Bebington
Ship: 924 Tons
Captain: Knight
Surgeon Superintendent: Dr J Dale
Sailed London 28th July 1874 - arrived Hawkes Bay 20th November 1874
A ship of 924 tons, Bebington was built in
1859. She had, amongst her many passengers, the unenviable nickname of "The Old
Tub" and was one of the slowest boats on the New Zealand immigrant run. Even under
very favourable conditions, she still took longer than most to make the voyage out. In
addition she was dogged by ill-fortune. Collisions with other ships, storms, outbreaks of
typhoid and short supplies all at one time or another plagued "The Old Tub". Bebington
made eight voyages to New Zealand of which three were to Lyttleton, two to Wellington and
one each to Dunedin, Auckland and Napier. On her arrival in Auckland on July 15th 1876, Bebington
was met by the Health Officer at Rangitoto Reef. There being typhoid and 67 cases of
measles on board he sent her into quarantine on Motuihe Island where she remained for 5 weeks.
Source: White Wings - Sir Henry Brett
Our thanks to Jan for providing details for this sailing of the Bebington.
| Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
| Families & Children | ||||
| Thomson | John | 38 | Dumfries | Shepherd |
| Isabella B | 42 | |||
| John | 15 | T/F to single men | ||
| William | 12 | T/F to single men | ||
| Elizabeth | 10 | T/F to single women | ||
| Jennet | 5 | |||
| Murphy | John | 45 | Cork | Farmer |
| Honora | 44 | |||
| Mary | 22 | T/F to single women | ||
| Jeremiah | 21 | T/F to single men | ||
| Anne | 20 | T/F to single women | ||
| Michael | 19 | T/F to single men | ||
| John | 18 | T/F to single men | ||
| Helen | 17 | T/F to single women | ||
| Honora | 15 | T/F to single women | ||
| Dennis | 13 | T/F to single men | ||
| Durney | Thomas | 30 | Limerick | Carpenter |
| Lucy | 28 | |||
| Patrick | 12 | T/F to single men | ||
| Gustin | 10 | |||
| Mary J | 6 | |||
| Clara B | 4 | |||
| Theresa | 2 | |||
| Gertrude | 8 months | Died on board 18/11/1874 | ||
| Morton | Mary | 44 | Travelled with Durney's | |
| Edsen | Alfred | 49 | Surrey | Bricklayer |
| Amy | 47 | |||
| Mary A | 20 | T/F to single women | ||
| Mary J | 15 | T/F to single women | ||
| Henry | 12 | T/F to single men | ||
| Louis | 9 | |||
| Ambrose | 6 | |||
| Albert | 3 | |||
| Edsen | Alfred | 27 | Surrey | Bricklayer |
| Phoebe | 25 | |||
| Amy | 1 | |||
| Brown | Georgina | 19 | T/F to single women | |
| Martin | Robert | 45 | Dundee | Carpenter |
| Sarah | 44 | |||
| John | 16 | T/F to single men | ||
| Charles | 14 | T/F to single men | ||
| Peter | 12 | T/F to single men | ||
| Robert | 11 | |||
| David | 8 | |||
| Andrew | 5 | |||
| Martin | Jane | 22 | T/F to single women | |
| Bright | George | 39 | Jersey | Labourer |
| Julia | 36 | |||
| William | 8 | |||
| Alice M | 3 | |||
| Holland | James | 28 | Sussex | Labourer |
| Jane | 25 | |||
| Clayton | John | 29 | Middlesex | Carpenter |
| Eliza | 25 | |||
| Elizabeth | 9 | |||
| Ann | 4 | |||
| Selina | 2 | |||
| Farquhar | John | 33 | Isle of Man | Blacksmith |
| Dinah | 25 | |||
| William | 7 | |||
| John | 5 | |||
| Philip | 3 | |||
| Robert | 5 months | |||
| Preeble | Joseph | 33 | Surrey | Baker |
| Mary J | 35 | |||
| Edith | 7 | |||
| Benjamin | 5 | |||
| Maude | 2 | |||
| Laura | 7 months | |||
| Taylor | Thomas | 40 | Dumfries | Sailmaker |
| Salvadori | 29 | |||
| Georgiana | 11 | |||
| Salvadori | 8 | |||
| Delta | 6 | |||
| Thomas | 2 | |||
| Adoni | 3 months | |||
| Waterhouse | William | 30 | Sussex | Gardener |
| Catherine | 26 | |||
| Mary Ann | 6 | |||
| William J T | 2 | |||
| Arthur F | 7 months | |||
| Merreden | Frederick | 21 | Surrey | Carpenter |
| Harriet | 21 | |||
| McNaughton | Allan | 38 | Argyll | Labourer |
| Jessie | 38 | |||
| Cross | Joseph | 25 | Antrim | Plasterer |
| Marion | 24 | |||
| Coles | John | 31 | Northamptonshire | Sailmaker |
| Mary | 33 | |||
| John W | 3 | |||
| Burkin | George | 40 | Surrey | Felter |
| Charlotte | 28 | |||
| Esther | 9 | |||
| Louisa | 6 | |||
| Amy | 4 | |||
| Male child | Born on board 05/11/1874 | |||
| Bartlett | Richard | 32 | Sussex | Brickmaker |
| Susan | 33 | |||
| James | 14 | T/F to single women | ||
| Emma | 8 | |||
| Sarah | 4 | |||
| Adams | Henry | 32 | Oxfordshire | Platelayer |
| Jane | 33 | |||
| William | 7 | |||
| Frederick C | 3 | |||
| Sarah I | 1 | |||
| Sheppard | Jacob | 27 | Wiltshire | Blacksmith |
| Ellen | 26 | |||
| Elizabeth A | 5 | |||
| Emma | 3 | |||
| Ellen | 1 | |||
| Plank | Emmanuel | 34 | Wiltshire | Groom |
| Anne | 33 | |||
| George | 12 | T/F to single women | ||
| Allan | 5 | |||
| Angelina | 4 | |||
| James | 3 | |||
| Elizabeth | 1 | |||
| Powell | William | 38 | Staffordshire | Labourer |
| Emma | 37 | |||
| Mary E | 14 | T/F to single women | ||
| Joseph W | 12 | T/F to single men | ||
| Harriet | 9 | |||
| Elizabeth | 5 | |||
| Hubert | 2 | |||
| Smith | George | 24 | Sussex | Labourer |
| Minnie | 30 | |||
| Eliza | 1 | |||
| Moorcock | John | 27 | Surrey | Labourer |
| Caroline | 26 | |||
| Sarah Jane | 1 | |||
| Male child | Born on board 09/09/1874 | |||
| Winters | Solomon | 23 | Hertfordshire | Farm Labourer |
| Amelia | 22 | |||
| Vinsen | Robert | 27 | ||
| Fanny M | 29 | |||
| Kate M | 9 | |||
| Violet | 3 months | |||
| Miller | Henry | 24 | Flint (Wales) | Coach Wheeler |
| Frances | 22 | |||
| Helen M | 10 months | |||
| O'Hanlon | James F | 30 | Lancashire | Joiner |
| Teresa | 28 | |||
| Ernest | 3 | |||
| Florence | 2 months | |||
| Eager | William | 23 | Sussex | Farm Labourer |
| Mary Jane | 23 | |||
| Clara | 3 | |||
| Edwards | Walter | 31 | Surrey | Blacksmith |
| Sarah | 30 | |||
| Harriet | 5 | |||
| Olive | 3 | |||
| Walter | 1 | |||
| Storkey | William | 37 | Norfolk | Sailmaker |
| Mary A | 28 | |||
| Anne E | 11 | |||
| Samuel | 9 | |||
| Edith M | 1 | Died on board 16/08/1874 | ||
| Pearce | Richard | 29 | Clare | Brickmaker |
| Alice | 29 | |||
| Murrow | William Henry | 38 | Somersetshire | Painter |
| Sarah | 38 | |||
| Cecelia | 14 | T/F to single women | ||
| Harry | 13 | T/F to single men | ||
| Harriet F | 11 | |||
| Margaret | 8 | |||
| Charles | 7 | |||
| Bartholomew | 6 | |||
| Frank | 4 | |||
| Catherine | 2 | |||
| Sidney | 1 | |||
| Britton | Frances | 34 | T/F to single women | Travelled with Murrow |
| Stark | Frances | 15 | T/F to single women | Travelled with Murrow |
| Kay | William | 26 | Derbyshire | Joiner |
| Elizabeth | 27 | |||
| William | 8 weeks | Died on board 05/08/1874 | ||
| Davidson | Isabella | 25 | T/F to single women | Travelled with Kay |
| Proffit | Joseph | 29 | Oxfordshire | Farm Labourer |
| Martha | 21 | |||
| Harris | Thomas | 32 | Berkshire | Shepherd |
| Patience | 35 | |||
| Charles | 8 | |||
| George | 6 | |||
| Elizabeth | 4 | |||
| Alice | 2 | |||
| Arthur | 1 | |||
| Beechey | Christopher | 28 | Berkshire | Platelayer |
| Hannah | 30 | |||
| Elizabeth | 6 | |||
| Rose L | 4 | |||
| Christopher | 2 | |||
| Fletcher | Henry | 29 | Somersetshire | Gardener |
| Rhoda | 29 | |||
| Mary | 9 | |||
| Sarah | 7 | |||
| Eliza | 5 | |||
| Henry | 3 | |||
| William | 10 months | |||
| Meadows | Henry | 25 | Gloucestershire | Carpenter |
| Mary | 25 | |||
| Frederick | 1 | |||
| Fee | William | 50 | Down | Farm Labourer |
| Bessie | 45 | |||
| Sarah | 22 | T/F to single women | ||
| Lizzie | 20 | T/F to single women | ||
| Ellen | 17 | T/F to single women | ||
| Willie | 13 | T/F to single men | ||
| Alder | John | 33 | Gloucestershire | Brickmaker |
| Clara | 35 | |||
| Rose | 14 | |||
| Emily | 12 | |||
| Charles | 10 | |||
| Walter | 9 | |||
| Henry J | 4 | |||
| Ellen | 2 | |||
| Lansdown | Richard | 35 | Gloucestershire | Farm Labourer |
| Ellen | 32 | |||
| George | 10 | |||
| Harry | 7 | |||
| Sarah | 5 | |||
| Lucy L | 1 | |||
| Male child | Born on board 12/11/1874 | |||
| Purcell | James | 22 | Kilkenny | Farm Labourer |
| Sarah | 29 | |||
| Kate | 7 | |||
| George | 4 | |||
| Colonial Nominated Families & Children | ||||
| Searle | William | 38 | Cornwall | Tailor |
| Mary | 33 | |||
| Arthur | 12 | T/F to single men | ||
| William | 10 | |||
| George | 7 | |||
| John | 5 | |||
| James | 3 | |||
| Henry | 1 | |||
| Female child | Born on board 16/11/1874 | |||
| Cable | James | 30 | Suffolk | Platelayer |
| Emma | 28 | |||
| Emma | 3 | |||
| Rosina | 3 months | |||
| Saunders | George | 33 | Buckinghamshire | Gardener |
| Elizabeth | 34 | |||
| Rosa | 7 | |||
| William | 6 | |||
| Frances | 4 | |||
| Arthur | 2 | |||
| Alice | 3 weeks | |||
| Colonial Nominated Families & Children bound for Canterbury | ||||
| Allison | Edward | 31 | Norfolk | Carpenter |
| Alice | 29 | |||
| Edward | 7 | |||
| Ernest | 4 | |||
| Alexander | 2 | |||
| Pilcher | Edwin | 31 | Canterbury, New Zealand | Cook |
| Rachael | 33 | |||
| Rachael M | 3 | |||
| Single Men | ||||
| Thomson | John | 15 | Dumfries | |
| William | 12 | Dumfries | ||
| Murphy | Jeremiah | 21 | Cork | Farm Labourer |
| Michael | 19 | Cork | Farm Labourer | |
| John | 18 | Cork | Farm Labourer | |
| Dennis | 13 | Cork | Farm Labourer | |
| Durney | Patrick | 12 | Limerick | |
| Edsen | Henry | 12 | Surrey | |
| Martin | John | 16 | Dundee | Farm Labourer |
| Charles | 14 | Dundee | Farm Labourer | |
| Peter | 12 | Dundee | ||
| Bartlett | James | 14 | Sussex | |
| Plank | George | 12 | Wiltshire | |
| Powell | Joseph W | 12 | Staffordshire | |
| Murrow | Harry | 13 | Somersetshire | |
| Hogan | William | 22 | Galway | Labourer |
| Prendergast | Robert | 21 | Galway | Labourer |
| Philips | Lydia | 28 | T/F to single women | Cook |
| James | 38 | Canada | ||
| George | 24 | Canada | ||
| Kaye | Charles | 21 | Isle of Man | Joiner |
| Kelly | Edward | 25 | Armagh | Groom |
| Selwood | William | 42 | Wiltshire | Labourer |
| Salmon | William R | 20 | Lancashire | Servant |
| Cole | William Thomas | 21 | Middlesex | Carpenter |
| Leneham | Jeremiah | 29 | Cork | Carpenter |
| Proffit | David | 25 | Oxfordshire | Carter |
| Fee | Willie | 17 | Down | |
| Lansdowne | Enos | 13 | Gloucestershire | Farm Labourer |
| Colonial Nominated Single Men | ||||
| Daley | James | Londonderry | Labourer | |
| Rosy | 26 | T/F to single women | ||
| Thomson | Thomas J | 18 | Londonderry | Farm Labourer |
| Scullion | Hugh | 30 | Derry | Farm Labourer |
| Houston | Thomas | 25 | Derry | Farm Labourer |
| McLeod | Barbara | 59 | T/F to single women | |
| Angus | 25 | Ross | Shepherd | |
| Roderick | 23 | Ross | Labourer | |
| Catherine | 21 | T/F to single women | ||
| Roderick J | 16 | Ross | ||
| Brown | Jihn | 64 | Lanark | Tenter |
| Mary | 23 | T/F to single women | ||
| Andrew | 21 | Lanark | ||
| Isabella | 18 | T/F to single women | ||
| Searle | Arthur | 12 | Cornwall | |
| Single Women | ||||
| Murphy | Mary | 27 | Cork | Servant |
| Anne | 20 | Cork | Servant | |
| Ellen | 17 | Cork | Servant | |
| Honora | 15 | Cork | Servant | |
| Morton | Mary | 44 | Limerick | Servant |
| Edsen | Mary A | 20 | Surrey | Servant |
| Mary J | 15 | Surrey | Servant | |
| Brown | Georgiana | 19 | Surrey | Servant |
| Martin | Jane | 22 | Dundee | Servant |
| Murrow | Cecilia | 14 | Somersetshire | Servant |
| Britton | Frances | 34 | Somersetshire | Servant |
| Stark | Frances | 15 | Somersetshire | Servant |
| Powell | Mary E | 14 | Staffordshire | Servant |
| Davidson | Isabella | 25 | Derbyshire | Cook |
| Phillips | Lydia | 28 | Canada | Servant |
| Newell | Margaret | 23 | Dundee | Servant |
| Agnes | 19 | Dundee | Servant | |
| Jessie | 17 | Dundee | Servant | |
| Rapley | Ann | 18 | Sussex | Servant |
| Taylor | Ellen | 25 | Sussex | Servant |
| Gardener | Emily | 20 | Kent | Servant |
| Moore | Emily | 24 | Somersetshire | Cook |
| McAnerin | Frances | 21 | Tyrone | General Servant |
| Worsfold | Elizabeth | 25 | Surrey | General Servant |
| Dickson | Jessie | 25 | Peebles | General Servant |
| Jones | Hannah | 40 | Essex | Nurse |
| Rose | Louisa | 32 | Surrey | General Servant |
| Courtenay | Matilda | 23 | Dorsetshire | General Servant |
| Pearse | Bridget | 28 | Clare | General Servant |
| Matthews | Ann | 40 | Monmouth | Laundress |
| Jessie A | 18 | Monmouth | General Servant | |
| Emma | 17 | Monmouth | General Servant | |
| Mary A | 15 | Monmouth | General Servant | |
| Alder | Rose | 14 | Gloucestershire | |
| Emily | 12 | Gloucestershire | ||
| Fee | Bessie | 22 | Down | Servant |
| Sarah | 20 | Down | Servant | |
| Lizzie | 17 | Down | Servant | |
| Thompson | Mary | 26 | Down | Servant |
| Samuel | 8 | Down | ||
| John W | 6 | Down | ||
| Hawthorne | Maggie | 16 | Down | Servant |
| Firth | Elizabeth | 25 | Halifax, Yorkshire | Housemaid |
| Daley | Rosey | 26 | ||
| McLeod | Barbara | 59 | ||
| Catherine | 21 | |||
| Brown | Mary | 23 | ||
| Isabella | 18 | |||
| Overton | Louise | |||
| Line | Sarah | |||
| Philips | Sarah J | |||
| McKeown | Georgina | |||
| Kirkwood | Margaret | |||
| Scullion | Ellen J | 18 | Londonderry | Servant |
| Coghill | Isabella | 29 | Caithness | Servant |
| Sabin | Emily | 43 | Oxfordshire | |
| Mary A | 15 | |||
| Frances M | 19 | |||
| Louisa | 13 | |||
| Maria B | 12 | |||
| Arthur J | 11 | |||
| Kate | 9 | |||
| Francis | 7 | |||
| Alfred | 6 | |||
| Charles | 4 | |||
Copyright Denise & Peter 2000 - 2003
Reference:
Archives New Zealand IM15/150