Photocopy of the diary of John Thomas Boyde recording voyages from Isle of Man to New Zealand iin 1893 and New Zealand to the Isle of Man in 1956 and 1957
Date(s): 1893, 1956-1957
Scope & Content: Diary of Boyde's voyage to New Zealand in 1893 and also of his return to the Island in 1956 with Mrs M A Boyde, and on his own in 1957.
The diary begins 31 October 1893 leaving Douglas on board Peveril bound for Liverpool. On arrival in Liverpool he was met by his brother Edward Boyde, Uncle Thomas and Corkhills from Cronk-y-Voddy and Tranmere, Liverpool. He stayed in Liverpool and Birkenhead until 2 November then travelled to London with Charles Corkhill to board SS Ormuz in third class. By 5 November they were off Plymouth on the way via the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean via the Suez Canal. They called in at Adelaide and Melbourne, Australia. From Melbourne he boarded Rotomahana, arriving in Auckland on 24 December 1893 then going to New Plymouth near Taranki 25 December 1893.
The next entry is for Mrs M A Boyde and Mr J T Boyde leaving Auckland by plane on 30 April 1956 to Australia to board SS Orantes of the Orient Line. They sailed via Freemantle, Western Australia where he met a Manx family related to Mrs Boyde. Mr Boyde comments on changes to the Suez Canal since he last went through in 1893. They arrived at Southampton on 8 June 1956, being met by a nephew from Liverpool. The couple flew back from London on 10 September 1956, stopping off in Amsterdam, Greenland, Vancouver, Honolulu and Fiji.
The final journey recorded started 12 October 1957 from Auckland to New Plymouth visiting named relatives.They departed New Zealand on RMS Rangitiki, visiting various places including Pitcairn and sailing through the Panama Canal. Boyde mentions letters sent to relatives 'Willie, Mary and Sylvia Ballawyllin Farm, Mrs Caine, Edith Boyde Peel'.
Administration / Biographical History: John Thomas Boyde of Sartfield and Bayrgarrow, Kirk Michael (b.c.1869) was the son of John Boyde and Mary Boyde. He lived in Auckland, New Zealand (where he settled as a sheep breeder) while his brother William Charles Boyde stayed on the island.
John Boyde died on 27 December 1960 at Ballawillyn Farm, German;
Language: English
Extent: 1 folder
Item name: diaries
Collection: Manuscript Archive
Level: FILE
ID number: MS 08775
Retrieval number: MD 1114
Record class: Private
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