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NEW ZEALAND  & AUSTRALIA

 

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                                      NEW ZEALAND   IMMIGRATION

 

 

        Passenger Lists to New Zealand 1884 – 1910
Name         Age   Ship      From        To          Year
SHEARS J Mr       TAINUI    LONDON    CANTERBURY    1887 17 FEB AUCK

SHEARS P M Mr 22  TONGARIRO PLYMOUTH  WELLINGTON                        1902 21 APR        AUCK

 

                                                      Carrick Castle

             Departed London Gravesend 30th March 1871 to Otago New Zealand

                       On board  James Shears 

 

                                                       Waitangi  

         Ship  1128 tones .  Captain  Sotham.  Surgeon Superintendent  Dr Stewart

             Sailed From London 8th August 1874--- Arrived Auckland 20th Nov 1874

             On board were two families of Shears.

 

                       Samuel Shears   aged 50            Henry Shears    aged 24

                       Hannah              aged 48            Mary                aged23

                      Alfred                 aged 20            James                aged 5

                      William               aged 19            Frances             aged 3

                      Robert                aged 12            Samuel              5 months  

 

SHIPS LISTS TO AUSTRALIA

IMMIGRATION TO VICTORIA 1852—1878

 

                                                            Sebim 

                 Halifax. NS  1852/07/12   To Melbourne. Vic. 1852/10/26

   The good ship SEBIM got under weigh yesterday afternoon July 12th 1852 and

   Proceeded to sea. Her destination was port Phillip Australia. Her passengers were

   Loudly cheered from the wharves. A salute was fired from Caldwell Wharf which

   Elicited heartey response from the Sebim’s deck. On board was a

                 Mr JA Shears   from Dartmouth

 

                                                            Havilah

                          166 tones Michael Fitzsimmons Master

        From the port of New Caledonia to Sydney. New South Wales 13th march 1873

        On board Mr Frank Shears aged 28 from Southampton a crew member

   

                                                     

                                                        

NAME                BORN     SHIP          AGE       YEAR       

George Shears      1831      Dinapore        21         Nov 1852

Selina Shears        1843      Harriet           10         1853   Travel With J Coombs

Elizabeth Shears   1840      Lightning        26         Sept 1866

Ann Shears           1824     Escort            33          Jan 1857

James Shears        1858     Aconcagua     20          Dec 1878

 

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Fred Shears at fred@jag10.freeserve.co.uk

 

 

 

 

                                            BIRTHS    N.S.W  

 

DATE          NAME                        FATHER              MOTHER        REF

1806          John Shears                                                      Ann            

1863          Nathaniel Shears                Joseph                    Anna   M        1

1874          George Shears                    Frank                       Jane              2

1876    Francis. George. John Shears    Frank                      Jane              13

1878          Mary E Shears                    Frank                      Jane              3

1880          Thomas Frederick Shears    Frank                      Jane              4

1882          Janet Shears                        Frank                      Jane

1884          Joseph H Shears                 Frank                      Jane               5

1887          William S Shears                 Frank                      Jane    

1890          Sarah Shears                       Frank                      Jane

1891          Edward P.S Shears             Robert M                Florence J      6

1891          Thomas S Shears                Frank                      Jane               7

1892          Robet M Shears                  Robert M                Florence I      8

1894          Harry                                  Frank                      Jane

1895          Agustus J.P Shears              Robert M                Florence I     9

1896          Emily A.S Shears                Robert M                Florence I     10

1898          Alfred L Shears                  John                         Mabel S       11

1898          Ivy S Shears                       Robert W                 Annie

1899          Florence A Shears              Robert W                Annie

1900          Clayton Shears                   John                         Mable S        12

1901          Norman T Shears               Robert W                 Annie

1903          Stanley Shears                    Robert W                Annie

1904          Lucy M Shears                   John                         Mabel

         

                                              DEATHS   N.S.W. 

DATE           NAME                              FATHER           MOTHER     REF

1861         Mary        Aged    85

1863         Nathaniel Shears    Infant         Joseph                  Anna M        1

1863         George Shears                         Frank                    Jane

1876         George Shears       Infant         Frank                    Jane              2

1878         Francis G J Shears                   Frank                    Jane            13

1892         Thomas S Shears                     Frank                    Jane             7

1993         Robert M Shears                     Robert M               Florance I    8

1911         Frank Shears                           George                   Sarah

1911         Alfred L Shears                       John                       Mable         11

1914         Agnes M Shears                      Joseph H                Margaret

1914         Mabel S Shears                       William                  Georgina

 

                                          MARRIAGES   N.S.W.           

1788         James Shears                    Mary Smith

1816         Mary Ann Shears                                             In Sydney Feb 9th

1867         Abraham Davis                Elizabeth Shears

1890         Robert M Shears              Florence J Puckle

1896         James Hafey                     Mary E Shears                          3

1898         John Shears                      Mabel S Keays

1907        William Shears                  Janet Durie

1910         Joseph H Shears               Margaret Hammonds                 5

1912        Edward P S Shears            Annie F Champion                    6

1913        James Woods                    Sarah A Shears

1914        Ellis C Eddy                       Lily M Shears                            9

1916        Augustus J P S Shears       Grace I Pringle

1918         Richard J Shears               Ada H Wall

1920         Thomas E Shears              Arthuretta A Mackenzie

1920         Frederick A Moore           Minnie E Shears

1921         William Morris                  Eva Shears

1926         Thomas H Beven              Kathleen Shears

1928         Ernest A Klemke              Mavis E Shears

1928         Clayton Shears                  Coral H Spindler                     12

1929         Agnes A Shears                George Goodhall

1930         Arnold A Macpherson       Bertha A M Shears

1931         William Shears                  Jean E Kohler

1933         John Meadows                  Emily A Shears                      10

1935         John R Shears                   Gladys M Morrison

1937         Michael Osipoff                 June Ellen Marie Shears

1937         Augustus Steven Shears     Edna Veronica Collins

1937         Stephen Shears                  Charlotte Lillian Davis

1937         William Henry Shears         Hazel Sarah Robinett

1938         Robert Augustas Shears     Irene Dorothy Noakes

1938         Frank Shears                      Heather Rowe

1939         James Edward Ridley          June Ellen Marie Shears

1941         John Leslie Price                 Elizabeth Gloria Shears

1941         Thomas Frederick Shears    Mavis Irene Brownlea            4

1942 Selwyn Thomas James Barker     Jean Shears

1944         Edward Charles Shears        Dulcie Irene May Macmahon

1945         Donald Peter Shears            Lilian Mavis Maxwell 

 

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