Skip to main content

Watts, Francis Henry

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1830 - 18 April 1867

Biography

Francis Watts, a printer by trade, arrived in Lyttelton in February 1852. While there looking for work he was hired as a waiter in a Wanganui Hotel, so his stay down here was brief.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Francis Watts shipboard diary

 Collection
Identifier: CCL Archive 0828
Scope and Contents

Bound transcript of the shipboard diary of Francis Watts aboard The William Hyde 1851-1852 from England to New Zealand. This transcript with added notes was completed by Judith Clark, née Watts, Francis Watts' great-granddaughter.

Dates: 1851-1852