mary Ann his wife, their children Elizabeth, Jean, William and James and Jane Cameron, Mary's half sister, left Glasgow on 28 July 1869 aboard the clipper ship 'James Nicol Fleming'. The 992 ton ship, with 160 passengers on board, made its maiden voyage to New Zealand in 88 days between ports, arriving at Port Chalmers on Sunday 24 October 1869.
A description of the ship's journey is given in 'The Otago Daily Times' on Monday 25 October 1869. The paper?s shipping column also shows the ship's arrival with 14 cabin passengers and 146 in second cabin and steerage. In the imports column a large list of engineering and similar goods is shown arriving on the 'James Nicol Fleming' belonging to a William Moody. According to the book 'Early Woodlands', by Margaret Trotter, Mr W. Moodie was a representative of the Glasgow Meat Preserving Company.
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| Family ID |
F29 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Janet Margaret (Jessie) Hay, b. 1874, d. 22 Feb 1943 (Age 69 years) |
| Married |
1 Jan 1900 |
| Children |
| + | 1. Constance Rachel Shirreffs, b. 13 Apr 1901, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand , d. 4 Nov 1964, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand (Age 63 years) |
| | 2. Arthur Hay Shirreffs, b. 27 Oct 1902, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand , d. 4 Feb 1978, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand (Age 75 years) |
| | 3. Harold William Shirreffs, b. 27 Nov 1906, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand , d. 22 Mar 1962, Hawera, South Taranaki, Taranaki, New Zealand (Age 55 years) |
| | 4. John Nisbet Shirreffs, b. 27 Jan 1910, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand , d. 24 May 1990, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand (Age 80 years) |
| | 5. Gordon Shirreffs, b. 8 Dec 1911, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand , d. 31 Jul 1983, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand (Age 71 years) |
| + | 6. Stanley Robert Shirreffs, b. 4 Sep 1914, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand , d. 20 Sep 1984, Oamaru, Waitaki, Otago, New Zealand (Age 70 years) |
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| Last Modified |
5 Nov 2019 |
| Family ID |
F1537 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S293] BDM NZ Historical Records, (http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.identityservices.govt.nz/home/), 1871/40903 (Reliability: 3), 26 Mar 1871.
Shirreffs Nisbet McRobie; Mother Mary Ann Cameron; Father Joseph
- [S25] Cliff Shirreffs, Invercargill.
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