Waipipi – Our Folk Stories

December 17, 2023December 30, 2023

Journeys to Waipipi – Capetown to Waipipi

On 16th November 1864, the Daily Southern Cross reported that the barque Alfred anchored in New Zealand, having sailed from Cape Town on the 27th September. Included among the 251 passengers were John and Anne Waddoups with their three daughters, Harriet, Mary and Matilda, and Thomas and Mary Ryan with their two sons, Thomas Aylward … Continue reading Journeys to Waipipi – Capetown to Waipipi

September 20, 2023November 9, 2023

Journeys to Waipipi – from Aston le Walls to Capetown

On that day in September 1864, there was another family waiting to board the Barque Alfred – John and Anne Waddoups with their three daughters, Harriet, Mary and Matilda. John Waddoups (1824-1895) was born in September 1824 in Aston le Walls, Northamptonshire, England, the oldest of five sons born to Samuel Waddoups and Ann Brewer. … Continue reading Journeys to Waipipi – from Aston le Walls to Capetown