Yes, my own ancestor also jumped ship in the Bay of Islands. If you
look into the situation of these whalers and the conditions they were
working under it is no surprise that when they got to New Zealand, so
much like their homeland, that this is where they wanted to put down
their roots, after years at sea.
NZ is very like the Azores, and given our proximity to the whaling
routes, not a surprising outcome at all, really, that they'd choose to
stay here.
My own ancestor came from Faial, and despite every conceivable NZ
record found and thirty years of hopeful research, including a visit
to the Azores, I still have no family (details) for him, apart from
his descendants.
My research in the Azores covers the following families:
Emanuel Diaz (anglicised and followed all his life) b. 31 August 1840,
Master Mariner (naturalisation and mariner's registration papers)
Francis Diaz b. 11 May 1842 Pike Peak (assumed to mean Pico) Master
Mariner (mariner's registration papers) ~ drowned at sea 7 Sep 1876,
son and heir emigrated to Australia
Francis (Frank) Joseph b. 1 Feb 1835 "Ferringal/
Fergangran" (translated by Azoreans at being Faja Grande, Flores)
Master Mariner (naturalisation and mariner's registration papers)
As previously mentionned, Frank Joseph went to the USA for a time,
(1870s) and we have a collection of letters written back to NZ by his
wife, in which she talks of his siblings being in San Francisco and in
Gold Hill, Nevada. However.... there are no names provided in the
correspondence.
Jools
Auckland
On 25/05/2012, at 6:23 PM, [email protected] wrote:
From: anitawanita <[email protected]>
To: Azores Genealogy <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 12:33 AM
Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Francis Joseph
Cheers Tony...
Ahh yes shopping, best not to get in the way of a good bargain! :)
Trouble with researching the Azores, all the names are so similar &
get copied through many generations... Our GG Grandfather also has a
brother named Antonio.
I'm planning a visit to Flores early next year - hopefully by then you
will have learned some more info & I would be happy to do a little
'digging' for you when I'm there.
I heard a story that our GG grandfather decided to jump ship (hide out
on the dock) in Wellington due to mistreatment/not being paid. He was
eventually found and ordered back on to the ship, and his employers
ordered to pay him etc. As they were leaving the harbour, Jose
literally jumped ship at Barretts reef & swam to safety. The rest as
they say is history!
Cheers,
Anita
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