john jess to nz

derekfrom france · Post by **derekfrom france** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 1:47 pm

looking for a passenger list to nz approx 1884 for my john jess originally from wigtownshire
cheers derek

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:38 pm

Hi Derek
Not sure where you have looked already? There are passenger lists on both Ancestry and Find My Past and quite a few other ones mentioned here:
http://talkingscot.com/forum/viewtopic. ... ad16430365

If you can tell us where you've looked, and where you've NOT found anything then that saves us going over the same ground and so helps us to help you more effectively.

Best wishes
Lesley

derekfrom france · Post by **derekfrom france** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 6:44 pm

hi looked at the lists mentioned in the link on TS but found nothing I know he left his job by 20/06/1884 but no idea from what port or on which ship he travelled as a single man as he married in 1891 otago nz.in 1884 he lived at castle kennedy wigtownshire
cheers derek

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 7:09 pm

Hi Derek
What year was he born? Was he born in Wigtownshire?
What was he doing/where was he in 1881?

Best wishes
Lesley

derekfrom france · Post by **derekfrom france** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 7:30 pm

hi lesley
born 1858 inch wigtownshire he was a labourer at castle kennedy nr stranraer
cheers derek

Currie · Post by **Currie** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 4:38 am

Hello Derek,

Is your John Jess a Lighthouse Keeper?

From Wigtown Free Press 28th February, 1901
BIRTHS - JESS, Male - B30/12/1900 - At Park Farm, Palmerston, Otago, on the 30th Dec. the wife of John Jess, lighthouse keeper, Cape Campbell, Blenheim, N.Z. of a son.
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/t ... 1186759474

If so, go to Archives New Zealand http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ and search for JESS KEEPER.

You should get 10 results the earliest being one for 1886 “William Seed, Secretary, Marine Department, Wellington - John Jess - appointed Assistant Keeper on probation at Moko Hinou in place of Keeper Meyer”

At least that means he arrived in NZ before then and maybe there’s more info in the Archives file presumably obtainable somehow.

Hope that’s useful,
Alan

derekfrom france · Post by **derekfrom france** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 3:22 pm

hi alan spot on altho didnt know he became a lighthouse keeper
many tnx derek