Waimea
Ship: 848 Tons
Captain: Devitt
Surgeon Superintendent: Dr W. W. Dunkley
Sailed London 2nd July 1876 - arrived Wellington 4th October 1876
For over twenty years the ship Waimea,
which flew the flag of the New Zealand Shipping Co. traded to New Zealand, and during that
time she brought out a large number of immigrants to this country. A vessel of 848 tons,
she was built at Hamburg in 1868, and while under the German flag she was called the
Dorette; in fact, when she visited Auckland in 1874 she still bore that name. She was
brought by the New Zealand Shipping Co. in 1874, and in later years her rig was
changed from that of ship to barque. she was sold to a Norwegian firm for �2450. She did
not fly her new flag for long, as shortly afterwards she was wrecked on the South African
coast.
White Wings Sir Henry Brett
Some of
the passengers on this ship were destined for the Manchester Block, Manawatu.
These are the immigrants of the Colonist Aid Corporation.
Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
Families and Children | ||||
Bland | John | 39 | Lincolnshire | Shepherd |
Mary | 35 | |||
Sarah | 14 | Trans to s/w | ||
John Charles | 12 | Trans s/m | ||
Thomas | 9 | |||
Robert | 4 | |||
Frederick | 2 | |||
Barber | George | 45 | Suffolk | Carpenter |
Elizabeth | 43 | |||
Frederick | 16 | Trans to s/m | ||
Alfred | 13 | Trans to s/m | ||
Brown | Michael | 40 | Limerick | Farmer |
Bridget | 39 | |||
Patt | 18 | Trans to s/m | ||
Michael | 13 | Trans to s/m | ||
Eliza | 6 | |||
Ellen | 4 | |||
James | 10 mths | |||
Cole | John | 50 | Cornwall | Farmer |
Elizabeth | 45 | |||
Elizabeth | 15 | Trans to s/w | ||
Mary | 12 | Trans to s/w | ||
Richard | 10 | |||
Thomas | 9 | |||
Sarah J. | 5 | |||
Dea | James | 25 | Limerick | Farm Labourer |
Bridget | 23 | |||
Patrick | 1 | |||
Harvey | John | 37 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
Florence | 38 | |||
William John | 14 | Trans to s/m | ||
Peter | 12 | Trans to s/m | ||
Elizabeth | 10 | |||
Margaret | 8 | |||
Minnie | 2 mths | |||
Harness | Henry | 23 | Yorkshire | Farm Labourer |
Jane | 18 | |||
McCombs | George | 31 | Leitrim | Farm Labourer |
Kate | 31 | |||
James | 2 | |||
Charles | 2 mths | |||
Mundy | John | 26 | Midlothian | Farm Labourer |
Matilda | 28 | |||
Summers | William | 34 | Yorkshire | Joiner |
Elizabeth | 32 | |||
Thomas H. | 11 | |||
Mary J. | 8 | |||
George | 5 | |||
Ada | ||||
Treacy | Michael | 24 | Clare | Farm Labourer |
Bridget | 26 | |||
Timothy | 2 | |||
Mary | 6 mths | |||
Towers | John Henry | 20 | Lincoln | Carpenter |
Mary | 21 | |||
Wiggins | Henry | 28 | Berkshire | Labourer |
Elizabeth | 34 | |||
Charles | 3 | |||
George | 2 | |||
Williams | William | 42 | Brecon | General Smith |
Elizabeth | 37 | |||
William | 13 | Trans to s/m | ||
Elizabeth | 9 | |||
Rees | 8 | |||
Mary | 5 | |||
Margaret | 1 | |||
Young | John | 29 | Edinburgh | Blacksmith |
Ann | 28 | |||
Colonial Nominated | ||||
Brace | John | 43 | Kildare | Tailor |
Mary | 32 | |||
Henry W. | 9 | |||
Georgina | 6 | |||
Emily | 4 | |||
John E. | 2 | |||
Frederick | 1 | |||
Davenery | William | 23 | Surrey | General Labourer |
Caroline A. | 25 | |||
W. A. | 2 | |||
Duma | Matthew | 23 | Lanark | Hammerman |
Sarah | 22 | |||
John | 18 mths | |||
Robert | 7 mths | |||
Fairhurst | George | 54 | Cheshire | Coachman |
Mary | 54 | |||
Thomas | 24 | Trans to s/m | ||
Charlotte | 19 | Trans to s/w | ||
John Henry | 6 | |||
Fish | Clement Charles | 46 | Middlesex | Labourer |
Elizabeth | 48 | |||
Elizabeth | 15 | Trans to s/w | ||
Furse | William | 62 | Cornwall | Fisherman |
Margaret | 63 | |||
Margaret | 32 | Trans to s/w | ||
Margaret A. | 23 | Trans to s/w | ||
Jane | 11 | |||
William Henry | 37 | |||
Elizabeth H. | 33 | |||
Mary J. | 7 | |||
Platt | Edmund | 26 | Surrey | Plasterer |
Eliza | 24 | |||
Walter | 19 mths | |||
Alice | 6 mths | |||
Styles | George | 53 | Surrey | Shepherd |
Mary | 52 | |||
Ann | 30 | Trans to s/w | ||
Ellen | 24 | Trans to s/w | ||
Alice | 15 | Trans to s/w | ||
Charles | 8 | |||
Townsend | John | 37 | Yorkshire | Carpenter |
Elizabeth | 38 | |||
Matilda | 14 | Trans to s/w | ||
William | 13 | Trans to s/m | ||
Emma | 11 | |||
Eliza | 10 | |||
Alice | 6 | |||
Ada | 3 | |||
Elizabeth | 2 | |||
Walter | 3 mths | |||
Wilkie | Neil | 28 | Ayrshire | Labourer |
Catherine | 22 | |||
Alfred | 4 | |||
Single Men | ||||
Barber | Frederick | 16 | Suffolk | Carpenter |
Alfred | 13 | Suffolk | ||
Barry | Daniel | 24 | Cork | Farm Labourer |
Bird | John | 28 | Armagh | Labourer |
Bland | George | 18 | Lincolnshire | Labourer |
John Charles | 12 | Lincolnshire | ||
Brown | Patrick | 18 | Limerick | Farm Labourer |
Michael | 13 | Limerick | ||
Buckland | George | 28 | Hants | Navvy |
Cameron | Alexander | 21 | Inverness | Ploughman |
Cameron | James | 18 | Forfarshire | Farm Labourer |
Carmody | James | 19 | Kerry | Labourer |
Connor | Simon | 21 | Cork | Farm Labourer |
Cook | Frederick | 22 | Lincolnshire | Farm Labourer |
Cortigan | James | 27 | Cork | Farm Labourer |
Courtney | John | 23 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
Courtney | Eugene | 21 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
Cronin | Timothy | 20 | Kerry | Labourer |
Cummins | Owen | 21 | Carlow | Farm Labourer |
Davidson | Alexander | 21 | Down | Farm Labourer |
Zacheriah | 21 | Down | Farm Labourer | |
Day | Edmund | 19 | Kilkenny | Labourer |
Dillon | John | 21 | Clare | Farm Labourer |
Duggan | John | 18 | Kerry | Labourer |
Fitzgerald | James | 20 | Kerry | Shepherd |
Flaherty | Thomas | 18 | Kerry | Labourer |
Gallagher | Manus | 22 | Donegal | Ploughman |
Harrington | Eugene | 19 | Kerry | Labourer |
Harvey | William John | 14 | Cornwall | |
Peter | 12 | Cornwall | ||
Hickey | Thomas | 21 | Tipperary | Farm Labourer |
McAuley | Michael | 21 | Donegal | Farm Labourer |
McCaw | John | 21 | Antrim | Farm Labourer |
McHenry | Daniel | 19 | Antrim | Farm Labourer |
McNicholl | John | 26 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
McRae | Donald | 31 | Roscommon | Shepherd |
Moore | John | 21 | Antrim | Farm Labourer |
Neal | Robert | 43 | Lincolnshire | Farm Labourer |
David | 14 | |||
Richard | 10 | |||
O'Donnell | Daniel | 22 | Donegal | Ploughman |
Park | William John | 18 | Hants | Carpenter |
Ransome | Henry J. | 19 | Surrey | Labourer |
Regan | Michael | 26 | Kerry | Labourer |
John | 18 | Kerry | Labourer | |
Reidy | Timothy | 19 | Kerry | Labourer |
Shetton | Walter | 17 | Cambridge | Farm Labourer |
Soan | Edward | 30 | Kent | General Smith |
Symonds | James | 16 | Cambridge | Labourer |
Williams | William | 13 | Brecon | |
Colonial Nominated | ||||
Ashby | William | 38 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
Brewster | William | 55 | Norfolk | Labourer |
Fairhurst | Thomas | 24 | Cheshire | Labourer |
Fleet | Sidney | 26 | Essex | Gas Fitter |
Clifford Henry | 24 | Essex | Painter | |
Foreman | Edward B. | 16 | Herts | Hairdresser |
Kemp | William John | 24 | Surrey | Labourer |
Leen | Thomas | 19 | Kerry | Labourer |
Nicholls | James | 23 | Warwickshire | Warehouseman |
Regan | Peter | 24 | Cork | Farm Labourer |
Reidy | John | 27 | Kerry | Labourer |
Troy | Michael | 20 | Limerick | Labourer |
Underwood | John | 15 | Somersetshire | Baker |
Townsend | William | 13 | Yorkshire | |
Wilson | William | 28 | Westmeath | Tailor |
Single Women | ||||
Baker | Emily | 20 | Middlesex | Housemaid |
Bland | Sarah | 14 | Lincolnshire | |
Carty | Bridget | 18 | Roscommon | Ladies Maid |
Carwardine | Kate A. | 20 | Glostershire | Upholsterer |
Cole | Elizabeth | 15 | Cornwall | Farm Servant |
Mary | 12 | Cornwall | ||
Clark | Catherine | 20 | Meath | Servant |
Day | Johanna | 40 | Kilkenny | Servant |
Dixon | Ann | 15 | Lincoln | |
Doherty | Rose | 23 | Donegal | Housemaid |
Farrell | Bridget | 18 | Clare | Kitchenmaid |
Mary | 21 | Clare | Cook | |
Hare | Emma | 29 | Essex | Nurse |
Mahoney | Kate | 21 | Limerick | Dairymaid |
Martin | Ann | 16 | Roscommon | Teacher |
Bridget | 20 | Roscommon | Ladies maid | |
Neal | Eliza | 20 | Lincoln | Servant |
Jane | 17 | Lincoln | Servant | |
Catherine | 11 | Lincoln | ||
O'Shaughnessy | Mary A. | 19 | Limerick | Housemaid |
Pattridge | Anna | 28 | Devon | Servant |
Powell | Ann | 25 | Limerick | Dairymaid |
Roulston | Margaret | 21 | Donegal | Servant |
Isabella | 22 | Donegal | Servant | |
Shannon | Mary A. | 21 | Donegal | Servant |
Sullivan | Johanna | 23 | Kerry | Dairymaid |
Bridget | 22 | Kerry | Dairymaid | |
Williams | Emily | 27 | Monmouth | Shop Assistant |
Colonial Nominated | ||||
Bott | Mary A. | 24 | Jersey | Tailoress |
William Henry | 4 | |||
Louisa A. | 3 | |||
Fairhurst | Charlotte | 19 | Cheshire | Servant |
Fish | Eliza | 15 | Middlesex | Servant |
Foreman | Ellen | 17 | Herts | Dressmaker |
Furse | Margaret | 32 | Cornwall | Servant |
Mary A. | 23 | Cornwall | Servant | |
Gilbertson | Margaret | 49 | Edinburgh | Nurse |
Janet | 22 | Edinburgh | Servant | |
Agnes | 19 | Edinburgh | Servant | |
Hamblett | Catherine | 28 | Middlesex | Housemaid |
Alice | 21 | Kent | Servant | |
Harriet | Kent | Kitchenmaid | ||
Maynard | Emily | 32 | Kent | Nurse |
Miller | Margaret | 33 | Kenny | Housekeeper |
Ellen | 14 | Kerry | ||
Quinn | Rose | 24 | Tyrone | Servant |
Styles | Ann | 30 | Surrey | Nurse |
Ellen | 24 | Surrey | Cook | |
Alice | Surrey | Housemaid | ||
Townsend | Matilda | 14 | York's | |
Troy | Mary | 26 | Limerick | Dairy Maid |
Margaret | 19 | Limerick | Dairy Maid | |
Judy | 9 | Limerick | ||
Mary | 6 | |||
Patt | 4 | |||
Colonists Aid Corporation | ||||
Austin | Henry | 23 | Warwick | Carpenter |
Mary | 22 | |||
Emma M. | 5 mths | |||
Durrant | James | 45 | Norfolk | Labourer |
Mary | 45 | |||
John | 18 | Trans to s/m | ||
Mary | 13 | Tans to s/w | ||
Emma | 9 | |||
Durrant | William James | 26 | Norfolk | Labourer |
Charlotte | 24 | |||
Bertha C. | 5 | |||
William James | 3 | |||
Alfred E. | 1 | |||
Durrant | Robert | 25 | Norfolk | Labourer |
Emily | 24 | |||
Emily | 3 | |||
Robert | 6 mths | |||
Farley | John William | 43 | Kent | Letter Sorter |
Betsy | 40 | |||
Farley | Mary | 20 | Trans to s/w | |
Farley | Clara | 19 | Trans to s/w | |
Farley | John | 17 | Trans to s/m | |
Farley | Emma | 15 | Trans to s/w | |
Farley | Julia | 14 | Trans to s/w | |
Lucy | 12 | Trans to s/w | ||
Rosa | 10 | |||
William | 8 | |||
Alice | 6 | |||
Kate | 4 | |||
Arthur A. | 2 | |||
Florence | 1 | |||
Fowles | John | 41 | Middlesex | Carpenter |
Sarah | 41 | |||
Annie | 20 | Trans to s/w | ||
Alice | 16 | Trans /to s/w | ||
Harris | William | 45 | Somerset | Farmer |
Martha | 44 | |||
Emily | 18 | Trans to s/w | ||
Bessie | 15 | Trans to s/w | ||
Alfred | 20 | Trans to s/m | ||
Humphrey | Henry | 38 | Sussex | Labourer |
Frances | 36 | |||
Caroline | 16 | Trans to s/w | ||
Harvey | 15 | Trans to s/m | ||
Charles Henry | 14 | Trans to s/m | ||
Edwin | 12 | Trans to s/m | ||
Albert W. | 10 | |||
Delilah | 8 | |||
Frederick | 6 | |||
Herbert | 4 | |||
John | 3 | |||
Arthur | 1 | |||
Morris | James | 29 | Sussex | Labourer |
Hannah | 27 | |||
Ellen | 2 | |||
Saunders | Henry | 32 | Kent | Miller |
Sarah | 24 | |||
William Henry | 2 | |||
Edith | 6 mths | |||
Smith | George | 26 | Middlesex | Gardener |
Sarah | 21 | |||
Symonds | William | 38 | Cambridge | Farmer |
Mary A. | 37 | |||
Emily | 12 | Trans to s/w | ||
Single Women | ||||
Augus | Jane | 60 | Cumberland | |
Gosse | Eliza H. | 25 | ||
Drayton | Charlotte | 39 | Servant | |
Durrant | Mary | 13 | Norfolk | |
Farley | Mary | 20 | Kent | Servant |
Clara | 19 | Kent | Servant | |
Emma | 15 | Kent | Servant | |
Julia | 14 | Kent | ||
Lucy | 12 | |||
Fowles | Annie | 20 | Middlesex | Servant |
Alice | 16 | Middlesex | Servant | |
Harris | Emily | 18 | Somerset | Servant |
Bessie | 15 | Servant | ||
Humphrey | Caroline | 16 | Sussex | |
Harvey | 15 | Sussex | ||
Symonds | Emily | 12 | ||
Single Men | ||||
Augus | Richard M | 30 | Cumberland | Carpenter |
Drayton | Alfred | 16 | Labourer | |
Durrant | John | 18 | Norfolk | Labourer |
Farley | John | 17 | Kent | Labourer |
Harris | Alfred | 20 | Somerset | Labourer |
Humphrey | Charles Henry | 14 | Sussex | |
Edwin | 12 | Sussex | ||
Southwood | John | 37 | ||
Copyright Denise & Peter 2000
National Archives Reference IM15/267