Frederick Thomas BERRY:
Frederick Thomas BERRY was born on 06 December 1818, in Shoreditch, Middlesex,UK, the son of Thomas BERRY (1796-1872) and his second wife Sarah BARRON.  He married Elizabeth Jane WARDEN at the Registry Office, Marylebone, Middlesex,UK on 06 April 1839, at which date he was living at 47 Cumberland Street, Shoreditch, and (like his father) working as a brush maker. They emigrated to New Zealand in 1840. The Nelson Provincial Museum holds a collection of Frederick's letters (ref B375), and the catalogue entry for these states that he had become a farmer in Happy Valley, north of Nelson, by 1845, and that in 1857 he moved to Collingwood, where he worked transporting miners' goods to the diggings.  On his death certificate, he is described simply as a "miner". He died of cystitis at Nelson Hospital on 12 July 1880. He was buried in Nelson Cemetery on 16 July 1880. If you have a connection with this family or would like to learn more please contact David Lamb.

Elizabeth Jane WARDEN:
Elizabeth Jane WARDEN (wife of Frederick Thomas BERRY) was born in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, UK, about 1820, the daughter of  Benjamin WARDEN, a saddler.  She married Frederick in 1839 at Marylebone, Middlesex,UK.   They had seven children (the "de" in some of their names comes from the fact that Frederick's father pretended that he was a direct descendant of the French Duc de Berri):  Helen Charlotte (1847-1880), Frederick Warden de BERRY (1852-1925), Mary Sarah (1854-1924), Benjamin (1856-1894), Margaret (1857-1934), Arthur Frederick (1859-1933) and Francis de BERRY (1860-1935). If you have a connection with this family or would like to learn more please contact David Lamb.

SIGNAL(L) family:
William Signal immigrated to New Zealand aboard the ship London, bringing with him his wife Deborah (n�e Allen) and family, consisting of Ann, Ruth, Robert, Richard and James. The London departed from Gravesend, Kent on 13 August 1840 with 228 passengers and arrived in Port Nicholson, New Zealand on 13 December 1840.
Ann was aged 16 at this time, a semptress; Ruth, 14, a semptress; Robert, 12; Richard, 8; and James, 4. William was shown on the emigration records as a 'labourer,' aged 40 years and Deborah, 39 years, at the time of their arrival. If you have a connection with this family or are interested in learning more please contact Leith Hutton via his website at http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/3709/index.html  

SIGNAL(L) family:
Also aboard the London was another family of Signals: Samuel, 24, his wife Elizabeth (n�e Randall), 25 and two children, Eliza, 3 and Henry, 8 months. There has been much conjecture as to the relationship between William and Samuel, but it is believed that Samuel was the eldest son of William and Deborah. It is likely that they lied about their ages and concealed their relationship to Samuel in order to gain assisted passages. The New Zealand Company had placed an age limit of 40 years on such immigrants. If you have a connection with this family or are interested in learning more please contact Leith Hutton via his website at http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/3709/index.html