Pellowe History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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:

Pellowe Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

• Mr. John Pellowe, (b. 1851), aged 23, Cornish labourer departing on 2nd May 1874 aboard the ship "Peter Denny" going to Bluff or Otago, New Zealand arriving in port on 26th July 1874 1
• Mrs. Kate Pellowe, (b. 1853), aged 21, Cornish settler departing on 2nd May 1874 aboard the ship "Peter Denny" going to Bluff or Otago, New Zealand arriving in port on 26th July 1874 1
• Mr. John Pellowe, (b. 1851), aged 23, British settler travelling from London aboard the ship "Peter Denny" arriving in Port Chalmers, Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand on 26th July 1874 2
• Mrs. Kate Pellowe, (b. 1853), aged 21, British settler travelling from London aboard the ship "Peter Denny" arriving in Port Chalmers, Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand on 26th July 1874 2
• William Pellowe, aged 21, a farm labourer, who arrived in Hawkes Bay aboard the ship "Inverness" in 1875
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