For Christmas 2008, I Discover Four New First Cousins

The Board of Trade in the UK compiled records of people leaving and entering the United Kingdom, and these records are now available as Record Sets BT26 & BT27 at the National Archives, Passenger lists leaving UK 1890-1960 and Passenger lists entering UK 1890-1960.

I decided to check in these records for Rodney and Leonard Hutchinson, two of G.H. Hutchinson's siblings who I knew very little about. I'd never met either of them. I knew that one or both of them had lived in New Zealand for a period, but that was about it...

A quick search of the two sets of Passenger Lists brought up a lot of records of folks who might possibly be our Rodney and Leonard, so I'll spend some time going through them. Two records (one outbound & one inbound) are definitely my uncle Rodney; here are the details.

S.S. Captain Hobson, Glasgow to New Zealand, departed 24 February 1953.
The passenger list includes;
Hutchinson, Mr. R.P., aged 38, Farm Worker. Last address in the UK;
9 Thorncliffe Rd., Staincliffe, Batley.
also,
Mrs. N. Hutchinson - aged 28
Miss S. - aged 6
Miss E. - aged 5
Master K. - aged 1 (all at the same address in Batley.)
All are listed as UK citizens, intending to settle in New Zealand.

R.M.S. Ruahine, New Zealand to Southampton, arrived 25 July 1958.
The passenger list includes;
Hutchinson, Rodney, d.o.b. 4/2/15, Plastic Moulding Operator. Address in UK;
31 Maitland Court, Lancaster Gate Terrace, London W2.
also,
Nora - d.o.b. 18/4/24
Sandra - d.o.b. 29/12/46
Elaine - d.o.b. 10/2/48
Keith - d.o.b. 10/2/52
Dawn - d.o.b. 22/4/56
Nora & the children are listed with this UK address;
2 Mavis Avenue, Southill, Dewsbury, Yorkshire.
All are listed as UK citizens intending to settle in the UK.

Now, how do I know these two families (1953 & 1958) are the same people? The initials and ages correspond; Dawn was presumably born in NZ. How do I know this is my Uncle Rodney? The Maitland Court address he gives on the return journey is his sister Dorothy's London address (she lived there for forty or more years; I visited her there in the 1970s.)

It is a bit of a mystery that they give different addresses in England on the return journey. Presumably the address in Yorkshire that Nora gives is her parent's or a sibling's address, just as Rodney gave his older sister's address.