Show ContentsTyser History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Early Origins of the Tyser family

The surname Tyser was first found in Dorset where they held a family seat from very early times, at Winterborne St. Martin.

Early History of the Tyser family

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Tyser Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Tizard, Tizzarde and others.

Early Notables of the Tyser family

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New Zealand Tyser migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Tyser Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century
  • Mr Tyser, who landed in Wellington, New Zealand in 1841 aboard the ship James
  • R B Tyser, who landed in Wellington, New Zealand in 1841 aboard the ship "Lady Nugent"
  • T. B. Tyser, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Nelson" in 1842
  • Mr. T.B. Tyser, British settler travelling from London aboard the ship "Nelson" arriving in Wellington, North Island, New Zealand on 24th September 1842 1


  1. New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 17th October 2018). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html


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