Individual Notes
Note for: Fanny Charlotte Reid, -
Index
Individual Note: Name from Marriage Folio
*Marriage Details Date: 1906, Folio No: 3629, Names: Horace John Buck and Fanny Charlotte Reid*
1938 Wellington West Electoral Roll shows Fanny Charlotte Buck, 92 Glenmore Street, Married
Individual Notes
Note for: Charles Henry Thomas Bowater, ABT 1863 - 26 NOV 1935
Index
Burial: Date: 29 NOV 1935
Place: Aramoho Cemetery, Wanganui
Individual Note: Married Surname of Bowater from Pioneer's List
1st, 2nd and 3rd Names from Marriage Folio
*Marriage Details Date: 1887, Folio No: 1150, Names: Charles Henry Thomas Bowater and Sarah Alice Louisa Buck*
Probate Record shows Charles Henry T Bowater, Place: Wanganui, Occ: Schoolmaster, Court: Wanganui, Archives Reference: AAOG W3559 121/35, Probate No: 121/35, Date Filed: 10/12/1935, Type: Will, Archives NZ, Wellington
Cemetery Fiche for Aramoho Cemetery show Burial Records: Sarah Louisa Alice Bowater, Buried: 31/10/1950, Aged: 87 years, Cemetery: Aramoho Cemetery, Location: Block B Row 13 P 752?
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Charles Henry Thomas Bowater, Buried: 29/11/1935, Aged: 72, Occ: Teacher, Location: Block B Row 13, P763
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Henrietta B. Bowater, Buried: 5/10/1937, Aged: 55 years, Occ: Spinster, Location: Block B Row 13, P762
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Headstone 1030
In loving memory of Charles H. Bowater passed away 26th November 1935 also S. L.A. (Flo) Bowater wife of above passed away 29th October 1950
Masonic emblem on headstone
Individual Notes
Note for: James Ames, ABT 1807 - 17 OCT 1850
Index
Burial: Date: 19 OCT 1850
Place: Bolton Street Cemetery, Wellington
Individual Note: Name and was a Captain and a Whaler from Pioneer's List
*New South Wales Marriage Registry Records show Marriage Registration No: V18381558 22/1838, Names: James Ames and Mary A Hull, District: CA*
Latter Day Saints IGI Records shows Details of Marriage 7/3/1838, St Philips, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, James Ames and Mary Ann Hull, Batch No: M310254, Date: 1836 - 1839, Source Call No: 0993592, Type: Film
August 1838
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Hearing, while in the Sound, that Captain Cherry of the Caroline had been killed by the Natives near Mana Island, Chetwode made for the scene of the murder, and anchored near Mana on the fifteenth. Two English and two American vessels were found anchored there; their names are not given, but they were probably the Sydney whaler Caroline and the Hobart Town whaler Highlander; and the Adeline of New Bedford was probably one of the American vessels.
The same day a Court of Enquiry was held. It consisted of Lieutenant P. Chetwode, Acting Master D. Craigie, and Acting Purser V. A. Haile; and there were examined James Ames, chief mate, James Reilly, second mate, George Potter, boatsteerer, and John Davies, A. B. of the Caroline. The evidence disclosed that about 11 o'clock on 27th August Captain Samuel Cherry and the third mate of the Caroline had landed on the mainland opposite Mana Island, at a spot about two miles from where the Caroline lay, for the purpose of looking out to seaward for whales. After a short time Captain Cherry left the mate to go and look at some potatoes which a native wanted him to purchase. About one o'clock a Maori came and told the third mate, who still kept watch at the same place, that Captain Cherry had been murdered. The mate, fearing the worse might happen, ran down to the boats and took them back to the ship. About 4 p.m. he returned and landed with a boat's crew, when he found Captain Cherry's body lying on a litter on the beach, with several natives round it, and one of the seamen of the Caroline, who had been left ashore, had put his own clothes over the stripped body of his captain. The body was then removed to the ship and the wounds washed and examined in the presence of Captain Lovett of the Highlander, and Captain Brown of the Adeline; when it was found that the back part of the head on the right side had been severely bruised, as if by a piece of wood and done suddenly, but, as there was no medical man present, no accurate examination could be made.
When the third mate was putting off in the boat to give the alarm to the ship, Mitikakau, a chief resident near the spot, forced into the boat, against the wishes of the mate, a slave to be killed as payment for Captain Cherry, according to Maori custom. This slave told that the chief struck the fatal blow, and that he. the slave, was obliged to hold Captain Cherry's feet to keep him down. On board the Caroline were several natives who were very much attached to Captain Cherry, and these men threatened to kill the slave if he remained. He was accordingly taken away for safety to Mana Island, but was killed and eaten by the natives there immediately he was landed. A week after the catastrophe Ames went to Kapiti, to get Captain Finlay of the Samuel Cunard and Captain Hayward of the Fame to come over and assist in having the deceased's affairs settled.
Suspicion fastened upon a man named Thomas Ellison, who had been a mate on board the Caroline, and who had left on account of a misunderstanding with Captain Cherry. At this time he had married a daughter of a chief and was in charge of a whaling establishment only half a mile from where the murder took place. George Potter, the boatsteerer, told that two or three weeks before the murder, Ellison, or Thomas, as he was called, had threatened to break Captain Cherry's head with a stick, if he landed there. Lieutenant Chetwode had Ellison sent for and closely examined, but came to the conclusion that he was not concerned in the murder.
The decision come to was that Mitikakau killed the captain, not from any ill-feeling, but simply to obtain a new suit of Flushing which he wore on that occasion. Some of these clothes the chief afterwards gave up, at the same time telling the chief mate he was ashamed of what he had done, but considered himself blameless as he had not done the deed himself. However, when he heard of the expected visit of H.M.S. Pelorus he fled towards Port Nicholson with his canoes. He was described as a desperate man and one who had great influence over the others.
Owing to the absence of the guilty person, Chetwode had to be satisfied with threatening future pains and penalties. If the murderer was not taken and delivered up by the time another man-of-war arrived, all the pas would be destroyed. Te Hiko, after consultation with the other chiefs, promised to deliver him up in two months. There, was always the danger that harsh measures might recoil on the heads of the innocent, and Mr. Bell, who was farming at Mana, and had 400 to 500 head of sheep and 27 head of cattle on his farm, told Lieutenant Chetwode that harsh measures on the Natives there, who were quite innocent, would prove more injurious than beneficial to the Europeans. The whole matter had to rest at that.
Chetwode's opinion of the whalers about the locality was neither wordy nor flattering.
“They are, generally speaking, a disreputable and lawless set, distrusting each other, and telling innumerable falsehoods to support their villainy.”
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From The Old Whaling Days Chapter XIII. — Cook Strait Trade, 1838. by Robert McNab. Electronic Version on Web Site http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-McNOldW-t1-body-d1-d13.html
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New South Wales Archives shows under Index to Intestate Estate Case Papers Samuel Cherry, Alias: -, Number: 0228, Date of Order: 1838, District: -, Notes: Master Mariner, Location: [6/3490]
The Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle 27th May 1843 page 255
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"We are extremely happy to announce that the whaling season has commenced. On Thursday last, Mr. Haims' (Ames?) party at Kapiti caught a whale, which we believe turned out six tuns of oil. Another whale was captured during the week at Cloudy Bay, by Mr. Levien's party." - Gazette, May 10
"We have since heard, by a Maori who arrived yesterday from Kapiti, that Mr. Haims' party had captured a second whale on Monday, and the whales had set in very plentiful. This bids fair for a good season."- Ibid
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"Twenty ton of prepared flax, is waiting at Kapiti for shipment to this place. The Pickwick was to call for it on her way here from Cloudy Bay, but would most likely be unable to bring it down in one load, and would therefore be compelled to make two trips. Verily "flax scraping" seems to be getting in good repute with the Maories" - Ibid
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The New Zealand Gazette and Wellington Spectator 17th June 1843 show
Our news from the different whaling stations is highly satisfactory, and especially from Mr. Wade's, at Kai Kora. Numerous whales have been seen in the Straits, and there can be no doubt of a very successful season. The following is an account of the various numbers captured by the several parties :—
_Mr._Wade's_station,_Kai Kora_______________________12_fish.
_Mr._Wade's_station,_Palliser Bay____________________3
_Messrs._Wallace's_station,_Cloudy Bay_______________2
_Mr._Levien's_station,_Cloudy Bay____________________1
_Mr._Wright's_station,_Cloudy Bay____________________3
_Mr._Price's_station,_Peraki_________________________6
_Mr._Wood's_station,_Peraki__________________________4
_Mr._Hame's(sic)_(Ames)_station,_Kapiti______________4
_Mr._Jillett's_station,_Kapiti_______________________1
_____________________________________________________36
There are several other stations on the coast, from whom as yet we have heard no tidings; and we shall feel grateful to any of our friends who will furnish us with information on this truly important subject.
The New Zealand Gazette and Wellington Spectator 20th September 1843 shows
The whalers of Kapiti, we are given to understand, have been fortunate in the number of whales they have caught; Gillot's (Jillett's?) party having obtained 120 tuns of oil, and Haims' (Ames'?) 50 tuns with dead ones not tried out. The fisheries are now at the close, and Mr. Wade's party from Wairarapa, has arrived in port.
New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian 12th October 1844 shows
To the Editor of the New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Straits Guardian.
Sir, — I beg to furnish you with the following abstract of the shore whaling parties in Cook's Straits, and on the East Coast of these islands to the southward of the East Cape.
_Stations.________ Owners.______ No._of_______Tuns_of________Tons_of
_________________________________boats ________Oil____________Bone
_Kaikora____________Fyfe___________4____________72____________3
____"_______________Wade___________2____________23____________1/2?
_Amouri_____________Wade___________3____________62____________2_1/4
_Waipoppa___________Guard__________2____________18____________3/4
_Cloudy Bay_________Dorothy________3____________60____________2_1/2
____"_______________Thoms__________2____________20____________3/4
____"_______________Williams_______2____________20____________3/4
_QueenC.Sound_______Thoms__________2____________14____________1/2
_Mana_______________Fraser_________2____________14____________1/2
_Kapiti_____________Gillet(sic)____7____________140___________6
_Hawke's Bay________Salmon_________4____________50____________2
____"_______________Perry__________4____________100___________3_1/2
____"_______________Johnson&Co_____3____________50____________2
_Port Cooper________Ames___________4____________24____________1
_Ekolaki____________Price__________3____________130___________5_1/2
____"_______________Woods__________4____________100___________4_3/4
_Moiraki____________Hughes_________2____________25____________1
_Waikowaite_________J._Jones_______2____________50____________2_1/2
_Tyree______________Cheslin________3____________55____________2_1/2
_Toutook____________Palmer_________2____________40____________1_1/2
_Bluff______________Stirling(sic)__3____________60____________2
_Jacob's River______Howell_________3____________60____________2
_Taranaki___________Barrett________2____________28____________1_1/4
___________________________________68___________1215__________49
In all 23 stations, giving employment to about 650 men.
W. F. Wellington, October 8, 1844
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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian 22nd February 1845 shows
NEW ZEALAND WHALE FISHERIES.
The following is a corrected account of the Shore Whale Fisheries for the year 1844, which will be found to differ in some respects from that inserted in our first number.
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Stations.________Owners.________No.________No._____Tuns______Tuns
______________________________Boats_______Men______Oil_______Bone
_East_Coast
_Waikokako_______Ellis________3___________30________93________4
_Wairoa__________Morrison_____3___________20________27________1
_Waikardi________Morris_______4___________30________20________1
_Wangawi_________Brown________3___________20_________8________1/4
_Wanonga_________Mansfield____2___________15________11________1/2?
_Mawai___________Lewis________2___________15_________3________..
_Toka_moro______Babington(sic)3___________21________12________1/2
_Cape_Runaway____Webster______4___________30_________5________1/4
_West_Coast
_Taranaki________Barrett______2___________15_________28______1_2/4?
_Kapiti__________Gillet(sic)__5___________40________140_______5
_Porirua_________Toms_________2___________15_________24______1_1/4
_Mana____________Frazer(sic)__2___________15__________6_______1/4
_Q._C._Sound_____Toms_________2___________15_________15_______1/2
_Cloudy_Bay______Toms_________2___________15_________17_______1/2
_Cloudy_Bay______Williams_____3___________24_________23________1
_Cloudy_Bay______Dogherty_____3___________26_________60_______2_1/2
_Kaikora_________Guard________2___________16_________28_______1_1/4
_Kaikora_________Fyfe_________4___________35_________72________3
_Kaikora_________Murray_______5___________40_________85_______2_3/4
_Port_Cooper_____Ames_________4___________30_________28________1
_Ekolaki_________Price________3___________30________110________5
_Goashore________Woods________4___________35_________85________4
_Peraki__________Hemplem(sic)_1____________8__________9________1/2
_Moiraki_________Hughes_______2___________16_________10________1/2
_Waikowaite______Jones________2___________16_________40________2
_Tyree___________Chaseland 3___________25_________45________2
_Toutook_________Palmer_______2___________16_________25________1_1/4
_Bluff___________Stirling]
_Jacob's_Rver____Howell]______6___________50________109?_______4
_Chatham_Island__Johnson______2___________10__________7________1/2
_____________________________85__________673_________113______47_3/4
Shore whaling parties fitted out during the season 1844, with the catch of the season :-
New South Wales Archives Records show J Ames, Ship: Bee, Status: P, Date of Arrival: 26/12/1844, From Port: Wellington, New Zealand, Reference/Reel: 1271, Remarks: Haymes, & Pt Nicholson, Kaffia in SMH
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Note name also noted as Mr Haymes
Sydney Shipping Gazette
Departure 6th January 1845. Bee, brig - Captain Unthank, for Port Nicholson.
Passengers
Ames Mr James
Isaacs Mr S. H.
The New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian 6th December 1845 shows
The following account of the oil and whalebone taken this season has been obligingly furnished to us by Mr. Macarthy, who has taken great pains in procuring information from the owners of the different stations. Since he abstract was published last week, Mr. Macarthy has procured additional information respecting the stations to the southward, from the arrival of the Scotia, which has enabled him to make some important additions and corrections:-
Name_of_Station______Owner_______Tuns___Tuns____Tuns____Tons____Number___Number
__________________________________of_____of______of______of_______of_______of
_________________________________Black__Sperm___Hump____Whale____Boats_____Men
________________________________________________Back____Bone__________________
Middle Island (South Coast)
"_Foveaux_Straits_Henry_McKay_______23___..______.._______1_______2________14
"_"_Jacob's_River_John Howell_______23___10______.._______1_______3________22
"_Bluff___________William_Stirling__26___12______.._______1_______3________22
"_"_Toutook_______William_Palmer?___..___..______..______.._______3________22
"_Akolaki_________Joseph_Price______30___..______.._______1_______3________33
"_Peraki__________Lawr._Wetherall___28___..______.._______1_______2________14
"_Goashore________William_Woods_____28___..______.._______1_______3________30
"_Moiraki_________John_Hughes_______25___..______.._______1_______3________22
"_Waikowaite______John_Jones________40___..______.._______2_______3________24
"_Otakou__________James_Davis_______..___.._____100g______..______2________14
"_Port Cooper_____James_Ames________18___..______.._______1_______2________14
"_Kaikora_________John_Wade_________70___..______.._______3_______3________30
"_ "______________-_Fyfe___________110___..______..______4 1/2____4________35
"_ "______________-_Guard___________24___..______.._______1_______3________26
Cook's_Strait:_______________________________________________________________
Cloudy_Bay________-_Dougherty_________57_..______..______2 1/4____3________25
"_____________"___________-_Hickson___31_..______.._______1_______2________20
"_Queen_Charlotte's_Sound_-_Toms______57_..______..______2 1/4____3________25
"____"_________"__________-_McDonald__10_..______..______0 1/4____2________16
"_Porirua_________________-_Bolton____18_..______..______0 3/4____2________18
"_Manawatu
____Natives_picked_up_a_dead_whale_____2__.._____..______0 1.10___.._______..
"_Kapiti_______(Jillett)-_Gillett(sic)90__.._____..________3______4_______43
"_Mana__________________-_Fraser______15__.._____..______0 2.5____2_______14
"_Taranaki______Barret(sic)_and Brown_27__.._____..______1 1/4____4_______33
East_Coast:_Hawkes_Bay_and_its_vicinity:
"_Cape_Kidnapper___________-_Morris___50__.._____.._________2______3_______26
"_Wairoa___________________-_Morrison_40__.._____..______1 1/2_____3_______28
"_Waikokaho________________-_Perry____17___4_____..______0 1/2_____4_______34
"_Mawai____________________-_Brown____..__.._____2t._______..______3_______26
"_Long Point_______________-_Ellis____30___4 ____..______1 1/2_____3_______26
"_Portland_Island____________Natives___5___3_____..________..______3_______26
"_Mahai____________________-_Roberts__14___..____..______0 1/2_____3_______26
"_Toko_Moro______________-_Babbington_17___..____..______0 1/2_____3_______26
"_Open_Bay_________________-_Baker____..___..____..________..______2_______14
"_Cape_Runaway_____________-_Webster__10___..____..______0 1/4_____3_______26
_____________________________________935___33____2t 100g___36 3-10_91_____774
John Macarthy.
Wellington, December 2, 1845
An account of Oil and Whalebone taken by Shore Parties at the undermentioned Whaling Stations for the Season ending the 31st October 1845
The New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian 29th July 1846 shows
Whaling Stations - By the Susannah Ann which arrived from Amouri yesterday morning, we learn that Mr. Fitzherbert's party had succeeded in obtaining fifty tuns of oil, and Fife's (sic) party Sixty tuns. At Ames' station there was no alteration since our last report.
The New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian 29th August 1846 shows
On Thursday a sailing boat, manned with a crew of ten men, arrived from the Kaikoras, with information that the Ann and Sarah, a cutter of 18 tons, which was at anchor in that harbour, had gone ashore. The weather was perfectly calm, but a heavy swell had set in, and the vessel was badly found, having only a hempen cable, from which she parted. She has sustained a good deal of damage to her keel, but we hear that the damage can be repaired on the spot; all her cargo had been safely landed. One hundred and six tuns of oil had been caught at Mr. Fyfe's station at the Kaikoras, thirty-nine tuns at Mr. Fitzherbert's station, and thirty tuns at Mr. Ames' station.
The New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian 17th June 1846 shows
By the Susannah Ann schooner owned by Mr. Fitzherbert, we learn that three whales have been caught at Kaikoras, Fyfe's station, two at Amuri, Fitzherbert's station, two at the Island, Ames' station, one at Rhodes's station, and three at Jones's station
The New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian 3rd February 1847 shows
_Name_of_Station_____Owners________Tons____Tons____Tons__Whale___Number____Number
__________________________________black____sperm___of_____bone____of_________of
__________________________________________________Hump__________Boats______Men
__________________________________________________back
Middle_Island_(South_Coast)__________T._G.____T._G.___T._G.__T.cwt
_"_Muscle_Beach_____Williamson______18_______.._______..____1_10____2__________18
_"_Jacob's_River____Howell___________-________13______.._____0__0____2_________22
_"_Bluff____________Sterling__________3________..______..______0__3___2________18
_"_"_Toutook________Jones___________-________.._______.._____0__0___2_________18
_"_Akolaki__________Price____________53_______..______.._____2_10____3_________33
_"_Island_Bay_______Greenwood_and
____________________Rhodes________18_______..______..______1__0___2_________20
_"_Goashore_________Woods_________45_______.._______.._____2__0___2_________19
_"_Timuoru__________Chesland_______43________..______.._____2_10____2_________18
_"_Moiraki__________Hughes__________7________..______.._____0__3____2_________18
_"_Waikowaite_______Jones__________16________..______.._____0__8____2_________18
_"_Kaikora__________Fyfe___________119_______..______..______4__4___3_________28
_"___"______________Fitzherbert______56________..______.._____2__0____4________37
_"___"______________Ames__________28_______.._______.._____1__0____2_________20
_"___"______________Guard__________0_______..______18______0__0___2_________16
_Cook's_Strait
_"_Cloudy_Bay_______Dougherty_______45_______..______.._____1_10____3_________28
_"_Queen_Charlotte
___Sound____________Toms_________13_______..______12_____0_10____3_________22
_"_Kapiti_____________Jillett__________80______..______.._______2_10___4__________40
_"_Mana_____________Fraser_________0_______..______1_126___0__0___2_________17
_"_Taranaki__________Brown__________37______.._______.._____1__5____2_________17
_"____"______________Barrett_________5_______.._______.._____0__8____1__________7
_North_Island_(East_Coast)
_"_Cape_Kidnapper____Morris_________20_______.._______.._____0__7____3_________25
_"_Wairoa____________Lewis__________30______.._______.._____1__0____3_________25
_"_Waikokaho_________Perry__________25______.._______.._____0_10____3_________25
_"_Mawai_____________Babbington_____27______.._______.._____0_10____3_________25
_"_Long_Point________Ellis___________35_______.._______.._____1__0____3_________25
_"_Portland_Island_____Maxfield_______30_______.._______.._____1__0____3_________25
_"_Open_Bay_________Baker__________3_______.._______.._____0__0____2_________17
_"_Hicks'_Bay________Peachy_________18______.._______..______0_10___2_________17
_________________________________774______13______31_1/2_28__8___69_______618
John Macarthy
Wellington, January 29, 1847
Not. - There is more Humpback oil caught then this account shows as it is generally mixed with the Black oil at the stations
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Port of Wellington, New Zealand - An account of Oil and Whalebone taken by Shore Parties at the undermentioned Whaling Stations for the Season ended 31st October, 1846.
The New Zealander 5th June 1847 shows
The schooner Mana, Munn, master, arrived in port on Thursday, from the southward. By her we learn that the whaling season had commenced and that whales were plentiful.
In Cloudy Bay, Mr. Dohorty (sic) captured a whale on the 27th, which yielded 5 tuns.
At the Kaikoras, Mr. Ames captured a humpback, on the 1st May.
On the 12th, at Mr. Fitzherbert's and Mr. Fyfe's stations the men were employed trying out. The whalers are anticipating a good season.
The New Zealander Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian 7th July 1847 shows
The Sarah Jane arrived yesterday from Kaikora: she reports that at Mr Fitzherbert's station they have caught 20 tuns oil; at Ames' station 15 tuns; and at Fyfe's, 10 tuns, being the same as previously reported
The New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian 28th August 1847 shows
The following are the latest accounts received from different whaling stations to the Southward:- At Ames' station 41 tuns of oil has been taken, at Fitzherbert's 18 tuns, at Fyfe's 35 tuns of black oil and 7 1/2 tuns of sperm. At Price's 46 tuns of black oil, Wood's 46 tuns, and Rhodes' station 30 tuns of black oil.
On the 11th inst. one of the Mr. Fyfe's boats was suddenly capsized and stove by a whale they were in pursuit of, which made a sudden rush at the boat: by this accident one man (a native) was drowned, and Mr. Fyfe himself narrowly escaped meeting the same fate
The New Zealander 9th October 1847 shows
The whaling parties to the southward are looking up - Woods and Price having captured forty-six tuns of oil each, and Ames forty tuns. At the Kai kors (sic) Mr. Fitzherbert's party had taken thirty tuns of oil and Mr. Fyfe's party thirty-five tuns black, and seven tuns sperm.
The New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian 1st April 1848 shows
Shipping Intelligence
Departures
March 29 - Cutter Fly, 20 tons, Swann, for Kai Kora. Passengers - Mr. Ames, 6 whalers
New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian 1st December 1847 shows
Shipping Intelligence.
Arrivals
November 26. - Schooner Perseverance, 83 tons, Wood, from Kai koras. Passengers - Mr. and Mrs. Bell, Mr. and Mrs. Pelham, 4 children, Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton, 4 children, Mr. and Mrs. Hames (sic), 6? children, Mr.? and Mrs. Allwright, Messrs. Tudor, Miller and Johnson
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The New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian 11th November 1848 shows
[From the Government Gazette, November 9.]
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th November, 1848
HIS EXCELLENCY THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR has been pleased to appoint
Mr. James Ames
to act (temporarily) as Pilot for the Port of Wellington, until arrangements can be made for permanently supplying the vacancy caused by the removal of Mr. Calder.
By His Excellency's Command,
Alfred Domett,
Colonial Secretary
The New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian 20th January 1849 shows
ANNIVERSARY FETE 1849
Under the Patronage of His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor
Programme of Sports,
TO TAKE PLACE ON TE ARO FLAT, MONDAY, 22nd JANUARY
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AQUATIC SPORTS
Sailing Match.
To start at Ten o'clock precisely.
Conditions. Prize £10, Entrances added.
For all vessels under 20 tons — 4 to start or no race. Entrance £1 1s.; second boat to save her stakes.
Names - Owners
Mary Ann - Mr G. Allen
Gipsy, — Geo. Moore
Emma Jane — J. Ames
Dolphin — Erewani Waitai
Fisherman — J. Rhodes
Petrel — Weld
Old Jack — J. Guard
Edward Stanley — Taylor
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The New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian 10th February 1849 shows
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 18th January, 1849.
HIS EXCELLENCY THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR has been please to appoint
Mr. Daniel Dougherty
to be Pilot for the Port of Wellington, vice Ames.
The appointment to take effect from the 15th instant.
By His Excellency's Command,
Alfred Domett,
Colonial Secretary
New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian 9th October 1850 shows
To Cover this Season,
The Imported Draught Horse Samson
Samson is a dark bay horse, stands sixteen hands high, with strong muscular power, and is allowed to be one of the best draught horses in the colony, Samson will be at Mr. Burcham's, River Hutt, every Monday and Tuesday; at Mr. Ames's, Wellington, every Thursday; at Mr. Brown's, Porirua, every Friday and Saturday; and Messrs. Hammond's, Porirua Road, the remainder of the week. For the convenience of Mares, Paddocks will be provided at 3s. per week, but without responsibility.
Terms - Three Ponds each Mare, payable 1st January, 1851. An allowance will be made to the bona fide owners of three or more Mares.
Robert Gillett, and M. & R. Hammond
Porirua Road, 2d(sic) October, 1850
Bolton Street Cemetery Records show James Ames, Date: 17/10/1850, Cemetery: Church of England, Plot: 215
Probate Record shows James Ames, Place: Wellington, Occ: Licenced Victualler, Date of Death: 17/10/1850, Court: Wellington, Archives Reference: AAOM 6029 455, Date Filed: 3/12/1850, Type: Intestate (Letters of Administration), Archives NZ, Wellington
The New Zealander Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian 19th October 1850 shows
Died at Wellington, on the 17th inst., Mr James Ames, aged 42
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The Friends of the late Mr. James Ames are respectfully informed that his remains will be interred this day. The Funeral will leave his residence at half-past 3 o'clock; and they will be pleased to accept this notice as an invitation to attend
Charles Mills,
Undertaker,
Lambton-Quay
October 19, 1950
The Evening Post 5th June 1900 shows
Mr. John O'Meara, who passed away at his residence, Mulgrave-street, at an early hour this morning, was a very old and respected colonist and citizen of Wellington. He was a native of Ireland, and at a very early age came out to Australia, and soon afterwards took up his residence in this colony, where in 1841 he joined the late Mr James Ames, sen. (father of Mr. James Ames, the Wellington City Valuer), at Kapiti Island in the boat-building trade. Kapiti Island in those days was a whaling station, and Mr. O'Meara combined whaling with boat-building for many years. In addition to these two occupations the deceased colonist was a successful sheep farmer on the island, holding land under native lease. Subsequently he entered into partnership with the late Mr Salvatore Cimino in the Wairarapa, where the two for some time carried on farming operations. Selling out his interest in the concern, he came to Wellington about 30 years ago, and has resided in this city ever since. He was at one time a member of the Licensing Committee, and held for many years, up to the time of his decease, the position of director of the Equitable Building and Investment Company. In public matters he was never conspicuous, but as a private citizen who took a keen but unobtrusive interest in all that affected the welfare of the city he was widely known and greatly esteemed. He was a pillar of the Roman Catholic Church in Wellington, whose interests he forwarded whenever opportunity enabled him. He also took a delight in sport, being at one time the owner of racehorses, and also an ardent supporter of regattas. In the earlier days when whaleboats played a conspicuous part in aquatic sports, the late Mr. O'Meara was usually chosen as steersman. Deceased's wife predeceased him about five weeks. He leaves no family, but has some brothers in Australia. He was about 77 years of age. Mr. J. O'Meara, M.H.R. for Pahiatua, is a nephew of the deceased gentleman.