Rooparell
Ship: 1044 tons
Captain: Sandberg
Surgeon Superintendent: Dr J F Fiske
Sailed London February 23rd 1874 - arrived Auckland May 30th 1874
When she arrived at Auckland on May
30, 1874, the ship Rooparell, Captain Sandgerb, 95 days out from London, or 90 land to
land, brought no less than 367 immigrants, the largest number ever brought to the port up
to that date. The large number of people arrived in goo health. During the passage there
were three births and three deaths. London was left on February 24, the meridian of the
Cape was passed on April 25, and land near the North Cape of New Zealand was sighted on
the morning of May 29
White Wings - Sir Henry Brett
| Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
| Families & Children | ||||
| Andrews | Alfred | 33 | Middlesex | Smith |
| Rachael | 33 | |||
| Harriet | 12 | T/F to single women | ||
| Archbold | Thomas | 59 | Dublin | Carpenter |
| Harriett | 48 | |||
| Catherine | 18 | T/F to single women | ||
| Archbold | William | 22 | Dublin | Carpenter |
| Esther C | 27 | |||
| William | 1 | |||
| Banks | Benjamin | 29 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Frances | 25 | |||
| Battishall | Thomas | 30 | ||
| Sophia | 29 | |||
| Florence T | 2 | |||
| Charles T | 10 months | |||
| Beaney | George | 38 | ||
| Elizabeth | 36 | |||
| Bland | John | 33 | Dublin | Machine Sawyer |
| Ann | 22 | |||
| Alfred | 10 | |||
| Charles | 9 | |||
| Stephen | 7 | |||
| Burrows | Henry William | 38 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Sarah Ann | 37 | |||
| Frances S | 10 | |||
| Louisa | 7 | |||
| Susannah | 5 | |||
| Henry E | 3 | |||
| Mark | 11 months | Died on board - 28/04/1874 Bronchitis |
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| Cannell | William | 36 | Middlesex | Bricklayer |
| Mary Ann | 35 | |||
| Alice | 11 | |||
| Philip | 8 | |||
| Frances | 6 | |||
| Agnes | 4 | |||
| Catherine | 2 | |||
| Florence | 4 months | |||
| Care | George | 31 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Sarah | 20 | |||
| Emma | 11 months | |||
| Crayford | William | 37 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Anne | 37 | |||
| Ellen E | 4 | |||
| Edith M | 2 | |||
| Daisy M | 8 months | |||
| Curtis | Henry | 31 | Surrey | Engineer |
| Sarah | 31 | |||
| Annie | 9 | |||
| Henry | 7 | |||
| James | 3 | |||
| Florence | 1 | |||
| Curtis | Stephen | 28 | Dublin | Joiner |
| Sarah | 20 | |||
| Dann | Thomas | 30 | Cambridgeshire | Labourer |
| Esther M | 23 | |||
| Double | Charles | 27 | Middlesex | Carpenter |
| Ellen | 24 | |||
| Cahrles | 3 | |||
| William | 7 months | |||
| Downey | Benjamin R | 37 | Essex | Carpenter |
| Charlotte | 37 | |||
| French | Robert | 31 | Tyrone | Bricklayer |
| Catherine | 33 | |||
| Peter | 10 | |||
| John | 7 | |||
| Robert | 5 | |||
| Catherine | 3 | |||
| Thomas | 5 months | |||
| Fryer | Thomas | 42 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Elizabeth | 41 | |||
| James | 11 | |||
| Anne | 8 | |||
| Male child | Born on board - 13/04/1874 All doing well (Surgeon's comment) |
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| Fuller | George | 26 | Cork | Farm Labourer |
| Hannah | 26 | |||
| Male child | Born on board - 19/03/1874 All doing well (Surgeon's comment) |
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| Gillon | Robert | 56 | Stirlingshire | Gardener |
| Rachel | 35 | |||
| Ann S | 12 | T/F to single women | ||
| Robert W | 10 | |||
| John S | 9 | |||
| Eliezer | 7 | |||
| Ellen | 5 | |||
| Grange | Auguste | 38 | France | Weaver |
| Melanie | 36 | |||
| Marie | 15 | T/F to single women | Servant | |
| Jules | 5 | |||
| Henriette | 1 | |||
| Emile | ||||
| Grigg | Alfred | 24 | Sussex | Smith |
| Rebecca | 24 | |||
| Grisby | George | 26 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Frances G | 31 | |||
| Gertrude | 5 | |||
| Charles | 3 | |||
| William | 4 months | |||
| Harris | James | 36 | Middlesex | Carpenter |
| Margaret | 33 | |||
| Elizabeth | 10 | |||
| Mary A | 8 | |||
| John | 1 | |||
| Hayes | Charles | 40 | Lincolnshire | Labourer |
| Maria | 38 | |||
| Mary E | 15 | T/F to single women | ||
| Sarah A | 13 | T/F to single women | ||
| William | 11 | |||
| Charles | 7 | |||
| John | 4 | |||
| George | 1 | |||
| Hines | Robert | 22 | ||
| Emily C | 20 | |||
| Hunt | Frederick A | 29 | Middlesex | Smiths Labourer |
| Maria | 30 | |||
| Millicent | 11 | |||
| Emma | 10 | |||
| Clara | 6 | |||
| Elizabeth | 4 | |||
| Ellen | 1 | |||
| Imms | James | 40 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Lucy | 30 | |||
| Emily | 6 | |||
| Willie | 1 | |||
| Imison | William | 32 | Middlesex | Engineer's Labourer |
| Sarah | 29 | |||
| Sarah M | 9 | |||
| Elizabeth | 1 | |||
| Jarvis | William | 37 | Buckinghamshire | Carpenter |
| Annie | 36 | |||
| William | 13 | T/F to single men | ||
| Kate | 10 | |||
| Minnie | 7 | |||
| Kerney | 4 | |||
| Rose | 1 | |||
| Langridge | James | 30 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Sarah | 32 | |||
| Elizabeth | 2 | |||
| Lawrence | Nealus | 21 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Sophia | 26 | |||
| Sarah | 8 | |||
| Rose | 6 | |||
| Cornelius | 2 | |||
| Alice Sophia | 1 | Died on board - 17/04/1874 Pithisis numonia (sic) |
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| Pouizi | Betta | 31 | Germany | Farm Labourer |
| Rosa | 25 | |||
| Rosa | 4 | |||
| McDonald | William | 30 | Middlesex | Iron Plate Worker |
| Alice | 23 | |||
| Alice | 4 | |||
| William James | 2 | |||
| Thomas | 7 momths | |||
| Groom | Walter | 20 | T/F to single men | Labourer - travelled with McDonald's |
| McGahan | Thomas | 26 | Armagh | Farm Labourer |
| Catherine | 25 | |||
| Male child | Born on board - 12/03/1874 All doing well (Surgeon's comment) |
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| Mitchell | Henry | 34 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Elizabeth | 30 | |||
| Fanny | 10 | |||
| Hannah | 8 | |||
| Ruth | 6 | |||
| Charles | 4 | |||
| Henry | 1 | |||
| Mole | David | 24 | Middlesex | Labourer |
| Maria J | 22 | |||
| Payne | Albert | 30 | Middlesex | Carpenter |
| Alice | 26 | |||
| Pentress | William | 24 | Herefordshire | Bootmaker |
| Grace | 26 | |||
| Port | Thomas | 44 | Middlesex | Plumber |
| Susannah | 28 | |||
| Frances | 20 | T/F to single women | ||
| Martha | 16 | T/F to single women | ||
| Ann | 15 | T/F to single women | ||
| Robert | 13 | T/F to single men | ||
| Henry | 5 | |||
| Emma | 4 | |||
| Edith | 2 | |||
| Frederick C | 5 months | |||
| Rogers | Henry | 46 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Mary | 42 | |||
| Joseph | 10 | |||
| Lydia | 8 | |||
| Edward | 6 | |||
| Kate | 5 | |||
| George | 1 | |||
| Saunders | John | 38 | Middlesex | Labourer |
| Catherine | 40 | |||
| John | 19 | T/F to single men | Labourer | |
| Henry | 15 | T/F to single men | Labourer | |
| Walter | 13 | T/F to single men | Labourer | |
| Clara | 10 | |||
| Alfred | 8 | |||
| James | 6 | |||
| Sharp | Stephen W | 27 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Emma | 26 | |||
| William W | 4 | |||
| Ernest A | 4 | |||
| Ellen E | 6 months | |||
| Stevens | William | 38 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Martha S | 31 | |||
| Amy F | 2 | |||
| Tapp | Thomas | 21 | Northamptonshire | Shoemaker |
| Harriet | 22 | |||
| Watt | Thomas | 32 | Wiltshire | Weaver |
| Ruth | 34 | |||
| Thomas | 13 | |||
| Ann | 11 | |||
| Jane | 9 | |||
| Alice | 4 | |||
| Hannah | 10 months | Died on board - 31/05/1874 Cerebral affection - died in port at Auckland |
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| Wey | William | 32 | Dorsetchire | Labourer |
| Emily | 30 | |||
| Charles | 6 | |||
| Martha | 4 | |||
| Whittle | Charles | 34 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Maria | 35 | |||
| Ann M | 4 | |||
| Christianna | 3 | |||
| Williams | Alfred | 30 | Middlesex | Cooper |
| Harriet | 30 | |||
| Amelia | 8 | |||
| Elizabeth | 5 | |||
| Arthur | 4 | |||
| James | 2 | |||
| Williams | Elizabeth J | 24 | Cornwall T/F to single women | Cook |
| Willia | 1 | T/F to single women | ||
| Thomas | 18 | Cornwall T/F to single men | Labourer | |
| Winter | James | 40 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Mary | 34 | |||
| Ann | 13 | T/F to single women | ||
| Alice | 12 | T/F to single women | ||
| Emily | 10 | |||
| Rose | 8 | |||
| Jane | 6 | |||
| William | 4 | |||
| Herbert | 10 months | |||
| Wood | Thomas | 26 | Middlesex | Bricklayer |
| Matilda | 28 | |||
| Matilda | 6 | |||
| Single Men | ||||
| Accolini | Antonio | 23 | Germany | Farm Labourer |
| Albaret | Chase | 24 | France | Farm Labourer |
| Alfrey | Alfred | 27 | Surrey | Carpenter |
| Allwood | George | 24 | Middlesex | Bricklayers Labourer |
| Apps | Robert | 40 | Kent | General Labourer |
| Barakt | Isaac | 20 | Austria | Farm Labourer |
| Barnes | James | 21 | Middlesex | Labourer |
| Bayliss | George William | 23 | Kent | Painter |
| Bold | John T | 28 | Yorkshire | Groom |
| Bracewell | James | 22 | Wiltshire | Blacksmith |
| Brooks | James | 27 | Wickliffe | Farm Labourer |
| Byrne | John | 21 | Wickliffe | Farm Labourer |
| Calvas | Leopold | 26 | Germany | Farm Labourer |
| Card | Thomas W | 21 | Middlesex | Carpenters Labourer |
| Carr | Rbert | 23 | Middlesex | Painters Labourer |
| Cockfield | John | 20 | Edinburgh | Painter |
| Cooper | Henry S | 20 | Middlesex | Carpenter |
| Daly | Stephen | 21 | Cork | Bootmaker |
| Daubney | John Henry | 21 | Middlesex | Carpenter |
| Davies | John | 37 | Middlesex | Labourer |
| Dayton | John | 23 | Hertfordshire | Labourer |
| Dellawally | Peter | 30 | Germany | Farm Labourer |
| Draper | James | 23 | Lincolnshire | Brickmaker |
| Erdmann | Richard | 24 | Germany | Farm Labourer |
| Exeter | William | 26 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Gamble | William | 23 | Galway | Bootmaker Travelled with Rutledge |
| Rutledge | George | 17 | Galway | Groom Travelled with Gamble |
| Gosetti | Giovani | 22 | Germany | Farm Labourer |
| Green | Thomas | 18 | Middlesex | Baker |
| Groom | Walter | 20 | Middlesex | Labourer |
| Gschell | Anton | 33 | Germany | Farm Labourer |
| Hand | John | 21 | Devonshire | Bricklayers Labourer |
| Hill | James Henry | 19 | Surrey | Bricklayer |
| Holloway | James | 28 | Middlesex | Bricklayers Labourer |
| Hoy | William | 27 | Middlesex | Farm Labourer |
| Hudson | John | 20 | Middlesex | Smith |
| Hunt | William Robert | 30 | Middlesex | Engineers Labourer |
| Jarvis | William | 13 | Berkshire | |
| James | William J | 19 | Surrey | Gas Fitter |
| Jameson | Andrew | 22 | Edinburgh | Pavior (a paver) |
| Jeffries | John | 20 | Surrey | Gardener |
| Kewley | Charles | 20 | Isle of man | Farm Labourer - Died on board 04/04/1874 Cronic Phithisis resulting in paralysis |
| Lacey | William | 28 | Middlesex | Labourer |
| Lehmann | Ferdinand | 26 | Germany | Farm Labourer |
| Lloyd | John | 27 | Cardigan | Gardener |
| Luigi | Lusiri | 29 | Germany | Farm Labourer |
| Luiter | Henry A | 20 | Middlesex | Carpenter |
| Madden | Charles | 20 | Surrey | Gardener |
| Magareth | Guiseppi | 22 | Germany | Farm Labourer |
| Marshall | William C | 23 | Northumberland | Farm Labourer |
| Mathivi | Emanuel | 23 | Germany | Farm Labourer |
| McArthy | Thomas | 22 | Cork | Labourer |
| McGahan | Thomas | 21 | Omagh | Labourer |
| John | 19 | Omagh | Labourer | |
| McMahon | John | 24 | Wiltshire | Carpenter |
| Miller | Henry William | 19 | Essex | Farm Labourer |
| Morris | Charles | 33 | Hampshire | Farm Labourer |
| William | ||||
| Nicholas | Robert M | 22 | Gloucestershire | Farm Labourer |
| Papps | James | 19 | Middlesex | Engineers Labourer |
| Parkins | John T | 21 | Middlesex | Builders Labourer |
| Pearce | Edward | 24 | Middlesex | Bootmaker |
| Pegg | Richard John | 19 | Middlesex | Labourer |
| Plowman | William E | 18 | Middlesex | Bootmaker |
| Podd | Luigi | 27 | Germany | Farm Labourer |
| Port | Robert | 13 | Middlesex | |
| Porter | Alfred | 19 | Middlesex | Carpenter |
| Prescot | Thomas | 38 | Middlesex | Bootmaker |
| Puttman | Frederick | 23 | Surrey | Farm Labourer |
| Quayle | Alfred | 24 | Renfrew | Engineer |
| Quibble | William | 40 | Lincolnshire | Farm Labourer |
| Reading | Thomas | 25 | Middlesex | General Labourer |
| Robinson | William T | 19 | Middlesex | Butcher |
| Saunders | John | 19 | Middlesex | Labourer |
| Henry | 15 | Middlesex | Labourer | |
| Walter | 13 | Middlesex | Labourer | |
| Savill | William | 18 | Essex | Labourer |
| Scotchmer | William | 22 | Buckinghamshire | General Labourer |
| Schiegil | Carl | 26 | Germany | Farm Labourer |
| Simmonds | James | 27 | Middlesex | Carpenter |
| Sirkett | Walter | 22 | Middlesex | Builders Labourer |
| Skeggs | James | 27 | Middlesex | Blacksmith's Hammerman |
| Slyth | John Henry | 19 | Middlesex | Labourer |
| Smallman | Edwin | 24 | Kent | General Labourer |
| Robert | 17 | Kent | General Labourer | |
| Smith | John R | 37 | Cork | Victualler |
| Spannagel | Carl | 25 | Germany | Farm Labourer |
| Stephen | William | 23 | Cornwall | Carpenter |
| Stilwell | William A | 28 | Surrey | Smith |
| Stranlake | Thomas | 22 | Herefordshire | Farmer |
| Sykes | Thomas A | 20 | Middlesex | Bricklayers Labourer |
| Taylor | Joseph W | 25 | Middlesex | Stonemason |
| Trimmer | William | 30 | Surrey | Gas Fitter |
| Tucker | Stephen | 19 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Tyack | Joseph P | 24 | Cornwall | Miner |
| Urquhart | John | 26 | Warwickshire | Labourer |
| Voight | Frederic | 28 | Germany | Farm Labourer |
| Wanstein | Robin | 20 | Russia | Farm Labourer |
| Ward | Henry | 34 | Middlesex | Painter |
| Watts | Thomas | 13 | Wiltshire | Weaver |
| Watling | William | 19 | Middlesex | Porter |
| Wellendorf | Albert | 26 | Germany | Farm Labourer |
| Wenn | John E | 19 | Middlesex | Porter |
| Wheaton | Hector E | 19 | Middlesex | Guardener |
| Williams | Thomas | 18 | Cornwall | Labourer |
| Williamson | John | 23 | Lancashire | Farm Labourer |
| Williamson | Mark | 21 | Russia | Tinman |
| Wooer | Robert F | 19 | Middlesex | Bricklayers Labourer |
| Wright | James | 33 | Lancashire | Mechanic |
| Colonial Nominated Single Men | ||||
| Crawford | Dan | 22 | Tipperary | Farm Labourer |
| Grover | Albert | 21 | Lanark | Mechanic |
| Philpot | Thomas | 18 | Middlesex | Shopman |
| Owen | 17 | Middlesex | Shopman | |
| Roe | Henry | 23 | Tipperary | Farm Labourer |
| Single Women | ||||
| Andrews | Harriet | 12 | Middlesex | Servant |
| Archbold | Catherine | 18 | Dublin | Domestic Servant |
| Bailey | Mary G | 19 | Surrey | Cook |
| Elizabeth C | 24 | Surrey | Nurse | |
| Bowsher | Kate | 14 | Kent | General Servant |
| Brewer | Sarah | 20 | Kent | General Servant |
| Frost | Martha | 19 | Buckinghamshire | Dressmaker |
| Fryer | Elizabeth F | 18 | Kent | Servant |
| Gillon | Ann S | 12 | Stirlingshire | |
| Grange | Marie | 15 | France | Servant |
| Hayes | Mary | 15 | Lincolnshire | Domestic Servant |
| Sarah | 13 | Lincolnshire | Domestic Servant | |
| Hunt | Catherine | 24 | Mayo | General Servant |
| Jennings | Caroline | 19 | France | Housemaid |
| Lanfear | Elizabeth | 20 | Wiltshire | General Servant |
| McGahan | Margaret | 43 | Omagh | Farmer |
| Thomas | 21 | Omagh T/F to single men | Labourer | |
| John | 19 | Omagh T/F to single men | Labourer | |
| Catherine | 17 | Omagh | Servant | |
| Margaret | 16 | Omagh | Servant | |
| Middleton | Ann | 18 | Middlesex | Housemaid |
| Port | Frances | 20 | Middlesex | Servant |
| Martha | 16 | Middlesex | Servant | |
| Ann | 15 | Middlesex | Servant | |
| Raines | Esther | 19 | Kent | General Servant |
| Rogers | Mary | 19 | Kent | General Servant |
| Helen | 17 | Kent | General Servant | |
| Emily | 15 | Kent | General Servant | |
| Fanny | 12 | Kent | General Servant | |
| Saunders | Mary A | 17 | Middlesex | Housemaid |
| Spackman | Sarah | 19 | Sussex | General Servant |
| Williams | Elizabeth | 24 | Cornwall | Cook MATRON on board |
| Willie | 1 | |||
| Winter | Ann | 13 | Kent | |
| Alice | 12 | Kent | ||
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Copyright Denise & Peter 2000
References:
Archives New Zealand IM15/105
New Zealand Herald 01/06/1874