Waitara
833 tons
Captain: Warren F.Caborne
Surgeon Superintendent:
Sailed London 10th September 1876 - arrived Napier 16th December 1876
The Waitara, a ship of 833 tons, built
by Reed of Glasgow in 1863, and flying the New Zealand Shipping Co's flag, did not enjoy a
long career in the New Zealand trade, as she was sunk in the English channel by the
Hurunui on June 22 1883.The two ships left Gravesend togeather in the evening, and shortly
after the weather became thick and hazy. The Hurunui struck the Waitara twice amidships,
and the latter sank in a few minutes while endevours were being made to lower the boats. A
few of the Waitara's passengers clambered on board the Hurunui when the collision
occured. Twenty of the passenegers and crew were drowned, including a few old
colonists who were returning to Wellington.
White Wings - Sir Henry Brett
| Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
| Families and Children | ||||
| Bandon | Micheal | 30 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| Mary | 30 | |||
| Mary | 5 | |||
| Micheal | 4 | |||
| Ino: | 2 | |||
| Barlow | James | 36 | Norfolk | Labourer |
| Sarah | 30 | |||
| Harriet | 11 | |||
| Charlotte E. | 9 | |||
| Barrett | William | 26 | Bucks | Labourer |
| Fanny | 22 | |||
| Butcher | John | 32 | Glostershire | Blacksmith |
| Selemice ? | 33 | |||
| John E. | 12 | Trans to s/m | ||
| Mary A. | 7 | |||
| Henry C. | 4 | |||
| Elizabeth | 4 | |||
| Goerge R. | 4 mths | |||
| Coghlan | James | 45 | Roscommon | Farm Labourer |
| Maria | 37 | |||
| John | 21 | Trans to s/m | ||
| Bridget | 19 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Kate | 17 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Mary | 15 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Ellen | 10 | |||
| James | 5 | |||
| Peter | 3 | |||
| Patrick | 8 mths | |||
| Furniss | Edwin William | 30 | Kent | Carpenter |
| Cecilia | 25 | |||
| Edwin J. | 1 | |||
| Gregson | William | 29 | Lancashire | Quarryman |
| Sarah | 29 | |||
| Emily | 6 | |||
| Ellen | 4 | |||
| John Thomas | 2 | |||
| Margaret | 7 mths | |||
| Keays | Edward | 40 | Limerick | General Labourer |
| Ellen | 38 | |||
| Eliza | 20 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Edward | 13 | Trans to s/m | ||
| Knowles | Thomas | 22 | Monmouth | Labourer |
| Emily | 22 | |||
| Limb | George | 30 | Derbyshire | Coal Miner |
| Mary A. | 29 | |||
| Sarah A. | 7 | |||
| William | 1 | |||
| McShane | Thomas | 29 | Armagh | Farm Labourer |
| Catherine | 27 | |||
| Mary A. | 5 | |||
| Rose | 3 | |||
| Patrick | 18 mths | |||
| Elizabeth | 2 mths | |||
| Miller | John | 37 | Lancashire | Quarryman |
| Ann | 34 | |||
| Martha | 15 | Trans to s/w | ||
| James | 12 | Trans to s/m | ||
| Harriet | 8 | |||
| John Thomas | 3 | |||
| Elizabeth E. | 3 mths | |||
| Moody | Richard | 25 | Norfolk | Labourer |
| Elizabeth | 2 | |||
| Morgan | Matthew | 22 | Cornwall | Wheelwright |
| Emily | 21 | |||
| Phillips | Charles | 33 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Rebecca A. | 24 | |||
| Potts | Robert | 24 | Northumberland | Labourer |
| Matilda | 25 | |||
| Mary L. | 2 mths | |||
| Reay | John | 34 | Durham | Carpenter |
| Margaret | 29 | |||
| William | 10 | |||
| Thomas | 8 | |||
| Rimmer | Thomas | 44 | Lancashire | Farm Labourer |
| Alice | 39 | |||
| George Henry | 14 | Trans to s/m | ||
| Mary A. | 12 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Alice | 7 | |||
| John c. | 5 | |||
| Ernest A. | 3 | |||
| Robson | Thomas | 27 | Northumberland | Joiner |
| Mary | 21 | |||
| Shanahan | Denis | 40 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| Mary | 38 | |||
| Patt | 17 | Trans to s/m | ||
| Mary | 15 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Jane | 12 | Trans to a/w | ||
| Denis | 8 | |||
| Smith | David | 32 | Loncolnshire | Farm Labourer |
| Eliza | 23 | |||
| Eliza | 7 | |||
| Annie | 1 | |||
| Stanley | William | 37 | Tipperary | Farmer |
| Mary | 23 | |||
| Richard | 6 mths | |||
| Walford | Albert | 32 | Glostershire | General Labourer |
| Ellen | 34 | |||
| Harriet | 12 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Ellen | 9 | |||
| Emma | 6 | |||
| Rosa | 3 | |||
| Samuel | 10 mths | |||
| Colonial Nominated Families & Children | ||||
| McGreevy | John | 55 | Roscommon | Carpenter |
| Ellen | 54 | |||
| Arthur | 19 | Trans to s/m | ||
| John | 17 | Trans to s/m | ||
| Single Men | ||||
| Anglim | Micheal | 20 | Tipperary | Fram Labourer |
| Aylward | Philip | 23 | Kilkenny | Plumber |
| Beacham | Kennett | 23 | Kent | Carpenter |
| Bowers | George | 26 | Surrey | Carpenter |
| Boyd | Donald | 30 | Sheltand | Carpenter |
| Burke | Martin | 19 | Clare | Farm Labourer |
| Butcher | John E. | 12 | Glostershire | |
| Carter | Harry | 33 | Essex | Farm Labourer |
| Clifford | Jeremiah | 22 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| Coghlan | John | 21 | Roscommon | Farm Labourer |
| Cuddihy | Patrick | 23 | Tipperary | Labourer |
| Daly | Patrick | 21 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| Daly | Micheal | 21 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| Dowling | William | 22 | Kerry | Plumber |
| Downey | Micheal | 21 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| Downey | Maurice | 22 | Kerry | Labourer |
| Euright | Bryan | 20 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| Fisher | John | 35 | Glostershire | Farm Labourer |
| Fogerty | John | 24 | Tipperary | Labourer |
| Goulding | Micheal | 17 | Cheshire | Joiner |
| Hackney | William John | 16 | Antrim | Farm Labourer |
| Hallissey | Jeremiah | 29 | Cork | Farm Labourer |
| Halloran | John | 24 | Clare | Farm Labourer |
| Hamilton | Alexander | 34 | Lanarkshire | Labourer |
| Hannigan | Patrick | 22 | Tipperary | Labourer |
| Harrington | Patrick | 26 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| Hemingway | James | 22 | Yorkshire | Labourer |
| Keane | Timothy | 28 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| Keays | Edward | 13 | Limerick | |
| Le Peht | Alfred | 20 | Jersey | Farm Labourer |
| Lynch | Robert | 22 | Dublin | Farm Labourer |
| Mangin | Patrick | 20 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| Martin | Frederick | 19 | Essex | Farm Labourer |
| Matthews | George | 25 | Berkshire | Farm Labourer |
| McCarthy | Jeremiah | 21 | ||
| McCroghan | James | 23 | Kerry | Ploughman |
| McMahon | Richard | 24 | Limerick | General Labourer |
| Meehan | John | 25 | Kerry | Ploughmans |
| Meehan | Micheal | 18 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| Miller | James | 12 | Lancashire | |
| Mulvey | William | 20 | Lancashire | Farm Labourer |
| Murphy | John | 24 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| O'Connor | William | 18 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| O'Sullivan | Micheal | 26 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| Cornelius | 28 | Kerry | Farm Labourer | |
| Cornelius | 24 | Kerry | Farm Labourer | |
| Page | Frank | 22 | Glostershire | Farm Labourer |
| Pendy | Phillip | 21 | Kerry | Ploughman |
| Powell | George | 23 | Tipperary | Labourer |
| Power | Edmond | 30 | Tipperary | General Labourer |
| Rimmer | George Henry | 14 | Lancashire | |
| Sexton | Micheal | 28 | Clare | Farm Labourer |
| James J. | 19 | Cork | Farm Labourer | |
| Shanahan | Thomas | 20 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| Shanahan | Patt | 17 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| Startup | James | 43 | Kent | Labourer |
| Frederick | 15 | Kent | Labourer | |
| Samuel | 13 | Kent | Labourer | |
| Stevens | John | 39 | Devon | Farm Labourer |
| Sullivan | John | 27 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| Ward | William | 22 | Middlesex | Carpenter |
| Ward | John | 20 | Roscommon | Farm Labourer |
| White | Daniel | 30 | Kerry | Farm Labourer |
| Colonial Nominated Single Men | ||||
| Highley | Herbert | 22 | Yorkshire | Joiner |
| William | 20 | Yorkshire | Joiner | |
| McGreevy | Arthur | 19 | Roscommon | Shoemaker |
| John | 17 | Roscommon | Moulder | |
| McLeod | William | 22 | Nova Scotia | Labourer |
| Single Women | ||||
| Clarke | Mary A. | 25 | Suffolk | Servant |
| Coghlan | Bridget | 19 | Roscommon | Servant |
| Kate | 17 | |||
| Mary | 15 | |||
| Comber | Margeret | 20 | Clare | Housemaid |
| Daly | Mary | 22 | Kerry | Servant |
| Dooling | Mary | 24 | Kerry | Servant |
| Johanna | 18 | Kerry | Servant | |
| Ferris | Kate | 20 | Limerick | Servant |
| Garne | J. A. James | 25 | Jersey | Nurse |
| Healy | Nano | 20 | Kerry | Servant |
| Jewell | Elizabeth | 29 | Bucks | Nurse |
| Keays | Eliza | 20 | Limerick | Servant |
| Keane | Catherine | 18 | Kerry | Dairymaid |
| Betsy | 20 | Kerry | Dairymaid | |
| Lyons | Anne | 19 | Kerry | Servant |
| Madden | Honora | 27 | cork | Servant |
| McAnerim | Henrietta | 21 | Tyrone | Housemaid |
| McSweeney | Bridget | 18 | Kerry | Servant |
| Miller | Martha | 15 | Lancashire | Servnt |
| Rees | Frances | 22 | Middlesex | Servant |
| Rimmer | Mary A. | 12 | Lancashire | |
| Shanahan | Mary | 15 | Kerry | Servant |
| Jane | 12 | Kerry | Servant | |
| Starr | Ellen | 15 | Tipperary | Servant |
| Startup | Hannah | 11 | Kent | |
| Walford | Harriet | 12 | Glostershire | |
| Waters | Sarah J. | 29 | Yorkshire | Cook |
| Watson | Jane J. | 27 | Middlesex | Laundress |
| Colonial Nominated Single Women | ||||
| McLoed | Mary | 50 | Nova Scotia | |
| Maggie B. | 17 | |||
| Mary C. | 12 | |||
| Jessie | 10 | |||
| Martin BURKE: Martin Burke was born 1854 to Patrick and Anne Burke (Nee Kilkelly) County Clare Ireland. He married Hannah nee Lenihan 8/8/1882 at Sacred Heart Church Hastings and had eight children. Martin died with appendix aged 42 years on 3/12/1896 and is buried at the old Taradale Cemetary Puketapu Road Taradale. He is buried with his wife who died 21/10/1926 aged 69yrs.He still has surviving grandchildren, plus many more in this area. If you are interested to learn more or have a connection to this family please contact Elaine Mattsen. |
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Copyright Denise and Peter 2000, 2001, 2002
Reference
Archives New Zealand IM15/275