The descendants of the Bounty mutineers include the modern-day Pitcairn Islanders as well as a little less than half of the population of Norfolk Island. Their common ancestors were the nine surviving mutineers from the mutiny on HMS Bounty which occurred in the south Pacific Ocean in …

Pitcairn Islanders, also referred to as Pitkerners and Pitcairnese, are the native inhabitants of the Pitcairn Islands, a British Overseas Territory including people whose families were previously inhabitants and maintaining cultural connections. Most Pitcairn Islanders are descendants of the Bounty mutineers and Tahitians.

2022年3月5日 · And while there are two major families currently living on the island — the descendants of mutinous leader Fletcher Christian and the progeny of a seafarer named Warren — the two ignore each...

2024年6月24日 · The Pitcairn Islanders and a significant portion of the population of Norfolk Island can proudly call themselves descendants of the nine surviving mutineers from the infamous mutiny on HMS Bounty in 1789.

2020年8月5日 · All but a handful–a pastor, the schoolteacher, and others–are direct descendants of the mutineers. The only way to reach the island is by ship, but storms and Pitcairn's dangerous harbor have sometimes prevented landings. In recent years one of Pitcairn's thrice-annual supply ships ran aground on a reef on its way from Norfolk to Pitcairn.

2015年9月3日 · On the 8th June 1856, a total of 193 inhabitants of Pitcairn Island were relocated. Today Norfolk Island has a population of about 1600 permanent residents, with the 2006 census reporting that approximately half of the permanent population are …

2022年10月25日 · The descendants of the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian consorts include the modern-day Pitcairn Islanders as well as a little less than half of the population of Norfolk Island. Their descendants also live in New Zealand, Australia, and the United States.

2024年12月12日 · Guide to Pitcairn Islands ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

2013年3月13日 · All of the inhabitants of Pitcairn Island are descendants, or married to descendants, of the original mutineers including Nadine Christian. She is the wife of a descendant of Fletcher Christian and the author of “Remembering Love,” an excellent first novel.

Described as one of the most isolated islands in the world and accessible only by sea, Pitcairn is the last remaining British Overseas Territory in the Pacific, notable as the home of Bounty mutineers and Tahitians who settled the island in 1790.