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A tree on ancestry has a lot of info on Gervase Medcalf and Clarissa - if you don't have a subscription you can veiw the tree for free at the spin off site mundia.com.

Info includes the family (& his parents, siblings) emigrating on the Huntress, departing 16/12/1862 arriving 21/4/1863

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1861 England Census
Gervase A Medcalf Age: 21 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1840
Relation: Boarder Gender: Male
Where born: Market Deeping, Lincolnshire, England
Civil Parish: Salisbury St Thomas County/Island: Wiltshire Country: England
Registration District: Salisbury Sub-registration District: Salisbury
ED, institution, or vessel: 1 Household Schedule Number: 27 Piece: 1316 Folio: 5 Page Number: 6
Sophia Masters 31
Caroline K Earl 15
Frances Major 16
Sarah Hopgood 19
Mary A Spreadbury 26
Henry Rainger 21
xxxGervase A Medcalf 21
John Wm Owen 21
George Whatley 27
Phobe Whatley 27
Ellen Cath Whatley 9 Months
Source Citation: Class: RG 9; Piece: 1316; Folio: 5; Page: 6; GSU roll: 542794.

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1851 England Census
Gervaise Medcalf Age: 11 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1840
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Samuel J Medcalf
Mother's Name: Ann Medcalf
Gender: M (Male) Where born: Market Deeping, Lincolnshire, England
Civil Parish: Market Deeping Town: Market Deeping County/Island: Lincolnshire Country: England
Registration District: Bourn Sub-registration District: Corby
Household Schedule Number: 92 Piece: 2095 Folio: 669 Page Number: 19
Samuel J Medcalf 38
Ann Medcalf 40
Samuel Medcalf 14
William Medcalf 12
Gervaise Medcalf 11
Henry Medcalf 7
John Medcalf 5
Rosina Medcalf 3
Mary Harson 21
Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 2095; Folio: 669; Page: 19; GSU roll: 87723-87724.

Hi, Just got back to it 1/01/14. Many thanks for all that I can now follow up on the English Census information. You have been a great help and have started the ball rolling back in the UK which is what I wanted to be able to do.

Baptism
County Lincolnshire
Place Market Deeping
Church St. Guthlac
RegisterNumber 1017
DateOfBirth
BaptismDate 05 Mar 1840
Forename Gervase Albert
Sex M
FatherForename Samuel
MotherForename Ann
FatherSurname MEDCALF
MotherSurname
Abode Market Deeping
FatherOccupation Butcher
Notes W: Hildyard Rector

http://www.freereg.org.uk/cgi/Search.pl

(from above link)

Chris :)

Hi Flip,

Just been checking the Littleton press which listed the passengers arriving on the Huntress in 1863, and there is only one Metcalf mentioned, travelling alone. Unless the ship docked somewhere else before the disembarkation at Littleton? Not sure where the person in Ancestry got their information?

Sorry, some confusion on my part it was Clarissa's parents, not his who were aboard.

1863

21 Apr

— Age: 23
Lyttelton, New Zealand
With Clara, aboard "Huntress", departing London 16 December 1862. Also aboard were parents Henry and Mary and six children (all except Thomas and Frederick).

Sites this source, which confirms names:

http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlists/huntress.html

If you go to Mundia.com which is a spin off from Ancestry, and is free (although you have to register) you should be able to view the tree. It has quite a lot of info, and some source documents.
It's the Shillaker universal tree - owner shillaker

Not sure if this will work, but a link to the relevant tree:

http://www.mundia.com/gb/Person/17088181/730163926

If you have a look, and want to try to contact the tree owner PM me your e-mail address and I'll contact them through ancestry for you.

Many thanks. It did work - also I have rechecked the passenger lists and found the Forwards listed with the surname Henry. They are all there. Not sure why the name 'Henry' is in the surname column, which is what threw me initially. Also I had failed to notice the little 'y'. which indicated the presence of the spouse. I was looking for the name Clarissa Medcalf - but her name isn't there, simply the fact that his 'spouse' was present. Very many thanks for your patience with me, and your efforts on my behalf

Mike Pedersen

I don't know what passenger list you've checked, but if you look at the link to the yesteryears site (posted 5 Jan 8:01) they are listed as Forward, and Clarisa is listed as Clara Medcalf.