William Turfrey migrated from England to New Zealand.
Birth
William was born in 1862 in Hanborough, Oxfordshire.[1] He was the son of Thomas Turfrey and Eliza Berry and had a twin sister, Ellen. They were baptised at St Peter and St Paul, Hanborough on 25th December 1862..[2] His father stated on the register that he was a labourer.
Censuses
1871
Residence: Church Handborough, Oxfordshire[3]
Thomas Turfrey, head, mar, 38, agricultural labourer, born in Handborough, Oxon
Eliza Turfrey, wife, mar, 31, gloveress (leather), born in Handborough, Oxon
William Turfrey, son, 8, scholar, born in Handborough, Oxon
George Turfrey, son, 6, scholar, born in Handborough, Oxon
Edwin Turfrey, son, 4, scholar, born in Handborough, Oxon
Lizzie E Turfrey, dau, 2, born in Handborough, Oxon
Jane Turfrey, dau, 3 mo, born in Handborough, Oxon
Emigration
Thomas, wife Eliza and children Sarah, William, George, Edwin, Lizzie, Jane and Kate emigrated on the "Winchester" which left the UK on 2nd May 1874. and arrived in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand on 27th July 1874.[4] The records show they came from Oxfordshire and that Thomas was a railway labourer.
Sources
↑ Register of Births: GRO Reference: 1862 D Quarter in Witney Volume 03A Page 594 Mother's maiden name: Berry
↑ Anglican Parish Registers, Oxfordshire Family History Society and Oxfordshire History Centre. Reference Number: PAR120/1/R2/2 Ancestry Sharing Link
↑ Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Class: RG10; Piece: 1450; Folio: 61; Page: 2; GSU roll: 828789 Ancestry Sharing Link
↑ "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Passenger Lists, 1839-1973," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSBM-H6L), Thos Turfrey, 27 Jul 1874; Archives New Zealand, Wellington; FHL microfilm 004412148.
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