Historical records matching William Harpur
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About William Harpur
He was believed lost at sea by his family. His brother Charles Harpur wrote of him in 1847 : 'Of our youngest living brother, William,—if he be living,—who went to sea, a boy, we have heard little for years'. http://charles-harpur.org/corpix/english/harpur/C382/00000042.jpg
But William survived and sailed to New Zealand where he married, at Moeraki, Waikouaiti, a Maori woman, Mere Titope Kaikanui Pakinui, with whom he had 10 children, and many of those had a similar number of children, so that his descendants quickly numbered in the hundreds.
GEDCOM Note
At the age of 13 - William ran away to see where it is believed by his family thought he had perished- however this is not the case, he was aboarda whaler ship thought to be named 'Pirate' when it landed at Banks Peninsula
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William Harpur's Timeline
| 1819 |
December 3, 1819
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Windsor, New South Wales, Australia
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| 1840 |
1840
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Waikouaiti, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
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| 1845 |
June 11, 1845
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Moeraki, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
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| 1846 |
December 26, 1846
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Moeraki, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
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| 1850 |
February 19, 1850
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Moeraki, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
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| 1852 |
February 19, 1852
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Invercargill, Southland, South Island, New Zealand
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| 1854 |
February 1, 1854
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Brinns Point, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
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| 1855 |
December 18, 1855
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Waimate, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand
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| 1856 |
March 10, 1856
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Waimate, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand
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