Woodlark
Ship: 867 tons
Captain: George Largie
Surgeon Superintendent: Dr Meadows
Sailed London December 12th 1873 - arrived Wellington March 24th 1874
When a comparitively new ship, the
Woodlark was chartered by the Shaw Savill Co for three voyages to New Zealand. She was a
fine clipper of 867 tons, built in 1870, and owned by A Stephens and Son, Dundee. She came
out to Auckland under Captain T Wood, in 1873, with 125 Government immigrants, arriving in
port on the 31st May. During a storm on the 2nd May, a boy named Goodman, while leaning
over the bulwarks, lost his balance and fell overboard. Life buoys were thrown and the
ship's lifeboat manned and lowered, but after an unavailing search for an hour returned.
The boat had great difficulty in getting alongside the ship, as a high and confused sea
was running. The following year the Woodlark, in command of Captain Largie, visited
Wellington, and when she entered port was flying the yellow flag, scarlet fever having
broken out on 24th December. She sailed from London on December 14, 1873, having on board
256 Government immigrants, and arrived on the 24th March, 1874. On Christmas Eve, ten days
after leaving England, scarlet fever broke out, and from this date until the 12th March,
the doctor treated no less than 39 cases, 18 of which proved fatal. There were also ten
deaths from other causes. On the arrival of the ship at Wellington she was placed in
quarantine. In 1875 the Woodlark made a smart passage to Otago. She sailed on the 2nd May
with a small complement of passengers, under Captain Largie. Otago Heads were reached on
the 3rd August, and port made the same day - 85 days land to land.
White Wings - Sir Henry Brett
Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
Families & Children | ||||
Adams | Henry | 34 | Warwickshire | Labourer |
Elizabeth | 31 | |||
Annie | 5 | |||
Rose | 1 | |||
Bennett | James | 23 | Waterford | Shoemaker |
Mary | 22 | |||
Butcher | John | 27 | Dorsetshire | Labourer |
Eliza | 27 | |||
George | 4 | |||
John | 3 months | |||
Campbell | William | 37 | Lancashire | Gasfitter |
Maranda | 36 | |||
Hannah | 3 | |||
Mary | 1 | |||
Chambers | John | 30 | Armagh | Farm Labourer |
Ellen | 30 | |||
Elizabeth | 11 | |||
Adam J | 8 | |||
Anne J | 6 | |||
William J | 4 | |||
Thomas George | 2 | Died on board - 26/02/1874 Enteritis |
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Collinson | Mark | 31 | Warwickshire | Iron Moulder |
Margaret | 28 | |||
Maria | 6 | |||
Hannah/Harriet | 4 | |||
Mark | 3 months | |||
Connery | Patrick | 40 | Kilkenny | Farm Servant |
Catherine | 27 | |||
Richard | 11 | |||
Mary | 7 | |||
William | 5 | |||
Thomas | 3 | |||
Patrick | 3 months | |||
Curtis | Frederick | 42 | Middlesex | Shepherd |
Annie | 32 | |||
Frederick | 8 | Died on board - 13/01/1874 Dropsy |
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Ernest | 2 | |||
Dalton | Edward | 40 | Waterford | General Labourer |
Mary | 30 | |||
James | 11 | |||
Catherine | 8 | |||
Mary | 4 | Died on board - 20/02/1874 Convulsions |
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John | 3 | |||
Ellen | 2 | |||
Peter | 3 months | Died on board - 06/03/1874 Bronchitis |
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Dormer | John J | 22 | Middlesex | Carpenter |
Margaret A | 22 | |||
Joseph | 3 months | Died on board - 26/01/1874 | ||
Reed | Alice | Travelled with Dormer | ||
Galligan | James | 48 | Tipperary | Agricultural Labourer |
Susan | 33 | |||
Mary J | 1 | |||
Charles J | 3 months | |||
Grunow | Thomas | 37 | Guernsey | Painter |
Fanny | 26 | |||
Alfred | 3 months | |||
Harris | James | 21 | Kent | Bootmaker |
Hannah | 22 | |||
Rosa E | 1 | |||
Harwood | Edward | 21 | Warwickshire | Labourer |
Ann | 22 | |||
Henderson | W | 35 | Scotland | Carpenter |
Sarah | 33 | |||
Elizabeth | ||||
Emerline | ||||
Charles | 11 | |||
William | 9 | |||
Arthur | 7 | |||
Clara | 5 | |||
Florence | 3 | |||
Alfred | 3 months | |||
Herbert | John | 30 | Tipperary | |
Catherine | 22 | |||
Jeffries | Frank | 30 | Gloucestershire | |
Clara | 31 | |||
Ruth | 5 | |||
Thirza | 3 | Died on board - 27/01/1874 Relapse after scarlet fever |
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Thomas | 3 months | |||
Kearny | John | 29 | Waterford | Shoemaker |
Catherine | 26 | |||
Mary | 3 | |||
Ellen | 3 months | |||
Malin | Charles | 36 | Northamptonshire | |
Patience | 28 | |||
William | 8 | |||
Harry | 6 | |||
Agnes E | 3 months | |||
Malone | James | 28 | ||
Margaret | 27 | |||
Mary | 6 | |||
Hugh | 4 | |||
Johanna | 2 | |||
Catherine Woodlark | Born on board | |||
McLachlan | John | 38 | Lancashire | Labourer |
Elizabeth | 32 | |||
Lucy | ||||
Thomas | 9 | |||
John | 6 | Died on board - 23/03/1874 Dropsy |
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Walter | 3 | Died on board - 24/12/1873 Scarlet fever |
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Andrew | 3 months | |||
Mills | Robert | 35 | Berkshire | Bricklayer |
Harriet | 34 | |||
Palmer | Charles | 20 | Warwickshire | Labourer |
Sarah A | 19 | |||
Palmer | Thomas | 23 | Warwickshire | |
Jane | 24 | |||
William | 3 months | Died on board - 23/03/1874 Phthisis |
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Robinson | Anthony | 43 | Westmorland | Labourer |
Sarah | 42 | |||
John W | ||||
Agnes A | ||||
Mary J | ||||
Robert | 9 | |||
Richard | 6 | |||
Joseph | 2 | Died on board - 28/02/1874 Physemia |
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Trott | William | 32 | Warwickshire | Iron Moulder |
Elizabeth | 31 | |||
Margaret | 7 | |||
John | 5 | |||
Emma | 3 | Died on board - 11/01/1874 Encephalitis |
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Ada | 3 months | |||
Winchester | James | 36 | Down | Farm Labourer |
Sarah H | 35 | |||
Mary J | 8 | |||
Hamilton | ||||
Henry | 6 | |||
Sarah A | 4 | Died on board - 21/12/1873 Convulsions from worms |
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James | 3 | Died on board - 16/01/1874 Strenuous disease of glands |
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Families & Children under the Emigrant & Colonial Aid Corporation | ||||
Clark | George | 31 | Middlesex | Labourer |
Mary | 32 | |||
Sophia | 10 | |||
Harry | 8 | |||
George | 4 | |||
Anna | 1 | |||
Evans | Thomas | 27 | Brecon | Platelayer |
Mary | 37 | |||
Gunnifreda | 1 | Died on board - 07/03/1874 ????? Pert? |
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Howell | William | 43 | Surrey | Labourer |
Fanny | 35 | |||
Sarah | ||||
Elizabeth | 8 | |||
Humphrey | Charles | 36 | Bedfordshire | Farm Labourer |
Catherine | 34 | |||
Sarah | ||||
Catherine | 10 | |||
Charles | 5 | |||
Thomas | 3 | Died on board - 23/03/1874 | ||
William | 1 | |||
Lankshear | Robert | 27 | Middlesex | |
Martha J | 25 | |||
James | 1 | |||
Looney | Thomas | 35 | Lanark | Labourer |
Ellen | 31 | |||
? | 11 | |||
Bridget | 9 | |||
Sarah | 7 | |||
Patrick | 5 | |||
Mary | 3 | Died on board - 02/01/1874 Scarlet fever |
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Luke | Ward | 32 | Bedfordshire | Labourer |
Harriet | 30 | |||
Harriet | ||||
Edwin | 5 | |||
Emily | 3 | |||
Mackie | Robert | 39 | Kincardine | Farmer |
Elizabeth | 30 | |||
Christian R | 6 | |||
Edward M | 3 | |||
George P | 1 | Died on board - 12/01/1874 Scarlet fever |
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McAllister | Henry | 41 | Antrim | Farm Labourer |
Martha | 37 | |||
Sarah | 10 | |||
Harry | 8 | |||
John | 6 | |||
Sidney | 5 | |||
Alice | 3 | |||
Helen | 1 | |||
Newell | Charles | 30 | Hampshire | |
Mary | 30 | |||
Charles | 11 | |||
Frederick | 9 | |||
Harriet | 6 | |||
Esther | 4 | |||
James | 1 | |||
Noble | John | 28 | Middlesex | Labourer |
Emily | 26 | |||
Sarah | 6 | |||
John | 6 | |||
Page | William | 27 | Middlesex | Labourer |
Eliza | 25 | |||
William | 7 | |||
Eliza | 6 | |||
George | 4 | |||
Amelia | 2 | |||
Thomas | 3 months | |||
Smith | William | 34 | Buckinghamshire | Farm Labourer |
Elizabeth | 36 | |||
Louisa | ||||
George | 10 | |||
Alice | 8 | |||
Henry | 6 | |||
Annie | 4 | Died on board - 23/03/1874 Scarelt fever |
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William | 1 | Died on board - 19/03/1874 Phthisis |
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Stringer | John | 25 | ||
Ellen | 25 | |||
John | 5 | |||
Joseph | 3 months | Died on board - 26/12/1873 Scarlet fever |
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Turner | Edward | 33 | Buckinghamshire | Farm Labourer |
Jane | 27 | |||
Honor | 3 | |||
Walter | 2 | |||
Single Men | ||||
Adams | Charles | 24 | ||
Adams | J | 23 | Essex | Plumber |
Bourgois | E | 40 | ? | Gardener |
Bourke | William | 19 | Tipperary | ? Prommisory note No. 253 |
Bransden | Philip | 25 | Middlesex | Painter |
Brewster | William | 21 | Middlesex | Farm Servant |
Briscoe | Albert W | 21 | Warwickshire | Moulder |
Brooks | John | 18 | Sussex | Labourer |
Buckeridge | Thomas | 22 | Tipperary | Iron Founder |
James W | 19 | Tipperary | Compositor | |
Cavey | George | 21 | Cornwall | Blacksmith |
Clifford | James R | 18 | Essex | Labourer |
Collins | Alfred | 20 | Kent | Printer |
Cotter | Francis | 18 | ? | ? |
English | Walter | 20 | Norfolk | Bootmaker |
Gohan | James | 18 | Waterford | Farm Labourer |
Hamilton | Henry | 22 | Down | Farm Labourer |
Harris | Edward | 16 | Middlesex | Gasfitter |
Hicks | George | 22 | Oxfordshire | Baker |
Higgins | W | 18 | Waterford | Farm Labourer |
Hobson | J W | 18 | Armagh | Farm Labourer |
Hullard | W A | 19 | Essex | Carpenter |
Hutchins | John | 24 | Middlesex | Farm Labourer |
Hyde | Richard | 22 | Warwickshire | Labourer |
Inam | Joseph | 20 | Warwickshire | Labourer |
Jardin | Albert | 29 | France | Labourer |
Jones | Edward J | 20 | ? | Smith |
Walter D | 18 | Warwickshire | Turner | |
Kendrick | John | 21 | Essex | |
Lee | Henry | 19 | Berkshire | Farm Labourer |
McCormack | James | 21 | Armagh | |
Murray | John | 18 | Waterford | Farm Servant |
O'Neill | Master | 26 | ? | ? |
Power | William | 20 | Waterford | Farm Labourer |
Poynter | Thomas | 22 | Middlesex | Navvy |
Ranci | Thomas | 26 | Southampton | Labourer |
Henry | 20 | Southampton | Labourer | |
Robinson | John W | 16 | Westmorland | Joiner |
Russell | John | 23 | Renfrew | Woodturner |
Sheehan | John | 27 | ? | ? |
Smith | Frederick | 15 | Warwickshire | |
Mark | 13 | Warwickshire | ||
Suling | William | 34 | Middlesex | Labourer |
Sullivan | John | 20 | Waterford | Butcher |
Suran | David | 15 | Scotland | Blacksmith |
Welsh | Michael | 24 | Waterford | Farm Servant |
Wood | James E | 21 | Middlesex | Labourer |
Wright | William | 35 | Bedfordshire | Carpenter |
Single Women | ||||
A? | Anastasia | 22 | Kilkenny | Dairymaid |
Adams | Charlotte | 40 | Cork | |
Branders | Mary | 17 | ||
Brophy | E | 20 | Kilkenny | Housemaid |
Margaret | 18 | Kilkenny | Housemaid | |
Bryar | Mary | 18 | ||
Ellen | 34 | |||
Clifford | Mary | 20 | ||
Ellen | 18 | |||
Cotter | ? | 18 | Waterford | |
Corbett | Ellen | 17 | Waterford | Servant |
Bridget | 16 | Waterford | Servant | |
Margaret | 21 | Waterford | Servant | |
Crotty | Jane | 18 | ||
Dalton | Bridget | 40 | ||
Dalton | Johanna | 14 | Waterford | Servant |
Dalton | Catherine | 30 | Waterford | Servant |
Dalton | Ellen | 24 | Kilkenny | Dairymaid |
Dennison | Ellen | 19 | Waterford | |
Donaghue | M | 18 | Tipperary | Dairymaid |
Faithful | Emily | 19 | Surrey | Servant |
Feiny | Bridget | 19 | Kilkenny | Housemaid |
Fitzgerald | Catherine | 18 | Waterford | |
Fu? | Ellen | 18 | ||
Harley | Bridget | 23 | ||
Harley | Emma | 21 | Sussex | Servant |
Harty | Catherine | 28 | ||
Hawes | Mary A | 25 | ||
Higgins | Bridget | 22 | ||
Kennedy | Johanna | 28 | ||
Kenny | Maria | 21 | ||
Knox | Mary | 18 | Waterford | |
McCarthy | ? | 20 | Waterford | Servant Prommisory note 242 |
McGrath | Ellen | 29 | ||
Michael | 4 | |||
Mary | 2 | |||
McNamara | Mary A | 18 | ||
Montgomery | Elizabeth | 34 | Waterford | Servant |
Nash | Bridget | 24 | Kilkenny | Servant |
Phelan | Ann | 16 | ||
Mary | 25 | |||
Raynes | Matilda | 19 | Servant | |
Regan | Catherine | 25 | ||
Ryan | Bridget | 25 | ||
Sullivan | Annie | 22 | ||
Sutton | Marie | 20 | ||
Tobin | Johanna | 18 | ||
Ward | Mary | 17 | ||
Welsh | Margaret | 18 | Waterford | Servant |
Single Women under the Emigrant & Colonial Aid Corporation | ||||
Howell | Sarah | 13 | ||
Humphrys | Sarah | 13 | ||
Smith | Louisa | 12 | ||
Ward | Harriet | 12 | ||
NOBLE family: |
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Copyright Denise & Peter 2003 - 2006
Reference:
Archives New Zealand IM15/89