Sojourn in New Zealand
Part of the oral family story passed down through Eliza Sutor Geal's North American descendants concerning William Barlow, suggested he emigrated to New Zealand for the gold rush but, instead of mining he set up a trading store and increased his financial well-being by selling basic supplies to those heading to the gold fields.
A thorough search of shipping records has revealed that he did indeed seek gold, but it was in Victoria, Australia and only for a short time as noted earlier in this chapter.
It was his son William (1835-1919) who travelled to New Zealand in 1866 and was listed as a miner. I wonder if young William attended his sister Eliza's wedding in Auckland in September just before he sailed back to Melbourne? She had sailed from Tasmania to Otago, NZ with her sister Margaret in 1861. She never returned and spent the rest of her life in the United Kingdom.