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Thank you Choccy. I looked everywhere for that info. I feel as if I'm getting somewhere now. It looks like they rounded her age down. I think she would have been 39.
Thanks

Jill

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New Zealand, Immigration Passenger Lists, 1855-1973

Name: Diana Borthwick

Event Type: Immigration

Event Date: 04 Jan 1856

Event Place: Canterbury, New Zealand

Gender:

Age: 4

Marital Status:

Nationality:

Occupation:

Birth Year (Estimated): 1852

Shipping Company:

Ship Name: Isabella Hercus

Departure Port:

Departure Place:

Departure Date: 1855

Arrival Port:

Arrival Place: Canterbury

Digital Folder Number: 004407293

Image Number: 00006


travelling with Eliza Borthwick aged 35 and Clarence Borthwick aged 7


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Hi Reggie,
That looks promising. My info. had his death as 1880 but probably wrong. I will order a copy of certificate. I takes ages to get to NZ but will confirm if the correct one. I wonder if Eliza remarried?

Thanks Jill

Is this David?


Name: David Borthwick
Gender: Male
Burial Date: 13 Aug 1851
Burial Place: Saint Pancras, Middlesex, England
Death Date:
Death Place:
Age: 60
Birth Date: 1791
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B03189-4
System Origin: England-EASy
GS Film number: 598280
Reference ID: vP90 p124 rn852

I have reached a brick wall with my ggg grandparents. David was born in Edinburgh. I have him on 1841 census aged 50 and a medicine vendor at 70 Hatton Gardens. In the 1851 census he is still 50 so he was born either 1791 or 1801. His wife is Eliza nee Hawley b. 1816. I have been unable to find a marriage for them.

In 1841 they have children Emily 5, Edward 4 and John 2 and Eliza'a mother Susan Hawley (Ind). Susan Hawley appears (I think I have the right one) on the 1851 and 1861 census in Holborn Union Workhouse. She died in 1868 in The Union, Richmond.

In 1851 census David and Eliza have added to their family with James 6, Clarence 3 and Diana (my gg grandmother) 4months. David professes to be a surgeon - non practising. After that I can find no census records. I have Diana's birth, marriage (in New Zealand) and death (in New Zealand) certificates.

I can find no passenger lists with their names on but figure that they emigrated around 1861 as Diana's death certificate dated 17/01/1886 states that she had lived in NZ 25 years. Diana married John Nelson on 2/03/1867 in Dunedin NZ.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. My 3rd cousin in Auckland has no further info either.

Thanks Jill