James
Mouat
Harper
Born in Norwick, Unst, Shetland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Son of William Harper
and Elizabeth Ursula (Rusland) Harper
Brother of
Gilbert Harper and Joanna Elizabeth (Harper) Sutherland
Husband of
Margaret Yule (Anderson) Harper
— married
20 Dec 1855 in Free Church Chapel, Hillside, Unst, Shetland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Descendants 
Father of
Charlotte (Harper) Mouat, William Gilbert Harper, Elizabeth (Harper) Mouat, Williamina (Harper) Williamson, Margaret Harper, Jemima (Harper) Gray, Gilbert Harper, Ann (Harper) Sinclair, Isabella Harper and Anthony Harper
Died after
after age 86
in Waipawa, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Aug 2018
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Biography
Native of Unst, Shetland, Scotland
James Harper migrated from Unst, Shetland, Scotland to Buller, West Coast, New Zealand.
James was born in 1832 in Unst, Shetland.[1] He married Margaret Yule Anderson in 1855.[2]
Seeking gold,[3] James and Margaret immigrated to New Zealand with their eight children in 1875-76 aboard the Caroline.[4] They had two more children in Charleston, Buller, West Coast, New Zealand.[5]
The West Coast New Zealand History website has a photo of the family outside their house at Nine Mile Beach, Charleston in 1879.[3]
James passed away in 1918 in Waipawa, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, just two days after his wife.[6]
Margaret and James are buried in Karori Cemetery in Wellington. Their headstone is recorded on Billiongraves.
Birth, Marriage, and Death Records
Birth/Baptism record (Old Parish Registers):
JAMES HARPER (M). 05/11/1832. Parents/other details: WILLIAM HARPER/ELIZABETH RUSSEL FR 370 (FR370). Parish: Unst. Ref: 011/30 95[7]
Marriage record (Old Parish Registers):
MARGARET YULE ANDERSON married JAMES HARPER/ on 20/12/1855. Parish: Unst. Ref: 011/30 242[7]
Death record (NZ BDM):
Death of James Harper (male, age 86Y, est. birth year 1832) registered in New Zealand in 1918. Reg Number: 1918/17094[8]
Research notes
- Other details about James and Margaret, their parents, their marriage, their children, their migration to New Zealand, their deaths, and photos of them are on the North Isles Family History website.[9][5]
- See also Family Search website for other information and sources.[10][11] Anderson-53301 12:58, 8 August 2020 (UTC)
Children: Charlotte B 24/1/1857 Unst, William B 29/5/1859 Unst, Elizabeth B 15/2/1862 Unst, Williamina B 23/8/1864 Unst, Margaret b 23/6/1867 Unst, Jemima B 16/4/1870 Unst, Gilbert B 3/3/1873 Unst, Ann B 3/7/1875 Unst, Isabella B 7/1/1879 Charleston NZ, Anthony B 24/12/1881 Charleston NZ.
Sources
- ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQQK-9LD : 10 February 2018), James Harper, 20 Sep 1832; citing , reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 919,495.
- ↑ "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XY7Q-W55 : 10 February 2018), James Harper and Margaret Anderson, 20 Dec 1855; citing Unst,Shetland,Scotland, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 6,035,516.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 'Harper Family outside their home Nine Mile Beach Charleston 1879.' West Coast New Zealand History. https://westcoast.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/15586 (accessed 24 Sep 2021)
- ↑ "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Passenger Lists, 1839-1973," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSTY-KZG : 10 August 2017), James Harper, 13 Jan 1876; citing ship Caroline, Archives New Zealand, Wellington; FHL microfilm .
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Margaret's page on North Isles Family History website: https://www.bayanne.info/Shetland/getperson.php?personID=I27923&tree=ID1
- ↑ DEATHS., Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 75, 25 September 1918, https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19180925.2.5
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Church of Scotland Old Parish Registers. Accessible at ScotlandsPeople
- ↑ Searchable online at https://bdm.psopho.co.nz/ and documents can be ordered from https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/search
- ↑ James' page on North Isles Family History website: https://www.bayanne.info/Shetland/getperson.php?personID=I27922&tree=ID1
- ↑ James' page on FamilySearch website: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MS4Z-1DY
- ↑ Margaret's page on FamilySearch website: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LCXP-9P1
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
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Categories: Karori Cemetery and Crematorium, Karori, Wellington | Caroline, sailed October 12, 1875 | Migrants from Shetland to West Coast
There seem to be two James and Margaret Harper couples/families.
The first couple, who I'll call the "Auckland/Invercargill Harpers" (James Harper (abt.1840-) and Margaret Unknown (abt.1855-)) came from as-yet-unknown birthplaces. They had children from 1865 onwards in Auckland and Invercargill.
The second couple, who I'll call the "Shetland/Charleston Harpers" (James Mouat Harper (1832-aft.1918) and Margaret Yule (Anderson) Harper (1836-1918)) moved from Shetland in 1875-6 with their children, and had only two more children in NZ, both in Charleston (Isabella and Anthony).
I will retract the merges for the Jameses and the Margarets.
What does, however, need to be merged, is that both couples currently have an Isabella and an Anthony listed as their children. These two are actually children of the Shetland/Charleston Harpers ONLY. They need to be merged into that family and removed from the Auckland/Invercargill Harper family.