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:
Frederiksen Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century
Gustav Frederiksen, aged 44, a farm labourer, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Terpsichore" in 1876
Louisa Frederiksen, aged 39, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Terpsichore" in 1876
Mathilde Frederiksen, aged 20, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Terpsichore" in 1876
Hyulmar Frederiksen, aged 18, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Terpsichore" in 1876
Auguste Frederiksen, aged 13, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Terpsichore" in 1876