Captain Cook
Ship: 1000 Tons
Captain: H. C. Cleaver
Surgeon Superintendent: Dr J B Clutterbuck
Sailed Spithead May 17th 1863 - arrived Lyttelton 5th September 1863
The Captain Cook sailed with 18 second class, 66 steerage, and 370 assisted immigrants, making a total of 498 souls, including the crew. During the voyage there were eleven deaths and on arrival the vessel was placed in quarantine. After passing the Cape she encountered two or three heavy gales, one developing into a fearful hurricane, during which the ship was severely crippled. During one of the gales on August 5th, many large ice-bergs were encountered, and the officers and passengers had an anxious time. the passage occupied 116 days.
Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
Families and Children | ||||
Austin | John | 28 | Yorkshire | Brickmaker |
Ann E. | 26 | |||
Sarah | 6 | |||
Emma | 3 | |||
Walter | Infant | |||
Ball | James | 33 | Salop | Labourer |
Ann | 25 | |||
Barker | Henry | 22 | Leicestershire | Farm Labourer |
Clara | 21 | |||
Clara | Infant | |||
Barnett | Henry | 42 | Monmouthshire | Farm Labourer |
Jane | 40 | |||
Mary Ann | 2 | Trans to s/w | ||
William | 19 | Trans to s/m | ||
Annie | 16 | Trans to s/w | ||
Emma | 13 | Trans to s/w | ||
Selina | 8 | |||
Henry | 4 | |||
Batchelor | Joseph | 22 | Buckshire | Baker |
Kate | 20 | |||
Bennison | William | 30 | Yorkshire | Farm Labourer |
Elizabeth | 31 | |||
Francis B. | 11 | |||
Mary Ann | 10 | |||
Harriet | 8 | |||
Rebecca | 7 | |||
Elizabeth | 5 | |||
George R. | 1 | |||
William H. | Infant | |||
Blore | John | 42 | Oxfordshire | Labourer |
Hannah | 39 | |||
Emma | 16 | Trans to s/w | ||
Edward | 14 | Trans to s/m | ||
Caygill | John | 34 | Yorkshire | Shoemaker |
Elizabeth | 37 | |||
Mary | 10 | |||
Susan | 8 | |||
John A. | 6 | |||
Martha | 3 | |||
Obed | Infant | |||
Cooper | Thomas | 35 | Suffolk | Tailor - Died at sea |
Lydia | 40 | Died at sea | ||
Henry | 6 | |||
Charles | 5 | |||
Theodore | 3 | |||
Infant | Died at sea | |||
Corrigan | Samuel | 33 | Middlesex | Carpenter |
Susan | 32 | |||
Charlotte | 10 | |||
Fanny | 9 | |||
William | 4 | |||
Mary Susan | 2 | Sanderson - step daughter of Samuel | ||
Cunningham | David | 30 | Fifeshire | Ploughman |
Margaret | 29 | |||
William | 3 | |||
Cecilia | 2 | |||
Janet | 22 | Trans to s/w | Domestic Servant | |
Davies | Selwyn | 31 | Gloucester | Farm Labourer |
Mary | 26 | |||
Davis | Samuel | 28 | Warwickshire | Farm Labourer |
Sopia | 31 | |||
George | 19 | Trans to s/m | ||
Eliza | 16 | Trans to s/w | ||
Dowle | Samuel | 40 | Gloucestershire | Labourer |
Hepzebah | 35 | |||
Fanny | 11 | |||
George | 9 | |||
Benjamin | 6 | |||
Dyer | William | 45 | Notts | Carpenter |
Mary D. | 32 | |||
Mary | 13 | Trans to s/w | ||
John | 8 | |||
Thomas | 6 | |||
Mahala | 4 | |||
William | 2 | Died at sea | ||
Flight | Henry | 22 | Forfarshire | Farm Labourer |
Isabella | 22 | |||
Ford | Elizabeth | 38 | Scilly | |
Kate Dixon | 11 | |||
John Graig | 5 | |||
Archibald | 3 | |||
Ernest | Infant | |||
Frampton | Henry | 22 | Somerset | Farm Labourer |
Ann | 20 | |||
Frampton | George | 20 | Somerset | Farm Labourer |
Elizabeth | 20 | |||
Frampton | George | 37 | Somerset | Farm Labourer |
Martha | 25 | |||
George | 9 | |||
Albert | 7 | |||
Emily A. | Infant | |||
Gabbatis | Thomas | 20 | Nottingham | Shoemaker |
Hannah | 26 | |||
Gibb | David | 30 | Fifeshire | Ploughman |
Christina | 27 | |||
Agnes | 5 | |||
David | 2 | Died at sea | ||
George | Infant | |||
Grassman | Anthony | 47 | Germany | Gardener |
Christina | 42 | |||
Francis | 11 | |||
John | 8 | |||
Casper | 5 | |||
Harris | Joseph | 45 | Leicester | Farm Labourer |
Sarah | 45 | |||
Thomas | 23 | Trans to s/m | ||
Jane | 17 | Trans to s/w | ||
William | 12 | Trans to s/m | ||
Draper | 8 | |||
Hamilton | John | 24 | Lanarkshire | Gardener |
Jane | 28 | |||
Harrop | Joseph | 59 | Cheshire | Clerk |
Martha | 60 | Died | ||
Harrop | Joseph | 34 | Cheshire | Farm Labourer |
Mary E. | 27 | |||
George T. | 4 | |||
Mary Jane | 25 | |||
Harris | Charles | 30 | Oxfordshire | Farm Labourer |
Anna | 31 | |||
Hear | Isaac | 30 | Gloucestershire | Farm Labourer |
Mary Ann | 24 | |||
Frances M. | 3 | |||
William H. | Infant | |||
Henns | Thomas | 32 | Middlesex | Gardener |
Rachel | 31 | |||
Higgins | William | 22 | Salop | Farm Labourer |
Ellen | ||||
Hutt | Joseph | 45 | Schoolmaster | |
Mary | 32 | |||
Anna | 9 | |||
Mary | 8 | |||
Joseph | 6 | |||
Esther | 3 | |||
Ernest | 2 | |||
Edith | Infant | |||
Jamieson | Samuel | 38 | Lanarkshire | Joiner |
Maria | 37 | |||
Mary Ann | 13 | Trans to s/w | ||
James | 11 | |||
Jane | 4 | |||
William | 4 | |||
Jones | Albert | 24 | Herefordshire | Gardener |
Mary | 26 | |||
Kay | James A. | 32 | Derbyshire | Carpenter |
Louisa | 27 | |||
John s. | 4 | |||
Louisa A. | 2 | |||
James A. | Infant | |||
Kear | John | 27 | Gloucestershire | Gardener |
Emma | 26 | |||
Alice | 4 | |||
Kingsbury | Henry | 49 | Somersetshire | Farmer |
Elizabeth | 47 | |||
Jane | 20 | Trans to s/w | ||
Sarah | 19 | Trans to s/w | ||
Elizabeth | 17 | Trans to s/w | ||
Fanny | 16 | Trans to s/w | ||
Seth | ||||
Mary | 11 | |||
Samuel | 9 | |||
Henry | 8 | |||
Lucy | 5 | |||
Robert | 3 | |||
Lucas | Thomas | 35 | Devonshire | Farm Labourer |
Elizabeth | 29 | |||
Selina M. | 9 | |||
Louisa | 8 | |||
Henry | 7 | |||
Alice | 5 | |||
Albert | 2 | |||
Emily | Infant | |||
McGill | Andrew | 26 | Wigtown | Ploughman |
Helen | 24 | |||
Midgley | Johnson | 28 | Yorkshire | Slater |
Elizabeth | 24 | |||
Moore | Francis | 22 | Willtshire | Farm Labourer |
Rosanna | 21 | |||
John | 51 | trans to s/m | ||
Frederick | 21 | Trans to s/m | ||
Moore | James | 25 | Cork | Farm Labourer |
Elizabeth | 24 | |||
Elizabeth | Infant | |||
Osbourn | John | 40 | Suffolk | Farmer |
Mary Jane | 43 | |||
Jane Victoria | 17 | Trans to s/w | ||
Daniel John | 13 | Trans to s/m | ||
Kate Sarah | 11 | |||
Pearcy | Henry | 34 | Wiltshire | Farm Labourer |
Ellen | 32 | |||
Harry | 7 | |||
Ellen K. | 5 | |||
Edward | 3 | |||
Walter | Infant | |||
Rosewarne | Joseph | 34 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
Julia | 23 | |||
Randle | 4 | |||
Anne | 2 | |||
Rowley | George | 39 | Salop | Labourer |
Margaret | 40 | |||
Scott | William | 37 | Renfrewshire | Blacksmith |
Elizabeth | 38 | |||
Mary | 11 | |||
Elizabeth | 10 | |||
William | 6 | |||
Margaret | 4 | |||
Agnes | 7 mths | |||
Shaw | James | 28 | Leicestershire | Farm Labourer |
Anne | 31 | |||
William | 4 | |||
Thomas | 3 | |||
Elizabeth | 2 | |||
Mary | Infant | |||
Sherratt | Amos | 31 | Warwickshire | Labourer |
Mary Ann | 31 | |||
Thomas | 10 | |||
Mary Ann | 6 | |||
Sherratt | Caleb | 21 | Warwickshire | Labourer |
Hannah | 27 | |||
Sherriff | James | 30 | Cheshire | Labourer |
Ann | 29 | |||
James | 7 | |||
Fanny | Infant | |||
Shirtcliff | John | 36 | Middlesex | Labourer |
Caroline | 26 | |||
Helen | 4 | |||
Frances | 3 | |||
George | Infant | |||
Simpson | John | 31 | Fifeshire | Miller |
Christina | 29 | |||
Jane C | 5 | |||
Jessie L. | 3 | |||
Smellie | John | 27 | Lanarkshire | Ploughman |
Ann | 27 | |||
Alexander | 18 | Trans to s/m | ||
Agnes | Infant | |||
Smith | John Henry | 33 | Renfrewshire | Wheelwright |
Mary Jane | 28 | |||
Smyth | John | 23 | Down | Labourer |
Georgina | ||||
Spillen | James | 39 | Hants | Labourer |
? | 32 | |||
Stewart | Donald | 33 | Perthshire | Farm Labourer |
Christina | 23 | |||
John | 3 | Died at sea | ||
Jean | 1 | Died at sea | ||
Thomas | William | 28 | Yorkshire | Farm Labourer |
Jane | 27 | |||
John | 5 | |||
Samuel | 3 | |||
Mary | Infant | |||
Tower | Benjamin | 24 | Yorkshire | Mason |
Annie | 26 | |||
Sarah E. | 1 | |||
Waterhouse | John | 21 | Leicester | Labourer |
Ellen | 21 | |||
George | Infant | |||
Watts | Joseph | 43 | Middlesex | Farm Labourer |
Hester | 42 | |||
Sarah | 26 | Trans to s/w | ||
Wheeler | Alfred | 28 | Middlesex | Painter |
Mary | 27 | |||
Frederick W. | 6 | |||
Henry | 4 | |||
Louisa | Infant | Died at sea | ||
Wilkinson | Watson | 28 | Yorkshire | Farm Labourer |
Ann | 20 | |||
Wylie | John | 33 | Ayrshire | Ploughmans |
Catherine | 34 | |||
David | 7 | |||
Thomas | 5 | |||
Catherine | 3 | |||
Agnes | 10 mths | |||
Single Men | ||||
Ahern | Patrick | 22 | Cork | Labourer |
Allason | Robert S. | 27 | Durham | Labourer |
Ambrose | James | 25 | Kerry | Dyer |
Archibald | David | 20 | Forfar | Ploughman |
Ayers | George | 22 | Monmouthshire | Blacksmith |
Baily | Patrick | 21 | Kerry | Slater |
Bennett | William | 19 | Monmouth | Labourer |
Bisset | George | 23 | Aberdeen | Farm Labourer |
Archibald | 24 | Aberdeen | Farm Labourer | |
Black | James | 22 | Fifeshire | Farm Labourer |
Blore | Solomon | 24 | Cheshire | Labourer |
Edward | 14 | Cheshire | ||
Bourne | Harry | 20 | Middlesex | Wheelwright |
Brown | Charles | 22 | Bucks | Blacksmith |
Brown | John | 18 | Suffolk | Draper |
Clark | Allison | 21 | Nottingham | Labourer |
Clarke | Frederick H. | 25 | Middlesex | Labourer |
Davis | George | 19 | Warwickshire | Labourer |
Day | Miles | 19 | Surrey | Labourer |
Donaldson | William | 24 | Forfar | Farm Labourer |
Duff | John | 25 | Perthshire | Farm Labourer |
Dufty | John Henry | 20 | Glostershire | Gardener |
Eldred | William | 23 | Suffolk | Labourer |
Ell | Charles | 20 | Middlesex | Carpenter |
Charles Jnr | 19 | |||
Fabling | Henry | 18 | Surrey | Labourer |
Field | Edwin | 17 | Warwickshire | Labourer |
Fitzgibben | 21 | Clare | Labourer | |
Florance | Augustus | 16 | Dorset | |
Fuller | Walter | 18 | Sussex | Farm Labourer |
Graig | Robert | 21 | Renfreshire | Joiner |
Grimsey | Joseph | 21 | Suffolk | Farm Labourer |
Harris | Thomas | 23 | Leicester | Farm Labourer |
William | 12 | Leicester | ||
Heaton | Charles | 17 | Derbyshire | Labourer |
Hedges | Charles | 23 | Herts | Butcher |
Innes | William | 25 | Fifeshire | Miller |
Kingsbury | Seth | 14 | Somerset | |
Lewis | Thomas | 28 | Monmouth | Labourer |
Lewis | Thomas | 22 | Suffolk | Draper |
George | 18 | Suffolk | Draper | |
Mainberg | William | 24 | Germany | Blacksmith |
Henry | 23 | Germany | Wheelwright | |
Marn | James | 31 | Fifeshire | Ploughman |
Moore | John | 53 | Wiltshire | Farm Labourer |
Frederick | 21 | Wiltshire | Mason | |
Neill | Martin | 25 | Carlow | Farm Labourer |
Newman | Samuel | 23 | Middlesex | Farm Labourer |
Osburn | Daniel John | 13 | Suffolk | |
Porter | Edward | 19 | Middlesex | Shoemaker |
Richardson | John | 28 | Suffolk | Farm Labourer |
Ryde | Walter | 22 | Middlesex | Smith |
Shepherd | William | 19 | Derbyshire | Farm Labourer |
Sherratt | Andrew | 23 | Warwickshire | Labourer |
Smellie | Alexander | 18 | Lancashire | Ploughman |
Urrwin | Henry | 14 | Beds | |
Whiteland | Peter | 22 | Forfar | Ploughman |
Whittaker | Charles | 25 | Cheshire | Farm Labourere |
Williams | William | 24 | Kerry | Dyer |
Wilson | James | 14 | Suffolk | |
Single Women | ||||
Ahern | Catherine | 18 | Limerick | Dairymaid |
Atkin | Emma | 21 | Derbyshire | Domestic Servant |
Clara | 8 | |||
Barnett | Mary A. | 21 | Monmouth | Domestic Servant |
Annie | 16 | Monmouth | Domestic Servant | |
Emma | 13 | Monmouth | ||
Bisset | Elsie | 26 | Aberdeen | Donestic Servant |
Blore | Mary | 16 | Cheshire | Domestic Servant |
Bluet | Martha A. | 17 | Suffolk | Domestic Servant |
Eliza | 21 | Suffolk | Domestic Servant | |
Boyd | Margaret | 22 | Ayrshire | Dairy Maid |
Browness | Catherine | 30 | Middlesex | Dress Maker |
Bryden | Margaret | 28 | Ayrshire | Dairymaid |
Burnside | Margaret | 22 | Lanarkshire | Housekeeper |
James | 2 | |||
Chisnal | Sarah A. | 18 | Suffolk | Domestic Servant |
Collins | Emily | 22 | Hants | Domestic Servant |
Kate E. | 21 | Hants | Domestic Servant | |
Dorah | 18 | Hants | Domestic Servant | |
Collins | Maria | 25 | Norfolk | Cook |
Cooper | Mary B. | 19 | Lanarkshire | Domestic Servant |
Crossgrove | Mary A. | 25 | forfarshire | Domestic Servant |
Cunningham | Janet | 22 | Fifeshire | Domestic Servant |
Davis | Eliza | 16 | Domestic Servant | |
Davies | Eliza | 14 | Gloucestershire | |
Davies | Sarah | 29 | Carmarthenshire | Domestic Servant |
Donahue | Marsella | 21 | Carlow | Cook |
Doyle | Eliza | 22 | Wicklow | Domestic Servant |
Dyer | Mary | 13 | Notts | |
Evans | Eliza | 25 | Middlesex | Domestic Servant |
Lucy | 23 | Middlesex | Domestic Servant | |
Gething | Anna | 17 | Gloucestershire | Domestic Servant |
Gordon | Elizabeth | 22 | Aberdeen | Donestic Servant |
Florence | Jane | 14 | Dorset | |
Harris | Jane | 17 | Leicestershire | Domestic Servant |
Harrop | Nancy | 39 | Cheshire | Domestic Servant |
Mary J. | 25 | Cheshire | Domestic Servant | |
Joe | 7 | |||
Emma | 4 | |||
Hayes | Mary | 19 | Down | Domestic Servant |
Heaton | Sarah | 48 | Derbyshire | Housekeeper |
Catherine R. | 20 | Derbyshire | Domestic Servant | |
Heron | Eleanor | 24 | Down | Needle Woman |
Jamieson | Mary A. | 13 | Lanarkshire | |
Kear | Jane | 25 Died at sea | Gloucestershire | Dairymaid |
Kingsbury | Jane | 20 | Somersetshire | Domestic Servant |
Sarah | 19 | Somersetshire | Domestic Servant | |
Elizabeth | 17 | Somersetshire | Domestic Servant | |
Fanny | 16 | Somersetshire | Domestic Servant | |
Lake | Sarah | 26 | Middlesex | Domestic Servant |
Law | Elizabeth | 33 | Perth | Domestic Servant |
Mason | Ann | 35 | Derbyshire | Domestic Servant |
Middleton | Sarah | 17 | Leicestershire | |
Osbourn | Jane V. | 17 | Suffolk | Domestic Servant |
Pepperell | Eliza | 23 | Middlesex | Domestic Servant |
Joseph | Infant | |||
Pettifor | Mary | 20 | Leicester | Domestic Servant |
Sanders | Charlotte | 22 | Middlesex | Domestic Servant |
Tipler | Jane | 30 | Middlesex | Domestic Servant |
Tongman | Sophia | 37 | Middlesex | Domestic Servant |
Jane | 35 | Middlesex | Cook | |
Jane | 30 | Kent | Domestic Servant | |
Eliza | 21 | Middlesex | Domestic Servant | |
Unwin | Maria | 21 | Nottingham | Domestic Servant |
Margaret | 19 | Beds | Domestic Servant | |
Weir | Margaret | 44 | Middlesex | Scripture Reader Maton |
Wilson | Sarah | 24 | Armagh | Dairymaid |
Young | Kate | 25 | Wicklow | Domestic Servant |
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Copyright Denise and Peter 2000
National Archives Reference IMCH4/51