Exerpt:
"I have a document here, about Agnes Carmont, that lists her as Agnes
Carmont, born in 1829, in Castle Douglas, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, where her
parents were substanstial farmers. She was brought up mainly in the
house-hold of her uncle, Dr McCarthney of Glasgow, and from child-hood
assisted him in his dispensarty, thereby gaining a knowledge in medicine.
as she grew up, she heard stories about New Zealand and longed to visit this
country.
In 1850, she got the opportunity when she applied to be a companion to
accompany the young wife of Mr Charles Clifford (later Sir Charles) to NZ
for a period of 3 years, where, at the time, Clifford with two of his
cousins held large areas of land in the Waiarapa and Malborough districts.
Agnes's family did not like the idea of her shifting so far away but after
she completed her 3 year term with the Cliffords, she met and married a
Hector McDonald and settled in NZ. by this time, the rest of the Carmont
family had also emigrated to NZ as well, and settled in the Wellington area
before speading out from there."
Source:
Graeme Ardern & Sheena Vallett, PO Box 4379, Mt Maunganui, New Zealand
.
Researching in Cheshire & Lancashire,
ARDERN,ARDEN,HARDERN & variations of those names.
Also LEAR & LEAH, MERRICK,WORTHING,RICHARDS and ROBERTSON.
In the Isle of Man: ARDERN
In Ireland:FRANCIS, GREER & GRACEY/GRACIE.
In Kent: MOORCRAFT & GOODHEW.
In Essex: KETTLE & GARRETT
In Scotland:CARMONT, CAVEN & GREER
In Croft, Yorkshire: EDGE
In Halifax, Yorkshire: CULPAN
In Wiltshire: TAVINOR & HAYTER
In Hong Kong: CHAU
In Australia: ARDERN
IN New Zealand: ARDERN, MERRICK, HAYTER, MOORCRAFT, FRANCIS, TAVINOR, EDGE,
SHAW, KNOCKS & KNOX, CARMONT & KETTLE.