The Descendants of William Pursey

Emigrated to New Zealand with Brother Thomas W in 1857 (Sister Sarah was already living in NZ)

Two years later in Christchurch on the 25th August 1857, Fanny Pursey married Edward John Jones at the Avonside Church. He was a timber mershant and witnesses to the marriage were George and Sarah Bartrum and Ann Taylor. The Jones family did not stay long and it is presumed that they drowned returning to England as the ship they departed on was not heard of again. Fanny did not want to go and one day when Thomas William was out on his farm about the time that the ship may have been lost and before he knew about it, he thought he heard his sister say "Oh William, why did you bring me here? (This ship was possibly the "GLENMARK". It wasa wooden ship, 953 tons and built at Aberdeen in 1864. Lbd 197.7 x 33.6 x 21 ft. Traded exclusively between London and Lyttelton, New Zealand, with an average for her eight voyages of ninety-five days. Captain Wrackmore. On her last voyage sailed from Lyttelton for London early in 1872 and was never seen again. Fifty passengers and crew, a cargo of wool and £80,000 in gold bound for London via Cape Horn were lost.)