Individual Details

Christen

Eliza Lines
Event Type: Christening
Event Date: 16 Apr 1827
Event Place: St Martin, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Event Place (Original): Saint Martin, Birmingham, Warwick, England
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 1 Dec 1826
Father's Name: Thomas Lines
Mother's Name: Sarah

Emigration-shared

Thomas Lines departed Gravesend, Kent, England, aboard the ship Thomas Harrison on 26 May 1842, with his wife, Anne Sarah Blackwell, their daughter aged 3 (Elizabeth) and three boys, aged 12, 11 and an infant (John and Benjamin, born to Thomas�?first wife, Sarah Jones; the infant William was born to Thomas and Anne Sarah Blackwell). Another son, Thomas Harrison Lines was born at sea on the ship for which he was named. Thomas Lines�?daughter by Sarah Jones, Eliza Mary Ann Catherine Lines, age 15, was also with this group.
Travelling with this family was Thomas�?brother, Benjamin Lines and his wife, Elizabeth Watts, with their two sons aged 13 and an infant (Benjamin and John), and two daughters aged 11 and 2 (Sarah Ann and Leah).
All the immigrants in this extended family were from Northamptonshire, England. They had been recommended to receive free passage to the colony at Nelson, New Zealand, by the Reverend S. H. White. The ship Thomas Harrison arrived at the port of Nelson on 25 October 1842. Thomas and Benjamin Lines were laborers and lime burners by trade, and Eliza Mary Ann Catherine Lines was a seamstress.