Merope
Ship:1053 tons
Captain: J Sutherland
Surgeon Superintendent: John Hassard
Sailed Plymouth July 1st 1875 - arrived Timaru September 23rd 1875
Lyttelton September 26th 1875
The beautiful clipper Merope was built
in 1870 for the Shaw Savill Co., and after completing eighteen voyages to New Zealand was
destroyed by fire when Homeward bound from Lyttelton in 1890. She was a full-rigged ship
on 1050 tons until early in the eighties, when she was rigged as a barque. The
Merope sailed mostly from London Docks, but on several occasions departed from Glasgow.
When the ship was launched in 1870, Captain Henry Rose was placed in command and on the
passage of the following year made a sensational run to Lyttelton.
White Wings - Sir Henry Brett
Arrival
of the Merope - Timaru
Arrival
of the Merope - Lyttelton
Doctors report
of the voyage
Poems of the voyage
| Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
| Cabin Passengers | ||||
| Campbell | Mr | |||
| Mrs | ||||
| Gorton | Mr | |||
| Kowlett | Mr | |||
| Kay | Mr | |||
| Leask | Mr | |||
| Mrs | ||||
| Leask | R. | |||
| Lowe | Mr | |||
| Mrs | ||||
| 4 children | ||||
| Maquire | Mr | |||
| Smith | Mr | |||
| Sumner | Mr | |||
| Temple | Mr | |||
| Second Cabin Passengers | ||||
| Wotherspoon | Mr | |||
| Mrs | ||||
| 11 children | ||||
| Paying Steerage Passengers | ||||
| Bishop | George | 40 | ||
| Mary | 41 | |||
| Mark | 12 | |||
| Elizabeth | 5 | |||
| Bowden | William | 29 | ||
| Mary | 21 | |||
| Frederick | 19 | |||
| Bussell | John | 41 | ||
| Susan | 37 | |||
| William | 17 | |||
| Mary | 16 | |||
| Agnes | 14 | |||
| John | 12 | |||
| Thomas | 11 | |||
| Edwain | 9 | |||
| Kate | 7 | |||
| Bertha | 5 | |||
| Clara | 3 | |||
| Alice | 6 months | |||
| Fisher | George | 24 | ||
| Jessie | 25 | |||
| Harry | ||||
| Giles | Joseph | 29 | ||
| Sarah | 27 | |||
| John | 5 | |||
| Samuel | 2 | |||
| Government Assisted Immigrants | ||||
| Families & Children | ||||
| Batton | William | 21 | Devonshire | Farm Labourer |
| Jessie | 22 | |||
| Burborough | Joseph | 47 | Oxfordshire | Labourer |
| Elizabeth | 44 | |||
| James | 19 | T/F to single men | ||
| William | 16 | T/F to single men | ||
| Mary | 14 | T/F to single women | ||
| John | 11 | |||
| Thomas | 4 | |||
| Drake | Edward | 41 | Nottinghamshire | Labourer |
| Catherine | 33 | |||
| Edward | 17 | T/F to single men | ||
| Sarah | 15 | T/F to single men | ||
| Reuben | 2 | |||
| Fifield | Jonas | 35 | Oxfordshire | Labourer |
| Caroline | 35 | |||
| William | 14 | T'F to single men | ||
| Fanny | 8 | |||
| John | 7 | |||
| Elizabeth | 3 | |||
| Joseph | 8 months | |||
| Fifield | John | 38 | Oxfordshire | Labourer |
| Ann | 40 | |||
| Edward J | 18 | T/F to single men | ||
| Sarah J | 15 | T/F to single men | ||
| Joseph | 13 | T/F to single men | ||
| Ellen | 6 | |||
| Amy | 3 | |||
| Hulbert | Alfred | 23 | Wiltshire | Blacksmith |
| Emma M | 22 | |||
| Harton | Thomas | 28 | Devonshire | Sawyer |
| Sarah C | 27 | |||
| Thomas | 6 | |||
| Hawkey | Tom | 22 | Cornwall | Shoemaker |
| Jane | 21 | |||
| Hollow | Henry N | 26 | Cornwall | Joiner |
| Louisa J | 24 | |||
| Louisa N | 3 | |||
| Henry M | 8 months | |||
| Jarvis | John | 31 | Cornwall | Navvy |
| Jane | 31 | |||
| Johns | Frederick | 21 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Jane | 18 | |||
| Johnson | Charles | 22 | Nottinghamshire | Farm Labourer |
| Kate | 22 | |||
| Osborn C | 6 months | |||
| Killworth | George | 23 | Essex | Farm Labourer |
| Jessie | 20 | |||
| Karton | William | 31 | Devonshire | Sawyer |
| Sophia | 30 | |||
| Frederick | 6 | |||
| Anne | 4 | |||
| Florence | 3 | |||
| Langford | John | 25 | Kerry | Labourer |
| Ellen | 25 | |||
| Bridget | 6 months | |||
| Leahy | B J F | 25 | Dublin | Carpenter |
| Elizabeth | 25 | |||
| Mann | Arthur B | 23 | Cornwall | Labourer |
| Jinfor | 24 | |||
| Necklen | William Jnr | 37 | Dorset | Farm Labourer |
| Elizabeth A | 26 | |||
| Henry J | 6 | |||
| Elizabeth | 2 | |||
| Mary | 5 months | |||
| Power | Richard | 26 | Kings County | Labourer |
| Mary A | 23 | |||
| Mary | 2 | |||
| Anne | 1 | |||
| Pye | George | 23 | Devonshire | Farm Labourer |
| Elizabeth | 29 | |||
| Mary J | 8 | |||
| George | 5 | |||
| Martha | 3 | |||
| Louisa | 1 | |||
| Roskilley | George | 22 | Cornwall | Butcher |
| Elizabeth | 22 | |||
| Sturges | William | 30 | Northampton | Labourer |
| Ann | 24 | |||
| Emily | 9 months | |||
| Stanton | William | 28 | Cornwall | |
| Emily | 24 | |||
| Stone | John | 35 | Kent | Printer |
| Susannah C | 38 | |||
| Susannah C | 11 | |||
| John | 9 | |||
| Louisa M | 8 | |||
| George A | 6 | |||
| Harry | 5 | |||
| South | George | 35 | Northampton | Labourer |
| Susan | 32 | |||
| John | 9 | |||
| George | 6 | |||
| Alfred | 3 | |||
| William | 8 months | |||
| Tee | Thomas | 48 | Nottingham | Farm Labourer |
| Mary | 47 | |||
| Lydia | 17 | T/F to single women | ||
| Clara | 14 | T/F to single women | ||
| Thomas | 11 | |||
| David | 9 | |||
| Ada | 7 | |||
| Thomas | John | 35 | Monmouth | Farm Labourer |
| Susannah | 35 | |||
| Elizabeth | 3 | |||
| William A | 1 | |||
| Triggs | John | 39 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Elizabeth A | 33 | |||
| Annie | 9 | |||
| Uren | William | 26 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Mary | 24 | |||
| Treffery | George | 26 | Devonshire | Labourer |
| Amelia | 28 | |||
| Olvelina | 3 | |||
| Charlotte | 10 months | |||
| Wakelin | Henry | 32 | Northampton | Farm Labourer |
| Jane | 23 | |||
| George | 3 | |||
| Martha | 1 | |||
| Warren | Thomas F | 23 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Alice | 22 | |||
| Elizabeth A | Infant | |||
| Watts | David | 26 | Berkshire | Carpenter |
| Charlotte | 27 | |||
| William | 2 | |||
| Harry | 1 | |||
| Whealon | Martin | 34 | County Clare | Farm Labourer |
| Mary | 31 | |||
| Kate | 16 | T/F to single women | ||
| James | 14 | T/F to single men | ||
| Morty | 13 | T/F to single men | ||
| John | 10 | |||
| Bridget | 5 | |||
| Whittaker | William J | 21 | Yorkshire | Tailor |
| Fanny | 19 | |||
| Colonial Nominated Families & Children | ||||
| Beswick | Karl | 26 | Cornwall | Blacksmith |
| Maria | 20 | |||
| Ellis | Mark | 23 | Yorkshire | Plasterer |
| Hannah | 23 | |||
| George | Frank | 29 | Surrey | Hair Dresser |
| Ada | 22 | |||
| Ada | 6 months | |||
| Single Men | ||||
| Adkins | George | 17 | Carpenter | |
| Barrey | Michel | 23 | Tipperary | Farm Labourer |
| Bennett | Charles | 24 | Yorkshire | Brickmaker |
| Frank | 21 | Yorkshire | Sawyer | |
| Bird | Thomas | 19 | Devon | Farm Servant |
| Bowers | 24Thomas | 24 | Carlow | Farm Servant |
| Bowden | Frederick | 19 | Devonshire | Navvy |
| Burborough | James | 19 | Oxfordshire | Labourer |
| William | 16 | Oxfordshire | Labourer | |
| Burgess | John | 20 | Antrim | Porter |
| Byrne | John | 23 | Carlow | Farmer |
| Cahill | Laurence | 24 | Galway | |
| Michel | 21 | Galway | Farm Labourer | |
| Coffey | James | 24 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| Commins | John | 28 | Galway | Farm Labourer |
| Condle | William | 21 | Carlow | Labourer |
| Corbett | Robert | 23 | Down | Farm Labourer |
| Cronin | William | 15 | Cork | Herdsman |
| Dwyer | John | 22 | Kings County | Labourer |
| Fannen | John | 27 | Carlow | Farmer |
| Fennessey | Thomas | 22 | Cork | Farm Labourer |
| Fifield | Edward J | 18 | Oxfordshire | Carpenter |
| Joseph | 13 | Oxfordshire | ||
| Finch | William | 27 | Essex | Farm Labourer |
| Ford | William | 25 | Down | Ploughman |
| Gunning | Hugh | 21 | Down | Farm Labourer |
| Gilmour | John | 26 | Down | Farm Labourer |
| Grenfell | Richard | 21 | Cornwall | Carpenter |
| Hall | William | 20 | Farm Labourer | |
| Hanna | Alexander | 20 | Down | Farm Labourer |
| Harvey | Frederick | 22 | Essex | Platelayer |
| Hennessy | James | 22 | Carlow | Labourer |
| Hortop | Charles | 20 | Devonshire | Farm Labourer |
| Hosking | Uter | 22 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Hudson | William | 18 | Oxfordshire | Farm Labourer |
| Hume | Arthur | 26 | Wicklow | Farm Labourer |
| Hyde | Isaac | 34 | Navvy | |
| Keane | Joseph John | 21 | Cornwall | Labourer |
| Kerr | William | 31 | Armagh | Labourer |
| Kirby | Osmyn | 22 | Farm Labourer | |
| Mahoney | Dan | 21 | Cork | Farm Labourer |
| Marsden | Frederick | 22 | Yorkshire | Brickmaker |
| McGonigle | Daniel | 24 | Donegal | Constable |
| Mitchell | Samuel | 25 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Thomas | 19 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer | |
| O'Connell | Patrick | 25 | Farm Labourer | |
| O'Leary | John | 20 | Cork | Ploughman |
| O'Neil | Alexander | 23 | Farm Labourer | |
| Alexander | 20 | Farm Labourer | ||
| Peach | Alfred George | 20 | Dorset | Labourer |
| Pound | Thomas | 21 | Kings County | Labourer |
| Prior | Reuben | 28 | Farm Labourer | |
| Purcell | John | 26 | Kings County | Labourer |
| Richards | Phillip | 20 | Farm Labourer | |
| Rothwell | Henry | 22 | Carlow | Labourer |
| Rowe | James L | 21 | Blacksmith | |
| Scannell | Michael William | 22 | Farm Labourer | |
| Seward | William | 28 | Devonshire | Dairyman |
| Shanks | John | 21 | Down | Labourer |
| Skedgwell | William | 20 | Devonshire | Labourer |
| Spence | Samuel | 30 | Down | Labourer |
| Sullivan | Cornelius | 22 | Cork | Farm Labourer |
| Taylor | David | 20 | Down | Farm Labourer |
| Thomas | Thomas R | 22 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Uren | John Henry | 19 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Warren | Jonathan | 18 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Whittingham | William | 27 | Blacksmith | |
| Williams | Henry | 23 | Cornwall | General Labourer |
| Williams | John | 19 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Willoughby | William | 30 | Kilkenny | Carpenter |
| Worth | Thomas | 47 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Thomas B | 18 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer | |
| William John | 6 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer | |
| Colonial Nominated Single Men | ||||
| Sullivan | John | 20 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| Single Women | ||||
| Andrews | Ellen | 17 | Housemaid | |
| Bartrup (Bartropp) | Ellen | 40 | Housemaid - Matron on board | |
| Brown | Nanny | 21 | Housemaid | |
| Jessie | 17 | Servant | ||
| Carroll | Jane | 18 | Servant | |
| Caverby | Mary | 30 | Laundress | |
| Chegwidgen | Eliza | 27 | Dairymaid | |
| Cox | Emily | 16 | Servant | |
| Dodlin | Clara | 27 | Housemaid | |
| Dorothy | Elizabeth | 26 | Servant | |
| Dunstan | Mary | 22 | Servant | |
| Fennessey | Catherine | 20 | Servant | |
| Hosking | Jane | 36 | Servant | |
| Emily | 14 | Servant | ||
| Hunt | Emmas | 21 | Wife | |
| Emma | 6 months | |||
| Lehant | Melanie | 22 | Servant | |
| O'Connell | Margaret | 20 | Dairymaid | |
| Preston | Emily | 24 | Housemaid | |
| Purcel | Mary | 17 | Housemaid | |
| Raynel | Alexandrina | 20 | Servant | |
| Smith | Susie | 20 | Housemaid | |
| Tangey | Jane | 21 | Servant | |
| Worth | Ellen | 22 | Servant | |
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Copyright Denise and Peter 2001 - 2007
Reference:
Lyttleton Times September 27th 1875
Timaru Herald September 6th 1875
Archives New Zealand IMCH4/141