Capt. Charles Joseph Bryers

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Capt. Charles Joseph Bryers

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Ostend, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium
Death: August 07, 1885 (63)
Rawene, Northland, North Island, New Zealand
Place of Burial: [Block 2A, Plot 29.], Rawene, Northland, North Island, New Zealand
Immediate Family:

Son of André Joseph Bryers and Jane Sarah Bryers
Husband of Kohu Katerina Bryers
Father of Joseph Paraea Bryers; George Tohua Bryers; Matthew Bryers; Capt. John (Hone) Bryers; William Bryers and 2 others
Brother of Eliza Bryers; Adele Jackson and Jane Josephine Beazley

Occupation: Coastal Trader "Kiwi" | Sawyer.
Find A Grave ID: 190802908
Immigration to New Zealand: c. 1835
Managed by: Private User
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About Capt. Charles Joseph Bryers

The Far North of New Zealand before becoming a British Colony attracted adventurers, fortune seekers, whaling men on leave from long voyages and most notoriously, escaped convicts from the penal settlements in Australia. The climate was clement, the indigenous people were friendly enough and resources, especially timber were abundant. This story is about Joseph Bryers, one of those settlers who was none of those but who has long proved an enigma as to his origins. This is the story of early years his birth to a French- speaking family in what is now Belgium and of his family and life before arriving in New Zealand circa 1835. Source: Finding Joseph Bryers of the Hokianga - Early New Zealand Settler by Kenneth M. Baker - great-great grandson of Joseph Bryers.

Three sons are assumed to have drowned at sea when the family trading ship KIWI went missing on a return voyage from the West Coast of New Zealand:

  1. Joseph Bryers (b. 2 September 1840, d. 1866)
  2. Matthew Bryers (b. 4 April 1843, d. 1866)
  3. William Bryers (b. 5 December 1847, d. 1866)

Sources

  1. Baker, Kenneth M (great-great grandson of Joseph Bryers). Finding Joseph Bryers of the Hokianga - Early New Zealand Settler.
  2. Christiansen, Tony (2023) http://www.nzearlyhistory.com/mysitepre1846-o/g1/p859.htm#i21465
  3. Residence: Bay of Islands, Northland, New Zealand - Between 1853 and 1864.
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Capt. Charles Joseph Bryers's Timeline

1822
March 10, 1822
Ostend, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium
1840
September 2, 1840
Kawakawa, Northland, North Island, New Zealand
1842
January 17, 1842
Rawene, Far North District, Northland, New Zealand
1843
April 4, 1843
New Zealand
1844
September 8, 1844
Kawakawa, Northland, North Island, New Zealand
1847
December 5, 1847
Rawene, Northland, North Island, New Zealand
1849
October 8, 1849
Kawakawa, Northland, North Island, New Zealand
1858
December 16, 1858
Kawakawa, Northland, North Island, New Zealand
1885
August 7, 1885
Age 63
Rawene, Northland, North Island, New Zealand