Light Brigade
Ship: 1214 Tons
Captain: H. Evans
Surgeon Superintendent:
Sailed London 18th May 1868 - arrived Lyttelton 26th August 1868
Old hands will remember how the old
Queen Street wharf and Britomart and the other heights used to be crowded with people when
this beautifully modelled vessel used to sail into the Waitemata. In addition to the great
beauty of her model and rig, the Light Brigade was interesting from the fact that she
brought out a large number of troops during the Maori War. Of 1214 tons burden, she was
bulit in 1855 at Boston, USA by that celebrated builder D McKay and when she left the
launching ways her name was Ocean Telegraph. The Light Brigade four years later came out
to Lyttelton, bringing several saloon passengers, including Mr G H Whitcombe, the founder
of the firm of Whitcombe and Tombs. She also landed a large number of second and
third-class passengers.
White Wings - Sir Henry Brett
Instructions to Matrons of immigrant ships
Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
Families & Children | ||||
Campbell | Charles | 24 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
Sarah | 20 | |||
Hayes | Andrew | 51 | Kings | Farmer |
Eliza | 50 | |||
Maria | 18 | Trans to s/w | ||
Burgess | Eliza | 9 | Travelled with Hayes | |
Hayes | Samuel | 27 | Kings | Farmer |
Mary | 25 | |||
Ross | Andrew | 28 | Ross | Farm Labourer |
Jessie | 26 | |||
Elizabeth | 4 | |||
Jane | 2 | |||
Roundtree | Alexander | 29 | Cavan | Farmer |
Jane | 26 | |||
John | 7 | |||
William | 2 | |||
Whitford | Thomas | 51 | Middlesex | Printer |
Susannah | 48 | |||
Elizabeth | 19 | Trans to s/w | ||
Thomas | 16 | Trans to s/m | ||
Henry | 14 | Trans to s/m | ||
George | 12 | Trans to s/m | ||
Anne | 6 | |||
Single Men | ||||
Evans | Benjamin | 28 | Montgomeryshire | Shepherd |
Gordon | William | 23 | Aberdeen | Farm Labourer |
Mole | Alfred | 19 | Worcestershire | Farm Labourer |
Pizzy | Robert | 40 | Suffolk | Farm Labourer |
Robinson | Beriah | 50 | Antrim | Labourer |
Beriah Jnr. | 19 | Antrim | Labourer | |
William | 17 | Antrim | Labourer | |
Ross | John | 21 | Ross | Gardener |
Whitfield | Thomas | 16 | Middlesex | Labourer |
Henry | 14 | Middlesex | ||
George | 12 | Middlesex | ||
Single Women | ||||
Anderson | Ellen | 20 | Roscommon | Nursemaid |
Atkinson | Eliza | 22 | Down | Domestic Servant |
Baird | Agnes | 21 | Antrim | Domestic Servant |
Brockelbank | Mary | 25 | Middlesex | Cook |
Brown | Clara | 34 | Middlesex | Domestic Servant |
Butler | Mary J. | 18 | Cornwall | Domestic Servant Died on board - 04/07/1868 |
Elizabeth | 16 | Cornwall | Domestic Servant | |
Cade | Elizabeth F. | 24 | Buckshire | Cook |
Cahill | Eliza | 15 | Kerry | Domestic Servant |
Campbell | Jane | 19 | Roscommon | Domestic Servant |
Carroll | Ann | 21 | Suffolk | Domestic Servant |
Caufield | Mary | 24 | Notts | Milliner |
Cawood | Harriet | 23 | Warwickshire | Cook or Waitress |
Ceiler | Mary | 15 | Kerry | Domestic Servant |
Clark | Mary Ann | 24 | Middlesex | Domestic Servant |
Clark | Elizabeth | 25 | Lincolnshire | Domestic Servant |
Connolly | Rose Ann | 28 | Dublin | Domestic Servant |
Corrigan | Fomina | 30 | Orkney | Cook |
Cox | Sarah Jane | 20 | Herts | School Teacher |
Emma | 18 | Herts | Domestic Servant | |
Mary | 16 | Herts | Housemaid | |
Ann | 14 | Herts | ||
Crawford | Margaret | 22 | Tyrone | Domestic Servant |
Crossan | Ellen | 21 | Down | Domestic Servant |
Agnes | 18 | Down | Domestic Servant | |
Curry | Margaret | 17 | Armagh | Dressmaker |
Custello | Frances | 22 | Kerry | Domestic Servant |
Kate | 26 | Kerry | Dairymaid | |
Daley | Margaret | 19 | Middlesex | Domestic Servant |
Daley | Catherine | 25 | Clare | Domestic Servant |
Dalton | Kate | 19 | Limerick | Domestic Servant |
Mary J. | 20 | Limerick | Domestic Servant | |
Davies | Cecilia | 27 | Glamorganshire | Domestic ervant |
Day | Emma | 19 | Somerset | Domestic Servant |
Erbst | Rosa | 21 | Poland | Domestic Servant |
Fisher | Frances J. | 16 | Somerset | Domestic Servant |
Gale | Emma | 18 | Buckshire | Domestic Servant |
Gibbs | Hannah | 18 | Warwickshire | Domestic Servant |
Grant | Margaret | 26 | Middlesex | Ironer |
George | 3 | |||
Gratton | Sarah | 22 | Roscommon | Domestic Servant |
Gordon | Jane | 19 | Aberdeen | Domestic Servant |
Gordon | Mary | 20 | Tyrone | Domestic Servant |
Hayes | Maria | 18 | Kings | Farm Servant |
Haymes | Ruth | 19 | Warwickshire | Domestic Servant |
Heating | Mary Ann | 22 | Antrim | Domestic Servant |
Henderson | Mary | 19 | Buckshire | Parlourmaid |
Hewitt | Elizabeth | 20 | Armagh | Domestic Servant |
Hillen | Margaret | 23 | Tyrone | Domestic Servant |
Hinde | Jane | 19 | Middlesex | Domestic Servant |
Howes | Eliza C. | 22 | Norfolk | Domestic servant |
James | Anne | 29 | Pembrokeshire | MATRON |
Jaynes | Louisa | 21 | Hereford | Nurse |
Johnson | Julia | 22 | Middlesex | Domestic Servant |
Alice | 18 | Middlesex | Domestic Servant | |
Kelly | Ann | 23 | Tipperary | Domestic Servant |
Leslie | Margaret | 21 | Edinburgh | Domestic Servant |
Lowe | Emma | 25 | Stafford | Cook |
Massman | Adolpheuie D. | 15 | Germany | Domestic Servnt |
McCabe | Maria | 25 | Carlow | Domestic Servant |
Johanna | 23 | Carlow | Domestic Servant | |
McCausland | Eliza | 19 | Tyrone | Domestic Servant |
McCurdy | Ann | 33 | Antrim | Domestic Servant |
McFadden | Jane | 24 | Cavan | Domestic Servant |
Menzies | Isabella | 28 | Cumberland | Domestic Servant |
Miles | Elizabeth | 27 | Monmouthshire | Cook |
Moffat | Maargaret | 19 | Down | Domestic Servant |
Moore | Jane | 20 | Antrim | Domestic Servant |
Neil | Catherine | 20 | Kerry | Domestic Servant |
Norton | Mary E. | 32 | Warwickshire | Domestic Servant |
Parsons | Mary J. | 22 | Staffordshire | Domestic Servant Died on board |
Pizzey | Lucy | 22 | Suffolk | Cook |
Sarah | 11 | Suffolk | ||
Lydia | 9 | Suffolk | ||
Robinson | Jemima | 21 | Tyrone | Domestic Servant |
Charlotte | 19 | Tyrone | Domestic Servant | |
Sarah | 15 | Tyrone | Domestic Servant | |
Sims | Mary | 26 | Dorsetshire | Domestic Servant |
Somerville | Eliza | 21 | Tyrone | Domestic Servant |
Ann | 19 | Tyrone | Domestic Servant | |
Stewart | Mary | 21 | Tyrone | Domestic Servant |
Sarah | 19 | Tyrone | Domestic Servant | |
Stothers | Anne E. | 21 | Down | Domestic Servant |
Stryen | Annie | 25 | Yorkshire | Nurse |
Sweeny | Ann | 24 | Donagal | Domestic Servant |
Trevorrow | Ann | 28 | Cornwall | Cook |
Triggs | Elizabeth | 23 | Hants | Domestic Servant |
Webb | Mary Ann | 30 | Middlesex | Cook |
Watkins | Ellen | 26 | Middlesex | Domestic Servant |
Whitfield | Elizabeth | 19 | Middlesex | Domestic Servant |
Anne
JAMES |
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Copyright Denise and Peter 2000, 2001, 2002
Reference:
Archives New Zealand IMCH4/83