The surname Walkenshaw was first found in Renfrewshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Rinn Friù), a historic county of Scotland, today encompassing the Council Areas of Renfrew, East Renfrewshire, and Iverclyde, in the Strathclyde region of southwestern Scotland, at Walkinshaw the Walkinshaws of the Ilk were listed as early as 1235 and held estates at Burrowfield.
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Early History of the Walkenshaw family
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Walkenshaw Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Walkinshaw, Walkingshaw and others.
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Early Notables of the Walkenshaw family
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Walkenshaw migration to New Zealand
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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:
Walkenshaw Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century
W. Walkenshaw, British settler travelling from London aboard the ship "Indemnity" arriving in Wellington, New Zealand on 19th July 1842 1
Walkenshaw migration to New Zealand 
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