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Birth 9 Apr 1841 Teighlin, Newcastle, Co. Wicklow, Ireland 
[1] Gender Male Died 30 Jul 1916 Kaiapoi, Canterbury, New Zealand [1] Person ID I10487 Our Family Tree Last Modified 04 Mar 2006 Father Thomas REVELL, I, b. 1787, Wicklow, Ireland , d. 17 Oct 1869, Kaiapoi, Canterbury, New Zealand Mother Margaret Elizabeth BRADDELL, b. 24 Feb 1811, Liverpool, Lancashire, England , d. 24 Mar 1901, Stoke Lodge, Rangiora, Canterbury, New Zealand Married 24 Feb 1827 Teighlin, Newcastle, Co. Wicklow, Ireland Family ID F7342 Group Sheet Family Christina Crockard TAYLOR, b. 1851, d. 25 Apr 1911 Married 1872 [1] Children 1. Living 2. Living 3. Living 4. Living 5. Living 6. Living 7. Living 8. Living 9. Living 10. Living Family ID F7368 Group Sheet -
Notes - Minerva: 830 tons. Sailed from London on 29 Sept 1852 and arrived at Lyttleton on 2 Feb 1853. Two births and one death, an infant, occurred on the voyage. The chief portion of the cargo is for Wellington. On arrival the Revells lived at the Lyttleton Immigration Barracks for 11 months and had a hard struggle. Henry Sewell (1807-1879), an official of the Canterbury Association, later first Premier of New Zealand, said in his Journal on 15 Feb 1853, "Called on Mrs. Revell and heard her story, plans etc. Her case is full of difficulty. She has a notion of setting up an Establishment for girls- I listen without being able to enquire. But where are the pupils to come from? Talking the matter over with Capt. Simeon he cannot reckon up more than four at the outside and at that rate not exceeding 3s a week. It is hopeless." On 16 April he wrote, "Mrs. Revell called and her daughters. She is an admirable person, a perfect lady descending to the lowest occupations for the sake of economy. The young ladies making Maori dresses at 1s 6d a piece and melting tallow candles for sale (an excellent lesson) and yet without losing position. This is one great merit of a Colonial life for people in reduced circumstances." And on 6 Jan 1854, "Called on the Revells. They are housed, to use a complimentary expression in a windowless tenement by the riverside. They seemed cheerful and well." Her third daughter, Elizabeth Henrietta recorded in her 1918 memoirs:" We had left Ireland in October 1852, the day that the Duke of Wellington died. We were a large family. My father, Thomas Revell, at the last moment was prevented from coming with us. My mother with five sons and five daughters, crossed to England in a small steamer and had a very rough journey. We had very nice lodgings off the Strand where we were delayed several days longer than we expected to stay, owing to some delay in the "Minerva" not being ready for the voyage. In the end we got out to sea in a hurry as some new regulations were to come into force the day after we left the docks. It was some days before we all got settled down to sea-life. We lost our anchor coming down the Channel and we were nearly lost on Goodwin Sands. We had to put into Plymouth for an anchor and some other things. We had a very long voyage- 118 days from shore to shore. We were becalmed in the tropics for a fortnight. We had a pleasant voyage on the whole but just south of New Zealan we had a very bad storm and were in danger for awhile. It was a lovely clear morning when we sailed up Lyttleton harbor. We saw, for the first time, Maories and we were all amused by them. They evidently thought we looked queer. They bought beautiful kits of new potatoes on board to sell- other people bought lovely bread and butter which we greatly enjoyed after ship's bread- it ws so good. We landed at a small jetty and went to the Barracks close by where we had a very large long empty room. We made it comfortable with our ship's beds, etc. and made our boxes into a dividing wall and so had two rooms. We had the use of the wash-house, a huge place with three boilers. We had a very extra large wash after being at sea for 18 weeks. We were a family of eleven to wash for- the brothers helped us and we got it all clean, but did not try to iron very much at first. William, Edward and John went up to the section of land we had at Kaiapoi and they had an acre of bush where they built a whare and set to work to saw timber and by Christmastime they ahd built the whare for the family at 'Korotueka', Kaiapoi. We, the womenfolk, went on living at the Barracks in Lyttleton. Mother had a son born a few months after we landed. The child lived only a few days and was buried in the Lyttleton Cemetery. We were very short of money; some kind friend lent us some to go on with. My father arrived in July 1853- did not like the Colonial ways at all. His health was not good for a couple of years before he died in 1868. On December 24th 1853, we started to walk over the Bridgle Path to Heathcote where William met us with Mr. Kerewin's bullock dray, kindly lent to take us to Kaiapoi (Mr. Kerwin and family were fellow passengers). It was so hot that some of our fowls died on the journey. It was getting late when we arrived at Kaiapoi and we crossed the Cam River in a boat to get us to our whare and land. Edward and John had nice bread baked for us and also had cooked some meat for Christmas dinner. We had bunks in one rom and we had to make father's and mother's beds in the living room every night. We were in this whare till we were able to build the house. My brothers but the timber for it and then put up the house with some help from some other settlers."
See papers for more information about this family. [1]
Birth:
- near Ashford
- Minerva: 830 tons. Sailed from London on 29 Sept 1852 and arrived at Lyttleton on 2 Feb 1853. Two births and one death, an infant, occurred on the voyage. The chief portion of the cargo is for Wellington. On arrival the Revells lived at the Lyttleton Immigration Barracks for 11 months and had a hard struggle. Henry Sewell (1807-1879), an official of the Canterbury Association, later first Premier of New Zealand, said in his Journal on 15 Feb 1853, "Called on Mrs. Revell and heard her story, plans etc. Her case is full of difficulty. She has a notion of setting up an Establishment for girls- I listen without being able to enquire. But where are the pupils to come from? Talking the matter over with Capt. Simeon he cannot reckon up more than four at the outside and at that rate not exceeding 3s a week. It is hopeless." On 16 April he wrote, "Mrs. Revell called and her daughters. She is an admirable person, a perfect lady descending to the lowest occupations for the sake of economy. The young ladies making Maori dresses at 1s 6d a piece and melting tallow candles for sale (an excellent lesson) and yet without losing position. This is one great merit of a Colonial life for people in reduced circumstances." And on 6 Jan 1854, "Called on the Revells. They are housed, to use a complimentary expression in a windowless tenement by the riverside. They seemed cheerful and well." Her third daughter, Elizabeth Henrietta recorded in her 1918 memoirs:" We had left Ireland in October 1852, the day that the Duke of Wellington died. We were a large family. My father, Thomas Revell, at the last moment was prevented from coming with us. My mother with five sons and five daughters, crossed to England in a small steamer and had a very rough journey. We had very nice lodgings off the Strand where we were delayed several days longer than we expected to stay, owing to some delay in the "Minerva" not being ready for the voyage. In the end we got out to sea in a hurry as some new regulations were to come into force the day after we left the docks. It was some days before we all got settled down to sea-life. We lost our anchor coming down the Channel and we were nearly lost on Goodwin Sands. We had to put into Plymouth for an anchor and some other things. We had a very long voyage- 118 days from shore to shore. We were becalmed in the tropics for a fortnight. We had a pleasant voyage on the whole but just south of New Zealan we had a very bad storm and were in danger for awhile. It was a lovely clear morning when we sailed up Lyttleton harbor. We saw, for the first time, Maories and we were all amused by them. They evidently thought we looked queer. They bought beautiful kits of new potatoes on board to sell- other people bought lovely bread and butter which we greatly enjoyed after ship's bread- it ws so good. We landed at a small jetty and went to the Barracks close by where we had a very large long empty room. We made it comfortable with our ship's beds, etc. and made our boxes into a dividing wall and so had two rooms. We had the use of the wash-house, a huge place with three boilers. We had a very extra large wash after being at sea for 18 weeks. We were a family of eleven to wash for- the brothers helped us and we got it all clean, but did not try to iron very much at first. William, Edward and John went up to the section of land we had at Kaiapoi and they had an acre of bush where they built a whare and set to work to saw timber and by Christmastime they ahd built the whare for the family at 'Korotueka', Kaiapoi. We, the womenfolk, went on living at the Barracks in Lyttleton. Mother had a son born a few months after we landed. The child lived only a few days and was buried in the Lyttleton Cemetery. We were very short of money; some kind friend lent us some to go on with. My father arrived in July 1853- did not like the Colonial ways at all. His health was not good for a couple of years before he died in 1868. On December 24th 1853, we started to walk over the Bridgle Path to Heathcote where William met us with Mr. Kerewin's bullock dray, kindly lent to take us to Kaiapoi (Mr. Kerwin and family were fellow passengers). It was so hot that some of our fowls died on the journey. It was getting late when we arrived at Kaiapoi and we crossed the Cam River in a boat to get us to our whare and land. Edward and John had nice bread baked for us and also had cooked some meat for Christmas dinner. We had bunks in one rom and we had to make father's and mother's beds in the living room every night. We were in this whare till we were able to build the house. My brothers but the timber for it and then put up the house with some help from some other settlers."
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Sources - [S881] 4976 Revell; Descendant charts, from John Fergus.
- [S881] 4976 Revell; Descendant charts, from John Fergus.
