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Detail of passenger list, 1872

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Detail of passenger list, 1872

Joseph Bert and his wife Elizabeth brought with them two young children (one aged three and the other eight months) on the Charlotte Gladstone. Their relative youth and early stage of family formation was typical of many immigrants of the period.

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Terry Hearn, English – A profile of English immigrants, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/document/4149/detail-of-passenger-list-1872 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Terry Hearn, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 August 2024.