Thanks for all the replies. Looks like two Blake brothers came out and their wives names were Agnes and Margaret and in single women their were two Blake sisters names Agnes and Margaret. Probably all related as they were from Edinburgh. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nzlscant/huntress.htm#BLAKE A list member wrote <Ancestry have cut back the dates that are available, they are more in line with NZ BDM. Also a few I checked recently no longer showed the quarter, and place just says New Zealand. > What a shame. Thanks. Olwyn On 30 June 2014 15:20, Fiona B <honeymoon8@gmail.com> wrote: > There is also an Agnes BLAKE marrying John SINCLAIR in 1866 (Ref 1866/7711 > - NZ BDM Historical Indexes online). > > Matching this back to the Huntress passenger list that you found there is > both Margaret and Agnes BLAKE on board, along with further family members. > > Cheers > Fiona > > > On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 5:27 AM, Olwyn Whitehouse <olwynbw@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Press, 31 August 1928, Page 6 >> The death is announced of Mrs Margaret Shields, Geraldine, at the age of >> 94 >> years. Deceased came of a family noted for longevity, a sister, Mrs >> Sinclair, having died in the early part of the present month within six >> weeks of her 100th birthday. Mrs Shields came to Canterbury with her >> sister >> in the ship Huntress in 1863. She spent the greater part of her life in >> the >> Rangiora district and was much esteemed by all who knew her for her kindly >> nature. Her husband predeceased her a few years ago at the age of 91 >> years, >> the funeral took place on Tuesday at Rangiora after a service at John Knox >> Church, of which she was a member of many years' standing. >> >> Papers Past has been updated. >> http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast >> The Press is out there to 1928 >> >> Thanks. >> >> Olwyn >> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nzlscant/huntress.htm >> >> >> The List Guidelines >> >> http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NEW-ZEALAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >