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Is there anyone please who can help me to help a friend?

She would like to know what happened to a family who are thought to have left UK and travelled to New Zealand.

BELCHAMBER
Stephen and Ann may have emigrated to New Zealand on the 'Wild Deer' on 30 Oct 1874 from Greenock, Glasgow, arriving Otago on 30 Jan 1875. Together with Stephen, a bricklayer from Kent, and Ann were their three children Elizabeth, 10, Stephen, 8 and Julia, 4.

Spelling of the surname may vary ( eg 2 x Ls, with / without a final S to the name)
She had been Ann KITE

Here they are in 1871

Name: Stephen Bellchambero
Age: 36
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1835
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Ann Bellchambero
Gender: Male
Where born: Maidstone, Kent, England
Civil parish: Lambeth
Ecclesiastical parish: Christchurch
County/Island: London
Country: England
Registration district: Lambeth
Sub-registration district: Kennington Second
ED, institution, or vessel: 14
Household schedule number: 147
Piece: 677
Folio: 140
Page Number: 23
Household Members: Name Age
Stephen Bellchambero 36
Ann Bellchambero 44
Clara Bellchambero 9
Elizabeth Bellchambero 7
Stephen Bellchambero 5
Julia Bellchambers 7 Months


Many thanks in anticipation.

Gwyn

Stephen Bellchambers
England and Wales Census, 1871
birth: 1835 Maidstone,? Kent
residence: 1871 Lambeth,? London,? Surrey,? England
spouse: Ann Bellchambers
children: Clara Bellchambers,? Elizabeth Bellchambers...


name: Stephen Bellchambers
event: Census
event date: 1871
gender: Male
age: 36
relationship to head of household: Self
birthplace: Maidstone, Kent
record type: Household
registration district: Lambeth
sub-district: Kennington 2nd
event parish: Lambeth
county: London, Surrey

Stephen Bellchamber
England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
christening: 14 Feb 1836 Maidstone,? Kent,? England
residence: Maidstone,? Kent,? England
parents: Thomas Bellchamber,? Mary Ann Bellchamber


name: Stephen Bellchamber
gender: Male
baptism/christening date: 14 Feb 1836
baptism/christening place: Maidstone, Kent, England
father's name: Thomas Bellchamber
mother's name: Mary Ann Bellchamber
indexing project (batch) number: I00598-5
system origin: England-EASy
source film number: 1835449

Stephen Bellchambers
New Zealand, Immigration Passenger Lists, 1855-1973
birth: 1837
immigration: 30 Jan 1875
immigration: 30 Oct 1874
other: 30 Jan 1875 New Zealand
other: 30 Oct 1874


name: Stephen Bellchambers
event: Passenger
event date: 30 Jan 1875
event place: New Zealand
gender: Male
age: 38
origin: Kent
occupation: bricklayer
estimated birth year: 1837
ship : Wild Deer
departure date: 30 Oct 1874
arrival port: Otago
arrival date: 30 Jan 1875
digital folder number: 4412889

Clara Bellchamber
New Zealand, Immigration Passenger Lists, 1855-1973
birth: 1863
immigration: 30 Jan 1875
immigration: 30 Oct 1874
other: 30 Jan 1875 New Zealand
other: 30 Oct 1874


name: Clara Bellchamber
event: Passenger
event date: 30 Jan 1875
event place: New Zealand
gender: Female
age: 12
marital status: Single
origin: Kent
estimated birth year: 1863
ship : Wild Deer
departure date: 30 Oct 1874
arrival port: Otago
arrival date: 30 Jan 1875
digital folder number: 4412889

Ann Bellchambers
New Zealand, Immigration Passenger Lists, 1855-1973
birth: 1836
immigration: 30 Jan 1875
immigration: 30 Oct 1874
other: 30 Jan 1875 New Zealand
other: 30 Oct 1874



Clara Bellchambers
New Zealand, Immigration Passenger Lists, 1855-1973
birth: 1863
immigration: 30 Jan 1875
immigration: 30 Oct 1874
other: 30 Jan 1875 New Zealand
other: 30 Oct 1874



Elizabeth Bellchambers
New Zealand, Immigration Passenger Lists, 1855-1973
birth: 1865
immigration: 30 Jan 1875
immigration: 30 Oct 1874
other: 30 Jan 1875 New Zealand
other: 30 Oct 1874



Stephen Bellchambers
New Zealand, Immigration Passenger Lists, 1855-1973
birth: 1867
immigration: 30 Jan 1875
immigration: 30 Oct 1874
other: 30 Jan 1875 New Zealand
other: 30 Oct 1874



Julia Bellchambers
New Zealand, Immigration Passenger Lists, 1855-1973
birth: 1871
immigration: 30 Jan 1875
immigration: 30 Oct 1874
other: 30 Jan 1875 New Zealand
other: 30 Oct 1874

Registration Number Family Name Given Name(s) Date of Birth/

1908/3412 Bellchambers Stephen Age at Death 72Y

1879/3221 Bellchambers Ann Age at Death 57Y

Try searching here for further bmd entries:

https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/search/

very few Bellchambers in NZ after but this MAY be a descendant?

name: Leslie Walter William /Belchamber/
gender: Male
birth: 26 AUG 1916
Auckland, New Zealand
death: 12 OCT 2006
Auckland, New Zealand
burial: 16 OCT 2006
Ashes buried at Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand - Car Park Garden, Row H, Plot 15


Marriages (1)
spouse: Olive Mary Edith /Jenkin/
marriage: 30 SEP 1939
Auckland, New Zealand

name: Roy Leonard /Belchamber/
gender: Male
birth: 4 SEP 1906
Auckland, New Zealand
death: 17 DEC 1991
Hamilton, New Zealand


Marriages (1)
spouse: Dorothy Mabel /Jenkin/
marriage: 3 AUG 1935
Auckland, New Zealand

Thank you Ann.... so Clara went too. That will help alot.
My friend might recognise the names Roy and Leslie,so I will pass her the information, as she is researching all those with the name in NZ, to see if they link.

Thank you for the link Adeline and the information about the deaths. That looks to be a very useful site, which will be great for chasing some of the names.

Gwyn

A nudge please, in case our Kiwi friends are waking and can help....

Gwyn

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=q&r=1&results=1&sf=&r=1&o=10&e=-------10--51----2+bellchambers--

Papers past has the marriage announcement of Elizabeth Bellchambers to Thomas Hitchcock.
If this turns out to be the correct family, Elizabeth lived in Invercargill and married on 7 Apr 1885

Anne

Just quickly checking in before I have to be downstairs and awaiting a repair man.......

Thank you so much for these notes.
Will be back to reply properly later.

Gwyn

This is really useful information... Thank you so much cupcakes and Anne.

The cemetery inscriptions pose some questions...
I wonder why Stephen is not with his wife?..A story there maybe?

Also I note on Ann's grave, the inscription mentions her daughter Julia as the wife of J ( or I ) RALLINSHAW.
Is there is mention of this marriage please?

On the cemetery search, I don't quite understand the bottom listing for Stephen. I will have to go back and figure this.......

I live in England, but visited NZ in 2008 and can't believe we stood in that very cemetery chasing up my own SKERRETT family.
If only I'd known.....................

I am very grateful for all you have found.

Thank you.

Gwyn

cupcakes...... A big Thank you for all your hard work.

That's great.
Can't wait to talk to my friend about all this !

Gwyn

Hi Gwyn,
This is definitely your family.... Stephen, Bellchambers, a bricklayer lived at Lumsden Invercargill and can be found on all electoral rolls from 1880 until his death.
Son Stephen Bellchamber jnr was a hotel porter at the Imperial Hotel in Christchurch until at least 1914

Anne

Anne

Thank you for this extra information.
Interesting that young Stephen moved north away from the family to work..

Many thanks.

Gwyn