Isabella Allan

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A sempstress.

Isabella, her husband, John, and father-in-law, James Anderson, moved to Port Chalmers, New Zealand from Nelson, New Zealand in December 1844, along with Isabella's sister, Janet, and brother-in-law, Alexander McKay. The McKays decided to settle at Kotupai, now Port Chalmers but the Andersons instead spent some time exploring the harbour and in 1845 decided to pitch their tent in a pretty little inlet now known after them as Andersons Bay.

At that time, Anderson's Bay was a strip of clear land, running between the bay and ocean, with plenty of good bush nearby. Here they hoped to run a few sheep and perhaps cattle but initially their time was almost wholly taken up with gardening, fishing and boating. They built a hut of rushes and rough timber on the foreshore. For food they had plenty of wild pork, supplemented with potatoes and other home grown vegetables and eked out half a ton of flour they'd brought with them from Nelson. There was also an abundance of quail which Isabella, who soon learnt to shoulder a gun, quickly brought to earth in a sportsmanlike fashion.

On their boating trips they frequently visited the future Dunedin, then covered with scrub and of uninviting appearance but teeming with wild pigs and quail and home to their only friends, two runaway sailors who lived in a little hut by the side of Kaituna creek.

When the surveyors eventually arrived, in February 1946, John got immediate employment with them and built a small house, where Isabella gave birth to their second son, John; the first child of European settlers to be born in Dunedin.

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1826

Isabella Allan is born to Agnes Allan and John Allen in Scotland, United Kingdom. Sources: 1

4 July 1842

The New Zealand sets sail from Cumbrae, Scotland with John Allen, his wife, Agnes Allan and their children Janet, James, Isabella, Joseph, John, Agnes and John aboard. Sources: 2

4 November 1842

The New Zealand arrives in Nelson, New Zealand with John Allen, his wife, Agnes Allan and their children Janet, James, Isabella, Joseph, John, Agnes and John aboard. Sources: 2

December 1844

James, John and Isabella Anderson and Alexander and Janet McKay leave Nelson, New Zealand. Sources: 2

30 December 1844

James, John and Isabella Anderson and Alexander and Janet McKay arrive at Koputai. Sources: 3

December 1844

James Anderson is born to Isabella Allan and John Anderson in Port Chalmers, New Zealand. Sources: 3

1845

John and Isabella Anderson settle at — and name — Andersons Bay. Sources: 2

10 December 1846

John Anderson is born to Isabella Allan and John Anderson in Dunedin, New Zealand. Sources: 2

1848

John Allen, his wife, Agnes Allan and their children Janet, James, Isabella, Joseph, John, Agnes and John move to Dunedin. Sources: 1

1849

Joseph Allan Anderson is born to Isabella Allan and John Anderson. Sources: 1

1849

John Anderson and Isabella Allan move to Port Chalmers, New Zealand with their children, James and John. Sources: 1

1851

Ann Anderson is born to Isabella Allan and John Anderson. Sources: 1

1852

John Anderson and Isabella Allan move to a small farm in East Taieri, New Zealand with their children, James, John, Ann and Janet. Sources: 1

1853

David Anderson is born to Isabella Allan and John Anderson. Sources: 1

1855

Agnes Allan Anderson is born to Isabella Allan and John Anderson. Sources: 1

1858

Catherine Anderson is born to Isabella Allan and John Anderson. Sources: 1

July 1858

John Anderson is joined at Dalvey Station, Otago, New Zealand by his wife, Isabella Allan, and children, James, John, Joseph, Ann, Janet, David and Agnes. Sources: 2

July 1858

John, Isabella, James, John, Joseph, Ann, Janet, David and Agnes Anderson move to Black Gully, Brooksdale Station, Otago, New Zealand while legal problems with their lease are being dealt with. Sources: 1

October 1858

John, Isabella, James, John, Joseph, Ann, Janet, David and Agnes Anderson move back to Dalvey Station, Otago, New Zealand following the successful resolution of legal difficulties with their lease. Sources: 1

1859

William Brown Anderson is born to Isabella Allan and John Anderson.

1862

Janet Anderson is born to Isabella Allan and John Anderson. Sources: 1

1867

Isabella Anderson is born to Isabella Allan and John Anderson.

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