William & Anna Campbell & Hugh Henry Campbell

[erica henley]

I am attempting to find information on my great great grandparents William Campbell & Anna Campbell (nee Henry) who emigrated from Scotland to NZ on ship called "Margaret" about 1841. I cannot find a passenger list for "Margaret" on or around 1841. I do not have date or place of birth or marriage for either of them.
Eliza Jane their daughter was born in 1848 and that information can be found at website: http://ouraucklandstuff.freeservers.com/KendallCD.htm I believe that she married a Mr Robinson and lived in Auckland - but cannot verify that.
Hugh Henry Campbell was born on 11 September in 1853. West Australian relatives notified me that his birth was entry No 1617 for 30/10/1853 and registered on 1/12/1853. The address listed was Cook Street, Auckland, NewZealand. I have checked on NZ BMD and cannot locate either Hugh or Eliza's births.
I have very little information on Hugh Henry Campbell until he moved to Northam in Western Australia and married my great grandmother Emma Amelia Smith in 1897. It was the second marriage for both of them with Hugh's first wife dying in childbirth. Her name is believed to be Jane Mary or Mary Jane Smith and they met and married in New South Wales. Hugh Henry Campbell worked on the railways and ended up having his own carting company in Northam - by that stage he was known as Henry Campbell. He died in 1921 in Northam, Western Australia.
Does anyone have access to information to verify ancestors from New Zealand? I have tried all avenues on the internet but very little information for NZ appears to be available on the internet.
I would be grateful for any information.
Kind regards
Erica, Brisbane

[Kerrywood]

Does anyone have access to information to verify ancestors from New Zealand? I have tried all avenues on the internet but very little information for NZ appears to be available on the internet.

If you haven't already tried it, you might want to look at Papers Past (free newspaper archive for NZ).

[KathNZ]

On the NZ BDM online web site Births
Eliza Jane Campbell 1848/69 Auckland
Hugh Henry Campbell 1853/162 Auckland
You will be able to order certificates from the web site

[KathNZ]

There is a passenger list for the "Margaret" which arrived NZ 15 Nov 1841 from Sydney on www.
yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlists/margaret.html
Unfortunately the steerage passengers are not named

[erica henley]

On the NZ BDM online web site Births
Eliza Jane Campbell 1848/69 Auckland
Hugh Henry Campbell 1853/162 Auckland
You will be able to order certificates from the web site

Thanks for this terrific news. I have tried this site on several occasions but did not get any response for either Hugh or Eliza - I will try again.

[erica henley]

I have once again entered all the correct details - but this time included the numbers you listed and I am still getting no records that match? What am I doing wrong
https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia...ftype%3dbirths

[KathNZ]

I put Campbell for family name, search from date 01/01/1848, search to date 01/01/1853 don't put mothers name as it isn't included until 1875

[erica henley]

Thanks so much for your help & advice. I have just received Hugh Henry Campbell's birth certificate from New Zealand - wonderful to finally have some documentation.

[KathNZ]

Great to hear you had some success with the certificate,
I hope it gave you some new information.

Kath