Martha Meredith born 1841 (General)
Martha Meredith born abt. 1841 in Gloucestershire. Parents Thomas Meredith 1762 and Ann Brain 1762.
I have found her marriage to William Jordan in 1860 at Westbury-on-Severn.
Did she emmigrate with her husband to Lyttleton, Christchurch, New Zealand arriving 1st February 1878 on the Vessel 'Canatic' ?
Janet in Tasmania Australia
Martha MEREDITH 1841 Winner/Nofold- Prior thread ?
by slowhands 
, proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Saturday, January 08, 2011, 07:11 (5073 days ago) @ unknown
Year: 1841
Month: Jun
Day: 6
Parents_Surname: MEREDITH
Child_Forenames: Martha
Fathers_Forenames: John
Mothers_Forenames: Maria
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Winner
Occupation: Collier
Officiating_Minister: R.T. Budd
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P109 IN 1/2
Page_Number: 19
Parish_Chapel: Drybrook
http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=21724
and question re NZ migration
http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=21723
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Martha Meredith born 1841
by jhopkins , Saturday, January 08, 2011, 21:41 (5072 days ago) @ unknown
Hi
I have searched for a passenger list for the Carnatic for 1878, but have had no luck I am afraid.
I have found a newspaper article from the Lyttelton Times describing the voyage, which may interest you if you are satisfied the family came out on that ship. I can email it to you if you contact me off list. Nice quote:
"The whole of the immigrants look uncommonly well and hearty, and appear to be a really good and serviceable body of people." Note the emphasis on the qualities expected of immigrants to a colony! The writer might have said the same thing about an import of cattle or sheep!
Good luck finding a passenger list...
John
Martha Meredith born 1841
by steve6975 , Sunday, January 09, 2011, 09:50 (5072 days ago) @ jhopkins
Hi the above family can be found on a passenger list for that ship at familysearch.com
Martha Meredith born 1841
by jhopkins , Sunday, January 09, 2011, 21:16 (5071 days ago) @ steve6975
I missed that one, because I didn't know familysearch had some passenger list images for NZ.
The images for Carnatic (arrived Lyttelton, Canterbury, 1 February 1878) show:
William 35, Glos, Farm Lab
Martha 32
Thomas 16
Fanny 14
Cassina 13
William 7
John 4
Sarah 3
The name Thomas is crossed out and annotated transferred to Single Men. The names of Fanny and Cassina are similarly crossed out, and transferred to Single Women. Their names are then re-listed in those sections of the passenger list.
I assume from this that there was insufficient room in the family accommodation to hold all the Jordans, and the older children were therefore transferred to the cabins for SM and SW respectively. This is only my assumption, but the Carnatic was a small vessel that only carried 150 passengers, so this seems feasible.